NEWSLETTER #86
by Wendel Werner
HELLO AND WELCOME TO THE WENDEL
WERNER NEWSLETTER #86
Let's start with the exciting news first: THE LONG-AWAITED
CHRISTMAS ALBUM, "LET IT SNOW," WILL BE RELEASED ON FRIDAY DECEMBER 1, 2007 AT
THE ANNUAL WENDEL-DESTROYS-ALL-CHRISTMAS-SONGS CONCERT. 6PM AT THE LAWSON-MCGHEE
LIBRARY IN DOWNTOWN KNOXVILLE, TN. I'm very excited about finally getting this
out after years and years of promising its arrival. Hopefully, you'll be as
excited about it as I am when you hear it.
I seem to be covered up in tour preparations. There are FOUR
within the next ten months. I'll be touring promoting the "Let It Snow" album in
December. (You can see where in the "Calendar" section of my website.) The UT
Singers will be going to Washington DC and back in March. Then I'll be doing the
first leg of a summer tour in June and the second leg in August. So I'm spending
lots of time in front of the comput er sending e-mails, booking performances,
arranging lodging, and seeing who is playing baseball in what town. (That's
essential.) Any suggestion...about performances, that is...will be appreciated.
And now the month of November:
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2007
THE UT SINGERS at LENIOR CITY HIGH SCHOOL
ALL DAY LONG
UT's jazz choir, the UT Singers, will be swinging through a
few area high schools over the span of three days. This is the first of the
three. We will be doing three shows for all of the choral groups at the school.
Thanks to Mr. WIlliamson for making that happen.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2007
CHA CHA'S
7PM-10PM
Since many of you won't be able to make the UT Singers'
performance earlier in this day, you CAN make it up to me by coming to hear me
at Cha Cha's. It's the considerate thing to do, you know.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2007
UT SINGERS AT OAK RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL
AFTERNOON
Day two. I think we'll be doing a couple of shows here. One
before school ends and one AFTER school ends. Thanks to Ms. Ragan for making
this happen.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2007
SHARON MOSBY W/WENDEL WERNER, TERRY SCHMIDT, AND DAVID SLACK
BECK CENTER
6PM-8:30pm
$6
Should you not be able to make the UT Singers' performance
that day, you can make it up to me by coming to hear Ms. Mosby at the Beck
Center. If you have heard her before, you know how much fun her performances
are. This one promises to be just as fun. And with Terry on sax and Dave on
bass, it's hard for things to go wrong.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2007
THE UT SINGERS at FULTON HIGH SCHOOL
MORNING
Day
three. We will be performing for one of the choral groups at the school. Thanks
to Ms. Scoggins for making that happen.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2007
THE UT SINGERS at the UT VOLS EXHIBITION BASKETBALL GAME
7PM
Should you not be able to make it to hear the UT Singers'
earlier in the day, you can make it up to us by coming to the UT men's
basketball game that night. The UT Singers will be singing the national anthem
for the game. Then we will be relaxing and enjoying the game.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2007
TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
8:45AM AND 11AM
Apparently, November is the Wendel-in-your-church month as well. It seems
that I've been hired to play at a church almost every Sunday this month. This
time it's Trinity United Methodist. This is the doing of their music director,
Sheryl Howard. If I don't play well, it's her fault.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2007
BEARDEN HIGH SCHOOL'S PRODUCTION OF "CRAZY FOR YOU."
7:30PM
I'm playing some keyboard parts for this show. I haven't been
to the rehearsals yet, but the music is all Gershwin stuff, so it already fun.
The talented Leslie Graves will be subbing for me on the next day...but I'll get
to that.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2007
CONCORD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
8:45AM & 11AM
MY RETURN TO CONCORD METHODIST CHURCH!! This is where I
worked for seven years prior to this past January. This is the place that
"Concord" from the "One Sitting" album is written about. I went back when Alan
Eleazer and I had the release party for the "Old Wine-New SKins" album. But that
wasn't a Sunday morning. I'll be playing for the regular services, so don't look
for me where I used to be in the contemporary services. I'll be a little more
formal this time around.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2007
WARTBURG PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
FREE CONCERT
3PM
Later in the day, I 'll be driving to Wartburg. A good friend
of mine named Carolyn Anderson has become the pastor out there and I asked if
there was anything I could do for her. This was her answer. She suggested to the
church that I come and play something during a service some morning. The church
said.."Let's just make it a concert!!" The church is asking people coming to
bring canned food to be donated to needy families.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2007
CHA CHA'S
7PM-10PM
What if I promise to play nothing but
your favorite music...will you come then?
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2007
FARRAGUT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
8AM AND 11AM
It seems that Wendel-in-your-church month continues at
Farragut Pres. This is due to their music director, Angie Batey. She's planning
on having me come and play something with the choir KNOWING that I'm not going
to play anything in the music. I think she LIKEs doing this to people.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2007
CHA CHA'S
7PM-10PM
It's after Thanksgiving!! That means, I'll
start adding Christmas music into the line up as of this evening.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2007
JOINT CHRISTMAS CONCERT: WENDEL WERNER AND SENSATIONS (show choir of Walters
State Community College)
WALTER STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AUDITORIUM
7pm
Sensations will be doing an arrangement of mine as well as
other jazz version of holiday songs. There will also be some solo performances
from jazz students of mine. And on top of all that, I've found that many people
remember some of the crazy things I did last year...because they are asking
about them again. It will be a fun evening. Please come support these students
by hearing what they have been working so hard to produce.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2007
THE ANNUAL WENDEL-DESTROYS-CHRISTMAS CONCERT w/special guest LESLIE GRAVES
RELEASE PARTY FOR THE NEW CHRISTMAS ALBUM, "LET IT SNOW"
LAWSON-MCGHEE LIBRARY-DOWNTOWN KNOXVILLE
6PM-8:30PM
If there is one performance I do all year that everyone asks
about, it's this one. It surprises me that it has become this big a deal, but
the place is always packed. This is one of those performances where arriving
early will be a very good thing. On top of all that, not only will the new
album, "Let It Snow" be available, but this concert will also mark the return of
my good friend LESLIE GRAVES to the library. The last time Leslie was there, we
did an evening of duets and had a blast. The reason THAT performance came about
was because of us having so much fun in last year's Wendel-destroys-Christmas
concert. SO...she HAD to come back. It might have to end up being a ritual.
Last month, I asked for your help in this manner..
Alright, that's November. Again, please let me know directly if you have been
having issues with ordering something through my website.
wendelwerner@hotmail.com
Since then, I had several people come to me and say, "Yeah, I
had trouble but I didn't e-mail." Some said, "I DID e-mail. You didn't get it?"
I'd like to get this solved by the time the new cd comes out. SO, let's try
this: if you have had issues with ordering something online, PLEASE e-mail me at
THIS address:
wendelvon@yahoo.com
Thanks for your help and support.
Wendel Werner