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Hi Folks,

Here's the lineup and final (I think) info on the Monday, June 13th JPF Showcase in Plymouth at Sean O'Tooles. 22 Main St. Plymouth, MA

If you are planning to cancel your appearance, please get back to me ASAP. Also, we have 4 bands on the lineup, but no drum kit to offer. If you need a drum kit, our only options at this point are one of you bringing a kit to share with the other 3 drummers, or not having drums at this event. (Savory, Mans Demise, Spank and Seth Richardson) please get back to us if you can offer your drum kit to share with the other bands. This is a reasonably short show (2.5 hours) so hopefully someone is willing to share their kit. Christine Mascott is bring Guitar and Bass Amps. Email her for details if you want to use them and find out what they are at christine.mascott@verizon.net.

Networking from 7-8PM. Show starts at 8PM.

Set 1: 8-9PM

01. Savory (Band)
02. Stretch Harpo (Band)
03. Chris Ingraham
04. John Gerard
05. Peter Angelos
06. Elena James
07. Patti DeRosa
08. Charlene Johnson
09. Marty Helly
10. Christine Mascott

Set 2: 9-10PM

11. Mans Demise (Band)
12. Lauren Flaherty
13. Steven Bacon
14. Emily Gruenwald
15. SPANK (Band)
16. WK Mahler
17. Lisa Martin
18. Jeff Forti
19. Amy England
20. Amanda Cavicchi

Set 3: 10PM-Finished

21. Seth Richardson
22. Timothy Riodan
23. Elizabeth & Dave Hanson
24. Any Last Minute Additions!

To make the show go smoothly, here's some guidelines. Please take a moment to read them.

Brian's 10 Simple Rules to make the Show go smoothly:

After hundreds of these showcases over the last 7 years all over North America, I've learned a few good rules to make them work the best. So here's 10 rules to make it easier and more fun for everyone:

1. NO onstage tuning! That means NONE! We will give you ample notice when your slot is coming up. Be completely tuned and ready to plug in (whatever instrument you are playing) and play when your time comes. Also, if you are playing guitar, make sure you make eye contact and get the "OK" from the sound person BEFORE you plug in or unplug so we can be sure the channel is muted first. Also, make sure before the show your guitar battery works!

2. Please perform your very best song that lasts under 5 minutes. Please no 12 minute ode's to your cat or 18 minute Prog Rock/experimental Jams. This is your chance to blow the room away with your talent and writing skill (and let us get your very best effort on camera). Don't waste it on a new song you wrote on the way to the show. This is the time for your biggest crowd pleaser.

3. Please no political/religious/rants/speeches/diatribes/lectures. This is a music event, not a political/religious event. You are 100% welcome to do political or religious SONGS, but remember, any political SPEECH you make will likely offend 50% of the rest of the audience and religion can be a touchy subject to someone who believes differently. Let your MUSIC tell your story if that is the type of music you do and don't make speeches from the stage. Long boring song explanations aren't productive either. Do, however, tell folks who you are (before and after you perform), make a few comments if you'd like (humor is always good) and say your name again after you peform (so we get it on film).

4. CD's. You are welcome to sell them, but remember almost everyone else has a CD to sell as well. Trading or giving out CD's is a great networking tool if you can afford it, but some artists can't, so don't expect everyone to trade unless they offer.

5. JPF T-Shirts and Hats. We have BRAND NEW T-SHIRTS! This will be the first show we'll have our new shirts for sale. It's a color variation of our original shirts from 1999 which people have been requesting the last few years. We have them in Black, Purple and a Light Khaki Green/Brown type color called Prarie Dust. We have Black and Prarie Dust in Long Sleeves too! We also have our trademark JPF Red Hats. Remember, we fund the entire organization from T-Shirt/Hat sales, member donations and some community partner sponsorships. But the Roadtrips are generally funded entirely with money collected at shows. Help us out so we can help you!

JPF Signature Hat: 20.00
JPF T-Shirt: Short Sleeve: 15.00 (17.00 for XXL and XXXL)
JPF T-Shirt: Long Sleeve: 20.00 (22.00 for XXL and XXXL)
JPF Hat and Shirt: $5 dollar discount off combined price depending on size/type.

We also accept donations of any size if you don't want a hat or shirt. But you should plan on getting a shirt or hat. People will stop you on the street when you wear it and tell you they're JPF members too! (It's happened to members literally around the world!). The shirt theme is "We're All In This Together."

6. Cancellations: We understand things come up. But please try and email us to justplainfolks@aol.com the day before a show with any cancellations. If you have a problem on the day of the show, please call the venue to let us know so we can make adjustments to the lineup. Unannounced no shows at events may result in you being placed last in future events or eliminated altogether.

7. Come early, stay late! I am usually at the venue at least an hour before the show getting ready. Feel free to come and say hi during that hour. If a show ends at a reasonable time, I may be available to grab some coffee or a snack nearby to unwind with a group of members. In general, please try to come for the entire event or as much as possible. Someone has to go first and someone has to go last and we want them to get to perform for as many peers as possible. We take our traditional group photo at the end of the show as well, so if you stay, you'll end up on our home page for a few months in the Roadtrip photos.

8. These shows are not filtered in any way. You may see some folks who will blow you away with their talent, and you might find some that belong in a blooper reel from bad American Idol auditions. Either way, please treat everyone with respect and support. Even the best performers among us had to start somewhere, and if our own community of peers don't give a chance for entry level folks to get their feet wet, who will? Lets celebrate the diversity and if someone is really not doing well in their performance, be glad it isn't you and offer some friendly support! That's the best way for them to learn, get better and grow.

9. Network, Network, Network! Bring business cards and a friendly demeanor and meet as many people as you can. You'll never know what good can come out of a new contact, and often doors open that you hadn't even thought of. There's a lot of folks to meet at these events, so don't waste the opportunity!

10. If there is a problem, relax, it will get fixed. We're here to have fun. Stuff will happen and things will go wrong, they always do. We'll get past it, so don't stress. Be flexible and we'll be flexible and that should allow us to have fun and get past anything that comes up.
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See you all in Plymouth!

Brian

Brian Austin Whitney
Founder
Just Plain Folks
www.jpfolks.com


[This message has been edited by Brian Austin Whitney (edited 06-10-2005).]

Hi Brian,

Count on Paul and I to do a tune or two.... there's one.

Of course you're staying with us. We'll park you, feed you and give you a comfy bed.

I have a chapter meeting on Monday night in an internet cafe, so hopefully, I can get everyone to get online right there and sign up.

I'm concerned that you and I and Marty are the only people who ever even come to this board.

And believe it or not, we actually have a couple of active members who don't even have internet!

Peace,
Christine

Kim just landed the venue for the Road Trip showcase!

It's going to be Monday, June 13 at Sean O'Toole's in Plymouth. Solo acts to full bands ...all are welcome.

Set up from 7-8, music from 8 on.....

Sign up everyone!

PS: Brian... Jeff Forti a local member who is not online asked me to sign him up to play.

Hi Christine and everyone!

I can't possibly take credit for as many posts to the board as you and Marty.....but I'm on here pretty regularly too :-)

I have a gig on 6/14 but I plan on attending your JPF night on 6/15 :-)

See you soon!

Lisa

Hi Lisa,

I gave the membership a bit of a guilt trip (more than I intended I think...lol) at the last meeting, for not posting or reading the boards enough, so I think we have some people coming here now.

I was feeling like I was talking to the wind for about a month and half there...lol.. glad to know I wasn't. I wonder if there's some utility that could be added to the boards that would show how many times a post was viewed...hmmm

Our Road Trip night is actually Monday, June 13 if you guys are free and can join us.

Oh, we gave "Superwoman" a spin on our JPF night on the local music show, 'Homegrown' on PIXY 103 a couple of weeks ago (commercial rock station). Kim and I co-hosted the show and spun a bunch of member music.

Paul and I and our 3rd bandmate Hank are playing up your way June 7 for one of Marty's nights.

Hope to see you soon!
Christine

Here's a showcase sign up I received by email:

You can count on Stretch Harpo and the Blues Axes to do a song at the Road
Trip Show Case. Sign us up!
Jim
savav@stretchharpo.com

Hi, new member here, Keith Hampton <www.keith-hampton.com>
I'd love to play on June 13th!

Will be coming to meetings starting in June as I have class on Monday nights through May.

Peace,
keith

That's great Keith! Look forward to meeting you


Kim

Just getting around to making sure the Cape Cod event is well known on Cape Cod in moments from now.

I plan to be there myself...count me in please.

THANKS


......WKMahler

William (and anyone else)

Please do NOT post our event info or send it to Radio stations etc.. without checking with us first. We NEVER authorize someone who isn't part of our staff to do that. There's too much room for misunderstanding, inaccurate info and confusion over what we do, how we do it and why we do it. If you have a contact that you think is important, let us know who they are and we will be happy to get them the correct info if appropriate.

Thanks,

Brian

This info has been updated.

Hi Brian,

Couldn't tell you if anyone is missing cos I don't have the list, but I noticed Spank is listed twice...