An Invitation Specially For YOU!
All right, first of all, let me apologize for this form letter e-mail, this seriously impersonal invitation. Okay, now that THAT’S behind us, here’s the deal, the pitch, the scheme and the gist: once again, the South End String Band is doing a benefit concert for the Floyd Norgaard Cultural Center on Saturday, Feb. 15th at 7 PM. We know what you’re thinking — how can some Podunk backwash fiddle band roll in and expect to assist the most successful organization in Stanwoodopolis??
Good question. We didn’t pick the United Nations to help. We bypassed the Syrian Relief Fund. We skipped Doctors Without Orders. We didn’t get on Too High a Horse. We just thought the Floyd might welcome a little help. Well, okay … they were the only ones who’d let us help. So let’s move on, okay?
Past years we’ve embraced the mission of ‘cultural’ in the Floyd. We put on the South End Art Show, we’ve done travelogues of the South End, we’ve even provided free wine and beer DESPITE the liquor board and their archaic blue laws. We did an oral history of Stanwoodopolis last year, and yeah, maybe we focused on the darker, seamier, more interesting side, the bootleggers and prostitutes and con artists, but Culture is, well, multi-layered. As you well know….
This year we’ve pretty much run out of ideas. Creativity, sometimes, is a shallow well. So we’re falling back on music. And of course ample adult beverages. Got ourselves a couple of hot musicians and we’re excited about the new reincarnation of the South End String Band.
Y’all come on down and help us support the Floyd and we promise a lively evening of music and food and libation. We even got our 4th CD up for grabs —Stanwood Town. Catchy title, we know. So skip PBS’s 15th rerun of the folk revival or Doo-Wop that weekend and join up with us. This is the Real Deal. Culture. Live. No reruns. No half hour fundraisers. Good cause. No excuses!!
Hope to see you there.
The South End String Band
‘Bringing hi-falutin culture to the well washed masses since practically before soap.’
Hits: 24