Sunday, May 30, 2010

Recording, Packing, and Preparing




Tonight Aaron and I are working on some music that I will hopefully be able to perform and give to listeners while on tour. I'm recording 8 songs on a CD that, unfortunately, will not be complete until after tour. However, Aaron convinced me to make a 4 song version to take along on tour. My biggest problem... I still don't have a name for my music... any ideas?

The next few days are going to be a little crazy trying to get ready.

1. Write a paper about ELL/bilingual education
2. Finish recording enough to get a CD ready to burn
3. Create some sort of packaging for my CDs
4. Pack
5. Work a couple of days with my boys
6. Say goodbye to loved ones
7. Recover from the Emergency Room visit I had last night (don't ask...)
8. Apply to as many jobs as possible in four days
9. Sleep?
10. Spend time with friends and family that I have promised I would see before I go

... and the list goes on...

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

One week to go!


Dear Friends,

Next Friday kicks off the Maribelle West Coast Tour! We will be gone for about a month (minus Dan). I am planning to update this blog as much as possible... mostly for my own benefit. I am very excited for tour and a figure this would be a nice way to chronicle the experience. I figured some of you may also be interested to know what's going on with us as well.

Aaron, Dara, and myself will be going to the following places:

4th - Little Rock, Arkansas
5th - Oklahoma City, OK
6th- Austin, Texas
7th- Denton, TX
8th- Houston, TX
9th- Amarillo, TX
10th- Alba, New Mex
11th- GRAND CANYON!
12th- Phoenix, AZ
13th - Tucson, AZ
14th - Santa Barbara, CA
15th - To be determined
16th- To be determined
17th- Oakland, CA
18th- San Jose, CA
19th- Reno, Nevada
20th- Portland, Oregon
21st- Portland, Oregon
22nd- TBD
23rd- TBD
24th- TBD
25th- Boise, Idaho
26th- TBD
27rh- TBD
28th- Lincoln, Nebraska
29th- TBD
30th- TBD

July 1- TBD
July 2- Chicago, Illinois!

One short day of school left, five days of therapy, and then away I go!!!