Laurie McClain: Blog

You Can Host A House Concert!  
What is a House concert?
'House Concerts' are the hippest, most viable and rewarding venue option for folk musicians today and you can host one in your living room! 
How do I do it?
It's simple, you just invite 25-35 (or more) friends, family, neighbors, co-workers, mailman and whoever else, to a concert at your home.
Round up all your chairs (patio furniture, etc.) and arrange them concert style. You may need to move stuff around a bit to make it work. Might borrow a few from neighbors or have guest each bring one. Cozy is good, it's nice to be real close and intimate.
 I can't charge my friends money!

No problem! Although many house concerts have a door person to collect fees, some hosts are uncomfortable charging their friends, especially for a first concert, until they understand the process. For these folks we suggest they simply place a jar by the entry with a visable sign that says:



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Okay, I have now decided to begin a blog...  this first entry is also in my "news/journal" that I started on this website before there was such a thing as blogs... so here is my first (I hope of many) official blog entry:
Howdy!
I saw a bobcat in the wild for the first time in my life a couple of days ago, in the snow, in Nashville, TN.  Snow in Nashville is only slightly less unusual than my seeing a bobcat, since I can count on one hand the times it has actually snowed in Nashville since I moved here in '97, although it was snowing when I drove into town - with my friend Mark driving the gigantic rental truck following my tiny Toyota Tercel carrying me and my three disgruntled daughters - snowing all the way from Lincoln, Nebraska to Nashville... The “one-hand” disclaimer is that while snow has fallen from the sky to instantly melt a handful of times, or it has lightly dusted some [...]