SUSAN CARSON

November 21 - Hey there! I've started booking gigs for 2025.  Only a few so far, but working on it.  Looking back on the past 6 months since I've moved to Ohio, I've done pretty well with getting shows.  I've played: Paddle Bar, Sandy Ridge Vineyards, CLE Market Coe Lake, Front Street Social, Firelands Historical Society, Third Thursday Vermilion, a private party in Port Clinton. Now I've got a couple of dates booked at the Elyria Country Club and Front Street Social in the new year. Also, starting to work on my pen drawings and getting ready for the holiday season!

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October 25 - I've fallen behind on my updates, as well as booking more gigs! September and October were FILLED with visits from friends and family and a big bicycle trip through Italy. I was great having family from Illinois and Florida, as well as some friends from Connecticut come to see my new home. The bike trip was 15 days of touring through history, Italian countrysides, Adriatic Sea coastline, olive groves. The best part was doing it with four of my best friends! Then back to Ohio to play a debut show at Front Street Social in Berea - great place, very nice welcoming audience. Anyway, I've been so busy that I've fallen behind on booking shows, but it's okay. Time to enjoy the change of season and the holidays.  I know things will come up, like the private party I'm playing for Halloween in Port Clinton. Stay tuned.

 

September 4 - This summer has gone so fast, right? I played a lot of shows this summer in my new home state. Exploring the area has been great fun - the parks, kayaking, hiking, walking/running, bycycling, motorcycling - all top notch here.  Some highlights have been the PNP - Paddle N Pints group paddle (SUP and Kayak) out on Lake Erie, visiting the Miller Preserve and Butterfly House in Sheffield Lake, catching TWO outdoor, free Shakespeare performances - one from French Creek Theater and one from Cleveland Shakespeare Festival, cycling the Emerald Necklace trail, exploring the Cleveland Art Museum. Other notables have been the Third Thursday Vermilion nights that I've played music for, and the Market on Main and Fridays in the Firelands in Norwalk, Ohio. Been meeting a lot of new great friendly people out here in Ohio, but making close friends is a slow slow slow slow process. I can, at least, say that the music audiences have been super warm and welcoming and I do feel I'm building a bit of a following. 

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