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July started out looking like a leisurely month for Raison D'Etre. We played back-to-back Swing Canaries gigs the first weekend, one of them at the Cincinnati Museum Center for a Heritage Tour luncheon and the other for Downtown Frankfort's outdoor concert series on the Old Capitol lawn. I remember saying at rehearsal the night before the Heritage Tour, "well, July will be easy since we only have five dates booked." I had forgotten that my own schedule was stepping up for the month.

Immediately after the 4th of July weekend, I realized my mistake. Not only had I signed up for the summer session of Practice of Poetry at Grailville on every Thursday afternoon with Pauletta Hansel, but I had also signed up for poet, Cathy Smith Bowers' "Abiding Image Workshop" on July 10. Cathy had come to Grailville during our worst snow storm of the year, so those of us who couldn't make the winter date were promised a summer session. All of those poetry sessions were wonderful, of course, but most of the writing I did during that time was my own.

My HealthRhythms schedule also picked up during July with two sessions at Walton Senior Center and one at Active Day in Blue Ash. I kept thinking, "I'll get around to posting something about Raison D'Etre's wonderful midsummer adventures soon." But again, I didn't.




So, you missed learning how much fun we had dressing up in period costume and debuting "Bie Mir Bist Du Schoen" for the Heritage Tour. Probably the most fun we're having with that tune is that Violet Rae is breaking out her bari uke and doing a little lead on the song. Vickie and I are also being our braver selves and trying our hand at a little klezmer-sounding riff each. We did the tune the next day at Frankfort's Downtown Concert Series and almost nailed the parts. However, it wasn't tight until we played at the Cincinnati Art Museum's celebration of American Song on July 11! I wanted to high-five Violet and Vickie after our lead sequence, but we still had to finish the song. Thanks to our friends who came out to those three concerts, bringing love, support and even pie. Gil Thurman captured the Frankfort party ambience in his photos of their event.






So after the Art Museum, I took a deep breath and realized that my personal calendar was taking over. Kate Larken--singer/songwriter/publisher extraordinare-- e-mailed me to say that the Motes Books Gathering scheduled for Grailville July 16-18 was pretty much filled up and that my songwriting workshop might have as many as 21 participants. So I spent a couple of days getting my handouts together for this wonderful new adventure. In the meantime, my yearly Arts in Education Roster training was scheduled in Frankfort on the 13th, and I picked up a last minute solo booking from Creative Aging for my "Story Behind the Song" program. I gave up all hope of a website update for July when Gary scheduled a few vacation days for July 22 and 23. Then the gals of the Raison clan celebrated our sister, Rosanne's birthday with a lunch at the Greyhound Tavern.

Let me tell you that all of this activity might have kept me from updating our news page, but it sure was invigorating. The Grailville Gathering turned out to be filled with really great writers of all genres--including a few songwriters--who styled our swarps into something special. We sang hymns, original songs, and the Rolling Stones, played avocado percussion, took turns holding the youngest member of the Gathering(five days), and shared writing. It was magical! Those of us who had work published in Motes Books' latest themed anthology, MOTIFv2: COME WHAT MAY, AN ANTHOLOGY OF WRITINGS ABOUT CHANCE were thrilled to receive our contributor copies at the Gathering.



Following the Gathering I took a few days to get back to my exercise routine before Raison D'Etre finished out our month playing Acoustic Thursday on Fountain Square, following a talented singer/pianist/songwriter from Denmark, Tommy Hansen. The next day, we headed up the road to Wilmington, OH to close our performance month with two Swing Canaries shows and two more chances for "Bie Mir Bist Du Schoen." I love a complete cycle.

Hope you are having a thrilling summer.
Still missing the wonderful John Benjamin who left us on July 13.



(Photo of John Benjamin sent to Kentucky Artist listserve by David Marshall.) Thanks, Carrie Nath!

Raise on!
And in John's honor...
Never defer those midsummer night dreams.

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I'm in denial, of course, but where did May go? Since I wrote you last, the garden is in, Raison D'Etre played Frankfort, Lexington, and Newport, KY, the theme show on Women of Substance Radio switched from mothers to fathers, and the class of 2010 is graduating. Time to show down and notice.

We'll be noticing some wonders in our home area this June as we play at the gorgeous art fair, Summerfair, on June 6. We're up on the Vocal Arts Gazebo Stage at 2:30 pm that day, but the fair begins on Friday at 2 pm. If you live in the Greater Cincinnati Area, you owe it to yourself to take in the artistic wonders at this breathtaking fair during its weekend run at Old Coney Island Park off Kellogg. Hope to see you as we take our celebratory tour right after our set.



June is also a time to notice some of the great music venues we get to play. Like College Hill Coffee Company & Casual Gourmet on June 12 as we present "Java, Jive, June," our two set concert at this unique coffee, dining, and relaxing establishment in College Hill.



And if you live far away from us, you can always notice the great music on Women of Substance Radio which features one of our songs this month on "Honoring Fathers," a show that airs every Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday from 3:00-5:30 pm, EDT. Just go to

http://www.womenofsubstanceradio.com

and listen via their player.

Of course, you can always find Raison D'Etre music and videos to download for your very own playlists at CD Baby, iTunes, and Mudbrick Media.

Just check out our page for links to browse and buy:

http://www.raison3.com/products.html

Raise on , June bugs,
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The sun did manage to shine bright for the few minutes of the Derby itself which I watched from the comfort of my Wilder Elks Hall/basement. It's not really an Elks Hall, but would do in a pinch if the Elks ever needed it. My horse--which I choose solely from the name--did not come in, but I was really happy for that Dream Bet guy. Can you imagine how many friends he has now?

The continued rain caused some major flooding in south Kentucky. I saw facebook reports from friends near Berea mentioning that some of them had to leave their homes. This morning's paper confirms that the flooding there was deadly. Kind of puts a few soggy public events in perspective. Today, with the sun shining bright, I am grateful that the heavy rain has subsided and hope this finds you safe and again looking forward to some spring celebrations.

Raison D'Etre has a mini-tour of our old Kentucky home lined up for May. Friday May 7th will be our debut at Frankfort's Kentucky Coffeetree Cafe. This unique listening room features national touring acts on most weekends like Ann Rabson, New Found Road, Claire Lynch, and Sam Bush. There's a bluegrass bent to most of the touring acts, but many blues, jazz and other roots styles are scheduled as well. We are playing for Coffeetree's monthly event, First Friday, a poetry reading with music organized by some Kentucky poet laureates. We are really excited to be part of the event which will feature the poetry of Alex Taylor and Emilia Phiips. See the Kentucky Coffeetree website for details.

http://www.kentuckycoffeetree.com

Then on May 8th at 5 pm, we're headed over to Lexington for Downtown Lexington's Mayfest. This 16-year-old arts festival in Gratz Park runs from 10-6 on Saturday. Check calendar links for directions.

http://www.raison3.com/calendar.html

And speaking of Kentucky arts and crafts, Newport has its own little haven for Kentucky food, music, and crafts at Kentucky Haus/ 411 E. 10th Street. We'll be there playing two sets on May 22 from noon-2. Plus, we'll probably sneak upstairs to check out the latest shipment of Bybee Pottery.

Hope this finds you on the sunny side.

Raise on, and don't defer those dreams!
Roberta of the Raison

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Check out all of our video clips at Mudbrick's YouTube channel:

http://www.youtube.com/user/MudbrickMusicVideos#grid/user/B7C76827F5738568

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Just wanted to report some of the adventures this folk trio enjoyed during the changes in season. To start March with a “lion” of an event, we performed on the Blue Moon Stage at Kentucky Crafted: the Market. Kentucky Arts Council produces this stage of Performing Arts Directory music acts each year including classical, traditional, jug band, bluegrass, singer songwriters, and choral music. Plus they offer our recordings to retail shops on the trade days and patrons of the Market during the retail days. The Market is such a feast for the eyes with all the crafts and visual art and for the ears with all the music, but probably the most popular aisle is the Kentucky Proud corridor where visitors can sample some of Kentucky’s finest foods. I personally came home with some great barbeque sauce and some wicked hot mustard.

Mark Brown sent us a few photos from our performance. Just so you can get the feel of the beautiful performance space”¦








On March 10, we headed up to Mason, Ohio to play our Swing Canaries set for Mason Christian Village. As usual, this lovely audience sang along with the standards they knew and danced to in their youth. It’s always a pleasure to share these great songs with an audience who knows them well.

March became a “lamb” of a month when we headed up to College Hill Coffee Company for our “Beware the Jive of March” set. CHCC is our absolute favorite public gig because the patrons and management are such wonderful people. Imagine our surprise when we arrived to set up and found a gift bag of Raison D'Etre beer next to our tip jar. Tina, the owner, had been browsing Marty’s Hops and Vines, the newest neighborhood establishment to open on her block in College Hill, when she saw the beer and thought of us. It is so great to feel welcomed. And the night just got better from there. Lots of friends stopped out to hear our sets including Erin and Mary Ann with two of Erin’s school buddies, George and Nancy, Jim, Cathy and Bob Price with grandson, Henry and a whole table-full of moms-night-out led by our friend and my former SK student, Angie Gillespie. Some young women I hadn’t seen since their high school days have blossomed into wonderful adults. Angie took this photo of us...



Also in March, Violet Rae’s song “Alien” was featured on Women of Substance’s theme show for the month entitled, “Conscience.” Thanks to Bree Noble and her panel for selecting us to be heard on Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays. My song, “The Hard Truth,” was also featured each Thursday on the Folk Show. If you’d like to listen in to the great music on Women of Substance while you work or surf the web, just go to the widget we have posted on our front page:
http://www.raison3.com

Several of our songs are in regular rotation, including “Broken Radio” and “Another Train.” The really cool thing about Women of Substance is that our song might just get played after someone like Stevie Nicks or Carrie Newcomer. We hope you’ll give them a listen.

On March 29th we made our last appearance on Northern Kentucky Magazine with Nancy James. Insight is cancelling all local programming effective today, April 1st. I wish I could tell you that it’s an April Fool’s joke, but I can’t. Yet another avenue for Northern Kentucky artists, teams, musicians, businesses, and community organizations has been slammed shut. We are so grateful for all that Nancy, Sandy and Pat did to connect our community. We’ll miss them!

For April, we are working on adding some songs and arrangements to our Old West and Swing Canaries sets while our schedule is light. Only two shows this month for Bridgeway Pointe and Springdale Community Center. Hope to see you in May when the outdoor festival season gets underway. We’ll be in Frankfort for a couple of shows and in Lexington for their MayFest Arts Fair.

Check the calendar for specifics:

http://www.raison3.com/calendar.html

Raise on, dear friends!
And don’t defer those budding dreams.

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While not as socked in as the East Coast, our little corner of the world spent at least half of February in cancellation and rescheduling mode. We received 6 inches of snow near the beginning of the month(overnight on the 5th,) then another 6 inches before we could dig out from the first. And just after our neighbor came by with the huge construction implement to plow our long gravel drive mostly clear, we were treated to another 9 inches of fluffy white over the week of Valentine's Day. As I look out the office window onto the valley below our house, large swaths of 3-4 inch mini-glaciers still dot the hillside. Even a day of rain and a few days of sun were not enough to completely reveal the grass underneath.

Since Violet was out of town for a travel convention, Raison D'Etre was on February hiatus. For once, I was really grateful that we hadn't scheduled the usual 4-5 February dates, as they would have most likely needed re-scheduling. Even with the snow, I was able to make most of my HealthRHYTHMS drumming sessions for February and review a couple of books for WVXU's "Around Cincinnati."


(Photo by Janet Arno, Campbell County Library.)

You can read about my adventures in my blog, "Braverself." if you're interested:

http://braverself.blogspot.com

Feel free to leave some comments.

February meant a new theme show for Women of Substance Radio. We were proud to be included in their "Valentine's Show" which aired every Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday from 3-7 pm. If you'd like to listen to their online programming while you work, we keep a widget on our homepage:

http://www.raison3.com

Coming up in March for Raison D'Etre...

We're excited to be included in the Blue Moon Stage line-up, produced by the Kentucky Arts Council, at Kentucky Crafted: the Market on March 6 at 1 pm and we're real happy to return to Cincinnati's best coffee venue, College Hill Coffee Company on March 12 from 7:30-9:30 pm. Hope to see you at one of these shows. Please come on by to talk and we can compare icicle stories.

Hope you are staying warm, reading some, and listening to some good music!

Raise on, dear friends!
And don't defer those dreams...

Roberta of the Raison
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Then Mudbrick Media put up a myspace site to promote our music videos. We're very happy with the design, photos, and videos. Please take a look when you get the chance, and let us know what you think.

http://www.myspace.com/raisondetremusicvideos


(photo by Brad Puckett)

On January 15 and 16, Raison D'Etre took part in Rivertown Music Club's fund raiser for Susan G. Komen Foundation, "One More Girl on a Stage" at York Street Cafe in Newport, KY. On Friday we were delighted to share the Gallery Acoustic Stage with such acts as Shiny & the Spoon and Carole Walker while Lauren Houston and Tupelo Honey rocked the house in the Lounge. Saturday night, I helped out as the volunteer coordinator, working with some great rollergirl volunteers and other helpful members of the Rivertown Music Club community. Event mastermind, Kelly Thomas, performed tunes from her new CD with Ryan Malott in the Lounge on Saturday while the Acoustic Stage featured a diverse line-up of groups playing both standards and originals. I was especially impressed with a group called the Honneycombs. York Street Cafe was a wonderful venue for this fund raiser, offering three floors of fun.



Raison D'Etre at "One More Girl" show(Kelly Thomas)


Rollergirls and Teachers Volunteer(Jan Thomas)

The end of the month was jam-packed with two Swing Canaries shows in Loveland and Sharonville and three HealthRHYTHMS drum sessions for me in Ohio.


Suzie Timmer shot from New Year's Eve

Coming up...Fine Arts Fund Sampler Weekend February 20 and 21. I will be leading HealthRHYTHMS drum sessions at Media Bridges in Downtown Cincinnati and at Campbell County Public Library in Cold Spring. No prior skill necessary, so I hope you'll drop in to have some fun with drums. It's free. Check our calendar page for details.

http://www.raison3.com/calendar.html

It's hard to avoid hearing about and seeing the suffering in Haiti. There are so many ways to help. If you are thinking about buying CDs(like ours or anybody's) at CDBaby, for one more week, they are contributing a dollar from every sale to Haitian relief. Their offer started on January 25 and runs through this coming Friday February 5. If you buy one of our CDs from CDBaby this week, we will sweeten the deal by sending you a copy of our 2007 concert DVD, "Live @ Java 5." Just be sure you give CDBaby your name and address when you purchase our CD, and we will send you a DVD for free. Thanks for helping in any way you choose. Here's a link to get your shopping started:

http://www.raison3.com/products.html

Hope to see you somewhere in the next month.

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Noel in November?

Every year Raison D’Etre ends up doing some caroling since we have our little caroling books stocked with at least three hours worth of our favorite holiday songs and our capes and bonnets at the ready. We add a few more favorites each Christmas based on whatever goals we set for ourselves in January. In most years, we might end up doing 4-5 holiday gigs, primarily in December. In 2008, our caroling crept into the pre-Thanksgiving window by a few days when we sang at Balluminaria and for the O’Bryonville Holiday Walk. But in 2009, we actually sang our first holiday songs on November 12 for Kentucky Historical Society and didn’t put those books down until December 19! I think I counted 21 holiday gigs total, including three New Year’s Eve events. So, I hope you’ll forgive me for just now getting back to the Raison D’Etre desk.

Three New Videos on iTunes

Mudbrick Media invited us back to Mobile, AL in December to shoot three music videos from our Tales from the Tall Side recording. We did videos for “Don’t Worry About Me,” by Violet Rae, “Another Train” by Vickie and “This Kind of Rain” by yours truly. It was really fun performing in front of a “green screen” like the pros do while Mudbrick’s team decided how to present our songs to the world.The music videos are available on iTunes now for $1.99 each. Hope you’ll go take a look and tell us what you think.

http://www.mudbrickmusicvideos.com/videos_list.php

From Brad Puckett's photo shoot at the Bragg-Mitchell Mansion in Mobile:


How can we be three places at once?

My friend, Dixie, reported to me that she saw Raison D’Etre performing on INC6 on Christmas Day while the Schultz Family listened to us on WVXU’s Around Cincinnati Christmas show. How could we be on cable TV, Cincinnati Public Radio and enjoying the holiday all at once? Through the miracle of digital footage and pre-recorded radio, of course. We also managed to be featured on CDBaby’s “Festive Folk” podcast during December on the 10th and the 22nd. So, we seemed even busier than we were in real life!

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=340257811


Coming Up...

We are so pleased to help Rivertown Music Club, led by that dynamo, Kelly Thomas, with the “One More Girl on a Stage” extravaganza which is two nights this year at the York Street Cafe. Hope to see some of you there.




Happy 2010, dear friends!
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Here’s a photo taken by Lauren LaPointe,(a fabulous singer songwriter from Savannah) of the Fast Pitch Showcase. We don’t look too nervous.




The evenings of SERFA were filled with official showcases from 7-10:30 pm and then guerrilla showcases back in the cabins until 2 am. Those hearty souls who did not get enough music by 2 am were invited to attend the “late night jams” in the rec room. On Friday Folk Alliance sponsored an unofficial slot for us in their cabin. So, we were happy to perform a full showcase along with Emily Dowden(of the Dowden Sisters,) Happenstance, C. Daniel Boling, Marissa of Folk Alliance and John Stoecker.

Raison D'Etre decided to bring a little Kentucky hospitality with us and host an in-room showcase on Saturday night. Due to a scheduling mix-up, our in-room was moved to the spacious rec room, so not only did we have snacks and snazzy talent, but also some pretty tasteful décor. All performers were asked to do at least one Kentucky-themed song. So, we were wowed with “Somewhere in Kentucky,” (Laurie McClain did this earlier in her formal showcase, so we gave her a pass) “My Old Kentucky Home,” (Chico Schwall played a masterful instrumental version,) “Paradise,” (played by our Arkansas buddies, Brooks and Doug of Happenstance) and “Shady Grove,” done by C.Daniel Boling who is a distant cousin of Jean Ritchie. And last, but certainly not least, Lauren LaPointe anchored that 1:30 am slot with a “Blue Kentucky Girl” sing along. She rocks! Here’s the poster we put together for the ”Old Kentucky Home” experience.



(photo by Gary Schultz of Wilder Ranch Road.)

We truly love the Ozarks, the Folk Center and their wonderful staff, and SERFA’s board for putting together such a great conference. Can’t wait to return to the Ozarks next October. Here’s a little glimpse of the view from the lodge steps.



(Photo by Vickie Ellis)

Back home now enjoying what’s left of the Ohio Valley foliage. We arrived home just in time for the peak color. Hope to see you at some of our upcoming shows.

For photos of our showcase performers, see our PHOTOS page.

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Coming back with three new songs renewed my faith in my own ability to create, yet left me with an overwhelming “homesickness” for that particular sacred space. Thanks to Georgann Eubanks and Donna Campbell for leading us to Wild Acres each year, and to Mike House for his stewardship of place, and to all the other writers who have taken me in as family. Hope to see you next year.

Pinnacle shot from Joe Pfister, 2008.




Raison D’Etre will travel to Arkansas’ mountains this month to take part in the South East Region Folk Alliance’s second annual conference at the Ozark Folk Center. We have a “Fast Pitch” Showcase, a late night Folk Alliance Showcase, and are hosting our own “Old Kentucky Home” showcase in our room where the participants must contribute either a Kentucky-themed song or snack. We look forward to meeting folkies from all over the country at SERFA while we take in the beauty of the Ozarks.

The Old West Festival winds up for 2009 on the weekend of October 10-11. It’s enjoying some real growth in patronage this year, so here’s hoping you get out to Brown County, OH before you have to wait a whole year to play cowboy/cowgirl. We’re up on the Dodge House Stage one more time this season--October 10 from 1:30-3:30 pm. C’mon out Route 32 to see us before we sing “Happy Trails.” Medicine shows, lassos, gunfights, and saloon dancers. Lots of crafts, food, and interesting characters.



Raise on, Pardners!
And don’t defer those “Happy Trails” dreams

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August brought us a few Dog Days, but certainly not as many as we’ve had the past few years. In fact, my dog, Maggie May, is lounging away in the side yard on this pleasant end-of-summer day enjoying the sights, sounds and smells that go along with that first hint of chill in the air. No doubt we’ll still have a few hot and humid days coming up, but today everything feels swept clean.

Raison D’Etre’s August schedule was almost leisurely, giving us the time to enjoy seeing those of you who ventured out from your busy lives to share an hour or two with us. On perhaps one of the most humid evenings all summer we played at the Dilly Deli’s fabulous courtyard space. The owner, Chuck, came out to greet us remarking that “whoa, it looks like Woodstock out here.” While we were puzzling over whether or not we looked like love children, we finally decided he was noting that there was a pretty big outdoor crowd for a Saturday night. It was a hot, hot night, but a great time playing three sets for appreciative and fun people. Thanks especially to Charlie and Gayle for coming by and to the really nice table of partiers who stayed around for the late set and bought our CDs. Plus, our waitress rocked.

The following week brought us to Joseph Beth Booksellers with two indoor sets amid the volumes. We love bookstores and bookstore people! Violet Rae and Vickie were happy to greet friends from Morehead State University’s Drama Department who gathered with the gals for some merriment at Don Pablo’s following our sets. We were very pleased to see our good friend, Dixie, who brought a friend along, and it was great to see Medicine Woman, too. Thanks to all who came by to listen, buy a CD, or just plant a kiss on Berta’s unsuspecting cheek between songs--love ya, Stuart! Big thanks to Barb Hudson for having events like this instore.

August 22 sent us on an adventure to Shepherdsville, KY where Bullitt County Library has a wonderful concert series for their patrons. Charlie and Randy(Programs and Director, respectively) told us that the crowd would be great, but we weren’t prepared for how much they listened to every word and took part in the banter. Musicians--song writers, especially--live for this kind of exchange. Bravo, Bullitt County Library! We enjoyed every minute of our time with you. And, of course, some of our friends from the Louisville area showed up. It was so wonderful to see Cookie, Kathy, Donna, and Erin and her beautiful twins! Some months are just meant to savor, and this year, August was that month for us.

Good thing we had that savoring time, because September promises to be a whirlwind. We’re playing two fund raisers that we’d like to call to your attention here, and of course, The Old West Festival will be getting underway on September 12.

We’re playing our cowgirl set at the Old West Festival on Sept. 12, 27, and October 10, but the Festival runs for 5 consecutive weekends beginning September 12. Be sure to find your way out highway 32 into Brown County for a unique experience for the family. Download and print out a “Side Kick Discount” at this link:

Old West Fest Discount

The 2nd Annual Bluerock Music Festival is coming up on September 19 from 1-8 pm at Blue Rock Farm. EG Kight, blues sensation, is the headliner with Raison D’Etre, Tracy Walker and Jake Speed & the Freddies playing opening sets for her. Hope to see you there, It’s fun, family-friendly, and fabulous.



Last, but not least, is Grailville’s 65th Anniversary Bash. Come on out to Loveland to shake the hand that feeds you!



Hope you’re enjoying the changing of seasons.

Raise on!
And don’t defer those bountiful dreams!

Roberta
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