Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families and friends of those who perished or are missing in the September 11th tragedies.  Our special condolences to fan club member and friend, John DiPalermo, whose cousin “Big John” Fiorito was killed in the Twin Tower explosion.  Our hearts go out to all of you who were personally affected by these tragedies.  We would also like to honor the heroes who have contributed to the rescue and relief efforts.  We are amazed and thankful for your courage.

In some way, we have all been affected by the horrific events of September 11th.  Our lives, as we knew them, will never be the same.  We have to keep the faith and keep praying.  God has a plan for each one of us.  God bless America!

We had our album release party on September 6th in Nashville.  We had a great turn-out (about 100 people).  We presented the Golden Web Award to our Webmaster, David Sledge.  The award is presented to sites whose web design, originality and content have achieved levels of excellence deserving of recognition.  David does a great job and we are proud to call him our Webmaster!  The party was a success with food, refreshments, and entertainment.  We performed several songs from our new album (“Million Roses”) with accompaniment from Casey Kelly and Scott Nienhaus.  A good time was had by all!  Thanks to Wanda and “Trees” Trester for sending the beautiful red roses!  Also, special thanks to Randal Reed for the roses and the stage set-up.  You’re a sweetheart. 

We just got back from the Airplay International Awards.  We’re happy to say that we came back with an armload of awards!  Our mother and fan club president, Vivian Moore, received the award for Fan Club of the Year.  Our talent agency, Third Coast Talent, received Talent Agency of the Year.  We were also honored with Country Duo of the Year and International Entertainer of the Year.  The International Entertainer award is gigantic!  We snapped lots of pictures and will get them up on the site soon!  We did an hour show with our band on the Friday night of the awards and got a standing ovation!  We had a great time and enjoyed visiting with fellow independent entertainers.

We will be taking some time off this month to vacation in Florida and do a little songwriting.  We will also be traveling to Missouri at the end of the month for our mother’s milestone birthday!  We’re having a party/family reunion to celebrate!  Don’t tell anyone, but it’s Mom’s 70th birthday!  Mom still acts like a spring chicken!  She visited with us in Nashville for about a month and traveled with us on the bus to our performances.  We also did a lot of sightseeing in Nashville.  We can’t keep up with her!

In November, we’ll be heading back to Europe.  We will be performing in Switzerland and we’re really looking forward to it!

We hope everyone is doing well.  We love you all and hope to see you sometime soon! 

Love,

Debbie & Carrie