Photo: COMBO Board Members Annette & Tracey at the Combined Expos | Spotlight on Suicide. Sadly this week we experienced the suicide of superstar Naomi Judd, 76, a battle she’d been fighting for years. She was very open about her depression and mental illness. We saw how that affected her daughters and the music community. Also Kailia Posey took her own life. Kailia was a beautiful, intelligent, and personable 16 year old pageant winner with a wonderful tomorrow projected in her future. These are not the only people suffering from depression, bi-polar disorder, or other forms of “the blues”.
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Many times we do not see this coming but are we really watching for “the signs”? We also go into DENIAL that OUR loved ones could do anything so drastic as to take their own life. Every week we publish the Suicide Hotline number: 1-800-273-TALK under the “In Case You Missed It” header. Keep it handy. Pass it along. You may save a life.
Suicide affects the family and friends in horrible ways, too, for the rest of their lives. Everyday I wish I’d been able to say something to my best friend Jackie that would have helped her to hang on until her life got better and may have saved her mother’s life for she, too, committed suicide a few years later as she could not go on after Jackie died.
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Be sure to check out COMBO’s Spotify Playlist curated by Board Member T-Loop for April! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3BaOCkJMe5cUqY6o2PhiHh?si=yBmWqsMGSviCo8nO5Q8jRg
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May 2022
Friday, 6th – 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Laurie Dameron at First Friday Art Walk, South Pearl Market, Second Star Bookstore, 1455 South Pearl, Denver, CO – https://fb.me/e/8CXmBFoU9
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Friday, 6th – 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. – Grey Rails Duo at The Grille at Legacy Ridge, Westminster, CO
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Saturday, 7th – 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. – JJ Fraser at Last Stand Tavern, 32138 CO Hwy 72, Golden (Coal Creek Canyon)
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Saturday, 7th – 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Laurie & Lorrie at Legacy Ridge Golf, 10801 Legacy Ridge Pkwy, Westminster, CO
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Sunday, 8th – 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. – Rudy Grant with guest Karen Osburn at Cheluna Brewery Company, 2501 Dallas Street, Aurora – Special Mother’s Day Show
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Monday, 9th – Denver NSAI meeting – 7:00 p.m. via Zoom Want to join in?
E-mail Allen Krehibiel at Allen_Krehbiel@yahoo.com for more info
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Thursday, 12th – 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. – UMS “Drop Party” Happens – 21+ Only
at Illegal Pete’s, 270 South Broadway, Denver.
RSVP here: https://www.facebook.com/events/672813644003868/
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Friday, 13th – 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. – Laurie Dameron at Boulderado Hotel’s “Jazz in the Lobby”, Jeff Fournier on bass! Light jazz and upbeat blues.
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Friday, 13th – 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. – Grey Rails Duo at Pho 95, Centennial, CO
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Saturday, 14th – 6:00 t o9:00 p.m. – Grey Rails Duo at Aloft Denver North Hotel, Westminster, CO
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Sunday, 15th – 3:00 p.m. – Highlands Ranch Concert Band Presents “Celebrating Summer Travel”
at the Littleton High School, 199 East Littleton Blvd, Littleton, CO 80121
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Saturday, 21st – 12:00 noon to 4:00 p.m. – Commerce City Country Music History Jamboree presented by the Commerce City Historical Society and the Colorado Country Music Hall of Fame, 6505 East 60th Avenue, Commerce City – bring your own chairs and canopies if you want to be out of the sun!
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Saturday, 21st – 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Laurie & Lorrie at Upslope North Boulder – https://www.upslopebrewing.com
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Sunday, 22nd – 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. – Laurie & Lorrie at South Pearl Farmer’s Market, Boulder
https://www.southpearlstreet.com/farmers-market/
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Monday, 23rd – COMBO’s General Meeting – 7:00 p.m. via Zoom – How To Get Your Band On TV – Channel 12 Producers Give You the Inside Scoop!
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Friday, 27th – 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. – Grey Rails duo at The Grille at Legacy Ridge, Westminster, CO
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Monday, 30th – 107.9 KBPI welcomes Gary Clark Jr. to Red Rocks – Fabulous guitarist!
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June 2022
Front Range Songwriters – suspending meetings until September – We’ll see you then! Join their mailing list! https://www.frontrangesongwriters.com/
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Saturday, 4th – All Day & All Night (if they have their way!) Five Points Jazz Festival
https://www.artsandvenuesdenver.com/events-programs/five-points-jazz-festival/
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Saturday, 4th – 4:00 p.m. – Rocky Mountain Brassworks at Wheat Ridge United Methodist Church, 7530 W. 38th Ave., Wheat Ridge – tickets at Rocky Mountain Brassworks .org
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Friday thru Sunday, 10th – 12th – 15th Annual Pagosa Folk ‘N Bluegrass festival! For further information and applications, email festivaldirector@ksut.org | KSUT Public Radio | 15150 Highway 172, Ignacio, CO 81137
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Off the Hook Arts Presents Its SummerFest 2022 – June 17th thru 30th – For more information go to https://offthehookarts.org/summerfest-2022/
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Sunday, 12th – Fund-Raiser Being Held for Jerry Roys on June 12th at the Venue Night Club
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Saturday, 18th & Sunday, 19th – Juneteenth Music Festival, Five Points Denver
https://www.juneteenthmusicfestival.com/
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July 2022
Friday, 8th thru Sunday, 10th – Colorado Black Arts Festival – more info here: https://www.juneteenthmusicfestival.com/
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August 2022
Saturday, 13th – Starting at 4:00 p.m. – Stella Gives Back – Benefit Concert for Grand County Search & Rescue at the Rendezvous Event Center at Hideaway Park, centrally located in downtown Winter Park, CO. More info & tickets at http://www.stellagivesback.org
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Sunday, 28th – Performance High Showcase at the Oriental Theatre, West 44th – The show is open to current clients and anyone in our student bands. Registration will open two months before the showcase. http://www.PerformanceHigh.net
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TALENT NEEDED:
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COMBO’s 9th Annual Songwriting Contest Has Started – Ends August 1st at midnight
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Slopeside Looking for Two Opening Bands for Big Fund Raiser for The Grand County Search and Rescue Organization
Announcements and Calendar for This Week
