Current location:	Starbridge
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Current music:	Archie Fisher
Entry tags:	emerald rose

Your Questions Answered!
In response to the number of questions I have received of late:

Are Emerald Rose playing at the Georgia Celtic Day? 

No, we are booked in Maryland that weekend.  They always wait til the last minute to call us, so they missed us again.


Is there going to be a North Georgia Celtic Festival this year? 

No.  The band is concentrating on recording two new albums in time for DragonCon this year.  We have not received any word from the city of Gainesville that they are interested in sponsorship, so we have moved on.  It was a great time, and it is possible that I may be interested in the idea of producing a Celtic Festival here at Starbridge, but probably not this year.  We had a great new stage built and it is begging for some great music.  You may or may not know that the festival was produced by funds that came straight from the pockets of Logan, Danae, Clyde, Larry and the Emerald Rose coffers?  We made it float through the vendors fees and selling ads, door sales and very, very small sponsorships.  We just can't afford the time and money this year.  We offered to partner with the city, but they were not interested.

Are Emerald Rose going to ICON? 

No.  We have heard nothing at all from ICON.  We suggest you contact the convention organizers and request to have us back if you would like to see us there.  Apparently they had a big changeover in staff and they don't remember us.

Are Emerald Rose going to DragonCon this year?

We are never allowed to say until they put us on the website, but if they let us in, we will be there!  BEST GIG IN THE WORLD!  We have been invited to play at several parties, including Evening at Bree, but we have to wait until the Dragon speaks to announce anything for sure.  Last year we played six shows!  Of all the performances though, I enjoyed playing for the Harry Potter party the most that year.  Very relaxed, very fun.

Will Emerald Rose lead a tour of Ireland this year? 

Likewise with the Ireland tour... we have to stay home this year and get our musical work done.  The Euro is still very strong, and the British pound is RIDICULOUS at the current exchange rate.  It's almost two to one for the dollar, and things are cheap there to start with.  We had entertained ideas of going to Wales and/or Scotland, but the exchange rate kills that idea.  We may look at the idea of another tour  to Ireland sometime next year.  We barely had enough people last time and the band took a real beating financially.  You see, we can't get paid to play over there, there are dozens of great musicians everywhere, and we can't sell cds.  It's like taking a very interesting but expensive vacation, except we are really working most of the time!  We always have a blast - it's hard not to have a blast in Ireland - but it is NOT a cheap thrill!

All right, I think that covers the most popular items.  Sorry if we disappoint anyone's plans, but we are holding our nose to the grindstone this year to produce some quality new music for you all.  We hope you will enjoy it when it finally comes around!

Logan