Danny Britt, the scheduled opener for Friday's coffeehouse concert, has had
to cancel. Sarah Elizabeth Campbell and the Banned will still appear!

Now opening the show is Brenda Freed.

Brenda Freed’s extraordinary versatility and range have made her a regular on
the Texas music scene since she arrived in the Hill Country in 1991 by
bicycle -- after a 9,000-mile ride. Now, she is broadening those horizons,
enchanting audiences throughout the Southwest, Midwest and England with her
exuberant, energetic stage presence, engaging songs and clear, soulful voice.

Smitten with music since she was soloing in the church choir at six, Brenda
Freed always had faith in the healing power of song. It carried her through a
music degree and into an extraordinary first career as a music therapist. "I
sang to people who were dying to take them in the ‘other realm,’ helped them
write songs about their lives that were shared with family and friends. I
worked with chemically dependent and psychiatric patients -- helping them
write songs about their losses, their treatment, their goals."

Inspired by her patients’ songs and hearing her own words as she encouraged
others to go for their dreams, Brenda decided it was time for her to do the
same. She had always been a performer, but it wasn't until an unscheduled
stop at the Kerrville Folk Festival in 1991 that she knew her future was in
performing her own original material. "I set out to clear my head. I was
touring the perimeter of the country by bicycle. I’d gone from Iowa north
into Canada, over to Nova Scotia, down to Florida and then west to Texas with
no intention of stopping -- till I stumbled into Kerrville and stayed through
the festival. It literally changed the course of my life." From that moment
on, Brenda was a performing singer/songwriter.