Thursday, April 26, 2007
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Sunday, April 15, 2007
April 14 Step It Up - Photos by Phillip
Please visit the Step It Up website for other photos and the videos
North Carolina Representative Susan Fisher came out to support the rally. Here she is meeting with Dr. John Huie.
Local bluegrass musicians came out to support the movement. Our thanks to Phil Jamison (left) for calling upon his friends to play for the crowd!
Richard Fireman of the NC Council of Churches Interfaith Power and Light (he is the western regional director) here speaking with our ABC affiliate WLOS-TV.
North Carolina Representative Susan Fisher came out to support the rally. Here she is meeting with Dr. John Huie.
Local bluegrass musicians came out to support the movement. Our thanks to Phil Jamison (left) for calling upon his friends to play for the crowd!
Richard Fireman of the NC Council of Churches Interfaith Power and Light (he is the western regional director) here speaking with our ABC affiliate WLOS-TV.
Saturday, April 14, 2007
April 14 photos by Margie Meares
Following are photos by Margie Meares of the Step It Up 2007 event held in Asheville, NC.
North Carolina State Treasurer Richard Moore
Richard Fireman of the NC Interfaith Power and Light of the NC Council of Churches
Warren Wilson College President Sandy Pfeiffer
Mayor Terry Bellamy speaking to crowd
John Huie, Director of the Environmental Leadership Center of Warren Wilson College
Gloria Howard Free who spoke about George Washington Carver
Asheville Board of REALTORS Executive Director David West and his wife who biked to the rally.
City Council Member Brownie Newman with citizen
Speakers Richard Fireman and Mayor Terry Bellamy preparing for their addresses.
April 14 Photos by Bill Mosher!
Thanks to everyone for making this such a success!! I am posting a few photos here that were taken by Bill Mosher of the Step It Up 2007 event in Asheville NC.
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Step It Up with Hot Buttered Rum!
If you are looking for info on the Saturday April 14 event, CLICK HERE.
CLICK ON THE PHOTOS TO SEE ENLARGED PHOTO
Step It Up has created yet another new opportunity for me. I just spent the past four hours listening to Hot Buttered Rum. What a phenomenal group! Their sound is great; great harmonies; fantastic instrumentals; great improv... Well, there is much I could say.
One specific great element of this band is the social messages they are carrying in their songs and practices. Specifically, they are supporters of the Step It Up 2007 campaign. Their management contacted me about coming to staff a table at their event at the University of North Carolina-Asheville tonight. I did. Jennifer Rennicks of Southern Alliance for Clean Energy brought me the new banner. I handed out over 50 flyers and spoke with many who were interested and said they would attend on Saturday. I even spoke with a person "connected" to Congressman Heath Shuler's office about the Congressman stopping by on Saturday. I am still hopeful.
Well, the band announced three times from the stage about Step It Up, our local event and even stepped out of the norm and invited the audience to gather around the stage following the concert to be a part of the Step It Up movement! It was great! I later asked the band to take a photo of us with the banner. I wanted to send it along to the national Step It Up headquarters as a way of saying thanks. It was they who knew the band and made this local promo happen. My thanks also to Liz and Molly - organizers of Hot Buttered Rum for making the logistics work and to Chris, their bus driver, for all of his assistance and photos.
CLICK ON THE PHOTOS TO SEE ENLARGED PHOTO
Step It Up has created yet another new opportunity for me. I just spent the past four hours listening to Hot Buttered Rum. What a phenomenal group! Their sound is great; great harmonies; fantastic instrumentals; great improv... Well, there is much I could say.
One specific great element of this band is the social messages they are carrying in their songs and practices. Specifically, they are supporters of the Step It Up 2007 campaign. Their management contacted me about coming to staff a table at their event at the University of North Carolina-Asheville tonight. I did. Jennifer Rennicks of Southern Alliance for Clean Energy brought me the new banner. I handed out over 50 flyers and spoke with many who were interested and said they would attend on Saturday. I even spoke with a person "connected" to Congressman Heath Shuler's office about the Congressman stopping by on Saturday. I am still hopeful.
Well, the band announced three times from the stage about Step It Up, our local event and even stepped out of the norm and invited the audience to gather around the stage following the concert to be a part of the Step It Up movement! It was great! I later asked the band to take a photo of us with the banner. I wanted to send it along to the national Step It Up headquarters as a way of saying thanks. It was they who knew the band and made this local promo happen. My thanks also to Liz and Molly - organizers of Hot Buttered Rum for making the logistics work and to Chris, their bus driver, for all of his assistance and photos.
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