News from the VZ Valley

There's a lot happening here at Cassandra Music:

 

First the March performance schedule:

 

Thursday March 4 Thomas Street Bistro 421 E Thomas 9-11 PM.

Saturday March 6 Cutters Point in from of Fred Meyer in Covington 6-8 PM.

Sunday March 7 C&P Coffee 5612 W California West Seattle 3-5 PM

Sunday March 14  Mandolin Cafe 14 & Proctor Tacoma 2-4 PM

Sunday March 6 Cutters Point in from of Fred Meyer in Covington 2-4 PM.  

 

In addition I will be playing bass with Gypsy Joe at the Summit in Enumclaw March 20 7-8:30 and Sunday 8:45-10:15 and 11:15-12:30.

 

March 24-April 3 Phil and will be on a needed vacation at Ocean Shores where I'm sure Phil will be playing somewhere.

 

Now the News:

 

It was with sadness that after 16 years together Phil Hansen has moved to other projects that take him away from the VZ Valley Boys.  The great long term friendships continue.  We all wish each other health and happiness and success.

 

In light of this Phil is with a new group Stillwater Hill and has just scheduled their first performances May-July.   The VZ Valley Boys will continue with Chris moving to fill the opening on guitar and a new fourth member will be added soon.

 

2 years ago Phil's father suggested building a Mobil Performance Stage for Outdoor Performances.  Phil, never one to do things quickly, did the analysis a year ago and on Wednesday he and Deb bought a 25 foot step van which they hope to have converted to a mobile Classroom, where Phil can teach his Guitar, Bass, Mandolin, and Banjo lessons and Deb can expand her Science, Do It Herself, Birthday Parties, and My Parents and Me classes.  Our son, Jesse, will help with the conversion and we hope to have it on the road in time for Trout Bums in Othello the last week in April.

 

Phil's latest book, The Mandolin Instructor, is completed and has received very good reviews from Ancient Victories, and THE IBMA.  It is available for students or others that wish to study the mandolin.  He is now at work finishing his next book on the bass that is tentatively titled The Bass Instructor.

 

Phil has been in the studio for the last 6 months and is now putting the finishing touches on his next CD, Waking Early in the Morning.  He is only 3 months behind schedule but hopes to have it out in 6 weeks or so.  That being finished he is already planning his next which will be 26 original songs and should be finished in time for Christmas.

 

Hope to see you soon and thank you for your support.  If you wish to be removed from my mailing list feel free to request it.  We at Cassandra Music do not wish to spam.  And yes, Phil often speaks of himself in the third person.

 

God Bless;

Phil & Deb Hansen

Cassandra Music

Stillwater Hill

Gypsy Joe

360-825-5363 

 

Phil will be rejoining The Rock of Ages Good Time Redemption Band to do a bluegrass musical, In Requiem in Vita.  There are 3 planned performances, all at the Summit ion Enumclaw on April 17th and 18th.  Phil is very excited to be reprising this show and is recommending it as the best thing he will be involved with this year.

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Super

A Well-Known Monk

A wandering monk walked barefoot everywhere he went, to the point that the soles of his feet eventually became quite thick and leathery. And because he ate very little, he gradually became very frail. Several days often passed between opportunities to brush his teeth, so he usually had bad breath. Therefore, throughout the region, he came to be known as the super-calloused fragile mystic plagued with halitosis.

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Dezeenmail: special Ron Arad issue

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Special Ron Arad issue 04/03/10     Hello Dezeen mailing list and welcome to our special Ron Arad-flavoured issue of Dezeenmail! We're proud to be online media partners of the Ron Arad: Restless exhibition, which opened at the Barbican in London last month. To coincide with the show we're hosting a Dezeentalks event at the show on Thursday 11 March and have 100 tickets to give away to our readers. Scroll down for more details about the Dezeentalks and how to win tickets, plus a roundup of our recent stories and movies about Ron Arad on Dezeen.   Dezeen movie: a tour of Ron Arad's studio   Dezeen were commissioned to make four films to coincide with the exhibition. In this first movie the Israeli-born designer shows us around his studio in Chalk Farm, London. Watch the movie » Dezeentalks event: Thursday 11 March   Join us for Dezeentalks at the Barbican’s Ron Arad: Restless exhibition in London next Thursday, 11 March. The event will feature leading design authors talking about their books and will culminate in a discussion about the state of design book publishing today. Speakers are: Sophie Lovell, author of Limited Edition (Birkhäuser) Max Fraser, author and publisher of London Design Guide (Spotlight Press) Henrietta Thompson, author of Remake it Home (Thames & Hudson) Alex Bec and Will Hudson, co-editors and publishers of It’s Nice That The evening will be chaired by Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs, author of Twenty-First Century Design (Carlton Books). After the Dezeentalks, the authors will be signing copies of their books, which will be available for sale. More details about the Dezeentalks » 100 tickets to be won   We have 50 pairs of tickets (worth £10 each) to give away for the show and Dezeentalks on 11 March. Tickets give access to both the exhibition and the event. The Dezeentalks start at 7pm and the gallery is open until 10pm that evening. Enter the competition to win tickets » Dezeen movie: “This piece sucked me into the world of design”   In the second of four films we made for exhibition, we asked Ron Arad (above, pictured while studying at the Architectural Association) about his upbringing in Israel and how he found himself working as a furniture designer in London. Watch the movie » Well Transparent Chair   Arad has created a limited-edition polycarbonate version of his famous Well Tempered Chair specially for the exhibition. More information in our Dezeen story » Opening night   Check out photos from the opening night at the Barbican here , here and here on our Facebook page. See you there!   We hope to see you at the Dezeentalks on 11 March in London!   Enter the competition to win tickets »   Love from Dezeen and the Barbican.   Ron Arad on Dezeen   Here are links to all our stories about Ron Arad on Dezeen:   The Design Museum Holon in Israel, wrapped in layers of Corten steel, opens this month »   An exhibition of Arad's work called No Discipline was on show at MOMA in New York last year»   Arad presented Thumbprint (above) alongside the Bodyguard series at Timothy Taylor Gallery in London last April, »   Guarded Thoughts was an exhibition of Arad's work at the Friedmann Benda Gallery in New York in November 2008 »   Arad launched this rotating bath and shower for Teuco in Milan in 2008 »   Also called Restless, this collection was shown at Friedman Benda gallery in New York in 2007 »

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New Equipment

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Mother In LAW`

True Mother-in-Law

Two women came before wise King Solomon, dragging between them a young man in a three-piece suit. "This young lawyer agreed to marry my daughter," said one.

"No! He agreed to marry MY daughter," said the other.

And so they argued before the King until he called for silence.

"Bring me my biggest sword," said Solomon, "and I shall cut the young attorney in half. Each of you shall receive a half.""Sounds good to me," said the first lady.

But the other woman said, "Oh Sire, do not spill innocent blood. Let the other woman's daughter marry him."

The wise king did not hesitate a moment. "The attorney must marry the first lady's daughter," he proclaimed.

"But she was willing to cut him in two!" exclaimed the king's advisor.

"Indeed," said wise King Solomon. "That shows she is the TRUE mother-in-law."

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St. Agnes of Bohemia (1205-1282)

Agnes had no children of her own but was certainly life-giving for all who knew her.

Agnes was the daughter of Queen Constance and King Ottokar I of Bohemia. At the age of three, she was betrothed to the Duke of Silesia, who died three years later. As she grew up, she decided she wanted to enter the religious life.

After declining marriages to King Henry VII of Germany and Henry III of England, Agnes was faced with a proposal from Frederick II, the Holy Roman Emperor. She appealed to Pope Gregory IX for help. The pope was persuasive; Frederick magnanimously said that he could not be offended if Agnes preferred the King of Heaven to him.

After Agnes built a hospital for the poor and a residence for the friars, she financed the construction of a Poor Clare monastery in Prague. In 1236, she and seven other noblewomen entered this monastery. Saint Clare sent five sisters from San Damiano to join them, and wrote Agnes four letters advising her on the beauty of her vocation and her duties as abbess.

Agnes became known for prayer, obedience and mortification. Papal pressure forced her to accept her election as abbess; nevertheless, thetitle she preferred was "senior sister." Her position did not prevent her from cooking for the other sisters and mending the clothes of lepers. The sisters found her kind but very strict regarding the observance of poverty; she declined her royal brother’s offer to set up an endowment for the monastery.

Devotion to Agnes arose soon after her death on March 6, 1282. She was canonized in 1989.

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John

Getting John to Quit

John was a loyal choir member, but he could not carry a tune. To make things worse, he sang loud and made others sing off key. Without success, the choir director had tried to discourage John from participating in the choir. 

The choir director asked the pastor's help in getting John out of the choir. The pastor agreed to try. The pastor tried to find tasks and responsibilities that would interfere with John's attendance at choir rehearsal or keep him out of the choir loft on Sunday morning. 

John, however, would not accept any of the tasks or responsibilities, stating that he would not shirk his duties as a loyal choir member. 

Finally, the choir director gave the pastor an ultimatum, "Either you find a way to get John out of the choir or I will resign as choir director."

So, with much uneasiness, the pastor called upon John at home one evening and said, "John, I must ask you to drop out of the choir." 

John was shocked and asked, "Why would you ask such a thing? We need all the singers we can get." 

The pastor replied, "Well, John, people are complaining about your singing." 

"How many?" was John's response. 

Not wanting to be too harsh and admit that nearly everyone in the congregation had been complaining, the pastor said, "I've received more than a dozen complaints." 

"I'm sorry, pastor, that's not enough. I've heard a lot more complaints about your preaching and you haven't quit yet."

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capitol music

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CMC Happening!   March is Movie Month Wednesday Night Live  Store Hours: Monday - Saturday: 10:00 am - 7:00 pm Sunday: 11:00 am - 4:00 pm Capitol Music Center: 1032 NE 65th St, Seattle, WA, 98115 206.622.0171 * 800.426.9846 http://www.capitolmusiccenter.com/ info@capitolmusiccenter.com     March is Movie Month! Walk down the Red Carpet with your favorite Movie themes! In Celebration of the Academy Awards all movie music is 15% off! Get old favorites and current Oscar Nominees, like: AVATAR, UP, WHERE THE WHILE THINGS ARE and THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG!   Wednesday Night Live Live music in the store:   Mar 3, 6pm - 7pm  Marc Smason & Craig Hoyer Music for Trombone, Voice & Piano   Mar 10, 6pm - 7pm  Cat & Jeff Guitar & Voice Duo   Mar 24, 6pm - 7pm  Harry Blond Piano - songs of the 60's   Mar 31, 7pm - 8pm  Drum Circle Free style drum circle, all skill levels welcome bring your drums and noise makers or use one of ours. Drums are limited so sign up early and reserve your a drum if you need one.   Want to perform? All musicians are welcome, acoustic instruments only. Must be approved and scheduled, call (206) 622-0171 or ashercmc@msn.com.     The Fremont Music School www.fremontmusicschool.com (206) 366-8742 Learn and explore the art of music. We offer academic classes, instumental group classes, band and ensemble classes, private one on one instruction and more. Our music teachers are professional musicians.Welcome the beginner and advanced musician!     Introduction to Music Theory: Mar 29 - May 17 Mondays, 7:00 - 8:00pm Instructor: Randy Hathaway Open to all instrumentalists and vocalists. Students must have at least a basic understanding of their instrument and have one available to practice on. Get Alfred’s “Essentals of Music Theory” at Capitol Music.   Maggie Ferguson-Wagstaffe Clarinet Instructor for Beginners Acting Coach for Young Actors fergusonwagstaffe@gmail.com

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Eva Moon @ the Lunatics Live Saturday, March 6

We're back!

Eva Moon & the Lunatics will be serving up a quirky, high-energy cocktail of pop, jazz, funk and Latin originals at the Laughing Ladies Cafe in Shoreline, March 6th at 7:30 pm. We've got a stack of brand new songs as well as all your old favorites. So come on down and uncork something shaken and stirred. Laughing Ladies serves delicious food, beer and wine so plan on joining us for dinner too!

Eva Moon & the Lunatics
Saturday, March 6, 7:30 - 10 PM
The Laughing Ladies Cafe
17551 15th Ave. NE
Shoreline, WA 98155
Phone (206) 362-2026
http://laughingladiescafe.com/
Free, all ages (but as usual, parental discretion is advised)

See you there!

Eva Moon & the Lunatics
Eva Moon, Ferko Saxmanov, Susana Niemann, Mike Gordon and George Michael

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ODD

Odd Rabbi Out

These four rabbis had a series of theological arguments, and three were always in accord against the fourth. One day, the odd rabbi out, after the usual "3 to 1, majority rules" statement that signified that he had lost again, decided to appeal to a higher authority.

"Oh, God!" he cried. "I know in my heart that I am right and they are wrong! Please give me a sign to prove it to them!"

It was a beautiful, sunny day. As soon as the rabbi finished his prayer, a storm cloud moved across the sky above the four. It rumbled once and dissolved. "A sign from God! See, I'm right, I knew it!" But the other three disagreed, pointing out that storm clouds form on hot days.

So the rabbi prayed again: "Oh, God, I need a bigger sign to show that I am right and they are wrong. So please, God, a bigger sign!" This time four storm clouds appeared, rushed toward each other to form one big cloud, and a bolt of lightning slammed into a tree on a nearby hill."I told you I was right!" cried the rabbi, but his friends insisted that nothing had happened that could not be explained by natural causes.

The rabbi was getting ready to ask for a VERY big sign, but just as he said, "Oh God...," the sky turned pitch black, the earth shook, and a deep, booming voice intoned, "HEEEEEEEE'S RIIIIIIIGHT!"

The rabbi put his hands on his hips, turned to the other three, and said, "Well?"

"So," shrugged one of the other rabbis, "now it's 3 to 2."

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