/basic e-news/ Vol 5. - Issue 10 [December 22nd, 2005]

That's right! Can you believe it? Ian will be seven years old in just three days! :-) (He's very much looking forward to his Christmas Day Birthday!) I hope you have all your shopping and/or gift making done. We're pretty much set here in the Campbell household. It's a fun time of giving and celebrating family and friends, and yes, the best gift of all, life with our Father through Jesus!

There is only one more chance to come sing the holiday favorites with us this year. Read on for details... :-)

Friday, Dec 23 - 7:30pm - Fairport, NY
The first time we sang at the Fairport Village Coffee shop was December 15th of 2000! That was 5 years ago! It is always a favorite spot for us. Mike has a great little coffee spot that has expanded this year and is a great, cozy place to hang out and get some great food and drink and this Friday, it will feel quite Christmasy as we fill the place with Christmas music! :-)

Come on out and join us on Christmas Eve eve! :-)

Time: 7:30-9:30pm
Directions: click here for directions
Contact: (585) 377-5880

Our Music at iTunes
We have mentioned here that you can purchase our music at the iTunes music store, and it looks like this Christmas season, many folks all over the world have! It appears that our music is on iPods not only in the US, but also in Canada, the UK, Australia, and even Japan! That's cool! And crazy! :-) But I thought I would mention that the music is available through iTunes in those countries as well as about 15 others where iTunes has stores! You can see where the stores are by scrolling to the bottom of the iTunes Music Store front page and selecting your country from the drop down menu at the bottom there. If you have friends or family living abroad, let them know they can get our music in their iTunes music store!

Also, don't forget to stop by the iTunes store and leave a customer review of any of our four albums there! Thanks! :-)
Book Review
I will be speaking at a luncheon at our local library about self-publishing and about my book, A Journey Shared. If you're nearby, come on out for some food and to hear about the process of on-demand publishing! It's pretty neat. You can find out more about that event at the library website.
Other Upcoming Gigs
The schedule thins out after December, but besides the Library book review, we'll be leading the worship music for a couple's retreat in February (it's actually Super Bowl weekend! What kinda scheduling is THAT? For a couples' weekend?!?!) :-) We'll be singing there at a Christian retreat center in PA. We'll also be doing a Valentine's Dinner concert in February. We're all about helping strengthen marriages in February! :-)
Web Services
Most of you know this by now, but I am a musician by night (usually) and a web and graphics service provider by day. :-) I not only design websites for people, but have been doing some logo design, and offer hosting services for your existing website and even have done some audio projects as well. If you are in need of any such services, I would love to help you out (and I think I offer one of the best deals out there) and you would be supporting basic in the process! Sounds good to me! Give me a call, or e-mail or just stop by my website, bwd-graphics.com.

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