{"id":26638,"date":"2013-11-19T14:00:43","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T19:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whisnews21.com\/?p=26638"},"modified":"2013-11-19T14:00:43","modified_gmt":"2013-11-19T19:00:43","slug":"donna-cunningham-shares-on-the-road-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/2013\/11\/19\/donna-cunningham-shares-on-the-road-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Donna Cunningham Shares On The road Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"donna2013mar01\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Catching Up With Fans Across The World<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Well, here it is the beginning of November and I haven\u2019t written a newsletter since June. So\u2026instead of noting each and every thing (seems I can\u2019t remember \u201ceverything\u201d, oh my) I will simply write about the highlights. Here goes!
\nOn August 17th<\/sup>, I did a show at the Southern Ohio Opry featuring one of my favorite people and singers, Jay Walker, a young man from Wayne, W. Va. who has a wonderful country voice. Also on the show was Kaylyn Pace from Ann Arbor Michigan, a sweet and beautiful you lady. Rounding out the show with me, is my \u201cstage rock\u201d Terry Crabtree. He is a young man who plays and sings so professionally\u2026he is a showman and someone I can always depend on to have my back. He always eases the worry of putting on a show and making it work.
\nOn the 24th<\/sup> of August, I sang at the Opry on the regular Opry show\u2026fun as always.
\n\"allendonna01\"<\/a>On the 29th<\/sup> of August I flew to Sioux City to be at the National Traditional Country Music Assn.\u2019s annual festival\u00a0 in LeMars, Iowa. I rented a car and drove the 30 or so miles to LeMars. I got to sing a lot and visit with old friends. I met Barbara Fairchild there. She was so gracious and such a beautiful lady. \u00a0And my single \u201cA Satisfied Me\u201d was named the Contemporary Country Single of the Year by the Rural Roots Country Music Commission and presented to me by Bob Everheart. I was supposed to fly home on Labor Day leaving Sioux City at 6 am\u2026.but\u2026the plane had computer problems and I was stranded in the airport until about 4:45 that afternoon\u2026funny story now, but it was one long day then!
\nOn September 14th<\/sup> I did my regular show at the Southern Ohio Opry In Lucasville.
\nSeptember 16th<\/sup> found me heading back to Nashville for meetings and tapings of a new TV show that Allen and I are doing called the Country Junction.\u00a0 Fun, fun, fun! Plus I am learning so much.
\nAMAZING news,\u00a0 Allen and my Duet single \u201cAin\u2019t That a Lovin\u2019 Shame\u201d went back to # 1 on Indieworld for the week of September 20th<\/sup>. It was previously # 1 in May on Indieworld. I am so proud of the work we do together.
\nSeptember 21st<\/sup> I did a show for the first time in Winchester, Ohio. The Big Red Barn Convention Center is a wonderful venue, plus the house band there consists of mostly my old band. They did a great job with Dave Morrison is the band leader (The Dave Morrison Band); the keyboard\/singer Terry Crabtree , Bobby Burnette on lead guitar, Jared Ward on drums and Brent Jack on bass. I had a sweet night with a great crowd and old friends to work with me.
\nSeptember 24th<\/sup> I was in Huntington, W. Va. rehearsing for a show with the Saturday Night Jamboree scheduled for the \u00a0September 28th<\/sup> at the park in Barboursville, W.Va. That show went well, though not a big turnout. But the band was good and I had a great time. (Have y\u2019all noticed that as long as I am singing, I am having a wonderful time ha, ha).
\nThe morning of October 5th<\/sup>, I performed at a benefit in Portsmouth, Ohio for SOLACE which is an anti-drug group.The folks who are involved in this are such caring people. My hat goes off to them. I was there to sign autographs and sell merchandise with the proceeds going to SOLACE. The other local celebrities (for lack of a better word) who were there were Don Gullett, former pitcher with the Cincinnati Reds when they won the World Series in 1979. Al Oliver who\u00a0 played baseball with the Pittsburg Pirates, Mark Frazee who was known as the \u201cGolden Boy\u201d of boxing , and baseball scout for the Reds, Gene Bennett. \u00a0That evening, I sang again at the Southern Ohio Opry.
\nThe 24th<\/sup> of October began a trip to Belleville, Ontario, Canada for a show with the Quinte Classic Country Jamboree with Allen Karl and Ann Brown. I have to say that the band was truly awesome. Steve Piticco is one of the best guitarists I have ever played with. The entire evening was such a memorable one. \u00a0In attendance at the show was A.J. Trainer and I finally got to meet such a wonderful lady and DJ, Bev Walmsley. I send my thanks to Michael Ayers for putting the show together and for
\n# 1 on Indieworld for the week of September 20th<\/sup>. It was previously # 1 in May on Indieworld. I am so proud of the work we do together.
\nSeptember 21st<\/sup> I did a show for the first time in Winchester, Ohio. The Big Red Barn Convention Center is a wonderful venue, plus the house band there consists of mostly my old band. They did a great job with Dave Morrison is the band leader (The Dave Morrison Band); the keyboard\/singer Terry Crabtree , Bobby Burnette on lead guitar, Jared Ward on drums and Brent Jack on bass. I had a sweet night with a great crowd and old friends to work with me.
\nSeptember 24th<\/sup> I was in Huntington, W. Va. rehearsing for a show with the Saturday Night Jamboree scheduled for the \u00a0September 28th<\/sup> at the park in Barboursville, W.Va. That show went well, though not a big turnout. But the band was good and I had a great time. (Have y\u2019all noticed that as long as I am singing, I am having a wonderful time ha, ha).
\nThe morning of October 5th<\/sup>, I performed at a benefit in Portsmouth, Ohio for SOLACE which is an anti-drug group.The folks who are involved in this are such caring people. My hat goes off to them. I was there to sign autographs and sell merchandise with the proceeds going to SOLACE. The other local celebrities (for lack of a better word) who were there were Don Gullett, former pitcher with the Cincinnati Reds when they won the World Series in 1979. Al Oliver who\u00a0 played baseball with the Pittsburg Pirates, Mark Frazee who was known as the \u201cGolden Boy\u201d of boxing , and baseball scout for the Reds, Gene Bennett. \u00a0That evening, I sang again at the Southern Ohio Opry.
\nThe 24th<\/sup> of October began a trip to Belleville, Ontario, Canada for a show with the Quinte Classic Country Jamboree with Allen Karl and Ann Brown. I have to say that the band was truly awesome. Steve Piticco is one of the best guitarists I have ever played with. The entire evening was such a memorable one. \u00a0In attendance at the show was A.J. Trainer and I finally got to meet such a wonderful lady and DJ, Bev Walmsley. I send my thanks to Michael Ayers for putting the show together and for the way he took care of everything.\u00a0 I look forward to returning next year. We met so many friendly people, they are huggers, just like me.
\nSo I think I have caught you up on just about everything, at least all that\u00a0 I can remember\u2026catch you next month and remember, I wish you music, laughter and love. Donna<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Catching Up With Fans Across The World Well, here it is the beginning of November and I haven\u2019t written a newsletter since June. So\u2026instead of noting each and every thing (seems I can\u2019t remember \u201ceverything\u201d, oh my) I will simply write about the highlights. Here goes! On August 17th, I did a show at the Southern Ohio Opry featuring one of my favorite people and singers, Jay Walker, a young man from Wayne, W. Va. who has a wonderful country voice. Also on the show was Kaylyn Pace from Ann<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26638"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}