October 2004
The leaves are turning beautiful colors of gold and
copper and the winds are beginning to blow a little colder.
Welcome autumn! The home of my favorite holiday: Halloween!
You know that Ritchie and I are very close, but one year I decided
to actually BE Ritchie- as you can see. Always a woman of many
faces, many sides and many emotions...I never duplicate the
same Halloween costume twice. Here are some of my past creations:
here's a hint as to where I am in the photos...Ariel, the princess
of darkness, piratess, a ghost of myself, a cat , and feeling
a little devilish....oh, and yes thats me with the whip too!
That explains a lot doesn't it...Click
for the photos here!
I must share an amazing story with you. I have
always had such a great respect for the actors that are on Broadway.
They give so much everynight for months and are so talented...amazing.
So, last month I went to New York City to see the Boy
From Oz. It's starring Hugh Jackman and it is the role that
won him a Tony award this year. It was well deserved- what a
performance! Dancing, singing, acting, and moments that would
bring you to tears set up against moments that would have you
dancing in the aisles! Anyway, I was sitting in the audience
dancing in my seat to one of the songs and Mr. Jackman (playing
Peter Allen) noticed, stopped the show and put a spotlight on
us. He invited us to sing a song and we happily obliged. What
a great honor! Lady Nancy was in my group that night and we
sang Ghost of a Rose and Past Times With Good Company with a
Broadway orchestra backing and Mr Jackman dancing along. That
moment will live on in my memory forever. He was even gracious
enough to announce the name: Blackmore's Night , to the packed
house. Thank you
Mr Jackman... you are a true gentleman and an inspiration.
A big thanks to all of our American fans!! I had come down with
an upper respiratory infection the day of the 1st show of the
USA tour. So, all the shows that we did here I was taking antibiotics,
day cold medicine, night cold medicine, lots of vitamin C and
throat lozenges. And knowing what a close band and crew we have,
Ritchie, 1/2 the crew members and some of the band got sick
as well. But onward we went and each night we had such a great
time. Once again, our incredible fans pulled us through. We
had such a great time with you all!! Thank you for the flowers,
the laughter, the presents, and the love...
Beyond
the Sunset- the Romantic Collection is in stores now and
has 14 songs for your Renaissance Romance including our newest
one: Once In A Million Years. You'll find new versions of Ghost
of A Rose, Now and Then and a 5 track DVD sampler from our performance
in Schloss Burg in Solingen show from 2003. This package also
includes a surprise 3 track bonus CD of Christmas songs for
the holiday season. You can get Beyond the Sunset at major record
retail stores by you or from Amazon.com.
Or check www.blackmoresnight.com/merch.html
where you'll find all the latest merchandise including the All
Because Of You remix which has just been released to radio.
We're doing a lot of interviews to promote
the latest release. The interviews just completed which will
be out soon are: www.nepatoday.com,
www.getreadytorock.com,
England's Fireworks Magazine (November release date), England's
Guitar Magazine, Poland's Gazeta Wyborcza, Portugal's Antena
3 Radio, England's Guitar Buyer Magazine, and Russia's L'Optimum
Magazine. We also have a large feature in Japan's Burrn! Magazine
out this month.
Now we'll head to Japan to promote the release
of All For One- the Finest Collection of Blackmore's Night on
Yamaha Records which was released in September. There is 15
tracks on that as well as the Way To Mandalay video, the new
song Once In A Million Years and the new remix of All Because
of You ! You'll find specifics about the tour dates on: www.blackmoresnight.com/tour_info.html
Don't forget to check www.candicenight.com/betweenus.htm
for the answers to your questions for October. Also, check www.candicenight.com/reflections_art.htm
for new additions of your incredible artwork . Like
this beautiful portrait sent to me by Sophie Hoffert of
France. It's just perfect...Thank you so much Sophie!
By the way, you know that you can make a difference
in this world by doing one small thing per day for someone else...
People who need a little light in their lives are all around
you...share some of yours. Now, I don't normally do this, because
I want people to choose how they make their own difference in
this world. But I do have a close friend who has done so much
for so many...She asked me if I would post this on my site and
I said of course I would. So, if you have the time, and $3.50
or $5 to contribute to Beads By Jack... a small amount for such
a huge difference that we can make in this individual's life.
Please take a moment to read this. Here
is Jack's story.
Enjoy the first days of the autumn ...Happy
Halloween and Samhain... hope to see you on the road!
Love and light,
Candice
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