Halloween

Hey everybody, or at least the 2 of you who read this drivel, Saturday is the Roadhouse for Halloween! Prizes for best costumes and it promises to be a lot of fun. What better way to break up the fall months than to spend some time at the Roadhouse with the Shakers!

October

Well, Bud's birthday came and went and no one got hurt. We had a good night at the Windbreak and it was nice to see a lot of familiar faces. The following night at NDSU for Spinster Skip was a very good night also. They treated us great and the load in and load out crew were wonderful. If it hadn't been for them, we would still be loading equipment in and out of the elevator. We play the West Fargo VFW on October 16-17. We are looking forward to seeing Richard and the gang. After that, it is the Sandbar on Friday, October 23 and then the Roadhouse on Halloween.

Bud's Birthday

Hello Shaker fans(both of you). We have a big event coming up. Bud's birthday will be celebrated at the Windbreak on Friday, September 25. Want to know how many rings around the tree for Bud? You will have to ask him. It should be fun and we are only there the one night so we hope you show up. Who knows, we might even make him employee of the week!

It was nice to be back at Hagge's in Mapleton last Saturday. Good to see Gar and the gang and we are looking forward to NY's Eve there.

My biannual blog entry

Well it has been only 6 months since my last entry so about time to write Shakers stuff again that only my relatives and band members will read. Where do I start?? How about with this past winters vacation when Dave got a tattoo. I think there were a few Dos Equis involved. Check out the picture.

Since then, we have played about 4-5 times a month. The Roadhouse on the 3rd of July was as busy as I ever seen the place and was a great time. It also seems like the last time the temperature was above 68.

Speaking of the Roadhouse, we will be back there on August 29 for our last time at the club this summer. However, make your Halloween plans because that is where we will be on October 31!

Speaking of plans, we are pleased to announce we will be back at Hagge's in Mapleton on September 12 and then again on New Years Eve. It is a great place to bring in the new year!

One other thing to put on your schedule.....Bud's birthday bash will be at the Windbreak on Friday, September 25. We are there only the one night so we hope you will come out and celebrate Bud's big day. Want to guess how old he will be? The winner will get...................absolutely nothing! All I am going to say is that it will be a big one.

I think it is time for my nap now as I think I have expended too many brain cells on this post. Hope to see you soon!

FeBRRRRRRRuary

As I write this, it is 5 days until vacation. Drummer Dave and his wife and my wife and I will be traveling to the Caribbean for 15 sunfilled(hopefully) days. The picture is of Dave and myself becoming one with the ocean from last year. We hate cold weather so we are not playing much this winter. The next open to the public gig will be at the Roadhouse on February 28. It is always a fun place for us to play and we hope a lot of you will come out and say hi. The Windbreak is our new Fargo-Moorhead home and we thank Mike and his staff for treating us great 2 weeks ago and we look forward to returning there the weekend of March 13-14.

If there are any songs you would like us to learn, please let us know. Even though we didn't play last weekend, Bud Fontes still finished last in the voting for "Shakers Employee of the week". I am sworn to secrecy as far as the winner goes.

December & Trixie is Shakers Employee of the week

The Roadhouse was hopping last Saturday. Janet McEvers celebrated her 40th birthday and a bunch of her friends were there to join in. Her birthday is not until Christmas Eve so it looks Janet just got an early start.

December looks busy for us as a private party on Friday and again on Monday. The Windbreak is the 19th & 20th and we are looking forward to it.

I have had some people ask if New Years Eve at the Wahpeton Armory for St. Francis Medical Center is open to the public. Yes it is. You can get tickets at the door but they suggest reserving ahead of time. If you are interested, call Becky at 218-643-0410.

The Shakers Employee of the week goes to Trixie, who only performs with the band on a few special occasions, celebrating Janet's birthday at the Roadhouse being one of them. Not sure why we are giving the Trixie, probably because that is the only picture we have of the night. Once again, Bud Fontes finished last in the balloting for breaking his practice CD on the way home from the gig. Turns out he sat on it. Had it less than 6 hours. Practice is tonight so will let you know how that goes.

Hagge's

Saturday, November 15 we will be at Hagge's in Mapleton, ND. It is too late to hope for warm weather so instead we hope we don't get snow, or worse yet, freezing rain. This will be our last appearance there until 2009 so come on out and say hi!

I almost forgot. Donny was once again named Employee of the Week. This time he fixed our light control box. What a glamorous job it is! I thought I should get it for suggesting he fix it but I lost out in the final tally. I would call for a recount but all the judges are tied up with this Coleman/Franken issue.