From verndon at aol.com Mon Mar 5 17:47:33 2007 From: verndon at aol.com (Caldwell Gray) Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 17:47:33 -0500 Subject: [Cravindogs] This Friday, March 9 - Jammin' Java Message-ID: Howdy Folks, We'll be yapping up a storm this Friday, March 9 @ Jammin' Java - which has just been voted by washingtonpost.com readers as the 4th best place to hear live music in the DC area! Come check out this excellent listening room while grooving to the Dogs and our pals the WD Miller Band who open the show at 8 PM. The Dogs will go on at 9:30 PM. Very psyched to rock out in Vienna! Hope to see you there. cheers, CDs Friday, March 9 Cravin' Dogs (9:30 PM) and the WD Miller Band (8 PM) Jammin' Java 227 Maple Ave E Vienna, VA 22180 703/255-1566 All ages. $10 For more info visit cravindogs.com. CDs and digital downloads available at cdbaby.com and the itunes music store. = Bookings & Publicity: verndon at aol.com 703.798.3647 cell -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.wooz.org/pipermail/cravindogs/attachments/20070305/98f6b425/attachment.htm From verndon at aol.com Thu Mar 29 10:45:56 2007 From: verndon at aol.com (Caldwell Gray) Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:45:56 -0400 Subject: [Cravindogs] Strathmore - Wednesday, April 18 - Artist in Residence Performance Message-ID: Caldwell Gray with special guest Cravin' Dogs Wednesday, April 18, 7:30-9:00 PM The Shapiro Music Room The Mansion at Strathmore 10701 Rockville Pike North Bethesda, Maryland All ages. $10 This special performance is part of the Strathmore Artist in Residence Program. Alpha Dog Caldwell Gray will be presenting a commissioned work that evening as well as more new songs with Cravin? Dogs and other special guests. We're very excited to have the opportunity to play in the historic Corby Mansion (more info and history included below). And while you?re there be sure to enjoy the wonderful gallery exhibits and gift shop. The Music Room only holds 100 and the show will likely sell out in advance, so please plan to purchased tickets ahead of time. For ticket info, directions and more info on Strathmore, visit www.strathmore.org or call (301) 581-5100x1 (no service charge!!). NEXT FULL DOG SHOW - FRIDAY, MAY 4 @ CHICK HALL'S SURF CLUB For more info visit www.cravindogs.com Thanks! CDs Cravin' Dogs verndon at aol.com 703.798.3647 cell ************************************** A Brief History of Strathmore The Mansion at Strathmore is one of Maryland?s most gracious homes for the arts?a home first created on August 14, 1899 when prominent Washingtonian Captain James Frederick Oyster and his wife purchased the land and began to form the foundation of the mansion. Working under the guidance of architect Appleton P. Clark, Jr., the Oyster?s nine-bedroom summer home was constructed in a Colonial Revival style. The Oysters enjoyed their summer home until August 1908, at which time they sold the house and 99 acres to Charles I. Corby, a business professional who had patented machinery and techniques that would revolutionize the baking industry. After Charles Corby?s death in 1926, his wife, Hattie, remained in the residence until her death in October 1941. Land records show that on July 23, 1943 two parcels of the original Corby estate, including the mansion, were conveyed to St. Mary?s Academy, who developed the Corby mansion as a convent and school named St. Angela Hall. In April 1977, the Sisters sold the mansion and remaining 30 acres to the American Speech-Language- Hearing Association for use as its headquarters. The story of Strathmore as a destination for the arts begins in 1979, when ASHA relinquished the mansion and eleven acres of land to Montgomery County, Maryland. Shortly thereafter, the house was renamed Strathmore Hall and an agreement was made with the newly created Strathmore Hall Foundation, Incorporated to develop the mansion and grounds as Montgomery County?s first center for the arts. After extensive restoration, Strathmore opened its doors to the public in 1983. In 1988, Strathmore dedicated its Gudelsky Gazebo to celebrate its fifth anniversary. This classically-styled six-column, copper-roofed structure can hold up to 30 musicians for outdoor concerts. More renovations of the mansion in 1997 added a new state-of-the-art gallery, an expanded gift shop and an improved mansion exterior. Over the past 21 years under the visionary leadership of President & CEO Eliot Pfanstiehl, Strathmore has hosted more than 5,000 artists and hundreds of thousands of guests at its signature exhibitions, concerts, teas, educational events and outdoor festivals. The Mansion currently consists of the 100-seat Dorothy M. and Maurice C. Shapiro Music Room, the Strathmore Tea Room, the Shop at Strathmore, the Gudelsky Concert Pavilion and Gazebo, and the first floor galleries and Gudelsky Gallery Suite for Strathmore Fine Art. In April of 2001, a long-time dream was realized when Strathmore broke ground on a new 1,976-seat concert hall and education center? the Music Center at Strathmore. Supported by a public and private venture between the State of Maryland, Montgomery County, and corporate and individual philanthropists, the Music Center at Strathmore boasts unprecedented partnerships between Strathmore, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Washington Performing Arts Society, National Philharmonic, Levine School of Music, CityDance Ensemble, and Maryland Classic Youth Orchestra. Architects William Rawn Associates Architects, Inc., acousticians Kirkegaard Associates, theater designers Theatre Project Consultants? the same team that designed Seiji Oszawa Hall at Tanglewood for the Boston Symphony Orchestra?and associate architects Grimm & Parker of Calverton, MD, join together to create a 1,976-seat concert space that is warm, embracing, and acoustically superb. Strathmore will continue its mission of nurturing art, artists, and community through creative and diverse programming of the highest quality in the new 1,976-seat concert hall and education complex, the Music Center at Strathmore, as well. Learn More: A History of Performance Programs at Strathmore A History of Fine Art Programs at Strathmore -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.wooz.org/pipermail/cravindogs/attachments/20070329/d40c94e4/attachment.htm