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The John Denver Internet Fan Club
Monthly Newsletter

M A Y 2 0 0 3

Editor: Emily M. Parris

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http://www.rockymtnhigh.org * emily@sky.net
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Table of Contents
May 2003 * Issue #109

John Denver Events.............................2

"Sunshine On My Shoulder"
by Connie S. Reeder........................4

Event Reviews:
Earth Day Report from Judith Gabriel.........5

John Denver Notes..............................5

Poetry Corner:
"Heaven" by Carol Sullivan...................6
John Denver Haiku by Cathy W................7
"Memories So Sweet" by Emily M. Parris.......7

A List of John Denver Articles.................8

CD Reviews:
"A Perfect Morning" - Dennis Warner
Reviewed by Sky Warnke..................8

John Denver Want Ads/For Sale..................9

Happy music floats
To the sky on eagle wings,
John's music is here...

Emily Parris

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J O H N D E N V E R E V E N T S
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May 2-4, 2003 PA Friends of JD Retreat / Lebanon, PA
Gretna Glen Camp, 87 Old Mine Road $50 payment to
Patricia Liddic / 533 Lexington Road / Lancaster, PA
17603 by March 5, 2003. <tigersnwolves@comcast.net>

May 3-4, 2003 * Claremont, CA * Claremont Spring Folk Festival
May 3 - 1:00pm Jim Curry and Timberline / 3:00pm John Denver
Sing-Along Tickets $10 pre sale or $12 at the door.
http://www.claremontfolkfest.org doug.thomson2@gte.net

May 3, 2003 * near Waukesha, WI / "Wisconsin Friends of JD"
Spring Highway Cleanup / helpers needed! meet 10:30am /
Kettle Moraine Golf Club - 4299 Highway 67 (Dousman, WI)
Group "Field Trip" afterward to Nature Center. Carolyn
Churchill <The_Family_Churchill@msn.com> 847-356-0074

May 10, 2003 * Doylestown, PA / Charlie Zahm, Tad Marks and
Christopher Westfall 7:30 $10 includes refreshments /
Salem United Church of Christ / Info: pahough@aol.com
http://www.geocities.com/aneagleflight/doylestown.html

May 17, 2003 * Moose, WY - ECO-Fair - Presbyterian Church
Noon-5:30 Music, booths, workshops, food & fun
Info: The Murie Ranch (307) 739-2246 www.muriecenter.org

May 18, 2003 9:00pm VISN - Hallmark-Odyssey (Eastern Time
Zone) "Foxfire" - MOVIE (1987) - starring John Denver,
Jessica Tandy, and Hume Cronyn. A man's return to his
Appalachian birthplace spurs memories as he tries to
convince his mother to sell her land. www.tv-now.com

May 23, 2003 * CANADA / Port Colborne, Ontario - Dan Monroe
Triple Header Tribute Show - Roy Orbison, John Denver, and
Elvis - Roselawn Centre $15.00 7:00pm (905) 834-7572

May 23, 2003 * Pakenham, in Victoria - Australia *
"A Tribute To John Denver" - Alan Cherry singing John
Denver songs and tribute songs of his own. Cultural Centre
/ $38.00 per person includes 3 course dinner.
Christine Egli <ausjdclub@hotmail.com>

May 28, 2003 "Foxfire" (1987) starring John Denver.
9:00pm VISN - Hallmark-Odyssey (Eastern Time Zone)
http://www.tv-now.com

May 30-June 1, 2003 * Phoenix, AZ / "Awakening Seminar" /
First Light Huger Foundation 602-728-0710
http://www.firstlightonline.org/ firstlight@uswest.net

June 6, 2003 * Doylestown, PA / Frank DeLaMarre & Chris Nole
in concert / Salem United Church of Christ 8:00pm $10
includes refreshments. info@frankdelamarre.com
http://www.frankdelamarre.com/schedule/

June 7, 2003 Colorado Friends of JD Highway Cleanup. Please
contact Evelyn Pinney at evepin@colorado.net for more info

June 8, 2003 * Annapolis, MD - Mack Bailey's CD Release
Party for "Why I'm Here" will be held at the Ram's Head
Tavern 5:00pm 410-268-4545 * http://www.mackbailey.com
Ram's Head Tavern: http://www.ramsheadtavern.com

June 28, 2003 * CMT "Inside Fame" Series -
Segment on John Denver. <See Entry in RMH Notes>

August 20-28, 2003 * Fairbanks, Alaska -
Artic National Wildlife Refuge Adventure
The Murie Center; Moose, WY (307) 739-2246
info@muriecenter.org * http://www.muriecenter.org

August 20-Sept 1, 2003 * Anchorage, Alaska to Vancouver,
British Columbia - Arctic Dance Conservation Cruise /
12 day excursion / Offer #10215 * The Murie Center /
Moose, WY (307) 739-2246 or http://www.cruisewest.com

Sept 29-Oct 4, 2003 * Lyons, CO / "Journey to Center" program
with Tom Crum (585) 924-7302 http://www.aikiworks.com

October 2 - November 22, 2003 * Denver, Colorado /
Ricketson Theatre - "Almost Heaven: Songs and Stories
of John Denver" http://www.denvercenter.org

October 3-5, 2003 PA Friends of JD Fall Retreat /
Cassville, PA / Bitter Goose Lodge $45 for the weekend.
Payment to Pat Liddic / 533 Lexington Road / Lancaster,
PA 17603 / Pat Liddic <tigersnwolves@comcast.net>

October 4-5, 2003 * Salida, Colorado / Fifth Annual John
Denver Celebration / http://www.johndenverlegacy.com
Christine Smith 1-719-942-9620 <Christinesmith@amigo.net>
Seating limited to first 200 reservations.

October 11, 2003 * Aspen, CO / Special Music from the
Mountains - Mack Bailey with Chris Nole and other surprise
guests. Mountain Chalet Ballroom / 1:00 - 2:30pm
Tickets $20 include light refreshments / Make check/m.o.
payable to Mack Bailey (SASE) Mack Bailey Concert /
c/o Karen Tupek / 6300 Wynkoop Blvd / Bethesda, MD 20817
Karen <penguins51@aol.com>, Mary <eagleshorses@yahoo.com>

October 11-12, 2003 * Pacific Grove, CA / John Denver Memorial
Tribute and Beach Cleanup * Debra <PixieDmyr@aol.com>
Saturday Evening - Musical Event; Beach Cleanup on Sunday
at Noon; Tribute at John Denver Beach on Sunday 5:00pm

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Sunshine On My Shoulder

by Connie S. Reeder Nichols

While driving south to Miami after dropping my 19-year-old
daughter off at a retreat in upstate New York, I found myself
somewhere on I-95 on a dank, cold September morning. About
half-way through the Carolinas I'd played out all the
cd's brought along for the trip and let the radio scan through
the local stations, spitting out music between white noise.
My thoughts swirled around five seconds of a country song,
then a top ten hit and on to a preacher making his point about
hell, but always back to my daughter and our private
nightmare. A few months earlier a voice in the middle of the
night called to say my daughter, struggling with addiction and
missing for several days, had overdosed and was dead. This
proved to be false, but several hours passed before I knew she
was alive and by then my heart had nearly pounded through my
chest. For now she was safe, but the fear of losing her was
ever present. This retreat I'd driven her to was a favorite of
mine and my friend John Denver, who I sang and traveled with
for over twenty years.
John and his music was not on my radar growing up and
before meeting him in the flesh his image conjured up a dorky
guy with simpleton songs for a simpleton audience. At first I
reluctantly told my friends about my gig with John, especially
jazz musicians, but John, tall, good-looking and not dorky,
soon won me over, not necessarily for his music, but for his
truth, his sincerity and a genuine affection for people and
nature.
Before the Denver tour the largest audience I'd performed
in front of topped maybe five thousand. Millions filled John
Denver concerts for decades. Sometimes from the stage I'd look
out over a sea of people. His 'simple' songs struck a
chord for millions of fans, who still cherish him years after
his death. They were way ahead of me.
Losing John a month after my mom's passing tested me in
ways known only to people who experience a tremendous loss,
which more than likely includes anyone breathing and walking
around on planet Earth, but three years later another test,
my beautiful daughter, my baby's life hung by a thread.
Being at the retreat had reminded me of John and the love
for all things seen and unseen that we shared. Maybe that's
why while driving on a lone stretch of highway on a dreary
fall morning and lost in thoughts of despair, I stopped the
scanning radio when I heard John's familiar, clear, tenor
voice, 'Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy. Sunshine in
my eyes can make me cry.'
Through streaming tears I started singing lyrics I'd sung
hundreds of times at hundreds of venues in front of millions
of people with this now disembodied voice on the radio.
'Sunshine on the water looks so lovely.' And then it happened.
As if on cue a narrow beam of light pierced through the clouds
and hit my shoulder through the window of my car. On that
lonely road in the middle of nowhere and somewhere in the
midst of a life crisis, my sorrow, my angst, my broken dreams
were all dissolved by that beam of light burning into my left
shoulder.
In the space of three chords I learned volumes about
myself, about music, about life, about the simplicity of love
and John, who knew his audience well. I sang at the top of my
lungs to this audience of one, me. "Sunshine almost always
makes me high", lifting my spirit to an undisclosed height
where it remains to this day.

Copyright 2002 by C.S. Reeder Nichols http://www.csreeder.com
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Earth Day 2003 Report
Reading, PA - April 27, 2003
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by Judith Gabriel

Earth Day 2003 in City Park, Reading, Pa, found a
magnificent, sunny day, a large crowd, and a non-stop stream
of people to the John Denver Memorial Foundation table. Ruth
Williams, from Fleetwood, PA, made a beautiful double tri-fold
display of text and pictures, informing the public not only of
the foundation's purposes but also those of Windstar as well.
It was a wonderful ethnic, racial, gender-bending, and
age-indifferent blend of folks with their dogs and ferrets and
kids, enjoying the sun, music, and the information. Come join
us next year. I'm going to suggest strongly they be playing
some John Denver music, especially "Earth Day." Although we
only made about $48 on the memorabilia and items of last
year's concert, we collected over a solid page of names of
people who are interested in participating. Even when people
didn't sign up to participate, the ooh's and ahh's about John
and how much they loved his music were non-stop. Many stopped
to bend down and read the texts and many wanted to know more
about the Windstar Foundation.

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J O H N D E N V E R N O T E S
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Rebecca <rebock@bellsouth.net> CMT has announced a new John
Denver segment on their INSIDE FAME series. It will air June
28th. This series is similar to a "Behind the Music" on VH1.
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Emily <emily@sky.net> John on CMT. I wasn't able to verify
the June 28th date for this program on the CMT Website.
However, maybe they won't list the program until we get
closer to the air date. http://www.cmt.com
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Mary Ledford <eagleshorses@yahoo.com> Mack Bailey just
returned from Nashville having recorded a wonderful CD of
a mix of spiritual/folk ballads (including John's beautiful
"Wandering Soul") and featuring Nashville's best: Chris
Nole, Pete Huttlinger, and Jim Horn. www.mackbailey.com
Note: ** CD Release party on June 8th - see Events **
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Susan Leaver * Re: IJDMF site product requests.
Susan would like to apologize to those who contacted her
but have not had a response - her email queue had a
breakdown and as a result she lost those emails and more.
Please email SusanLeaver@yahoo.com http://www.IJDMF.org
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The Murie Center has 2 Ranch Intern positions open for the
summer of 2004. It's an opportunity to spend several weeks
living on the Murie ranch in Moose, WY. (307) 739-2246
info@muriecenter.org * www.muriecenter.org
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Emily <emily@sky.net> Format of the RMH Newsletter:
I create the newsletter in DOS in a program called QA.
Since every letter is the same size in DOS it comes out
perfectly. Email programs and Microsoft Word seem to put
everything in the table of contents out of alignment,
but if you would like to make it look right, bring it
up in NOTEPAD and the table of contents will line up right.
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Pete Huttlinger is going on tour with Pippino D'Agostino and
Tommy Emmanuel. Some of the cities he'll be visiting are
Chicago, Wichita, Oklahoma City, Louisville, and St. Louis.
Complete Tour Info: www.petehuttlinger.com/calendar.html
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John Denver has been included in the list of inductees for
the Red Rocks Hall of Fame. To be eligible, the artist or
group must have played at the Red Rocks Amphitheater in
Colorado at least 10 times. You can vote for John at...
www.redrocksonline.com/vote/vote.tml
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P O E T R Y C O R N E R
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HEAVEN

by Carol Sullivan

You cannot mourn the dead at Aspen's Maroon Bell mountains,
Glimpsing the grandeur of heaven while pondering
the great beauty of the earth.
Perhaps it is a place to remember,
to celebrate, but mostly,
to believe.
Even the trees point to heaven.

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Copyright 3-15-03 by Carol Sullivan

> > > > > MORE JOHN DENVER HAIKU < < < < <

The Eagle flies high
A sense of Peace in the Air
Feel the love of John

Rainbows hug the sky
Mountains are peaceful in view
Thoughts of John run by

by Cathy W. <Starluv4@yahoo.com>

< < < < < * > > > > >

Memories So Sweet

by Emily M. Parris

Memories so sweet
Eagles flying in the air
John is always there

Music playing now
Brings the memories back here
John is in the air

Songs of home and love
Brings sweet music from above
His music is deep

Songs to fill your soul;
Make you feel complete and whole;
Music that you keep

Copyright 2003 by Emily M. Parris <emily@sky.net>

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A list of John Denver ARTICLES - by Year

National Geographic Magazine December 1973
has 20 pages on Aspen, CO with a picture of John Denver
sitting in front of a fireplace.
Saturday Evening Post - February 1974
"Mr. Clean with Hair and Guitar."
Newsweek - December 1976 Illustration of John on the cover
with the title "John Denver - The Sunshine Boy"
Playboy Magazine - December 1977 has a long interview with
John Denver.
Veronica Magazine - from Holland 8-26-78 John Denver is
pictured on the cover. 2 page b&w article and a 1-page ad.
Saturday Evening Post - December 1980 - John Denver is
pictured on the cover with the Muppets.
People Magazine - October 27, 1997 "The Life & Death of a
Country Boy - John Denver 1943-1997" John on the cover.

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CD REVIEWS
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"A PERFECT MORNING" cd - Dennis Warner
Equinaut Magazine
Review by Sky Warnke

"A Perfect Morning" gave me exactly that. Dennis Warner's
smooth, rich voice and the super fine guitar style on this CD
started my day off perfectly. You can tell when you listen to
this CD that a great deal of time was taken in the mix.
Finding just the right harmonies, and peppering a few songs
with just the right amount of mandolin music, is to me, an
example of someone's passion to create beautiful music.
With a touch of folk, a touch of country, and a touch of
pure inspiration, Dennis pours his love into this music. His
love of life, his love of this planet, and his love of the
people in his life is laid out for all to see. I felt like a
voyeur as I sat listening to his CD. His lyrics aren't fancy,
just heart-tuggingly honest.
A few very minor engineering hiccups don't detract from
this cd in any way, and it is beautifully mixed. If you enjoy
folk and/or country, "A Perfect Morning" is well worth your
time, and, even if you're like me, and this isn't your
favorite genre, I can still honestly recommend this cd.

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Editor's note: The cd contains the song "Garden Song". It's a
duet with Prudence Johnson. www.warnersongs.com

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Dianne Barnes <windsong@blackfoot.net> I'm looking for a
T-shirt that was issued at John Denver concerts about 1995.
It is black, long sleeve with the logo "Home Grown Tomatoes",
size medium or large.
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Mary Ann DiEdwardo <diedwardo7@enter.net> We are selling the
book "Trees" by Mary Ann DiEdwardo, Patricia Pasda and J.D.
Pasda with an Introduction by Michael Thau to earn money
for Plant-It 2020. www.maryannwriting.com/trees.html
* The Url for Plant-It 2020 is http://plantit2020.org *
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Barker-Ewing Scenic Tours, Inc. has Scenic Float trips in
Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. (307) 739-1800
You can request a brochure by calling (800) 365-1800
RiverTrips@BarkerEwingScenic.com / www.barkerewingscenic.com
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Judith Gabriel <judithgabriel@comcast.net> I need a recording
secretary for the John Denver Memorial Foundation. If anyone
in Pennsylvania wants this position, please contact me with a
resume and letter of intent. Anyone who wants to participate
on committees also please write. www.judithgabriel.com
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Mary <eagleshorses@yahoo.com> I need 5 volunteers to help
sell CDs and other merchandise at the Mack Bailey concert
at the Mtn Chalet Ballroom on Oct 11, 2003 in Aspen, CO
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Debra Chilton <wilco@paclink.com> We are forming a Pacific
Northwest group and will have our first planning meeting in
Portland, Oregon. Please contact me for more info.
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EBAY - http://www.ebay.com
* The 1973 LP of the songs in the TV movie "Sunshine" is
listed on Ebay. It is Item #2528806110 $2.99 ends May 11
Also same item - #2528887251 for $9.99 ends May 11
* 1981 Japan Tour Book #2529203758 $9.00 ends May 10
* 1978 JD Tour Book - Titled "John Denver Souvenir Book"
#2528546435 $9.99 Ends May 10
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Plant-It 2020
www.plantit2020.org
John Denver Memorial Peace Cloth
www.johndenverpeacecloth.com
Windsong Studios - NL
http://home.wanadoo.nl/windsong-studio/
Dennis Warner
http://www.warnersongs.com
North Carolina Friends of John Denver
www.ncfriendsofjd.com
You Are So Beautiful To Me - JD Page
www.angelfire.com/oh3/ettel/jdyouare.html

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