October, as I mentioned last month, is that time of the year when I will embark on our annual "pilgrimage" to Nashville! All the musicians are confirmed, the studio is booked, the flights and hotels are paid for, the preparatory work has all been done; all that remains is to DO IT!

However, I will interrupt myself here to say a special "thank you" to all of those of you who responded to my article in the August edition of DIRECTIONS (CALLERLAB's publication). I have, so far had requests from five national Caller's Associations, to reproduce my article in their publications, in order to get the word out to their members. Every reaction was positive, a few asked questions - the answers to which will be included in a future NewsLetter and quite a few of you told me that you would be taking up my challenge, to purchase two new pieces of music, every month. If anyone missed the article, check the September NewsLetter - it's not too late to respond.

Back to Nashville; this year we are recording 26 new pieces of music in the U.S. - six of which are hoedown (patter) tunes - which, together with what we still have ready to release, will give us enough music for a while to come. We have a full range of old tunes, new tunes, country tunes, rock tunes, modern tunes etc. etc.; I am sure that there will be something for everyone and can promise you that you will enjoy our music.

However, it's never too late to suggest new ideas. We plan another trip to Nashville in 2008 and will need to start looking at new tunes, worthy of recording as Square Dances, very soon. So please put your "thinking caps" on and carry on sending us your ideas - your ideas are just like sunshine: they brighten up our day, help us to keep on going (and growing) and we can never have too much!

Now for the other news:

NEW GUEST CALLER BIOGRAPHIES

This month we feature Barry Wonson, From Australia. We are very pleased to be able to present Barry as a "Special Guest Caller" on this month's recording of "Seven Little Girls". Barry is one of Australia's most well known callers, probability is that if you've never met him, you will probably have heard of him; a real "showman" - in every sense of the word!

BEST SELLER LISTING (positions on the August 2007 listing)
No.2 - Let Your Love Flow (2007) - SIR 367
No.4 - Sha La La La La - SNW 1006

NEW RELEASES (October 2007):
Vincent (Starry, Starry Night) - SIR 710 - vocal by: Thorsten Geppert
Seven Little Girls - SIR 356 - vocal by: Barry Wonson

NEW CD RELEASES - also available on MP3 & Vinyl / (October 2007):
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer - SNW 1103 - Vocal by Kenny Reese & The Silver Snow Belles
Irving The Hobo - SIR 303 - Vocal by Al Stevens
Bobby Sox/Splodge - SIR 507 - Double Instrumental Patter

INDIVIDUAL RECORD HISTORIES including ALL THE ADDITIONAL LYRICS:
To find these, just click on the book symbol next to the title on the Catalogue, Future Releases or Latest Releases pages, this month's record histories features our newest singing call releases: Vincent (Starry, Starry Night) and Seven Little Girls.

Alright - now where did I put my bag of quarters and the street maps of Nashville? I wonder who will be playing at the Grand Ole Opry, while we are there? Perhaps this time I will make it to Graceland (I have been promising myself that, for years).

Have a great month of calling and/or dancing "speak" with you next month!

Go Squareful! - Paul Bristow (Owner and Producer Sting and Snow Records)