TSC News...
- 6/25/08 - Songwriting/Critiquing Workshop will be on July 12th! Click on the thumbnail flyer above for more info if you are interested. There is still room available,
so sign up now!
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- 06/17/08 - Attendance for our June Circle was a little less than we had hoped, but we had a great time, and did get to see a few of our members! :) We really hope
you will make an effort to support the Circle, as we'd like to be able to stick around and have this opportunity available for budding members and newcomers as
well as the old hats at the game. Don't forget us in July! Save your date!! It's Tuesday, July 15th. SEE YOU THERE!!!!! :)
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- 06/04/08 - Songwriting/Critiquing Workshop now being offered - will set it up for an afternoon to be determined in June or July (of course we will make sure NOT to
schedule during Bonnaroo!) :O) -- 10 slots available. Sign up by return email reply to the invitation sent out by email, or by sending me an email from the link on
this page. I'll announce when the slots have been filled, and we'll send out detailed specifics to those participants when the final arrangements have been made!
Look forward to hearing for you Circle Members who have been asking for this!! :) (See the thumbnail flyer above). We'll talk about this more at the 3rd Tuesday,
June 17th Circle "meeting" at Sweet Aroma! See you there!!!
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- 05/20/08 - Well, we didn't have as many people as we'd hoped, but we had a very nice time on Tuesday!! James and I tried to out do each other with brand new
songs (we each had 4 or 5 I think!) so we had some competition going... and a potential new member showing up was wonderful and promising to see! :) We
hope to see more of you on Tuesday, June 17th. PLEASE! Mark the date! :) We NEED your support!!! :) :)
- HOW DOES THIS SOUND? We are working on putting a songwriting/critiqueing afternoon together, where any members interested could sign up to bring a specific
song they would like to work on or talk about in a workshop-type setting. We will help with critique suggestions and/or ideas and possibly feedback from the other
members. If this sounds like something you would be interested in participating in, please drop me an email and let me know. I will put you on our list, and we will
send you specifics as soon as we get everything together. There will be the possiblity of performing your "tweeked" final song that same night on stage! :) Stay
tuned for more details, but please give us an idea if this is something you would be interested in....
- Has anyone stopped by to see Scott and Tiff from Thunder WMSR at the Mall in Tullahoma? :) :) :) I'm not usually UP at that hour... but just checking.... :)
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- 04/15/08 - Our first 3rd Tuesday! We had a nice little group!! Thanks to all those who came to play and those who came to listen!! We really appreciate you!!!! And
we did have a great time and lots of laughs! :) So, hope to see you and some more of you for our May "meeting" on Tuesday, May 20th. I'll send out a reminder! :) :)
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- ATTENTION! ATTENTION! ATTENTION! ATTENTION! ATTENTION! ATTENTION! This is news! We will no longer be able to meet every week at Sweet Aroma --
we will only be there every third (3rd) Tuesday from now on, beginning Tuesday, April 15th. Please come on this one day a month to show support for our
local songwriting efforts. We will keep you informed if anything changes or if we find another venue that we can also utilize. In the meantime -- the 3RD
TUESDAY!! Please mark your calendars!!!!!! Thanks!
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- 03/25/08 - We had a little slower night than last week, but hoping things will be picking up! Sweet Aroma will hang with us a little while, so we WILL be there on
Tuesday, April 1st!!! No Fooling!! ;) Hope to see you all there!!!!
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- 03/18/08 - Good news! Reprieve! :) We had a nice evening with some people coming out, so we WILL be there next Tuesday night!!! If we can keep it going, we'll
be okay. Thanks to those who came out to play and those who came to listen!! We appreciate you. And remember songwriters --- we're here for you! So come on
out and take advantage of this place to play your songs!!!
- We might have some news of a new place that will host us once a month for a showcase night! There would be 4 slots open for members who would want to
play. You would need to have enough material for an evening to round-robin with just 4 people, but it would be a great way to showcase your material and be able
to bring your friends and relatives in to see you!!! Stay tuned for more information as we get it!!!
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- 03/11/08 - Well, for those of you who have been coming to support the Tullahoma Songwriters -- we thank you! But since there have been so few people coming
out lately, we may well lose our place to play! We're not sure how long Sweet Aroma will be able to host us if we can't bring them any business... so keep your
eyes open for news of any developments on this front. We may have to find a new place to play if more people don't come out to back us up. Stay tuned....
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- 03/04/08 - Thanks to those who braved the "snow" on Tuesday night... and thanks to Jim and Julie for coming out to play with us! It was lots of fun!! Hope to see
some more members come back to visit soon!
- Congratulations to our member David Clark, for being named "Environmentalist of the Month" by Keep Coffee County Beautiful (KCCB)!! David sets the example of
how easy it is to be green!!!! :) Also, a mention goes out to Brenda, his wife, whose Cakes & Catering provided the cake for the recent Groundhog Ball event,
benefiting the KCCB. Our TSC members are also civic minded and trying to help! Keep up the good work you guys!!! :)
- To reiterate to all our members --- if you have any info you would like to make known to the TSC membership or to anyone, and you would like to have any
information posted here on this website -- this page is here for you to do that! Contact me with any info, be it contact information updates, new website addresses,
upcoming performance dates, or CD release parties; I will make sure to post it!! This is one of the services we hope to provide for you!
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- 02/11/08 - We had a soggy but fun evening! :) Nice to see some returning faces... :) :) Hope to seem some more!!!!
- A big get well soon wish going out to our Mr. James Bell... we guess back surgery is an ok excuse for missing a couple weeks of the Circle! :) Thinking of you and
of your dad, too! Thoughts and prayers, James!
- Glenda Clark, wife of our member David, is starting her own Cakes and Catering business! Congratulations, Glenda, and best of luck from all of us at the Circle!
You can find her information at the bottom of this page under "Friends of the Circle". Need a cake for a special occasion? Check her out!!! :)
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- 01/26/08 - I went to the Belvidere Market to honor our very own David Morrison, who has returned from Iraq. Franklin County made January 26th David Morrison
Day! We sang some songs and they had a band - they were showing Sgt. York on the back barn wall... :) Well, it's Belvidere! :) :) :) It was all very nice! And it was
nice to have David back safe and sound!! Sorry I could only stay a couple of hours, so I don't know if any of you made it there later, but if not - as an update - David
will be visiting friends and family for a few weeks in Ohio and New Mexico, and then we hope to see him back at the Circle! :) He sang some new songs that he
had written, but he also had his old hits, like the Walmart song... :)
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- 01/22/08 - Yea!!! James was back, and we also saw some return performers... always love to see that!!! Keep on coming back you guys!! That's how we get to
become familiar with your material! :) If you want to have a shot at having a song on "The CD", you need to perform your song at the Circle so people will know and
recognize your song!! :) So Come On Down! See you next Tuesday!
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- 01/15/08 - We missed James this week -- flu bug got him! But we had new blood in our midst! :) Let's get the word out that we're seeing some new songwriter's
coming out, so come on out to hear some new talent as well as our seasoned favorites! :) :) Hope to see you there!
- A very happy 36th wedding anniversary to Mike & Melissa!!! :) :) You are our rocks! :) We love ya!
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- 01/08/08 - Our first day back for the New year! A slow but sure start, we are back at it! Love to see you songwriters come back to the fold! :)
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- ****12/18/07**** Our One Year Anniversary and Holiday Party! We had a blast!!! Thanks to Patti and all the Sweet Aroma crew for their help and hard work to make
the night special for us! The food was great! And everyone had a wonderful time!!
- For those who didn't make it, not only did some of our great songwriter members that we haven't seen in a while pop in on us, like John Richardson, Sid Ledbetter
and Charlie Robinson, but we were also graced with a special guest appearance by Jim & Inga Wood! Plenty of great music to fill out that extra hour of time!!! :)
Thanks for everyone's participation and support for our anniversary celebration!
- Remember! We will be starting up again on Tuesday, January 8th since the next two Tuesdays are Christmas and New Year's! See you then!!
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- 12/04/07 - Sherry, James and I were back as the trio!!! With help from hopefully our newest member, Tommy Lee... :) :) :) (don't forget -- send me an email with
your scoop!) We really enjoyed the evening, tho' it was a little slow... but we understand... everyone is shopping, and holiday partying elsewhere... just don't forget
OUR holiday and anniversary party on the 18th!!!! BE THERE!! :)
- CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Kudos go out to two of our songwriter members!!!! They have been chosen as finalists for the "Coffee County Has Talent" Contest
scheduled for 7pm on Friday, January 11th at Coffee County Central High School in Manchester! Winners will be chosen by a panel of judges and by the votes of
the audience! ;) Good luck to Mechelle Lawson and John Richardson. Way to go -- TSC will be cheering for you!!! :)
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- 11/27/07 - It was the Tullahoma Songwriting Duo tonight as James and I played pass the ball! :) But we had a lot of fun -- even some new stories! And some of
our regular "fans" were there to cheer us on!
- We announced our 1st Anniversary and Holiday party on December 18th! We hope you will try to make it! We will be joining Ms. Patti at Channel 6 on Tuesday
December 11th to promote it, so hope you'll watch!
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- 11/20/07 - It was James and I holding down the fort, with an assist from Phillip! :) But we had fun... Saw some familiar faces we hadn't seen in a little while, and
wonderful to see you guys again! Hope to see you again soon!!
- No - contrary to what James is saying, I'm not hitting the bottle, although it may SEEM that way... :) but I am still a little loopy from my medicines and I guess I'm a
laugh riot! (See what you guys are missing?) :) :) :) But I'm getting better all the time, as the Beatles once said, and I'll be RARING to go for our P-A-R-T-Y on the
18th of December! That's right!! We will be having our FIRST ANNIVERSARY/HOLIDAY party on Tuesday, December 18th. Stay tuned for details as we get it all
together... We're going to have some fun treats and games and maybe even some surprises! You won't want to miss it! :)
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- 11/06/07 - Well, thanks to all who helped me out to make the night easy for me! :) Sherry, James and Darryl were there to sing their songs, which were all great!!!
And I helped! :) On the cooooooldest evening yet! But lots of warrrrrmmmmm yummy coffee and hot chocolate drinks to be had! Thanks to Sweet Aroma!!! :)
- And even welcomed a new member!!! So glad to have you on board, Phillip! :) We'll see you in a couple weeks.
- Gene! When you get back from your trip, I've got 3 of your songs ready!!! Come on and sing 'em for us!!!! :)
- Stay tuned for some info on upcoming holiday news!!!!!! :)
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- 10/30/07 - Ooooooo.... :) Yes! We had our Halloween Songwriting Trivia Night! :) It was pretty fun! Even if every one said I went a little too far back in time with the
trivia... (ok - so - I'm old!) =] We still had fun, and it's rumored that some of the younger generation in the place may have even learned a thing or two... Imagine
that!!! Thanks to James' Mom & Dad for playing... and his Dad for knowing that Carl Perkins question! :)
- Had Michael and Darryl join James and I for some wonderful songs... great to have you guys at the Circle again!
- Missing Ms. Sherry! Hoping she'll be back with us soon... work, work, work, work... we want her to be able to play again!!!! =]
- To the young lady who came in with the dulcimer... PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!! Don't let us intimidate you... we're all here to learn and grow and experiment.... PLEASE!!!!!
Come back and sit in with us. We don't mind really!!!!! We'd LOVE to have you back! :) REALLY!!!! :) :) :))))) (Don't make me beg!) :)
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- 10/23/07 - The threesome is back! Sherry, James and I played the night, with an assist from Brad! at the end of the night (thanks!!! we LOVED your song!!! and
hope you'll think about joining the Circle!). Great to see new and familiar faces come out on a rainy Tuesday! What fun!! :)
- My most humble apologies to Gene... I SOOO meant to listen to the tape, but the week got away from me. We definitely have a date at the Circle in 2 weeks. I'll be
ready!! :) Have a good trip!!
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- 10/09/07 - Just James and I this week to sing and play, but a packed house to play to! ;) Wow! We're seeing more and more familiar faces coming back to listen -
that's very nice! Hope to see you again next week!!
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- 10/02/07 - Ok. So. I'm a little lax at these updates sometimes.... :( But I do try! :) Last week, we were shocked and dismayed that James Bell wasn't in attendance.
1st time since we started in December!!!! But that impacted tooth thing was a really good excuse... He was back this week, a lot less swollen, playing in pain for the
team! Thanks James!! We all hope you're feeling better soon!
- The stands for the speakers finally came in, along with the third mike stand, so we can use 3 mikes at one time. We have to share a guitar outlet - we'll have to
shuffle for more than one guitar, but so far it's working pretty well. That little teeny system is working pretty well!!! I get a kick out of some of the musicians coming
up to check it out, amazed that it works at well as it does... but hey! It may be compact, but for the space, it does ok!! :)
- We are always so excited to see returning songwriters come in and share their beautiful work with us again! Hope more of you will pop on by and do the same.
The audiences are familiar faces too! The TSC is building it's own fan base! :) Thanks to everyone who supports us, including and most especially Pat and the
staff at Sweet Aroma!
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- 09/11/07 - Yes, we had a Circle night on this of all anniversaries... but we were here! And we had a good night. Thanks to those songwriter's who came to play -
and for the listener's continued support. We really appreciate you coming back again and again, and we hope you'll be back soon! :)
- For anyone who didn't know - one of our Circle, David Morrison, has been deployed to Baghdad and will be serving for the next several months... his email address
is moman@gimail.af.mil and I know he would appreciate a note of encouragement from his fellow Circle members! I've also listed it next to his membership info
below. Let's show our troop support by letting David know how we're thinking about him... :)
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- 09/05/07 - Last night was lots of fun! Although it was our standard TSC trio for songwriters (Sherry, James and me), we had some new faces in the audience and
some brave returning souls and well as our most loyal fans! :) We even broke our own rules and sang a couple of surprise cover songs (somehow the
conversation turned to the Monkees and Shrek and, well -- what are you gonna do?) :) But we certainly had a good time!
- I think I will be and Sherry may be performing at the end of the month for WMSR's Old Timer's Day... (see what we'll do to promote the Cirlce?) :) stay tuned for
details.... :)
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- 08/28/07 - We wound up August with a fun night! Our newest member came back all the way from Nashville to play with us!! You just never know what you'll miss
on any given Circle night!!! :) Hope to see YOU soon! :)
- James and Sherry and I performed as the TSC for the South Jackson Goes Country Show -- but so did some of our members, David Morrison and Mechelle
Lawson to name a couple... The Circle made a fine showing!! :)
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- 08/06/07 - Well, we've had some scarce audiences lately, but some fun times with the songwriters! Thanks to Charlie and Larry from the Bell Buckle Cafe who
came and graced us with their songwriting talents! Hoping they will join our ranks, too! Also had percussion all the way from Nashville!! What fun!!
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- 07/31/07 - Yes, I know, I know... I've been slofin' off on the job!! I'm SO sorry. But then -- so have YOU guys!!! Where have you been?!? We've been there -- every
Tuesday... and we've been meeting some GREAT songwriters! If you're somewhere else, you're missing some great stuff!!!! :) When you get back from vacations
and summer school (oh my!), come on back around, 'cause we've been having FUN! :)
- Sherry, James and I recorded a promo song for WMSR, so listen for it on the radio! ;) (maybe they'll mention TSC!)
- Also, Sherry, James and I are appearing on Sunday, August 19th in the South Jackson Goes Country show at the Civic Center (we'll be in Act II) -- we're doing this to
promote the Circle, and we'll have some kids walking the banner on stage while we perform. Hopefully, that will be some good publicity!!! ;)
- As we head into the end of summer, we continue to welcome new members! We're up to 43!
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- 07/03/07 - Wow! What a great evening! Songwriters and singers and spectators -- OH MY! Not to mention the fireworks when we were done! What a blast!!
Thanks to all who came to make it a really fun time!! AND -- two new songwriters and members to boot!!! What could be better? :)
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- 06/26/07 - I've fallen off the job! Sorry about that... that's what happens in the summertime, huh? Looks like lots of people have been really, really busy... things
have been a little slow, but we've still had a good time, and we've still met some new people!! We're growing little by little, and we hope to see everyone during the
summer!
- We got the banner! It looks great!! We'll be using it anytime we appear in public to advertise the Circle. Hopefully, that will bring more attention to us as well!
- Sherry, James and I auditioned as The Tullahoma Songwriter's Circle for the South Jackson Goes Country show, and looks like we'll be performing... we'll be using
the banner there!!!! :) So we'll welcome your support when that happens in August, and hopefully we can reach even more people then!!
- One of our members, Kevin, will be getting the chance to do a demo of 4 of his songs soon. Very exciting and best of luck!
- James, Sherry and I have written and will be recording a promotional jingle for 1320 Thunder WMSR, so listen for it soon! We hope that will give them the excuse to
mention the Circle every once in a while!! :)
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- 05/22/07 - Guess that shows us! A couple of great weeks in a row, and bang! A night with just our regulars -- AND THANK GOODNESS FOR YOU GUYS! :) We
still had a great time! Hope to see you next week!
- Sherry and I will be playing for the Go Green event on the 9th. We haven't heard from anyone else yet... if you want to play -- please contact us right away -- press
releases are going out! Thanks.
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- 05/08/07 - Guess I missed an update for last week -- but let me tell you -- those of you who were not here this week missed a treat! We had a brand new member
grace the "stage" and a very talented singer/songwriter he is! He's from Nashville, so we don't know how often we'll get to see him, but WOW! :) Great to meet you
and hear your songs, Aaron!
- And rumor has it that Aaron's brother, Seth, who publishes the "Tidbits" paper, will give us a mention! So a big THANK YOU in advance to Seth!
- We also got to see Mechelle again :) -- lots of nice songs -- including the stinky feet! :) Michael graced us with his song -- and worth the wait!!!! :) And our own John
Anderson... we hope will get him to sing soon! :) :)
- STILL CALLING ALL MEMBERS to volunteer to perform on June 9th for a global awareness gathering. Anyone interested in performing -- it doesn't have to be
original material -- please give me a call 455-3568.
- Thanks, and see you next TUESDAY!
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- 04/30/07 - We had some "new blood" :) on Tuesday, and some great songs to listen to! Hope we'll be seeing more of them again!! (No pressure -- just hopeful! ;))
- Wonderful to see Sara and Peter home from their world travels! :) Welcome back!!
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- CALLING ALL MEMBERS! Any volunteers to perform on June 2nd for a global awareness gathering? Let us know!!!!! See you Tuesday!!!!!
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- 04/24/07 - Reality check! Not quite as packed as last week, but we still had a great time!!! With 5 songwriters again, and a visit from David Morrison, back from the
guarding the border for us! Great to see you, David! Welcome back!! And an appearance from Michael, who was coming off 9 straight nights slaving away at
'bee's...:) Of course, our Country Crooner was there with ANOTHER new song... geez James... we're gonna need to catch up a little here... ya think? :)
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- 04/17/07 - What a great night! We had 5 songwriters to perform, 2 of which were brand new, and a packed room to perform to! It was really fun! Let's keep it up!!
Pass the word that Tuesday night's are OUR nights! Bring all your friends and come hungry!!!! :)
- Happy Birthday to James!!!! :) Let's take a vote --- who thinks we need to work on his "dog bite" song??? :) :) :)
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- 04/10/07 - It was a slow start to our new Tuesday nights, but those that were there made it a fun night all the same! Make sure to pass the word that we will now be
doing Tuesday nights at 6pm instead of Wednesday!!!
- We also got to meet one of our newest members, and we're hoping Tee will be coming more often and sharing her talent with us!
- Notice the American Idol songwriting contest information listed above... if we're competing with AI, the least we can do is take advantage of it! :)
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- 04/04/07 - We had a great night, and added 4 new members!! It was a really fun time with our regulars and some "new blood"! ;) Also, we saw some people who
just came in for a bite and to listen! Hope the word is getting out. And remember --- WE WILL NOW BE HOLDING TSC on TUESDAYS!!! Pass the word!!!
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- 03/28/07 - We are toying with the idea of switching TSC nights to Tuesday instead of Wednesday... it seems as if that might make it easier for some people to
attend, because Wednesdays are hard for some people to attend. Let us know how you feel about it -- drop either me or Sherry an email and let us know!
- We had a small but enthusiastic crowd this Wednesday! Hope to start April off next week seeing more of you and your friends! :)
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