Intensity

Russ, Flute, Paul Anthony, T, Kenny, Jerry

What an amazing time!

Russ, Carmen, T, Paul Anthony

It was a celebration in honor of Rick James' birthday. Rick's brother Carmen threw a great event with three outstanding bands! I sang a Teena Marie tribute with the All Star Band alongside Kenny, Jerry, Wade, Flute, Russ, Joey, and Paul Anthony. Megan and Shelby (from Buffalo's "Confidance") joined us to dance on Behind the Groove.

Megan, T, Shelby

We prepared, traveled, rehearsed, dressed up, danced, sang and got down with our funky selves. I had the chance to hug people I haven't seen in years and made some wonderful new friends. It was beautiful!

Eric Jensen left me some PHENOMENAL photos that he took from the last Buffalo performance with the Original Stone City Band!

Ty (The Left Handed Bandit) presented his AWESOME sketch to Paul Anthony.

I managed to create some new promotional postcards and T-shirts (with help from New York Marketing and Artden) and launched my NEW WEBSITE!

Click here for the new and improved tanyadiona.com

I'm going to call the whole week "intense" - in a good way.

Love,
T

#Listening

Blog days are tough when it's a travel day too. I had two days of car travel with a napping toddler. The main thing to do was listen to the material for this week's rehearsals. Then this morning, this article found its way to me over breakfast:

Click here for CNN's "The one thing about Martin Luther King Jr.'s greatness everyone keeps missing"

I guess this week is all about listening.

Blessed be...

Love,
T

When You Don't Know...

When you don't know what to do...

Learn something.

I'm living by these words this week. Now, I have to go read.

:)

Love,
T

Inch By Inch

I'm starting small. There is one little shelf of clutter to conquer. Then there will be another.

As the old gets cleared out of the way, space will be made for the new. One meager idea will flow forth. That will be enough.

"Inch by inch, row by row

Gonna make this garden grow

All it takes is a rake and a hoe

And a piece of fertile ground

Inch by inch, row by row

Someone bless these seeds I sow

Someone warm them from below 

Till the rain comes tumbling down

Pulling weeds and picking stones

Man is made of dreams and bones

Feel the need to grow my own

Cause the time is close at hand..."

- David Mallett, 

The Garden Song

Welcome, new year. Here we go.

Love,

T