We have "Made It" at the Hide Away...woo oh at the Hide Away...yes, we did, yes, we did

The “Squeaky Wheel tm Tour” is officially over for Clementine, yet, the after affects will linger on. We are working on a current FOUND count of those missing profiled during the tour via the giveaway DVD’s, CD’s, web casts, flyers, media, truck stops, concerts and our site that have been found during the 19 days. We will keep you posted on that.

Yesterday, was a full day at the Center for Hope. We started out at 9am in the Sunday morning service. We remained on hand throughout both 9am and 11am services to encourage church goers to come to our concert that evening. Again, families of the missing drove and flew from surrounding areas to join us and to tell their stories live and tape for FINDing Gina. Gary Floyd and Denise Lee did an excellent job of making sure that we had an amazing finale. The support of the Dallas community was clear. Not to mention that Dana’s mom and dad surprised us by showing up for our finale and had me in tears. I think more tears were shed yesterday for so many reasons…more than the usual. Not only was it the end to an amazing tour, but the beginning of so many new friendships and family members all around the country.
November 4 Clementine
Gary Floyd
Denise Lee
Tim Seelig
Encore
Jannel Rap
Others TBA

SQUEAKY WHEEL TOUR™ FINALE CONCERT
Presented by Together We Can and Art for Peace & Justice
Cathedral of Hope
Webcast at 411Gina.org

214-351-1901
800-501-HOPE


6:30 pm

VIP Reception at 5:30 pm
CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS
5910 Cedar Springs Road
Dallas, TX 75235
Missing Profiled
- Joseph Brandon Benton
- Shirley Hunt
- Christopher Michael Pierce
- Roxanne Paultauf
- Leah Rachelle Peebles



This morning I woke up with a headache and couldn’t get back to sleep. I can’t help but wonder if it is a real headache or simply so many thoughts, emotions and lessons all crammed into one head for 19 days.

There are only 4 of us left on the bus, five of us counting Bama our driver. The adorably talented, Dana Woods had to fly home to get back to work. My precious artistic niece Annie Love flew back east for Thanksgiving. Cristi our lead and tireless…videographer still in knee brace flew back to the Midwest to her family. She may be headed for surgery after the Dr’s find out what is on the MRI. Tammy, my beautiful sis and the best road manager ever is back to the land of the Dakota’s and her job. Gary gifted with the voice of a 1000 angels and fingers that instinctively know what to play stayed in Dallas where we held our finale. He will be back at work catering and playing at the “Hideaway” woo hoo at the Hideaway….

Alas...I am humming a little tune I wrote about the Hideaway last night…

Speaking of the HIDEAWAY...Everyone but Jeff and Joe went to check out the local Dallas pub, "BJ’s Hideaway" where Gary plays frequently in Dallas. We wanted to see him in his element, have a going away party and meet his friends before we all took off. It was open mike night and Buddy was at the piano and Liz was the host. Liz plays one of the mothers on “Friday Night Lights” and I understand she has recently been chosen as one of the top TV mom’s. She had an amazing voice, personality and presence. Not only was Liz a special talent, but the additional gifted performers was without exaggeration, captivating. I was humbled by their talent.

As I travel this road of an Indie artist it constantly amazes me as to who “makes it” and who doesn’t. I hear people like Yvonne Perea, Susan Gibson, Gary Floyd, Dana Woods, Jimmy Davis, Kelly Fitzgerald, Denise Lee… I can’t help but wonder if the people listening realize they are in the presence of greatness. This brings me to the many talented musicians that we have met during the tour and those that have volunteered to profile missing persons at their events. These are hard working artists with day jobs who have to make their music like they have to breathe. They have many other responsibilities and they still come out exceptional. They are the real music industry. This makes me wonder why any of us ever give the “industry” any right to choose or not choose us. We know what we were born to do, we know who we are and we will do it with or without them. 15 or 55, fat or thin, short or tall, the look or not…we will continuing breathing our art in and out. Isn’t it up to us to choose everyday that we have “made it?” What would we rather be just another fast food restaurant that one could find in any city anywhere in this country or a fine restaurant that people plan their vacations around? A place or music that people in the area flock to because of the genuine, honest, home grown, honed, finely crafted songs (food) good for their souls. In the end what is a measure of a mans life anyway…a hit song, a Grammy Award, a record deal from a label that could drop or shelve you at anytime…or a hard working artist who’s mission is to do some good in the world wherever his/her guitar/piano and songs take him. We “make it” every day we choose to get out there accept who we are, walk forward and continue to be true to our own reason for breathing.

Thank you to Clementine and Crew for all of your hard work. Thanks for the GINA Artists who went out there during the Squeaky Wheel and printed and copied flyers to pass out to your audience even when you didn’t have the money or time to do so. Thank you for making the effort to help bring one home. Some of you worked very hard to get press for your events in order to profile your missing person and it has made an impact on your community. The affects of your efforts cannot be measured by the ending of SWT, but by the homecomings and the passing of time as some family members now have a chance to grieve while others have been given one more day at a time to build a new life with their newly FOUND loved ones. Squeaky Wheel Tour and GINA Artists you are more than the bomb, it’s more than YOU ROCK, it’s more than words can express….Quite frankly, YOU HAVE MADE IT, YOU HAVE ARRIVED and you have made my year!

Intense and immense Blessings….all around…

Jannel