Catie Curtis

Hi All,


Lots of great shows are coming up!   Lori McKenna, Mark Erelli, Fred Wilhelm and I will be performing for the Granby Education Foundation in Granby CT on Friday December 4th.  On Saturday the 5th, I'll appear along with special guest Natalia Zuckerman at the Sanctuary Concert series in Chatham, NJ.   I return to the Watercolor Cafe in Larchmont, NY on Tuesday December 8th with special guest singer/songwriter Elana Arian.  Then I head down Virginia: Roanoke on Thursday the 10th and Arlington on Friday the 11th at the Birchmere in a co-bill with the talented Susan Werner!  I will be bringing Elana (on fiddle) and Mark Erelli (on guitar/mandolin) to the Birchmere to accompany me for my final show of 2009!  In January I'm hitting the road with special guest singer/songwriter/cellist Lindsay Mac,  for four shows in the Southeast, from Eddie's Attic in GA to 3 venues in NC: the Grey Eagle, the Evening Muse and the Carrboro Arts Center.  We will sit in on each other's sets, which should make for some very interesting moments of collaborative ingenuity!  check out Lindsay, she's amazing.

Some of you may remember that I dedicated the CD Sweet Life to Lynne Ramsdell, who gave me my first guitar and started me on this path of being a singer/songwriter.  As of a year ago, I had not been able to locate her in order to thank her.   Finally I found someone who could help me--  her nephew Nick.  From there, I discovered that Lynne passed away on December 6, 2008, less than four months after the release of Sweet Life.  This past weekend, I met her brother Clyde, who remembers Lynne giving away her guitar to me all those years ago. He said she always did things for reasons only she could understand, and that she must have really sensed that I needed to play guitar!  She lived adventurously, leaving Maine for Florida where she got a job acting at Disneyworld, and later she moved back to Maine and  discovered a passion for visual art until her passing at age 55.  He shared photos of her at the age when I knew her, and photos from the past few years.   He also gave me a couple prints of some of her artwork.  I uploaded one piece that I particularly love into this newsletter... it's the beautiful blue and mulit-colored weave image.  She was on the verge of getting her work exhibited at a gallery, but didn't get the chance before she died.  Clyde and I decided we would try to get her stuff out there.  More on that later…

News from my 'hood:  
On Thursday, December 3rd, I will be conducting a songwriter symposium with students at Newton North High School (MA).  There will be an evening concert featuring these young artists accompanied by Kevin Barry and me.  This event is open to the public.  In January, I will be performing at the home of Brian and Lindsay O'Donovan in Newton to raise money for a hospice in Zimbabwe.  

Check CatieCurtis.com for more information on all shows!  Event information is also included with this email.  



May your days be merry and bright,
(or if that seems unlikely, try a cup of tea or a hot toddy to make it through the dark, gray, winter cold!)


Catie Curtis