Singing Through the Holidaze with Big Wide Grin

Come celebrate the holidays with Big Wide Grin! This event will bring you good holiday cheer. There is a $15 donation collected at the door; please bring a dish and/or a favorite beverage to share for this special holiday gathering! Also, remember to dig out your most hideous Christmas sweater and wear it, if you dare! We will have a special contest to vote on the ugliest holiday sweater--prizes will be awarded!

Please make your reservations early; this band packs them in and they are fun, fun, fun!!!

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Now, here's a little bit of info on the band, whom I absolutely adore! --

This bi-coastal trio of Elaine Dempsey, Lawrence Lambert & Karl Werne, from California and Virginia, bring diverse backgrounds of experience, music and theater together to form a rich,

soulful blend of character and deep harmony. It will move you to an understanding of their name: BIG WIDE GRIN.


They are constantly on the move- whether at festivals, concert series, shows, or select house concerts and have shared the stage, collectively, with such artists as Janis Ian, Harriett Schock,

Lowen & Navarro, Richie Havens, Bruce Hornsby and toured with legendary blues man Keb' Mo'.


Their recent seasonal CD, “Holiday” features a wide variety of world class arrangers and studio musicians from both coasts, proving to be the most diverse self-produced musical endeavor from this group so far.

Musical guest artists include ODU Jazz Professor John Toomey, former Kool and the Gang bassist, Dana Silvercloud and Dan Martier from Tim Reynolds’ TR3.


BWG's "Live" release is a collection of original and cover material that have become trademark favorites of their live performances from the likes of Steve Earle and Tracy Chapman to Sly & The Family Stone.

Their debut CD, "Live Simple, Breathe Deep" (released under previous group name: "E.L.K.") was produced by Clayton Gibb (Keb' Mo' band) and features Mark Andes (Spirit, Canned Heat),

Rob Hooper (Jimmie Dale Gilmore), Cha Cha Friedken (Keb' Mo' band) and Eddie Williams.

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“Big Wide Grin ... Good singing. Great songs and the hardest working band in folk music.” Keb’ Mo’

"Take three supremely talented performers, throw in a generous portion of intelligent and heartfelt songwriting, add a dash of wit and charm, then sit yourself down to a spellbinding evening of top-notch entertainment with Big Wide Grin ... guaranteed to put one on every face." BJ Leiderman, theme composer, National Public Radio


PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO RSVP AS THIS IS AN EVENT HELD IN A PRIVATE HOME; your RSVP will bring directions! Thank You!

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