Hi everyone who reads this blog! :-) We've had quite an exciting month - and looks to get even more exciting through March!

First off -- we went to Whistler and opened for Melissa Ferrick at the Whistler Pride Week celebrations! It was super awesome - great people, great sound, great stage! What a great show! Melissa Ferrick was absolutely phenomenal as well -- highly recommend checking her out! She was Ani di Franco's opening act on her recent tour.

Our set went really well. It was the three of us, and it was a big, open sound that really brought out the loveliness of what everyone was doing. The vocal harmonies were beautiful, and the violin and guitar solos were impressive! Polly and Adam really were awesome. I wore a corset type top and couldn't bend over very well - but other than that, had a fine time performing! :-) So much fun! The audience was really receptive, funny and awesome! I hope we get invited next year! (did I use too many exclamation marks? I think I might have!! See? LOL!)

We've been working on the Cornerstone Collective Records label that we mentioned last month - had a really great launch -- and a fundraiser gig this month that was just so much fun. We're doing it again next month, March 21st - so save the date. I made a really awesome spinach lasagne - I was so proud of myself. Yeah, we all brought food to share included in the price - yummy! The Fernwood Community Centre has a lovely living room that we held the event in. Really cosy, and we made it so pretty with lights and material. One of the better 'intimate' stages I've played. The sound was just awesome! We had Brad Hawkes come out and join our set with his 'cajon' drum - it's like a box that he sits on and plays. Very cool! Thanks, Brad! :-)

Some of you know that we're so far placed first in a contest to have a chance to open for the Sam Roberts Band - AND bring the Sam Roberts Band to play a show here in VICTORIA!!!! How cool is that!! Well, we have to win it first, to get his band to play in Victoria - whoever wins gets the band to play wherever they are. SOOOOO -- for those who have been voting everyday with all their e-mail addresses, we THANK YOU! For those who just read this -- go to http://www.mazdamusictour.com/en/profile.php?id=116 and vote for us. This is a spam free contest -- whoohoo! So you have no worries entering your email as all the info gets deleted after the contest. I read the fine print! :-)

We'll find out for sure if we're going to get to go to the semi-finals by the end of this month, so we'll let you know what's going on from there! But exciting stuff indeed! YAY!

And in March, we will be starting to record a new album. Looking forward to that process - and finally getting some new stuff out to you!

Ok... hope you are doing well! Take care of yourself - and remember to follow your dreams.

Lots of hugs,
Caroline :-)


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