Somebody's turning 5

Today's note worthy event (at least for Benji) will occur this afternoon at 4pm in Nashville.  According to Benji, Columbia Records and some other Big Woo Woo's will be attending Scarletta's showcase, this afternoon.  For those not in the music lingo loop, a showcase is hosted by a Recording company like MTM, for potential Record Companies to come shop, and hopefully, sign the group being promoted, to a record deal.  Scarletta has been waiting for a year to start doing these because you only get one shot to make a really polished first impression, and if you are not quite there, wherever there is, you're likely to be remembered for "oh, that band"--and not in a good sense either.  Everyone can always improve but if you are really dismal in the beginning, well...see ya.  There's just too much competition in Nashville to waste your shot.

  They've been playing these every Tuesday and Thursday for a couple of weeks, with different labels and industry big wigs attending every time.  The Record labels send out their scouts and if the scouts are impressed, next time the big guns come to listen, so we'll see what, if anything shakes out today.  Scarletta seems to love doing this because they all love to perform.  I'm not going to tell you they don't get nervous--they do--but Benji said now it's just fun and since the band is really like a family, all three of them together just feels really comfortable.  They are each confident of the other two and with Nathan, their killer fiddle player back on board, everything is all normal again.  So, at 4pm, send good thoughts their way.  The whole thing just makes me nervous and jumpy as an old cat.

Tomorrow, one of my other favorite men in the world, turns 5.  Yep, my main man, Hudson, is having his partay at 3pm tomorrow, with all his buds, so that will be fun.  Sister Hadley has already asked if she can blow out the candles on his cake and got a big, fat, NO.  When I dropped his gift by yesterday, she wanted to open it, too.  Something tells me tomorrow may be a little tough on Had. Birthdays just suck when they aren't yours.
See...I told you he was adorable....