June show date ALMOST hammered down...

Hi folks and fans-

My diligence is paying off for you! I have some REALLY great artists interested in our Summer house concert series for 2010.

PLEASE pencil in FRIDAY JUNE 18 and SATURDAY JUNE 19 for our first summer concert. There are some final details to take care of before I can post the actual date, but it will be one of those. As soon as the date is finalized I'll let you know and you can INK it onto your calendar. This concert will be a POTLUCK dinner at 6PM followed by the show at 7PM.

Be aware, that our seating will be maxed out at about 40 seats, so when you want to attend it's best if you contact me ASAP so that I can reserve your seat. Once we get past 40 reservations I'll start putting people on the waiting list. In that event I would contact the waiting list (IN ORDER)whenever I get a cancellation.

FINALLY - the donation suggestion will be $12 per person for each show. That includes the pot luck dinner and the show! No one under 18 years of age please... BIG FUN, little cost...

If this is your first foray into the house concert experience... WELCOME! You are really going to enjoy it! Comment here with any questions or comments and I'll get back to you.

Be sure to bookmark this page (or subscribe), and also join the email list at http://www.reverbnation.com/venue/hitthouseconcertseries so you don't miss any important information. Thanks! Looking forward to serving up some food fun and music!

Tom - cyclingtroll@gmail.com

As grandpa says when the rollercoaster starts... "Here we go!"

OK - I am establishing my first contacts with some very talented musicians that you WON'T want to miss! Now I need to get the invitations out - and I need your help! If you're interested in attending our house concert series, I really need an email address from you. I will not email you anything unless it pertains to an upcoming event.

If you're not sure what to expect at a house concert, please take a few minutes and view the video in the sidebar- and thanks to http://concertsinyourhome.com for producing it!

You can shoot me an email, or just enter your email address into the "Join the mailing list" widget in the sidebar. Laurie and I are looking forward to seeing you, and presenting some fabulous live music! Thanks!!

Tom Hitt
cyclingtroll@gmail.com

Welcome music lovers!

Laurie and I are prepared to venture into the musical torrent of hosting house concerts. We had an opportunity to test these waters years ago with our friends Don and Kate, with great success! Come June we will be hosting our first concert for 2010.

You can always check here for current information and concert schedules. Thanks for checking in! Hope you can come by this summer and share in some great live entertainment!

Tom

Some details for musicians

I'm currently hammering out the details of what visiting musicians and fans (audience members) can expect at the HHCS.

Performing musicians will have a free room, at least one free meal (we are a house full of good cooks!), all of the donations from audience members, and an area to display and sell their merchandise.

At this point most visitors to this blog will be musicians, so if you're interested in performing here please contact me. We plan to begin the 2010 series in June. Thanks!

Tom Hitt

It begins

Greetings! Thanks for stopping by.

Laurie and I are starting a House Concert series right here in Fairview PA. The main goal is to give friends, neighbors and fans a place to enjoy great live music without having to deal with noisy bars, noisy coffee machines, and all the other distractions that occur in traditional live music venues.

An equally important goal is to provide talented musicians the opportunity to play for folks who are genuinely interested in hearing their music!

I will be using this blog to keep communication open between artists, fans and volunteers. I will be posting the schedules here, and I welcome all comments and suggestions as we move through this process.

Again, thanks for stopping by. Please bookmark this page, or better yet, drop it into your RSS reader so you don't miss any entries. I'm really looking forward to the beginning of the 2010 series, and I hope you are too!

Tom Hitt -- cyclingtroll@gmail.com