X-Session, Unfiltered

This Friday night, the 19th of October, we can be found at JC’s Restaurant, 2 Country Club Dr., Manorville.  Yes, it’s on the grounds of a country club but you needn’t wear knickers and a houndstooth cap and be toting a niblick or a mashie!  What I mean is, the place is a lot of fun and it’s open to the public so come on down. We go from 9 until midnight.  (I’ll bet there’s a lot of Googling “niblick” and “mashie” thanks to me now!)

On Saturday night, October 20th, The Dix Hills Center For The Performing Arts will play host to the second annual John Lennon Birthday Celebration in which we will once again be taking part. The concert features a dozen or so Long Island-based bands/solo artists each performing a song from Lennon’s solo career. I believe Newsday will be giving the concert some coverage in this Wednesday’s edition though I’m not sure if it will be in the form of an ad, a write-up, or both. They requested a picture of us for that purpose. Anyway, tickets are 20 bucks — the proceeds earmarked for the Five Towns College general scholarship fund — and are available by calling the DHPAC at 631-656-2148. Click on www.dhpac.org for more information.

And finally this week another reminder to come down to the Nags Head Ale House, 396 New York Ave., Huntington on Saturday afternoon, November 10th between 12 and 5. We will be playing there to raise money for our good friend Eric Curylo. Eric was involved in a serious motorcycle accident on July 4th and is facing some equally serious medical expenses as he works his way through the laborious rehabilitative process. The admission is 15 dollars, and the Nags Head will supply a buffet meal and charge happy hour prices for beverages. I understand that numerous local businesses are donating various prizes, so I imagine there will be raffles as well.

If you need more information or have any questions about this event, PLEASE feel free to reply to this e-mail and I will answer you personally. Additionally, if any of you would like to contribute but won’t be able to attend on the 10th, you can make a donation at any of our gigs (and please specify that the donation is for Eric). Perhaps next week I’ll have a physical address for that purpose also. As I’m sure you can tell, this cause is very important to us so please forgive me if I emphasize it a bit now and in the upcoming weeks.  Besides, the afternoon figures to be a blast!

Please enjoy the week, I’ll talk to you soon.

Pat

With no gig this weekend to write about I thought I’d take a moment to mention a couple of special dates on the horizon.

On Saturday night, October 20th, we will once again be performing at The Dix Hills Performing Arts Center at Five Towns College along with many other Long Island artists in celebrating the birthday of John Lennon. Also appearing at this concert, the proceeds of which go towards the Five Towns College general scholarship fund, will be Quickdraw — many of you will remember them from the concert at Five Towns that we played this past August — and Kenny Forgione of Wonderous Stories as well as a host of other musicians. Tickets are 20 dollars and can be purchased by calling the DHPAC at 631-656-2148.

A little closer to our hearts is the fund-raiser that we’re playing on Saturday, November 10. A very good friend of the band, Eric Curylo, suffered a serious head injury in a motorcycle accident this past July 4th. Following months of hospitalization, Eric is still struggling to recover the most basic of motor, language, and memory functions and — though he has since been released to the care of his family — his medical expenses are staggering.

With this in mind an afternoon fund-raiser is being held on Saturday afternoon, November 10, at Nag’s Head Ale House, 396 New York Ave., Huntington The admission is 15 dollars, there will be a buffet donated by the bar, drink specials and, of course, us. We will probably play from 1 PM until 5. Our good friend and back-up singer/tambourine shaker Melissa Bliven, the main impetus behind organizing this event, will be a guest bartender and will be donating her tips to the cause also.

I’m going to be mentioning this one a lot over the next few weeks because it’s extremely important to us that we get a good turnout. Like I mentioned earlier, Eric is a long-time friend and supporter of the band and he needs our help right now.

And while I’m here I may as well mention that we’ll be at JC’s Restaurant, 2 Country Club Dr., Manorville on Friday evening, October 19th, at 9 PM. The net proceeds from this event go to JC’s, and even though they continue to spell our name “X-Cession” on their website, we like them a lot anyway!

I’ll talk to you next week, please have a good one.

Pat

Thanks to a favorable weather forecast and — for a lot of folks — a holiday weekend, Claudio’s has decided to bring us back one more time this Sunday afternoon, October 7. We’re going to play from 1:30 until 5:30 on the outdoor deck at 111 Main Street, Greenport. I just came back from a Kohl’s department store that had a Christmas display up! I for one could really use this Summer encore.

And of course we’re still at Mike’s Place, 24 Middle Country Road, Coram, this Friday, October 5, at 10 PM.

Sorry for the additional e-mail this week, but the Claudio’s date was a last-minute addition. Talk to you soon.

Pat