A posted a few pictures from Sleeping Beauty Wakes, courtesy of Erika
Amato, at www.petalpushers.info

Enjoy!

Folks,

I posted a high definition recording of "The Little Drummer Boy" (the
song that closes "Striking 12") to my Stage6 account.

http://www.stage6.com/user/bigfan007/video/2034693/

To play this video you will need the DivX Player. You should be able
to download the DivX Player plug-in once you go to the page referenced
above (in Internet Explorer you will get an Active-X installation
prompt for the DivX player. In FireFox you will see a puzzle icon,
prompting you to install the DivX plug-in).

This is a single, hand-held, camera recording from the audience of the
29-Dec 2007 "Striking 12" performance at The Zipper Factory in lovely NYC.

Happy New Year, and enjoy!

--Rob

Folks,

I created two "Channels" on Vimeo to host some GrooveLily videos that
were once on Stage6. I am waiting for Vimeo to improve its Channel
features (i.e., to allow videos to be organized within a Channel)
before uploading all the former Stage6 content.

Striking 12 Channel: http://www.vimeo.com/striking12
GrooveLily Channel: http://www.vimeo.com/groovelily

You can download the videos to your PC, rather than streaming them. To
do this click on the video's title to get to the "Clip page", and then
scroll down to the lower right of the Clip page to see the "Download"
icon.

If you subscribe to either of these channels you will automatically be
alerted when new content is uploaded.

There is also a Forum feature associated with each of these Channels,
for questions and discussion.

Enjoy!

--Rob

Hi Folks,

GrooveLily's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" will be feature Tuesday
28-July on (Petal Pushers) Beth and Jules "Home Grown Radio NJ" show
(http://www.homegrownradionj.com/) between 9 AM and Noon EDT.

If you are near your computer, please give it a listen.

--Rob

Thanks, Rob.? This was great.

Kevin Stanford








-----Original Message-----
From: Rob and Terry <rtbond@...>
To: groovelily@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 8:04 pm
Subject: [GrooveLily Pad] A Midsummer Night's Dream: On Internet Radio Tuesday

























Hi Folks,



GrooveLily's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" will be feature Tuesday

28-July on (Petal Pushers) Beth and Jules "Home Grown Radio NJ" show

(http://www.homegrownradionj.com/) between 9 AM and Noon EDT.



If you are near your computer, please give it a listen.



--Rob






















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Hey all!

Just wanted to mention that GrooveLily's brand spankin' NEW website is
up.  It includes lots of streaming music, links to their new cafepress
GrooveLily SWAG site (which has the brand new "No Room in Your Bag"
Bag!), and, most importantly, their entire music catalog is now
available for download (including the long out-of-print "Just the
Three of Us" live CD).

Go, go, go now to the site.  Here's the link:

http://209.62.39.6/~grooveli/

Enjoy!!

Tim R., IowaFan

The new site *is* up -but it's just at http://www.groovelily.com as
always.

[The Forums seemed to die off a while back, which I suspect correlated
w/ reduction in gigs; a pity.]

The amount of work that went into the redesign is clear - kudos.  Now
all we need is more gigs close to Albany!  [Yes, Keene is only 2.5
hours, but (i) that's not until November, and (ii) we will probably
have a 1-2 week old at that point!  Still, we may aim at it anyway..]

> Now
> all we need is more gigs close to Albany!  [Yes, Keene is only 2.5
> hours, but (i) that's not until November, and (ii) we will probably
> have a 1-2 week old at that point!  Still, we may aim at it anyway..]
>

2.5 hours?  I wish.  I just bought my ticket for the January show in
Tulsa, and I only live TEN hours from there...

The last three trips I've made to see GL were four hours, nine hours,
and six-and-a-half hours... ONE-WAY...

<sigh> someday they'll play in my own STATE...<grin>

Tim R., IowaFan

p.s. sorry about the screwy URL in the first post.  I just
cut-and-paste what was in the browser address line at the time.  Good
to know the regular address now directs to the new site.  And congrats
on the upcoming family addition!

Ten hours?  I wish!  Someday they'll play in the country where I live…
(Well,  I can dream, can't I?)

GREAT new site!

Carolie, a fan in Japan

Tim wrote:

2.5 hours? I wish. I just bought my ticket for the January show in
Tulsa, and I only live TEN hours from there...

The last three trips I've made to see GL were four hours, nine hours,
and six-and-a-half hours... ONE-WAY...

<sigh> someday they'll play in my own STATE...<grin>

Tim R., IowaFan

Folks,

Val will be interviewed by radio host Victoria Davis on WDVR-FM this coming
Monday, March 23rd, around 6 PM EDT. You may also hear a sneak-peek of a track
or two from the band's soon to be released "Sleeping Beauty Wakes" CD.

WDVR streams on the Internet. Their URL is http://www.wdvrfm.org

Click on the "Listen to WDVR Live" or "High Speed WDVR Live" button in the top
left portion of the main page.

Enjoy!

--Rob

Folks,

The WDVR interview with Valerie is available online. In the interview Val
discusses the upcoming Sleeping Beauty Wake concert performances, as well as the
band's continued partnership with Disney.

Please share the link freely.

http://vimeo.com/3831136

-----
Rob

Hi folks, I bought Striking 12 the other week...AWESOME!
Jack

Folks,

A collection of Sleeping Beauty Wakes videos from the 4/7/2009 McCarter Theatre
show are now on Vimeo. There are also new Vimeo channels with GrooveLily
Rarities and GrooveLily TV appearances.

For a complete list of GrooveLily-related video content on Vimeo visit:

http://vimeo.com/robbond/channels

There are a number of never seen before on the web videos in both the Rarities
and GrooveLilyTV channels, while other clips are old Stage6 site content that is
finally back online at Vimeo. The Sleeping Beauty Wakes channels content is all
new.

Enjoy!

---
Rob

Hi Folks,

In case you don't visit the GrooveLily  website on a regular basis, you might
want to pay a visit to read Val's blog entry on the recent passing of her
mother. The post is on the main page of the website (www.groovelily.com) or you
can jumped directly to it via the link below.

http://www.groovelily.com/2009/05/06/life-imitating-art-imitating-life-or-sadnes\
s-joy-major-life-events-and-everything-being-eerily-related/

Best Regards,

--
Rob

>  I bought Striking 12 the other week...AWESOME!

Jack, indeed it is. I have had the pleasure of seeing the performance several
times (and being at one of the live recordings).

Be sure the check-out their new musical on CD, "Sleeping Beauty Wakes". It has
some really great Pop songs.

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=306616970&s=14344\
1

--
Rob

Folks,

This just in, Val and Brendan will be performing live, playing songs from the
latest release "Sleeping Beauty Wakes" tonight (Monday May 11th), at 7 PM EDT
(23:00 GMT).

If you are near a computer then please tune in to

Homegrown Radio: http://www.homegrownradionj.com/

Val and Brendan will be appearing on the "What's It Called?" program with Carl
Worner & Bob MacKay
(http://www.homegrownradionj.com/DJs/shows/whatsitcalled.htm)

--Rob

p.s.: Gene is taking the night off has he awaits the arrival of son #2, due any
day.

For those that missed it, the interview portion of the HomeGrownRadioNJ.com
appearance is now on the Vimeo GrooveLily channel:

http://vimeo.com/groovelily

I found the interview informative and entertaining. The show's hosts appeared to
be big GrooveLily fans, as it seemed they would have been content chatting for
hours and playing GL music. They did, however, eventually get to the (somewhat)
live Sleeping Beauty Wakes performance. Great fun listening, despite being "one
cable short" of a live performance. :-)

--Rob

--- In groovelily@yahoogroups.com, "Rob and Terry" <rtbond@...> wrote:
>
> Folks,
>
> This just in, Val and Brendan will be performing live, playing songs from the
latest release "Sleeping Beauty Wakes" tonight (Monday May 11th), at 7 PM EDT
(23:00 GMT).
>
> If you are near a computer then please tune in to
>
> Homegrown Radio: http://www.homegrownradionj.com/
>
> Val and Brendan will be appearing on the "What's It Called?" program with Carl
Worner & Bob MacKay
(http://www.homegrownradionj.com/DJs/shows/whatsitcalled.htm)
>
> --Rob
>
> p.s.: Gene is taking the night off has he awaits the arrival of son #2, due
any day.
>

Folks,

According to Theatermania
<http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/06-2009/liz-callaway-debra-mo\
nk-david-hyde-pierce-barbara_19841.html> , GrooveLily will be performing
"Striking 12" at  <http://kaufman-center.org/merkin-concert-hall> Merkin
Concert Hall <http://kaufman-center.org/merkin-concert-hall>    in the
Kaufman Center <http://kaufman-center.org/>   on Thursday December 31,
2009 (8 PM).

The S12 performance is part of the "Broadway Close Up" series at the
Merkin Concert Hall. Tickets for the series are available now, with
individual show tickets going on sale
<http://kaufman-center.org/merkin-concert-hall/event/striking-12>
after August 15, 2009.

Rob


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Just announced!  Tickets are available via the website (www.arenastage.org).
"From December 2 through December 13, 2009 in Crystal City, Arena Stage is proud
to present Striking 12. A New York City holiday hit, this newly added production
is "an ideal holiday entertainment for adults... Striking 12 strikes gold" (Los
Angeles Times).
Combining pop-rock, musical comedy and old-fashioned uplift with a healthy dose
of 21st-century skepticism, Striking 12 is a unique hybrid of musical theater
and live concert performed by celebrated pop-rock trio GrooveLily. From the Tony
Award-winning writer Rachel Sheinkin (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling
Bee) comes this story of a Grumpy Guy who decides to avoid the hectic, loveless
world on New Year's Eve, until he's visited by an incandescent salesgirl with
the promise to chase away his winter doldrums."

This is the only currently scheduled appearance by the band in the area.  If you
didn't/couldn't travel to NYC or elsewhere to see S12, now's your chance; if you
have seen it before, you know you need to see it again.

Be there.
JimG

Folks,

Clips from the 1997 GrooveLily Wetlands show are now on GrooveLily channels on
Vimeo. A Jackson 5 cover plus an obscure GrooveLily song "Obnoxious Macho Creep"
are on the Rarities Channel (http://vimeo.com/channels/gloldies) and other tunes
are on the main GrooveLily Channel (http://vimeo.com/channels/groovelily).

The Wetlands performance was recorded in support of the production of the 1998
GrooveLily press kit video. The raw camera footage from the show along with a
stereo dub of the soundboard recording were used to produced these videos.

Thanks to David Kowalski for his assistance with the soundboard audio, which was
subsequently mixed with the camera audio recordings to produce the live
soundtrack for these videos.

Also, kudos to the uncredited camera operators.

--Rob

Hope you have a wonderful day and a fantastic year!

Love,

Sharon and Sammie