What a whirlwind of a few weeks it’s been, and a time of many ‘firsts’. February saw us jet off to the States for the first time for a couple of weeks for a Nashville to Memphis to LA tour, then we flew straight over to beautiful WA to play Nannup Music Festival, and just last week we have been at the very awesome Blue Mountains Folk Festival and supporting country legend Nanci Griffith for her Melbourne and Sydney shows. Wow! I am loving 2010, bring on the rest of it!
Thanks to everyone who came to our shows at the festivals. What a great time we had. There’s nothing I enjoy more than having some serious laughs on stage throughout a show and that’s definitely what the last bunch of shows have been like. I’m lucky because I get to stand in the middle of Byll and Rob, who I must say I think are comedic geniuses. They would probably, actually most certainly, beg to differ on that statement and call it ridiculous, but for me, as far as the youngest sibling is concerned, they are two of the few people who can make me laugh uncontrollably and whom I’m very jealous of their wit and delivery. It’s like being in a nest for me having Josh, Byll and Rob all around. I scored a good spot in the middle. When we are doing our thing all together, it’s so easy and comfortable. Remove one of them and it feels like the mothers left the nest. I turn into an anxious little chick!
We must say a big huge thank you to Nanci for having us on her OZ tour. What a totally inspiring lady, one of the best storytellers and entertainers I’ve seen. We will be forever aspiring to have as long and as successful career as Nanci has had. We were chuffed when she generously asked us back up on stage to close the show with her singing the classic ‘Hammer Song’ which was a tune everyone could make a noise to. Look out, you might just hear that one slip into one of our future sets.. Cheers to Phil Kaufman and Thomm Jutz also who were so good to us.
We are off again to Sydney this week to do our very own show at the beautiful Raval (above The Maq Hotel) this Wednesday 24th. Would love to see all you Sydney and Blue Mountain folks there to share the evening with us.
That’s it from me.
Beth
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Home sweet home
It’s been a week since we landed after the first most fantastic, exciting and memorable tour of the States that we have had as a band, and its only taken a week, maybe less, to miss the places and the people who we met along the way more than anything. It was everything we hoped for and more, and I must say that I think we have all indulged in the idea of moving there one day.
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We went to attend the International Folk Alliance, which was held in Memphis, Tenneesee. It was a four day conference where bands and artists from all over the place showcase to industry types and each other. The unique thing about this conference is that 95% of your showcases are held in hotel rooms and are absolutely acoustic. This was something we were feeling a bit uneasy about prior to arriving at FAI, but by the end of the conference couldn’t get enough of. We were performing 3-4 times each day during all hours (showcases ceased at 3am each morning), surviving off very little sleep and forgetting to eat a lot of the time. Our vocal chords got quite the work out indeed! Our manager, Tom Harris, did an amazing job at organising and running the Australia room which was sponsored by Sounds Australia, and hosted a bunch of extremely talented and awesome Aussie acts who we became a little family with throughout the conference. We would get up every morning (late morning), arm ourselves with postcards and business cards, sling our Little Stevies bags over our shoulders and go off to meet and greet for the rest of the day in between shows. All the shows were fantastic and awesomely attended, and on the final night we played our official showcase with a full PA to a big full room. It was an absolute blast! We met some incredible bands, saw some magical music and songwriters, made lots of American and Canadian friends and fell utterly head over heels for one band in particular, Tripping Lily - http://www.myspace.com/trippinglily - you must check them out!
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Prior to the conference though, we spent a week in Nashville where we did a bunch of shows at venues including Norm’s River Roadhouse, The legendary Bluebird Café, The Basement and an impromtu gig at Red Rooster on the night we arrived. We were lucky enough to meet some pretty cool people who extended some pretty awesome invitations our way. First and foremost, Ray Di Pietro, who we met on the plane to Nashville who took us under his wing right from the beginning, showed us the real Nashville, took us to where the locals eat and drink and told all his friends (some very cool friends in the industry….if you know what I mean…) about this great band he had met on the plane and that they should check out our music and video’s. Needless to say, I think a few had a good laugh at our ‘Dink You’ movie. Norm, from Norm’s River Roadhouse, who gave us the best first gig of the tour, also gave us the most amazing live sound we’ve probably ever had and showed us how you’re meant to drink whisky in the States. Allen Parker, another superb sound engineer who mixed us at the Bluebird Cafe and who also works at the most beautiful studio in Nashville – Ocean Way Studios – who invited us over to have a tour of the studio big enough to fit a full orchestra and later took us out ‘honky tonking’ in the capitol of country music.
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On our final night of the tour we stopped over in Los Angeles, walked down Hollywood Blvd, visited the stars, saw the Hollywood sign and played a show at the very cool Hotel Café. Thank you to all those people who saw us in Nashville and made the trip along again to see us in L.A. You guys totally rock!
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It was the most wonderful 3 weeks of immercing ourselves in and discovery the quite unique country/folk music scene over there, and experiencing first hand the enthusiasm that everyone has for music. We definitely have plans to go back again in the next year as there are some exciting possibilities and opportunities in the pipeline. Will have to wait and see!
To feel like you were there, check out our 8 tour video blogs: www.thelittlestevies.com
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Beth
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We went to attend the International Folk Alliance, which was held in Memphis, Tenneesee. It was a four day conference where bands and artists from all over the place showcase to industry types and each other. The unique thing about this conference is that 95% of your showcases are held in hotel rooms and are absolutely acoustic. This was something we were feeling a bit uneasy about prior to arriving at FAI, but by the end of the conference couldn’t get enough of. We were performing 3-4 times each day during all hours (showcases ceased at 3am each morning), surviving off very little sleep and forgetting to eat a lot of the time. Our vocal chords got quite the work out indeed! Our manager, Tom Harris, did an amazing job at organising and running the Australia room which was sponsored by Sounds Australia, and hosted a bunch of extremely talented and awesome Aussie acts who we became a little family with throughout the conference. We would get up every morning (late morning), arm ourselves with postcards and business cards, sling our Little Stevies bags over our shoulders and go off to meet and greet for the rest of the day in between shows. All the shows were fantastic and awesomely attended, and on the final night we played our official showcase with a full PA to a big full room. It was an absolute blast! We met some incredible bands, saw some magical music and songwriters, made lots of American and Canadian friends and fell utterly head over heels for one band in particular, Tripping Lily - http://www.myspace.com/trippinglily - you must check them out!
....
Prior to the conference though, we spent a week in Nashville where we did a bunch of shows at venues including Norm’s River Roadhouse, The legendary Bluebird Café, The Basement and an impromtu gig at Red Rooster on the night we arrived. We were lucky enough to meet some pretty cool people who extended some pretty awesome invitations our way. First and foremost, Ray Di Pietro, who we met on the plane to Nashville who took us under his wing right from the beginning, showed us the real Nashville, took us to where the locals eat and drink and told all his friends (some very cool friends in the industry….if you know what I mean…) about this great band he had met on the plane and that they should check out our music and video’s. Needless to say, I think a few had a good laugh at our ‘Dink You’ movie. Norm, from Norm’s River Roadhouse, who gave us the best first gig of the tour, also gave us the most amazing live sound we’ve probably ever had and showed us how you’re meant to drink whisky in the States. Allen Parker, another superb sound engineer who mixed us at the Bluebird Cafe and who also works at the most beautiful studio in Nashville – Ocean Way Studios – who invited us over to have a tour of the studio big enough to fit a full orchestra and later took us out ‘honky tonking’ in the capitol of country music.
....
On our final night of the tour we stopped over in Los Angeles, walked down Hollywood Blvd, visited the stars, saw the Hollywood sign and played a show at the very cool Hotel Café. Thank you to all those people who saw us in Nashville and made the trip along again to see us in L.A. You guys totally rock!
....
It was the most wonderful 3 weeks of immercing ourselves in and discovery the quite unique country/folk music scene over there, and experiencing first hand the enthusiasm that everyone has for music. We definitely have plans to go back again in the next year as there are some exciting possibilities and opportunities in the pipeline. Will have to wait and see!
To feel like you were there, check out our 8 tour video blogs: www.thelittlestevies.com
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Beth
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
America... Folk Yeah!
So we are nearly ready to jet off to the U.S.A! We have our working visa’s, International driver’s licenses, itinerary, new hair cuts and colour, and stacks of merch and promotional material for the Folk Alliance Conference including Little Stevies business cards, flyers and 4 track CD’s. We have been rehearsing like crazy both electric and acoustically. Half our shows over there are electric with proper PA’s, but the other half are acoustic hotel showcases. The top three levels of hotel rooms at the venue where the conference is at are transformed into small live music venues where no drums, mics, amps or anything loud can be used. So to practice for this, we played a mini concert recently for our biggest critics and fans (parents and siblings) in the lounge room and got a critique for our acoustic set. You might have called it character building in some ways, but never the less, the acoustic set is sounding great now.
There is definitely an art to packing for this kind of trip, especially when there are weight and space restrictions, and especially when you have to think about ‘stage’ clothes as well as ‘everyday’ clothes. A typical suitcase for going on tour would include: underwear to last a week, thongs for the shower, tiny travel towel, sheet to sleep in (to avoid any nasty beds we may come across), one pair of jeans, trackies and jumper for the plane, boots for stage, cons for day wear, bunch of tops, maybe two outfits for stage to alternate between, couple of cardigans, coat, selection of jewellery, toiletries and grooming products, charges, tuners, leads, spare batteries, guitar strings and of course guitar or required instruments. For the plane, a backpack full of trashy magazines, a book, I-Pod, journal, neck rest and eye patch are also essentials, along with scarves, gloves and beanies to survive the weather we’re heading to. Try and fit that all in a suitcase, weigh it on the bathroom scales, and if all goes well you’re then ready to go to Memphis!
We are over in the States for two and a half weeks, doing shows on either side of the conference, spending our time in Nashville, Memphis and LA. If you had of asked me a year ago what I thought I’d be doing in twelve months time, I wouldn’t have guessed I’d be going to America with my band. I feel extremely lucky to have the opportunity to do this and could think of no better bunch of people to travel with. Keep your eyes and ears out for I’m sure some hilarious and ridiculous video blogs which will appear over the next couple of weeks while we’re are away, and a massive online photo album which will document the entire trip.
Farewell Stevie peeps, see you upon our return!
Beth
There is definitely an art to packing for this kind of trip, especially when there are weight and space restrictions, and especially when you have to think about ‘stage’ clothes as well as ‘everyday’ clothes. A typical suitcase for going on tour would include: underwear to last a week, thongs for the shower, tiny travel towel, sheet to sleep in (to avoid any nasty beds we may come across), one pair of jeans, trackies and jumper for the plane, boots for stage, cons for day wear, bunch of tops, maybe two outfits for stage to alternate between, couple of cardigans, coat, selection of jewellery, toiletries and grooming products, charges, tuners, leads, spare batteries, guitar strings and of course guitar or required instruments. For the plane, a backpack full of trashy magazines, a book, I-Pod, journal, neck rest and eye patch are also essentials, along with scarves, gloves and beanies to survive the weather we’re heading to. Try and fit that all in a suitcase, weigh it on the bathroom scales, and if all goes well you’re then ready to go to Memphis!
We are over in the States for two and a half weeks, doing shows on either side of the conference, spending our time in Nashville, Memphis and LA. If you had of asked me a year ago what I thought I’d be doing in twelve months time, I wouldn’t have guessed I’d be going to America with my band. I feel extremely lucky to have the opportunity to do this and could think of no better bunch of people to travel with. Keep your eyes and ears out for I’m sure some hilarious and ridiculous video blogs which will appear over the next couple of weeks while we’re are away, and a massive online photo album which will document the entire trip.
Farewell Stevie peeps, see you upon our return!
Beth
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
On the road with... us
A good fun weekend away we had at the Summer Cherry Festival in Adelaide. It’s a tough drive to do in a weekend, a lot of sore bottoms, a lot of nasty roadhouse food, and a lot of open spaces, pink lakes and road works.
It’s interesting; I’ve noticed there seem to be road works on every major highway every time we drive them. It’s like by the time they fix the highway all the way to the end of it, it’s time to go back to the beginning and do it all again. So there are always those painful 110 zones that have been altered to 60 for a good 10kms in between towns that test your patience.
The drive to Adelaide is usually much better than the drive home. We always start early on the way over, getting the first 3 hours over with before the day seems like it’s really begun. But the way back always sees us sleeping in after a late night, and the day getting to 3pm in the afternoon and knowing we won’t be home for another five hours.
Time in the car is always quite hilarious though. Habits and behaviours of people who you spend half your life with really become engrained in you without realising. Let me share a little light. Rob does this weird teeth clicking thing that is constant. He doesn’t even realise he’s doing it, but I notice it the entire time. Byll will have these intermittent abrupt awakenings where every 15mins or so she’ll half yell ‘do you want me to drive’ while she’s basically still asleep. Josh will always drive the car like he’s kicking back on the couch, one hand on the wheel, head back, cruising. And I will to everyone’s absolute frustration put on the same couple of albums on repeat, until Rob claims the Ipod with a Triple J Dr. Carl or John Saffran podcast.
There’s always a lot of sleeping in preparation for your 2 hour driving shift, a lot of seat swapping, discoveries of new unknown public toilet locations, food stops and long conversations about producers and their work. So there you go, an idea of what it’s like being on the road with us!
Beth
It’s interesting; I’ve noticed there seem to be road works on every major highway every time we drive them. It’s like by the time they fix the highway all the way to the end of it, it’s time to go back to the beginning and do it all again. So there are always those painful 110 zones that have been altered to 60 for a good 10kms in between towns that test your patience.
The drive to Adelaide is usually much better than the drive home. We always start early on the way over, getting the first 3 hours over with before the day seems like it’s really begun. But the way back always sees us sleeping in after a late night, and the day getting to 3pm in the afternoon and knowing we won’t be home for another five hours.
Time in the car is always quite hilarious though. Habits and behaviours of people who you spend half your life with really become engrained in you without realising. Let me share a little light. Rob does this weird teeth clicking thing that is constant. He doesn’t even realise he’s doing it, but I notice it the entire time. Byll will have these intermittent abrupt awakenings where every 15mins or so she’ll half yell ‘do you want me to drive’ while she’s basically still asleep. Josh will always drive the car like he’s kicking back on the couch, one hand on the wheel, head back, cruising. And I will to everyone’s absolute frustration put on the same couple of albums on repeat, until Rob claims the Ipod with a Triple J Dr. Carl or John Saffran podcast.
There’s always a lot of sleeping in preparation for your 2 hour driving shift, a lot of seat swapping, discoveries of new unknown public toilet locations, food stops and long conversations about producers and their work. So there you go, an idea of what it’s like being on the road with us!
Beth
Sunday, January 10, 2010
A new year, a new album...
For every January of my 2 decade and a bit life, I have been in a place called Mallacoota holidaying with my family. Mum, dad, my sister and I in the same house, on the same hill, over looking the same amazing view of the Inlet year after year. It’s the best place I know, a typical small coastal town scenario where it’s quiet as a mouse throughout the year, and then come summer it doubles in size and activity. But this year is the first time I am not there.
Instead, we are spending January writing and demo-ing for our second album in Josh’s home built studio in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. It’s a bit strange being in Melbourne at this time, I had no idea how quiet this city becomes and how awesome it is driving around streets with half the usual traffic. I like it. So far, we have put down seven tracks with a bunch more in the pipeline. They are all sounding great and it’s making me more excited by the day about the year ahead.
Having said that, demo-ing is just the beginning. First you have to write and finish the songs, then you have to arrange them, then you demo, then you talk strategy for how the album will actually be made, with who, with what money, when, where, etc, etc. Then there’s working out who and where to mix it, master it, how you will be releasing it and so on. But this time at the beginning of such a project is probably the most exciting, or at least it is for me. It’s the creative part. There’s nothing more exciting than writing a new song. You never know when one will come; it’s usually at the most inconvenient times. For example, when you have to be somewhere, late at night and you have to get up early or when you just don’t have enough time for whatever reason. So when that little wave of inspiration comes, you have to ride the wave for as long as it will go and that’s when something great comes out. Songs come from experience. Life on a day to day basis can become so routine and boring if you let it, it happens to me all the time and that’s when the inspiration stops. It’s when we do something crazy, out of character, new and unknown. That’s when the spectrum of emotions starts pouring out and falls into songs.
So I want to say thank you to any person or place who may have inspired this next bunch of songs. Whether we loved or hated you at the time, or were put through a positive or negative experience because of you, you are all little treasures, and invaluable.
Beth
Instead, we are spending January writing and demo-ing for our second album in Josh’s home built studio in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. It’s a bit strange being in Melbourne at this time, I had no idea how quiet this city becomes and how awesome it is driving around streets with half the usual traffic. I like it. So far, we have put down seven tracks with a bunch more in the pipeline. They are all sounding great and it’s making me more excited by the day about the year ahead.
Having said that, demo-ing is just the beginning. First you have to write and finish the songs, then you have to arrange them, then you demo, then you talk strategy for how the album will actually be made, with who, with what money, when, where, etc, etc. Then there’s working out who and where to mix it, master it, how you will be releasing it and so on. But this time at the beginning of such a project is probably the most exciting, or at least it is for me. It’s the creative part. There’s nothing more exciting than writing a new song. You never know when one will come; it’s usually at the most inconvenient times. For example, when you have to be somewhere, late at night and you have to get up early or when you just don’t have enough time for whatever reason. So when that little wave of inspiration comes, you have to ride the wave for as long as it will go and that’s when something great comes out. Songs come from experience. Life on a day to day basis can become so routine and boring if you let it, it happens to me all the time and that’s when the inspiration stops. It’s when we do something crazy, out of character, new and unknown. That’s when the spectrum of emotions starts pouring out and falls into songs.
So I want to say thank you to any person or place who may have inspired this next bunch of songs. Whether we loved or hated you at the time, or were put through a positive or negative experience because of you, you are all little treasures, and invaluable.
Beth
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Reflections on a year...
The days leading up to time-marks such as New Years, Christmas, Birthday’s, etc, never quite seem to sit well with me. You would think that one would look forward to them as a chance to celebrate, party, let loose, use them as an excuse to do something out of character, or as an excuse to do nothing at all. Some use them as an excuse to spoil themselves, over-eat, spend a lot of money or indulge. Some see them as a reason to be well behaved, a reason to keep the peace or swallow words that would much rather be spat out in full force. And others see them as a chance to reminisce, reflect on what has been, treat someone else, write something from the heart, be honest or catch up with neglected family or friends.
For some though, it seems to be a time when they spiral into a subtle state of anxiety, uncertainty and nervousness. Seeing it as a small reminder of what they haven’t done, haven’t ticked off their ‘to do’ list for the year or what they ‘will’ or ‘will not’ do in the form of a new year’s resolution for the year to come. It’s not the best feeling when it gets to the end of another year and the little piece of paper that you stuck up on your mirror which lists ‘things to buy for 2009’ and ‘goals for 2009’ only have a couple crossed off the ambitious list of ten or so! Neither is it encouraging when your New Year’s resolution is the same as last years because you didn’t actually resolve what you wanted to resolve the first time around…
But at least we can cherish the fact that with each new year that goes by either marked by a birthday, Christmas or New Year we get that little bit more intelligent, learn a few more new things, expand our vocabulary a bit more and meet a few more varieties of human. That’s good enough for me!
Beth
For some though, it seems to be a time when they spiral into a subtle state of anxiety, uncertainty and nervousness. Seeing it as a small reminder of what they haven’t done, haven’t ticked off their ‘to do’ list for the year or what they ‘will’ or ‘will not’ do in the form of a new year’s resolution for the year to come. It’s not the best feeling when it gets to the end of another year and the little piece of paper that you stuck up on your mirror which lists ‘things to buy for 2009’ and ‘goals for 2009’ only have a couple crossed off the ambitious list of ten or so! Neither is it encouraging when your New Year’s resolution is the same as last years because you didn’t actually resolve what you wanted to resolve the first time around…
But at least we can cherish the fact that with each new year that goes by either marked by a birthday, Christmas or New Year we get that little bit more intelligent, learn a few more new things, expand our vocabulary a bit more and meet a few more varieties of human. That’s good enough for me!
Beth
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
A night to remember...
What a weekend and what a night!
When, just two months ago, we brainstormed the idea of putting on a show to help send us off to Memphis, Tennessee (where we will be showcasing at the International Folk Alliance Conference in February 2010), we knew that if we could pull it off it would be a night to remember. And man, it was.
It was at one of our band meetings in Nth Fitzroy that we sat down and made a wish list of artists/friends who we would absolutely love to ask to special guest with us on the evening. At first, we asked a whole bunch of people who we have either met and partied with at past festivals, shared line-ups with in Melbourne and around OZ or who have been mentors and been so kind in offering knowledge and support. Thinking that at least half wouldn’t be able to do it or not want to, we crossed our fingers and put our request out there. Well blind me dead, they all said YES!
Wally De Backer (aka Goyte), Bonjah, Sophie Koh, Jordie Lane, Liz Stringer, Austin Busch, Ryan Meeking, Sal Kimber and Michael Barker were our all-star line-up for the special night. We either did covers of their songs, they did covers of ours or we did brand new covers all together. The week leading up to the show was full-on, with back to back rehearsals with everyone, trying to find free time between everyone's busy touring schedules. I have to say that is was such an enjoyable experience rehearsing with everyone. For how many times we have played our own songs and are half sick of them, it was so nice to learn and play new songs and hear ours done a different way.
Cliff Bowden opened the night for us with his beautiful voice and funky-arse trio. Check him out if you haven’t yet! Andrew McClelland compered the night, handing over Port Fairy and Queenscliff Music Festival tix for 2010 to very excited raffle winners. Jono Steer, the bloody legend behind the sound desk who we stupidly forgot to thank from stage at the end of the night, did a mighty job. Hannah and Adrian for running the merch desk all night. And Tom Harris, who took on so many different jobs its hard to keep track of them all.
It was a huge success, lots of smiling faces when I could see out into the audience, and a personal highlight for myself was Jordie, Austin and Ryan’s harmonica battle in the ‘Dear Daniel’ all in grand finale. After an epic day, it was time for an after party at the Night Cat to relax, have a dance and a drink ….maybe two.
Thank you from the bottom of our collective Stevie hearts to everyone who was involved and everyone who came out to support us on a school night. We feel extremely lucky to have friends like you and to have such a strong support team around us. We can proudly say that we made some $$$ which will send us to Memphis for Christmas!!
Beth
When, just two months ago, we brainstormed the idea of putting on a show to help send us off to Memphis, Tennessee (where we will be showcasing at the International Folk Alliance Conference in February 2010), we knew that if we could pull it off it would be a night to remember. And man, it was.
It was at one of our band meetings in Nth Fitzroy that we sat down and made a wish list of artists/friends who we would absolutely love to ask to special guest with us on the evening. At first, we asked a whole bunch of people who we have either met and partied with at past festivals, shared line-ups with in Melbourne and around OZ or who have been mentors and been so kind in offering knowledge and support. Thinking that at least half wouldn’t be able to do it or not want to, we crossed our fingers and put our request out there. Well blind me dead, they all said YES!
Wally De Backer (aka Goyte), Bonjah, Sophie Koh, Jordie Lane, Liz Stringer, Austin Busch, Ryan Meeking, Sal Kimber and Michael Barker were our all-star line-up for the special night. We either did covers of their songs, they did covers of ours or we did brand new covers all together. The week leading up to the show was full-on, with back to back rehearsals with everyone, trying to find free time between everyone's busy touring schedules. I have to say that is was such an enjoyable experience rehearsing with everyone. For how many times we have played our own songs and are half sick of them, it was so nice to learn and play new songs and hear ours done a different way.
Cliff Bowden opened the night for us with his beautiful voice and funky-arse trio. Check him out if you haven’t yet! Andrew McClelland compered the night, handing over Port Fairy and Queenscliff Music Festival tix for 2010 to very excited raffle winners. Jono Steer, the bloody legend behind the sound desk who we stupidly forgot to thank from stage at the end of the night, did a mighty job. Hannah and Adrian for running the merch desk all night. And Tom Harris, who took on so many different jobs its hard to keep track of them all.
It was a huge success, lots of smiling faces when I could see out into the audience, and a personal highlight for myself was Jordie, Austin and Ryan’s harmonica battle in the ‘Dear Daniel’ all in grand finale. After an epic day, it was time for an after party at the Night Cat to relax, have a dance and a drink ….maybe two.
Thank you from the bottom of our collective Stevie hearts to everyone who was involved and everyone who came out to support us on a school night. We feel extremely lucky to have friends like you and to have such a strong support team around us. We can proudly say that we made some $$$ which will send us to Memphis for Christmas!!
Beth
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