P. O. Box 250, Wentworth Falls, NSW, 2782
www.karenlynne.com
July & Nov 2013 (Combined Newsletter)
KarenLynne@bigpond.com
2013 - THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE AWFUL!
Volume 12, Issue 1 & 2
(02) 4757 3292
NOTIFYING YOUR CHANGE OF ADDRESS
Hobbit Welcome back to our little world of Hole, music! When I started to write this NZ it was June & I was on a plane to If you receive this Newsletter in Cooktown (QLD) to work with Pat paper form delivered to your Drummond at the ‘Cooktown Discovery physical mailbox, please read Festival’. I note that I had written “I this. must admit I’m feeling a bit worse for This Newsletter is sent out by Australia wear as while nearly half the year is over already, I feel like I’ve CHRISTMAS WISHES Post via a system called ‘Print post’. One hardly scratched the surface of the ‘to do pile’ this year”,.. right!, of the good things about Printpost is that TO YOU ALL well, it’s now November and all I can say is that it didn’t improve! What up until now the postal costs include a a year! We have swung precariously from some wonderful experiences Have a Relaxing ‘no cost’ return of the Newsletter if it is to some awfully unwelcome ones (Damn you! Great Southern Plantaone!,.. and may not received at the other end i.e. it’s untions!). It has been quite a rollercoaster ride, but as many of you out deliverable due to people changing adthere reading this know, we all have those times and simply must 2014 be a much betdresses and not letting me know. Annoybelieve that we are never given more than we can handle! So I just ter year for us all! ing though it may be, sending Newsletsmile and take one day at a time! Most importantly, before everything ters out only to have them come back is else I am a mum, and being a mum takes a lot of patience, understand- Love Karen, Marty & still a good thing, as it means I can take ing - and a decent chunk of every day! It’s never easy and it never William x steps to find you or remove you from ceases, but overall it’s also a pretty awesome task! So,.. Firstly I must apologise for not getting July’s the list & prevent myself sending more RADIO SINGLES UPDATE Newsletter to eventuate this It’s been a while! The ‘Digital Wagon’ newsletters (& waste money). Unfortusingle ‘Friends’ didn’t end up happen- nately, from June this year, Australia year,.. I kept trying, but finally ing at all. I think the company has gave up and decided to combine it Post is now charging me full rate for the stopped operating, but I can’t get into an extra big November edi‘Return’ service - as they are effectively anyone to answer my messages, so tion for you,.... hope you Enjoy! I’ve given up. Lucky there was no ‘posting’ my Newsletters back to me. So The year ahead will be a busy deposit involved! Instead, I released if you don’t want to recieve this the first Radio Single from the new one,.. Firstly we’ll be trying to get newsletter anymore - PLEASE DON’T album ‘Shine Your Light’. This was out there a bit more! We were the lovely ‘Coat of Many Colours’, write on it ‘Not at this address, looking forward to welcoming Jim Introducing Andrew! featuring the lovely Stella Parton. It Ï Return to sender’ as it will cost me Rush back into our line-up more was released on the Australian money to recieve it back. Instead, please regularly but he was involved in a serious car accident on the way back Country Radio Singles compilation just email or text me that you don’t CRS 166 and received lots of airplay. from MountainGrass and is still in hospital needing surgery, so all we If you listen to a regular community want it anymore, as that won’t cost me can do is hope and pray for the very best and that he is back on his country show and you haven’t heard a thing. Of course if you really are movfeet again soon. It has been a shock to us all and we pass our best it played yet, ask them to give it a ing address & do still want the Newsletwishes on to his lovely wife Ann and family that all will go well. We also spin if they can, and if they don’t ter,.. tell me! so I can change my records pass our Best Wishes on to young Dan Watkins & George Jackson who have it, contact me and I’ll certainly get them one! If you are a DJ and have moved to Melbourne and have been going great guns down there. and it will go to your new address. would like a copy of the song (or alObviously we’ll be seeing a lot less of them now & having them as part bum) contact me asap. We have also Luckily I don’t yet get charged for Email of the regular line-up is a bit difficult as it becomes too expensive to run the first overseas single on the Newsletter Returns as I get heaps of fly players up here, but we hear they have started a few of their own UK’s Hotdisc, the Carl Jackson & Jim those each time I send it (it seems peoRushing penned ‘Little Mountain musical formats which are going well. I would say they will easily be on ple change their email addresses more Church House’ and it hit the ground the list of Australia’s best Bluegrass players one day and it’s nice to often than their underwear!), so please running at number 3! Thanks to all think we may have helped give them a little boost into the limelight! the UK/European Djs for the support. tell me when your email addy changes We also welcome a new Bass player into our line-up, Andrew Richardalso, it does make life easier for me!, son who is willing to learn & travel with us, so it’s time to start Cooktown Fest. Many Thanks! organiser, polishing up those old ‘Karen Lynne & Acoustic Shock’ harmonies and Bronwyn, & Pat find some new songs! I am currently balancing life as a musician & mum, along with studying for the first time in thirty years! and along with all that, I have become the School Canteen Convener, a rather huge, daunting, Unpaid job,.. how?, well I’m not quite sure,.. I think it was a matter of everyone else stepping back & thus being the ‘last man Belrose CM Club Band standing’ so to speak!! SO, time to pick myself up Cooktown - Ïhorse in the pub; ÏReinactment dust myself off & look to the future. I do believe ÐTug-a-war in the rain!;ÐWatch out for Crocs! there is a plan for me, & that my music is still meant to be a big part of it, so stick with us! Christmas is now only weeks away so I also wish you all a great Christmas, spend it with people you LOVE!, Life is Winning the too short to waste a minute! < Coffee w/DJ John & Melissa Bajric Golden Pumpkin!