Cathy & Marcy's Blog

Cathy & Marcy’s HEARTSTRINGS program is a way for us to help you find the musical instrument of your dreams within your budget and to inspire you to give the gift of music to a child who doesn’t otherwise have the opportunity.GUITARS NOT GUNS of the National Capital Area Area is a local nonprofit whose mission is to inspire at-risk and underprivileged youth to succeed by providing them music education opportunities through the use of volunteers and partnerships in our community. They help instill in these youth the confidence and character necessary for them to grow into productive members of society and responsible adults. The program provides free guitar lessons with the belief that the art of music connects the child to higher life goals and ambition. Students are loaned a guitar to use for the beginner’s class; once they complete the class they are awarded that guitar; it is theirs to keep. Read HERE.

Our goal is to raise at least $2500 for GUITARS NOT GUNS this holiday season. By setting the example of us giving our time to you, we hope you will donate some of your $ to this wonderful program. The process is quick and simple.

First: Make a tax deductible contribution of $25 or more to Guitars Not Guns by going to their web site www.gngnca.org – and clicking on the “Donate Now” button in the upper right corner of any page. Specify the amount you want to give and in the “Dedication” section, write:“HEARTSTRINGS”.
Second: You will receive a Thank You from Guitars Not Guns that includes a request form for you to fill out.
Third: Complete the request form and e-mail it to us at info@cathymarcy.com
Fourth: You’ll hear back from us within a few days. We will suggest up to 3 instruments within your budget as well as recommendations of convenient, friendly and reasonably priced places to buy online or near you, depending on where you live.

Then: as you make more music in your life, you’ll enjoy it more knowing that you helped provide that same opportunity to a deserving kid in the metropolitan Washington D.C. area.

We will be helping people find electric & acoustic guitars, banjos of all kinds, ukuleles, mandolins, whistles and folk flutes, dulcimers and more.

We teach Marcy’s song, “SHARING” in sign language. The sign for “sharing” shows that you give some away and you take some for yourself. Click on song to LISTEN.
The song is from the CD, “CHANGING CHANNELS“.
SHARING

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD. The program will run from November 1- December 20, 2009

Marcy’s Corner of the World

Hello Music Friends!

Welcome to my very first eclectic, eccentric, esoteric music blog for artists and listeners with exquisite taste.  That’s YOU my friends!

Here’s a link that describes YOU to a T!

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/exquisite

My friends enjoy the finest of the fine.  The talent of the most talented.  The skill of the most skillful.  The funniest of the most humorous.  This is the top, friends.  This is the cream of the crop!

Let’s dive in the deep end of the pool!  Here we go….

Here’s a video of our friend James Hill performing at the Kennedy Center.  James is a brilliant and ground breaking performer on the ukulele and other instruments.  He’s also a great singer and entertainer.  We were lucky to be special guests on the show.
You’ll see some beautiful video footage of James, Cathy, Marcy and more friends from the Ukulele Festival at Strathmore in the near future.

Link to James at Ken Cen

Here are some fantastic photos from The Ukulele Festival at Strathmore.

We’re very proud of Brownie troupe 2773 (ages 6-9) for their beautiful ukulele playing and singing.  There have never been more beautiful arrangements of The More We Get Together and Make New Friends.

Congratulations also go to The Riders, a group of 30 vivacious and courageous seniors for “bringing down the house” with their renditions of Mockingbird Hill and Edelweiss.

Special thanks to Paul Sharratt for taking these beautiful pictures!  Here’s a link to more.

Enjoy!
Marcy Marxer