The Dream Journal – January 2025

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Hello, and Happy New Year!

We had a beautiful white Christmas, followed by enough rain to wash away all the snow again. We had intended to get on the road for our Florida tour right about now, but the weather reports convinced us to move up our schedule to avoid ice, snow, and bitter cold. So we got on the road on New Year’s Eve! Traveling in a camper van in winter takes some extra planning around weather events. We tend to avoid things like ice and snow as much as possible, and the cold impacts whether or not we can have water in the camper water system. It’s still rather cold for this time of year along the coast, but it’s not so cold we have to flush with antifreeze! And thankfully we have a great heating system on board. Now we just hope that we can find ourselves some warm weather out here as we work our way south.

We’re kicking off our musical year at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Jacksonville in Jacksonville, FL on Sunday, January 12th. We’ll be playing music for the morning service, starting at 10:45am. The UU Church is diverse in faith, ethnicity, history and spirituality, but aligned in their desire to make a difference for the good. They have a track record of standing on the side of love, justice, and peace. We are happy to be sharing our music with this congregation!

While we’re in Jacksonville, FL, we’ll be playing a one-hour set around lunchtime on Tuesday, January 14th at the Southside Community Center. The exact time of the set has not yet been finalized. If you’re in the neighborhood and want to come, drop us an email by the day before and we’ll get you the details! We’ll also post the updated time on our website once we have it.

The Luna Star Cafe in North Miami, FL has become one of our favorite places around the country to play. The food is excellent, the ambiance is quirky, and the folks who come for the music are a great listening audience. We’ll be there this year on Friday, January 24th, with our friend Lou Dominguez opening. Music starts at 8pm. The cafe is cash only, with a $15 minimum on food and/or drinks, and there may be an additional cover charge.

We are excited to be back at the South Florida Folk & Acoustic Music Festival in Davie, FL again this year. The festival runs Friday, January 31st through Sunday, February 2nd at the Bergeron Rodeo Grounds. The performer lineup at the festival this year is spectacular! Plus there are jams, workshops, and this year’s songwriting contest finalists (which is what got us there last year). We’ll be hosting a jam session, “Telling Stories That Matter: Songs for our Times” at 3pm on Saturday in the jam tent, and will be playing a set on the Gator Stage (the main stage!) at 2:30pm on Sunday. There’s camping on site (with late night song circles) for tents and RVs, too. Festival tickets are available here.

While we’re off touring around Florida, we would like to share a bit of our home with you. This newly-released lyric video for Faith’s song Twilight Time In The Meadow includes Dan’s photography from around our property and from our front porch. Enjoy!

Our albums Who We Are, Then and Now, Seeking, and Simple Grace are available from us at shows and on our website, through Bandcamp, or you can find them at iTunes and most other online music stores. Our music is also available streaming on Spotify and Apple Music.

As always, you can find additional schedule information on our website. For additional content, follow us on Patreon. For more frequent news updates and information, check out our Facebook fan page.

We wish you and yours a happy, healthy, and peaceful new year!
Dan & Faith

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