WOW! We’re coming up on our 23rd Annual Winter Concert with special guest CHRISTYLEZ BACON. We started doing these events before Chris was born. We’ve been exited by his hip hop music, beat box and musical charm and we think you will be too. We’ve written NEW SONGS with banjos, beatbox, rhymes and of course, plenty of audience participation fun. Come and join us. And, we host our 23rd annual MARVELOUS TOY DRIVE. Bring a new toy for a needy child (voluntary). There are plenty of kids who will need them this year.

Saturday, December 6, 2008, 1pm -ONE SHOW ONLY
Takoma Park Middle School
7611 Piney Branch Rd    Silver Spring, MD 20910
Tickets: $10 in advance, $12 at the door
Advance tickets are available at:
House of Musical Traditions
7010 Westmoreland Ave., Takoma Park, 301-270-9090

ORDER TICKETS ONLINE OR BY PHONE HERE.

Watch Cathy & Chris jam at the Birchmere on banjo & beatbox.

CLICK HERE to check out MARCY’S UKULELE SOCIAL CLUB network, full of videos, pictures, tutorials.

Play along!

ENJOY THIS SONG for the holiday of THANKS! From “Pocket Full of Stardust” available at www.cathymarcy.com. Peace & Happy Holidays.

Visit here for the latest CATHY & MARCY VIDEO PODCAST, BANJOLAND http://songshoppodcast.cathymarcy.com/

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THANK YOU

THANK YOU
© Cathy Fink, 2 Spoons Music, ASCAP

I’m so busy all day long sometimes I do not take the time to stop and think about the things that I am grateful for
So when I climb in bed at night and mama’s turning out the light I think the day is finished but I know there’s one thing more

Thank you for flowers
Thank you for trees
Thank you for Mama and
Thank you for me
And my little brother who drives me insane
I guess I should thank you for him just the same

Thank you for colors in my crayon box
Thanks for my pockets that I fill with rocks
Thanks for my table and my reading nook
Thank you for someone to read me a book

Thank you for promises kept in the wind
Thank you for bicycles and for my friends
Thank you for ice cream and for chocolate cake
I can not believe how many pieces I ate

Thank you for birds that are chased by my cat
Mom says I shouldn’t be thankful for that]
Thank you for snowballs and sledding and ice
The world looks so beautiful all dressed in white

Thank you for Papa and Grandma and Gramps
Then there’s our puppy that we all call Champ
Thanks for the baby they brought home last week
Dad says she’ll grow up and be just like me

Mom thinks this song might go on all night long
Thank you for having her teach me this song
I forgot some but she turned out the light
I think that my thank you’s are over, good night.

  So far, our summertime fun has included lots of travel, music, friends, biking, photos, books and recording. We’ve spent some musical time with musical heroes and friends including Peggy Seeger, Mike Seeger, Bill Harley and Ysaye Barnwell. We went to France to hear the Django Reinhardt music festival live and in person. We took hula hoops over to Riderwood Senior Center and watched the fun of childhood return to some folks in their 70’s-90’s.  At the Clifftop Appalachian Stringband Festival, we played music with folks as young as 5 and as old as our great-grandparents!

Enough about us, what about you? What’s your summertime fun been? Send us a photo, or short paragraph to talk about your favorite summer event or activity-we’ll publish a few in a future blog. Email info@cathymarcy.com, attach your photo & give us permission to use any of it. Make sure we have full name & contact info.

There’s still some summer left-let’s get out and enjoy.

AND, if you’ve missed any of our video podcasts, make sure to subscribe (to this blog & to the podcast). All done easily at www.cathymarcy.com. There are 2 songs to sing along with AND a music video to MArcy’s Hula Hoop song, complete with tutorial on how to make your own hoop.

New Podcasts coming up soon- A tour of the Columbus Washboard Company and Washboard rhythm lesson, Cathy & Marcy in Banjo Land!

SPREAD THE WORD TO FAMILY & FRIENDS. And here, we’ll spread the word about new summer favorites.

Highly Recommended: “Beethoven’s Wig 4″, Dance Along Symphonies:http://www.beethovenswig.com/

“Dirty Joe the Pirate”, by Bill Harley: http://www.billharley.com