The many eyes, ears, and hands that made it happen!
(General)
Oh boy!! How can I possibly thank the folks that contributed along the way, either through their pockets, their valuable time, their advise and research, etc.? I am going to start at the beginning..... Our pilot team of dreamers: Aron Birkland at WVBR, Larry Helmeczy, Hank Roberts and Mark Chandler in my sun room with one phrase of inspiration - "imagine this..." - and they all imagined enough to research (especially Larry) and talk and not laugh at me! Then Peg Hendricks and the Community Foundation of Tompkins County, Marty Hatch and the Martin Hatch Foundation, Phil Shapiro and the Friends for Bound for Glory and later, for the Youth Series, enter Maryanne and Brian Pitzer and the Brent Pitzer Memorial Foundation. All of this, plus partnerships in that first season - with Aron Gutman and the Cornell University Music Department, Ithaca Festival.These energies drove us and then..... enter our fabulous youth tech team headed up by Sam Mason and later Mark Hewitt. In subsequent seasons they were joined and overlapped by Arlo Fierman, Will Donovan, and finally Ross hathaway and Brendan Hammond. And of course, our web site came into being by the wonderful David Botsch who still manages it, and creates posters as needed. The Crossroads Lifecenter offered administrative help and Miche Fambro joined the production and hosting team. Also Maria Mallon helped craft the offical Crossing Borders intro. During those overlapping first few seasons, we also gained Ray Ackerman on sound and recording when Larry moved to New Zealand. (Fortunately he came back in time for our expanding needs for a growing tech staff). And Al Grunwell III began recording back up and alternating with Ray. He eventually launched our video program; hence you can view vedeo clips of our shows on YouTube as well as on our site and Finger Lakes Recording (Al's site). Nate Silas Richardson jumped in with a whole season series of African influenced original and African artists. And partnering workshops with Ithaca Guitar Works. A large helping hand came from Kiko and the Cornell Concert Series,the Cornell Folk Dance Ensemble and Aron Gutman, for very special presentations. Audience services were ably handled by Pamela Slack and Joyce Garzon and sometimes a young Savan DeSouza. Then came our first major move to Club Euphoria downtown. An advisory committee formed of Diana Dmitrova, Matt Falise, Alan Rose, Durga Bhor, Aron Gutman, Brent Martin, Patricia Longaker. Marketing by Matt Falise, posters and production contributions by Brent Martin and Richie Stearns, technical help by Terry Kellerher of Bound for Glory staff. Chairs from Women's Community Building. New help from Heather Dunbar, Patricia Haines, Patricia Longaker, Marty Hatch, Paul Merrill, various Cornell student associations. New relationships in 2006 and 2007 with McNeils Music of Ithaca, Cornell Institute for European Studies, Community Arts Partnership Decentralization program, and Hickeys Music. Then moving again and partnering with Community School for Music and Arts, Musicians for World Harmony and Samite Mulondo, City of Ithaca, Cornell Asia programs, WICB's Sonic Planet, Ithaca Festival, Cornell Institue for European Studies, Cornell Jazz Ensemble, and McNeils Music of Ithaca. Also, Pancho Villa Club, Nicky Wood and Marty Marts,Moonlight Dancer, Aron Gutman, Brent Martin, Grassroots Festival, continuing support from Maria Mallon, CAP and Brent Pitzer Memorial Fdn. We'd also like to thank the Federal House, Tompkins County Tourism Board, Kurt Lichtmann, and and all raffle donors for the First Annual Cinco de Mayo Community Celebration we hosted. In 2008 many of these same folks continued to support the show with their time and talents. New help came in the form of the Lost Dog Management, facilitated by SueAnne Elizabeth and Mike Estrich, Daniel Hayes, Ray Ackerman and the Center for the Arts of Homer (a new partnership), Luke Kaven and Smalls Records, Carriage House Hayloft, Community Heritage Grant, Traditional Crossroads Record lable (for the third time),and the Ithaca Festival. Additional sponsors for specific events and series included the Cornell Music Department (for Charles Davis),August Moon Spa at La Tourelle (for Sacha Perry and Felipe Salles), Peggy Haine Realtor, John Beach, Kaplan Piano Service,McNeils Music,Carriage House Hayloft for Sacha Perry, MacIntyre's Cottage, Helens Cottage, and Smalls Records for Sacha Perry. Thank you Paula Peter and Mike Ward for accommodating Bertha Hope. Our main sponsor,The Coddington Guest House, underwrote and/or accommodated many of the past four years of artists including Pablo Menendez,Shoghaken Armenian Folk Ensemble,Jerome Harris, Marty Ehrlich, Cassis, Yuri Yunaokov, Trakia Bulgarian Wedding Band,Charles Davis, 35th Parallel, Bertha Hope,17 Hippies, Cafe Antarsia Ensemble, Mike Brown Trio, Miche Fambro Quartet - just to name a few. Sonic Planet and Aron Gutman took on a few more. Our current staff - Larry Helmeczy, Ray Ackerman, Al Grunwell III, David Botsch, Patricia Longaker, Heather Dunbar, Brendan Hammond, Ross Hathaway, and I(Denice Karamardian) - wish you all a happy holiday and New Year. We look forward to seeing you again in 2009. Come and check out Crossing Borders LIVE and in person! Keep this site bookmarked so you know where and how to find great live music. First up in 2009 is the Jann Klose band - a MUST DO - on Feb 21rst at the Lost Dog Lounge. Ya gotta hear this guy! Check out a video clip of a solo set on this site. And thanks for supporting live music!
Posted by Denice K. at 14:45 2008-12-26 | Trackbacks (0) | Comments (0)
Oh boy!! How can I possibly thank the folks that contributed along the way, either through their pockets, their valuable time, their advise and research, etc.? I am going to start at the beginning..... Our pilot team of dreamers: Aron Birkland at WVBR, Larry Helmeczy, Hank Roberts and Mark Chandler in my sun room with one phrase of inspiration - "imagine this..." - and they all imagined enough to research (especially Larry) and talk and not laugh at me! Then Peg Hendricks and the Community Foundation of Tompkins County, Marty Hatch and the Martin Hatch Foundation, Phil Shapiro and the Friends for Bound for Glory and later, for the Youth Series, enter Maryanne and Brian Pitzer and the Brent Pitzer Memorial Foundation. All of this, plus partnerships in that first season - with Aron Gutman and the Cornell University Music Department, Ithaca Festival.These energies drove us and then..... enter our fabulous youth tech team headed up by Sam Mason and later Mark Hewitt. In subsequent seasons they were joined and overlapped by Arlo Fierman, Will Donovan, and finally Ross hathaway and Brendan Hammond. And of course, our web site came into being by the wonderful David Botsch who still manages it, and creates posters as needed. The Crossroads Lifecenter offered administrative help and Miche Fambro joined the production and hosting team. Also Maria Mallon helped craft the offical Crossing Borders intro. During those overlapping first few seasons, we also gained Ray Ackerman on sound and recording when Larry moved to New Zealand. (Fortunately he came back in time for our expanding needs for a growing tech staff). And Al Grunwell III began recording back up and alternating with Ray. He eventually launched our video program; hence you can view vedeo clips of our shows on YouTube as well as on our site and Finger Lakes Recording (Al's site). Nate Silas Richardson jumped in with a whole season series of African influenced original and African artists. And partnering workshops with Ithaca Guitar Works. A large helping hand came from Kiko and the Cornell Concert Series,the Cornell Folk Dance Ensemble and Aron Gutman, for very special presentations. Audience services were ably handled by Pamela Slack and Joyce Garzon and sometimes a young Savan DeSouza. Then came our first major move to Club Euphoria downtown. An advisory committee formed of Diana Dmitrova, Matt Falise, Alan Rose, Durga Bhor, Aron Gutman, Brent Martin, Patricia Longaker. Marketing by Matt Falise, posters and production contributions by Brent Martin and Richie Stearns, technical help by Terry Kellerher of Bound for Glory staff. Chairs from Women's Community Building. New help from Heather Dunbar, Patricia Haines, Patricia Longaker, Marty Hatch, Paul Merrill, various Cornell student associations. New relationships in 2006 and 2007 with McNeils Music of Ithaca, Cornell Institute for European Studies, Community Arts Partnership Decentralization program, and Hickeys Music. Then moving again and partnering with Community School for Music and Arts, Musicians for World Harmony and Samite Mulondo, City of Ithaca, Cornell Asia programs, WICB's Sonic Planet, Ithaca Festival, Cornell Institue for European Studies, Cornell Jazz Ensemble, and McNeils Music of Ithaca. Also, Pancho Villa Club, Nicky Wood and Marty Marts,Moonlight Dancer, Aron Gutman, Brent Martin, Grassroots Festival, continuing support from Maria Mallon, CAP and Brent Pitzer Memorial Fdn. We'd also like to thank the Federal House, Tompkins County Tourism Board, Kurt Lichtmann, and and all raffle donors for the First Annual Cinco de Mayo Community Celebration we hosted. In 2008 many of these same folks continued to support the show with their time and talents. New help came in the form of the Lost Dog Management, facilitated by SueAnne Elizabeth and Mike Estrich, Daniel Hayes, Ray Ackerman and the Center for the Arts of Homer (a new partnership), Luke Kaven and Smalls Records, Carriage House Hayloft, Community Heritage Grant, Traditional Crossroads Record lable (for the third time),and the Ithaca Festival. Additional sponsors for specific events and series included the Cornell Music Department (for Charles Davis),August Moon Spa at La Tourelle (for Sacha Perry and Felipe Salles), Peggy Haine Realtor, John Beach, Kaplan Piano Service,McNeils Music,Carriage House Hayloft for Sacha Perry, MacIntyre's Cottage, Helens Cottage, and Smalls Records for Sacha Perry. Thank you Paula Peter and Mike Ward for accommodating Bertha Hope. Our main sponsor,The Coddington Guest House, underwrote and/or accommodated many of the past four years of artists including Pablo Menendez,Shoghaken Armenian Folk Ensemble,Jerome Harris, Marty Ehrlich, Cassis, Yuri Yunaokov, Trakia Bulgarian Wedding Band,Charles Davis, 35th Parallel, Bertha Hope,17 Hippies, Cafe Antarsia Ensemble, Mike Brown Trio, Miche Fambro Quartet - just to name a few. Sonic Planet and Aron Gutman took on a few more. Our current staff - Larry Helmeczy, Ray Ackerman, Al Grunwell III, David Botsch, Patricia Longaker, Heather Dunbar, Brendan Hammond, Ross Hathaway, and I(Denice Karamardian) - wish you all a happy holiday and New Year. We look forward to seeing you again in 2009. Come and check out Crossing Borders LIVE and in person! Keep this site bookmarked so you know where and how to find great live music. First up in 2009 is the Jann Klose band - a MUST DO - on Feb 21rst at the Lost Dog Lounge. Ya gotta hear this guy! Check out a video clip of a solo set on this site. And thanks for supporting live music!
Posted by Denice K. at 14:45 2008-12-26 | Trackbacks (0) | Comments (0)
