MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW
FOR STEEL BRIDGE SONGFEST 2010!!!
JUNE 10 * 11 * 12 * 13
CHECK BACK SOON FOR A LIST OF RETURNING ARTISTS!!
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PERFORM AT SBSB 2010 PLEASE GO TO WWW.STEELBRIDGESONGFEST.ORG AND PROVIDE YOUR INFORMATION. THIS PROFILE CANNOT ACCEPT YOUR REQUEST. THANK YOU!!
Alternative hotel reservations for Steel Bridge SongFest 6 call 920-743-6246 or 920-743-6800 to reach the Sturgeon Bay Visitor's Center who have cordial operators standing by to assist you.
Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin is "The Gateway to Door County" and one of the premier travel destinations in the USA due to the scenic beauty and year round family entertainment. It's an easy mid-day drive from Green Bay, Milwaukee, Chicago, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Madison, and even cities in Michigan such as Detroit, Grand Rapids, Lansing, and Kalamazoo if you take the Lake Michigan Car Ferry.
Eric McDonald's Comment:
"I remember the time I first crossed this steel bridge...it was just this past August on a warm, sunny day in Northeast Wisconsin. I was wondering what the big hoopla was about, but now I understand-- This bridge is a gateway to another dimension - a dimension of sound, a dimension of sight, a dimension of mind. I was crossing over into a land of shadow and substance, of things, and ideas. I'd just crossed over into Door County. And then I stopped for ice cream."
"I fell in love with Sturgeon Bay! I think i met more creative people there that one week than in all the time I’ve been in L.A.!" Now if only i could get more of you to MOVE here... !!!" -Jane Wiedlin of the Go-Go's (Los Angeles, CA)
Influences
SOME OF OUR VALUED SPONSORS:
If you or your business would like to help support this event, we offer a number of levels of sponsorship particpation. Please call 920-743-5605 or email us at steelbridge2@msn.com
For press credentials to cover Steel Bridge Songfest 5, send your name, title, media affiliation, email address, mailing address, and phone number to Linda Akins at linda@steelbridgesongfest.org. or call 312-953-7830.
The Steel Bridge Songfest is an annual volunteer community historic outreach event produced by Citizens for Our Bridge and is now the largest Americana songwriter showcase in the Midwest.
The 4 day celebration is designed to promote community activism and historic preservation and to also increase local economic impact through the use of artistic expression to an audience not normally drawn to such a dry subject.
The festival mixes major speakers with songwriters of national and regional prominence who display a strong affinity for social responsibility and historic preservation.
The purpose of the Steel Bridge SongFest
is to also raise local, state and national awareness of the Michigan Street Bridge through original songs written, based on a “Bridge” metaphor and volunteer public performances.
The Songfest and CD compilations, aim to promote, build and maintain the first of its kind public/private, long-term historic preservation “Michigan Street Bridge Fund”, which is held by the National Trust for Historic Preservation in Washington DC . The fund is designated to be used in the future, to promote and protect the Michigan Street Bridge as a one-of-a-kind attraction within the State of Wisconsin.
The proceeds through outreach and sales, will be used to promote the preservation of the bridge and supply the GAP financing needed for preservation efforts, and address some of the ongoing PREVENTATIVE yearly maintenance costs, which are not currently covered by Federal or State financing and which the lack of, got it into the disrepair today.
I want to thank all of you for what you've given, especially those of you who have, on your own initiative, stayed involved as active, unpaid volunteers throughout this long cold winter.
One I should mention here is melaniejane, known to most Construction Zoners for her cello contributions. You may not know that she's continued to donate countless hours helping with promotion and organizing behind the scenes.
If you have any ideas or questions, or just want to touch base, please feel free to contact me via myspace or by email: pmAcd333@gmail. com. If you'd rather talk on the phone, email me your phone number and I'll give you a call.
Guitars For Vets provides 6 free lessons and a new acoustic guitar to traumatized Military Veterans at VA medical centers. Your support is appreciated
Donated guitars are either presented to the Vets or sold in order to raise funds for the program. Donated guitars that are unrepairable are turned into "Art Guitars" by artists and sold at G4V events. Your gift will make a difference as it supports the mission to heal our Veterans.
Monetary contributions and instrument donations are tax deductible. Authentic G4V apparel may be purchased at our online store
love you love you love you love you! Thanks for a wonderful year! It was SO great to have the Steel Bridge writers here again! Looking forward to next time!
