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All right, first of all, let me apologize for this form letter e-mail, this seriously impersonal invitation. Okay, now that THAT\u2019S behind us, here\u2019s 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\u2019re thinking — how can some Podunk backwash fiddle band roll in and expect to assist the most successful organization in Stanwoodopolis??
\nGood question. We didn\u2019t pick the United Nations to help. We bypassed the Syrian Relief Fund. We skipped Doctors Without Orders. We didn\u2019t get on Too High a Horse. We just thought the Floyd might welcome a little help. Well, okay \u2026 they were the only ones who\u2019d let us help. So let\u2019s move on, okay?
\nPast years we\u2019ve embraced the mission of \u2018cultural\u2019 in the Floyd. We put on the South End Art Show, we\u2019ve done travelogues of the South End, we\u2019ve 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\u2026.
\nThis year we\u2019ve pretty much run out of ideas. Creativity, sometimes, is a shallow well. So we\u2019re falling back on music. And of course ample adult beverages. Got ourselves a couple of hot musicians and we\u2019re excited about the new reincarnation of the South End String Band.
\nY\u2019all 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\u2019s 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!!
\nHope to see you there.
\nThe South End String Band
\n\u2018Bringing hi-falutin culture to the well washed masses since practically before soap.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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