Glick and Phillips Hot off the Press News

11 November 2006

The folks at First Nite Harrisonburg, an alcohol free family celebration spread over downtown Harrisonburg, will feature John and Steve once again this New Year´s Eve. The fellows have only missed one of these celebrations since its inception and are one of the perennial favorites. There may be a live feed to a big screen onto court square so those who cannot or don´t want to get inside the show venue ca see and here from the comfort of the great outdoors on Court Square.

There are also rumors of another Comedy Fest at Court Square Theater this winter or early spring. We shall see; it certainly was a lot of fun the last time and the folks seemed to enjoy it.

A lot of new songs should be coming out for the Year´s gig, especially given the state of politics locally, nationally, and internationally. Of course, the state of "healthcare" is always a hot topic for Glick & Phillips.

The Elkton Area United Services (EAUS) fund and food raiser show was good this year. A lot of non-perishable food items were brought for the food bank. The local crowd is always a pleasure to play for and very inspiring.

A presentation to the Autumn Corp meeting in Myrtle Beach last month was very enjoyable and seemed to go well. We shared our ideas and methods of compassionate service in caring for the elderly and were well received. Autumn Corp operates many retirement communities (old folk´s homes) in the southeast and are a wonderful, committed, bunch of folks with strong moral values geared to provide the best caring services. John and some of the Gesundheit youth may have an opportunity to assist in their teenage volunteer program for the nursing homes.

John is in Russia with the Gesundheit clown trip this year. I will see if he can generate a descriptive report when he returns.

I gotta go. Ireland is thumping the Springboks on The Rugby Channel at this moment.

EU later

Steve "Night Train" Phillips

Back again! G&P performing tonight at Spotswood High School in a benefit for Elkton Area United Services. "Free admission" but a "Free Will Offering" will be taken during the performance. Please show up and give this wonderful local service group a hand so they can help others in our community. Show starts at 7:00 with Gospel Music. Come early, it will be crowded.
sp

We're back. G&P will be performing at Harrisonburg's First Nite celebration this year. Details to come. A fresh batch of CD's are at Glen's, Downtown Books, and Guitar and Amp Center in Harrisonburg as well as the Country Inn in Elkton.
SP

OK, We're back! John's voice is getting better everyday and we are starting to perform again. I will try to update the site very soon. It looks as if we will be able to perform New Year's Eve this time around.
SP

See the Cambodia article and pictures, links on the home page below. More to come on this soon.
The CST Variety Show at the end of March should be a lot of fun.
Rumor is that The Foreigner will be in town again, with Steve as Owen Musser, at the end of June at Court Square Theater. Details are forthcoming.
Keep in touch.

GLICK & PHILLIPS in Cambodia

Next week John and Steve will be travelling to Cambodia with clowns from Gesundheit Institute. They will visit children's hospitals and orphanages as well as other places spreading positive energy. I will send in updates and pictures as soon as they are available.

SP

We apologize to any fans who came out to Staunton last weekend. We advised organizers of the festival that we would not be able to perform 3 months ago, but they did not remove us from their advertising.

There are no G&P gigs scheduled at this time. We are wiating for John to heal. He sounds sort of like a juvenile bullfrog. When he sings, he, instead of the audience, gets pain. This is an interesting turn of events, but uncomfortable for him. Steve stepped up at the Gesundheit conference "Joy, the Forgotten Vital Sign" in Ottawa and performed adequately (since I am writing this I must assume a modest pose - SP).

As noted previously we will not be appearing at First Nite Harrisonburg this New Year, the first one we will have missed since they started the darn thing 12 or 13 years ago. We encourage everyone to come out anyway and see the many performers with actual talent, some well known nationally.

On the positive side, the new batch of CD's are in with the full jewel case and improved insert. We will be advertising them soon and they can be had at places listed on the CD's page of this website.

Please send any positive thoughts you have or are able to fake to John at < john@glickandphillips.com >

Don't forget to wear bright colors for Halloween!

Oh, I almost forgot. Steve (I) is (am) going to be Elwood P. Dowd in the play "Harvey" at The Playhouse on Water St. in Harrisonburg November 13-16 and 20-23. It looks to be very funny. This is the part Jimmy Stewart played in the Hollywood movie of the same title.

EU later

SP

John is not able to sing at this time due to National Security Interests and the War On Terrorism. G&P are hunkering down and working on new and improved stuff so be ready when the guys emerge from quarantine, creating new jobs for Americans. Keep tuning in for details.

We are working on putting up some of our songs in this website for downloading. More pictures and song lyrics are also on the way.

John also had to drop out of Blue Ridge Theatre Festival's production of Larry Shue's The Foreigner. Steve still got to play one mean dumb redneck as Bev Appleton worked miracles replacing John. Most performances were to a full house. There are plans to bring The Foreigner back but dates are not yet firm.

Sorry for the long pause in updating the site. I'm back in the saddle now.

Love Ya !
Pray for Peace.
SP

It looks like John is on Doctor ordered voice rest for 2 months. Thank goodness old friend Thadeus "Tad" Moore was available to fill in. It looks like he may become a regular part of the act. Tad is just out of rehab which followed a whirlwind tour of the hottest cocktail lounges on the planet. He brings a mixture of new and old popular tunes interpreted in his own inimitable fashion, the likes of which have not been seen since the passing of Jonathan and Darlene Edwards. If he can get his hair back in order, he should make brief appearances at the next few gigs.

G&P are part ot this summer's Blue Ridge Theater show in July. John plays Charlie and Steve plays Owen in Larry Shue's "The Foreigner". See Calendar page for dates.

More news to follow soon. New Lyrics added as well.

CD's are now available at Downtown Books, Glen's Fair Price, and The Guitar and Amp Center all in Harrisonburg. Click the CD's link at the bottom of this page for details.

The gig at EMHS was interesting. John has a little vocal chord problem so Steve had to do all of the singing. It was a better performance than usual (My opinion- SP).

Next up is an appearance on WVPT's Auction at about 3 PM this Sunday, April 6th.

We love you all. Pray for peace in this world.

SP

Hello out there; The gig at JMU's Taylor Down Under went well. It was challenging playing to an audience of college kids late at night in an alcohol free venue. We learned a lot about what is funny to them and what is not. In retrospect, we should have spent more time getting into personnal interaction with them and thereby including them in the performance. It was still a good time and we enjoyed it very much.
In 2 days we will be performing at Eastern Mennonite High School to help raise funds for the Lewis & Clark expedition acroos the U.S. That should be a hoot. Ya'll come out.
SP

Check out the new gigs coming up March 28th and April 9th. It also looks like we will be going back to Ottawa next fall.

The CD's are at The Guitar and Amp Center now and will probably be at Glen's Fair Price and Downtown Books in a day or so. They are also available directly from The Lovely Debra and at CDBaby (see CD's page at this web site).

In the theatre theater, John is "working" hard on the new Elkton Daze script featuring more of Momma and Lily this time. There are also plans developing for "The Foreigner" this summer with Bev Appleton and the Blue Ridge Theater bunch. Jon at CST is thinking "The Boys Next Door" for next fall.

The gig this Friday at JMU should be very interesting. I will let you know how it goes this weekend.

Keep in touch!

SP

Check out CD's on our CD page here at Glickandphillips.com and also at < www.cdbaby.com/glickphillips1 > and < www.cdbaby.com/glickphillips2 >

(See pictures of clowning on Photo page)

In December, Steve and I, along with 8 other clowns (4 from the US, including Patch Adams, our buddy from medical school days, who organized the trip, 3 Italians, and an Argentinean) traveled throughout Israel, Gaza and the West Bank. For a week we clowned "on the run" through military checkpoints, refugee camps, schools, hospitals, daycare centers restaurants, airports and street corners. We were met with a huge sigh of relief , with smiles, laughter, tears, hugs, kisses and dancing everywhere we went. We were invited by the Israeli Medical Association, and sponsored by an Israeli-Palestinian Peace group. We did not debate politics or religion. We did not blame or accuse. We did not try to be right. We intentionally played with everyone, from terror victims in hospitals to soldiers with machine guns, doctors, patients, children, grandparents, Arabs, Jews, bus drivers, the disabled, a party with the richest businessmen in Israel, then dancing with the a school for poor deaf children in Gaza, the most crowded refugee camp on the planet. I remember each clown surrounded by 15-20 children, so many hands reaching out for a handshake and each precious face reaching for eye contact, a silent " Hello" , then a smile. We heard many stories, many sides of the trouble. We listened, we learned about courage and despair. We saw the terrible wounds of a shrapnel bomb that tore away the flesh from the shoulder of an Israeli man 2 months ago. He was smiling, his doctor said, tears in his eyes, for the first time in 2 months, while watching his Dr. and me rolling on the floor. We danced and played with 1000 schoolchildren in Gaza, some of whom thought we came down from the sky. We played with a kindergarten class in Dheisheh refugee camp in Bethlehem, one little boy at first terrified of these strange clowns, then with a shaky confidence, walking up to me as we were departing, to shake my hand. A triumph. We crossed the chaotic and tense checkpoint at Ramallah, along with thousands of Palestinians, dancing, singing "Down by the Riverside", taxis honking their horns, Israeli soldiers looking on with their weapons. We were fed, toasted, embraced, given so much thanks, it was difficult to leave.
We saw the intensity of a war torn nation, the fear, the vigilance, the grim reality of the occupied territories, the poverty and despair. We saw the bright new Jewish settlements on the West Bank, near the Palestinian´s squalid corrugated refugee camps. We saw the bullet shields extending 8-10 feet up around the highways to and from the settlements. We clowned in two Jerusalem hospitals, meeting terror victims, both Arab and Jew, and the sick and suffering of that great city, not to forget the fabulous nurses, doctors, social workers, hospital staff who serve in such a difficult place. We met and played with 90 Israeli hospital clowns- in- training, then went bedside clowning throughout a huge hospital in Tel Aviv. We were in Bethlehem, early the morning the curfew was lifted, the square in front of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher empty. The church, the sight of an incredible siege last year, was virtually deserted. We walked down narrow steps to the cave where it is said the Christ was born. A strange and wonderful peace amidst the terrible conflict above and outside.
Our clowning draws children of all ages to us, especially the little ones. We leave mementos, balloons tied to wrists, doors, tanks, guns, barricades, wheelchairs, walkers, IV poles, bulldozers and the rubble of destroyed buildings. We blow bubbles, we sing songs, we play instruments, we chase squealing children and teens in schoolyards, street corners, hallways in hospitals and checkpoints. We make eye contact with faces familiar and exotic, young, old, fearful, happy, tentative, bold, indifferent, curious. We shake hands, hug, blow kisses; exchange addresses, peace signs, smiles. We are an anomaly, a disturbance. We stand out in a crowd. We are inappropriate. We enter into forbidden territory, as if we have some strange immunity. We are waved through tense checkpoints. We embrace gun toting soldiers, family members at the bedsides of the sick or wounded. We are pulled into hospital rooms by parents who desperately want a moment of joy for their child. We are love medicine. We are laughter and joy in a sea of sadness and fear. We are a balm to the wounds of war and violence. We are being carried on great wings of laughter, swept along by winds of peace and hope for the future, forgiveness for the past.

JG

On Feb. 21st and 22nd G&P will be "sorta live" at Harrisonburg's Court Square Theater. Shows start at 8:00 PM. The theater box office number is 433-9189. See Links page for CST's web site < http://courtsquaretheater.com >. The 2 shows will be similar with a few song changes between. We will perform some of the new songs from First Nite, including Mr. Sadaam. The most exciting part will be the World Premiere of "Elkton Daze", a sitcom sketch in the fashion of "The Honeymooners". It will be directed by Randy Lilly who trained us for "The Sunshine Boys" last summer. The plan is to have G&P music, first half of sketch, intermission, music, second half of sketch. The whole thing should take just under 2 hours. Remember, you can get 10% off meals at Calhoun's if you are coming to the show. The new CD's should be available for sale at the theater during intermission and after the show. See you there!

Sorry for the delay. The CD's are being mastered at Electric Arts Recording by Bart and we should have some to distribute by Feb. 20th. There will be 2 of them, Volumes I & II recorded live at the shows from Court Square Theater in November 2002. Volume 1 will have songs about medical issues and other topics suitable for worldwide distribution. Volume 2 will have some general, but mostly songs with references to local items. For instance, "Daytin' in Dayton" will be on Vol. 2 and "Hello CCU" will be on Vol. 1. Both will be worth listening to. Although the quality is that of a direct to 2 channel disc board mix, Bart is fixing it up nice enough to listen to for those with tolerant tastes. ALSO**** We will be at Court Square theater again February 22nd, Saturday night. The performance will feature the first installment of "Elkton Days", a serial sitcom with the boys and directed by Randy Lilly. See Calendar for this and other gigs.

WOW! We just got back from a tour of Israel and Palestine with the Gesundheidt Institute clowning troup. When I get some pictures I will post them. The group included Patch and Susan and Wildman as well as wonderful people from Argentina, Italy, Russia, and another from Virginia. We were well recieved in Israeli and Palestian hospitals and schools. Much happiness was created in the refugee "camps". I will write a complete report and post it on the site separately.

Intense preparation for the new year's eve show is underway. It should be one of our best.

The CD project slowed down when we went to the Holy Land but is back on track now. I will keep you posted.

SP

The raw material from the DAT tapes of the CST shows are on CD now for editing. Some of the stuff is too raw, or spoiled, but some sounds like it will turn out very well. Lily's rendition of "Mrs. Wiseman Had A Farm" sounds great. She stole the show and may steal the CD. She will probably want to renegotiate her allowance.

If you have any requests for songs to put on a CD please let us know. Click on the Contact link at the page bottom. If we get enough requests for a song that is of marginal recording quality, requests from fans may lead us to include it on the CD.

If you want to be notified when the CD's are ready to sell be sure to sign up for the mailing list (which I promise will be kept just between you and G&P; no selling to marketing people).

Se you at First Nite!!

Bart has the tapes and deems them of a quality good enough for our fans so it looks like the CD project is a go! There will probably be at least two CD's and possibly a third. Details later. See you New Year's Eve at First Nite (www.firstnite.net).

Hooray!

The Court Square Theater gig went very well and the audiences had a great time. Even the sound guy, Thomas, laughed. Joe was a big help with the Glenn's Fair Price giveaways and little Lily made her singing debut with "Mrs. Wiseman Had a Farm" while standing on a bar stool to reach Proud Papa's microphone.

The tapes of the event are being sent to Bart at Electronic Arts for processing. The work may take too long to get CD's by New Year (less than 50% chance they will be available for sale at First Nite) but they should definitely be ready to ship by Super Sunday (end of January). There may be enough music for three CD's since the two shows contained different music sets. Each show lasted about 2 hours with a 15 minute intermission.

Thanks to Jon Meyer, Jenny Sappington, and Thomas the sound guy, as well as The Lovely Debra who put in immense hours. She said she had a great time talking to folks who bought tickets and hearing their stories. Thanks to Cousin Larry for videotaping the second show. It turned out great.

Good News if you want to watch both shows next weekend! Only the opening song is played in both shows. Other than that, all of the songs will be different in the two shows. No Repeats. So you may need to come to both shows if you want to hear all of the songs. There are still many we won't have time to do, but most of the usual requests will be played, and somewhat sung, during one of the two shows. There will be an intermission after about an hour and the whole thing should last about 2 hours give or take 60 minutes. If you want to get requests in for certain shows, email us now (see the contact list page by clicking at the bottom of this one) while the song lists are still being modified. Hope to see you there. Don't forget to have fun.

Phillips and Glick

Tickets are in and go on sale Monday Oct. 28th. See Upcoming Gigs for details. Shows are at 2:30 on Saturday and 7:00 on Sunday.

Look for advertisements in the Daily News Record Oct. 26, 29, and November 1. Also check the Valley Banner Oct. 31. there may also be something in the Skyline Section of the DNR on Oct. 31.
See you at the show next weekend. We are practicing harder than usual.

Tickets for the shows at the Court Square Theater November 2nd and 3rd go on sale next week. Advance tickets are available only during the hours 10-2 at the CST box office (540-433-9189) down the hall from Calhoun's restaurant. Cash/Check only please. Remaining tickets will be sold at the box office beginning 1 hour before each performance (at 1:30 for Saturday's 2:30 show and at 6:00 for Sunday's 7:00 show). Reserved tickets must be picked up at least 1/2 hour before performance or they will be resold to patrons at the box office. the shows would qualify for G (or at least PG) ratings and will last about 1 hour and 45 minutes with a brief intermission after the first 45 minutes.
We hope to see you there! Don't forget to get Tickets early as they may go fast.

G&P entertained at the Virginia Samboree for the second time (the first was a couple of years ago in Lightfoot, VA) last Friday night. The "Good Sams" is an organization for RV lovers. The show at the Rockingham County Fairgrounds was well attended (about 600) and the crowd dug the tunes. A few liked the Jokes, but some reacted with jovial disdain. Much to John's consternation they liked the mud bath joke, a favorite of Steve's. Overall it was a great time had by all. Thanks to Chuck for the sound and all the Good Sams for their support. We hope to do it again.

Glick & Phillips will be performing and recording at Harrisonburg's Court Square Theater November 2nd and 3rd. Saturday's show is at 2:30 (time to see the Chinese dentist) and Sunday's is 7:00. Tickets are available _ONLY_ during midday (10-2) the week before the performance at the Court Square Theater box office (433-9189). Cash or Check only please(We can't figure out how to work the credit card thingy).
The recordings will be used to make a CD or two. We are finally getting to it after years of requests by our fans, both of them, including Herb. Tapes and CD's will hopefully be available by First Night, and maybe even for Chanukah!