LIVE INTERNATIONAL LOOPING DAY in Santa Cruz, California

["Rick Walker/Loop.pooL" <GLOBAL@cruzio.com>]

Hi Gang,

I'm very excited to announce that our new Mayor, Emily Reilly
has declared

Saturday, January 25th

to be

"International Live Looping Day" in the City of Santa Cruz!!!!

This coincides with the day that the LOOPING TRIO comes rolling into town
to play the Cayuga Vault at 8 p.m. ($10/door.........no one turned away for
lack of funds).

Consisting of the return to California of fretless solo bass phenom from
London England, Steve Lawson,innovative 'guitar turntablist' from Los
Angeles, Andre LaFosse and yours trulyon drums/percussions/loops/processing
and madness,  this trio is stopping in Santa Cruz in the middle of a
California tour that starts in Hollywood on the last night of the NAMM show
(where we will be supporting the Gibson EDP Echoplex with loop 4 software)
and will culminate with an Echoplex clinic with the three of us at Bananas
at Large in San Raphael and a gig with the incomparable Michael Manring at
Henflings in Ben Lomond on Wednesday, January 29th.


Anyway,  Bill Walker is opening up the show at 8 when the Mayor
will come and present the proclamation to all four loopers on the bill.

I hope you can all make this auspicious event.  I am very excited and proud
to be
in a town that is so hip that such a thing could happen.

Think of it:   A Mayor of a City celebrating an emerging and cutting edge
art form/movement/community at it's relative inception...............how
cool is that anyhow...........Thanks, Emily!!!!

Here is the proclamation, if you are interested in reading it.

thanks,  I'm so friggin' excited!!!!!!

yours, Rick Walker (loop.pool)



CITY OF SANTA CRUZ CALIFORNIA
    MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS

THERE HAVE BEEN 21 FESTIVALS OF LIVE DIGITAL
LOOPING IN, OR PRODUCED FROM, THE CITY OF
SANTA CRUZ IN THE LAST THREE YEARS and

WHEREAS

THOSE LOOPING FESTIVALS HAVE INSPIRED MANY
OTHER CITIES AROUND THE NATION AND AROUND
THE WORLD TO HOST THEIR OWN LIVE LOOPING
FESTIVALS; and

WHEREAS

SANTA CRUZ HAS BEEN CALLED "THE LOOPING
CAPITOL OF THE UNIVERSE" BY FAMED U.K.
LOOPER AND SOLO BASSIST, STEVE LAWSON; and

WHEREAS

SANTA CRUZ WAS THE SITE OF THE LARGEST
GATHERING OF LIVE LOOPING ARTISTS IN HISTORY,
WHERE 48 LOOPING ARTISTS FROM ALL OVER
THE COUNTRY AND STATE PARTICIPATED IN 22
HOURS OF CONTINUOUS LOOPING FOR TWO DAYS
ON TWO STAGES AT THE Y2K2 LOOPFEST; and

WHEREAS

THERE ARE 17 LIVE LOOPING ARTISTS IN THE CITY OF SANTA CRUZ WHICH IS THE
LARGEST PER CAPITA GROUP OF LIVE LOOPING ARTISTS OF ANY CITY ON EARTH; and
WHEREAS SOME OF THOSE LOOPING ARTISTS ARE CONSIDERED
TO BE AMONGST THE MOST RESPECTED LOOPING ARTISTS IN THE INTERNATIONAL LIVE
LOOPING MOVEMENT TODAY; and

WHEREAS

ON JANUARY 25, 2003, THE CAYUGA VAULT WILL BE HOSTING THE LOOPING TRIO 
TOUR,
COMPOSED OF SOME OF THE MOST RESPECTED LIVE LOOPING ARTISTS IN THE
INTERNATIONAL LIVE LOOPING SCENE TODAY, ANDRE LaFOSSE (FROM LOS ANGELES) 
AND
STEVE LAWSON (FROM LONDON) ALONG WITH TWO SANTA CRUZ LOOPERS, RICK AND BILL
WALKER:

NOW, THEREFORE


I, EMILY REILLY, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SANTA CRUZ,
DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 2003
AS "INTERNATIONAL LIVE LOOPING DAY" IN THE CITY
OF SANTA CRUZ AND URGE ALL CITIZENS TO SUPPORT
THE LIVE LOOPING ARTISTS OF SANTA CRUZ FOR THEIR
TIRELESS WORK TO FURTHER THE CAUSE OF THIS
IMPORTANT EMERGING MUSICAL ARTFORM.