Hey fans,
What great adventures we have been having since we last
posted news!
At the end of
October and beginning of November we were off Ocracoke for about two weeks with
shows at the Pittsboro General Store in Pittsboro, NC, an opening for a fabulous
new exhibit at the NC Museum of History in Raleigh, NC, and a performance for
the 40th anniversary of the Green Grass Cloggers at Wright
Auditorium on the campus of UNC-Greenville. After that weekend we returned to Durham for the NC Arts
Market (an opportunity to hobnob with performance presenters from across the
state and visit with many wonderful fellow musicians.)
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| At the NC ArtsMarket, Gary with Laurelyn Dossett (songwriter extraordinaire! She wrote "House on a Hill" which we recorded on Catharsis) |
At
the end of the week, we scooted down to Wilmington, NC for a live performance
at the Public Radio WHQR’s studio entitled “Soup to Nuts” . . . we think we
were the nuts part?! The next
night we joined John Golden and Geoff Morris for a concert at the Scottish Rite
Temple. We have included some
clips from the live WHQR show on our website homepage. It is a lot of fun so take a listen by going
to our home page at http://www.molassescreek.com and
scrolling down the page to the playbox.
Returning
back to the island, we had a week to prepare for Thanksgiving and the day-after
Thanksgiving Ocrafolk Festival Fundraising show at the Ocracoke Community
Center. This evening was a
wonderful success, raising almost $3000 for next year’s event. In addition to Molasses Creek, on hand
to grace the stage were Donald Davis, Jef the Mime, April Trueblood, Jubal
Creech, Capt. Rob and Sundae Horn, and the Ocracoke Jazz Society.
December
3 and 4, Justin Casey (of Carolina Still) traveled to Ocracoke with his fine
folks to photoshoot the band for the upcoming National Radio Release
album. Justin will be designing March
release, so it was imperative we had his eagle eye from start to finish on the
project.
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| Fencing Fiddler Dave |
On Friday, we did a test
run on the Ocracoke beach with friend and photographer Jennifer Kidwell who
also helped over the weekend with styling the band. Saturday was sunny, although a bit blustery and cold as can
be seen by the shivering blue Louie in the outtakes.
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| Lou solves the problem of playing in the cold! |
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| Justin & Gerald |
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| Marcy |
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| Gary |
We came away from the weekend with some great photos, and
are now entrenched in the studio and behind the computer, finishing up loose
ends for a go-to-press date of January 6.
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| But the winning cover shot is . . . .Marse! |
If any of you fans are interested in contributing to our
quest to take the national stage by storm, you can earn some great reward
prizes for your contributions. Just
click here, or follow the link on our website to “Support Our 2012 Radio Quest!” Thanks so much!
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| Leaping Louie! |
Upcoming performances
December 30 ~
First Night Williamsburg, Molasses Creek will
perform at the Williamsburg United Methodist Church Old Fellowship Hall at 7,
9, and 11 PM. For more information on the performers, directions, and how to
purchase your admission button, visit http://www.firstnightwilliamsburg.org.
Come on out, it is great fun!
