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Thanks to the Past
We just can't complete our site, without looking back "Through the Years"
upon the people who have been an important part of Urban Express Productions,
and our lives
Thank all of you.
To the Lord God, for all His Love and Guidance and for protecting us and our
entertainers on their many hours on the road. To St. Jude, and St Christopher,
for their help.
A special thank you to our families
who have stood by us and kept us strong:
My son and daughter, Jim Sammons and Alyssa Berry, who have lived their lives
in the band business and always supported us, Rose and Vincent Sotira, Josephine
and Maddy Sowa (our parents) , Jaci & John Finnegan, Kim, Tom, Amanda, Sean and Sara MacDonald,
and our friends Maggie Cotter, Bethy , Laura and Eric Draeger. We love you all!
It has been a pleasure to work with the many Vocalists, Musicians, and Entertainers
through the years. We have all grown in the business together, and we wish each
of you all the future success possible.
Shana Stack, Kevin Miller, Bobby
Simpson, Paul Goodridge, Rick
Leavitt, Jimmy Theriault, Dennis & Donna Fournier of "Out On Bail",
John French, Nick and Chris Giammarino, Alyson (for standing by us) and Steve
Gibbs of "Freedom Reins", Bob Hanscom (who got Mitch started in the business
so many years ago as a roadie), Stan (long time friend)and Donna Kulikowski
of "Dimensions" band, Brian and Charmaine Last ( for your loyality and friendship)
of "Out On Bail", Rhonda Lee of "Rhonda Lee and Red Velvet" (for years of shared
work and family) , Jan Bear (for your fill-in help), Linda Gentile, Paul Stoutimore, Jimmy Mack
of "Jimmy Mack and the House Rockers" (for working with us all these years) ,
Chrissy Malonson, John May of "Rodeo Clowns" (for your advice at the beginning of
UEP), Becky Saad of Rowan Wildfire Entertainment, Ron and Carol Stephan, and to
the following talented musicians (and their bands who loaned them to us) who have
pulled us through at the last minute.. Bob Shultz (for all your bass fill-in
work), Ducky Belliveau (for all your fill-in work and the fine steel sounds),
Joey Walker (for you drumming) and Mark Richardson, Jason Silverman (for
all your fill-in help and funny jokes), Paul Goodridge (for your fill in help on
every instrument), Win Schmidt & Louanne Lepecier (on drums), Jerry Caruso
(for your loyalty, support of our bands, and performances for us), Bobby Reardon
(on drums), Jim Burgan and Bruce Roberts.
Also a Huge Thank You to
Jonathan Scott and Blazing Hearts Band
and
Shana Stack and
FastLane
Band
Have I forgotten anyone? Let me know. It is so hard to list all of you fine folks.
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Special Thanks to:
The wives and husbands
of our musician/performers, who are willing to share their mates
time with us.
Robyn Lynn for helping our business to expand
Gene Gerth for hiring us for our International Tours and to
John Antes for supporting us in South Korea
Bobbe Seymour for his support and advice
The NHCMA and the MCMAA for their support
To the Venues and their Entertainment Agents who have continually booked us all
these years:
The American Legions and Veterans of Foreign Wars Clubs, Circle 9 Ranch, the
Elks and Eagles Clubs, Jaffrey Chamber of Commerce, Rick of Woodbound Inn,
the Lisbon Chamber of Commerce, the Moose Clubs, the Polish Club, the Grist Mill
of Killington, VT.
To our men and women of the United States Military who are willing to give of
their lives to protect and defend all of us.
We have also worked with many businesses who have helped our company. They include:
Brian Ritchie of USDA/Rural Housing (for believing in us)
Mark Tieger
of Tieger Reality in Jaffrey (for giving us our home)
Jodi Sammons of JR Photographics (for being a great niece and her fine photo shoots of
Rhonda
Lee)
Joe Cadette
of JMC Designs (for Midnight Bandits logo and your fill in work)
Barbara Fisher
of Thunderbird Production in Brandon, VT
CD's Of Plattsburg, NY
(for a great and inexpensive CD copying)
Soundlab Digital
of Milford, NH (for your fine sound recordings)
Roth Communications
(for your design work and support of Midnight Bandits at practices)
Tactics Group
(for keeping our computer working)
MicroCredit
of NH (for their help in funding our touring equipment)
Ruth Parent
of the Voice Studios in Keene, NH (for training and support of our vocalists)
AOTV
in Athol, Ma (for allowing our performers to entertain on your TV station)
Ty Recording Studios
in Milford, NH
And to our band's fans and supporters, who make up our audiences, and without
whom all of this means nothing...playing to an empty room just isn't the same
so we hope for your continued support and for helping to
"Keep the Arts Live"
Thank You All !!!
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