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WHAT's NEW
-- 2004 Archive --
The News that
Happens Between the Newsletters
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Below: An overview of LUNCH Activities for
2004
For all
upcoming current events see the calendar
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2004
HAPPENINGS
The 2004
LUNCH Holiday Show was a tremendous success, with a cast of 40 kids and
musicians putting on an exceptional performance for a packed house, and
raising money for local social service agencies. A full photo spread
is posted in photo album, along with the 2004 "Who's Who Gallery. "The
Gift of the Madguy" was LUNCH's 8th Holiday Show, and we are looking
forward to December 3 2005 when we present "A Mall and the Night Visitors", as
Dorothy and friends follow the Yellow Brick Road to the Emerald City Mall,
to find the Womderful Wizard of Claus. Coming, December 3, 2005 !
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ABOVE: December 2004, West
Coast Tour #2 -- (Left)
Kay and Bill present a donation from LUNCH to the
President of the Women and Childrens' Crisis Center in East Whitter, CA, to
support A Window Between Worlds, which uses expressive art for healing
victims of abuse. (Center) Bill and Kay at
Disneyland (Right) At Venice Beach in
souther California.
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BELOW
(click to enlarge) December 2004
-- (Left)
Kay and Bill in Southern
California discuss the Holiday Show, "The Gift of the Madguy" under an
appropriate sky. (Center) Bill performs at
Mystic Seaport, December 2004
(Right) Bill and
Kay with Michael Hopkins (right) at the grand opening of Ascension Studios in
Connecticut, December 26, 2004
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AS OF FALL 2004: LUNCH Goes to the
West Coast ! The need for Social Outreach knows no boundaries, and we are
proud to announce our first West Coast event.
Kay Pere has been
in the L.A. area in Oct-Nov, producing and performing a benefit for two
great outreach progams -- The Pacific Maritime Ministries, which works with
young people in need, and A Window Between Worlds, which uses the arts as a
means of healing from abuse. The concert, held on Halloween day, raised
more than $1,000 for these charitable agencies. Kay is also performing at a
Seniors home, and at some Songwriter events at the FARWest Folk
Alliance Conference. Her new CD has met with a great reception.
Bill and Kay are back to
L.A. in August 2005. Bill is a guest presenter for the SongsAlive
organization.
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In Fall 2004, the #1 song on the Folk Charts at Artist Launch.com was "High
School My School", recorded by Bill and LUNCH. We also had 6 other songs in
the top 20 across 3 charts !! |
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At the
national Indie Music Conference in Philadelphia
<===== Nancy Tucker is named
2004 Indie artist of the Year
Bill Pere was the 2003 Indie Artist of the Year
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ABOVE: LUNCH Spring
2004 events enabled us to present $1,300 to the Pawcatuck Neighborhood
Center (left), from the March Hunger Awareness Concert; $1,700 to Care and
Share, from the May "Music and Magic" event (center); and $1,000 to World
Hunger Year from the Service Learning Concert with Jen Chapin (right) who
is accepting the donation. In addition, we raised more than $13, 000 for
Social Services and Education Enrichment in the Montville area, from
the April Chapin Legacy Show.
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======HIGHLIGHTS FROM FALL 2004====
SUMMER MUSIC CAMP '04 (#9)
at Camp Wightman was a great time with 42 campers and leaders putting on a
fantastic performance. PHOTOS are posted on the PHOTO
ALBUM PAGE. If you'd like to participate
in this wonderful experience this year, let us know now ! Spaces are
limited.
2004 TRAVELS: Bill and Kay were off
to Canada in August for the annual Chapin
Festival. Along with the music, there was kayaking and hiking and research
for new songs. Off to Philadelphia in September
for the national Independent Music Conference, where Bill is presented his
workshop on personality profiles and the music business. October
included the annual trek to Vermont and New Hampshire and
November saw Bill and Kay at the Northeast
Regional Folk Alliance in the Catskills. Then for
December, back to L.A. and the West Coast. In between all that
there were lots of rehearsals with the Ensemble for the Holiday Show, and
studio recording
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Bill and Kay bring
some LUNCH music to Pike's Peak in the Colorado Rockies to ring in the 2004
New Year -- The fireworks from the top of the 14,000 foot peak were
spectacular as were the rock formations at Garden of the Gods. |
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