Hey everyone

I just back from an amazing 3-week traverse of the Northeastern and the Midwestern US! It was grand. Most shows featured special guest Elijah Tucker (a.k.a. Generous Music) on bass, percussion, and harmony, and when the context permitted, he opened the show with his own glorious musical emanations. Also heard joining us in the Boston area was siren extraordinaire Chris Thompson. And we had special additions of S.M.O.O.V.E. members singing, moving, and percussing, including J.D., Janet, Emily, Grayson, and a mess o young folks from Ohio whose names I missed! If youre wondering what S.M.O.O.V.E. is, read on.

S.M.O.O.V.E.
Stands for Spontaneous Movement Orchestra & Open Vocal Ensemble. Its my floating auxiliary bandan evolving consortium of folks who are familiar with what I do and want to join in on stage. Though theres always some room for spontaneous participants, the S.M.O.O.V.E folks are those who already have some knowledge of parts, or have special musical skills, and have contacted us ahead of time. Enthusiasm countsas does ability with harmony, percussion, or dance. Contact us through Shifra: office@billyjonas.com.

LAKE EDEN ARTS FESTIVAL (LEAF)DONT MISS IT!
It is May 11-13, 2007, and is a wonderful way to visit the mountains of North Carolina! Ill be there, as well as Arlo Guthrie & The Guthrie Family Legacy Tour, Bee Good Tanyas, Olu Dara, The Duhks, Jean Paul Samputu of Rwanda, Rosie Ledet & The Zydeco Playboys  and more.

To see a full menu of folk, world, dance music, healing arts workshops, and other activities, go to link. Hope to see you there!

COLLECTING VIDEOS OF HOMEMADE MUSIC
We are still calling for your videos! So far, the results have been both hilarious and awe-inspiring! Please send us morerecord your own Billy Jonas style performance, either of my songs, or of original songs, with guitars, drums and/or homemade instruments.

We want to include clips in my next DVD, so if youve got something for us to see, send videos to:
Billy Jonas World Headquarters
PO Box 8391
Asheville, NC 28814
OR email them to office@billyjonas.com

VOLUNTEERS
Thanks again to those who helped out on this last tour with merchandise and logisticswe couldnt do this without you! If you are interested in donating your time and talents to the Billy Jonas World Headquarters, please contact us via office@billyjonas.comvolunteers are needed for everything from pre-show publicity to data entry to helping out at the shows to whatever helpful task you might conjure up!

See you!
~ Billy