FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Thomas Morrison
936.488.1041
homegrownandhomemade@gmail.com
Center, Texas – March 5, 2010 - The Homegrown and Homemade performance will be held Sat., April 3, 2010 beginning at 4:00 p.m. at the Rio Theater on the downtown square in Center, Texas. Advance tickets are $10.00 per person and $15.00 at the door at show time. Tickets are available at Austin Street Marketplace, Attoyac River Gallery, Gatherings and Morrison Insurance; all businesses located on the downtown Center square. Proceeds will benefit the Lakes Area Arts League.
Homegrown and Homemade is a music series that will highlight local Shelby County guitar-pickers and songwriters. Spanning many different styles, ages and musical influences, five musicians have been picked to showcase in 2010. These Shelby county songwriters include Colby Miller, Thomas Morrison, Tim Hopkins, Tom Peterson and Danny Paul Windham. In an intimate setting, each songwriter will share the stage and highlight a handful of songs that were hand-written in and about Shelby County.
The past year has been a busy one for Colby Miller. Since the first installment of Homegrown and Homemade in 2009, Miller has shared the stage with artists such as Walt Wilkins, Jason Allen, Radney Foster, Chris Knight, Shake Russell and The Band of Heathens. Gearing up for his debut studio project, Miller is quickly gaining music industry attention and fans around the country. His pop-folk style is particularly remarkable, and his flowing, refreshing lyrics continue to turn heads. "When I heard it, I was blown away! Miller's sound is like cool, cool water in the summer heat," said Radney Foster, highly acclaimed singer-songwriter and producer. Having grown up in Center and graduated from Center High School, Colby Miller always enjoys the opportunity to come home and play for family and friends.
Playing guitar and writing songs since high school, Thomas Morrison has been learning and growing in his musical pursuits for almost 10 years. After being introduced to the music of the 60’s and 70’s from his parents at an early age, Morrison has loved music all of his life. The support group that will be sharing the stage with Morrison on April 3, 2010 has encouraged him to write, play and entertain Center, Texas audiences for the last three years.
Tim Hopkins is relatively new to the songwriting club, but has cranked out some tremendous tunes. Hopkins’ songs are crowd-pleasing, upbeat and very genuine. Painting a beautiful image of small-town life, Hopkins touches on topics ranging from high-school aged activities to finding faith in small country churches. After one listens to any song from Hopkins, you cannot deny that his major influences are Waylon Jennings and Hank Williams Jr. Heavily influenced by gospel music, Hopkins creates a unique sound that fits into any southern atmosphere. Also a Center High School graduate, Hopkins has spent several years in Dallas, but has returned to Shelby County to raise his two little girls with his Shelby County wife. Hopkins works for Shelby Savings Bank in Hemphill and leads the music for McClelland Baptist Church in Shelbyville.
A former native of Wharton County, Tom Peterson moved to Shelby County over 30 years ago and has been practicing pharmacy in the area ever since. Peterson began learning the guitar at age 35 and began writing songs shortly thereafter. Playing with Danny Paul Windham and the Pine Hill Revue for almost 20 years, Peterson has enjoyed seeing the young songwriters in Shelby County blossom. As a very detailed writer and a talented musician, Peterson believes the best songs come from the heart with personal meaning to the writer.
Danny Paul Windham needs no introduction in East Texas, as his “larger than life” presence will hold your attention in any size room. Playing with bands from the time he was in college, Windham has traveled around the state and country sharing his own homegrown music that he calls “country as a dirt clod.” A true gem of Shelby County, Windham and his band, The Pine Hill Revue, will break into song at the drop of a hat. As a local dentist, Windham and his wife, Sally, are well known. They have also entertained the county for years as musical coordinators for the East Texas Poultry Festival. Original influences like David Allan Coe and Willie Nelson, Windham’s repertoire has grown over the years to include works of Rodney Crowell, Chris Knight, Todd Snider, Monty Montgomery and Robert Earl Keen. His personal songs are the true crowd pleasers as they touch on topics we all can appreciate and relate to as Shelby County citizens.
For additional concert information, contact Karen Thompson, 936.590.0070, or Thomas Morrison, homegrownandhomemade@gmail.com.
Please visit the website www.myspace.com/homegrownandhomemade to check out song samples and pictures.
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Attoyac Writers’ Guild presents An Invitation to Write Workshop with writer, facilitator Martha Hogan Estes
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Center, TX – January 29, 2010 – The Attoyac Writers’ Guild announces An Invitation to Write workshop with Ozarks native Martha Hogan Estes on Tues., Feb. 16, 2010 beginning at 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at the Fannie Brown Booth Memorial Library located at 619 Tenaha Street, Center, Texas. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Space is limited and advance registration is recommended by Sat., Feb. 13, 2010. Advance registration is $15 per person and regular registration at the door will be $20 per person. For workshop details or registration information, contact Terri Lacher at 936.598.3484 or via email btlacher@sbcglobal.net.
Estes, now in her seventh year of working with writers groups, has a passion for encouraging writers to record memories and stories lest they be forgotten. She stresses utilization of short writing periods, the use of prompts and the support of fellow writers.
Estes is a former managing editor of the University of Arkansas Press, current owner and managing editor of Lost Creek Press (a small press dedicated to the promotion of Ozark writers) and a writer. She holds a BA in English from the University of Arkansas. Her publications include: Whitest Wash: A Collection of Short Fiction by Ozark Women; “Huston Scott’s Letters from California” Flashback: Washington County (AR) Historical Society Journal; “The Striped Overalls” Fayetteville Free Weekly (third place winner for Short Fiction); and “Stories of our Lives” (bi-weekly column) Rogers (AR) Hometown News. She also contributes articles to Shiloh Scrapbook: Shiloh Museum of Ozark History Newsletter.
Estes leads St. John’s (memoir) Writers in Fayetteville, has presented workshops for Fayetteville Public Library’s “Ozark Writers Live!” and co-facilitates the Invitation to Write Project, Occasional Saturday Writing Practice and Life Writing Memoir Series. She, her brother J.B. Hogan, and late husband Kirby L. Estes, founded the Wyman Writers Alliance for the promotion of local writers.
The overall mission of the Attoyac Writers' Guild is to provide a forum of support and information to both aspiring and experienced writers and poets, to create a circle of assistance to those interested with marketing their literary works for publication, and to establish a peer network for writing improvements, discussions and critiques. The Attoyac Writers’ Guild meets every third Tuesday evening September through May. Details for joining or participating in the writers’ guild can be obtained by contacting Program Coordinators, Suzanne Walker, 936.591.1655 or Andi Foster, 936.590.0298, or by visiting the guild’s blog at http://attoyacwritersguild.blogspot.com/.
The Lakes Area Arts League is a non-profit organization established to promote interest and knowledge of all areas of the visual and performing fine arts through education and appreciation while enhancing the culture and tourism of the community and surrounding areas.
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Contact:
Andi Foster
LAAL Publicity
936.590.0298 cell
foster_andi2@hotmail.com
Center, TX – January 29, 2010 – The Attoyac Writers’ Guild announces An Invitation to Write workshop with Ozarks native Martha Hogan Estes on Tues., Feb. 16, 2010 beginning at 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at the Fannie Brown Booth Memorial Library located at 619 Tenaha Street, Center, Texas. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Space is limited and advance registration is recommended by Sat., Feb. 13, 2010. Advance registration is $15 per person and regular registration at the door will be $20 per person. For workshop details or registration information, contact Terri Lacher at 936.598.3484 or via email btlacher@sbcglobal.net.
Estes, now in her seventh year of working with writers groups, has a passion for encouraging writers to record memories and stories lest they be forgotten. She stresses utilization of short writing periods, the use of prompts and the support of fellow writers.
Estes is a former managing editor of the University of Arkansas Press, current owner and managing editor of Lost Creek Press (a small press dedicated to the promotion of Ozark writers) and a writer. She holds a BA in English from the University of Arkansas. Her publications include: Whitest Wash: A Collection of Short Fiction by Ozark Women; “Huston Scott’s Letters from California” Flashback: Washington County (AR) Historical Society Journal; “The Striped Overalls” Fayetteville Free Weekly (third place winner for Short Fiction); and “Stories of our Lives” (bi-weekly column) Rogers (AR) Hometown News. She also contributes articles to Shiloh Scrapbook: Shiloh Museum of Ozark History Newsletter.
Estes leads St. John’s (memoir) Writers in Fayetteville, has presented workshops for Fayetteville Public Library’s “Ozark Writers Live!” and co-facilitates the Invitation to Write Project, Occasional Saturday Writing Practice and Life Writing Memoir Series. She, her brother J.B. Hogan, and late husband Kirby L. Estes, founded the Wyman Writers Alliance for the promotion of local writers.
The overall mission of the Attoyac Writers' Guild is to provide a forum of support and information to both aspiring and experienced writers and poets, to create a circle of assistance to those interested with marketing their literary works for publication, and to establish a peer network for writing improvements, discussions and critiques. The Attoyac Writers’ Guild meets every third Tuesday evening September through May. Details for joining or participating in the writers’ guild can be obtained by contacting Program Coordinators, Suzanne Walker, 936.591.1655 or Andi Foster, 936.590.0298, or by visiting the guild’s blog at http://attoyacwritersguild.blogspot.com/.
The Lakes Area Arts League is a non-profit organization established to promote interest and knowledge of all areas of the visual and performing fine arts through education and appreciation while enhancing the culture and tourism of the community and surrounding areas.
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Contact:
Andi Foster
LAAL Publicity
936.590.0298 cell
foster_andi2@hotmail.com
Friday, January 15, 2010
AWG January 2010 Meeting - Roundtable Discussion
Happy New Year from the Attoyac Writers' Guild!
The AWG will meet on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Attoyac River Gallery on the downtown square. The meeting will be a general roundtable discussion and members are encouraged to share their writing endeavors and poetry. The January meeting is also the deadline for the in-house writing activity; please bring your work and share with the group.
Touch of Heaven held the book signing event on Saturday, December 5, 2009 for Terri Lacher and her recent publication "His Name is Samson" in Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from the Dog. The publication was released in September 2009. Remember to read Terri's column in the Light and Champion ~ congrats Terri!
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