Still on the Hill Plays Benefit
For Gulf Coast Relief Program


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For more information –
Jeff Dorsch, Concert Publicity: 925-7874
Concert Line: 219-9008
Coffeehouse Web Site: www.liveoakuu.org/coffee


NOVEMBER 2005 (Austin, Texas) – The Live Oak Coffeehouse this month
presents Still on the Hill, the folk duo of Donna Stjerna and Kelly
Mulhollan, in a musical performance benefit for the UUA Gulf Coast
Relief Fund. Southpaw Jones will open the show, which is scheduled for
7:30 p.m. on Friday, November 11, at the Live Oak Unitarian
Universalist Church in Northwest Austin/Cedar Park.

Admission is $10 or a season pass at the door. Gourmet coffee and
pastries are included in the price of admission.

The Live Oak Coffeehouse has been smoke-free from its inception in
1998, before it was cool or legally mandatory!

The coffeehouse, a community outreach program for the Live Oak UU
Church, also is alcohol-free, putting the emphasis on the music and
the musicians. Three-quarters of the gate goes to the performers, and
one-quarter to the selected charity. Since the coffeehouse is an
all-volunteer, not-for-profit organization, all of the money from
admissions paid at the door and season passes goes to the performers
and the charity.

The Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations and the
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee have established the UUA-UUSC
Gulf Coast Relief Fund to assist in the recovery from Hurricane
Katrina. All funds received will be distributed under the auspices of
the Southwest and Mid-South Districts. Your donation to the UUA-UUSC
Gulf Coast Relief Fund qualifies as a tax-deductible charitable gift.
For more information, visit the UUA's Web site at
www.uua.org/news/2005/050831_katrina/donate.html.

Seemingly oblivious to the limitations of what two musicians can
create, Still on the Hill has set new boundaries of originality. This
duo uses traditional instruments from their home in the Ozarks
(mandolin, banjo, fiddle, guitar, harmonica and scrub board) as well
as other exotic offerings (Moon guitar from Japan, African Mbira, and
Tenor Ukulele) to create a kaleidoscope of musical color and texture.
Still on the Hill has proved itself a favorite at many prestigious
festivals and venues here and abroad, including the Kerrville Folk
Festival, Philadelphia Folk Festival, The Walnut Valley Bluegrass
Festival in Winfield, Kansas (in 2005, the duo took over the role of
organizing and hosting Walnut Valley's NewSongs Showcase, an event
that has been popular at the festival for almost two decades), and
countless others. Their own region, the Ozarks, has voted them the
"Best Folk Band" for several years running, and the mayor of their
town, Fayetteville, Arkansas, proclaimed December 20th "Still on the
Hill Day" for all the work the duo does in community service. They
have produced seven widely acclaimed CDs (two as a foursome), and
three years ago they signed with Swiss record label Brambus Records
for the European release of their CD "Chaos & Calm."

Southpaw Jones treads lightly on the thin ice of irreverent honesty.
Being left-handed, he naturally turns his guitar upside-down to play
more comfortably. Being a creative little brother, he naturally turns
the world upside-down to make his audience uncomfortable. Southpaw has
resided in Houston, Nashville, and Los Angeles, and he now calls
Austin home, performing each Wednesday at Café Mundi and reaching out
to find those open-minded folks who thirst for sing-able melodies and
one-of-a-kind lyrics.

Doors open at 7 p.m. on Friday, November 11, at the Live Oak Unitarian
Universalist Church, located at 3315 El Salido Parkway, Cedar Park.
For driving directions, visit the church's Web site at
www.liveoakuu.org or call 219-9008.


THE LIVE OAK COFFEEHOUSE – GREAT MUSIC FOR GOOD CAUSES.
NOW IN OUR EIGHTH YEAR.