Hello Sara fans,

I'd just like to welcome all of you to the Saints & Angels mailing
list, the monthly e-group devoted to bringing you the latest
information on Sara's career, recent updates to Sara-Online.Net, and
news of interest about the Fan Club. Thanks to the 21 of you who
have subscribed thus far, including the President of the Official Fan
Club, Kaelin Evans! I think all of the Saints & Angels would agree
that she has single-handedly generated a 180 degree shift in the
direction of the Fan Club, and has dramatically increased the
interest level among FC members. Things have certainly changed for
the better, and now Sara's online friends are taking on more projects
than ever!

On the 4th of July, seven people from this list attended the show at
Metropolitan Park in Jacksonville, FL. This represented the largest
delegation of Saints & Angels at any single Sara event to date!
Robert Ehlers of Chattanooga, TN spearheaded an effort many months
ago to produce plaques of appreciation for Sara and Kaelin at the
Jacksonville Meet & Greet. The plaques included the names of all
Saints & Angels from the Unofficial Message Board, our "official"
place to meet and chat online. After collecting funds from all who
were able to contribute, Robert had just enough to cover the cost of
both plaques. He had a very inspiring message engraved on them, and
then had the privilege of presenting both Sara and Kaelin with these
tokens of our appreciation following the show. The plaques were a
HUGE hit, and were just the most recent example of how the Saints &
Angels continue to work hand-in-hand to reach out and touch Sara's
heart, just as she has touched ours. All of us are also members of
the "Kaelin Fan Club", and take pride in efforts to be an
encouragement to her as well.

The latest project is an initiative by Julie to create official t-
shirts for the online fans, bearing the name "Saints & Angels". If
you would like to make a suggestion about what the shirts should look
like, or if you would just like to pre-order your shirt, so that
Julie can have an idea of how many are interested, e-mail her
at "jewels4938@...". She estimates that the shirt, screen
printing, mailing, etc. will run about $10 a person. The price could
even be lower than that, depending on how many sign up, so let's all
roll up our sleeves (no pun intended), and make these t-shirts!
(Tiffany just told me that the last line was lame, but I'm keeping it
in nevertheless).

By the way, thanks to all of you for your prayers and well-wishes
last weekend for our wedding. Tiffany and I joined hands in
matrimony on July 12, after having met on the message board in April
of last year. This marks the first board buddy marriage, and I
believe everyone from the board can claim to have a part in helping
this relationship along. You're all dear friends who we hold in the
highest esteem. To read the details of our wedding ceremony and
reception (which was fraught with Sara's music),
visit "http://disc.server.com/discussion.cgi?
id=2922;article=8147;title=Sara%20Evans".

As mentioned in the introduction, these email newsletters are
supposed to be an update on Sara's career and my website -- "www.sara-
online.net". In next month's edition, I will devote more space to
the latest happenings in Sara's career, but for this first one, I
primarily wanted it to be more of a personal note, especially since
the list includes only the most faithful fans at this point, who have
been keeping a close check on all press releases, television &
magazine appearances, and, of course, detailed concert reviews posted
by your peers on the message board. In an effort to give these
reviews the permanence they deserve, I back them up on my Fan Reviews
page at "http://www.sara-online.net/fan_reviews.html". Recent
submissions include those by Jim (Saratoga Springs), Dan (Hannity
Freedom Concert), Joe (Rochester, NY), Tim (Comstock, NE), and of
course the Jacksonville delegation. More will be pouring in over the
next few months as Sara continues her Summer concert tour across the
country.

If you attend a show, you are always welcome to submit a review to be
stored on the website, in addition to photos from the concert, to be
added to the 626 photos which already line the walls of the Sara-
Online.Net galleries. Finally, send in your Meet & Greet photo with
Sara to me at "webmaster@...". There are currently two
pages of fan photos beginning on "http://www.sara-
online.net/pictures/Fans1.html".

Take care all, and be sure to read the excellent article on Sara in
the August/September edition of Country Music Magazine (pgs. 60-63)!

Until next month, God Bless!
-Chuck