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YOUR SUMMER 2010 E-NEWS IS HERE

This little weekly-ish newsletter is being produced to inspire and inform you about a unique event on The Waters of Wylie: a floating fest of music and rhythm, beauty and play!
The e-news helps you connect with the wonderfully willing artists and volunteers who help kick off this inaugural season of Lake Wylie Music Fest out of their love of what they share and their interest in being co-creators of this truly unique and innovative experience.
And hopefully you will also learn as you read, that you too are Fest co-creators because it is through your creative spirit and lively participation that a positively playful artsy vibe will be born and resound on our Lake this Summer!

> this is the first of 4 weekly issues as we build up to June 12th's inaugural event! <

... CONTENTS ...

what to find as you browse below

1. So tell me again what Lake Wylie Music Fest IS?

2. June's Artist Line-up

3. What you need to do to Prepare for the Fest

4. Volunteer Assistance Needed - Pronto!

So tell me again what Lake Wylie Music Fest IS?

Lake Wylie Music Fest is a dream, a concept, an initial step toward scratching an itch.

During the Summer of 2010, Lake Wylie Music Fest will express itself as 3 Sunset Celebrations - a Summertime event held in 3 parts on the Second Saturday Evenings of June, July, and August

The Sunset Celebrations will all be held in "The Cow Cove" (aka Boyd's Cove) on Lake Wylie. Artists will perform on a private dock. The audience will be folks on boats anchored out in the cove. It's set as a laid-back-floating-house-party-festival that promotes area musicians and other festival-style performing artists.

Later on down the road, Lake Wylie Music Fest may grow to be like the many other and varied music and arts festivals offered all over The Carolinas and beyond....or remain a homey, small and snuggly expression of the area from which it grew. It may or may not take to land since the coolness of being a floating fest is not to be overlooked. And it may or may not spread out over more locations around the Lake and more dates throughout the year. Time and energy and patience will tell....

June's Artist Line-up......JUNE 12, 2010

June's Sunset Celebration will be a place of mellow chillness!

Like the pastel colors of our logo and the radiant whimsy of it's musical note, June will welcome in the Summer gently, joyfully, and playfully!

The first artist ever to perform for the first ever Lake Wylie Music Fest will be .....

(.....DRUM ROLL on your pontoons, please!......)

RaY'coustic

And it seems like Ray's mantra surely fits us river rats and the Lake Wylie Music Fest energy: "Eat, drink, and be yourself!"

As his own website professes, playing solo acoustic is the root of Ray Miesbauer's love for music and we'll get the chance to kick back and enjoy his laid-back style and love of good tunes, sweet melodies, and good ol' rockin' times. RaYcoustic...sharing songs you know and new ones from his heart and soul.

CHECK OUT RaYcoustic

after a little melody, it'll be time to get your hands a'drummin' and your bodies a'rockin' with a full-cove drum circle!

LEARN MORE

YOU get to be part of rhythm rhyme reason, an effort to inspire personal and community drumming experiences, as everyone present at Lake Wylie Music Fest together will resonate the waters .... like a big watery drum, the cow cove will BE the beat!

BRING A DRUM! Make one or use your boat. We'll have a few percussion playthings to pass out to boaters but remember.....EVERYONE DRUMS!

Led by Kennon Knight, this drum circle will charge up your inner rhythms to keep this party rockin' through an evening of transendental fun!

Kennon's intention with rhythm rhyme reason is to use drumming to heal, to motivate, to connect, and to inspire. Individual and community drumming can lead folks to find and live in their own natural rhythms in body, mind, and spirit and Kennon gives all participants permission to "come, play, express yourself!"

You might have seen Kennon around these parts before....as former drummer with Square Roots ... and he still plays around some now with friends when the spirit calls....

Cool down but keep the spirit rising with another singer-songwriter as Paul Finnican takes to the dock-stage adding his own flavor to familiars and sharing his own soulful sweet-'n-gutsy melodies too! Paul, aka Finnery, has his hands and heart in the music of our area as owner of The Sylvia Theater in York!

GIVE HIM A LISTEN!

Next up to celebrate the colors of our Lake Wylie sunset and to ease us deeper into a mellowed-out evening vibe will be an upbeat little sax 'n guitar musical duo, Green Star. Musically energized by Cathy and Mark Bradly, Green Star's originality and spirit will have you smiling...and one of their songs may feel like it was written specifially for this Sunset Celebration!

MORE ABOUT GREENSTAR

As dusk moves toward dark, our floating experience will shift into a whole new glow as HYPNOTIC shares his artistic approach to fire dancing. Set to inspiring musical accompaniment, Hypnotic will offer a mesmerizing show of effortlessly fluid moving light against the darkening evening. Not your typical fire artist, Hypnotic brings artistry you'll remember and return for again!

Hypnotic Online

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO

PREPARE FOR THE FEST

As we said, Lake Wylie Music Fest is co-created by YOU! So in order to make this the very best event for yourself, everyone onboard your boat, and all folks involved, here's are a few things that you need to do:

It's a Water-based Festival...you Gotta come by Boat! While, yes, it would be lovely that the Fest be open to everyone everywhere, that's never the case with anything anytime. There's always an admission fee or invitation-only deal goin' on, right? So consider your ticket to enter to be coming by boat. The Fest is designed as it is for a reason. Will it ever be at a place where people can come by land? We don't know ... but we do know that this Summer, it's all about the boats.
Decorate your Boat 'n Catch the Spirit of the Fest! String up lights, get colorful, create a theme, get funky, listen to where the spirit calls you and create a fun party craft that lights up the Fest with its own charm!
Bring or Make a Drum - Just Drum! You don't want to be the only one left out of the full-cove drum circle experience. Big empty upside-down water-cooler-style water bottles make great drums. Cans and cartons can be percussion. Create a shaker with beans or sand in a can. Or play your beat on your aluminum pontoons. Whatever you do, EVERYONE DRUMS!...and some of us DANCE too!
Support the Artists! Everyone on stage and "behind stage" of Lake Wylie Music Fest is UNPAID. Part of the arrangement we have with the artists is to help promote and support them. You can do that by bringing money to tip them. You can also purchase their CD's and other merchandise by clicking on their links to the RIGHT. At the event, a little boat will be coming around for tips. Look for a "Fester the Tipster" flag and make sure you give EACH time they come around! You can also show your support of other supporting businesses and volunteers by clicking on their links to the RIGHT as well.
Prepare a Special Picnic and Create Unique Lake Wylie Music Fest-themed Cocktails! It's an evening afair. You'll want to arrive a bit early to get a good viewing spot in the cove. You'll be here for hours. You're gonna want something to eat and for darn sure you'll need a few cool beverages. Dust off your funky old picnic baskets and dig some old Martha Stewart ideas out. Make special foods and drinks and make this an extra special evening.
Invite Special People to Share your Boat. It's all about creating your own magic....and so the right decorations, the right foods, the right friends!
Be Patient, Honorable, Respectful, and Helpful. We'll all be bobbing in untested waters and who knows what kinds of challenges we might encounter. Please be patient as we all figure it out and lend a hand to help when you can. It's all about good vibes...so if you wanna feel good, make it a positive good time all around you!

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED PRONTO!

If you'd like to help with Lake Wylie Music Fest, please email or call Jan

jan@lakewyliemusicfest.com

704-905-3652

Volunteers needed the day of as well as NOW

PROMOTIONS HELP - giving out flyers on the Lake

TELL YOUR FRIENDS - SPREAD THE WORD

SET-UP

STAGE CREW

And finally,

CALL FOR PERFORMERS

July and August Sunset Celebrations are currently under creation. Now is the time to get involved. If you are a musician or other festival-style performing artist who'd like to be a part of this unique event or simply someone with lots of energy and creativity who wants to volunteer, contact jan at number/email above.

Joy to the Cow Cove!

We, the people of the Waters of Wylie, wish to express our grateful thanks to the following who are making Lake Wylie Music Fest Summer 2010 Possible:

HYPNOTIC