Email from Ryan: Says Sarah needs your help....

Hey folks!

First, an introduction - my name is Ryan, and over the next few months I'll be getting in touch with you with updates as Sarah Borges makes her way around the country in support of her new album, Diamonds in the Dark. If I'm not mistaken, each of you, at some point in your life, signed up for Sarah's mailing list... and I have been given the responsibility and honor to keep y'all up to date on things. I look forward to hearing from you guys as well!

As you all may know, Sarah just released her second album, and her first with Sugar Hill Records. If you haven't had a chance to pick one up yet, you can do so here (it's also on iTunes of course). It's been getting rave reviews from Americana-type outlets and magazines, and her live performances are getting more and more hype as she moves across the country. I hope that some of you have been able to catch up with Sarah and the band -- or are planning on seeing them sometime soon. If you've seen them before, you won't argue with me when I tell you that it is quite an experience.

The people getting this email are, no doubt, Sarah's greatest and most loyal fans... and she and the boys need you. Throughout the coming months, the band will be performing in areas that have not yet been plowed over by the Broken Singles freight train. We really want to pack these venues to capacity, which requires a joint effort between all of us at Sugar Hill and all of you enlightened souls around the country. Over the next months, I will be shamelessly begging you guys for help in turning people onto Sarah as she comes to perform in your area. Now, now, don't hit that "unsubscribe" link just yet -- I will keep it to a respectfully low number of emails, probably one every 4 to 6 weeks.

"Help" in this case means a couple of things -- first and foremost, attending the show, and bringing friends. For each tour stop, we'd also love to have a couple of motivated superfans who would be willing to put up some posters around town and distribute some fliers to your favorite local establishments. In most cases, this "boots on the ground" aka "grunt-work" aka "free labor" will earn you a coveted guest list spot for the show, as well as the satisfaction of purveying the crowd at the packed concert with the knowledge that "I made this happen."

Now, the dates. Here is the upcoming tour leg, through mid-August. We really need helpers for the tour stops listed in bold:

7/3/2007 - Seattle, WA - Tractor Tavern
7/5/2007 - Salt Lake City, UT - Twilight Concert Series
7/6/2007 - Seattle, WA - Westlake Park
7/7/2007 - Courtenay BC, CAN - Vancouver Island Musicfest
7/8/2007 - Courtenay BC, CAN - Vancouver Island Musicfest
7/10/2007 - Portland, OR - Dante's
7/11/2007 - San Francisco, CA - 12 Galaxies
7/13/2007 - Reno, NV - Rollin' on the River
7/14/2007 - Santa Cruz, CA - Catalyst
7/15/2007 - Los Angeles, CA - The Mint
7/18/2007 - Denver, CO - Soiled Dove
7/22/2007 - Nashville, TN - 3rd and Lindsley
7/25/2007 - Pittsburgh, PA - Club Café
7/26/2007 - Rochester, NY - Big City Summerfest
7/27/2007 - Rochester, NY - Big City Summerfest
7/28/2007 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
7/29/2007 - Baltimore, MD - Creative Alliance at the Patterson
8/2/2007 - Manchester, NH - Thursday Night Live
8/10/2007 - Arlington, VA - Iota Club and Café
8/11/2007 - Piermont, NY - Turning Point
8/12/2007 - Fall River, MA - Fall River Celebrates America

As you can see, she's performing a number of dates between now and the 14th, but it's a bit too late to arrange posters and fliers for those -- however, word-of-mouth grassroots turnout is still definitely essential for every show on this list. Let's do everything we can for Sarah during this important tour! Just drop me a line at ryanb@sugarhillrecords.com if you're interested. I shall look forward to hearing from each and every one of you!

In other news, you can still enter the fabulous contest that Sugar Hill is offering -- your own personal house party with Sarah and the Broken Singles providing the musical entertainment! The winner is to be chosen at random on 9/28/07. For more details, and to enter the contest, check the Sugar Hill Website.

Well, folks, thanks for reading that whole thing. That's enough out of me, for now...

Keep cool everyone!

Ryan Baker, Sugar Hill Publicity Coordinator