A Sara Hickman eNewsLetter for January 16, 2004

dear kitty cats!

i gotcha newsletter rightchere! with a TOP TWENTY MUSICAL MOMENT and updates and news and...

the feedback we have been getting on the DVD has been fantastic! (no pun intended!) thanks to everyone who has already purchased one...if you haven't heard about it, it is called "I am going on a journey" and it contains 6 hours of Sara music videos, live performances, tv appearances, photos, outtakes...you name it! and proceeds help the Klein Foundation...which helps school age children learn about tolerance, homelessness, how to help within the community, and many other good deeds. it's a win-win all around! to order one, just send $35 (that includes the shipping and handling) to:

Sara Hickman DVD
3005 S. Lamar
Suite D-109, #412
Austin, Tx 78704

Or you can always just drop me a card...I love to get mail!
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Also, it is time for the Austin Music Poll...so, if you feel like voting for somebody, oh....I don't know...an old friend...who plays guitar...and sings...you could visit:

Austin Chronicle Austin Music Poll
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This weekend I'll be at the Jefferson Freedom Cafe up in Ft.Worth...two shows...one at 3:30 for kids and one that night for big people! Come on out! I'll have Pillowman, dvds and cds for sale! And the new BIG KID cd!!! Joy oh joy oh boy oh boy! Come on! Get happy!
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BIG FUN: For you ladies out there, come on out to the first YOU SAID IT, SISTER! weekend in Salado, Texas. Friday, March 12-Sunday, March 14...I'll be performing Friday night as we gather for drinks and chatting...Saturday from 10-3 pm, Judi Slingerland will present her MOVE OVER MARTHA!, an entertaining seminar about entertaining at home with easy and inspiring ideas for everything from place cards to desserts, gifts, invites, party favors...you name it! Lunch will be provided by the STAGECOACH INN, where we will all be staying for a special rate. Then Sunday morning...it's a Spiritual Sendoff with Sara...breakfast, songs, stories and an uplifting message to send you on your way. Reservations? Questions? Call Judi at 361-854-8484.
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Other dates: you'll have to check my website because I can't remember! Maybe that WiseGuy (hint, hint) will insert them here after he talks with Dawn and they figure out what I am doing!
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ROMANIA

i am getting ready to send another shipment to romania...clothes (adult and child size) and toys, so if anyone wants to send items or monetary donations, please do so in the next two weeks. checks can be made to: 1rst C.C.C.C, with TANNER ROMANIA MISSION in the subject. thanks to all the folks who have sent money in the past on behalf of the orphans!

and also, sara items (unique jackets, rare vinyl, photos, posters, etc) are still for sale on my blog at www.zenlala.com. these monies are going to my publicist, andrea blain, to help promote the BIG KID cd. thank you!
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AND NOW...Number 6 in my TOP TWENTY MUSICAL MOMENTS COUNTDOWN!!!
Warning: This is a story of the heart, not of humor.

I was in an airport in Denver, waiting for my flight. Reading the local paper, I happened upon a story about a mother and her teenage son who had flown to Romania to work with orphans. The story was incredibly moving, and by the time I had finished, I was literally weeping. I felt that gentle tug on my heart, the whisper of, "You should go..." when I noticed that the editor had included the phone number of the woman. I couldn't believe it. I walked to a pay phone, rang her up, and before I knew it, there she was standing next to me in the airport, and we were talking all about Romania.

By the time I boarded the plane, I had no doubts as to what my mission had become: visit Romania with supplies for the orphans.

When I returned home to Texas, I started contacting everyone I could think of: folks on my mailing list, neighbors, friends, family, even business acquaintances. Michaels MJ Designs had me sing on a commercial, and in return, they gave me tons of free art supplies, from paper and markers to scissors and glue. Next, people starting sending me donated goods: clothing, coffee, diapers, tampons, medical supplies, jackets, shoes...you name it. My living room in Dallas was looking like a Foley's rummage sale! Clothes piled into different categories, shoes to be cleaned, cough medicines to be carefully packed to prevent leakage. I found 21 refrigerator size boxes, and started loading it all in, packing every single square inch until the boxes looked like they might burst.

Next, I realized I was depending on the kindess of the stranger I had met in Denver. The connections she had in Romania hardly spoke any English...I received one fax before I left with their names...no phone numbers or addresses...and a cryptic message I deciphered to mean, "When are you arriving?" I faxed them back my plane information, and crossed my fingers.

Luftansa was gracious, and gave me a hefty discount when I went to their main office, describing the contents of each box and who would benefit from the contents. What could have been $3000 in shipping, they reduced to $1500. It was a blessing.

Finally, the day arrived to leave. My roommate at the time, Kevin, had decided he wanted to go with me. We were nervous, excited, scared...When we arrived at the Dallas/Ft.Worth airport, we were told to wait in a lounge for overseas flights. As we ate the complimentary nuts and chit-chatted, a man walked in and asked me if I was Sara. When I said I was, he asked me to follow him. He shocked me with what he said next.

He worked for the airlines and was bumping me up to first class for the journey! I couldn't believe it! Every step of the way, it seemed God was taking care of me...Alas, when I asked about Kevin, the gentleman shook his head "no"...Man, I enjoyed that first class ride, but I felt crappy that Kevin had to sit in the back (although it was smoking back then, and Kevin was a smoker, so maybe that was a good thing. Oh, what we say to ourselves to feel better!)

When we arrived in Romania, we deplaned to discover soldiers with machine guns standing on the tarmac. It was unsettling. Then, there was a major pat down and search of our garment bags. Finally, we were allowed to leave; there were throngs of Romanians waiting outside the door, yelling to us in their native tongue. I have heard there have been many changes since I visited, but at the time (1994), people were hungry. I realized they were asking for handouts...all I had were tiny boxes of raisins, but I reached into my backpack and handed out every single one. It was a humbling experience right off the bat.

Our hosts were there, shy and nervous, as well, and took great care of us our entire visit. They planned our meals and shared their homes; they drove us to the orphanages and translated what little they could. My time in Romania seems like yesterday...I can still see the hunger in the eyes of the children, hoping we were there to adopt them, but comforted by the fact we wanted to love and nurture as many as we could. Children who had never been touched had their hair brushed, if they were capable of letting me close. Children who were blind were given books with textures to touch and feel; I was massaging and singing to and holding and humming and aware of a need beyond anything I had ever experienced. I fell in love with every single child. And on days where I visited children who had been tied into their cribs, or had suffered abuse, my heart broke into a million pieces. I still, to this day, can not understand how the human race can be so cruel, so negligent...and selfish. And, yet, in the midst of all the despair, there was always hope...a person who had worked tirelessly on behalf of the children, or an older child who was like a mother to smaller infants. Moving and mysterious, this journey; and by the end, I wanted to be more on behalf of the children, not only in Romania, but around the world.

Upon returning to the U.S., I woke up one morning, and a song poured out of my mouth. I hadn't cried once while I was overseas; I guess because I was a part of the suffering. But as the song wrote itself, I cried and cried.

So, I guess I chose to tell you this story because it just comes down to choices. We never know how our choices truly affect those around us, but we can hope that we make wise choices that will inspire others to live their dreams. So, I say to you....Live your dream. Be inspired. Go forth into this gigantic place we call our world and be in it.

Until next time,

Thank you with all my heart...

Love,

Sara

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Hiya!
Here's a fast list of "penciled-in" upcoming SaraShows. Mark your calendars, and later check Sara's "Shows" page on her website for more details:

1/17: Jefferson Freedom Cafe/Ft. Worth, TX

1/30: DIFFA-private event/Austin, TX

1/31: Private party/Austin, TX

2/3: private concert/Austin Presbyterian

2/7 Komen foundation benefit/Ruby Pearl/Austin, TX 8pm

2/21 House concert/Austin, TX

2/22 Beth Torah Preschool/

3/1 Burning Bush Coffee House/Corpus Christi, TX

3/6 Love/Austin: Kid and adult show

3/12: "You Said It, Sister!" retreat/Salado, TX

3/25 Poor David's Pub/ Dallas, TX

4/1 Light of Hope benefit for child abuse awareness month/Victoria, TX

4/3 See Jane Shop event children's concert/Ausin, TX

5/8 concert, Arts council of Northeast Tarrant County show at Southlake Town Square, Main Street at Southlake BLVD./Southlake 7:30pm

5/22 Willow Creek House Concert/Mason, TX

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Don't forget about voting for Sara-loo (in all the coolest catagories! ) in the Austin Chronicle Austin Music Poll! Deadline is January 30, 2004.
Austin Chronicle Austin Music Poll

Sara can be e-mailed at : sara@sarahickman.com

Her website is: http://www.sarahickman.com/

Sara's weBlog can be read at: http://www.zenlala.com
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Hey, check out GregD's fabulous websites for Sara Hickman:
Past Sara's eNewsLetters---> http://www.habu2.net/saramail.html
and
SaraMoments by GregD---> http://www.habu2.net/saramoments.html
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Mail cards and letters to Sara (and money orders and checks, as well) to:
***NOTE: NEW MAILING ADDRESS*****

Sara Hickman
PMB# 412
3005 S. Lamar Blvd.
Ste D-109
Austin, TX 78704
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A Sara Hickman eNote for January 29, 2004

No Sara this time, :o( just Sara's MailingList WiseGuy with just a few notes worth mentioning on behalf of Sara-Lou-Who...

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LAST CHANCE
The 2004 Austin Chronicle Music Poll ends this Friday, January 30. Didja vote for Sara? Here's a link: www.austinchronicle.com/feedback/musicpoll/04/

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SUPPORT RADIATION MAN!
Sara's classic song, "Radiation Man" is moving up and down on satellite XM Kids radio and it all depends on YOU! Let's try to keep "Radiation Man" on the charts for the National Release of Big Kid which is scheduled for February 10, 2004! Check out XM Kids on XM radio!

XM Kids is designed to appeal to children aged 2 through 8 - and their parents love it, too. More than just a TV alternative, XM Kids provides imaginative listening that young kids can focus on or enjoy during other creative play.

You can help Sara stay on the charts by going to www.xmradio.com/programming and request Sara's "Radiation Man!"

Or email Kenny Curtis at: xmkids@xmradio.com or call 1.866.328.2345 (toll-free! Yipee!)

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SHADOWBOXING FOR YOUR ITUNES
And Sara's dvd-guru, Gene Cowan, tells me that a live version of "Shadowboxing" is available for your Windows or Mac iTunes (or iPod) at the Apple iTunes store.. www.apple.com/itunes/

Oh, by-the-way.. regarding Sara's dvd, have you discovered ALL 20 easter eggs(!!) in the Sara Hickman dvd? There will be a checklist available for a few days around Easter weekend (of course) on Sara Hickman's website. ;o)

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AND lastly, here's a quick SaraShows list:
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Friday, January 30, 2004-Sara's at a Private Event for DIFFA. Austin, TX
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Saturday, January 31, 2004-Sara at a Private Party. Austin, TX
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Tuesday, February 3, 2004 Austin Presbyterian Austin, TX
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Saturday, February 7, 2004 8pm Sara's at Ruby Pearl A benefit for the Susan B. Komen Foundation. Austin, TX
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Saturday, February 21, 2004 Sara at a house concert. Austin, TX
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Sunday. February 22, 2004 Sara at the Beth Torah Pre-school. Austin, TX
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Monday. March 1, 2004 It's Sara's Birthday today Burning Bush Coffeehouse! Parkway Presbyterian Church 3707 Santa Fe Street Corpus Christi, TX
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Saturday, March 6, 2004 Sara's performs an afternoon and an evening show at a store called Love. Austin, TX
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Fri-Sun, March 12-14, 2004 "You said it, Sister" It's a women's gathering-retreat with Sara! She'll do a few songs Friday. Saturday it's a party workshop (and more songs!)! Tickets are $80 (not including room rates) Located at the Stage Coach Inn. Check the "SaraNote's" web-section for more info. Salado, TX
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Thursday, March 25, 2004 Sara's at Poor David's Pub. You can too! Dallas, TX
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Thursday, April 1, 2004 Light of Hope Benefit for Child Abuse Awareness month. Victoria, TX
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Saturday, April 3, 2004 See Jane Shop Austin, TX
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Saturday, April 17, 2004 -9:00pm Flipnotics Coffespace! Austin, TX
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Saturday, May 8, 2004 -Sara starts at 7:30pm The Arts Council of Northeast Tarrant County at Southlake Town Square, Main Street at Southlake Boulevard. Southlake, TX
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Saturday, May 22, 2004 Sara performs at the Willow Creek House Concert. Mason, TX
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Thanks!

-Sara Hickman's MailingList WiseGuy, mike
(you can stop twisting my arm now, Sara!)

post script: here's a dvd easter egg: In the "In Performance" section, Highlight "Peaches and Cream" then press LEFT on your remote to see footage of Sara in the studio recording "It's In The Water."

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Sara can be e-mailed at : sara@sarahickman.com
Her website is: http://www.sarahickman.com/
Sara's weBlog can be read at: http://www.zenlala.com

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Hey, check out GregD's fabulous websites for Sara Hickman:
Past Sara's eNewsLetters---> http://www.habu2.net/saramail.html
and
SaraMoments by GregD---> http://www.habu2.net/saramoments.html

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Mail cards and letters to Sara (and money orders and checks, as well) to:

***NOTE: NEW MAILING ADDRESS*****
Sara Hickman
PMB# 412
3005 S. Lamar Blvd.
Ste D-109
Austin, TX 78704
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A Sara Hickman eNewsLetter for Tuesday, February 24, 2004

Hi, Everybody!

The snow arrived in Austin on Valentine’s morning! My family was celebrating love with snowballs, sledding and even a tiny, seven inch tall snowperson. I say "snowperson" because we couldn’t actually call it a gender.

We still have two giant snowballs in our freezer. I’m not sure what will happen with them, but I’m reminded of the Laura Ingall’s "Little House on the Prairie" books in which Laura and her sisters would take hot maple syrup outside and pour shapes into the snow. (This was back when you didn’t worry whether or not the snow was clean!) Then they could pick up the crystallized shapes and eat the hardened sugar. Mmm.

My love and appreciation for maple syrup began as a five year old in Dekalb, Illinois when I was taken with a group of other little kids to a maple tree farm. There was snow EVERYWHERE, and I remember feeling fluffy fat in my oversized coat, hat and mittens. I think we were shown how buckets hung on the sides of the trees and the syrup would collect, but the memory that is clearest for me is when we went into this giant, steamy red barn and saw huge silver vats. One gentleman was serving paper cups of ice cream with hot maple syrup. There we were, a bunch of children, gathered warm and happily devouring this here-to-for unknown concoction in the middle of a barn in the middle of the snow. Oh, that was a taste sensation I’ve never forgotten. A little bit of Laura Ingall extending herself into the late sixties!

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I hope you all had a Valentine's Day weekend of love and hearts and happy memories. If you are one of the folks who don’t like Valentine’s Day, it’s never too late to start a happy memory right now. Sit down and make yourself a valentine while eating a bowl of ice cream with hot maple syrup! Mmm. I love you!

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SARA NEWS

Okey dokey! First I’d like to extend a big THANK YOU to everyone who sent goods for the Romanian orphans. Once again, I am not surprised by your generosity, but I am deeply grateful. I sent off 8 large boxes stuffed with toys, towels, clothing, coats, and, because of several checks sent our way, money was sent to the Tanner Romanian Mission, as well.

Thank you all. Thank you for helping these children!

As another extension of the project, I was excited that Lily’s girl scout troop leader is focusing on Romania for the girls’ "Thinking Day" project. The girls learned some Romanian words, games, ate homemade Romanian cookies, and saw pictures from Romania. We talked about why some children don’t have parents, why some children live under the ground (in sewers), why the government can’t take care of all the children there. Then I sang, "Romania," and we talked about why it sounded sad. Now the girls are making shrinky-dink Romanian decorated eggs to pass out as "swaps" on Thinking Day. God bless the Girl Scouts!

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XM Radio

Thank you all SO much for calling/emailing Kenny Curtis about "Radiation Man". It continues to shift back and forth out of the number one spot and I can’t believe our little Radiation Man is finally getting his due. Poor guy! But see how good communication can make awesome things happen for him!?

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WEFT

Kevin Elliot is another fine DJ out of Champaign, IL, who occasionally plays my "big people’s" music. He is located on the dial at 90.1 FM on Tuesdays from 6-8. Check him out! His playlist is full of eclectic, interesting music. Hooray for Kevin! You can email him at kelliot28@hotmail.com

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This was a short email to just catch-up and say THANK YOU for all you give and do on behalf of my music and my community wish lists. I’ll send another 20 twenty musical moment in the next eNewsletter...but I betcha Mikey will update you with upcoming gigs...

Thank you! Thank you all soooo much!

Love,
Sara

HERE’S SOME UPCOMING DATES:

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Monday. March 1, 2004
It's Sara's Birthday today! she's performing at the Burning Bush Coffeehouse. Parkway Presbyterian Church 3707 Santa Fe Street Corpus Christi, TX
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Saturday, March 6, 2004
Sara's performs an afternoon and an evening show at Ginger Leigh and Cindy Hill's store called Love. Austin, TX
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Fri-Sun, March 12-14, 2004
"You said it, Sister" A women's gathering-retreat with Sara! She'll do a few songs Friday. Saturday it's a party workshop (and more songs!)! Tickets are $80 (not including room rates) Located at the Stage Coach Inn. Check the "SaraNote's" web-section for more info. Salado, TXr
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Saturday, March 20, 2004
Sara's in St. Thomas an island of the Virgin Islands at a benefit for Kidscope - an organization that helps abused and neglected children of the Virgin Islands.
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Sunday, March 28, 2004
Sara performs 2 shows at Poor David's Pub. Dallas, TX. 3pm and 8pm

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Sara can be e-mailed at : sara@sarahickman.com

Her website is: www.sarahickman.com/

Sara's weBlog can be read at: www.zenlala.com
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Hey, check out GregD's fabulous websites for Sara Hickman:
Past Sara's eNewsLetters---> www.habu2.net/saramail.html
and
SaraMoments by GregD---> www.habu2.net/saramoments.html
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Mail cards and letters to Sara (and money orders and checks, as well) to:

Sara Hickman
PMB# 412
3005 S. Lamar Blvd.
Ste D-109
Austin, TX 78704
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A Sara Hickman eNewsLetter for March 6, 2004

dear fellow travelers,

make sure your seatbelt is fastened! turn to the left and enjoy the view. see the majestic mountaintops? the never ending rainbow? the green, green grass of home? how did we get so lucky? what a thrill to be on the ride of a lifetime with you.

here it is! a newsletter from your fellow passenger, sara hickman, to update you on my current flights of fancy:

TODAY, SATURDAY, MARCH 6---two shows at LOVE on south first, austin, tx...a 3pm children's show, an 8pm adult show...both outside. Bring blankets or chairs (and friends!)!

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10---radio interview with WPAZ and then a photo shoot for Tribeza magazine. come have breakfast with me and tell me what to wear!

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, MARCH 12-14---THIS IS THE WEEKEND OF YOUR DREAMS!!! The first annual YOU SAID IT, SISTA! come on out to Salado, TX....it's a women's retreat! (yes, men can come, too, we just haven't had any men sign up...yet.) Friday night...a private concert with me talking/singing about bein' a woman... then, Saturday from 10-3, Judi Slingerland presents entertaining at home ideas... everything from invitation design, to h'ouerderves (she can show you how to spell it, too) to gifts and more! All done in her unimitable humourous style! If you like me, you'll LOVE Judi! then, saturday night we hang out and have girl time! sunday morning, i will have a SPIRITUAL SEND OFF WITH SARA...what does that mean? you'll have to be there to believe it! Spaces are remaining, but not many! For ticket/hotel info, contact Judi at: 361-854-3842 or email her at: judiinvitickles@msn.com

COME ON DOWN so you, too, can say, "I said it, Sista!"

MONDAY MARCH 15-22---ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands I'm headed down to the lovely islands to perform a benefit for KIDS SCOPE, a group which helps abused and neglected children. The concert will be at the Ritz Carlton on Saturday night, March 20. Tickets are $125, with all proceeds benefitting the children.

SATURDAY, MARCH 27---AUSTIN...Joe Rank Benefit. Please come out to the Old Alligator Grill on S. Lamar. My friend, Joe, is very, very ill. He has Lou Gehrig's disease and four small children. This concert will provide a reminder of how much we love Joe. And there will be auction items to help his family, as well.

SUNDAY, MARCH 28---DALLAS...Poor David's Pub, 2 shows... Last time I will perform at the old location on Greenville Ave...Poor David's is moving! 3 o'clock show for children...8 p.m. show for adults.

TUESDAY, MARCH 30---AUSTIN, Borders, 7 pm. This is the location up on 183. I 'll be there to perform and talk about songwriting with a local Austin songwriting group. Come on out! Free.

And now...a THANK YOU! Radiation Man is still doing well on XM Radio..I haven't checked to see where it is, but it's there because of you! Thank you.

A NEW LOOK? Appearing on MARCH 8... My website has been getting redesigned by Mercury Graphics for a competition for South By South West (SXSW). It will also now be handicapped accesible for those who are visually/hearing impaired. We are VERY excited here at the Super Pal Universe. Our webmaster, WiseGuy Mike Cogliandro, has been generous with his time and talents over the last 7 years, and will continue to run the ship and add his amazing ideas to the site. So, thank you to Mike for letting Mercury come on board and move the furniture around! You are all wonderful and I am really blessed by your energy and talents!!! Go Team SUPER PAL!!!

BOWL FULL OF STARS!! Won as a semi-finalist in the International Song Competition. What does that mean? I don't know! But I was happy to hear it!

AND NOW...

A Story...from the TOP TWENTY MUSICAL MOMENTS file of wonder!!!

THIS IS MOMENT NUMBER 5 (for those of you just joining in the parade!)... and let me say...this is the wacky, surreal story in the countdown!!! Get ready.
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The Cheese was an improvisational group founded by Stevo Price and Andy Dean during my days in Dallas. There was garage band funky get togethers no holds barred music on a keyboard and pots and pans. There were late night meetings in Chinese restaurants. Ideas, ideas, always talking about politics and music and art and food and here and there and video and the power of television.

Then, along came Larry.

Larry was a super whirl of energy, comedy, song and ranting all rolled up into a man of dynamic proportions. Everything about him sweated enthusiasm. A balding, black haired, wild-eyed brown-eyed man of Hebrew descent, he was George Castanza before Seinfeld had even been a thought. Except Larry didn't wear glasses. He didn't need them with the visions exploding everywhere, twenty-four hours a day.

He was perfect for The Cheese.

But there needed to be a crazy Eve to balance this outlandish Adam. So, Stevo, our beloved leader of sorts, approached yours truly, and I was intrigued by the Dada-esque qualities of the band. I could see the potential for anything. I was hooked. I came on board the ship of wonders, laughing and ready for untold adventures only we could create.

The band grew. Sometimes there were as many as thirteen people on stage. Our pow-wows became intense. Our performances were one-of-a-kind completely improvisational stumblings of comic stupidity, strange dancing steps, vocal stretches and political screeches. We would have nights where everything created was a brilliant star shining in a galaxy beyond comprehension. The flow was spirited by our desire to just be full of release...releasing lyrics made up on the spot to music made up on the spot to interaction with an audience whose mouths were constantly mimicking the letter "O".

I became....Angelica Leisure.

It was my desire to approach this playland with true artistic abandon. I sang in odd voices. I reached inside my soul to find hidden words and feelings and reactions to my world around me. It felt daring and energizing to step onto a stage and see what was going to happen, to be the seeing, instead of knowing that one would be performing something already written and well-rehearsed.

It was love...and it was sorrow. And it was stretching and growing and trusting each family member of The Cheese because, as Laurie Anderson so succinctly stated, we were "walking and falling".

One day, Stevo and I came up with a plan. We would get tattoos. Tattoos of cheese. And everyone in the group would have one. A triangular, yellow chunk of cheese to signify our committment to art being art and nothing more.

Of course, Stevo and I were the only ones that were hopping up and down with joy! How brilliant! We were giddy with the thought! Everyone else had something to do. But, Stevo and I moved on to having the tattoos applied LIVE ON STAGE! In front of a REAL AUDIENCE! And we would make music and sing about it AS IT WAS HAPPENING!!! What could be more of an art than getting art APPLIED TO YOUR SOUL while you were CREATING IT SIMULTANEOUSLY??!! We had stumbled on our calling...

.....or so we thought.

The night of the performance at the Pocket Sandwich Theatre, I was glittering. I was anticipating that Salvador Dali himself would appear, a ghost in the rafters, applauding and cheering our attempts at surrealism. My ghost was about to fade...something had shifted...

Stevo had changed his mind.

He would not be getting the tattoo.

"But!", I said frantically, "Tigger is COMING! He's on his way HERE! It's all set UP!"

Tigger is a Deep Ellum legendary tattoo artist. A giant, round, bald, circus-midway of a man. His head was even covered in tattoos. As a gift to the muse of our Cheese, he was coming to place the tattoos upon Stevo and I as a GIFT.

"No," said a nervous Stevo. "I can not do it."

I was flabbergasted! What about art? I cried. What about our vision? What about being old with our flabby, faded Cheese tattoo to remind us of what life is all about? The adventure of being,creating, living life to its fullest? I despaired.

I did what any determined young artist would do. I went through with the act of being an artist being art.

But I changed the vision. I went out to my car, to think. I no longer wanted to be the sole bearer of a triangle of cheese. Cheese! I didn't want cheese. I looked in my car for inspiration. And I found it. A washcloth...a washcloth with an image...

TO BE CONTINUED...

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Sara can be e-mailed at : sara@sarahickman.com
Her website is: http://www.sarahickman.com/
Sara's weBlog can be read at: http://www.zenlala.com
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Hey, check out GregD's fabulous websites for Sara Hickman:
Past Sara's eNewsLetters---> http://www.habu2.net/saramail.html
and
SaraMoments by GregD---> http://www.habu2.net/saramoments.html
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Mail cards and letters to Sara (and money orders and checks, as well) to:
***NOTE: NEW MAILING ADDRESS*****
Sara Hickman
PMB# 412
3005 S. Lamar Blvd.
Ste D-109
Austin, TX 78704
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A Sara Hickman eNewsLetter for Monday, March 29, 2004

Hi, Friends of the Universe!

I'm back from sunny St. Thomas! I went snorkeling, sailing, kayaking (of course!), and my three year old caught a baby barracuda on her first fishing expedition! Don't worry...we let it go. After it ate my arm. ( Don't worry. I can still play the guitar with my feet! )

The benefit concert for KIDSCOPE on St. Thomas went swimmingly. A sold out event, and a sponsor has comitted to donating $25,000 each year for the next five years! Hooray for music! Hooray for people helping people! Hooray for St. Thomas! I have been invited to come back for next year's event, so if any of y'all want a smooth vacation, I suggest St. Thomas in every way. Next trip, I will be doing a children's performance, as well!

If you want to read more about the trip in detail, visit www.zenlala.com, where I wrote all about it.

YOU SAID IT, SISTER! Was a rousing success in Salado, Texas, the weekend before St. Thomas. If you look up "perfect" in the dictionary, you will find a happy group of faces, including mine and Judi's, from the event. In fact, we had such a great time with so many amazing women, we were invited to take the whole she-bang on a CRUISE for 2005! I'll let you know if and when that becomes a reality! Whatever happens, come join the sisterhood...We even have our own pledge to recite! Ssshhhh...you can only know it if you come to one of our gatherings...
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UPCOMING EVENTS:

THIS SATURDAY, MARCH 27---AUSTIN... Joe Rank Benefit.
Please come out to the Old Alligator Grill on S. Lamar. My friend, Joe, is very, very ill. He has ALS- (Lou Gehrig's disease) and four small children. This concert will provide a reminder of how much we love Joe. And there will be auction items to help his family, as well.

SUNDAY, MARCH 28---DALLAS...Poor David's Pub, 2 shows...
Last time I will perform at the old location on Greenville Ave...Poor David's is moving! 3 o'clock show for children...8 p.m. show for adults.

TUESDAY, MARCH 30---AUSTIN, TX
Early morning I'll be on KUT 90.5 with John Aielli and Peter Bay, conductor for the Austin Symphony.

AND..later at Borders, 7 pm. This is the location up on 183. I 'll be there to perform and talk about songwriting with a local Austin songwriting group. Come on out! Free.
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IT'S HERE! My website has been redesigned by Mercury Graphics for a competition for South By South West (SXSW). It won THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD! Hooray! Best Part: it is now handicapped accessible for those who are visually/hearing impaired. We are VERY excited here at the Super Pal Universe. Our webmaster, WiseGuy Mike Cogliandro, has been generous with his time and talents over the last 7 years, and will continue to run the ship and add his amazing ideas to the site. So, let us know what you like/don't get about the new site so we can continue to make it the best site for YOU!
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AND NOW...THE CONTINUATION of A Story...from the TOP TWENTY MUSICAL MOMENTS file of NO WAY!!!

THIS IS MOMENT NUMBER 5, PART TWO ... and let me say, again, that this is the wacky, surreal story in the countdown!!!

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a moment aside from the MailingList WiseGuy
LAST TIME YOU'LL REMEMBER...
...in part one of the story, our fearless heroine, Sara from the planet Zook, became part of a grand and glorious group of musicians called un-understandibly, "Cheese". They went on to do wonderful things and play wonderful music. To commemerate their group they ALL decided to get cheese tattoos LIVE and onstage. Well,--okay, TWO decided to get cheese tattoos.. well, okay, okay.... ONE. ONE brave soul decided to get a cheese tattoo, but, because it wasn't a GROUP thing anymore, the one brave soul decided to get, not a cheese tattoo, but soomething... a bit.. more... well, read on!
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Standing outside, looking at the washcloth in my hand, I realized the image was exactly what I needed to replace the cheese.

I had found the washcloth, new and still wrapped in plastic, on the streets of New York. There he was. My long lost companion: Astro Boy. His face had been shining up to me as he lay there, spirit unbroken, begging to be picked up and saved from the careless streets of the Big Apple. And I had been collecting Astro Boy for many a year; it was only natural I would find him waiting for me that strange, dark night.

And, now, here in the darkness of Dallas, he appeared to me again. I don't remember why he was in my car, but when I laid my eyes upon him, I knew. He would be my tattoo.

I ran back inside and said, "Tigger! How about this?" Tigger almost giggled: "That? Oh, sure. No problem."

With image laid out nearby, audience waiting, Tigger ready to go, the music began. The band was invigorating. My palms were sweating. The table was prepared as I layed myself flat upon my back, eyes to the crossbeams, lights and ceiling above the stage.

I was wearing khakis and a men's white undershirt. (I also had on glasses a la Diane Keaton's "Annie Hall" for no apparent reason other than I thought they were saucy.) I peeled back the right corner of my khakis. With microphone in hand, I began to sing. My dear friends, Amy, Brad, Stevo, Chuckie, Kim Corbet, Larry, and perhaps John McKaa (the newsguy of News 8) were all settled around the tabletop, hands slapping out a rythym upon said table.

The only way I can describe this adventure is to say I felt like I became a woman that night. Much like a bat-mitzvah is for a young girl, this was my passage, my ritual into a new me. I would encourage anyone to form a band and get a tattoo live on stage.

So, I sang. I sang about changes, about life, about how getting a tattoo didn't seem to hurt at all. Unbeknownst to me, Tigger was just DRAWING Astro Boy as I was singing. I was ASSUMING he was piercing my gentle skin with the face of my Japanese buddy...but, no, the tickling sensation was merely ink upon skin. I was reaching the crescendo of my unbefore known joy, when suddenly, in the midst of a note, I heard a distinct, high-pitched whirring sound.

It was the needle about to descend!

My melody changed! My words became a blather as my heart raced with the sudden pain! But, I kept my wits, I continued on, my good friends. I sang about the suffering of womanhood, the anguish of love and death and as I sang, my bandmates rallied, sweating right along beside me...And the twisting of my skin was so tight. Not enough for tears, but enough to want it to STOP.

For forty five minutes, I allowed Tigger to place the face of that little boy upon my abdomen. And, then...the strangest thing happened:

Audience members began to descend upon me.

As the band played on, as Tigger continued to draw into my skin, as I continued to wail and sweat out words that came from no where, my right ear received visitors, whispering awe-filled comments of my bravery, my dedication to art, my love for those around me.

It was a ceremony beyond anything I could have made up.

And, as the tattoo was finished, and the line of audience members returned to their seats, I felt a joy like I had never felt before! (I later learned this is the euphoric high we experience from the body releasing endorphins to squelch the pain!)

I raised myself high upon the table, fist in the air, song in my heart, and I was the Amazon of Strength and my body felt 80 feet high. I was released and deliriously happy.

14 YEARS LATER: Now that I have two children, Astro Boy is looking a little droopy. But, he carries on as I carry him on through the days of what is to be and has been. Amen.

Until next time!

Love,
Sara

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Sara can be e-mailed at : sara@sarahickman.com

Her website is: www.sarahickman.com/

Sara's weBlog can be read at: www.zenlala.com
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Hey, check out GregD's fabulous websites for Sara Hickman:
Past Sara's eNewsLetters---> www.habu2.net/saramail.html
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SaraMoments by GregD---> www.habu2.net/saramoments.html
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Sara Hickman
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3005 S. Lamar Blvd.
Ste D-109
Austin, TX 78704
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A Sara Hickman Easter eNewsLetter for April 8, 2004

Hi, Kitty Cats of the Super Pal Universe!

A very short newsletter of dates from Sara to you!

TONIGHT! APRIL 8 ----
The opening of the painting exhibition, MUSICIANS THAT MAKE ART, including Sara, Joe Ely, Ethan Ezarian, Bob Schneider, Kimmie Rhodes, Terri Lord and many others. New Braunfels, TX 7:00 pm Come have wine and be cheesy!

This weekend is Easter. May you have many blessings and lots of love.

April 14, Wednesday---
Sara speaks on CREATIVITY in the HOME at First United Methodist Church Preschool, 1201 La Vaca, Austin TX. Noon.

April 15, Thursday---
6:00 pm Sara sings at a Democratic Fund Raiser in Austin. I know, I know. I always said I would never sing for another politician except Ann Richards, but that gave it away right there, didn't it?

7:00 pm---BookPeople
Sara hangs out with Spike Gillispie, writer extraordinaire, and Laura Freeman, songwriter/singer extraordinaire, and talks about sex, music, relationships. You get the picture. Come listen to us crack each other up!

April 16, Friday---
Sara at FLIPNOTICS, Austin 9 p.m. ish.

April 17, Saturday---
I'm doing a kids show at BOOKPEOPLE, 11:30 a.m., Austin, TX. Come have FUN!!!

Sara is the MC at a private function that evening. Something to do with international relations...

April 20, TUESDAY--
Sara at the NUTTY BROWN CAFE... Wonderful and outside venue with big old oak trees. Come play with your family and eat some dinner and dance to the music!

April 22, Thursday---
Sara and Family will be at the Umlauf Sculpture Gardens to watch the planter she designed get auctioned off with Lance Armstrong and Mack Brown's, among others...

April 30, Friday---
Angelo State University, San Angelo, TX.... Sara caps off the month of Child Abuse Prevention with a performance celebrating the whole family.

Bear with us as the website is being updated and changes will be occurring...thanks to everyone for your support!

Sending love and another musical anecdote next newsletter,

-Sara
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Sara can be e-mailed at : sara@sarahickman.com

Her website is: www.sarahickman.com/

Sara's weBlog can be read at: www.zenlala.com
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Hey, check out GregD's fabulous websites for Sara Hickman:
Past Sara's eNewsLetters---> www.habu2.net/saramail.html
and
SaraMoments by GregD---> www.habu2.net/saramoments.html
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Sara Hickman
PMB# 412
3005 S. Lamar Blvd.
Ste D-109
Austin, TX 78704
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A Sara Hickman eAnnouncement for May 15, 2004

For those who are most curiously artistic, or just want to see musicians creating on canvas...
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Sunday, May 16th, 2004 2:00-4:00 pm

It's a "Musicians that Make Art" workshop with Sara Hickman and Joe King Carrasco. These fabulous musicians will be discussing their art, music, and creativity and will play a song or two for a dvd production

also...

At 4:00pm, It's Al Barlow's singer-songwriter OPEN microphone "Its All About the Music and the Song". Tell your friends that Sundays at the New Braunfels Museum of Art & Music are always awesome! $5.00 for non-members, and free for members!

And...If you're hungry, the Gruene River Grill is open!
(Please park behind Lone Star Music or Gruene With Envy)

Thanks for your support!

New Braunfels Museum of Art & Music
1259 Gruene Road, New Braunfels TX 78130
www.nbmuseum.org

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Sara can be e-mailed at : sara@sarahickman.com

Her website is: www.sarahickman.com/

Sara's weBlog can be read at: www.zenlala.com
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Hey, check out GregD's fabulous websites for Sara Hickman:
Past Sara's eNewsLetters---> www.habu2.net/saramail.html
and
SaraMoments by GregD---> www.habu2.net/saramoments.html
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Mail cards and letters to Sara (and money orders and checks, as well) to:

Sara Hickman
PMB# 412
3005 S. Lamar Blvd.
Ste D-109
Austin, TX 78704
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A Sara Hickman eNewsLetter for May 27, 2004

hello, super pals!

it has been a while since i wrote to you last. life has been full...for all of us! it seems life is getting faster and faster and i think we need to have a national holiday called "just take it easy day" where we sit around on our front porches, sipping cool lemonade, fanning ourselves with the newspaper, just soaking in the clouds while watching the neighborhood kids play kick-the-can. if you agree, vote for me for president, and i'll make sure it is enacted into our constitution faster than you can say "tiddly-winks!"

well, i would like to commend WILLOW CREEK for a fabulous night at their outdoor concert series in Mason, Texas. i will definately return. this B&B is an oasis in the middle of wildflowers, complete with bob whites, roadrunners, a swimming pool, an old barn, outdoor stage, beautiful landscaping...fabulous folks and an outstanding audience.

i also had a fantastic time at the dallas zoo show, the southlake show (in a gazebo, packed with people, after a light rain storm...awesome!), the Big Red Sun extravaganza AND the women's art retreat i taught at last friday night.

school is almost out...so, here are some events you and the family can come to, if you'd like to hear some of my music performed in person!

friday night, tho, i'm taking myself, my mom and my dear friend, beth, to a spa. we are RELAXING! wa-hoo! --- UPCOMING DATES:

June 2, Wed---10:30 am, Georgetown, Tx Public Library, children's show

June 4, Friday---6:30 pm, In-Store for Kaliedascope Toys, Austin, TX

June 5, Saturday---Primavera Montessori School on Manchaca in Austin, TX. I believe I go on at 5:00 pm

June 6, Sunday---I'll be a celebrity phone answer person and performing on the Children's Miracle Network Telethon on local tv. I think I go on around a 11 or 11:30 for about an hour.

June 9, Wednesday---two shows: a children's and adult show.
- At 2 in the afternoon, I will be doing a children's show at the public library in Austin (Howson Branch).
- At 8:00 pm, I will be doing a concert at the State Theatre

June 12, Sat---Lake Texoma Regatta---I'll be performing, sailing AND camping out with family! Wa-hoo!

June 13, Sunday---family time with our parents

June 16, Wed---2:00 pm, Hampton Branch Oak Hill Library

June 18, Friday---7:00 pm---Austin Children's Museum

June 19, Saturday---taping for "Gimme the Mic" TV show here in Austin. I will be one of the judges. The show will air later this summer.

June 21, Monday---Camp Star Trail (see website for more details)

June 24, Thurs---2 pm...Childrens Show...Manchaca Road Branch Library

June 29, Tues---2 pm...Windsor Park Branch Library

June 30, Wed---2 pm....Cepeda Branch Library

Ok! I promise...next newsletter...another top twenty musical update. Heck, maybe I'll send out TWO stories!

Sending love and prayers for peace,

Always,

Sara (Hickman)

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Sara can be e-mailed at : sara@sarahickman.com

Her website is: www.sarahickman.com/

Sara's weBlog can be read at: www.zenlala.com
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Hey, check out GregD's fabulous websites for Sara Hickman:
Past Sara's eNewsLetters---> www.habu2.net/saramail.html
and
SaraMoments by GregD---> www.habu2.net/saramoments.html
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Sara Hickman
PMB# 412
3005 S. Lamar Blvd.
Ste D-109
Austin, TX 78704
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A Sara Hickman eNewsLetter for June 4, 2004

hello, kitty cats!

i have so much to share with you! wow! make yourself a tall glass of lemonade (or hot cocoa, depending on where you are!)...sit back, relax, and come celebrate with me, iolana, kristin, hearts and hooves...

let me start by saying that my dear friend, kristin deWitt, has released a BEAUTIFUL album called HERE NOW, produced by the talented and spirit full tom prasado-rao. some of you have heard kristin sing back-ups with me over the last seven years, so you know of her luminescent voice. the album is a collection of songs by various songwriters with one of a kind songs written just for kristin to sing, and i am excited to say she performs one i wrote for her called "comfort's sigh". i also had a great time singing back-ups for her on two of the songs. to order, please contact kristin at kristin@texas.net. this is an album you will listen to over and over. i can't stop singing "falling star", written by tom!!! it's a hit, i tell you!

we're excited here at the super pal universe to also let you in on some big news:

"radiation man" has returned to #1 on XM Kids radio...i don't know how that happened, but it must be YOU! so, here is a great big SMOOCH and heartfelt gratitude from me to you...thanks to joe mcdermott for letting us know the scoop! (check out joe's children's music...www.joemcdermott.com...he's awesome!)

our BIG KID cd has won the prestigious Dr. Toy "Best Vacation" toy for 2004.

on june 14 (or 17, i got two dates sent to me), watch the TODAY show...our dear friend, veronique matthews, has a fantastic group of miniature horses she takes into hospitals and schools to help with healing. the group is called HEARTS AND HOOVES (www.heartsandhooves.org)...and perhaps you will see iolana walking molly, the long haired doxen; together the two of them in the midst of ponies and volunteers!...io has become a big supporter of this group and you will, too, when you see the love they spread so sweetly...

on it's way...soon to be...zen la la radio...my own radio site/show...more to follow!

lastly, my BMI statements keep me up to date where my music is played around the world...here is a list of some of the most recent airings:

australia, canada, ireland, france, germany, phillipines, spain, united kingdom, estonia (!), malaysia (!), and poland.

also, thanks to gloria steinem who has used my song "take it like a man" on a show on HBO. if anyone knows what it was, let us know! everybody sing: g-l-o-r-i-a!

and, now, as promised:

MOMENT NUMBER 4 from my TOP TWENTY MUSICAL MOMENTS

When I left you last in our storytelling bonanza, I had shared the show in which I received a tattoo, live on stage!

This moment is much more demure, but unbelievably sweet, to say the least.

If you have my DVD ("I Am Going On A Journey"), you can see the actual moment in which the following story occurred!!!

Let's start at the very beginning...

As a young girl, I would walk to Edward H. White, my elementary school in Houston, TX, approximately ten blocks away from my home. I recall walking with other girls my age, and we, naturally, would talk about boys. Famous boys. Famous boys who were dreamy and whose posters we hung on our walls. Boys who put out records that we would buy with our allowance money and swoon over, pretending we were Mrs. Shaun Cassidy or Mrs. Rex Smith...

Anyway, you get the picture.

One day, as were walking to school, my girlfriends were talking about whom they had chosen to love the rest of their lives, when I blurted out, "Well, I'm NEVER getting married...I'm just going to live with George Burns!" You would have thought I would have just invited them over for brocolli and tea. The look on their faces was pure horror.

Well, when I got home that day, I told my mom I wanted to write George Burns. So, we went to the library to find his mailing address. Back in those days, it was so exciting to ask the librarian: Do you have the address for George Burns? She made a big deal of finding this GIANT book, full of celebrity contact info. I thought I would faint when she exclaimed, "Here it is!"

So, I wrote George. But, I also sent him photographs of myself. And a map to my home. I invited him to dinner, and I SWORE I wouldn't tell a SOUL he was coming to visit.

We popped it in the mail, the envelope decorated with my cheery drawings. And we waited. And we waited.

And soon, I forgot all about it.

One day, I came home from school, and my mom was practically tipsy: "It's here! It's here!" She was dancing around, holding an envelope in her hand, asking if she could open it.

"What?" I asked. "What is here?"

"THE LETTER!" she enthused. "THE LETTER...from GEORGE BURNS!"

With that, I pursued my mom around the house until the letter was safely in MY hands, at which point I carefully, thoughtfully slipped a finger under the back seal where GEORGE BURNS (complete with address!) in maroon ink was embossed on the back of the envelope.

The letter was glorious. I was so happy... I must have re-read and re-read that letter 8,000 times. Even though he told me he wasn't coming to Houston any time soon, he thought I was a GOOD LOOKING KID and he CERTAINLY APPRECIATED the MAP!!!

Can you believe it? But, wait...there's more!

So, I wrote him, again. And he wrote me back.

Then, years passed. I was asked to appear on the PAT SAJAK SHOW (also available on my DVD, "I Am Going on A Journey", proceeds going to the Klein Foundation).

The Sajak people tried to get George on the show, but he couldn't come. They surprised me with some of George's stationary (hellooooo, already have some!), a CIGAR (which I later busted on Pat's head when he slyly suggested where I could PUT the cigar, after the cameras were off!), and a signed book by Mr. Burns.

But, wait!!!! YOU GET EVEN MORE...and no, there are NO ginsu knives involved!

So, George's manager sees me on the show with Pat. He calls the record company and says, "Say, if this kid loves George so much, send her over to MEET HIM."

I am not KIDDING!!!!

Next thing you know, two weeks later...I'm in a limo on my way to meet GEORGE BURNS! I have my guitar. I have flowers (it was almost George's birthday). I have on my little 1920's look-a-like suit because I want to remind him of Gracie. I'm even in HEELS! I wobble towards his office, completely off my rocker with GLEE!

Have you ever felt nervous when you are introduced to someone famous???? Imagine my insides!!! I was a bowl of jello! (You'd think I'd be a bowl full of stars, much like I was on "Spiritual Appliances", release date 2000)...

Well, it was perfect. I was a freaky, star struck kid. He was tiny and funny and sharp as a tack. He sat in a directors chair. I don't know what I was doing! Thank God it was all videotaped because I just enjoyed the ride...and the MIRACLE of meeting my HERO! We sang a little, he taught me a new lyric, we hugged at the end, we had our picture taken together....

Oh, my, Oh my, oh, yes! Dreams come true...Don't you know that they're worth, every penny on earth...

And do you know the best part? The best part was seeing that he was completely himself...smoking a cigar and drinking his gin & tonic when he had to be about 3000 years old... but he was living, man! He was living life with gusto, and he allowed one more fan to come and sit by his side and just BE.

And I got to send proof via photos to my grandparents. And that was a beautiful thing. You know what I mean.
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This is all for now, compadres!

Sending love to each of you in this grace filled world. Don't give up. Peace can be attained!

Just follow your hearts,
XOX,
Sara
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PS...Thanks to Jana Stanfield and Eddie Coker, too. Visit their sites! Support two amazing musicians and lovers of the world!

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Sara can be e-mailed at : sara@sarahickman.com

Her website is: www.sarahickman.com/

Sara's weBlog can be read at: www.zenlala.com
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Hey, check out GregD's fabulous websites for Sara Hickman:
Past Sara's eNewsLetters---> www.habu2.net/saramail.html
and
SaraMoments by GregD---> www.habu2.net/saramoments.html
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Mail cards and letters to Sara (and money orders and checks, as well) to:

Sara Hickman
PMB# 412
3005 S. Lamar Blvd.
Ste D-109
Austin, TX 78704
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