October 1, 2009
BIG SHOWS!
- This Saturday Oct. 3 we are at the Walton Theatre in Walton NY, very near our aunt Elizabeth who says she is coming!
- Friday Oct. 23 IRON HORSE!!! With Lucy Wainwright Roche opening! YIPPEEEEE!!!
- Saturday Oct. 24 The Egg in Albany. We are opening for Dar Williams! YIPPPPEEEEE!!!!!
- November 6-8 The First EVER Nerissa & Katryna Living It Up in the Garden Creativity Retreat here in Northampton. Just 5 spots are left! For more about this retreat, see below.
Hi Dear Friends,
 We're putting the storm windows up today. Here in New England the maples have turned red and are balding rapidly. HooteNanny has started, and we are getting ready to film some cutie pies dancing to Mango Walk in the hopes of finishing our DVD by Christmas. (A gal can dream...) It's been really fun making this DVD. Last weekend my parents visited us to watch the Pete Seeger Tribute and to play the roles of Granola Gramps and Waffle Woman. We might have to leak some footage on YouTube.
Our kids keep getting bigger. Amelia and William have discovered the Beatles and now know more about who sings what song than we do (almost). Yesterday Katryna and William came over and I played "Your Gonna Lose That Girl" and he sang the backgrounds. Lila made two different drum layouts: a music room version composed of our small drums, and a kitchen version made up of all the big metal pots. She wants to play the violin like her cousin Amelia. Johnny has been shaking a wooden maraca and plucking the strings on my guitar one note at a time. "Young ones stronger," for sure.
Speaking of music and family, we have a contract from Shambala to write a book called All Together Singing In the Kitchen: the Musical Family. It will be a How To and a Why To. Katryna is writing the How To and I am writing the Why To. The book is slated to come out in 2011. We will be asking you periodically questions about your own experiences with music within your families via Facebook and Twitter, so follow us and friend us! On Facebook , we are NerissaandKatryna Nields and on Twitter, we are NerKat.
We loved the Pete Seeger Tribute. My father and mother were holding hands and whispering during Emily Greene's version of "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream." It turns out back in 1961 they realized they were in love (or rather that the feeling was mutual) at a Pete Seeger concert during which he had sung that very song.
Music is it, man.
About that Creativity Retreat! Some specs:
You will arrive at 5:30 on Friday and be greeted by Katryna, Nerissa and various members of Nerissa's family, possibly including George Harrison, unless we can pass him off to Tom's work colleague. You will be fed an amazing meal cooked by us excellent cooks: a meal that is healthy but you'd never know it, it's THAT GOOD! After dinner, we'll go around and introduce ourselves, set intentions and Katryna and I will talk about bringing the creative into your daily life. We'll have our first creative session during which all will write. You can plan on being back at your hotel by 9pm.
Saturday: Arrive at 9:15 for light breakfast, coffee, tea. Weather permitting, Katryna will take the photographers and artists outside while Nerissa works with the writers and musicians inside, but we may all end up together. We'll do one session in the morning, one in the afternoon, with a break for lunch. After another fabulous dinner, we will do some group singing for those inclined!
Sunday we will arrive again at 9:15 and work/play until noon.
All kinds of artists are welcome, and we will craft a program specifically for you.
Cost: $200
Register: here.
Happy October, folks! Enjoy that foliage and planning your Halloween costumes. Lila says she is going to be the Sidewalks of New York.
Love, Nerissa & Katryna
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