Posts Tagged ‘Christylez Bacon’
Banjo to Beatbox – North Bethesda, MD – 07/29/10
| Who | Banjo to Beatbox |
| When |
Thursday, July 29, 2010
9:30am
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All Ages
11:30am
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All Ages
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| Where |
10701 Rockville Pike
North Bethesda, MD, USA 20852 |
| Other Info | CATHY Fink & MARCY Marxer fuse their talents with Washington, DC’s hip-hop sensation Christylez Bacon in Banjo to Beatbox. Tradition meets the next generation of contemporary “hip” in this fantastic performance for children of all ages. |
Banjo to Beatbox – Las Vegas, NV – 07/15/10
| Who | Banjo to Beatbox |
| When |
Thursday, July 15, 2010
2:00pm
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All Ages
7:00pm
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All Ages
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| Where |
401 South Fourth Street
Las Vegas, NV, USA 89101 |
| Other Info | Two performances, times TBD CATHY Fink & MARCY Marxer fuse their talents with Washington, DC’s hip-hop sensation Christylez Bacon in Banjo to Beatbox. Tradition meets the next generation of contemporary “hip” in this fantastic performance for children of all ages. |
Banjo to Beatbox – Las Vegas, NV – 07/14/10
| Who | Banjo to Beatbox |
| When |
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
11:30am
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All Ages
2:00pm
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All Ages
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| Where |
800 South Brush Street
Las Vegas, NV, USA 89107 |
| Other Info | Two Performances CATHY Fink & MARCY Marxer fuse their talents with Washington, DC’s hip-hop sensation Christylez Bacon in Banjo to Beatbox. Tradition meets the next generation of contemporary “hip” in this fantastic performance for children of all ages. |
GRAMMY Stories, Taylor Swift & More
It was a whirlwind weekend for the GRAMMY Awards. We started Saturday, Jan. 31 with a networking breakfast @ 8:30am with nearly 100 folks involved in children’s music. The more the merrier! Then Cathy, Marcy & Chris Bacon were part of a Children’s Music nominees concert at the GRAMMY Museum. Standing room only created a special feeling and we were honored to perform with our fellow nominees. Later, at the Lifetime Achievement Awards, we saw Thomas Edison’s GREAT grandchildren accept an award. WOW! WOW! Real descendants of this inventor genius who’s phonograph and 1000+ patents changed much of the course of history. Banjo to Beatbox Team: Charlie Pilzer, Trevor, Cathy, Marcy, Christylez @ GRAMMY Museum
Sunday, the pre-telecast event gave out 100 awards. And the winner is…….Ziggy Marley in the children’s music category.
Saw friends Bela Fleck, Sharon Isbin and quirky Loudon Wainwright win (High, Wide & Handsome).
MEANTIME, my nephew asked me to get Taylor Swift’s autograph. Nine year old Laila, part of our entourage, also had that in mind. So, when a friend pointed Taylor out in the crowd, we headed her way to request the autographs. We were stopped by her body guard who told us we couldn’t go near Ms. Swift. I said, “This nine year old simply wants an autograph. Are you gonna break the heart of a little girl?” He said, “There’s lots of little girls in the world.” I reminded him this was the price of fame and Taylor was more than happy to sign 2 autographs for us, JUST before winning her first GRAMMY and becoming the big winner that evening.
If you saw the TV show, just know that we saw it LIVE-along with 14,000 of our closest friends at the Staples Center. We were touched that our friend Mike Seeger’s name and picture were amongst the group the academy said goodby to this year.
At the GRAMMY party, Chris Bacon and his date led the dance floor in some cool SE DC line dancing moves. A few hours later, we were headed to the airport for Maui to work on a new cross cultural CD with our friends Ginger and Robyn of the Hula Honeys.
Long as we’re making music and life is interesting and we think we can make people happy, or thoughtful, or both, we’ll keep on doin’ it. Aloha for now.
Cathy & Marcy
Happy New Year- Cathy & Marcy’s 2009 in Review
Out with the old, in with the new. But how did we spend 2009? It’s amazingly difficult to choose 1 highlight per month but it beats writing a whole book, so here we go:
JANUARY: We performed at the Smithsonian’s American Indian Museum the day before Obama’s inauguration in a pre-inaugural multi-cultural party.
Marcy produced a CD by Kellie Allen & Pete Peterson
FEBRUARY- At the GRAMMY Awards we announced about 20 awards, handed the GRAMMY to 2 friends (Bill Harley and Art Rosenbaum) and Cathy had her photo taken with Paul McCartney, REALLY.
MARCH- We launch the Brownie Troop of Kensington, MD Ukulele Orchestra
APRIL- BANJO TO BEATBOX plays Philly kids fest and CD is released on our SongShop™ label
MAY- Can’t do just 1. Birchmere Mother’s Day show with Deborah Tannen (NY Times Best selling author), Peggy Seeger & the dynamic duo AND
While in Maui for business (ha, ha, ha) we meet the HULA HONEYS, jam for days on end with them and vow to produce their next CD
Film JUBILATION MUSIC VIDEO
JUNE- Perform tribute to ELLA JENKINS at Smithsonian Folklife Festival’s Ralph Rinzler Memorial Concert
JULY- gotta do 4
*Old time Banjo Festival at the Birchmere includes Cathy & Marcy, Bruce Molsky, Mike Seeger, Adam Hurt, The Old 78′s- Mike’s last Washington DC performance
*Ukulele Festival- James Hill, Victoria Vox, Cathy, Marcy, local friends & 3 uke orchestras-WOW
*Wolf Trap Theater in the Woods w/ Chris Bacon & BANJO TO BEATBOX
*Kennedy Center Millenium Stage w/ James Hill & Adam Hurt
AUGUST- Clifftop Appalachian String Band Festival gives a chance to chill & play old time music with friends from all over the country. BUT, we lost good friend and old time music torch bearer Mike Seeger to cancer. 
September- Record 2 DVD’s (Meet the Instruments) and a CD (Michele Valeri’s “Little Ditties for Itty Bitties”) for our SONGSHOP™ label. February releases.
October- Favorite show was the Tribute to Utah Phillips celebrating the 2 CD set, “Singing Through The Hard Times” honoring his music & raising $ for the homeless shelter he helped build.
NOVEMBER- The dynamic duo sold 110 ukuleles to pre-school teachers at the National Association for the Education of Young Children Conference in Washington DC, plus plenty of C&M CD’s & DVD’s, but most importantly, loved hanging out with pre-school teachers and teaching ukulele at our booth. 2 chords makes you ready to sing 100 songs! 3 chords=500+ songs
DECEMBER- gotta mention a few
*BANJO TO BEATBOX becomes our 14th consecutive GRAMMY nominated CD, for Best Musical Recording for Children
*24th Annual Winter Family concert including Scottish fiddle virtuoso Bonnie Rideout and the Rockville High School Bagpipe Band. Some families bring 3 generations of Cathy & Marcy fans
*Then a memorial & music party in honor of Mike Seeger
Then- Marcy’s mom has major surgery and lives to tell the tale
Then- 17th Annual Gingerbread House decorating party
Then- Xmas party at rehap center for Marcy’s mom with musical friends
Then- Xmas dinner & music party
Then- Hank Williams Tribute nights at the Birchmere Music Hall & Court Square Theater (Harrisonburg, VA)
Then- HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Someplace in there we also contributed to the National Geographic’s new Documentary on the Appalchian Trail on dulcimer, banjo, guitar and mandolin. Cathy got a new bike in trade for banjo lessons. Marcy collected a few tenor guitars and we each rescued some special instruments from gloom and doom on ebay and elsewhere. Cathy became more active with the Washington Area Women’s Foundation and Marcy built up the Girls with Guitars and Ukulele Social Network social websites. There’s always more, but now that it’s 2010, we’ve got new work & projects to get to.
Here’s to a year of CHANGE, HEALTH CARE FOR ALL AT AFFORDABLE PRICES, GOOD HEALTH, SONGS, PEACE, HAPPINESS, PEACE and ever expanding hat collections. Keep your sense of humor-you’re gonna need it. Get up and do something and it’ll get done!
Cathy & Marcy
Today’s Hats
Dust Collector, Human Snow Plow, Bookkeeper, Philosopher, Mosaic Artist, Buddy, Shipping Clerk, Secretary, Label Manager, Artist Rep., Grammy Winner, Banjo Player, Pro Bono Advisor, Satirist, Content Creator, Dishwasher, Songwriter, Activist, God-Mother, Aunt, Chameleon
JUBILATION NEW LYRIC CONTEST
KIDS/TEACHERS/FAMILIES
Sept. 1- Sept. 30 with COOL PRIZES
We’ve gotten so much fun response to the song and video “JUBILATION” from the BANJO TO BEATBOX CD. The first time we performed it, for a 5th grade class, the teacher said, “Wow, we could use that song as a lesson plan on rhyming and vocabulary.” A week later, we got 3 pages of new verses to the song from that class.
That gave us the idea to invite everyone in on the fun. We’ll read every submission and choose some of the best for publication in the blog. We will even record some of the best for folks to hear in the blog and on the website.
We encourage kids, families and even teachers to have as much fun with this as possible!
Watch the JUBILATION MUSIC VIDEO below
PRIZES: Top 5 will receive FREE CD of their choice from www.cathymarcy.com AND Cathy & Marcy SongShop Washboard.
Here’s how to join the JUBILATION LYRICS CONTEST:
1)Write a new verse to JUBILATION and email it to: info@cathymarcy.com
PLEASE INCLUDE
Name of entrant
Age of entrant
Your new verse
2) YOU MUST INCLUDE AND AGREE TO THIS IN YOUR SUBMISSION:
I understand that by submitting my verse to the song JUBILATION, Community Music, Inc. has the right to print, record or otherwise use and distribute my verse. It becomes the property of Community Music, Inc. Though Community Music, Inc. will attempt to credit and thank each entrant if their material is used, there are times that this may not be possible. Community Music, Inc. has permission to use my submission regardless of credit.
____ AGREED Name___________________________________
_____Parent/Guardian Agrees for entrants under 21
Name of Parent/Guardian__________________________________
Email:_______________________________________________
That’s it-let the word fun begin.
And, you can also have fun with the JUBILATION WORD SEARCH HERE
Family & Folk Concerts – Schwenksville, PA – 08/16/09
12:30pm – Family concert in the Lobby Tent. Special guest, Christylez Bacon
3pm-3:50pm- Folk, swing, eclectic concert on the Camp stage
| Who | Family & Folk Concerts |
| When |
Sunday, August 16, 2009
11:00am
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time 11a and 1p
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All Ages
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| Where |
Old Pool Farm
Corner of Salford Station Rd. & Clemmers Mill Roads 1323 Salford Station Rd. Schwenksville, PA, USA 19473 |
| Other Info | 11am- Family concert on the CAMP stage. Special guest, Christylez Bacon 1pm-2:15- Folk, swing, eclectic concert on the Showcase stage |
FREE FAMILY CONCERT-Cathy & Marcy w/ Special guest Christylez Bacon – Gernmantown, MD – 08/15/09
| Who | FREE FAMILY CONCERT-Cathy & Marcy w/ Special guest Christylez Bacon |
| When |
Saturday, August 15, 2009
7:00pm
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FAMILY
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| Where |
12901 Town Commons Drive
Gernmantown, MD, USA 20895 |
| Other Info | FREE Family concert. Special guest, Christylez Bacon. |
Vienna, VA – 07/25/09
| Who | BANJO TO BEATBOX-Cathy & Marcy & Christylez Bacon |
| When |
Saturday, July 25, 2009
11:15am
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All Ages
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| Where |
1645 Trap Road
Vienna, VA, USA 22182 |
| Other Info | COOL songs, sing-alongs, with GRAMMY winners and young hip-hop artists with songs from the new BANJO TO BEATBOX CD in beautiful outdoor ampitheater. |
Vienna, VA – 07/24/09
| Who | BANJO TO BEATBOX-Cathy & Marcy & Christylez Bacon |
| When |
Friday, July 24, 2009
11:15am
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All Ages
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| Where |
1645 Trap Road
Vienna, VA, USA 22182 |
| Other Info | COOL songs, sing-alongs, with GRAMMY winners and young hip-hop artists with songs from the new BANJO TO BEATBOX CD in beautiful outdoor ampitheater. |