The Nominating Committee has accepted nominations for the following slate of candidates. Nominations officially closed on February 9, 2010. The society received no nominations for one of the two Vice President positions and no nominations for the nominating committee, as noted below. To vote, you must be a member in good standing of the Colorado Blues Society.
If you do not want to vote online, you can download and print out the form and mail it in to the address listed on the form.
Chick has been on the Board of CBS for the past year. He was born in NJ and moved to Colorado in 1976. Chick received his BS degree in Social Science and Secondary Education from Findlay University (Ohio). He spent 20 plus years with Hewlett Packard as a Project Coordinator/Manager and is currently the Records Management Imaging Supervisor for Larimer County Human Services. In addition to the Colorado Blues Society, Chick is a member of the Blues Foundation and the Grand County Blues Society. Chick chaired the 2010 CBS IBC Committee and in 2009 and 2010 attended the IBC Finals in Memphis. His writings can be found in “The Holler”, “Boulder Outlook Blues Letter”, Grand County Blues Newsletter, many Blues artists’ websites and can even be found on the Blues Foundation IBC website. Chick feels “you get back what you put in” and joined the Board of Director to devote more of his effort and time to CBS to make it better. He is willing to do his part in any way he can to help keep Blues music alive in Colorado and encourages all Blues fans to get involved with CBS to help it make it a better organization.
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Scott is currently a Vice-President of CBS and is an attorney with Stewart, Shortridge & Fitzke. He practices in the area of commercial law, with an emphasis on litigation and real estate. He represents many non-profit, charitable and educational organizations as well as private and religious foundations and dabbles in entertainment law. Scott is actively involved in the community and volunteers for many organizations including scouting, Urban Peak, Ronald McDonald House, Jeffco Action Center, Food Bank of the Rockies and other homeless and hunger projects. He is married and the father of two active teenagers. Prior to becoming Vice-President, he served CBS as President and as a member of the Board of Directors. Scott has been actively involved with CBS since 1998. Scott has also served on the Board of Directors of Swallow Hill Music Association.
Patti, also known as the better half of the Chick-and-Patti team, grew up in South Dakota, graduated from nursing school and now works at the Medical Center of the Rockies. Music has been a large part of her life, starting with high school, where she marched in Jimmy Carter’s Inaugural parade as a member of the Platte (SD) High Marching School Band. In a lifelong commitment to live music, she has attended over 600 blues shows with her husband Chick. Patti has experience as her bowling league’s secretary/treasurer, sits on several committees at the Medical Center of the Rockies and has been involved in a number of fundraising events along the Front Range. Last Thanksgiving, she organized a fundraiser for a Loveland High School teacher who was severely injured in a bicycle/car accident. Utilizing many of her blues friends, this impromptu event generated $10,000 for the family. This past year Patti was a member of the IBC committee, where she served as a scorekeeper and timekeeper. She attended most of CBS Board meetings, has assisted with Board secretarial duties, and is ready to “keep the record straight” for CBS.
Paula is mostly retired from a career in high tech as an author, international lecturer, consultant and columnist. She has a long history of service with non-profits including professional “geek” organizations, Etown, Chautauqua and CBS. She has been a CBS Director for 2 years and is ready to step up to a more challenging role. During the past 2 years, she organized the annual meetings, led the nomination and election process, recruited and staffed local IBC competition volunteers, assisted in upgrading the web site, managed the mailing lists and worked to improve the teamwork and effectiveness of the society’s leadership. A small-business owner for decades, Paula is fiscally conservative and very comfortable with the processes and procedures required to manage CBS finances.
Hilary has lived in Colorado since 1977 and has cultivated a love of the Blues, outdoor Blues festivals in particular. Every summer for the past 15 years, she has returned to her hometown in upstate New York to attend the Chenango Blues Fest. She joined CBS at the 1998 Blues & Bones festival in the Golden Triangle in Denver, where a virtually unknown Susan Tedeschi performed. Hilary has volunteered with Etown and Chautauqua for over 6 years. If she’s not listening to music, Hilaryis probably digging in the dirt—she loves to garden and has owned and operated a small farm in Niwot. Hilary has hands-on experience in the operation of two small businesses, and in that capacity has managed banking, marketing, public relations, design, web design, and blogging for those businesses. Hilary has spent the past nine years as a Program Manager for Sun Microsystems in services, marketing and HR. “I would really like to assist CBS in networking, increasing membership, helping with festival coordination and implementing innovative and exciting new ideas. I believe my business skills, networking abilities and excitement can bring the CBS to a new level of participation and engagement.”
Andrea was appointed Secretary in October 2009 and chairs our merchandise committee. Andrea has a passion for Blues music and the Colorado Blues community. She has been an active and dedicated CBS volunteer, selling merchandise at events, organizing silent auctions, and assisting at IBC competitions. Andrea also volunteers for other music organizations including the Etown radio show, the Chautauqua summer music series in Boulder (managing ushers, selling merchandise, and acting as a sponsor liaison), and the Folks Festival in Lyons. Also, over the last five years, Andrea has worked at numerous running races, managing volunteers and herding runners through the finish line. Andrea comes to the CBS board with extensive volunteer board experience from her four years of service as Vice President of Public Relations for the Denver chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI). Under Andrea’s leadership, the PMI Mile Hi Chapter won a record four awards in 2009, including global Chapter of the Year. Andrea works as a project/process manager in the medical device industry. Andrea will continue to contribute her expertise to the CBS board, improving its reach and spreading the fun.
Dean has always been involved with music, from singing in grade school to experiencing that first Elvis record and Stones concert. His passion for live performances grew and he discovered Etown, a national radio broadcast, recorded live in Boulder. For nearly 15 years, Dean has been on the support staff at etown, assisting musicians both famous and those just getting started. He has volunteered at music venues in Boulder, Lyons, Keystone, Denver and Telluride for many years. Dean joined the Board of Directors at Frequent Flyers Productions, an aerial dance group in Boulder, and discovered how much his marketing and event experience could help this non-profit. He became Chairman and was instrumental in helping FFP double their cash flow during his five years there. He has been in marketing for IBM, now Infoprint, for most of his career. Dean manages international trade shows and events, with an annual budget of more than a million dollars. He has enjoyed applying his work skills to non-profits for music, bicycling and running events, anyplace he can help make it a better experience for everyone.
Jeff is just completing his first three-year term as a director. Since October 2009 he has served as the chair of the education committee, where he administers the Blues In The Schools program and related fund-raising and grant-writing efforts. Jeff is in his seventh year as the host of the weekly blues radio show The House Rent Party on KRFC 88.9 FM Fort Collins. He also serves as the station’s lead Blues programmer, where he evaluates new releases and makes recommendations to his fellow disc jockeys about the songs to play. Jeff discovered Blues music through Willie Dixon, when as a teenager he wondered who wrote those great songs that many of the 60’s rock groups were covering. He also writes music reviews for the Colorado Blues Society’s newsletter, “The Holler.” Jeff serves on the Talent Advisory Committee for Bohemian Nights, a two-day music festival in Fort Collins, organized by the Bohemian Foundation. Jeff grew up in Topeka, KS and graduated from the University of Kansas with a BGS in English. He has also studied journalism at Colorado State University. He has lived in Colorado since 1990 and in Evergreen since 2007.
Doug has lived in Colorado most of his life and graduated from University of Colorado at Denver with a Bachelor of Science in Music Business in 1993. He has been a working musician performing at clubs and festivals throughout Colorado and the west since 1986 and worked for several years at Justice Records in Houston, TX as Director of Distribution and also publicist. He also worked at Deleon Artists in Piedmont, CA, for 2 years, booking tours for many great blues artists. In 1998 he started Road Dawg Touring Co., based in Evergreen, CO. His current roster of blues artists can be seen at www.road-dawg.com. Although known outside of Colorado as an international-level booking agency, Doug has remained very close to the local Colorado music scene, working with many local blues bands, providing much-needed work throughout the western region; his local roster can be seen at www.alpinemusicconnection.com. Doug has represented numerous Colorado groups, booking public and private events, helping blues musicians throughout Colorado to make a living doing what they love.
Here is your personal invitation to join us for a fun-filled evening courtesy of the Colorado Blues Society. Download invitation here
On Thursday March 25, 2010 we are having the annual meeting where we announce newly elected Officers and new and continuing Directors. Once that bit of business is finished, you can snack on our southern-style bbq buffet and enjoy some seriously sassy Blues entertainment by Candye Kane.
Where: Boulder Outlook Hotel & Suites , 800 28th Street, Boulder, Colorado 80303, 303-443-3322 When: 6:00 – 6:30 pm Business Meeting by the pool: 6:30 – 8:30 pm BBQ and social 7:00 – 10:00 pm with Candye Kane in the Blues & Greens club
All current CBS members are welcome and each member in good standing may bring one guest. If your membership expired recently, we will happily renew it at this event. You may also enjoy browsing through our new merchandise, which includes beer glasses, chef’s aprons, t-shirts and tank tops.
Here’s what you need to do: send an RSVP to paula@coblues.com on or before March 19, 2009. An RSVP gets you a VIP bracelet, the buffet and paid cover charge for Candye Kane and one guest. If you do not have email, call Paula at 303-499-5700 to RSVP. If you leave a voicemail message, be sure to include your name, phone number, and number of people attending. The RSVP helps us plan for food and drink and tells our “Blues Angel” Dan King how many additional seats he can sell for the Candye Kane show.
If you’d rather stay at the Outlook than drive home, all those attending the annual meeting and celebration qualify for a special rate, so be sure you ask for the “Bluecation” rate that night! If you do not RSVP by March 19th, you are still welcome to attend the annual meeting and pre-show festivities. If there are seats available for the show, you will be required to pay the $15 cover charge/person to see Candye’s show.
