Table of Contents Welcome to the 10th Annual Houston Women's Festival Welcome 3 Music Line-Up 4 Musical Guests 6 Venue Map 17 Dear Friends of the Festival, Plaza Vendors 1B Marketplace Vendors 20 One of the best things about producing the festival is hearing that Mailing List 23 people look forward to it all year round, that they enjoy the music, that they've met friends, neighbors and co-workers at the event, and that the event provides community groups with a great oppor- tunity to reach interested people. Many Thanks to: I would like to see the festival continue after this year, but help is Chances Bar - Sponsor needed. The role of producer involves coordinating the music, the American Laser Centers - Sponsor venue, the vendors and the volunteers. The festival is a worth- while endeavor, and I'm confidant that there are people out there Green Mountain Energy - Sponsor who can help it flourish and grow. Center for Women's Medicine - Sponsor Girl Co - Sponsor Anyone who is interested in learning how to make the festival hap- pen, please contact me, and I'll provide more information. Magnolia Hotel Waste Management Thank you all for your support of this event over the years. It's Alison Frost - Main Stage Manager been a great ride. I've met truly wonderful people, and I've been Shannon Rhodes humbled by the outpouring of good will. Debbie Tosh I'm confidant that this 10th Annual event will be one to remem- Kris Lewis & Jay Poudrette - Performer Care ber. Lucia's Garden & Cactus Music - Ticket Sales Glad you are here, I Think Concepts - HWF 2004 Logo/Graphics Shirley Knight All the volunteers who make this event happen ( II\tr lorunlVDUU I 8 ) ( II\tr lor!!ADIVUSlKT I 3 ) 10th Annual Houston Women's Festival Chances Side Stage Saturday, October 2, 2004 Jones Plaza Time Artist Description Time Artist Description 12:30 - 12:45 Kim Gonzales Up-and-eomlng local singer/songwriter 12:00 - 12:30 Eileen Faxas Cuban-Amerioan singer/song writer with a dual career as 1:45 - 2:00 Toni Sioola Up-and-coming local a television reporter. singer/songwriter. 12:45 - 1:45 Miohelle Mayfield Rookin'singer/songwriter from Austin with her band. 3:10 - 3:20 Open Mio 2:00 - 3:10 Katie Reider Award-winning singer/song 4:20 - 4:30 Open Mio writer from Cinoinnati now residing in Columbus. 5:30 - 5:50 Whitney MoCray A regular at the New Orleans House of Blues, 3:20 - 4:20 Haloyon Fun and funny duo from moving to Houston soon. Florida. 7 - 7:20 Katie Reider Seoond chance to hear this award-winning artist from 4:30 - 5:30 Ellis Best musician in the Twin Ohio. Cities award winner. 8:30 - 8:50 Sarah Golden Houston native set to begin 5:50 -7:00 Zrazy One of Ireland's most suo a national tour in January. oessful and popular musical groups. 7:20 - 8:30 Ruthie Foster Former Atlantio recording I artist from Texas. 8:50 - 10:00 Nini Camps Latin powerhouse originally from Miami now residing in ( II1IP , •••• &lIlIlVDUn ) New York. I • ( II1IP , •••• &lIlIlVDUn I 5 ) Musicians Musicians ~~Boon- Eileen Faxas 2:00 Katie Beider . Opening the festival this year is Cuban- Katie Beider is not your average American singer/songwriter Eileen Faxas. singer/songwriter. Ryan Harris of Columbus Faxas is a woman born to sing ...even if she Alive newspaper describes Katie by saying, had a roundabout way of getting there. "Pick what you like about the female folk Singing before she could talk, she initially scene and compact them all into one musi- pushed aside the notion of a career in music cian." Quickly ascending to the top, this 25- in favor of becoming a television reporter. In year-old Cincinnati native, now based in fact, Houstonians may know her best as the Columbus, has already performed with hard-hitting consumer reporter for KHOU Melissa Ferrick, Michelle Malone and Catie Channel 11 News. Now is a chance for fans to Curtis, won five Cincinnati music awards .see her in a different light. Faxas proudly embraces her Cuban roots and has had songs featured on the television programs "Dawson's on her first full-length CD "Dance Cry Swing," which was recorded at Creek" and Lifetime's "Strong Medicine." Katie describes her most the historic Sugar Hill Studios, mixing infectious Latin rhythms and recent release, "I am Ready," as "confident and bold music." powerful vocals for one fresh sounding debut 3:20 Halcyon Halcyon is back again! Stephanie Callahan 12:49 . Michelle Mayfield and Deborah Hunseder met at a softball tour- Michelle is currently playing live performanc- nament in Florida over 10 years ago. After es in Austin, as well as surrounding cities playing together at a party that night they "-such as San Antonio, Dallas and Houston. promised they wouldn't just walk away and She has a very loyal and quickly growing fan forget the chemistry they shared. They base, which she dearly loves and appreciates. booked their first gig three weeks later and "It's so incredible and very rewarding to see the journey since has been impressive to say fans singing along with the songs and enjoy- the least. They've appeared on the Rosie ing every minute of the show. It's definitely O'Donnell show as well as Oprah and have the best part of this business and it's the opened for Lisa Loeb, Little Feat, the Subdudes, Joan Baez and thing that keeps you writing and keeps you Crosby, Stills and Nash. If you look up "halcyon" in the dictionary, singing." the definition you'll find is "golden, peaceful, prosperous and happy." Stephanie and Deborah said they chose the name because it "fits what we wanted to do." Golden and happy maybe, but their music is fierce, bursting at the seams with an electric vibe that breaks down barriers and invites listeners in for more. ( IIU 10m DIIlVDIUY I 7 ) ( IIU 10m DIIlVDIUY I 8 ) Musicians Musicians 4:30 -1lUs 7:20 - Ruthie Foster This year the festival is proud to welcome Minnesota Another artist who is back by popular demand is based, Texas native, 1lUs. Ellis' engaging stage pres- Texas native, Ruthie Foster. Foster's career in -ence, smart songwriting and playful sense of humor 1mUS1C has taken her from McClennan Community have made her an "in demand" performer in venues, .;,1.11II College in Waco where she earned a degree in com- colleges and festivals across the country. She's iWi;@W::iimercialmusic, to a four-year stint with the U. S. earned critical as well as popular praise, winning .::...:: Navy Band "Pride," to New York City and a con- Lavender Magazine's Reader's Choice Award for Best tract with Atlantic Records. Comparisons to Ella Musician in the Twin Cities four times. She's record- Fitzgerald and Aretha Franklin are inevitable, but ed with keyboardist Julie Wolf (of Ani Difranco) and Foster has a style that is all her own. "Self-penned Travis McNabb, drummer for Better Than Ezra and performed at high-profile events like Ladyfest in Lansing, Michigan, the tunes prove that Foster ...can hold her own as a \Michigan Womyn's Music Festival and South by Southwest in Austin to name songwriter, but it's as a singer that she truly dazzles," (Richard Skanse, Texas but a few. Independent Songwriter magazine named Ellis' most recent album Music Magazine). Her rich fusion of gospel, blues and folk have earned her "Tigers Above, Tigers Below" as one of the best albums of 2003 and remarked, appearances at the Kerrville Folk Festival, Willie Nelson's 4th of July Picnic "With a voice as strong as thunder and a message as powerful as a surge of and Bluesapalooza in California, as well as invitations to perform on "Austin lightning, Ellis pours out her heart and soul into every single word, in the City Limits" and alongside acts such as Matt "Guitar" Murphy, the Fabulous same way a cascading waterfall has no choice but push it's force over the edge Thunderbirds and Paul Schaffer. Foster has released three albums: "Full Circle" of the rocks." in 1997, Crossover in 1999 and Runaway Soul in 2002. w so 8:90 - Bini Camps [LL'<iiJih:....i..i.~ .. W4i.. "Allr the- Zrazyway from Ireland, we have perennial We're happy to announce Houston favorite Bini ff.!{'::.: ..,; favorites Zrazy. With a 2000 GLAMaward, a Gold !:}Icamps is back again this year. This Miami native Disc for a #1hit single in Ireland and a prestigious ..::\::::~t.':' (:•••.•.•••••••••••••••••••and self proclaimed••••••• "New Yorker by choice" effort- . Irish Arts Council Award for their sensual album .,'"Private Wars," this Dublin duo is no stranger to lessly fuses rock, blues, pop and percussive Latin accolades. They are certain to continue their run of rhythms to produce a sound as diverse as it is pow- success with their recently released fifth album, erful. Camps' songs have been showcased in genres "Dream On." Their brand of contemporary Irish jazz as eclectic as her music: from independent films _is intoxicating, and this work is no exception. Maria "Motorcycle Diaries" and "Amy's Orgasm" to TV's Walsh's irresistible vocals blend smoothly with Carole Nelson's instrumen- "Felicity," "The Mary Kate and Ashley Show" and tals to create a seductive groove. CD Baby says of their new work, "Zrazy "The Real World." Her broad appeal is evidenced by have always gone their own way and this album invites you to come along the fact that she has shared the stage with Dan for the ride." After their formation in 1992, Zrazy toured extensively in Bern, Angie Aparo, Shawn Mullins, Melissa Ferrick, Sophie B.