Our Partnership with VFW Post 10420's
First Semi-Annual Operation Uplink Benefit Was a HUGE Success!

On a bright, sunny afternoon in May, a group of people gathered together to Raise some money for Operation Uplink. 
Together we ended up raising over $1200 for calling cards for our overseas and hospitalized soldiers. 

Our thanks go out to:

MaryEllen and the Ladies' Auxillary of the post
All of the Members  and Auxillary Members of the post
All the VFW Volunteers
D&D catering for the Barbeque and sides. 
All musicians who played including:

Houndog Hanson
Big Bam Boom
Chris Alley
My Buddy Todd
Danny Yohe
Kevin Dunn
Tom O'Dare
Brian Roessler







"A Local Music Scene is About"
Courtesy of Phil Fox of Wicked Gift

A Local Music Scene is about making friends, meeting friends, playing with friends, and playing for friends.

A Local Music Scene is about you or someone you know as an ordinary person, getting up on stage, plugging in, and for that brief moment becoming a voice for and about life in this time, place, and situation.

A Local Music Scene is about fleeting moments of mangled MAGIC.

A Local Music Scene is not about "Star Search", (insert: "American Idol"), focus groups, or a corporate executive's pre-screened notions of what the average young meathead will find digestible with the least amount of effort. WE are the meatheads, WE'LL decide.

A Local Music Scene is about using your own eyes and ears to choose what you want to look like, sound like, and listen to. Scary, huh?

A Local Music Scene is about the freedom to try anything and to go with what works.

A Local Music Scene is about bands supporting and inspiring each other to write the best possible music and put on the best possible shows. A rising tide lifts all boats.

A Local Music Scene is about discovering and encouraging new talent.

Finally, a Local Music Scene is about realizing that one die-hard fan is equally as important as one die-hard musician. (maybe more).

We (once again) have some amazingly good original bands here in MB.

If we put the word out, and you have no interest; no harm, no foul. But if you might have an interest, and we fail to clue you in, then it's all on us.