March 18th

     Wow, it's been nearly three months since I posted a personal message!  Where does the time go? 

     Some news to report:  Sometime this summer, it sounds like we are going to do a concert for South Dakota PBS television.  It's going to be with the Split Pea Band, and we're going to do mostly material off of our CDs.  (That means, we're going to have to re-learn a lot of stuff that we haven't done live in years!)  As far as comedy, we can do some, but as usual, the copyright problem comes into play with the parodies, so a lot of our live comedy show will be off limits.  Right now, we're just in the preliminary stages, but we're already talking about adding a string section, background singers, etc. plus having some old friends make guest appearances as well.  It should be a blast!!

    Second, the Sioux Falls Canaries, our local American Association Baseball team, announced that August 2nd is Cartwright Brothers Bobblehead night.  1000 Cartwright Brothers bobblehead dolls are being given away at that night's baseball game.  This is quite an honor for us!  Previous bobbleheads have included famous South Dakotan's George McGovern, Pat O'Brien, Cheryl Ladd, Barbara Bach and Tom Brokaw.  We were very excited, and grinning from ear to ear when we found out we were being "bobbleheaded."  I haven't seen them yet, but I can't wait.  I'll bet they look hilarious. So, if you want to heckle the Cartwright Brothers in the comfort of your own home, come to Canaries stadium on August 2nd and grab our bobbleheads.  We'll be playing a show at the stadium that night, as well, so I hope to see you there!