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Open Mic Event

Thanks to All For Making Our Open-Mic Night a Great Success!

Jean Evans Joyce writes:

“The Open Mike Event tonight was an unbelievable amount of hometown talent! We had 13 individuals or groups come out to show us their talent. These were all original songs that they wrote and performed. 
Both 1st and 2nd places winners turned around and donated the cash prizes back to Lemon Bay Historical Society for Our Green Street Church. What a wonderful night !!”

Here are just a few pictures from the performance…

 

1st Place….Jack Mosley. Winning $50 cash prize donated by Suncoast Writers Guild.
3rd Place ….Went to youngest performer tonight Luca Gracia. Luca won a Lemon Bay Historical Society t-shirt.
2nd Place ….”Sweet Fever” (Chris Golly, Andrew Garcia and James Salaway) They won a $25 cash prize donated by The Englewood Little Band of Writers.

PRESS RELEASE:

Thanks to All For Making Our Open-Mic Night a Great Success!

When Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize for “poetic expression in the American song-writer tradition”, song-writers all over Englewood held their heads a little higher.

On January 24th at 7pm, they got the chance to share their songs for a good cause – namely The Historic Green Street Church and Museum.  This local landmark offers an intimate venue with unique architecture that contributes to great acoustics. The building is owned by the Lemon Bay Historical Society and all proceeds from this event will go toward the building’s preservation and maintenance.

All singer-song-writers were welcome. Songs had to be original and family-friendly. Audience members were encouraged to “vote” for their favorites with cash donations and there were prizes for the songs that raised the most money.

Among the prizes sponsored by local organizations and businesses, was a $50 cash award sponsored by the Suncoast Writers Guild, Inc. “Songwriters are among the many kinds of writers our guild encourages.” Said Kari Burgess, the guild’s President.

In 2009 members of this local writers group formed a band and called themselves Englewood’s Little Band of Writers (ELBOW). They are frequent performers at the Green Street Church, leading community sing-alongs and adding music to original productions.

“There are so many singer-song-writers in our community,” said Linda Lou Lewis, founding member of ELBOW. They are performing at local restaurants, gathering for weekly jam sessions. Some are singing at church or with family and some just sit alone in their living rooms and sing their songs.”

This event was a chance for us all to get together, share and celebrate what we do. It was also a chance for the community to hear some great homegrown “American” music while they help to preserve a piece of Englewood history.

(Photos courtesy Jean Evans Joyce)

Samantha Gentrup‎ writes:
“A fabulous open-mic night to raise money for Green Street Church Historical Building.”
She posted these photos…

Newsletter December 2016

Dates to Remember:

Dec. 20 7 PM Historic Green St. Church “Christmas Sing A Long” with The Englewood Little Band of Writers. If you play an instrument, feel free to join in and play with the Band.

Jan. 24 7 PM Historic Green St. Church Regular Meeting and Program

Feb. 11 Cracker Fair 10 AM to 4PM

Feb. 28 7 PM Historic Green St. Church Regular Meeting and Program

Mar. 28 7 PM Historic Green St. Church Regular Meeting and Program

April 25 7 PM Historic Green St. Church Regular Meeting and Program

 

November Meeting:

At the November meeting, the following Directors were elected to the Board, Don Bayley; Charlie Hicks; Esther Horton and Janet Landis. Charlie and Esther have served for years and we welcome Don and Janet. Also at the November meeting, Dr. John Flowers, Englewood’s first dentist and a well-known photographer, gave a humorous recollection of his years in Englewood. The early part of his practice was mainly pulling teeth and he decided he wanted to save teeth so he educated the citizens on proper dental hygiene. Thank you, Dr. Flowers. Dentists were few and far between on the southwest coast of Florida at that time. Englewood was very lucky to have his services.

 

Dues:

Dues are due. Please send your check for single – $15, family – $20 to LBHS, P.O. Box 1245, Englewood, FL 34295.

Come to the December meeting, join in the Sing A Long, check out our new Christmas tree, pay your dues and get in the Christmas spirit.

 

Art Show:

The OEVA Art Show was Dec. 3 & 4, 10 AM to 4PM. Thank you to all who worked at our booth. Set up and take down, Charlie Hicks, Dwayne Karsten and the Garretts. Manning the booth, Don Bayley, Janet Landis, Cathy Mrasak, Linda Schilke and Nancy Wille. The Art Show was the debut of our revised “Then and Now” book. Nancy Wille worked very hard taking pictures of scenes that had changed since the first publication in 2011 as well as reshooting some pictures that were a little fuzzy. She is a talented person as well as a great asset to the Board. The book’s debut at the Art Show almost didn’t happen. Nancy sent it to the printer and was assured it would be ready for the show. When she received the books on Wednesday before the show, they were printed incorrectly. The wrong button had been pushed at the printers. Oops! Alta Systems Inc. in Gainesville reprinted the books and overnighted them so we had them on Friday.

 

Website:

Check out the web site, www.lemonbayhistory.com. Don Bayley has done a great job of updating the site. There is also a link to Lemon Bay Fest, Cracker Fair vendors’ applications, Dessert Contest entries and information on the Society. Thank you Don.

 

Future Programs/Cracker Fair:

Esther Horton would welcome any suggestions for future programs. Cracker Fair is happening on February 11, 2017. Please put it on your calendars and volunteer to help.