tag:andrewmcknight.net,2005:/blogs/e-zine-archives?p=2E-Zine Archives2020-12-11T12:00:56-05:00Andrew McKnightfalsetag:andrewmcknight.net,2005:Post/64963602020-12-10T15:48:25-05:002020-12-11T12:00:56-05:002020 Winter Holiday Edition; And Lo, Two Planets<div align="center" class="pdb" style="font-size: 36px; color: #2a2c2b; padding-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial,serif; line-height: 1.3;">Winter Holiday Edition</div>
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<p><span><strong>SUN. 12/13 - 11th ANNUAL WINTER HOLIDAY VIDCAST</strong>, toasting the winter holidays with a full concert and celebration, https://youtu.be/gocvIykG9WI <em>7pm</em></span></p>
<p><span><strong>THU. 12/31 - FIRST NIGHT WINCHESTER</strong>, ring in 2021 virtually from historic Old Town Winchester, Virginia; info at https://facebook.com/firstnightwinchester </span></p>
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<div style="text-align: left;"> <p><strong>Holiday Sale - Save 30% on Gifts</strong>. <span style="color:#614a0b;">It's a twin win - the biggest sale of the year saves you money stuffing stockings, and helps support a grateful "independent" artist during a pandemic too. Save 30% on all discs and downloads - CDs, downloads, or the <em>Treasures in My Chest</em> book and album set (excludes shipping). You can even download the entire 9-recording discography for under $41. </span></p>
<p><span style="color:#614a0b;">Visit the <a contents="Music Page " data-link-label="Music" data-link-type="page" href="/music" target="_blank">Music Page </a>or <a contents="Bandcamp store" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://andrewmcknight.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Bandcamp store</a> and <strong>use code wh2020</strong>, now through Monday 12/14 at midnight UTC. Don't see what you're looking for? Want a gift certificate to put on the tree? <a contents="Email us about gifts we can design" data-link-label="" data-link-type="email" href="mailto:info@andrewmcknight.net">Email us about gifts we can design</a> for your special someone. </span><br> <br> <strong>11th Annual Winter Holiday Vidcast, Sunday Dec. 13th at 7pm EST</strong>. <span style="color:#614a0b;">A cherished tradition from our house to yours - part concert, part celebration with musical chestnuts, favorite libations and one-night only flash sales and specials too. FREE but donations gratefully accepted to make up some of 2020's lost tour revenue. <a contents="Live on YouTube - https://youtu.be/gocvIykG9WI" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/gocvIykG9WI" target="_blank">Live on YouTube - https://youtu.be/gocvIykG9WI</a></span>.<br> <br> <strong>New at the Blog.</strong> <span style="color:#614a0b;">Thanksgiving inspired Andrew to "liveblog" during the holiday, and share some thoughts, songs and poems on live video to close the weekend - <a contents="catch up on the Blog page" data-link-label="Blog" data-link-type="page" href="/blog" target="_blank">catch up on the Blog</a>.</span></p>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica,serif; line-height: 1.3; font-size: 12px; color: #888888;">I hope this finds you well and making plans for whatever different sort of winter holiday this pandemic imposes on us. What more to say about 2020, except here's hoping that all of our loved ones make it through to 2021. This is my last newsletter of the year, and with an effective vaccine in sight, here's hoping that next year's winter holidays will be over-the-moon special, in-person with loved ones. We will surely appreciate those times more than ever!<br><br>One holiday tradition in our house will be just like normal though - this <strong>Sunday at 7pm Eastern will be my 11th annual Winter Holiday Vidcast</strong>. This year has certainly improved everyone's broadcasting and videochatting chops, so in a sense we've been waiting for the world to get ready for this since 2010! The music will be live by the tree, full of fan favorites and a few old chestnuts from the catalog, plus some requests, chatting, and a very special one-night only "pop-up sale". Donations towards the mortgage are gratefully accepted too, since my touring income is a primary casualty of this year in our house. I still feel incredibly lucky to be able to sing for you from here like every other Christmas season - it means the world to me to have you over, even virtually. <a contents="Come on over to the YouTube link" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/gocvIykG9WI" target="_blank">Come on over to the YouTube link</a> when you're ready, stockpile your snacks and a libation to warm you inside and out, and I'll get right back to cleaning up and shipping these holiday orders - <strong>thank you for continuing to support my art</strong>!<br><br>And as for that moon, and its companions in our sky, it is interesting that we will see the convergence of Saturn and Jupiter - on the Winter Solstice, no less. <strong>December 21</strong> be sure to look up to the south and take in the two planets hundreds of millions of miles apart practically superimposed. I don't believe it will happen again in our lifetime. May we be able to say the same about 2020 ;)<br><br>Just as this rare celestial event shows up when we could use a bright ray of hope, I hope this final missive of 2020 arrives when you need to know that you matter. You do, to me. I'm glad you're here. Just getting here this year is an accomplishment worth celebrating. I hope that somehow these holidays are special for their unexpected surprises and joys. That Santa doesn't get stuck in a chimney someplace, and that Scrooge decides he's done enough this year. That there is food on your table and in your pantry, and that the roof over your head remains secure. Whatever you celebrate during this season each year, may it have just the right proportion of whatever you need.</span></div>
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</div>Andrew McKnighttag:andrewmcknight.net,2005:Post/64597992020-10-20T15:43:54-04:002020-10-20T17:36:02-04:00Oct. 2020 "A Storytender's Journey": Constants & Variables<div align="center" class="pdb" style="font-size: 36px; color: #2a2c2b; padding-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 10px; font-family: Arial,serif; line-height: 1.3;">Welcome</div>
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<p><span style="color:#ffcc66;"><span style="font-size:13px;"><strong>THU. 10/22 - OCTOBER TOUR LIVESTREAM CONCERT</strong>, full concert <em>7:30pm EDT</em> FREE, donations gladly accepted https://youtu.be/pE76TRHyJoE</span></span></p>
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<span style="color:#ffcc66;">Join Andrew in November face-to-face for his first Zoom concerts - </span><a contents="see the website Tour page for details" data-link-label="Tour" data-link-type="page" href="/tour" target="_blank">see the website Tour page for details</a><span style="color:#ffcc66;"> soon.</span>
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<span style="color:#cc9933;">If you've enjoyed <em>Treasures in My Chest</em>, <strong>please leave a review comment</strong> or three at Amazon or </span><a contents="Goodreads" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51449711-treasures-in-my-chest" target="_blank"><span style="color:#cc9933;">Goodreads</span></a>
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<span style="color:#cc9933;">Stream <strong>any song from any album</strong>, and/or own it for instant download through </span><a contents="our Bandcamp webstore" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://andrewmcknight.net/music" target="_blank"><span style="color:#cc9933;">our Bandcamp webstore</span></a><span style="color:#cc9933;">.</span>
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<span style="color:#ffffff;">I've just returned from a much-needed few days out on the coast, "frolicking" with the wild ponies at Assateague National Seashore (to be fair, they only stole two bagels from our campsite). The lingering memory from this trip will certainly be falling asleep with the sound of the surf, but also the bright redness of Mars shining through my tent window, and finding Venus in almost the same spot when I awoke. There is nothing like a sky filled with the glittering diamonds of our galaxy. Some of that light has been traveled to reach our eyes since the pyramids were being raised in Egypt. I find perspective and comfort in things that appear constant in these strange and dark days.<br> <br> I've been helping my kid with algebra these autumn; a little less each week as the manipulation of constants, variables and like terms becomes more second nature to her. I am reminded of the simple joy of learning and mastering a skill. It's something I've set myself to these days as well. Nothing like changing just about everything to inspire one to learn something new.<br> <br> The autumn leaves are reaching for their full glory here, so it must be time to be on the road. What happens instead is <strong>Thursday October 22nd</strong> that tour gets condensed into a </span><a contents="free full-length concert on my YouTube channel" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/pE76TRHyJoE" style=""><span style="color:#ffffff;"><strong>free full-length concert</strong> on my YouTube channel</span></a><span style="color:#ffffff;">, starting at 7:30 Eastern. I'd be delighted if you'd help spread the word to family and friends who might enjoy what I do, and perhaps they'll be inclined to hit those virtual tip jars or do some Christmas shopping on my website while they do. I'm taking a few requests in advance, but since it is <strong>my wife's birthday on Friday</strong>, she gets first dibs. I know you understand, but please don't let that stop you from tossing your requests out there. I've been enjoying polishing a few songs from the early albums in preparation.</span>
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<span style="color:#ffffff;">New on the Blog this month is </span><a contents="an appreciation for recently-passed rock legend Eddie Van Halen" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://andrewmcknight.net/blog/blog/pt-1-eddie-van-halen-an-appreciation"><span style="color:#ffffff;">an appreciation for recently-passed rock legend Eddie Van Halen</span></a><span style="color:#ffffff;">.<br> <br> It seems one net positive of this year of plague is that we Americans appear to be exercising our right and responsibility to participate in this great democratic experiment in record numbers. We are the future we make for ourselves, and I suppose we get the leadership we deserve. Three years ago </span><a contents="one single vote in one district here in the Commonwealth had a tremendous impact on&nbsp;the lives of nearly 400,000 Virginians" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://andrewmcknight.net/blog/blog/a-note-to-my-young-readers-on-the-eve-of-a-12-year-election" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ffffff;">one single vote in one district here in the Commonwealth had a tremendous impact on the lives of nearly 400,000 Virginians</span></a><span style="color:#ffffff;">. I hope that our choice embraces the future in hope rather than fear. However you choose, thanks for voting early or on November 3rd, and for doing all you can to keep your friends and neighbors safe before, during and after.</span>
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<strong>Have you done a DNA test to learn more about your family history</strong>? Andrew can help you get the most out of your results, and preserve and share what you've learned - <a href="http://andrewmcknight.net/ancestories_consulting/" style="outline: none; color: #dc3522;">learn about his Ancestories consulting work here</a>.<br> </div>
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<div align="center" style="font-size: 14px;"><em>Andrew is a proud Endorsing Artist for <strong>Fairbuilt Guitars</strong> & <strong>Elixir Strings</strong>, and member of the <strong>Virginia Commission for the Arts</strong> Touring Artist Directory and the <strong>Listening Room Network</strong>.</em></div>
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<p><span style="font-size:13px;"><strong>THU. 9/17 - SEPTEMBER TOUR LIVESTREAM CONCERT</strong>, ticketed full-length livestream concert <em>7:30pm EDT</em><br> Tix: http://andrewmcknight.net/tour</span></p>
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<span style="color:#003399;">If you've enjoyed <em>Treasures in My Chest</em>, <strong>please leave a review</strong> comment or three at </span><a contents="Amazon" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.amazon.com/Treasures-My-Chest-Andrew-McKnight/dp/0578630834/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#003399;">Amazon</span></a><span style="color:#003399;"> or </span><a contents="Goodreads" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51449711-treasures-in-my-chest" target="_blank"><span style="color:#003399;">Goodreads</span></a>
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<div style="text-align: left;">It is hard to know when is a good time to reach out, in these days of constant turmoil and tragedy, about things not of vital life-or-death importance. One can make the case that music <em>is</em> vital to life, and indeed I hope you see it that way! In the midst of all the chaos, we still have responsibilities and biological needs. I'll be doing a <strong>concert Thursday night, 7:30pm Eastern</strong>, and have a lot of special things to see and share to make it a unique and special experience. I'd be delighted to have you and a bunch of your friends here to get a dose of musical medicine for your weary soul. But don't wait, <a contents="get your tickets at the Tour page" data-link-label="Tour" data-link-type="page" href="https://andrewmcknight.net/tour" target="_blank">get your tickets at the Tour page</a> of the website before Thursday evening so the automatic box office doesn't slam shut on you.<br> <br> This past Sunday night I stepped on a stage in front of people in the same room for the first time in six months. Like most of my fellow performing artists, this has been the longest I have been off the road and away from the stage. It's hard to describe all of the emotions, and the incredible experience of making that return at my hometown arts center, but <a contents="I have done my best on the Blog" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://andrewmcknight.net/blog/blog/stepping-onto-the-stage-again" target="_blank">I have done my best on the Blog</a>.<br> <br> In solidarity with my 8th grader doing school virtually from home, I've decided to use some off-road time this autumn to learn new skills too. A few weeks ago the universe laid in my lap the unfinished tracks of my first original music project, our heavy rock band <strong>Nor'easter</strong>. in 1989, two years after our final show, we recorded <em>Calm Before the Storm</em> but never were able to see it through to completion. So now I'm learning how to do some of the audio engineering that I've long entrusted to others, to bring to life a project I'd despaired of ever bringing to its full measure.</div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">It's exciting to work on something different, with the raw rock energy and intensity of our early 20s, and nearly 20 years after my dear friend and drummer Matt Bouley's tragic death. There's a lot <a contents="more about this project on the Blog page" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://andrewmcknight.net/blog/blog/storm-warning" target="_blank">more about this project on the Blog page</a>, and we'll be previewing a track via Zoom and Facebook hopefully early in October. With luck, <em>Calm Before the Storm</em> will be finished and available around the holidays. I can promise you it's like nothing you've heard me do anywhere else.<br> <br> I am not immune to the suffering and outrage in our world, and I frequently despair of not being able to do more to ease it. For those facing danger from fire or flood, at risk from disease or disorder, I hold you and your loved ones in my heart. If in any way it brings you comfort to spend a little time in my living room sharing some songs and stories, or just to have a different and hopefully pleasant sort of diversion, I welcome you with open virtual arms.</div>
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<strong>Have you done a DNA test to learn more about your family history</strong>? Andrew can help you get the most out of your results, and preserve and share what you've learned - <a href="http://andrewmcknight.net/ancestories_consulting/" style="outline: none; color: #dc3522;">learn about his Ancestories consulting work here</a>.<br> </div>
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<p><span style="font-size:10px;"><strong>SAT. 7/11 - TREASURES LIVESTREAMINAR</strong>, D-Day edition researching 20th century veteran ancestors, YouTube Live, https://youtu.be/DtRSp04CrZc <em>11am EDT</em> FREE </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10px;"><strong>SUN. 7/12 - MORGANTOWN/CLARKSBURG WV</strong>, serving as Guest Musical Speaker, UU Fellowship via Zoom <em>11am EDT</em> FREE, contact church for link info</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10px;"><strong>MON. 7/13 - MUSICAL MONDAY</strong>, short freeform livestream from the living room on Facebook, https://facebook.com/AndrewMcKnight.Musician <em>4pm EDT</em> FREE </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10px;"><strong>SUN. 7/19 - MARIETTA OH</strong>, serving as Guest Musical Speaker, UU Fellowship via Zoom <em>11am EDT</em> FREE, contact church for link info</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10px;"><strong>MON. 7/27 - MUSICAL MONDAY</strong>, same format as 7/13, https://facebook.com/AndrewMcKnight.Musician <em>4pm EDT</em> FREE </span></p> </div>
<div style="text-align: left;">We're grateful for help <a href="http://www.andrewmcknight.net/open_dates/" style="outline: none; color: #dc3522;">filling open dates</a> with virtual concerts, library programs, workshops, and Special Music Services. We are making tentative plans to return to the road in January 2021 if conditions allow.</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.andrewmcknight.net/tour" style="background-color: #d9cb9e; border: 1px solid #374140; color: #dc3522; display: block; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase; padding: 8px; margin-bottom: 30px; outline: none;">FULL TOUR ITIN</a></div> </div> </td> <td align="center" class="pdb" style="padding-right: 15px; padding-left: 15px; font-family: Arial,serif; line-height: 1.3; font-size: 14px; color: #636466;" valign="top"> <div style="text-align: left;">How are you holding up? The heat and humidity are throwing an oppressive blanket over these Blue Ridge hills, so Pandemic Summer is underway. At least we had <em>Hamilton</em> to kick it off, but it definitely will be the weirdest and possibly the most dangerous summer of my lifetime. I am grateful for a roof overhead and AC beneath, and for mobility to be sure, but it definitely does not feel like time to let down my guard about hand washing and face masks as I go about my business.<br> <br> That business continues this <strong>Thursday July 9th</strong> with probably <a contents="my last ticketed concert" data-link-label="Tour" data-link-type="page" href="https://andrewmcknight.net/tour" target="_blank">my last ticketed website concert</a> for the next few weeks. If you are willing to come, and to tell ten friends to come with you, we'll all pack in my living room for a couple hours of music and camaraderie. You get a front row seat, no one risks getting sick, and best of all your favorite beverages and snacks (or dinner) are on the menu! <em><strong>This is my one attempt to make up for missing summer tour and festival revenue</strong></em>, so I greatly appreciate you keeping the lights on and the music flowing - <a contents="get your tickets here and your email receipt has the concert link" data-link-label="Tour" data-link-type="page" href="https://andrewmcknight.net/tour" target="_blank"><strong>get your tickets</strong> here and your email receipt has the concert link</a>. You can even gift a friend once you've gotten the link, and perhaps they will be moved to join in the fun. All are all welcome here in our humble house!<br> <br> I am busy these next weeks, although I am hopeful about getting some much-needed humble vacationing on a mountaintop and with my feet in the ocean too. I've got one more <a contents="Treasures livestreaminar coming up for those interested in exploring Northern Ireland heritage" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/DtRSp04CrZc" target="_blank"><em>Treasures</em> livestreaminar coming up for those interested in exploring Northern Ireland heritage</a>, and I'll keep doing my free half-hour Musical Mondays every couple of weeks on Facebook Live. The Sunday morning schedule over the rest of the summer is full, sharing musical medicine for the soul to a variety of different Unitarian congregations.<br> <br> Mostly around that is a mix of down time with planning a couple big projects for this autumn, and figuring out how to help my 8th grader with 100% distance learning - for the first semester anyway - preferably while preserving some domestic tranquility. None of this is ideal, nor is it insurmountable. It is different and alien, outside the old boundaries and comfort zones we crave and whose absence we now lament. There is no normal to return to, so now we are left with "what are going to make of it?" (<a contents="I had a few thoughts on that for the July 4 holiday" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://andrewmcknight.net/blog/blog/seeing-the-stories-with-a-different-lens" target="_blank">I had a few thoughts on that for the July 4 holiday, "Seeing the Stories with a Different Lens"</a>).</div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">I'm ever the optimist. I can't see the world any other way, endowed as we are with creativity and caring, while burdened with our human failings and flaws too. Whatever this "new normal" will be, I plan to be here and fully human, sharing whatever I've got that means something to someone.</div>
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<strong>Have you done a DNA test to learn more about your family history</strong>? Andrew can help you get the most out of your results, and preserve and share what you've learned - <a href="http://andrewmcknight.net/ancestories_consulting/" style="outline: none; color: #dc3522;">learn about his Ancestories consulting work here</a>.<br> </div>
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<div style="text-align: left;"> <p><span style="font-size:10px;"><strong>SAT. 6/6 - TREASURES LIVESTREAMINAR</strong>, D-Day edition researching 20th century veteran ancestors, <a contents="YouTube Live, https://youtu.be/uzIGiFEcIZE" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/uzIGiFEcIZE" target="_blank">YouTube Live, https://youtu.be/uzIGiFEcIZE</a> <em>11am EDT</em> FREE </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10px;"><strong>SUN. 6/7 - DANVILLE IN</strong>, serving as Guest Musical Speaker, UU Community Church of Hendricks County via Zoom <em>10am EDT</em> FREE, contact church for link info</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10px;"><strong>MON. 6/8 - MUSICAL MONDAY ON FACEBOOK</strong>, 30-minute livestream from the living room, https://facebook.com/AndrewMcKnight.Musician <em>4pm EDT</em> FREE </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10px;"><strong>SAT. 6/13 - "THE GIFTS IN OUR GENES" WEBINAR</strong>, D-Day edition researching 20th century veteran ancestors, <a contents="YouTube Live, https://youtu.be/4or5rPw0Zxs " data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/4or5rPw0Zxs" target="_blank">YouTube Live, https://youtu.be/4or5rPw0Zxs </a><em>11am EDT</em> FREE </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10px;"><strong>SUN. 6/14 - FAMILY HISTORY DAY CONCERT</strong>, full 2-set livestream concert <em>8pm EDT</em> Tix $10 until 6/10, then $15</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10px;"><strong>SAT. 6/20 - MOUNTVILLE FOLK FESTIVAL</strong>, the 26th annual Mountville goes virtual with afternoon and evening live performances beginning at 4pm <a contents="Details TBA soon at https://facebook.com/MountvilleFolkFestival" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://facebook.com/MountvilleFolkFestival" target="_blank"><em>Details TBA soon at https://facebook.com/MountvilleFolkFestival</em> </a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10px;"><strong>SUN. 6/28 - MORGANTOWN WV</strong>, serving as Guest Musical Speaker, UU Fellowship via Zoom <em>11am EDT</em> FREE, contact church for link info</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10px;"><strong>MON. 6/29 - MUSICAL MONDAY ON FACEBOOK</strong>, same format as 6/8, https://facebook.com/AndrewMcKnight.Musician <em>4pm EDT</em> FREE </span></p> </div>
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<b>Family History Day Workshop and Concert</b>. Join Andrew on <strong>Saturday June 13th for a special livestreaminar, "The Gifts in Our Genes"</strong> about using DNA to discover our family stories. The free hourlong workshop will include examples, tips and music that will inspire and entertain as well as educate.</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">Then <strong>Sunday June 14th at 8pm EDT will be the only pay-per-view concert</strong> this month, again live through the website and in primetime on the East Coast. Get your tickets now at the <a contents="website Tour page" data-link-label="Tour" data-link-type="page" href="https://andrewmcknight.net/tour" target="_blank">website Tour page</a> - <em><strong>once the show starts, the box office closes and we have no control over it</strong></em>. We are hugely grateful for your support to help keep the bills paid during these challenging times!<br> </div>
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<b>Goodreads and Amazon Reviews.</b> The national marketing campaign for the <em>Treasures in My Chest</em> book is underway thanks to RMA Publicity. If you have the book and are willing to leave a good review at <a contents="GoodReads.com" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51449711-treasures-in-my-chest" target="_blank">GoodReads.com</a> or Amazon, the author would hugely appreciate it! Every little bit helps, as does every book and CD sale (and of course you can still <a contents="get one signed by the author at http://andrewmcknight.net/treasures" data-link-label="treasures" data-link-type="page" href="https://andrewmcknight.net/treasures" target="_blank">get one signed by the author at http://andrewmcknight.net/treasures</a>).<br> </div>
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<b>Mountville Folk Festival</b>. If you've never been close enough to northwestern Virginia to attend this festival Andrew has been an integral part of over the last 25 years, these strange times bring you a chance to bring a little Mountville magic into your home on <strong>Saturday June 20th</strong>! There will be live performances, a very special late night campfire session, and some short films from our corner of the world to make a very special virtual experience for you! There will be a small ticket price that will allow you to watch the entire festival, which begins at 4pm EDT. They are still working feverishly sorting out the details, so if you'd like to know more please do two things - 1) <a contents="follow https://facebook.com/MountvilleFolkFestival " data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://facebook.com/MountvilleFolkFestival" target="_blank"><strong>follow</strong> https://facebook.com/MountvilleFolkFestival </a>and 2) <strong>get on the email list </strong>with a quick note to mountvillefolkfestival@comcast.net. We hope you can join us for a one-of-a-kind Mountville 2020!<br> </div>
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<strong>A FEW WORDS:</strong> Andrew has been sharing some thoughts on the <a href="http://www.andrewmcknight.net/blog/" style="outline: none; color: #dc3522;"><strong>Blog</strong></a> these days, turning his eye towards the historians of the future in the midst a global pandemic, street protests over racial injustice, and more personal milestones too. You might find "The Privilege of Retreat" thought-provoking.<br> </div>
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<div style="text-align: left;"> <p><span style="font-size:10px;"><strong>FRI. 5/1 - MAYDAY CONCERT</strong>, full 2-set livestream with special guest on http://andrewmcknight.net/tour <em>7pm EDT</em> $10/ticket</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10px;"><strong>SUN. 5/3 - GETTYSBURG PA</strong>, serving as Guest Musical Speaker for the Unitarian Universalists of Gettysburg via Zoom <em>10:30am EDT</em> by invite</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10px;"><strong>SAT. 5/9 - TREASURES LIVESTREAMINAR</strong>, Mother's Day edition with family history/DNA tips and music on YouTube Live, https://youtu.be/rdmIUrxSHyo <em>11am EDT</em> FREE </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10px;"><strong>MON. 5/11 - MUSICAL MONDAY</strong>, short freeform live from the living room on Facebook, https://facebook.com/AndrewMcKnight.Musician <em>4pm EDT</em> FREE </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10px;"><strong>SUN. 5/17 - SYRACUSE NY</strong>, serving as Guest Musical Speaker for May Memorial Unitarian Universalists Society via Zoom <em>10:30am EDT</em> by invite</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10px;"><strong>THU 5/21 - WELCOME TO TEENAGE PARENTING CONCERT</strong>, full full 2-set livestream to celebrate Madeleine's arrival into teenage years, at http://OnlineConcertThing.com <em>7:30pm EDT</em> $15 suggested/pay what you wish</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10px;"><strong>SAT. 5/23 - TREASURES LIVESTREAMINAR</strong>, Memorial Day edition with family history/DNA tips and music on YouTube Live, https://youtu.be/rdmIUrxSHyo <em>11am EDT</em> FREE </span></p> </div>
<div style="text-align: left;">We're grateful for inquiries and help <a href="http://www.andrewmcknight.net/open_dates/" style="outline: none; color: #dc3522;">filling open dates</a> with concert, library programs, workshops, and Special Music Services.</div>
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<b>Live Video Concert Tonight May 1st</b>. Thanks to everyone who came to my show April 9th! Tonight is also a ticketed show that can hopefully offset some lost spring tour revenue, but this time hosted through my website. I'll do a full two set concert solo, plus a special guest will join me for a couple tunes in person! I'll be playing some requests I haven't gotten to yet in my last two shows, plus more from <em>Treasures in My Chest</em>, songwriting projects with veterans coping with PTSD, and a couple more to celebrate the 25th anniversary of my debut CD <em>Traveler</em>. <strong>Come get your ticket</strong> at <a contents="https://andrewmcknight.net/tour" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://andrewmcknight.net/tour">https://andrewmcknight.net/tour</a><br> Tickets are $10, but you can tip whatever it's worth to you at anytime during the show.<br> </div>
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<b>See the Treasures Trailer</b>. With the help of Dave Levinson at Wicked Design, we've finished the trailer video for <em>Treasures in my Chest</em> to help launch the national media campaign with RMA Publicity. See the trailer on the homepage at <a contents="http://andrewmcknight.net" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://andrewmcknight.net">http://andrewmcknight.net</a>.<br> <br> <em>Note</em>: If you've already enjoyed the book, we'd be hugely grateful if you left a review at GoodReads, Amazon.com or other booksharing site.</div>
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<b>Learning About Your Treasures</b>. To celebrate <strong>National DNA Day</strong> last weekend, Andrew did his first free <strong>Treasures Livestreaminar</strong> on YouTube Live. This is planned as regularly scheduled 25-30 minute livestreams to offer a tip on family history research and one on using DNA as a tool to uncover your ancestories, plus a song and a short question and answer session. We have two more scheduled this month for Mother's Day and Memorial Day, and a big event on June 14th for National Family History Day. See the first edition at <a contents="https://youtu.be/IyM4bUjjhIM" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/IyM4bUjjhIM">https://youtu.be/IyM4bUjjhIM</a>. <strong>While you're there, thanks for subscribing to our YouTube channel.</strong><br> </div>
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<b>Live Video Concert April 9th</b>. I'll take some requests as part of a fun show I'm planning for you! Along with new material from <em>Treasures</em> and songwriting projects with veterans coping with PTSD, this year is the 25th anniversary of my debut CD <em>Traveler</em>. Get your ticket at <a contents="https://onlineconcertthing.com/product/andrew-mcknight-live-from-the-living-room-9-apr-2020-730pm-edt/" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://onlineconcertthing.com/product/andrew-mcknight-live-from-the-living-room-9-apr-2020-730pm-edt/" target="_blank">https://onlineconcertthing.com/product/andrew-mcknight-live-from-the-living-room-9-apr-2020-730pm-edt/</a><br> $5 minimum, pay what you can and/or what it's worth to you, tip whenever you are so moved. Please bring as many friends and family as you can fit into my living room!<br> </div>
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<b>Get the Book & Album</b>. <em><strong>Treasures in My Chest</strong></em> is here; the 300-page book is available in paperback or e-reader version is now available along with the music album on CD or download. The book is full of entertaining stories and loaded with helpful tips to learn more about your unique genetic inheritance of stories and skills. <a contents="Get it signed and sent off to you now at http://andrewmcknight.net/treasures" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="http://andrewmcknight.net/treasures" target="_blank">Get it signed and sent to you now at http://andrewmcknight.net/treasures</a>.<br> <br> And if you've already enjoyed the book, we'd be hugely grateful if you left a nice review at <a contents="GoodReads" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51449711-treasures-in-my-chest" target="_blank">GoodReads</a>, <a contents="Amazon" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.amazon.com/Treasures-My-Chest-Andrew-McKnight/dp/0578630834/" target="_blank">Amazon</a> or other booksharing site.</div>
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<b>Read the Interview</b>. Last month Andrew sat with local journalist Jan Mercker for an in-depth chat about the new project for the <em>Loudoun Now</em>. Read it and see Andrew perform "Left Behind" at <a contents="https://loudounnow.com/2020/03/05/songs-from-the-family-tree-mcknight-explores-his-roots-in-treasures-in-my-chest/" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://loudounnow.com/2020/03/05/songs-from-the-family-tree-mcknight-explores-his-roots-in-treasures-in-my-chest/" target="_blank">https://loudounnow.com/2020/03/05/songs-from-the-family-tree-mcknight-explores-his-roots-in-treasures-in-my-chest/</a><br> </div>
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<b>Video from Home and Mountville</b>. We're so lucky to have longtime Associated Press photojournalist Douglas Graham as a neighbor here in western Loudoun County, Virginia. He made this beautiful photoessay last summer, prominently including a stop at the 25th Annual Mountville Folk Festival - <a contents="have a look and listen at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96jzpOXX2Fw" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96jzpOXX2Fw" target="_blank">have a look and listen at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96jzpOXX2Fw</a><br> </div>
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<strong>A FEW WORDS</strong>: Over the last week, Andrew has shared some daily reflections entitled <a href="http://www.andrewmcknight.net/blog/" style="outline: none; color: #dc3522;"><strong>"A Week of Gratitude"</strong></a> on the blog.<br> </div>
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<span style="font-size:10px;"><strong>SUN. 3/1 - GETTYSBURG PA</strong>, Special Music Service at U.U. of S.A., 2487 A1A South <em>10:30am</em></span>
<p><span style="font-size:10px;"><strong>SUN. 3/1 - GETTYSBURG PA</strong>, Concert at UU Church, <em>2pm</em> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10px;"><strong>FRI. 3/6 - PURCELLVILLE VA</strong>, Treasures Release Concert at Franklin Park Arts Center, 36441 Blueridge View Ln. <em>7:30pm</em> with the studio band! </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10px;"><strong>THU. 3/12 - NEW ORLEANS LA</strong>, Concert at Community Church UU, 6690 Fleur de Lis <em>7pm</em> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10px;"><strong>FRI. 3/13 - HELP! between Baton Rouge and Houston</strong>, still looking for a small show, house concert anyone? </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10px;"><strong>SAT. 3/14 - AUSTIN TX</strong>, Austin Acoustical Cafe at Lamar Senior Activity Center, 2874 Shoal Crest Ave. <em>7pm</em> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10px;"><strong>SUN. 3/15 - HUNTSVILLE TX</strong>, Special Music Service at Thoreau Woods U.U. Church, 144 E. Mosley Ln. <em>10:30am</em> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10px;"><strong>SUN. 3/15 - HUNTSVILLE TX</strong>, Johnson Studio House Concerts, <a href="mailto:pammoon41@aim.com">RSVP email</a> <em>6pm</em> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10px;"><strong>THU. 3/19 - SYKESVILLE MD</strong>, Uptown Concerts at Baldwin's Station, 7618 Main St. <em>7:30pm </em> </span></p>
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<b><em>Treasures in My Chest</em> Updates</b>. The book is off to the printers, and fittingly goes live on Amazon and Barnes & Noble on St. Patrick's Day (3/17). The album is here already, but drops on the digital services like iTunes and Spotify on February 28th. The crowdfunding supporters and preorders are already being set aside for March deliveries. You can catch up on this crazy project drawn from my incredible experiences and connections made exploring my family history, and <a href="http://www.andrewmcknight.net/treasures">get <em>Treasures</em> directly from us at the website</a> and have it signed too, <strong>OR</strong>...<br> </div>
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<strong>Join us for one of the celebration concerts! </strong>Andrew and the recording band will perform at our hometown Franklin Park Arts Center in Purcellville VA on <strong>Friday March 6th</strong> (<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/andrew-mcknight-cdbook-release-concert-tickets-92269391233">get tickets online here</a> while you still can!). Baltimore/Annapolis/Frederick and central Maryland folks, we'd love to see you at Baldwin's Station in Sykesville on <strong>Thursday March 19th</strong>. Advance tickets highly recommended here too, and available only by phone at 410/795-1041.<br> </div>
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<b>Music Week at the Mountain, April 12-17.</b> Andrew is excited to join Tret Fure and Friction Farm on the staff for a marvelous week in the beautiful southern Appalachians at the Mountain Retreat and Learning Center. Come learn new music and techniques in a gorgeous western North Carolina setting. Focus will be on voice as well as instruments.<br> </div>
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<b>Songwriting with Students and Wounded Warriors</b>. Andrew is finishing his third year leading songwriting workshops for middle and high school students as part of the Chords of Courage Step Up! Songwriting Contest. And in June he will join for the third time with Music Therapy of the Rockies at a retreat in rural Maryland, using songwriting and music as mindfulness techniques to help veterans coping with post-traumatic stress (PTSD).<br> </div>
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<strong>A FEW WORDS</strong>: Now that the book is done, Andrew has been updating <a href="http://www.andrewmcknight.net/blog/" style="outline: none; color: #dc3522;">the Blog</a>, including catching up on some posts from the past few months. He also just took a turn as guest blogger at the Austin Acoustical Cafe website in advance of his March 14th concert - read <a href="https://www.austinacousticalcafe.org/blog/kid-at-the-carnival-andrew-mcknight">"Kid at the Carnival" here</a>.<br> </div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">I hope that your holidays have been joyous and warm, with plenty of real face time with people you love. I'm hedging my bets - I'll call this a new decade because of flipping two numbers instead of the typical one, but I'll celebrate the end of the decade again next New Year's so the bases are covered.<br><br> Along with a lovely array of gifts and a less lovely nuisance of a head cold, Santa also showed up with a couple hundred CDs of <em>Treasures in My Chest</em>. So we've now got <a style="outline: none; color: #dc3522;" href="https://andrewmcknight.bandcamp.com/album/treasures-in-my-chest" data-imported="1">our Bandcamp store set up to buy downloads or discs, and preorder the book</a> at the same time if you like. More about that below, and many thanks to those who've already splurged and are enjoying the album ahead of its actual release date. I'm especially gratified that it's been so well-received by some of the people who matter most - the kindly folks who have been interested in my work and allow me to keep in touch. You getting this E-Zine once a month make all the other things in my crazy creative life possible!<br><br> I hit the road for some school workshops and concerts along the south Atlantic coast this month, and teach some writing workshops for school students next month. The big concert release events happen in March, but meanwhile we have two stubborn holes on the road to Texas - <strong>Thurs March 12th anyplace between Tuscaloosa AL and the Mississippi Coast, and Fri March 13th most anyplace between Baton Rouge and Houston.</strong> A house concert for 20 people would be far better than a night flipping channels in a chain motel, and a lot more fun for everybody involved. If you know something, say something - all reasonable possibilities gladly and gratefully considered.<br><br> And with that, on to the business of deciding whether it's a new decade, a New Year or a new adventure. May there be multiple answers!</div>
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<strong>FRI. 1/24 - CHARLESTON SC</strong>, Hungry Monk Music, 1948 Belgrade Ave. <em>7pm</em>
<p><strong>SAT. 1/25 - NEW SMYRNA BEACH FL</strong>, Concert at Community UU Church, 403 West St. <em>7pm</em> </p>
<p><strong>SUN. 1/26 - ST. AUGUSTINE FL</strong>, Special Music Service at U.U. of S.A., 2487 A1A South <em>10:30am</em> </p>
<p><strong>SUN. 1/26 - RINCON GA</strong>, Concert at St. Luke's, 155 Goshen Rd. <em>6:30pm</em> </p>
<p><strong>FRI. 3/6 - PURCELLVILLE VA</strong>, Treasures Release Concert at Franklin Park Arts Center, 36441 Blueridge View Ln. <em>7:30pm</em> with the studio band! </p>
<p><strong>THU. 3/12 - AL/MS</strong>, OPEN looking for a show en route to Texas, between Birmingham and Biloxi </p>
<p><strong>FRI. 3/13 - LA or EAST TEXAS</strong>, OPEN looking for a show between Baton Rouge and Houston! </p>
<p><strong>SAT. 3/14 - AUSTIN TX</strong>, Austin Acoustical Cafe at Lamar Senior Activity Center, 2874 Shoal Crest Ave. <em>7pm</em> </p>
<p><strong>SUN. 3/15 - HUNTSVILLE TX</strong>, Johnson Studio House Concerts, <a style="outline: none; color: #dc3522;" href="mailto:pammoon41@aim.com" data-imported="1">RSVP email</a> <em>6pm</em> </p>
<p><strong>SUN. 3/15 - HUNTSVILLE TX/strong>, Special Music Service at Thoreau Woods U.U. Church, 144 E. Mosley Ln. <em>10:30am</em> </strong></p>
<p><strong><strong>THU. 3/19 - SYKESVILLE MD</strong>, Uptown Concerts at Baldwin's Station, 7618 Main St. <em>7:30pm </em> </strong></p>
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<strong><em>Treasures in My Chest</em> Downloads and Discs.</strong> The finished 15-song, 50-minute album is ready now with a limited run of CDs featuring the handsome cover design work of Stilson Greene. You can preview any song any time you like, no restrictions from the storepage too. While the companion book is nearly through final revisions and editing, you can save some time and money by preordering it now.</div>
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<strong>There are four options through the online store link below:</strong><br> • $12 for immediate download in MP3, lossless or CD quality<br> • $12 for CD and immediate download (plus shipping costs)<br> • $25 for the immediate download and preorder the book in e-reader/Kindle version as soon as it's ready - your choice of format<br> • $40 for the immediate download and preorder the book in 6x9 paperback (plus shipping costs)</div>
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<strong>It's all at your fingertips now at </strong><a style="outline: none; color: #dc3522;">http://andrewmcknight.bandcamp.com/album/treasures-in-my-chest</a>.<br><br> All paperback book preorders will get a free download of the 2016 radio concert release <em><strong>Live: Bound for Glory</strong></em> in an email as my personal thanks. If you want to help me get this project to more people, on checkout set the purchase amount at whatever you'd like to donate - you'll get my huge gratitude as well as the book when it's done!<br><br> Orders come to and ship from our office here, and we're keeping close track of it personally including emails acknowledging your preorder when it arrives. If you have a special need of some sort or a quantity order, email us and let us put it together for you.</div>
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<strong>The New Website</strong> We have a fresh look for a fresh year, in preparation for our switch to a new webhost next month. We'd love to know - does it load quickly, is the text readable, can you find what you're interested in, etc. Come visit <a style="outline: none; color: #dc3522;" href="http://andrewmcknight.net" data-imported="1">http://andrewmcknight.net </a>for a look.</div>
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<strong>The Blog</strong> I am looking forward to getting back to blogging in 2020! There hasn't been much time for short form writing save the occasional social media post. It's not a resolution, just a fact - more bursts of thought and occasional creativity coming up this year.</div>
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<strong>More News Too.</strong> Come visit the <a style="outline: none; color: #dc3522;" href="/news" data-imported="1" data-link-type="page">News Page</a> at the website for more about the Aretas Culver Headstone Ceremony and much more.</div>
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<strong>Have you done a DNA test to learn more about your family history</strong>? Andrew can help you get the most out of your results, and preserve and share what you've learned - <a style="outline: none; color: #dc3522;" href="/ancestories-consulting" data-imported="1" data-link-type="page">learn about his Ancestories consulting work here</a>.</div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">The last E-Zine of the decade is the first one to bring you the completed <em>Treasures in My Chest </em>album. Though physical CDs won't be in for a few weeks yet, and the companion book arrives in late February, you can now own and enjoy the album download now as often as you'd like.</div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">I can't even begin to sufficiently thank all of the people who encouraged this project in countless ways. You can hear and own it before the general public because you are kind enough to let me stay in touch with you every month. Everything you'll need to do that is in the News below - and you can still lend a hand if you missed out on the IndieGoGo campaign. If you preordered the book this summer, no need to do anything - it will magically show up as soon as I have them.</div>
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<br> It's been a crazy month, between the studio work of mixing and mastering, the November tour that included the headstone dedication for my Civil War ancestor Aretas Culver, finishing the first draft of the book, and all of the bustling of the season that includes decorating a live tree in my living room to ward off the long nights. There are upcoming tours and local release concerts (see below), and a tremendous amount of legwork to promote this new project. There's more about everything below and of course in more detail <a style="outline: none; color: #dc3522;" href="http://andrewmcknight.net" data-imported="1">at my website</a>, with pictures :)<br><br> For the last decade I have done a Winter Holiday Vidcast to celebrate the season with you. I'm going to do my first <strong>YouTube Live this coming Tuesday night (12/17 at 8:30pm EST)</strong> to both celebrate the season AND release the new album download to the general public. It will be free, and a bit of an experiment! Come follow my YouTube channel, and I'll look forward to wishing you and your family a very Happy Holiday in person.<br><br> At this very moment, I wish the Happiest of Holidays to you, in whatever ways you celebrate these long nights and twinkling stars. :)</div>
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<strong>FRI. 1/24 - CHARLESTON SC</strong>, Hungry Monk Music, 1948 Belgrade Ave. <em>7pm</em>
<p><strong>SAT. 1/25 - NEW SMYRNA BEACH FL</strong>, Concert at Community UU Church, 403 West St. <em>7pm</em> </p>
<p><strong>SUN. 1/26 - ST. AUGUSTINE FL</strong>, Special Music Service at U.U. of S.A., 2487 A1A South <em>10:30am</em> </p>
<p><strong>SUN. 1/26 - RINCON GA</strong>, Concert at St. Luke's, 155 Goshen Rd. <em>6:30pm</em> </p>
<p><strong>FRI. 3/6 - PURCELLVILLE VA</strong>, Treasures Release Concert at Franklin Park Arts Center, 36441 Blueridge View Ln. <em>7:30pm</em> with the studio band! </p>
<p><strong>SAT. 3/14 - AUSTIN TX</strong>, Austin Acoustical Cafe at Lamar Senior Activity Center, 2874 Shoal Crest Ave. <em>7pm</em> </p>
<p><strong>SUN. 3/15 - HUNTSVILLE TX</strong>, Johnson Studio House Concerts, <a style="outline: none; color: #dc3522;" href="mailto:pammoon41@aim.com" data-imported="1">RSVP email</a> <em>6pm</em> </p>
<p><strong>SUN. 3/15 - HUNTSVILLE TX</strong>, Special Music Service at Thoreau Woods U.U. Church, 144 E. Mosley Ln. <em>10:30am</em> </p>
<p><strong><strong>THU. 3/19 - SYKESVILLE MD</strong></strong>, Uptown Concerts at Baldwin's Station, 7618 Main St. <em>7:30pm </em><strong> </strong></p>
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<strong>Download <em>Treasures in My Chest</em> Now.</strong> What wasn't even an idea in early February has become a finished 15-song, 50-minute album, and the companion book will complete the set this coming February. Everyone who supported the crowdfunding campaign this summer should have received their email with the download link Tuesday night, along with an inadequate but heartfelt expression of my deep gratitude. I'm excited for you to hear it, and you can buy the download in whatever format you use right now at <a href="http://andrewmcknight.bandcamp.com/album/treasures-in-my-chest" target="_blank" data-imported="1">http://andrewmcknight.bandcamp.com/album/treasures-in-my-chest</a>.<br><br> If you missed out this summer, you can still preorder the book while enjoying the album now. When you check out with <em>Treasures</em> at the Bandcamp page, set the amount at <strong>$25 and you'll get the e-reader or Kindle</strong> version, or pay <strong>$40 to include an autographed paperback (I'll cover the shipping)</strong>. All book preorders will get a free download of the 2016 radio concert release <em><strong>Live: Bound for Glory</strong></em> in an email as my personal thanks.</div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">If you want to help me get this project to more people, set the amount at whatever you'd like to donate - you'll get my huge gratitude as well as the book when it's done! <strong>$100 or more before Jan. 1 will get your name included in the book</strong> as well as contribute valuable marketing funds. :) <em>Treasures</em> will be available on a limited number of CDs in early 2020.<br><br><em><strong>We take care of your orders here personally.</strong></em> If you are pre-ordering as a holiday gift for someone else, we can email you a color gift certificate to print for them while they enjoy the download right away.</div>
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<strong>More Holiday Sales!</strong> For the month of December, the <strong><a style="outline: none; color: #dc3522;" href="https://andrewmcknight.bandcamp.com/album/where-this-river-runs" data-imported="1">download of Andrew's out-of-print 2nd album <em>Where This River Runs</em> is just $5</a></strong> - no sale code required.</div>
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<strong>Tuesday on YouTube Live.</strong> It has been a decade-long tradition - the Winter Holiday Vidcast from our home to yours to celebrate the season. We're going to try something new - YouTube Live! And it will be the public kickoff for the download sales of <em>Treasures in My Chest</em>. <strong>We plan to go live at <a style="outline: none; color: #dc3522;" href="http://youtube.com/andrewmcknightdotnet" data-imported="1">my YouTube channel</a> at 8:30pm EST on Tuesday Dec. 17th</strong>, the chat room will be open and the Christmas tree trimmed and lit. It's free, but we'll gladly take contributions via PayPal or Venmo during the show.</div>
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<strong>Lessons Available Anywhere.</strong> Thanks to the magic of Skype, it is possible to help others with guitar or songwriting anywhere the internet reaches! Weekly lessons, or an a la carte work session to help with something specific, and gift certificates available to put on the tree too. How may I help? Email info@andrewmcknight.net.</div>
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<strong>More News Too.</strong> Come visit the <a style="outline: none; color: #dc3522;" href="/news" data-imported="1" data-link-type="page">News Page</a> at the website for more about the Aretas Culver Headstone Ceremony and much more - it's been a busy few weeks!</div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">Hello again and Happy Friday! Autumn has finally arrived here, though the land is dry and the leaves seem to prefer shy and muted colors this year. I've been doing my best to notice it all, between my daily writer's walks, driving to and from the studio, and pounding away on both the writing and the guitar, as <em>Treasures in My Chest</em> emerges into full three-dimensional shape.<br><br> If you follow <a style="outline: none; color: #dc3522;" href="http://Facebook.com/AndrewMcKnight.Musician" data-imported="1">my Facebook music page</a> you know that there is much on which to catch up, including some much anticipated road time to kick off November in New England. I'd love to do an intimate show here in northern Virginia before year's end to share the words and music of <em>Treasures</em>. If you'd like to host a house concert here, please drop a line and we'll make it easy to do. I've got workshops for schools and adults humming along too, and some new funding to help bring them to Virginia communities. There is also a big emotional bit of closure next month in Connecticut regarding my 3-times-great grandfather Aretas Culver. More about all of that below, and at the website News page.<br><br> That said, it's time to share some music with you! We will be posting the first public preview tonight (Friday Oct. 18th), but you can hear two more songs right now from this email. We're on track to have the album finished by the early days of November, and the book by year's end. It is an insanely busy process - there are so many chainsaws up in the air that I'm not sure which one to grab next to keep my juggling going and my limbs attached. Speaking of juggling, somehow I'm going to have to manage to keep all of this work on pace while taking in our hometown Washington Nationals first-ever appearance in the World Series. Their mantra of success is a good reminder to do one day's work well, and focus on tomorrow's when it becomes today :)<br><br> I hope you enjoy the music, and the colors of autumn be they muted or bold. I am ever grateful to you for being here with me.</div>
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<p><strong>THU. 11/7 - BLUE HILL ME</strong>, The Pub at Barncastle, 125 South St. <em>6pm with Frank Gotwals</em> </p>
<p><strong>FRI. 11/8 - BANGOR ME</strong>, Concert at Hammond St. Congr. Church, 28 High St. <em>7pm</em> </p>
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<p><strong>SUN. 11/10 - BRISTOL CT</strong>, Bristol Historical Society (see Aretas Culver Event news item), 98 Summer St. <em>6pm</em> </p>
<p><strong>SUN. 12/1 - RESTON VA</strong>, Special Music Service at U.U. Church, 1625 Wiehle Ave. <em>10am</em> </p>
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<strong>Hear the Previews!</strong> And here they are, all at https://soundcloud.com/andrewmcknight. Tonight we'll publicly post <strong>"Web of Mystery"</strong>, but there are also two tracks you can hear now via these hidden links - as my humble thanks for you letting us stay connected via these E-Zines!<br><br><strong>"Sons and Fathers"</strong> with my dad on piano and organ, Michael Rohrer on upright and Lisa Taylor on drums;<br> https://soundcloud.com/andrewmcknight/sons-and-fathers/s-I80gV<br><br><strong>"Anniversary (2,000 Years Ago)"</strong> with Rachel Taylor on cello;<br> https://soundcloud.com/andrewmcknight/anniversary-2000-years-ago/s-Gr0lv</div>
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<strong>Aretas Culver Headstone Dedication & Concert</strong>. A personal journey of family discovery that began at Christmas 2014, when I "met" my 3-times-great grandfather face to face on my computer, comes to a fitting close on Veteran's Day weekend in Bristol, Connecticut. On <strong>Sunday Nov. 10</strong> family, friends, veterans and the general public will gather at 1pm at West Cemetery in Bristol CT for a dedication ceremony for his new VA-issue headstone. That will be followed by a concert at 6pm at the Bristol Historical Society, along with my dad on keyboards for part of the show.</div>
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<strong>Writing Songs with Vets in Recovery, Part 2</strong>. Andrew is thrilled and honored to join renowned singer/songwriter Mack Bailey and his Music Therapy of the Rockies program this weekend in Maryland, in partnership with Madison Fields and the Wounded Warrior Project. Since 2014 Mack has been helping veterans using music and mindfulness in dealing with post-traumatic stress by helping reframe their stories, learning how to rewire brains, and in doing so, saving lives. The vets will work with Mack, music therapists and fellow songwriters Jen & Scott Smith (Naked Blue), Tom Prasada-Rao, Lea, and Michelle Swan with the goal of each vet co-writing a song. We hope to have songs to share with you in the days ahead, as we did after the May retreat.</div>
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<strong>VCA Performance Grant Award</strong>. We're pleased to have our grant renewed, and again be part of the Virginia Commission for the Arts prestigious Touring Artist Directory. Eligible presenters within the Commonwealth may be reimbursed up to 50% of the cost for performances and workshops. Let's make something happen in your community while there are still funds available to do so!</div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">With Labor Day behind us, it's time to take a short break from the work of making T<em>reasures in My Chest</em> to say hello and wish you a Happy September. There is plenty of project news, and I'll cover some of it in detail on <strong>my final - and free - Concert Window vidcast this Thursday evening Sept. 5th</strong>. In addition to sharing some of the behind-the-scenes progress, there will be some new songs written for this project within the last few weeks.<br> <br> While I'm enjoying the creative and production processes of the album and the book immensely, I'm getting the itch to be back on the road too. I'm looking forward to tours of New England (November) and the southeast and north Florida in late January, and we have a couple open dates yet to fill. There are several 2020 tours taking shape (is it time to visit you?), but there I'm about to turn a quarter million miles on the 2008 Honda Odyssey, and that trusty tour bus will need to be replaced soon.<br> <br> In part because of the timing of Concert Window shutting down and us deciding to do a final show on short notice, <a style="outline: none; color: #dc3522;" href="/campaign" data-imported="1" data-link-type="page">we're extending our crowdfunding campaign one more week to Tues. Sept. 10th</a> - through then you can still lend a hand little or large, and get your name on the project too. We're tantalizingly close to being able to hire a publicist for the release of the album and book in January, and wouldn't it be amazing to be moving 10,000 to 20,000 copies next year instead of 1,000 or 2,000! It is immensely humbling, gratifying and inspiring to have had so many kindly folks show their support through the Indiegogo campaign, PayPal, or your lovely notes and checks in the mailbox too.<br> <br> I am hugely grateful, lucky and blessed, and getting right back to that work right now.</div>
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<strong>Vidcast this Thursday</strong>. We weren't completely surprised, but saddened nonetheless to see our video webcasting platform Concert Window calling it quits. We're going to do one final show this <strong>Thursday Sept. 5th at 9pm Eastern</strong>, to share updates from <em>Treasures in My Chest,</em> and debut a couple of new songs written for the record in the past few weeks. You won't want to miss this, and please do invite your friends too. While this show is free, you can still show your support and appreciation through the Tips function, and we'll gladly and gratefully put that to the mortgage in lieu of the shows NOT played these last couple months while working on the project. <strong>One final time, it happens at http://concertwindow.com/andrewmcknight</strong><br> </div>
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<strong><em>Treasures</em> Update</strong>. Wow, what an amazing thing to look back at a month's worth of activity in the recording studio and on the writing table. Most of the songs are recorded, and the final three pieces go down this weekend including one about Andrew's home in Lincoln VA, "My Little Town," and a fiddle and voice duet with his daughter Madeleine about passing the torch, called "Long Ago and Far Away." Next month's E-Zine will see us even closer to the finish line, and probably include the first sneak preview of a song or two. Meanwhile, we're assembling the first draft of the book, which means it's probably written (less a chapter or two), and now the work of editing, rewrites and overall organizational cohesion and clarity looms.<br> <br> If you'd still like to lend a hand in bringing <em>Treasures</em> to life, there is still one week left to the campaign and we're amazingly close to being able to do some significant professional publicity work for it - <strong>check it out at http://andrewmcknight.net/campaign</strong> if you'd like to see how you can help! We're about $3K away from our "Dream Goal" and that's abou<br> </div>
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<strong>New Website Rollout</strong>. We've been planning to revamp the website for 2020 to feature both <em>Treasures in My Chest</em> content and artwork, and the pending merger of our current webhosts has kicked that into gear a little early too. We might have a few construction signs up around the site later this month. One thing for sure is we will replace the white on dark text throughout the site for something more readable and printable. What other features might you like to see on the new http://andrewmcknight.net? We'd love to know - send us an email and we'll gladly see if we can make it happen.<br> </div>
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<strong>A FEW WORDS</strong>: This month Andrew wrote "Long Ago and Far Away" to sing with his now 12-year old daughter Madeleine on the fiddle, about handing down our stories through the generations. So in keeping with that theme, we share the poem he wrote when Madeleine was born, "<strong>A Circle of Four Women</strong>". <a style="outline: none; color: #dc3522;" href="http://www.andrewmcknight.net/poetry/a_circle_of_four_women_for_madeleine_rose/" data-imported="1">Read it here</a>.<br> </div>
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<br> The season of the late summer vacation is upon us, and I too have plans for a bit of a short break this month. Due some unusual quirk of the cosmos, every five years all of the anniversaries in my family are milestones, providing us a good excuse to gather from our far scattered lives for a few days of quiet celebration off the grid. In late August my parents mark 60 years together. That's worthy of celebration indeed!<br><br> But of course, it's a bit of a working vacation too. In my 25 years as a recording artist, I haven't recorded anything with any of my family. On a project drawn largely from one's family history and experiences, and in a family where music is such a central part of our DNA, that certainly will change. I've written two songs in the last two weeks, and one of them, "Sons & Fathers," is cued up and ready for my dad to play piano in the studio this week. And the first time I heard "Margaret," the piece my great-grandfather Andrew McKnight wrote and published in 1906, it was my sister playing it on her piano. I also need to record some decent ocean waves for a piece on the album, and my parents' proximity to the Atlantic Ocean will fit that bill neatly as well.<br><br> If you contributed or simply followed our IndieGoGo crowdfunding campaign last month, thank you ever so much! We made our first goal, and obviously we are going full throttle in the recording studio. I'm excited to soon be sharing some previews with you. If you would still like to contribute by preordering and perhaps etch your own name or dedication in the book, you can do so through the end of the month (see below).<br><br> Artists traffic in emotion and experience; these are our media, and our canvas. It has certainly been an emotional summer, for reasons good and bad. Big emotional events can produce catharsis too. As summer's heat slowly relinquishes its grip, I am recommitting myself to putting a bit more kindness into the world, each day, at every opportunity. My personal mission, tilting at my own windmills perhaps. Perhaps you'll join me in that mission. I'd like that very much indeed.</div>
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<p><strong>AUGUST</strong>, Short vacation, recording, and book writing! </p>
<p><strong>SAT. 9/28 - CAPON BRIDGE WV</strong>, Founder's Day Festival <em>11:30am </em> </p>
<p><strong>SUN. 9/29 - HAGERSTOWN MD</strong>, Special Music Service at U.U. Church, 13245 Cearfoss Pike <em>10:45am</em> </p>
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<strong>FUNDRAISING UPDATE:</strong> The crowdfunding campaign continues through September 1st to bring to life my most ambitious project ever. For those uncomfortable with online fundraising, this phase has mail a check and PayPal options available. You can still preorder the album and book, or consider underwriting an essential marketing component, or perhaps even have Andrew help you make the most of your DNA results. <em><strong>Most popular has been the $100 package that gets you the paperback book as well as an e-reader version, plus the album as either a download or a disc, and your name in the thank you section of the book!</strong></em>
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<div style="text-align: left;">Whatever you'd like to do is a big help, and real humans are keeping track of all the preorders, gratefully! THANK YOU SO MUCH for the help - take a peek at http://andrewmcknight.net/campaign<br>
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<strong>PROJECT UPDATE</strong>: To date twelve songs are recorded, and three more will be recorded in the next month - we can't wait to share those sounds with you! You can see photos and read more about the recording (and writing) progress at http://andrewmcknight.net/news/recording_update/</div>
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<strong>A FEW WORDS</strong>: There have been new songs and new chapters for the book since last month's E-Zine so no Essay this month, but we do have several new short blog posts with photos, including the story of Andrew's Dad's 1940 Ford Coupe. Come have a look at http://andrewmcknight.net/blog.</div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">At long last, it has begun. My audacious dream, a musical and literary project drawn from my journey into my family's past and connections in the present, is becoming reality, and I would treasure your help in making it (see below). Being an avid student of history, however, demands from me first a few moments of reflection.<br><br> On our nation's 243rd birthday I find myself profoundly conflicted. Many of us are torn by the deeply disturbing situation on our southern border, and the spectre of a national holiday celebrating our cherished American ideals being replaced by what appears to be a militaristic campaign rally. It is hard to for me reconcile my pride in our country with some of what is being done in our name. But it is making me reflect deeply on what it means to be American, and to be human, about our lofty values, and how we treat each other. I'd wager that were any of us wearing the shoes of families fleeing danger and depravity in perhaps the only home we'd ever known, we might be pretty distraught about our condition and that of our family. Perhaps by now we'd be developing a lingering resentment and hatred towards those who'd perpetrated it upon us in our time of dire need. Whatever our individual feelings might be about those seeking asylum here, surely being American must mean that we can treat these desperate huddled masses with some human dignity - and most especially the children and highly vulnerable among them.<br><br> Again I am pondering the meaning of that word <em><strong>independence</strong></em>, a cherished and revered concept here in the "Land of Liberty." That somehow one can make do for oneself with a minimum of aid or assistance. As an "independent" artist, this word is pure mythology, for each of us is utterly dependent upon those who are consumers of our art in order to produce more art and be able to somehow sustain ourselves.<br><br> So as you'll see below, <strong>this dependent artist is asking for your help to produce <em>Treasures in My Chest,</em> an album and companion book</strong>. While it has coalesced around my incredible family journeys, experiences and present-day connections, I'm really excited about using them to inspire you to appreciate and explore the many treasures in your chest, even if they may be largely unknown to you. Thank you for letting me share it with you, and for taking the time to explore the highlights for yourself.<br><br> As we enjoy our rituals with family and friends this holiday, may we all find ourselves some moments to contemplate anew the struggles of our immigrant ancestors, the meaning of our principles and symbols like the Constitution and Lady Liberty, and above all to engage in our whole human community.</div>
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<p><strong>THU. 7/11 - GERMANTOWN MD</strong>, Montgomery Chautauqua, Globe Theater, 20200 Observation Dr. <em>7pm </em> </p>
<p><strong>SAT. 7/13 - RESTON VA</strong>, Rachel Taylor's Conservatory Benefit Concert, Hunter Woods Village Center, 2310 Colts Neck Rd. <em>7pm </em> </p>
<p><strong>SAT. 7/20 - LUCKETTS VA</strong>, Private Concert for Ruritans (members welcome) <em>3pm </em> </p>
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<strong>The campaign has begun!</strong> While we are grateful to already be near 50% of our funding goal to make the album and companion book, this is by far Andrew's most ambitious and expensive project in his 25-year career. You can simply order the album and book in advance, consider underwriting an essential project component, or perhaps have Andrew help you make the most of your DNA results. We even offer an interactive evening of sharing some family stories from you and your friends followed by a concert!</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">We made a cool short video to help explain the project and campaign. If you're interested in seeing our daily updates (including as we start in the studio Friday), <strong><a style="outline: none; color: #dc3522;" href="https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/treasures-in-my-chest/" data-imported="1">please follow our campaign page</a>, and thanks for sharing it with anyone who might be interested</strong>. What is as deeply gratifying as the financial support is how many people are emotionally invested in seeing this project come to life. We hope that you will be too.</div>
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<br><strong>Here it is: <a style="outline: none; color: #dc3522;" href="https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/treasures-in-my-chest/" data-imported="1">https://indiegogo.com/projects/treasures-in-my-chest/</a></strong>
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<div style="text-align: left;">Thank you for reading this, and for your help in making <em>Treasures in My Chest</em>. (<a style="outline: none; color: #dc3522;" href="http://www.andrewmcknight.net/news/it_begins___treasures_in_my_chest_is_underway/" data-imported="1">Find more specifics about the songs, stories and background here</a>.)</div>
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<strong>A FEW WORDS:</strong> It seems fitting this week to revisit this poem Andrew wrote back in December, "<strong>I Will Not Hate</strong>". <a style="outline: none; color: #dc3522;" href="http://www.andrewmcknight.net/poetry/i_will_not_hate/" data-imported="1">Read it here</a>.</div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">This is the 75th anniversary of the epic events on the beaches at Normandy, and I am full of thoughts about service and sacrifice, and perhaps the rights and responsibilities of a free and self-governed people too. I spent this past weekend getting to know two amazing veterans on a long journey of healing from their time in harm's way, hearing their stories and helping them to reframe their experience to share with us. We wrote two great songs and I'll be sharing them on <strong>Facebook Live this Monday night at 8pm Eastern</strong>. I'd be honored if you'd join us. You have my word that their stories will move and inspire you.<br><br> There is a different kind of campaign kicking off soon, with no combat or danger, only collaboration and creativity. About mid-month <strong>I'll be launching the campaign</strong> to raise the necessary funding for the <em>Treasures in My Chest</em> record and book. If you've ever wondered if you could help get my work in front of a wider audience, this is the time and the project! It is more ambitious than anything I've yet done, but so many essential logistical elements have been lining up and falling into place. More about both of these items in the News below and at the website.<br><br> I'm off for a weekend at the <strong>One Man Jam Festival</strong> and a couple of shows this weekend in the beautiful and restorative mountains of northern West Virginia. This month also brings the <strong>25th annual Mountville Folk Festival</strong> that we've helped run since its beginning as an excuse for us touring singer/songwriters to share our work with each other and our community. My Beyond Borders bandmates and I are looking forward to a special "reunion set" to close down two days of performances and campfire circles. You should be here if you can!<br><br> I'm an incredibly lucky guy to be blessed with this life in music and the myriad "who would have dreamed this up?" kind of moments that happen so frequently. I am grateful to have you along for the journey, and to be able to share some of the highlights with you on the way. Til next time, squeeze the ones you love, take an extra shot of kindness with your next beverage of choice, and always stop for pedestrians in crosswalks. We all have people who love us praying we get safe home, every time.</div>
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<p><strong>SUN. 6/16 - LEESBURG VA</strong>, Special Music Service at U.U. Church of Loudoun, 20460 Gleedsville Rd. <em>10am</em> </p>
<p><strong>FRI.-SAT. 6/21-22 - ALDIE VA</strong>, 25th Annual Mountville Folk Festival, Andrew solo as well as Andrew McKnight & Beyond Borders. RSVP mountvillefolkfestival@comcast.net <strong><em>Don't miss it!</em> </strong></p>
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<strong>Songwriting with Soldiers</strong>. Andrew was honored to lend a hand and a pen to wounded warriors last weekend at the beautiful Madison Fields farm in central Maryland. Working with renowned singer/songwriter and music therapist Mack Bailey and his Music Therapy of the Rockies program, Andrew was connected one on one with two veterans for a pair of 2-hour sessions to hear their stories. The result of their collaborations was a pair of powerful and inspiring songs, "<strong>This Bridge</strong>" and "<strong>New Mission Now</strong>". Join us for the grand unveiling on <strong>Facebook Live</strong> (http://Facebook.com/AndrewMcKnight.Musician) <strong>Monday June 10th at 8pm Eastern</strong>!<hr>
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<strong>Project Underway</strong>. Work has begun on <em>Treasures in My Chest</em> - Andrew's recording and full-length companion book planned for pre-release to family, friends and fan-mily late this year. The recording is a song cycle drawn from the connections between Andrew's musical DNA and many discoveries of his McKnight family heritage, while exploring the greater age-old human questions of "who am I?" and "how did I get here?". Several of the songs have already become concert staples, including <strong>"Web of Mystery"</strong> (see it at https://youtu.be/E1_oArg8CY4).</div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">We need and welcome your help bringing these <em>Treasures</em> to life! We'll launch the crowdfunding campaign online in mid-June, but you can read about it and <strong>help get this ambitious project started right now in ways little and large - http://www.andrewmcknight.net/campaign</strong><hr>
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<strong>ESSAY: "What were Those Blank Checks Worth?"</strong><br><em>Memorial Day, 2019</em><br> "Between my parents, at least six of my ancestors fought to preserve the Union in various regiments from the state of Connecticut. Two of them fell here in Virginia, at Deep Bottom and Weldon Railroad in Grant's relentless and costly 1864 march to Richmond. My 4 time great (4G) grandfather Asa Harvey was wounded at Deep Bottom and eventually died of disease. And of course my 3G grandfather Aretas Culver was held prisoner at Andersonville POW camp for six months, and died at home soon after he was paroled.</div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">While their personal feelings about slavery are unknown to me, they each "wrote that blank check" and handed it to Abraham Lincoln in order to preserve the Union, this imperfect experiment begun some 85 years earlier on a rotted foundation... <a style="outline: none; color: #dc3522;" href="/blog" data-imported="1" data-link-type="page"><strong>read the full article here</strong> </a>.<hr>
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Andrew McKnighttag:andrewmcknight.net,2005:Post/61774382019-05-09T20:00:00-04:002019-05-10T08:39:40-04:00May Flowers 2019 "A Storytender's Journey"
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<div style="text-align: left;">To those who celebrate the holiday in some way, Happy Mother's Day. I am grateful I got to spend a little time with my mom (and dad) last month during the New England tour. Among many delights of the visit, I was given possession of my grandmother's family history album, which included a letter from a (then) young ancestor to his wife from 1818, and my great-great grandparents wedding certificate issued two days before the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. To hold these things in one's hand is a bit beyond description.<br> <br> It is these connections in the present as well as the past that are driving the new recording and book, both titled <em>Treasures in My Chest</em>. While they are drawn from stories in my own family, in different ways each explores the amazing set of circumstances and random chances that brought each unique being into the world. While some of us are fortunate enough to know some of our stories, the truth is that just like all the other elements that comprise human beings, an individual is a product of all of their ancestories in some way too. I'd love to share more with you, and I'd be hugely grateful for your help in bringing this ambitious project to life! Please join me <strong>Wed. May 29th at 9pm Eastern</strong> for the next Concert Window vidcast to kick off the campaign and share several new songs.<br> <br> While I'm spending May home writing, we're also celebrating a big milestone June 21-22 in Aldie VA - a quarter century of our Mountville Folk Festival! The 25th anniversary celebration includes an extra night of music, and we'd love to have it include you too.<br> <br> That's all for now, and that's almost enough. Last but most of all, thanks for reading and for sticking with me. Keep the love notes coming when you're so inclined. I love getting them and believe me, I save them to reread on the tough days!<br> <br> May the weeds in your garden turn out to be beautiful things that you've planted and forgotten about.</div>
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<p><strong>SA-SU 6/1-2 - DICKERSON MD</strong>, Music Therapy of the Rockies (private) <em>helping two recovering veterans with therapeutic songwriting </em> </p>
<p><strong>FRI.-SAT. 6/7-8 - EGLEN WV</strong>, One Man Jam Festival at Silver Lake Park, 3086 Seneca Trail <em>Andrew does a set each night</em> </p>
<p><strong>SUN. 6/9 - CLARKSBURG WV</strong>, Special Music Service at West Fork U.U., Uptown Event Center, 305 Washington Ave. <em>11am</em> </p>
<p><strong>FRI.-SAT. 6/21-22 - ALDIE VA</strong>, 25th Annual Mountville Folk Festival, RSVP mountvillefolkfestival@comcast.net <em>see news item!</em> </p>
<p><strong>SUN. 6/30 - GETTYSBURG PA</strong>, Special Music Service at U.U. of Gettysburg, 136 South Stratton St. <em>10:30am</em> </p>
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<strong>Vidcast May 29th</strong>. This video webcast will be primarily devoted to the songs and the story behind the recording and companion book project <em>Treasures in My Chest</em>, and unveiling the campaign to bring it to life. I've written several songs since my last vidcast in February, including two last week. I'm also going to take time to do some appropriate decorating for the occasion. I'd love for you to be part of the <strong><em>Treasures</em> kick-off party</strong>; please plan to join me <strong>Wednesday May 29th at 9pm Eastern</strong>, and get your ticket now at https://concertwindow.com/andrewmcknight.</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">Per usual, 2/3 of the ticket and tips helps pay my mortgage and offset the big gamble I made this month to stay home and focus on writing. To that end, please invite any of your friends who might enjoy my music to the vidcast too - I'm grateful for any and all help being a less well-kept secret!<br> </div>
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<strong>New Song Video</strong>. My dad captured much of my concert in Griswold CT last month on video (he got a new wireless rig for his camcorder that he was eager to test :), and we've posted <a href="https://youtu.be/E1_oArg8CY4" data-imported="1">"<strong>Web of Mystery</strong>" on YouTube</a> - thanks for sharing it with your friends if you enjoy it! (Hint: if you have ever wondered WHY I got into this family history thing, you'll get some of an answer too!)"<br> </div>
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<strong>Mountville Folk Festival Turns 25</strong>. Those attending the first Mountville back in 1994 couldn't imagine what that seed would grow into over the next quarter century. The little gathering that started in Andrew's backyard as an excuse for singer/songwriter friends to spend time together sharing each other's work among the local music community, now annually draws 200-300 people to the slopes of Bull Run Mountain near Aldie VA. This year includes an extra night of music in celebration, June 21-22. Andrew will be busy - a rare set with Beyond Borders Saturday night, plus a solo set from <em>Treasures</em> to kick off Saturday afternoon, hosting a songwriter roundrobin, and maybe more mischief too! Camp or hit a local B&B for the weekend, and help us celebrate a most delightful milestone with some lovely people and an awesome musical lineup. RSVP to mountvillefolkfestival@comcast.net to get directions (like a house concert) and all the news.</div>
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<strong>A FEW WORDS</strong>: Andrew wrote a tribute to friend, radio host and arts activist Chris King after his memorial May 4th. You'll find it on the <a style="outline: none; color: #dc3522;" href="/blog" data-imported="1" data-link-type="page"><strong>blog</strong> </a>.<br> </div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">Greetings from Galax, Virginia - the self-proclaimed "oldtime mountain music Capital of the World". I'm here doing workshops at elementary and middle schools across two counties, plus a songwriting workshop and a concert this Friday night. What a whirlwind it has been since I last dropped you a line! In just the last 36 hours, I have been to Fairview and Fancy Gap, Fries and Independence too. I am grateful that you are here to read these words, and I look forward to sharing a whole lot of this next phase of the journey with you. BIG changes are afoot!<br><br> The plans for the new recording are moving along nicely, beginning in the studio in early July. I've written another song this month, and have three more in various stages of development. But instead of trying to figure out how to package a "containerless" recording that most people will only hear and not see, we hit on the somewhat novel idea that the companion art to the recording will be ... <strong>a book</strong>.<br><br> Crazy Me agreed to go along with this, and so I am simultaneously writing a book AND songs for a new recording. Which means that I am spending all of my non-performing, non-parenting and non-teaching time WRITING instead of BOOKING the shows and workshops that pay the mortgage every month. And it's a double whammy because we'll need to raise a goodly sum to produce and publish this package, and market it sufficiently to get it the attention it perhaps might deserve.</div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">So next month we'll have a lot more detail on how you can help in ways little and large, but in the meantime <em><strong>we're grateful for any and all offers of house concert hosts, library concerts and programs, school programs, creative and musical writing workshops</strong></em>, and more. I'm doing <a style="outline: none; color: #dc3522;" href="/american-history" data-imported="1" data-link-type="page">"Telling America's Story in Song"</a> at a half dozen elementary schools this week. I've even got a musical/educational program on <a style="outline: none; color: #dc3522;" href="/workshop-gifts-genes" data-imported="1" data-link-type="page">"The Gifts in Our Genes"</a> for those who are getting into using their DNA to learn and preserve their family stories.<br><br> And with that dear friend, it is time for me to get back to writing the words that will fill the pages, and the microphone. The redbuds exploded all down the Shenandoah Valley on my drive down, and the bluebells are again casting their pinkish-purple hue on the flood plains. May spring find its way to you in all its gaudy glory of yellow and purple blossoms, and fields of green speckled in gold and white. And that the white not be a blanket of spring snow!</div>
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<p><strong>MO.-FR. 4/8-12 - SOUTHWEST VA</strong>, Weeklong school residency for the Arts Council of Twin Counties </p>
<p><strong>THU. 4/11 - GALAX VA</strong>, Songwriting Workshop at Arts Council 608 W. Stuart St. <em>7pm</em> RSVP req'd info@artsculturalcouncil.org</p>
<p><strong>FRI. 4/12 - FRIES VA</strong>, Historic Fries Theater, Main St. <em>7pm</em> </p>
<p><strong>SUN. 4/14 - WINCHESTER VA</strong>, The 9 Songwriter Series, Bright Box Theater 15 N. Loudoun St. <em>7pm</em> </p>
<p><strong>FRI. 4/26 - LEXINGTON MA</strong>, Jumpstart Networking Social, limited seats available, email to RSVP phil.mathey@lpl.com <em>5:30pm</em></p>
<p><strong>SAT. 4/27 - PLAINFIELD CT</strong>, Songwriting Workshops for Youth and Adults, Central Village Congregational Church <em>10:45am, 1pm</em> </p>
<p><strong>SAT. 4/27 - POMFRET CT</strong>, Vanilla Bean Cafe, 450 Deerfield Rd. <em>8pm</em> </p>
<p><strong>SUN. 4/28 - STORRS CT</strong>, Special Music Service at U.U. Fellowship, 46 Spring Hill Rd. <em>10:30am</em> </p>
<p><strong>SUN. 4/28 - GRISWOLD CT</strong>, Concert at 1st Congregational Church, 878 Voluntown Rd. <em>6pm</em> </p>
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<strong>You're Writing a Book? </strong>I've been plowing ahead recklessly and occasionally even with abandon for these last few weeks. It's not an autobiography, but there are some elements of that. It's not history wound tightly to my specific family, though there some are stories that serve the larger purpose. And it's not a how-to book for sifting through your DNA and ethnicity, though there will be some valuable tools and insights included.<br> Now that we've know what it ISN'T, what IS it? More next month, I promise :) And there will be a lot more details, including how you can help this enormous undertaking arrive, with its companion recording, on your reading chair or nightstand. Though I'm pretty sure this batch of songs that go with it WON'T put you to sleep!</div>
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<strong>Next Vidcast</strong>. Definitely in May, probably a weeknight in the middle of the month, sharing more new songs and a whole lot more about the book. Stay tuned for that too!</div>
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<strong>A Final Standing O</strong>. We bid a sad and grateful farewell to the Standing "O" Project, a great idea to connect supportive fans with artists creating new music. Kudos to John and Viv of the "Art of the Song" NPR show for all the hard work and capital they put into this community patronage project these last few years. It was an honor to be a part of it, and we wish them the very best going forward!</div>
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<strong>A FEW WORDS</strong>: Most every month Andrew writes an <a style="outline: none; color: #dc3522;" href="/blog" data-imported="1" data-link-type="page"><strong>Essay</strong> </a>, but for probably obvious reasons (see the greeting note above :), we're putting the monthly <strong>Essay</strong> on hiatus until the book and the recording are done. However, there are still plenty of short blog posts going up now and again, come by for a few minutes anytime you like.</div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">It's the St. Patrick's edition - just in time for the turning of the clocks, planting peas, the Ides of March, and if you're so inclined, the wearing of the green or a pint of Guinness. It's been a different kind of busy this spring, gearing up for a summer recording that is turning into a massive and unique project. There was the small matter of a 1,000 mile trip to surprise my mom with a birthday party too (<em>see below</em>). As such, I'm behind on most things (including taxes), but not for a lack of elbow grease or a wealth of slothfulness.<br> <br> The April schedule is humming, with a couple private shows in the next few weeks to go with a weeklong school residency in the beautiful mountains of southwest Virginia, a couple shows close to home and a few in New England too. I'm feverishly writing and arranging ahead of recording the new project this summer. My guitar and songwriting students have been up to all kinds of cool projects. In between all of those things, tutoring some middle-school math in our own house.<br> <br> I'll have more details to share soon, but let's just say that this recording project and all of its offshoots are the biggest thing I've ever tackled! I am grateful to have you to share this journey with as it unfolds, and I am lucky and blessed that this life chose little old me. On this little stretch of the calendar when I reflect on and explore the journeys and challenges faced by my immigrant ancestors (they all came from someplace else, but in particular the ones from Ireland), I raise my glass and my heart to you. I hope to see you at a show, but as always, I love to hear from you whenever you've a moment to drop a line. Slainté!</div>
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<p><strong>SAT. 3/23 - WOODBRIDGE VA</strong>, Private Concert (Happy Birthday Bob!) </p>
<p><strong>SUN. 3/24 - GERMANTOWN MD</strong>, Special Music Service at Sugarloaf Congregation UU, 16913 Germantown Rd. <em>10:30am</em> </p>
<p><strong>SAT. 4/6 - GREAT FALLS VA</strong>, Bluebells at the Bend Festival, Riverbend Park <em>11am</em> </p>
<p><strong>MON.-FRI. 4/8-12 - SOUTHWEST VA</strong>, School residency for the Arts Council of Twin Counties </p>
<p><strong>FRI. 4/12 - FRIES VA</strong>, Historic Fries Theater, Main St. <em>7pm</em> </p>
<p><strong>SUN. 4/14 - WINCHESTER VA</strong>, The 9 Songwriter Series, Bright Box Theater 15 N. Loudoun St. <em>7pm</em> </p>
<p><strong>FRI. 4/26 - LEXINGTON MA</strong>, Private Concert, some seats may be available TBA </p>
<p><strong>SAT. 4/27 - PLAINFIELD CT</strong>, Songwriting Workshops for Youth and Adults, Central Village Congregational Church <em>11am & 1pm (tentative)</em> </p>
<p><strong>SAT. 4/27 - POMFRET CT</strong>, Vanilla Bean Cafe, 450 Deerfield Rd. <em>8pm</em> </p>
<p><strong>SUN. 4/28 - STORRS CT</strong>, Special Music Service at U.U. Fellowship, 46 Spring Hill Rd. <em>10:30am</em> </p>
<p><strong>SUN. 4/28 - GRISWOLD CT</strong>, Concert at 1st Congregational Church, 878 Voluntown Rd. <em>6pm</em> </p>
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<strong>TPR CONCERT</strong>: Earlier this month Andrew joined together with nearly 20 other songwriters and musicians for a very special benefit and tribute concert for fellow singer/songwriter Tom Prasada-Rao. TPR is undergoing treatment for a life threatening illness, and it was not hard to gather together an enormous wealth of talent to lend their voices. Tom is well-known and beloved around the country and beyond for his fabulous music and his gentle soul, and the concert certainly was a celebration of those gifts. The concert was filmed and recorded, and we hope to be able to share some clips.<br> </div>
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<strong>INTERVIEW ONLINE</strong>: In case you missed it, Andrew's interview with Jan Mercker from <em>Loudoun Now</em> is also the cover story for <em>Get Out Loudoun</em> - <a style="outline: none; color: #dc3522;" href="http://getoutloudoun.com/2019/02/06/andrew-mcknight-looking-back-moving-forward/" data-imported="1">you can read it here</a>.<br> </div>
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<strong>MOM'S BIRTHDAY</strong>: "A heartfelt thanks again to everyone who turned out for mom's online birthday party vidcast concert! She had a blast, and I'm sure she was glowing even though I couldn't see her 450 miles away - only her comments in the chat during the show. Of course, now I can share that we also got in a surprise party celebration the weekend before her birthday in Connecticut with family and friends, including her nearly 97-year old aunt! So we managed to check off all the boxes that a milestone like 80 deserves!"</div>
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<strong>A FEW WORDS</strong>: In this month's <strong>Essay</strong>, Andrew surveys the musical landscape and wonders about the value of creativity in the Digital Age, in "<strong>The Value of Creation In a Sea of Content</strong>". <a style="outline: none; color: #dc3522;" href="http://www.andrewmcknight.net/blog/the_value_of_creation_in_a_sea_of_content_essay1/" data-imported="1">Read it here</a>.<br> </div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">While we're in the deepest days of winter, I'm also noticing the sun setting later each day, and the sunrise finally seems to be getting earlier too (weird quirks of planetary motion there). We've had snow days and frozen tundra, and T-shirts and mud season all in a week's time, much like the 48 hours of transition between summer and winter back in October. I've been burrowed in hard since the Florida tour writing and teaching (and doing a bit of 6th grade math tutoring by necessity too!), and the booking office is busy working on the next 18 months - trips back to Texas, the south and southeast, hopefully the Plains and Colorado in October, Florida again, etc. <strong>If you or someone you know might be interested in hosting a concert, workshop, or "Gifts in Our Genes" DNA workshop for family researchers, let's talk!</strong>
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<div style="text-align: left;">Meanwhile, my mom flips the odometer for one of those milestone birthdays on <strong>February 25th, and we're going to have a vidcast</strong> to celebrate and you are invited! See below for details, and especially on my ambitious little gift I'd love to have you help me with that night.<br> <br> Although we've released four live recordings in the past few years, it's been 11 years since my last solo studio CD. I've been writing intensively over the last few months, and I am planning to hit the studio later in the summer to record the "family history and discovery" project, tentatively titled <strong><em>Treasures in My Chest</em></strong>. It's certainly my most ambitious recording project to date in pretty much every way, and I'm getting excited as one after another the songs come to life. We'll do an F3 ("friend and fan funding") campaign this summer, and hope you'll be willing to join us in bringing it to life and your ears too. For now, just look for teasers on the website, Facebook Live, and at the vidcast 2/25 :).<br> <br> I hope to see you in person or online at the vidcast of course, but in honor of Valentine's Day this month, let me close this by simply sending a little love your way. We could each always use as much of that as we can get.</div>
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<p><strong>SAT. 2/9 - HAMILTON VA</strong>, Songs, Stories & Gas Money Concert at Barns of Hamilton Station, 16804 Hamilton Station Rd. <em>8pm</em> </p>
<p><strong>MON. 2/25 - VIDEO WEBCAST</strong>, My Mom's Milestone Birthday Vidcast" on ConcertWindow.com (see below) <em>9pm EST </em> </p>
<p><strong>SUN. 3/24 - GERMANTOWN MD</strong>, Special Music Service at Sugarloaf Congregation UU, 16913 Germantown Rd. <em>10:30am</em> </p>
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<strong>VIDCAST FEB. 25th</strong>: "While I'm home a lot these next couple of months hard at work getting ready for the studio (see the next newsy below :), I'm hoping you'll take a night to help me celebrate my mom's milestone birthday on <strong>Monday February 25th at 9pm Eastern at https://concertwindow.com/andrewmcknight</strong>. I will let mom pick most of the songs, but I'll also share a couple of brand new things too. And we're going to try the biggest crazy crowdsourcing project ever in honor of her birthday - have your phone and its voice recorder ready for the show! (Oh, and of course, please invite any of your friends who might enjoy my music too.)"<br> </div>
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<strong>NEW INTERVIEWS</strong>: Andrew sat down for a lengthy interview with the <em>Loudoun Now</em> in advance of this Saturday's concert at the Barns at Hamilton Station - you can <a style="outline: none; color: #dc3522;" href="http://getoutloudoun.com/2019/02/06/andrew-mcknight-looking-back-moving-forward/" data-imported="1">read it here</a>.</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">And for those who like podcasts, Andrew's interview with John Macdonnell at WUWF Public Radio in Pensacola FL from a few years ago is now part of the Acoustic Interludes podcast at National Public Radio. It aired November 11th - <a style="outline: none; color: #dc3522;" href="https://www.npr.org/podcasts/643527376/acoustic-interlude-sessions" data-imported="1">hear it at the NPR podcast page</a>.<br> </div>
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<strong>STUDENT SONGWRITERS:</strong> And while Saturday night brings Andrew back to the hometown stage for the Songs, Stories and Gas Money concert series, that morning he'll lead the 3rd and final "Chords of Courage" youth songwriting workshop for aspiring - and inspiring - middle and high school songwriters as part of their Student Songwriting Contest. Read more about it and see the great video montage from last year's awards concert at the News page!<br> </div>
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<strong>A FEW WORDS</strong>: I saw Peter Jackson's amazing new documentary based on restoring British WWI footage,"They Shall Not Grow Old", and the yin and the yang of our technical prowess was on my mind for this month's <a style="outline: none; color: #dc3522;" href="/blog" data-imported="1" data-link-type="page"><strong>Essay, "What IS in Front of Me?"</strong> </a>.<br> </div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">I hope this finds your year off to a great start. I'm a tad embarrassed to admit that it seems like New Year 1999 was not that long ago, and how weird it was going to be to "flip the millennium odometer" at the end of the year. That it's now 2019 is a bit incomprehensible, but I guess I'd better get to figuring it out!<br> <br> As to the odometer, it is going to flip 240,000 miles somewhere between here and south Florida this week. I'm looking forward to some sunshine, but especially to seeing friends old and new. And I'd love to meet more. In this weird and wonderful calling, my salary usually is directly tied to turnout, so I'm always grateful when people encourage their family and friends to turn out and spend an evening with me and my musical mischief. I'd like to think it will be worth their while, and I'd surely make sure they get the best of what I've got to offer.<br> <br> A new thing I have to offer is these USB Flash Drives, preloaded with either my entire discography including some concert downloads, or the "Live" package which features three full concert videos and a host of goodies. They make great and useful gifts and I'll have some on the road with me too. However you might like to own or share the music, I'm mighty grateful.<br> <br> And with that, the best wishes of the world to you for this unimaginable 2019. May it be full of what you most need, mixed with copious unexpected blessings.</div>
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<p><strong>FRI. 1/4 - SUNRISE FL</strong>, Broward Folk Club Feature at Gigi's Cafe, 4385 NW 88th Ave. <em>7:30pm</em> </p>
<p><strong>SAT. 1/5 - NORTH MIAMI FL</strong>, Folk Club of South Florida at Luna Star Cafe, 775 NE 125th St. <em>8pm</em> </p>
<p><strong>SUN. 1/6 - MIAMI FL</strong>, Special Music Service at U.U. of Miami, 7701 SW 76th Ave. <em>11am</em> </p>
<p><strong>SUN. 1/6 - FT. MYERS FL</strong>, Music4MeandU House Concerts, RSVP mymusic4meAndU@aol.com <em>7:30pm</em> </p>
<p><strong>FRI. 1/11 - EDGEWATER FL</strong>, Club Cow Creek House Concerts, RSVP hotspotsouth@att.net <em>7:30pm</em> </p>
<p><strong>SAT. 1/12 - ST. AUGUSTINE FL</strong>, Concert at UU Fellowship of St. Augustine, 2487 A1A South <em>6pm</em> </p>
<p><strong>SUN. 1/13 - ST. AUGUSTINE FL</strong>, Special Music Service at UUF of St. Augustine, 2487 A1A South <em>10:30am</em> </p>
<p><strong>SAT. 2/9 - HAMILTON VA</strong>, Songs, Stories & Gas Money Concert at Barns of Hamilton Station, 16804 Hamilton Station Rd. <em>8pm</em> </p>
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<strong>FLASH DRIVES</strong>: Stylish 8GB swing USB drives, preloaded with two different packages. Get Andrew's Complete Discography, OR get the "Live Set" featuring 3 full concert videos plus the digital audio. Each package is LOADED with bonus material - check it out at http://andrewmcknight.net/flashdrives. Want a package you don't see? Email us and we'll custom load one for you at a special price!<br> </div>
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<strong>NEXT VIDCAST:</strong> We haven't set a date yet, but we're looking at mid-to-late February for our next Concert Window. Of course, there is always the possibility of a spontaneous and short Facebook Live event between now and then. Best to keep an eye in both places!<br> </div>
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<strong>A FEW WORDS</strong>: Several new posts on the <a style="outline: none; color: #dc3522;" href="/blog" data-imported="1" data-link-type="page"><strong>Blog</strong> </a> this month, including some holiday wishes and New Year's amazement - come have a peek!<br> </div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">Here we are again in the midst of Hanukkah and the bustle of the Christmas holidays. Our humble old house is now lit and decorated, and the winter chill that seemed to set in within 48 hours of air-conditioning season is now at least familiar. There will be picking parties in our living room, gatherings with friends and family over delicious food and libations, caroling in our old historic village, and other seasonally-appropriate mayhem. In these long dark nights approaching the longest of the year, we are grateful for all that we have.<br> <br> If you are reading these words, I am even more grateful, for it means this actually arrived in your inbox. Last month's rollout with our new email provider was a lot less than stellar, and if you are willing to drop a quick "Happy Holidays" reply or any acknowledgement that you got this, thank you!<br> <br> Please plan to <strong>come over to our house Thursday Dec. 13th, 9pm EST</strong> for a cherished annual ritual, the <strong>Winter Holiday Vidcast</strong>. I've got a great evening of music planned, and there are lots of sales on discs, downloads and more below, but I'll also be unveiling some new stuff at the vidcast. Maybe I'll even have some special guests. Stockpile your favorite beverage, and make plans to join me. I've cleaned and decorated, and I'm ready for you. I hope you enjoy catching up with all of the various ways I can help you with the perfect holiday gifts for music lovers in your life. More about all of that below.<br> <br> And with that, I am most grateful for all of the kindly souls that continue to make this crazy life in music possible. Wishing the very best of the holiday season; may the brightest miracles fall into your unsuspecting lap.</div>
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<strong>SUN. 12/9 - BETHESDA MD</strong>, WFMA Showcase at Positano's, 4948 Fairmont Ave. <em>7pm with Michael Kelly & Brent Ruggles</em>
<p><strong>THU. 12/13 - VIDEO WEBCAST</strong>, Annual "Winter Holiday Vidcast" on ConcertWindow.com (see below) <em>9pm EST </em> </p>
<p><strong>FRI. 1/4 - SUNRISE FL</strong>, Broward Folk Club Feature at Gigi's Cafe, 4385 NW 88th Ave. <em>7:30pm</em> </p>
<p><strong>SAT. 1/5 - NORTH MIAMI FL</strong>, Folk Club of South Florida at Luna Star Cafe, 775 NE 125th St. <em>8pm</em> </p>
<p><strong>SUN. 1/6 - MIAMI FL</strong>, Special Music Service at U.U. of Miami, 7701 SW 76th Ave. <em>11am</em> </p>
<p><strong>SUN. 1/6 - FT. MYERS FL</strong>, Music4MeandU House Concerts, RSVP mymusic4meAndU@aol.com <em>7:30pm</em> </p>
<p><strong>FRI. 1/11 - EDGEWATER FL</strong>, Club Cow Creek House Concerts, RSVP hotspotsouth@att.net <em>7:30pm</em> </p>
<p><strong>SAT. 1/12 - ST. AUGUSTINE FL</strong>, Concert at UUF of St. Augustine, 2487 A1A South <em>6pm</em> </p>
<p><strong>SUN. 1/13 - ST. AUGUSTINE FL</strong>, Special Music Service at UUF of St. Augustine, 2487 A1A South <em>10:30am</em> </p>
<p><strong>SAT. 2/9 - HAMILTON VA</strong>, Songs, Stories & Gas Money Concert at Barns of Hamilton Station, 16804 Hamilton Station Rd. <em>8pm</em> </p>
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<strong>HOLIDAY SALES</strong>: <strong> 30% off on all music - discs and downloads, through DEC. 16th at midnight EST</strong> using the code <strong>xmas18</strong>. It's our best sale of the year - get a CD and download for the regular download only price! Thanks to an email questioner, we'll also offer gift certificates for any CD plus download combo, and on multiple discs even, for the same discount - just <a style="outline: none; color: #dc3522;" href="mailto:info@andrewmcknight.net" data-imported="1"><strong>email us</strong> </a> what you'd like to have and we'll take care of it.<br> </div>
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<strong>FLASH DRIVES</strong>: We've long been interested in having a way to deliver audio and video content of any length, and as of Dec. 13th we indeed will! These handsome little royal blue and silver swing drives hold 8GB, and once you have your music you can use them for anything you like. We'll have one with <strong>Andrew's entire audio discography</strong> in high resolution - 5 solo CDs, the <em>One Virginia Night</em> concert release with Andrew McKnight & Beyond Borders, plus two FULL solo concerts currently only available as website downloads. You'll be able to add them to your iTunes, GooglePlay or whatever other players you use.<br> <br> The other package we've planned is <strong>full-length concert videos</strong>, including this year's <em><strong>Live at Timucua</strong></em>, plus some special video content not available anywhere else!<br> <br> We'll unveil them at special discount prices <strong>at Thursday night's vidcast</strong> and on social media. We have a limited number available, and we'll have these at an incredible discount also through December 16th - stay tuned or email us now!<br> </div>
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<strong>VIDCAST THU. 12/13</strong>: I hope you'll "come on over to my house" for my special annual Winter Holiday vidcast! We'll toast the holidays, I'll share some new songs and stories, some old favorites, and perhaps some seasonally appropriate mischief too. There'll be sales to help with your holiday shopping AND support one of your favorite "independent" artists, plus a giveaway or two as well. I'll be unveiling a NEW product and announcing the new PROJECT as well. How's about all of that around my Christmas tree with your favorite beverage, next <strong>Thursday, 12/13 at 9pm EST</strong>.<br> <br> And how to do it? Just hit <strong><a style="outline: none; color: #dc3522;" href="https://www.concertwindow.com/andrewmcknight" data-imported="1">my ConcertWindow page</a></strong> to get your ticket for as little as $1, and then zing over to my Vidcast page for tips on optimizing the experience.<br> </div>
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<strong>A FEW WORDS</strong>: Special for the early winter, here's a new poem, "<strong>A Meander in the Winter Valley of the Crooked Run</strong>". <a style="outline: none; color: #dc3522;" href="http://www.andrewmcknight.net/poetry/a_meander_in_the_winter_valley_of_the_crooked_run/" data-imported="1">Read it here</a>.<br> </div>
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<strong>Have you done a DNA test to learn more about your family history</strong>? (Hint: there are great sales going on right now!) Andrew can help you get the most out of your results, and preserve and share what you've learned - <a style="outline: none; color: #dc3522;" href="/ancestories-consulting" data-imported="1" data-link-type="page">learn about his Ancestories consulting work here</a>. <strong>GIFT CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE</strong> FOR HOLIDAY GIVING!</div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">... to the first edition of my new E-Zine, "<em><strong>A Storytender's Journey</strong></em>." If you haven’t been getting my monthly emails for a while, I promise it’s not because I haven’t been sending them to you! During the migration process, I went by hand through the over 3,200 subscribers from around the world on my current email list. I enjoyed taking a moment to think about when and where you signed aboard to support my work. Some of you have been here a very long time, maybe since near the beginning in 1995, and we may not have crossed paths in person for many years. Thank you for at the least letting me say hello again. I hope you'll stay with me, since thanks to the wonders of the internet you don't have to wait for my van to pull into your neighborhood to catch a show (see below). One email a month, no more than that, and I'll continue to give my level best to make each worth a few minutes of your time!<br><br> So, what is a <em><strong>storytender</strong></em>? I admit, I coined the phrase. I like to think of my job is not as a story keeper, or a storyteller, but more like that friendly and skilled artisan behind the bar who gets great joy from presenting you with a perfect distillation of a delicious thing that you’ve never experienced before. I may have been lucky enough to run into these songs and stories, but they are not just for my selfish keeping. Many of them I've discovered in my own family history.<br><br> This first edition is jam-packed; click away for new songs, new videos, a new poem, tour dates, and a video webcast. Before we get on to all of that, if we need to update your email address, thanks in advance for that. If you have trouble doing so just hit reply and let us know what email to use, and if you've moved in the last few years.</div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">Now that we the people have spoken, it's time for we the people to get out and fill our souls with music, art, community and other soul-nourishing forms of human connection. The days are short, the nights are long, and now we can turn our attentions to the rituals of the season. May we get at least some of the governance we hope for, and some of what we deserve.<br><br> With that, in approach of Thanksgiving here in America, my humble gratitude that you've read this far, all the best to you for a lovely November, and on to the good stuff….</div>
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<strong>THU. 11/8 - BLUE HILL ME</strong>, The Pub at Barncastle, 125 South St. <em>6pm with Frank Gotwals</em>
<p><strong>FRI. 11/9 - BANGOR ME</strong>, Hammond St. Congr. Church, 28 High St. <em>7pm</em> </p>
<p><strong>SAT. 11/10 - BRISTOL CT</strong>, Federal Hill House Concert, RSVP required amybreak@aol.com <em>7pm</em> </p>
<p><strong>SUN. 11/11 - CENTRAL VILLAGE CT</strong>, Central Village Congr. Church, 33 Main St. <em>7pm</em> </p>
<p><strong>FRI. 11/23 - VIDEO WEBCAST</strong>, "Celebrating Thanksgiving" on ConcertWindow.com (see below) <em>3pm EST with Tony Denikos</em> </p>
<p><strong>SUN. 11/25 - GETTYSBURG PA</strong>, Special Music Service at U.U. of Gettysburg, 136 South Stratton St. <em>10:30am</em> </p>
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<div style="text-align: left;">If you'd like a look under the hood at the songwriting process, and/or have interest in family histories, or just want to hear some new music from Andrew, this <a style="outline: none; color: #dc3522;" href="http://www.andrewmcknight.net/news/seehear_two_new_songs_for_ancestories_project/" data-imported="1">20-minute video</a> includes not one but <strong>TWO brand new songs</strong>, "<strong>Aretas Culver</strong>" and "<strong>Web of Mystery</strong>".<br><br>
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<strong>CATCH A SHOW without leaving home!</strong> Celebrate the American Thanksgiving Holiday with a live video webcast from Andrew's living room. On <strong>Friday Nov. 23rd at 3pm Eastern</strong> time he'll welcome dear friend and Maryland singer/songwriter <strong>Tony Denikos</strong> to take turns sharing some songs and playing together too! Please go to <strong><a style="outline: none; color: #dc3522;" href="http://concertwindow.com/andrewmcknight%20" target="_blank" data-imported="1">http://concertwindow.com/andrewmcknight</a></strong> - and use the social media and email tools to help spread the word to your friends.<br><br>
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<div style="text-align: left;">Most every month Andrew writes an <a style="outline: none; color: #dc3522;" href="/blog" data-imported="1" data-link-type="page"><strong>Essay</strong> </a>, but a slew of tragedies these past few weeks instead inspired a new poem, "<strong>I Will Not Hate</strong>". <a style="outline: none; color: #dc3522;" href="http://www.andrewmcknight.net/poetry/i_will_not_hate/" data-imported="1">Read it here</a>.<br><br>
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Andrew McKnighttag:andrewmcknight.net,2005:Post/61774322018-09-02T20:00:00-04:002018-12-07T01:27:21-05:00Autumn Arrives E-Zine
<p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; color: #333333;">Hi,<br>First things first, a quick bit of important business, for staying in touch with you is one of the most vital parts of my business! We've just learned that this Listbaby email service will go dark at the end of the month. It's a huge inconvenience, and its going to add overhead costs too, but most importantly it's a challenge to overcome to stay in touch! So, if you have the inclination, <strong>hit a quick reply </strong>so we know that you're still here. After all, without the corporate sponsors and all to fund the music and the tours :), it's pretty much word of mouth that keeps the music coming, and I greatly value your mouth as well as your time to read this - thank you!</p>
<p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; color: #333333;">Meanwhile, there's lots of other stuff going on and keeping things busy here too - some shows this month as well as taking some time to work on some new material. Some of it goes along with some of my family history exploration, and I'm excited to share that with you musically in a vidcast on Wed. Sept. 26th, and in a new blog dedicated specifically to "Ancestories" with great tips and other content for those doing their own family research. More about all of that below.</p>
<p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; color: #333333;">School is underway pretty much everywhere, and I'm already booking several of my school workshops on "Telling America's Stories in Song" and Creative & Musical Writing. I'm in Florida the first full week of January with some time available, and I'd be delighted to do some workshops and concerts Monday through Friday, Jan. 7-11. Of course, there are tours to the northeast, midwest and southeast all planned during this school year too.</p>
<p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; color: #333333;">Speaking of school, that also means little kids near big roads and flashing red lights on yellow buses. Take good care to not run over any of the grandparents of the future.</p>
<p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; color: #333333;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/391975/a9e044961f0b61442b565fb292f06842cc10c721/original/dad-mad-eisenhower.jpg/!!/b%3AW10%3D.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="An incredible vista in the land above the trees on Mt. Eisenhower" style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /><br><em>Dad and Mad snuck in a few days vacation in New Hampshire's White Mountains between shows in Maine and Massachusetts last month. A lucky day and an incredible vista in the land above the trees on Mt. Eisenhower (10 miles roundtrip hike, 3100 feet elevation, and 40mph winds at the top equals two tired happy faces at the end!)</em></p>
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<p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; color: #996600;"><span style="color:#000000">Please drop a <strong>quick email reply to say hello</strong> - our current E-Zine service shuts down at the end of the month and we want to be sure we are able to stay connected!</span></p>
<p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; color: #996600;"><span style="color:#888888"><em>Every month we'll include one small quick action you can do to help spread the word about Andrew's music. Your suggestions welcome too!</em></span></p>
<h2 style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; color: #996600;">UPCOMING SHOWS (details http://andrewmcknight.net/tour)</h2>
<p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; color: #333333;"><strong>SA. SEP. 8 - ALEXANDRIA VA</strong>, Concerts at the Severeid House with Tony Denikos, RSVP required at http://sevareidhouseconcerts.com <em>7:30pm</em><br> <strong>SA. SEP. 22 - MARIETTA OH</strong>, 1st Settlement House Concerts, RSVP required suzynmills@gmail.com <em>7:30pm</em><br> <strong>SU. SEP. 23 - MARIETTA OH</strong>, Special Music Service at First Unitarian Universalist Society Of Marietta, 232 Third St. <em>11am</em><br> <strong>WE. SEP. 26 - VIDEO WEBCAST</strong>, "Autumn Arrives" on ConcertWindow.com (see below) <em>9pm EDT</em><br> <strong>SA. SEP. 29 - CAPON BRIDGE WV</strong>, Founder's Day Festival <em>11:30am</em><br> <strong>SU. OCT. 28 - HARRISONBURG VA</strong>, Spirit of the Valley Festival, On Sunny Slope Farm, <em>11am</em> AMBB with Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen, Town Mountain & more</p>
<p><em>AMBB - Andrew McKnight & Beyond Borders</em></p>
<h2 style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; color: #996600;">NEWS & NOTES</h2>
<p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; color: #333333;">- Not only do we have the next video webcast "Autumn Arrives" on <strong>Wed. Sept. 26th 9pm EDT</strong>, we may have one a month through the rest of the year if everything falls into place. October's will be timed especially for the friends and fans in Europe! In November we hope to have Andrew together with his Maryland singer/songwriter compadre Tony Denikos, and if we can work the schedules out perhaps one with the full band in December, special for the holidays. The best way to stay up to date? <strong>Follow us at <a href="https://www.concertwindow.com/andrewmcknight" target="_blank" data-imported="1">https://concertwindow.com/andrewmcknight</a></strong> of course - and get your ticket for this month's "Autumn Arrives" vidcast now for $1 or whatever it's worth to you!</p>
<p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; color: #333333;">- Andrew has launched a <strong>new "Ancestories" blog</strong> specifically for people getting into taking a DNA test and casually or seriously researching their family history! It will be full of simple explanations as well as tips and tricks. If you are interested, <strong>please follow at <a href="http://amckancestories.blogspot.com" target="_blank" data-imported="1">http://amckancestories.blogspot.com</a></strong>.</p>
<p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; color: #333333;">- Friends and fans around the mid-Atlantic region may have noticed that Andrew McKnight & Beyond Borders have essentially been on hiatus for the last year or so. Their bandmate, founding Nitty Gritty Dirt Band member Les Thompson has essentially been touring full time with his old friend and bandmate John McEuen, bringing their multimedia retrospective Circle Revisited Tour across North America. Meanwhile Andrew, Lisa and Stephanie will be doing a trio set at the <strong>Spirit of the Valley Festival in Harrisonburg VA</strong> next month - <a href="/news" data-imported="1" data-link-type="page">get caught up on all the fun at the News page</a>!</p>
<p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; color: #333333;">- Wish us luck in <strong>finding a good affordable email solution for the October E-Zine</strong> (suggestions welcome). We're proud of attracting over 3,200 subscribers one at a time through signing up at shows or the website, and we don't want to lose anyone in the transition. And this E-Zine really should have a name or a title - suggestions welcome for that too!</p>
<h2 style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; color: #996600;">ESSAY: "To My Daughter on the Eve of Middle School"</h2>
<p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; color: #333333;"><em> A dad who isn't ready to be a middle school parent struggles to find some meaningful advice for navigating the imminent awkward years.</em></p>
<p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; color: #333333;">I'll begin by saying I have no idea how this happened so fast. When we started our daily walks up our dead-end gravel road to the blacktop and the sidewalk that led us to kindergarten, it seemed like those 6 years would be an eternity. By the time the spring rolled around, I clung to each of those walks like a little kid hanging on to a teddy bear, knowing full well that we were counting down to the end of it.</p>
<p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; color: #333333;">I won't soon forget that last walk home on 5th grade graduation day, holding hands like we did when you were little. Or how much I appreciated that you understood then that it was a milestone - the end of one phase of life and the beginning of another. And that there was no going back....</p>
<p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; color: #333333;">[Previous essays at <a href="/blog" target="_blank" data-imported="1" data-link-type="page">http://andrewmcknight.net/blog</a>]</p>
Andrew McKnighttag:andrewmcknight.net,2005:Post/61774302018-04-10T20:00:00-04:002018-05-07T02:01:03-04:00Apr. 2018 E-Zine
<p>Like spring in the eastern and northern US, this month's E-Zine is a bit late in arriving. But it comes bearing new treats and treasures and I hope that offsets the tardy arrival a tad. They always say you should keep trying new things, so here is a big one. For the first time we have a solo concert video available for download (details below).</p>
<p>A huge thank you to everyone who came out to the shows last month, from Texas to the Top of Virginia. While the 1st quarter of 2018 was super busy, the next three months look like the Me, Myself & I Agency have been doing anything but booking lately. So we've got to make up some ground filling in autumn tours to the midwest and New England, January in Florida and the southeast, and perhaps a return to Texas and the Deep South at the end of March/early April. House concerts, school workshops, library programs, events for a cause; all of those possibilities would be welcome.</p>
<p>A few days after getting home, my wife was in a bad car accident (indeed beware the Ides of March), but thankfully some stray leprechauns arriving early for St. Patrick's Day somehow kept her safe enough to walk away a destroyed car, though with a lot of bumps and bruises. A special thanks for all the kind notes wishing her well, and on the recent passing of our sweet old orange cat too.</p>
<p>While I feel incredibly lucky and grateful for my good fortune on so many fronts, it has been a bit too intense a start to 2018. As the redbuds, bluebells and dogwoods commence their annual early spring bacchanalia of bloom, here's a wish for you and me to have some peaceful and contemplative moments amongst the chaos of the world, free of tragedy and disaster for just a bit, and with enough leprechauns to save us from the worst sorrows when things get really rough. I look forward to seeing you soon; maybe we'll even get to share some of those moments.</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/391975/c211d91698684b9f21fd990be3dabb62a7a50b00/original/180302-dobro-dallas.jpg/!!/b%3AW10%3D.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="ALT TEXT" /><br><em>Happily sliding away, Uncle Calvin's Coffeehouse in Dallas, March 2 (Photo: Ira Hantz)</em></p>
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<h2>JUST ONE LITTLE THING:</h2>
<p>It's mostly word of mouth that melds shows, workshops and interviews into some kind of cohesive coalescence of calendars and maps. If there is a venue/presenter in your town, thanks for sharing a little personal recommendation along with this page, <a href="/programs" data-imported="1" data-link-type="page">http://andrewmcknight.net/programs</a>.</p>
<p><em>Every month we'll include one small quick action you can do to help spread the word about Andrew's music. Your suggestions welcome too!</em></p>
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<h2>UPCOMING SHOWS (details <a href="/tour" data-imported="1" data-link-type="page">http://andrewmcknight.net/tour</a>)</h2>
<p><strong>FR. APR. 13 - PUTNEY VT</strong>, Putney Cares Barn, 54 Kimball Hill <em>6:30pm</em><br><strong>SA. APR. 14 - POMFRET CT</strong>, Vanilla Bean Cafe, 450 Deerfield Rd. <em>8pm</em><br><strong>SU. APR. 15 - STORRS CT</strong>, Special Music Service at U.U. Fellowship, 46 Spring Hill Rd. <em>10:30am</em><br><strong>SU. APR. 15 - MANCHESTER CT</strong>, Concert at UU Society East, 153 West Vernon St. <em>7pm</em><br><strong>SA. MAY 12 - LURAY VA</strong>, Performing Arts Center, 1 E. Main St. <em>7:30pm</em><br><strong>SA. JUNE 23 - ALDIE VA</strong>, Mountville Folk Festival RSVP <a href="mailto:mountvillefolkfestival@comcast.net" data-imported="1">mountvillefolkfestival@comcast.net</a> <em>noon</em> (AMBB, with Pat Wictor, Tony Denikos, Michael DeLalla and lots more!)</p>
<p><em>Any show marked AMBB - Andrew McKnight & Beyond Borders</em></p>
<h2>THE NEW RELEASE</h2>
<p><strong>THE VIDEO IS HERE!</strong> We are excited to launch a new release and a new format; our first <strong>video download</strong>. <strong><em>Live at Timucua</em></strong> was filmed in a special multimedia concert event at the Timucua Arts Foundation in Orlando during the January tour. It features 12 songs including the previously unreleased "Anniversary (2000 Years Ago)," four guitars, and the stories between the songs too - and accompanied onstage throughout by artist Chris M. Gray creating an original painting start to finish during the 85-minute show. The video is now yours to own for only $11.99. Read more including the setlist and get yours at <a href="/videosales" data-imported="1" data-link-type="page">http://andrewmcknight.net/videosales</a>.</p>
<h2>NEWS & NOTES</h2>
<p>- One of the students who came to Andrew's songwriting workshops as part of the Step Up! Frederick Songwriting Contest in February won the Middle School Grand Prize at the Awards Concert last Friday night - congrats to Vivien for her great song about Harriet Tubman.</p>
<p>- Andrew spent a week in March doing workshops with elementary and middle school students in western South Carolina and southwest Virginia. From "Telling America's Stories in Song" to the crafts of songwriting and learning instruments in band, it was an exciting week with a lot of great kids.</p>
<p><strong>More on these stories including photos at the News page - <a href="/news" data-imported="1" data-link-type="page">http://andrewmcknight.net/news</a></strong></p>
<h2>ESSAY: "A Day to Dream"</h2>
<p><em>April 4, 2018. Fifty years ago today.</em></p>
<p>Ten years ago I was in Memphis for the annual International Folk Alliance Conference. Even though we were largely sequestered in a fancy hotel and convention center, with a high rise sunset over the Mississippi River and the flat delta floodplain in Arkansas, one could quickly escape to some more "real" experiences despite the tourist trappings. BBQ ribs and the blues of course, but many of us also took the time to make a different pilgrimage as well.</p>
<p>The National Civil Rights Museum is in the old Lorraine Motel, frozen in time on the outside at the moment that Martin Luther King Jr. drew his last breath. Inside the museum is an incredibly powerful experience, intimately confronting the Reconstruction century's legacy of lynchings, boycotts, segregation and Jim Crow. The tour ends on the balcony where the dreamer died....</p>
<p>[Previous essays at <a href="/blog" data-imported="1" data-link-type="page">http://andrewmcknight.net/blog</a>]</p>
Andrew McKnighttag:andrewmcknight.net,2005:Post/61774292018-02-28T19:00:00-05:002018-05-07T02:01:19-04:00March Towards Spring 2018
<p>I wonder if being a tad early for March makes up for all the months that I've been a tad late getting these out. I'm ready to hit the road to Texas for a few days before doing a week of school workshops in western SC and southwest VA, so this has to be out the door on auto-pilot in time for Houston-area friends to get the reminder to join me at the legendary Anderson Fair Thursday night. But we also have something for you wherever you are on Tuesday March 20th with the "Spring is Here" vidcast.</p>
<p>We have the <em>Live at Timucua</em> concert video all edited and ready to go, and will have it available for download by mid-month, as promised. Plenty of details when we unveil it at the vidcast and in the April newsletter.</p>
<p>On a parting note, we're coping with a somewhat sudden goodbye to a beloved family member last week. Over the last 12 and a half years my orange buddy dropped in on vidcasts as well as my guitar lessons, and he was always laying around nearby while I worked at home. The presence of Gatito's absence is crushing all of us, and I am grateful for the welcome distraction of the road and the wonderful people who make it bearable to be away from home and family. I've not yet been able to collect my thoughts on the website blog, but I surely will soon. I have been blessed to have him in my home and my heart, and I'm blessed to have you in my life. Thanks for reading, thanks for listening, thanks for being your own wonderful self. Til next time.</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/391975/fde6cf7eb1203f0b41aec809631be7f7d6d04731/original/parting-gatito-kiss.jpg/!!/b%3AW10%3D.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="If only he knew how much the feeling was mutual" /><br><em>Self-portrait; A parting kiss, my dear old friend</em></p>
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<h2>JUST ONE LITTLE THING:</h2>
<p>Invite your friends to tune in to the March 20th vidcast! It's a wonderful way to help connect with some new fans and friends, and I could afford to be less of a well-kept secret! It's easy to Follow me and get a day of show reminder at <a href="https://concertwindow.com/andrewmcknight" data-imported="1">https://concertwindow.com/andrewmcknight</a>.</p>
<p><em>Every month we'll include one small quick action you can do to help spread the word about Andrew's music. Your suggestions welcome too!</em></p>
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<h2>UPCOMING SHOWS (details <a href="/tour" data-imported="1" data-link-type="page">http://andrewmcknight.net/tour</a>)</h2>
<p><strong>TH. MAR. 1 - HOUSTON TX</strong>, Anderson Fair, 2007 Grant St. <em>8:30pm</em><br><strong>FR. MAR. 2 - DALLAS TX</strong>, Uncle Calvin's Coffeehouse, 9555 N. Central Expy. <em>8pm</em> Bill Nash opens<br><strong>SA. MAR. 3 - HUNTSVILLE TX</strong>, Thoreau Woods Coffeehouse, 144 E. Mosley Ln. <em>7pm</em>Brittany Shane opens<br><strong>SU. MAR. 4 - HUNTSVILLE TX</strong>, Special Music Service at Thoreau Woods U.U. Church, 144 E. Mosley Ln. <em>10:30am</em><br><strong>FR. MAR. 9 - INDEPENDENCE VA</strong>, Historic 1908 Theatre, 107 E. Main St. <em>7pm</em><br><strong>SA. MAR. 10 - MONTEREY VA</strong>, Highland Maple Festival Concert at Highland Center, 61 Highland Center Dr <em>7pm</em><br><strong>SA. MAR. 17 - GERMANTOWN MD</strong>, Sugarloaf Coffeehouse at the Yurt, 16913 Germantown Rd. <em>7pm</em><br><strong>SU. MAR. 18 - GERMANTOWN MD</strong>, Special Music Service at Sugarloaf Congregation of U.U., 16913 Germantown Rd. <em>10:30am</em><br><strong>TU. MAR. 20 - VIDEO WEBCAST</strong>, <a href="http://concertwindow.com/andrewmcknight" data-imported="1">ConcertWindow.com/andrewmcknight</a> (see below) <em>9pm (EDT)</em><br><strong>SA. MAR. 24 - ACCOKEEK MD</strong>, guitar for Tony Denikos & The Working Poor, Homegrown Coffeehouse at National Colonial Farm, 3400 Bryan Point Rd. <em>7pm</em><br><strong>SA. APR. 14 - POMFRET CT</strong>, Vanilla Bean Cafe, 450 Deerfield Rd. (village center) <em>8pm</em><br><strong>SU. APR. 15 - STORRS CT</strong>, Special Music Service at U.U. Fellowship, 46 Spring Hill Rd. <em>10:30am</em><br><strong>SU. APR. 15 - MANCHESTER CT</strong>, Concert at UU Society East, 153 West Vernon St.<em>7pm</em></p>
<h2>NEWS & NOTES</h2>
<p>- Join me on <strong>Tuesday March 20th, 9pm Eastern</strong> for the first night of Spring, and the <strong>"Spring is Here" vidcast</strong>. There's lots to celebrate, lots to share, and I'd love for you and a bunch of your friends anywhere in world to join us - as little as $1 ticket gets you the whole show, however long we go. Come on by <a href="/vidcast" data-imported="1" data-link-type="page">http://andrewmcknight.net/vidcast</a>for more info, viewing tips and more.</p>
<p>- While you wait for the release of the new <strong><em>Live at Timucua</em></strong> video download later this month, we've posted a video of one of the songs to whet your appetite! Come enjoy "<strong>By a Craftsman's Hand</strong>" at <a href="http://youtu.be/sY5E2xQCK2c" data-imported="1">http://youtu.be/sY5E2xQCK2c</a></p>
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<p>Andrew is a proud Endorsing Artist for <strong>Fairbuilt Guitars</strong> and <strong>Elixir Strings</strong>, and member of <strong>Concerts in Your Home</strong> and the <strong>Standing "O" Project</strong>.</p>
Andrew McKnighttag:andrewmcknight.net,2005:Post/61774282018-02-06T19:00:00-05:002018-05-07T02:01:44-04:00Feb. 2018: News & Notes
<p>It is an icicles-on-everything day here in the Blue Ridge hills. Kids are home from school; though the main roads are only wet, our rural gravel is another matter. I've just finished playing music with my daughter and her friend. The house is cozy, there's food in the larder, and for now the bills are paid. We are blessed to have it so good, when so many lack these basics of life. I have had plenty of time to consider and contemplate my good fortunes behind the wheel these past couple of weeks, and deepen my appreciations for home too.</p>
<p>There's a lot to share with you this month! Three lovely shows coming up in the region, starting this Saturday here in Loudoun County, next Thursday with my dear pal Tony Denikos near Baltimore, and the following weekend in Harrisonburg VA. We have a new concert video from the Orlando show that we'll be releasing soon. I'm honored and humbled to spend some time with some young songwriters this month as part of the Chords of Courage songwriting contest in Maryland. And between a weekend in Texas and shows in western Virginia, I'll be spending four days in schools early next month in western South Carolina and our beautiful Virginia Highlands. There are a couple of new things to read at the <strong>Blog</strong>, including some thoughts and pictures from recently tracing my great-great-great grandfather's footsteps at Antietam. And thanks to my talented neighbor Christi Porter, I have a whole batch of new photographs that will start showing up soon on the website and social media. I guess I've been busy, and will continue to be! There's room to fit more events in the travel schedule though - concerts, workshops and plenty more. Please drop a line if you want to fit something in next time I am nearby.</p>
<p>The photo below is pretty thick with treasures. The beautiful red spruce and black walnut guitar, of course, was built for me by Martin Fair (Fairbuilt Guitars). The paintings were done by Chris M. Gray, the day before our concert in Orlando. He painted the landscape out his front window from a sunrise photo while listening to my music. And thanks to Christi, I have this moment in my living room with these treasures to share with you.</p>
<p>Just one small composite example of a lucky life made by many hands. Now it's back to work; here's wishing you warmth in your home, food in your belly and most of all, a little love for your heart.</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/391975/18a4c9fea4d2d97063b0c404f77556bb7d9e0d48/original/living-room-with-paintings.jpg/!!/b%3AW10%3D.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="ALT TEXT" /><br><em>Home with two beautiful pieces of art created for me (Thanks to <a href="http://listbabyqa.hostbaby.com/ln/?c=12023881&l=1630780&k=3078287cff3533acc89e4c8e628f1382" target="_blank" data-imported="1">Christi Porter Photography</a>)</em></p>
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<h2>JUST ONE LITTLE THING:</h2>
<p>From the "It's Always Something" Department. We get a small amount of royalty income from ads on our YouTube videos, which YouTube is about to take away by raising their revenue-sharing threshold to 1,000 subscribers. If you're so inclined, thanks for subscribing at <strong><a href="http://youtube.com/andrewmcknightdotnet" data-imported="1">http://youtube.com/andrewmcknightdotnet</a>.</strong></p>
<p><em>Every month we'll include one small quick action you can do to help spread the word about Andrew's music. Your suggestions welcome too!</em></p>
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<h2>UPCOMING SHOWS (details <a href="/tour" data-imported="1" data-link-type="page">http://andrewmcknight.net/tour</a>)</h2>
<p><strong>SA. FEB. 10 - HAMILTON VA</strong>, "Songs, Stories & Gas Money" Concert, The Barns at Hamilton Station, 16804 Hamilton Station Rd. <em>8pm</em><br><strong>TH. FEB. 15 - SYKESVILLE MD</strong>, Uptown Concerts at Baldwin's Station, 7618 Main St. <em>8pm w</em>ith Tony Denikos, solo sets and together<br><strong>SA. FEB. 24 - HARRISONBURG VA</strong>, House Concert at Sunny Slope Farm <em>6:30pm</em><br><strong>TH. MAR. 1 - HOUSTON TX</strong>, Anderson Fair, 2007 Grant St. <em>8:30pm</em><br><strong>FR. MAR. 2 - DALLAS TX</strong>, Uncle Calvin's Coffeehouse, 9555 N. Central Expy. <em>8pm</em> Bill Nash opens<br><strong>SA. MAR. 3 - HUNTSVILLE TX</strong>, Thoreau Woods Coffeehouse, 144 E. Mosley Ln. <em>7pm</em>Brittany Shane opens<br><strong>SU. MAR. 4 - HUNTSVILLE TX</strong>, Special Music Service at Thoreau Woods U.U. Church, 144 E. Mosley Ln. <em>10:30am</em><br><strong>FR. MAR. 9 - INDEPENDENCE VA</strong>, Historic 1908 Theatre, 107 E. Main St. <em>7pm</em><br><strong>SA. MAR. 10 - MONTEREY VA</strong>, Highland Maple Festival Concert at Highland Center, 61 Highland Center Dr <em>7pm</em><br><strong>SA. MAR. 17 - GERMANTOWN MD</strong>, Sugarloaf Coffeehouse at the Yurt, 16913 Germantown Rd. <em>7pm</em><br><strong>SU. MAR. 18 - GERMANTOWN MD</strong>, Special Music Service at Sugarloaf Congregation of U.U., 16913 Germantown Rd. <em>10:30am</em><br><strong>TU. MAR. 20 - VIDEO WEBCAST</strong>, <a href="http://concertwindow.com/andrewmcknight" data-imported="1">ConcertWindow.com/andrewmcknight</a> (see below) <em>9pm (EDT)</em><br><strong>SA. MAR. 24 - ACCOKEEK MD</strong>, guitar for Tony Denikos & The Working Poor, Homegrown Coffeehouse at National Colonial Farm, 3400 Bryan Point Rd. <em>7pm</em></p>
<h2>NEWS & NOTES</h2>
<p>- Mark your calendars for the First Day of Spring AND the <strong>next Vidcast, Tuesday March 20th (9pm Eastern)</strong>. For more about that, including how to optimize your viewing experience - <a href="/vidcast" data-imported="1" data-link-type="page">http://andrewmcknight.net/vidcast</a></p>
<p>- Andrew will be doing a pair of FREE songwriting workshops for eligible young writers in Frederick County MD as part of the <strong>"Chords of Courage" songwriting contest</strong>, Feb. 10 and 24th, 10am to 1pm at New Spire Arts, 115 East Church Street in Frederick.</p>
<p>- The <strong>concert video from Andrew's Jan. 21st concert event at Timucua Arts Foundation in Orlando is in production now</strong>, and we hope to have it available for download purchase next month. The concert includes 12 songs (3 not available on any CD), plus all the stories, and Chris M. Gray doing an original large canvas painting during the show! A cornucopia of art for the senses. We'll have preorder and release info on the website in the next couple of weeks, but for now you can <strong>enjoy the trailer at the News page</strong> or at <a href="https://youtu.be/eA6YGcE5McQ" data-imported="1">https://youtu.be/eA6YGcE5McQ</a>.</p>
<h2>ESSAY: "What We Leave"</h2>
<p><em>3,000 miles without the radio on gives one plenty of time to ponder - the past, present and future.</em></p>
<p>One of my favorite things about the road is the stuff between the shows. The mortar of a tour that fills in around the bricks. The conversations, the view through the windshield, the moments that give one pause to reflect on coincidence or predestination.</p>
<p>My just completed week in Florida certainly checked all those boxes. Time with oldest friends and making new ones. Taking a day off to tour about the streets and architecture of the nation's oldest city, St. Augustine. Enjoying a little time with both the Atlantic and the Gulf lapping at my shoes (not at the same time, of course). Tracing the route of the Selma to Montgomery March. Plenty of live oak trees draped in Spanish moss. And exploring some rare native coastal plain habitats whose very existence was preserved by the needs and the footprints of the world's most powerful military. The road is also a place of paradox...</p>
<p>[Previous essays at <a href="/blog" data-imported="1" data-link-type="page">http://andrewmcknight.net/blog</a>]</p>
Andrew McKnighttag:andrewmcknight.net,2005:Post/61774272018-01-03T19:00:00-05:002018-05-07T02:02:08-04:00Jan. 2018: New Year, New Song, New Notes
<p>Happy New Year! A dry and bitter cold wind is howling outside my window like a freight train, but I'm grateful for a roof overhead, heat inside and a well-stocked pantry. I'm still trying to process the year just completed (see this month's Essay below or at the Blog page), but ready or not, 2018 is rolling and soon I will be too. I wrote a song for the holidays, on the guitar gifted to me by my Irish cousin and her husband during our trip last year. In all my years of songwriting, I've never written a holiday song, so all of these firsts added up to "<strong>A Dram to the Holidays</strong>." You can enjoy it and a bunch of other new posts on the <a href="/blog" target="_blank" data-imported="1" data-link-type="page">Blog</a> at the website.</p>
<p>The first three months of 2018 are going to be busy with concerts, school workshops and the occasional Sunday morning music service. There are still a couple of open dates we'd love to fill (Alabama and Texas!) so if it looks like I'll be nearby then or any other time, please do get in touch and let's make something happen. And my personal wish is that Florida will again be warm by the time I get there later this month.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, my wish for you is a 2018 filled with joy, love, laughter and meaning. And music. If I can help you in some small way with any of those, especially that last one, then my year will be good too.</p>
<p>I hope to see you at a show soon!</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/391975/a2a32a6995afcd6298c4900675a8a43afdef2b3c/original/loclobby-xmastree.jpg/!!/b%3AW10%3D.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="Library of Congress Jefferson Building, decked out for the holidays" style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /><br><em>Library of Congress Jefferson Building, decked out for the holidays, nabbed during a post-Christmas visit to the Capitol.</em></p>
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<h3>UPCOMING SHOWS (details http://andrewmcknight.net/tour)</h3>
<p><strong>SA. JAN. 6 - PHILOMONT VA</strong>, Redwood Run House Concert, "A Global Journey in Songs & Strings" with Michael DeLalla, RSVP smandelgiblin@peoplepc.com <em>7pm</em><br> <strong>SA. JAN. 13 - FREDERICK MD</strong>, Concert at U.U. Congregation, 4880 Elmer Derr Rd. <em>7pm</em><br> <strong>FR. JAN. 19 - CHARLESTON SC</strong>, Hungry Monk Music, 1948 Belgrade Ave. <em>7:30pm</em><br> <strong>SA. JAN. 20 - NEW SMYRNA BEACH FL</strong>, Concert at Community U.U. Church, 403 West St. <em>7pm</em><br> <strong>SU. JAN. 21 - NEW SMYRNA BEACH FL</strong>, "The Gifts in Our Genes" Music Service at Community U.U. Church, 403 West St. <em>10:30am</em><br> <strong>SU. JAN. 21 - ORLANDO FL</strong>, Timucua Arts Foundation, 2000 S Summerlin Ave. <em>7:30pm</em><br> <strong>TU. JAN. 23 - NICEVILLE FL</strong>, Public Library, 206 Partin Drive N. <em>3pm</em><br> <strong>TU. JAN. 23 - CRESTVIEW FL</strong>, Sikes Public Library, 1445 Commerce Dr. <em>6:30pm</em><br> <strong>WE. JAN. 24 - FT. WALTON BEACH FL</strong>, Public Library, 185 Miracle Strip Pkwy SE <em>6pm</em><br> <strong>TH. JAN. 25 - MARY ESTHER FL</strong>, Public Library, 100 Hollywood Blvd W <em>5:30pm</em><br> <span style="color:#ff0000"><strong>SA. JAN. 26 - OPEN DATE!</strong></span>, hoping for a concert host in southern Alabama or Mississippi<br> <strong>SA. JAN. 27 - TUSCALOOSA AL</strong>, Concert at UU Congregation of Tuscaloosa, 6400 New Watermelon Rd. <em>7pm</em><br> <strong>SU. JAN. 28 - TUSCALOOSA AL</strong>, Special Music Service at UU Congregation of Tuscaloosa, 6400 New Watermelon Rd. <em>10:30am</em><br> <strong>SU. FEB. 4 - GETTYSBURG PA</strong>, Special Music Service at U.U. of Gettysburg, 136 South Stratton St. <em>10:30am</em><br> <strong>SA. FEB. 10 - HAMILTON VA</strong>, "Songs, Stories & Gas Money" Concert, The Barns at Hamilton Station, 16804 Hamilton Station Rd. <em>8pm</em><br> <strong>TH. FEB. 15 - SYKESVILLE MD</strong>, Uptown Concerts at Baldwin's Station, 7618 Main St. <em>8pm</em> With Tony Denikos, solo sets and together<br> <strong>SA. FEB. 24 - HARRISONBURG VA</strong>, House Concert at Sunny Slope Farm <em>6:30pm</em><br> <strong>TH. MAR. 1 - HOUSTON TX</strong>, Anderson Fair, 2007 Grant St. <em>8:30pm</em><br> <strong>FR. MAR. 2 - DALLAS TX</strong>, Uncle Calvin's Coffeehouse, 9555 N. Central Expy. <em>8pm</em> Bill Nash opens<br> <strong>SA. MAR. 3 - HUNTSVILLE TX</strong>, Thoreau Woods Coffeehouse, 144 E. Mosley Ln. <em>7pm</em> Brittany Shane opens<br> <strong>SU. MAR. 4 - HUNTSVILLE TX</strong>, Special Music Service at Thoreau Woods U.U. Church, 144 E. Mosley Ln. <em>10:30am</em><br> <span style="color:#ff0000"><strong>SU. MAR. 4 - OPEN DATE!</strong></span>, hoping for a evening concert host in Austin/San Antonio to Houston corridor<br> <strong>FR. MAR. 9 - FRIES VA</strong>, Fries Theatre, 213 Main St. <em>7pm</em><br> <strong>SA. MAR. 10 - MONTEREY VA</strong>, Highland Maple Festival Concert at Highland Center, 61 Highland Center Dr <em>7pm</em><br> <strong>SA. MAR. 17 - GERMANTOWN MD</strong>, Sugarloaf Coffeehouse at the Yurt, 16913 Germantown Rd. <em>7pm</em><br> <strong>SU. MAR. 18 - GERMANTOWN MD</strong>, Special Music Service at Sugarloaf Congregation of U.U., 16913 Germantown Rd. <em>10:30am</em><br> <strong>SA. MAR. 24 - ACCOKEEK MD</strong>, guitar for Tony Denikos & The Working Poor, Homegrown Coffeehouse at National Colonial Farm, 3400 Bryan Point Rd. <em>7pm</em></p>
<h3>ESSAY: "The Paradox of 2017"</h3>
<p><em> Maybe I'm finally starting to understand the real challenges of the American experiment</em></p>
<p>The annual turning of the calendar is always a good time to take stock of things. To evaluate and reminiscence about what happened, some looking forward and planning for things to come. In our "share everything" social media world nowadays, posting my thoughts on the occasion make me but one of many tens of millions.</p>
<p>But I have to confess, I could not have predicted this past year. A year that personally was full of high highs and amazing experiences like I've never had. And concurrent with a year when so many of my bedrock beliefs about being American are threatened in ways I've never imagined. It feels like a recurrence of some dystopian fever, where the dark energies of human nature have reasserted a hold on our American psyche. The scientist in me wonders if these times are merely another outlier data point in our colorful and tumultuous history, or if we are disintegrating into a new "normal" that feels like anything but...</p>
<p>[Read the rest, and previous essays at http://andrewmcknight.net/blog]</p>
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Andrew McKnighttag:andrewmcknight.net,2005:Post/61774262017-12-05T19:00:00-05:002018-05-07T02:02:27-04:002017 Winter Holidays: "I'd Love to Make Your Holiday Better"
<blockquote>Hi,<br>The last E-Zine of 2017 means the brightness and frenzy of the holidays are upon us with vigor, and in stark contrast to the low angle of the sun, short days and long chilly nights. I firstly want to wish you and your loved ones well - may your season be filled with joy, and kindness and laughter, and the very best memories and stories of those revered elders who've gone ahead. The world seems a more bitter and angry place than ever. Whatever small and humble kindnesses we might bring to others these days seem well worth a few moments of our time.<br><br> With that, I invite you to "come over" to my place next <a href="https://www.concertwindow.com/andrewmcknight" target="_blank" data-imported="1"><strong>Wednesday Dec. 13th at 9pm Eastern for my annual Winter Holiday Vidcast</strong></a>. It'd be a delight to share a little seasonal spirit(s) with you :) - details below and at the website. (<em>Psst - there will be a special discount code to save even more on music during the vidcast</em> :) <br><br>I decided to offer a contrast to the holiday shopping mania with my own little thing, <strong>#CerebralSunday - the idea of giving thoughtful, personalized gifts</strong> to loved ones and friends, created by musicians, authors, crafters and other artisans. Naturally I am offering the year's best sale on music below, but I'd like to offer you some other unique gift ideas. I could make a personalized video or mini-concert video for a special someone, offer guitar or songwriting lessons (buy 4 get one FREE) in person or video, or a gift from your own past - helping your loved one make the most of their Ancestry DNA results (save $20). And - I still have a Martin guitar for sale, ready for the stage (only one though). If you have a specific idea not offered below, are interested in bulk discounts, or have questions - email me and we'll work it out together. <strong>I greatly appreciate your support of my art, and would be honored to be part of your holiday gift-giving!</strong><br><br> <strong>The Winter Tour</strong> kicks off in earnest right after the New Year. While there are school workshops and residencies included in the tour plans, the 3-month calendar down below only includes concerts and public shows. LOTS of special stuff, lots of tickets already selling, so if I am coming your way, I hope you'll make plans to come say hello in person. If you see an open date on my calendar in your area, I'd welcome the help in making a show happen.</blockquote>
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<h2>GREAT HOLIDAY GIFTS AND SUPPORT THE ARTIST TOO!</h2>
<p>- <strong>CDs, DVDs & DOWNLOADS: SAVE 25%</strong> - Best online sale of the year for music - save 25% both discs and downloads at the Music page (<a href="https://andrewmcknight.bandcamp.com" target="_blank" data-imported="1">powered by the Bandcamp store</a>). Use the code <strong>xmas17</strong> at checkout; offer good through the end of the year.</p>
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<li>CDs include an instant download, and discs are shipped from here - send a note if you'd like one personalized.</li>
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<a href="mailto:info@andrewmcknight.net%20" data-imported="1">Email us if you want something particular</a> as a bundled gift or multiple copies of something as a unique gift for your office or organization - we'll do quantity discounts too.</li>
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<strong>SPECIAL BONUS: Buy any 2 CDs</strong>, and we'll send you a link to download a <strong>free live concert recording</strong>, complete with the stories indexed separately and some songs unavailable on any CDs.</li>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/391975/46a0777eb730603b54c725b7a223ef7e88f2c926/original/cdset.jpg/!!/b%3AW10%3D.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="Andrew's complete CD and DVD discography" style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /><br><em>Would a complete set of CDs look good under a tree in your house?</em></p>
<p>- <strong>Giving an AncestryDNA kit this Christmas?</strong> Help your loved one squeeze the most family history out of the results! <a href="/ancestories-consulting" target="_blank" data-imported="1" data-link-type="page">I've spent the last two years learning the details and techniques of family research using genetic genealogy with traditional family research</a>. Let me share that knowledge with you to optimize your results and analyze your top 20 matches, plus a whole lot of tips and tricks to continue your genealogical journey. <strong><a href="mailto:ancestories@andrewmcknight.net%20" data-imported="1">Email me by December 20th</a> to save $20,</strong> for just $99. Comes with Gift Certificate.</p>
<p>- <strong>LESSONS - BUY 4 GET 1 FREE STARTER PACK</strong>. Get 5 lessons for the price of 4, either $120 for five 30-minute sessions, or $180 for five 55-minute sessions in person or via video chat, working on guitar, songwriting or other aspects of music or the arts business. It's your time to work on what you want to learn, and I gladly accept the job of helping your reach your goals. Weekly in person here in western Loudoun County VA, or we'll video conference to meet your needs. <strong><a href="mailto:info@andrewmcknight.net" data-imported="1">Email me by December 20th</a> for a personalized Gift Certificate</strong>.</p>
<p>- <strong>CUSTOM ONE-OF-A-KIND VIDEO</strong>: Want to give the ultimate personalized gift? You pick one of my songs that would be just perfect for a special someone, and you tell me what you'd like me to say, or what story you'd like me to tell along with that, and I'll make a one-of-a-kind video in front of our family Christmas tree (or not). Or perform a short mini-concert with 3-5 of your favorite songs, specifically for them! You let me know what you'd like to do, and we'll come up with a special price to make your gift come to life. <a href="mailto:info@andrewmcknight.net%20" data-imported="1"><strong>Email me by December 15th</strong></a> to guarantee having it in time for Christmas.</p>
<p>- <strong>THANK YOU NOTE CARDS</strong>; sets of my "Good things matter, no matter how small" on sale for the holidays, a set of 8 for $9 plus shipping. <strong><a href="mailto:info@andrewmcknight.net%20" data-imported="1">Email me by December 20th</a>.</strong></p>
<p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; color: #333333;"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/391975/1876392de7b383be8650cfe327381488f9fbec96/original/thankyounote.jpg/!!/b%3AW10%3D.jpg" class="size_orig justify_inline border_" alt="Good things matter Thank You cards" style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /><br><em>And "<strong>Thank You" seems a perfect closing</strong> to this missive! May the unexpected treasures and good things of the season linger with you long past these holidays. I hope to see you at one of these shows listed below!</em></p>
<h2>THE WINTER TOUR</h2>
<p><strong>FR. DEC. 8 - FREDERICK MD</strong>, guitar for Tony Denikos & The Working Poor, The Blue Side, 6 South Bentz St. <em>9pm</em><br> <strong>WE. DEC. 13 - CONCERTWINDOW.COM</strong>, "Home for the Holidays", annual live Winter Holiday vidcast from home, http://concertwindow.com/andrewmcknight <em>9pm</em><br> <strong>SU. DEC. 31 - STERLING VA</strong>, Special Music Service at U.U. Congregation of Sterling, 22135 Davis Drive, Suite #105 <em>10:30am</em><br> <strong>SA. JAN. 6 - PHILOMONT VA</strong>, Redwood Run House Concert, "A Global Journey in Songs & Strings" with Michael DeLalla, RSVP smandelgiblin@peoplepc.com <em>7pm</em><br> <strong>SA. JAN. 13 - FREDERICK MD</strong>, Concert at U.U. Congregation, 4880 Elmer Derr Rd. <em>7pm</em><br> <strong>FR. JAN. 19 - CHARLESTON SC</strong>, Hungry Monk Music, 1948 Belgrade Ave. <em>7:30pm</em><br> <strong>SA. JAN. 20 - NEW SMYRNA BEACH FL</strong>, Concert at Community U.U. Church, 403 West St. <em>7pm</em><br> <strong>SU. JAN. 21 - NEW SMYRNA BEACH FL</strong>, "The Gifts in Our Genes" Music Service at Community U.U. Church, 403 West St. <em>10:30am</em><br> <strong>SU. JAN. 21 - ORLANDO FL</strong>, Timucua Arts Foundation, 2000 S. Summerlin Ave. <em>7:30pm</em><br> <strong>TU. JAN. 23 - NICEVILLE FL</strong>, Public Library, 206 Partin Drive N. <em>3pm</em><br> <strong>TU. JAN. 23 - CRESTVIEW FL</strong>, Sikes Public Library, 1445 Commerce Dr. <em>6:30pm</em><br> <strong>WE. JAN. 24 - FT. WALTON BEACH FL</strong>, Public Library, 185 Miracle Strip Pkwy SE <em>6pm</em><br> <strong>TH. JAN. 25 - MARY ESTHER FL</strong>, Public Library, 100 Hollywood Blvd W <em>5:30pm</em><br> <span style="color:#ff0000"><strong>SA. JAN. 26 - OPEN DATE!</strong>, hoping for a concert host in southern Alabama or Mississippi</span><br> <strong>SA. JAN. 27 - TUSCALOOSA AL</strong>, Concert at UU Congregation of Tuscaloosa, 6400 New Watermelon Rd. <em>7pm</em><br> <strong>SU. JAN. 28 - TUSCALOOSA AL</strong>, Special Music Service at UU Congregation of Tuscaloosa, 6400 New Watermelon Rd. <em>10:30am</em><br> <strong>SU. FEB. 4 - GETTYSBURG PA</strong>, Special Music Service at U.U. of Gettysburg, 136 South Stratton St. <em>10:30am</em><br> <strong>SA. FEB. 10 - HAMILTON VA</strong>, "Songs, Stories & Gas Money" Concert, The Barns at Hamilton Station, 16804 Hamilton Station Rd. <em>8pm</em><br> <strong>TH. FEB. 15 - SYKESVILLE MD</strong>, Uptown Concerts at Baldwin's Station, 7618 Main St. <em>8pm</em> With Tony Denikos, solo sets and together<br> <strong>TH. MAR. 1 - HOUSTON TX</strong>, Anderson Fair, 2007 Grant St. <em>8:30pm</em><br> <strong>FR. MAR. 2 - DALLAS TX</strong>, Uncle Calvin's Coffeehouse, 9555 N. Central Expy. <em>8pm</em> Bill Nash opens<br> <strong>SA. MAR. 3 - HUNTSVILLE TX</strong>, Thoreau Woods Coffeehouse, 144 E. Mosley Ln. <em>7pm</em> Brittany Shane opens<br> <strong>SU. MAR. 4 - HUNTSVILLE TX</strong>, Special Music Service at Thoreau Woods U.U. Church, 144 E. Mosley Ln. <em>10:30am</em><br> <span style="color:#ff0000"><strong>SU. MAR. 4 - OPEN DATE!</strong>, hoping for a evening concert host in Austin/San Antonio to Houston corridor</span><br> <strong>FR. MAR. 9 - FRIES VA</strong>, Fries Theatre, 213 Main St. <em>7pm</em><br> <strong>SA. MAR. 10 - MONTEREY VA</strong>, Highland Maple Festival Concert at Highland Center, 61 Highland Center Dr <em>7pm</em><br> <strong>SA. MAR. 17 - GERMANTOWN MD</strong>, Sugarloaf Coffeehouse at the Yurt, 16913 Germantown Rd. <em>7pm</em><br> <strong>SU. MAR. 18 - GERMANTOWN MD</strong>, Special Music Service at Sugarloaf Congregation of U.U., 16913 Germantown Rd. <em>10:30am</em><br> <strong>SA. MAR. 24 - ACCOKEEK MD</strong>, guitar for Tony Denikos & The Working Poor, Homegrown Coffeehouse at National Colonial Farm, 3400 Bryan Point Rd. <em>7pm</em></p>
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<p style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: #996600; text-align: center;">Thank you for reading and sharing this E-Zine, and allowing us to send you Andrew's latest news and upcoming dates solo and with Beyond Borders. If you must unsubscribe we'll miss you, but a gentle reply will do so immediately, or simply use the link below.</p>
<p style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; color: #990000; text-align: center;">Andrew is a proud Endorsing Artist for <strong>Fairbuilt Guitars</strong> and <strong>Elixir Strings</strong>, and member of <strong>Concerts in Your Home</strong> and the <strong>Standing "O" Project</strong>.</p>
Andrew McKnight