Since the last time we have "talked" things have been nuts! So much has happened I don't even know where to begin..
The later part of October was focused on boobs, for breast cancer awareness month! Our Clear Channel radio cluster is the media sponsor for the Austin Chapter of the Susan G. Komen Foundation!
On October 15th KASE had a concert starring the Eli Young Band and Kristy Lee Cook, Concert for the Cure. I worked on this concert from beginning to end and it was a huge success, passing last years attendance and money raised. With ticket sales and a silent auction KASE raised over $15,500 for breast cancer research. It all happened so fast that I still haven't given myself a suffecient pat on the back!
Above is me with the Eli Young Band. I have been a fan of theirs since the days they were Eli & Young and no band. As a local Dallas/Fort Worth band, they have reached the national level and it was a true honor to have them at our show. Their new cd is called Jet Black & Jealous and you need to own it. Kristy Lee Cook from American Idol opened the show, over all it was a great night!
Two days after the Concert for the Cure I headed home for Alyson and Blake's wedding! This was a fantastic weekend full of friends, family and a whole lot of fun!
My cousin Anita came in from Mexico, this is me and my mom at one of the fabulous meals we had!
I had the job of staying in the hospitality room! We were staying in the nicest hotel in Fort Worth and the hospitality room happened to get upgraded to the nicest suite in the hotel!
It was a constant party room with tons of Chick Fil A, beer and fun!
Alyson was a beautiful bride!
The best part of the weekend was catching up with friends and family. This is me with my cousin Lauren, one of my favorite people in the world, Marcia and my other cousin Elizabeth!
Friday night after the rehersal dinner I got to hang out with my favorite camp counselors ever Chris & Gini (pictured below). There is a great Facebook group going on with old camp friends, I am loving catching up!
After two nights of an open bar and very few hours of sleep it was very nice to get back to Austin!
The following weekend was very busy. I got to see an upclose and personal performance of Bens Fold from Ben Folds Five. His performance was simliar to VH1 Storytellers and was truly amazing!
The day after Ben Folds the month of breasts continued with a never been done before grassroots promotion called Bras Across the Bridge. We had 125 women bring their bras and hook them together across the Congress Avenue Bridge in Austin, to take stand against Breast Cancer. This event was a true success for the radio station and all the women who came had amazing stories. This event was truly magical and I can't wait to do it next year.
After all the excitement of the bras I had to gear up for the Carrie Underwood/Little Big Town concert. This was my first big, big concert for the station and the pressrue was on. We had a great set-up and I brought in two ideas from things I have done in the past and KASE looked great!!
Here is me with Carrie Underwood and Little Big Town
The next day I went with Hotel Robyn and Steve to volunteer orientation at Central Market, to learn about volunteering in their very nice and fancy cooking school. I hope to voluntueer in a few upcoming classes and truly be a chef or just better in the kitchen.If you thought the month of the breasts was over, we ended October with the Austin Susan G. Komen Foundation Race for the Cure. The Komen Race is the one time every year I don't mind waking up at 3:45 in the morning. The Austin race is the same size of the one I am familiar with in Dallas, but the footprint was much larger and the race was in downtown. I ran the
last half mile of the 1 mile race, asit took us 15 minutes to get from our spot inline to the start line!
Clear Channel had a team, here I am with some of the ladies from Clear Channel Austin!
Oh yeah, Jack Ingram made a stop at the station and played a show that night for our sister station KVET. KVET has a live one hour radio show featuring Texas Artists and last week Jack played. It was neat to be part of a live radio show/concert and of course Jack was Happy Happy Country Country!!
Halloween is kind of a big deal in our office. Everybody decorates their cubicles and dresses up! This is the promotions department and our area was decorated with all sorts of Dr. Seuss stuff!
That has been most of my life for the past few weeks. I am happy to say October is over. I remember October of 2007 being just as busy, but this one was much more meaningful for me.
This week we have a Turkey Drive concert benefitting needing families in the Austin Area. Next weekend is a New Face Showcase starring Ashton Shepherd. I am getting ready for Thanksgiving and our fall coat drive starts on Monday. Tomorrow I will have been here for 3 months, time really has flown!
Have a great day, Happy Birthday Mom and happy, happy country country!
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