Me: "Tonight is a special night for so many reasons...You know, it's been over two years of perseverance to get this CD done. Two years of details and work and follow-through.

We love what we do. We love music. It is our life, our food, and our passion. But it's work, man. We have cried and doubted and sweat and bled and all of that. And it takes balls to get up here and do this. It really does take courage.

Tonight we are celebrating music. We are celebrating accomplishment. And since I have a microphone, I want to take a moment to share this quote with you. It's a quote from Martha Graham who was a bold choreographer and artist.

She said,

'There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique, and if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium; and be lost. The world will not have it.

It is not your business to determine how good it is, not how it compares with other expression. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open.

You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time.

There is on a queer, divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others.'

So, that's what we're here for tonight.

It is now my pleasure to bring to the stage Ms. Sara Cox, Justin Maxwell, and Mark Butterfield..."