The Virginia Coalition is holding a fundraiser at the home of James & Jennifer Edmunds on September 15, to raise money to help in the fight against ending the moratorium on uranium mining in Virginia.

Singer/songwriter Dane Ferguson, 6th N Main band, and more will provide entertainment.

Don't miss this special treat!  R&B artist Hugh Vaughan will be featured at Convergence Art Guild's Valentine's Day event on Saturday, February 13 (8pm - until), where he'll be hosting one of his rare Hugh Vaughan and Friends performances.   Hugh's career spans more than four decades, during  which he has opened for artists as diverse as Johnny Winter, Flora Purim, and Airto Moreira and has shared the stage with such legends as Jerry Lee Lewis, B.B. King, Bonnie Raitt, and Paul Butterfield.  

The entrance fee is $15 and all proceeds go to Convergence Art Guild programs. 

Local musician Dane Ferguson, a prolific singer/songwriter, posted a video of his rendition of American Idol contestant General Larry Platt's song "Pants on the Ground," and it was immediately a hit on YouTube; Dane posted the video on January 13 and as of this morning, in less than 4 days, it had almost 42,000 views with a 5-star rating and 242 comments.

Dane's experience should serve as a lesson for anyone looking to market themselves using social networking; for a long time I've been trying to get clients to understand that the secret to explosive social network marketing is to post something that has a good chance of going viral, and that's exactly what he did.  While he's a serious musician, he knew that no matter how great his original music is, in order to get a lot of people to find it quickly he needed a hook that our pop culture would latch onto and make it go viral - and when he saw  Platt's "Pants on the Ground" he knew he had it.  His one-minute video has resulted in tons of emails from new fans of his serious music. Take a look:

With the help of Ms. D. Productions, fans of Hugh Vaughan got to send out Black Friday listening to great music - much more fun than shopping!

Hugh, a native of South Boston, has been making music with bands and as a single act for years, from Watertown, NY to Key West, FL and from Savannah, GA to Breckenridge, CO. He's been on stage with BB King, Bonnie Raitt, members of the Allman Brothers Band, Johnny Winter, Bonnie Bramlett, Billy Ray Hatley, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, and many others that he can't even remember.