Blues Music friends

Monday, June 25, 2012

DRY BONES BLUES IX FATHER'S DAY AT UNION GOSPEL MISSION

JUNE 17TH 2012

DON KING BLUES BAND
www.mnblues.com/  dapc.org

ZJACKRABITTSLIM

DON KING BLUES BAND

ECHO STREET BAND
AL BEWARE KFAI
 
BRANDON SCOTT SELLNER

    



RUSTY NAILS




Thursday, June 7, 2012

Dry Bones Blues Revue
Sunday Father's Day June 17, 2012 noon til 6:00 P.M.Union Gospel Mission at 435 University Ave. (Hwy's 52, 94 ,I-35E) East Railroad Island) ( St. Paul, Minnesota 55130, free family event from Noon until 6 P.M.
Bring a Lawn Chair!!!
Information 651-491-6286
  Free Parking One Block west of Mission
Compliments Meritex Corperation
Free will offering only!
Noon  
DON KING BAND
1:00 PM ECHO STREET
2:00 PM
ZJACKRABBITTSLIM / BRANDON SCOTT SELLNER
RUBBABLUESBAND / BANJOTOM
4:00 PM
COLD SWET /  LITTLE WILLIE TAYLOR 
5:00 PM
RUSTY NAILS

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Dry Bones VIX Blues Review At The St. Paul Union Gospel Mission

Dry Bones Blues Review 

Our first outdoor Live Blues Music  Festival

Rain or shine plan to cover bad weather we'll just move into air condition Venve

435 University Avenue East 

Saint Paul Minnesota

I-94  35W  Phaylon Exit  Lafayette & Hwy 52 by Ramsey County Jail
Free Parking On Olive and University one block West of Mission

Sunday Father's Day June 17th Noon until 6:00

Free Event
       Order of play to be on the hour starting at noon with Don King Blues Band,  Echo Street Blues, Zjackrabbitslim Blues Band with Brandon Scott Snellner, RubbaBluesBand with Banjotom  Cold Swet R/B Horn Band. Rusty Nails Rock Blues, have been invited to play in this years Dry Bones Blues (Festival) Review At the St Paul Minnesota Union Gospel Mission 435 University Ave East St. Paul Minnesota on Father's Day June 17th 2012 Noon until 6:00PM. This is a Free Saint Paul Community Family Event! Our fiscal agent this year is Saint Paul East Side Neighborhood Development Company Sponsors include North East Neighborhood Development Corporation, City Of St. Paul, Kendall's Ace Hardware on Arcade, Minnesota Music Cafe on Payne Ave, Christ Recovery Center, Anthony Louis & On-Belay  Treatment Center, Christ RecoveryCenter,  Guitar Center Roseville, Serley Manufacturing Company. Music Patrons: John Broadrick, Joanne Tromazak-Neid. Parking by Meritex Corperation. We Have also received a Community Organization Planning Project Grant (COPP) to help defray event costs. Note: Band play times are subject to change.This is the ninth Dry Bones  by Sober Rose Productions. Free will offerings only!  Bring a Lawn Chair but plenty of green grass for blankets

Program Planner is Tom Hilber (Cell) 651-491-6286 (e-mail) banjotomh@aol.com

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Dry Bones Meeting 12:30 PM Wednesday Feb.1st 2012

Dayton Avenue Presbyterian Church: Dayton Avenue At Mackubin Street. off I-94 south on Dale to Dayton. Discussion and working group on Dry Bones Blues Festival VIII To be held April 21th 2012 noon until 6PM

DRY BONES BLUES FESTIVAL VIII

Saint Paul's Dayton Ave. Presbyterian Church on Dayton & Mackubin Street off Dale from interstate I-94 Will again Sponsor with our city, business partners and patrons a FREE COMMUNITY EVENT.
The Dry Bone Blues Festival VIII  (previous event held at St. Paul Methodist Recover Church, SOS Social Club,St. Paul Union Gospel Mission men's Shelter) will be Held Saturday April 28th noon until Six PM with music & food on the venue. This is a family friendly event cellibrating sobriety & recover from addictions and dependency. You are invited to help spread the word, sponsor a band and of cource attend the event with your loved ones. Event Planner is Tom Hilber at 651-491-6286 or on the internet at Banjotomh@aol or drybonesbluesfestival.blogspot.com. This is a community development project all are invited we sport a cutural heritage facility in a diverse neighborhood and in the most lovible city in the country Saint Paul Minnesota.

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Final Dry Bones Blues Review financial report June 20, 2011 and commentary
                                                     Event
     The Dry Bones Blues (festival) Review was held this past Sunday at the Bethel Hotel Men’s shelter Chapel at the Union Gospel Mission on Father’s day, June 20, 2011.   The union Gospel Mission is at 435 University Avenue, The event was from noon until 6:00 P.M. in St Paul Minnesota
                                                    Musicians
      Echo Street, Big River Blues Band, Detroit Don King Blues Band, The RubbaBluesBand (one word), Dee Miller Blues Band, and Four On The floor played to 70 registered (documented attendance) to a hundred homeless men/women  and a few good and generous stalwart community Blue music lovers.  We had 30 musicians perform during the event.  Minnesota Blues Music Society Had a display
                                                     Sponsors/Patrons
     Music patrons who donated generously the day of the event in the amount of $207.00 dollars to help match a community organizational planning project grant (COPP) from Dan Bostrom $500.00 and the St. Paul City Council. Former Council member Karl Neid $100.00, Joanne Tromaczak-Neid, neighborhood music patron Donna Brown $125.00, St. Paul School Board Member John Brodrick $100.00, Dayton Avenue Presbyterian Community outreach grant 150.00, Karen Palm Minnesota Music Café Payne Avenue,  door prizes of $150.00 from (Sandy) at Burger King  Arcade $58.00. Maryland Avenue, (Dan) Magnolias Restaurant 35.00, (Angie) Dari-ette Drive Inn $30.00, (Kevin& Joe) Cub Foods 25.00
                                                        Expenses
Each of 5 Bands were paid $200.00 by check (5x200=$1000.00).  Drummers for RBB ( Rick B. Tommy P) were paid cash   ($25.00each =50.00) out of gate receipts  further  Tom Hilber, Zeke B. and Dan E. were also later paid cash 50.00 each for playing guitar for RBB during the day of the event.  DAPC  DBBR acct. paid out 69.15 to the Good Guys for sound equipment repairs prior to the event taking place.  We have an outstanding bill of $132.00 at Good Guys for sound equipment repair which will be paid by community Planner out of pocket expense.
                                                    Promotions
 Flyers, posters and news releases were internet emails; web site (drybonesbluesfestival.blogspot.com) text messages, and sponsors web sites announcements, church bulletins were utilized to promote the event. Family Place Shelter , Naomi Women’s Shelter,  Emma Norton women’s Shelter, Mary Hall, Listening Center, Dorothy Day Center , AA Clubs, Christ Recovery Center were all invited to participate in the event.  A Television production (Lemmy O Show channel 17 cable access) was tape and aired Thursday June 9th with Al B. Ware hosting program planner for the Dry Bones with Tom Hilber and featuring a fifteen minute segment with Mikil Louis from Star Time Band.  History of Dry Bones displayed at the event.
                                                        Special Thanks

 North East Neighborhood Development Corporation printing computer time, Past/current support Kendall at Ace Hardware, Melissa at Anthony Louis, Mike Smith Guitar Center Roseville, and Ken Douglas SOS Social Club tickets and, belatedly, to Mikil Louis for keeping the live music live!!!!!
                                                         Sad Note to add…
     Sadly Mikil Louis Passed away the day before the Dry Bones (6.18, 2011) event was to be held. Mikil was a performer /promoter and good musician known to many St. Paul musicians. Mikil (Mickey MaCalab). Another blues man gone home!