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ANN PASCOE NEWSLETTER 2/08
APRIL 2008
Editor: Bob Dyer : [email protected]

It's here! Finally another newsletter for 2008. It's feeling like autumn and we're four months into
the 'new' year!
Just to update, the year started well with Ann and OLDOGS involved with the Festival of the
Lights in Pukekura Park in New Plymouth. A fine evening and a good crowd.
Maureen and Allan Webster came to stay and Allan also sang with OLDOGS in the park, and
with an invitation to sing at the Pirongia Country Music Club for Allan, the OLDOGS were
loaded on the truck too and they all went through for the day trip and made very welcome by the
club, on its first club day for the new year.
Then it was on to the Marton Festival with a great line up of New Zealand and Australian artists.
Ann among others, received an invitation to go to the States in August, via Americans Bob and
Sheila Everhart.

Then with Allan, Ann helped entertain at concerts in Ngarawahia and then at Te Awamutu in the Waikato.

LATEST ALBUM
In the meantime, March 10th release, Ann's latest album "Somewhere Between Memories &
Dreams" was taken up for distribution and sales, by Jayrem. Jayrem artists include Cattlestop
and Camille Te Nahu & Stuie French.
It's been satisfying to have radio inquiries and feed back from overseas about the new album,
so Agent Bob has been busy mailing discs overseas, including Australia, Sweden, Austria and
America.

CATALOGUE MUSIC
While not knowing how results are achieved or if it's just a sales pitch, it was somewhat uplifting,
to say the least, to see "I'm Doing Fine" album, placed on the DoubleDay Music Direct
catalogue charts Top 40 at 17. "How ever the charts are made up, it sure looked good on
there," says Ann. Receiving her first major royalties cheque from Rajon who distributed "I'm
Doing Fine" also looked pretty good too, she says!

ALBUM IN PROGRESS
Contrary to a comment that artists only put out a "Best of..." album "when retiring or dead, don't

they?" Ann has been advised that it is a good move to do a 'back catalogue' of the best
songs
from her albums, and 10 tracks have been carefully selected and two new songs
added, for
more interest. Watch this space, for developments on The Best of Ann Pascoe.

EASTER SHOW
On Easter Sunday, Ann and OLDOGS travelled to Foxton, to share major entertaining with

Freddy Mercury (aka Steve Larkin) at the Foxton Easter Festival. It was a huge fair, and
with the
great weather, amazingly the coolest place was on the stage singing to a very
receptive
audience who braved the heat and sat and listened. With an excellent sound
system, the music
could be heard all over Easton Park, anyway. And it was said, when the
wind blew the right way,
it can be heard as far away as Shannon!

This time OLDOGS consisted of a few temporary changes and the line up was Charley Winter,
of New Plymouth ..board. Kevin Joyce, Morrinsville, the usual OLDOGS lead guitarist
handed over that honour to New Plymouth's Dave Nepia, and did the drumming, and Mark
Corbett on bass guitar kept everyone in order. As usual!

RAINBOW RANCH KIDS

Yes, you are right! The ones you saw on TVNZ Close Up programme recently, were invited to
do a few songs at the fair, while they worked for donations, to fund their upcoming trip to sing
over in the States in August. OLDOGS stepped in behind the "kids" and ably backed them
giving the kids a good sound.
PAIHIA COUNTRY ROCK FESTIVAL

For the festival up north, May 9/10/11 OLDOGS will be back to the originals - with Noddy Curd,
Kevin and Mark handling the music.
MERRILANDS CMC 20TH BIRTHDAY

Joy Adams and Ray Solomon were guests at the birthday celebrations on the 12th April, and
they too, will be at Paihia, Joy having American David Cline with her, as well.
NORFOLK ISLAND COUNTRY MUSIC

Once back from Paihia, it will be time, 10 days later for Ann to board the plane with the Dennis
Marsh Tour and head to the country music festival in Norfolk Island for a week. "I keep hearing
about this fabulous week in Norfolk each year, so I just have to go along and see for myself,"
says Ann.
TLC RADIO

Selecting and formatting music for the six country radio stations, keeps Ann busy. Updating
webpages for Dennis Marsh, Moore Country and her own, also take her time.

LOCAL ENTERTAINING
Invited to be a guest artist at various places, and singing around the local resthomes, keeps
Ann in practise and singing all the time. Something which she enjoys.
And there has been some songwriting too. It seems a funny, or a clever phrase starts her
off - and a new song is soon born!
If you think you'd like to have Ann sing at your club or on your show, let Ann know
[email protected] or contact me, [email protected] and we'll see what we can arrange.
That seems to be it for now, so I will sign off and we'll have another newsletter soon.
BoB