April 2008

MAGGIE SPIKE is busy recording our next cd. Look at our new updated gig schedule for May and June 2008. We’re excited about all of our events this summer, especially our upcoming performance at The Mayfair Festival of the Arts in Allentown, PA. We will be the opening act on The Cabaret Stage on Thur. 5/22 at 4:00PM! We will be featured at a variety of outdoor events this summer including Unity Day in Reading (5/3), Prouts’ Jollyview Farm’s 1st Strawberry Fest (6/7), Marie’s Hard Bean Cafe, Fleetwood, Solar Flair at the Reading Public Museum (6/21), The Phoenixville Summer Street Music Series (6/27 & 7/25), and Hunsicker’s Grove, Mertztown as part of The Co. of Berks Parks & Recreation Series (6/29). MAGGIE SPIKE continues to perform (6/6) and support The Half Moon Cafe in Oley, our own “home-grown, grassroots arts center” (thank you Dolores and the gang!).We will update our schedule for July and August soon!

We have chosen the cd artwork, assembled the songs, and have finished laying down the basic tracks for the new cd. The next few months we’ll be recording the other artists whom we’ve selected to complete the songs. We hope to have the cd ready for release in the fall, and we’ll have new photos on the website soon and samples of our music, too.

Some of the venues we played at this past year included The Reading Public Musem, Trooper Thorn’s Irish Beefhouse, Celtic Myth & Moonlight, The Historic Pleasantville Hotel (now called The Bridge Inn), The Summit Bar and Grille, LongswampTownship Park, Berks County Parks & Recreation and a wine festival at the Manatawny Creek Winery. Maggie Spike is also featured at community events and celebrations such as John Paul II 25th Anniversary Celebration and The Ronald McDonald House Summer Camp’s Fundraiser at The Somerset Nursery (Zionsville, PA).

Please view our photo page and see a caricature of MISS MAGGIE SINGS! (too much fun!). MISS MAGGIE is Maggie’s children’s persona. She performs regularly at The Crayola Factory (Easton),has performed at the Boyertown YMCA’s annual Easter Egg Hunt (200 kiddies!), area elementary schools such as Longswamp, Bangor & Brecknock and continues performing at area daycare centers and community events. MISS MAGGIE is perfoming her one-woman show, “Stay Healthy With Miss Maggie“ at area day care centers and elementary schools and community events. She had performed the show at Chaplin’s Music Cafe (Spring City, PA) for their Chaplin’s Kids Series (see her website). You can view her interview on “Comcast Tonight” (Comcast Cable TV) on her website. She’s also busy writing a new show for the Public Library’s “Catch The Reading Bug” series this summer. Please see MISS MAGGIE’S website, www.missmaggiesings.com to learn more about her!

We would like to extend special thanks to everyone for supporting us and we look forward to seeing everyone soon. Please feel free to post your comments on our website. Also, if you know of any venues you’d like to see us play at, please let us know. We’d love to hear from you!!! Many thanks…

Peggy (”Maggie”) and Eric (”Spike”)