Thursday, September 30, 2010

The Singing Pumpkin

Halloweeeeeeeen!

Here in NH the leaves are doing their fall thing and it's starting to be really beautiful this year. In my own yard things look pretty dismal. I haven't taken the summer stuff in yet, and my perennial garden looks sad. I'm the dummy that managed to plant everything to bloom in high summer, and nothing is blooming now...in fact things are turning brown. Maybe I'll just put up a sign that says "Garden of the Dead" for Halloween this year!
Speaking of Halloween, I will be officially putting up my display outside and decorating inside over the next few days. I refuse to put anything up until the first of October, and then I go nuts!
Does your family get in the car during October and go around looking at the displays, like folks do at Christmas time? A lot of the same people who go nuts with the lights at Christmas also like to do it up at Halloween, and there are some pretty creative things going on out there. In fact....take a look at my next post to see what one ingenious decorator did with one of my songs!

Saturday, September 25, 2010

I Love it Here

I'm happy to be featured among the NH celebrities on the "I Love It Here" website for Visit NH. You can check out all the pictures here: http://www.nhdreamvacation.com/celebrities/

It's exciting to be featured with such NH notables as Tomie dePaula, Sarah Silverman and Tom Bergeron.

And it's true...I DO love it here in New Hampshire....and one of my favorite NH places is The Milford Drive-In!

Monday, September 20, 2010

Getting to Know the People on the Tour

Just thought you might be interested in seeing the web pages for some of the places I'm going to be visiting on the "The House on Christmas Street International Tour 2010!"

In Tennessee: www.PlanetChristmas.com

In Wyoming: http://www.ajschristmasmagic.webs.com/

In Texas: http://twiceshy.webs.com/

Also in Texas:
www.mainchristmasinelgin.com. and http://www.elgintx.com/xmas.asp

In Georgia:
http://larrydrum.home.comcast.net/~larrydrum/christmashome.html

In North Carolina: www.LakeParkLights.com

Also in North Carolina:
www.highcountrylights.com

In Washington:
www.woodinvillewonderland.com

In Minnesota: http://www.fairmontlights.com/

In Pennsylvania: www.rephswinterwonderland.webs.com


Also in Pennsylvania:
http://www.moyerdisplays.com/index.html


In North Carolina: http://pilotmountainchristmas.com/

In Virginia:
http://www.fredericksburglights.com

In Indiana: www.joneslights.com

And in New Hampshire: www.ClaremontChristmasLights.com

I can't wait to meet all these folks!

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

I'm happy to say...

If you read my post the other day about the lovely and delightful waitress my husband and I met the other night who has musical aspirations then you will understand my excitement at receiving a link from her to a couple of videos she has on YouTube. They showcase her beautiful voice very well and I thought you might like to watch them, so here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvQqsXSrvJ8&NR=1

Isn't she great? Now she needs a band!!

Updated Tour Schedule

I just updated the tour schedule yet again and I believe this will be the final itinerary. Still to come..details on the big finale in Orlando on CHRISTMAS EVE!! Stay tuned!

Saturday, November 27th

6pm

The Mitchell Homestead

16 Francis Street

Claremont, NH 03743


Wednesday, December 1

The Toole Castle

Manning Close

Wells, United Kingdom


Friday, December 3

12 noon

The Factory at Franklin Shopping Experience

Food Court

230 Franklin Rd
Franklin, TN 37064-2256
(615) 791-1777


Saturday, December 4

Christmas by the Tracks

Elgin, TX

Several performances at the gazebo throughout the day

and that evening a performance at

The Dennis Residence

806 N Main St.

Elgin, TX 78621


Sunday, December 5

6:30pm

The Brown Residence

6607 Avenue S

Lubbock, Texas 79412


Tuesday , December 7

The Hurlle Homestead

1003 N.W. 24th St.

Fruitland, Id 83619


Wednesday December 8

The Zembruski Residence

23620 NE 183rd St

Woodinville, WA 98077



Saturday, December 11

The Bicknase Homestead

1027 North Hampton street

Fairmont, Minnesota 56031


Sunday, December 12

The Jeffries Homestead

2112 NE Waterfield Drive

Blue Springs, Missouri(east side of Kansas City)


Monday, December 13

The Home of Indiana Jones (been dying to say that!)

11720 Gatwick View Dr.

Fishers, IN 46037


Tuesday, December 14

7pm

The Reph Homestead

198 Firehouse Lane

Nazareth, PA. 18064


Wednesday, December 15

6pm

The Moyer Residence

117 West Penn. Ave.

Cleona, PA 17042


Thursday, December 16

12 noon

Special appearance at Paul's Bakery in Fredericksburg...more details to come~

5pm

The Shank Homestead

9410 Deep Creek Lane
Fredericksburg, VA 22407


Friday, December 17

Annual Driveway Party at the Joyce House

Sponsored by XTRA 99.1

Gloucester, VA


Saturday, December 18

The Bottomley Estate

8010 Glade Valley Road

Ennice, NC 28623


Sunday, December 19

The Brown Homestead

4019 Lake Charles Way

Indian Trail, NC 28079


Monday, December 20

The Charpiat Mountain Home

2 miles east of Old Highway 52 on NC Highway 268 East in Pilot Mountain North Carolina.


Tuesday, December 21 (the first day of WINTER and the official RIBBON CANDY DAY)

The Greer Residence

114 University Drive

Conway, SC 20526


Wednesday, December 22

The Drum Compound (Larry and his neighbors)

4730 Bryn Ridge Ct.

Cumming, Ga. 30028


Thursday, December 23

6pm

The Walker Residence

1013 Mare Bello Dr

Winter Park, FL 3279

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

"The House on Christmas Street International Tour" CHARITY

One of my other goals for the tour is to somehow improve each community I visit along the way by doing a concert there. To that end, I present the list of charities that my tour hosts are collecting for along the route. I'm honored to be a part of their efforts to make the world a better place:

The Mitchells, Claremont, NH: Children's Hospital at Dartmouth

The Browns, Lubbock, TX: South Plains Food Bank.
http://www.spfb.org/site/c.lgLQIVOyGpF/b.5475427/k.5CCB/South_Plains_Food_Bank.htm

The Hurles, Fruitland, ID: Food drive for two local Senior Centers and CASA, Court Appointed Special
Avocates for children.

The Zembruskis, Woodinville, WA: Special Olympics of Washington

The Jones' of Torrington, WY: The ALS Association

The Charpiats of Pilot Mt., NC: The Pilot Mountain Outreach Center

The Greers of Conway, SC: St. Jude's Children's Hospital

The Drums and their neighbors in Cumming, GA: Family Haven a local Forsyth County battered woman's (and children's) support center, shelter and legal aid group. We will be collecting cash and supplies for their shelter.
https://www.forsythcountyfamilyhaven.info/Home.html

The Bicknase's in Fairmont, MN: The Salvation Army

The Moyer's of Cleona, PA: Shining Light http://shining-light.com/.

The Jones' of Fishers, IN: Humane Society for Hamilton County, a non-kill humane society that is very
overcrowded.

The Bottomleys of Ennice, NC: Glade Creek Volunteer Fire Department

The Walkers of Winter Park, FL: Give Kids the World where a lot of the Make A Wish Children go when they
wish to go to Disney World

The Jeffries' of Blue Spring, MO: The Salvation Army

The Browns of Indian Trail, NC: the Union County Christmas Bureau:
http://www.co.union.nc.us/HumanServices/SocialServices/ChristmasBureau.aspx

XTRA 99.1 in Gloucester, VA: The Peninsula Food Bank.

And the Holiday by the Tracks event in Elgin will help to support various local non-profits through the sale of decorated Christmas trees.

And coming soon, an announcement about how YOU can help a major children's charity during this tour....