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<h2>2025</h2><h2>MARCH</h2>St. Patrick's Open Mic ﻿on Monday, March 17 at Sweetwaters Coffee &amp; Tea, Craig Ranch/McKinney brought Mox, Paul, Jeremy, and Josh with the latter three playing guitar. On Tuesday, March 18 played &nbsp;electric guitar at The Celt in McKinney. &nbsp;<h2>FEBRUARY</h2>Performed at the Dallas Songwriters Association on February 6 at Guitar &amp; Growlers in Richardson. Met inspiring guitarist &nbsp;Bill M. &nbsp; Linda, Drake (guitar), and Diane (ukelele) played in open mic at Sweetwaters Coffee &amp; Tea Craig Ranch on Monday, February 17. &nbsp;Played electric and 12-string guitar at The Celt in Downtown McKinney on Tuesday, February 25. Thanks to Raine for the above photo taken through a &nbsp;mirror at The Celt in 2024.&nbsp;The Rock Band TRIUMPH is known for pyrotechnics: <a href="https://triumphvault.myshopify.com/products/triumph-pyro-flame-thrower" data-mce-href="https://triumphvault.myshopify.com/products/triumph-pyro-flame-thrower">https://triumphvault.myshopify.com/products/triumph-pyro-flame-thrower</a><h3>JAnuary</h3>Played at Guitar &amp; Growlers in Richardson with the Dallas Songwriters Association on Thursday, January 2. &nbsp;Played &nbsp;a few songs on 12-string at The Kava Bar In Dallas on Sunday, January 12. &nbsp;Practiced classic rock music with a friend in Prosper on Thursday, January 16. Appeared at The Celt in Downtown McKinney &nbsp;on Tuesday, January 21. Played open mic duo rehearsal starring &nbsp;the one, the only legendary jazz, blues, and bossa nova singer Pamela Pantea at Sweetwaters Coffee &amp; Tea Craig Ranch. &nbsp;Artist Spotlight: Pamela Pantea&nbsp;<a href="https://pamelapantea.com/live-performances" data-mce-href="https://pamelapantea.com/live-performances">https://pamelapantea.com/live-performances</a> <h2>2024&nbsp;</h2>Monday Events are for Sweetwaters Coffee &amp; Tea Craig Ranch Open Mics which may include solo performances.&nbsp;<h3>November/DECEMBER 2024</h3>Played at The Revel-Frisco, The Celt-McKinney, Sweetwaters Coffee &amp; Tea - Craig Ranch, and The Maverick-Carrollton<h3>october</h3> Kudos to Molly for her support and Benjamin for his guitar jam at the Monday, October 14, 2024 open mic. &nbsp;Solo guitar on October 21, 2024, including special requests at Sweetwaters Coffee &amp; Tea Craig Ranch.<h3>September&nbsp;</h3>At the Sweetwaters Coffee &amp; Tea Monday Open Mic Music Nite on September 2nd, Diane played ukelele with Drake on guitar. &nbsp;Friends Linda and Paula were in attendance. &nbsp;On September 9th, Diane and Steve played ukelele and guitar, respectively. &nbsp;On September 16th and 23rd, Steve played solo guitar.<h3>AUGUST</h3>Special thanks to Bill G, lead guitarist for a premier local band, for electrifying jamming at the August 19th open mic. &nbsp;Solo guitar on August 5.<h3>JUNE/JULY</h3>Ukelele virtuosos Diane, Brenda, and Monica appeared for music mics in June/July. &nbsp;Jesse sang on July 29 with Diane. &nbsp;&nbsp;<h3>MAY</h3>Thanks to Bill G (guitar), &nbsp;and to Diane and Monica (ukeleles) and guests for their participation.<h3>APRIL</h3>On Monday, April 8 Amy sang and played her Yamaha APX guitar while David jammed on the electronic keyboards and played his custom stringed instruments. &nbsp; We played mostly folk and country. On April 15 we did a guitar lesson . Amy returned for singing and guitar strumming on April 22, and we talked guitars. &nbsp;<h3>MARCH</h3>David brought his self-built stringed instruments and clarinet, and Zody joined in at the last event on March 11. &nbsp;We played rhythm &amp; blues, celtic, and classical.&nbsp;Yours truly did a couple of solo open mic nights. <h3>FEBRUARY</h3>We heard some awesome music from Diane (ukelele), &nbsp;Monica (ukelele), &nbsp;Amy(guitar/vocals), &nbsp;Brenda (harp), &nbsp;David (Clarinet, wind instruments, &nbsp;one-of-a-kind self-made stringed instruments, and keyboards) &nbsp;and Zody (guitar and tambourine) . &nbsp;The first February open mic featured folk and country; the second showcased Irish/Celtic music, and the last one on February 26 featured Celtic/Classics. Oscar played flamenco guitar.&nbsp;<h3>JANUARY&nbsp;</h3>Thank you to: David, Oscar, and Bill from the band Subject to Change for participating on January 22 (Spanish guitar and classics), and to&nbsp;all of the 8 musicians who showed on January 29 with 6 and 12-string guitars, clarinet, ukeleles, and harp (folk &amp; pop).

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