CONTENTS
1. Upcoming Shows
2. Hear Andrew's NPR "Art of the Song" Interview
3. New Beyond Borders Videos
4. Serious Health Issue Hits the Band
Andrew's Essay: "Turning, Turning"

Sharing the music is completely a grassroots effort - help a little or a lot: http://www.andrewmcknight.net/help
Thanks most of all for reading, and for any and all of those things that you do!
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1. UPCOMING SHOWS

FR 10/2 * MIDDLEBURG VA - Postponed til spring
Sadly we just got word at press time that this show will be postponed til 2010. Questions about Tickets/Return Policy: http://farmersdelight.org OR 540/687-3743

SA 10/3 * HARTLEY DE - Delmarva Folk Festival
Andrew's set is at 8 pm, but the music goes all day. Relaxed family atmosphere and camping in an intimate, rural setting, with food and craft vendors plus activities & music for the kids. Please bring a non-perishable food item for the Food Bank of DE.
352 Downs Chapel Rd. (ZIP 19953) near Dover
INFO: 877-DEL-FOLK or http://www.delfolk.org

TH 10/8 * ALEXANDRIA VA - The Athanaeum, 7pm
Monthly series (2nd Thursdays) sponsored by Northern Virginia Fine Arts Association.
201 S. Prince St. (corner of Prince & South Lee) (zip 22314)
INFO & ADVANCE TIX: http://nvfaa.org

SA 10/10 * PURCELLVILLE (HILLSBORO) VA - Notaviva Folk Festival
Rain or shine - gates open at 10am. Lineup includes local gypsy jazz string band The Woodshedders, Jake and the Burtones, and more. Andrew plays 1:30-2:45pm. Don't miss a trip to western Loudoun for fall foliage and Notaviva's great wine, plus an afternoon of bluegrass and folk music, handmade heirloom-quality art, a screening of The Downstream Project's documentary film Shenandoah: Voices of the River and a food drive for the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank, plus BBQ and fresh-baked goods.
13274 Sagle Road, off VA Rte. 9 west of Hillsboro (zip 20132)
INFO: 540/668-6756 OR http://www.notavivavineyards.com

SU 10/11 * BLUEMONT VA - Great Country Farms, 1pm (with Beyond Borders)
Enjoy an autumn afternoon concert, and afterwards a little tasting at the adjacent Bluemont Vineyards. Rumor has it that Madeleine will ride the cow train again.
18780 Foggy Bottom Road, (ZIP 20135)
INFO: http://www.greatcountryfarms.com or 540/554-2073

WE 10/14 * NORFOLK VA - The Naro Cinema, 7pm
A screening of Coal Country, the latest collaboration of Mari-Lynn Evans and Phyllis Geller who teamed up to make the PBS series The Appalachians. The movie profiles working miners along with activists who are battling mountaintop removal in Appalachia. Andrew will play a short set before the showing.
The Naro is an independent movie theatre in the historical Ghent neighborhood. 1507 Colley Ave (ZIP 23517)
INFO: http://www.virginia.sierraclub.org/coalcountry.html OR 804/225-9113

ON THE HORIZON (details at website)
NOV. 7 - WEST UNION WV - House Concert (Clarksburg, Marietta/Parkersburg)
NOV. 14 - Beyond Borders Formal Showcase, Northeast Regional Folk Alliance
NOV. 15 (am) - DUXBURY MA - Special Music Service
NOV. 15 (pm) - PLAINFIELD CT - Coffeehouse Concert
NOV. 20 - ANNAPOLIS MD - 333 Coffeehouse
NOV. 21 -  BALTIMORE MD - Chesapeake Arts Center (with Beyond Borders)
NOV. 22 (am) - LEESBURG VA - Special Music Service

NOT HEADED YOUR WAY SOON?
If you'd like to get Andrew to your neighborhood, help us make it happen - host a concert, recommend a venue, talk a local organization into hosting a show - any and all of it would be a huge help and greatly appreciated, so please share your ideas.

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2. HEAR ANDREW'S NPR "ART OF THE SONG" INTERVIEW
Andrew along with bassist and sidekick Sean Kelly were heard on nearly 200 stations last week on the National Public Radio show The Art of the Song , discussing the mysteries and mechanisms of the creative process with producers Vivian Nesbitt and John Dillon. You can stream the hourlong interview and performance anytime beginning this week, http://www.artofthesong.org/tune-in/shows/show-247/.

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3. NEW BEYOND BORDERS VIDEOS
As promised last month, and with deep thanks to some great audio and video editing work by band engineer Dustin DeLage, we have four single-song clips of the band from their May 9th concert that included big-screen projection backdrops of Andrew's photography and videography. Enjoy "How High the Mountain", "The Road to Appomattox", "Count Your Blessings" and "Beyond Borders" (complete with Lisa's drum solo!) at http://www.andrewmcknight.net/videos

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4. SERIOUS HEALTH ISSUE HITS THE BAND
We are all still in a bit of shock this month with the news that Andrew's bandmate Les Thompson has been diagnosed with hypopharyngeal cancer, a rare throat cancer. While he is currently feeling fine and going about his daily life as the new Technical Director at our local Franklin Park Arts Center, the probable treatment is several weeks of outpatient radiation and chemotherapy, likely beginning in late October. Les may have to take a hiatus from the band for awhile, though no upcoming concert dates are being changed at this point.

For now, we are doing two things - encouraging people even more so to come to one of the remaining autumn band dates on our calendar (see above) so we can send Les into treatment on a wave of good energy and karma. We've set up an email account, getwellles@andrewmcknight.net for good wishes and other positive thoughts you'd like to share, and when the treatment effects get intense, we'll print them out and share them with him in person. He and Stephanie are understandably pretty overwhelmed trying to figure out everything about the cancer and the treatment, so they aren't able to respond to very many phone messages and emails, but are very much appreciating each and every one.

We are all cautiously optimistic and hopeful, and appreciate your support and good wishes. We'll have updates on the journey and news of any date changes at the website, and look forward to having Les healthy and well again as soon as possible.

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ANDREW'S ESSAY: "Turning, Turning"

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