Bridget Wolf: News / Journal

Hi there!

Wow!  Is it just me or is time flying? 

  I'll be celebrating my 50th birthday the day before St. Patty's Day! 

  Have you heard? 50 is the new 30!  Way COOL!!

  And the great news is that my sister is flying out from the east coast to spend it with me!!

  I've been busy building my music services business with an emphasis on teaching voice, piano and composition lessons as well as performing music for seniors.  I have been entertaining a lot in the past year at senior centers, assisted living, memory care and nursing care centers.  And I love it! 

  The kid in me gets a kick out of all the attention and I find that I make up really funny things on the spot, just like a comedian.  So many folks smile, laugh, clap, tap their toes and sing along and we have a great time!!

  Who knew?   I just knew I needed to do my music for my living and it's starting to come together!

  I love to sing the golden oldies that the folks are familiar with.  Several people have given me songbooks like from the Lawrence Welk show that are filled with great songs!

  My BIG goal is to write a hit song that can win me a Grammy Award some day!!  I'm still composing new music and will post some new music to my web site soon, perhaps even by springtime!   

  I haven't been sending out many emails for a few months, and really wanted to say hi and send my best wishes to you too!!

Smiles and blessings,

Bridget

Hello!

Our elders are in need of support!  Funds for activities have been cut in many senior centers!  OH, dear, can you help?

I've established there is a match for my musical entertainment talents performing for seniors in retirement centers, assisted living and memory care centers, and a need for quality entertainment.

I have estimated that I have about a 100% appreciation rate in all the centers I perform at -- Audiences love me because  I perform music they are familiar with and they sing along when they can!  And the songs wake up parts of their brains that have been "sleeping."  I also interact with the people and shake their hands afterwards and hear their appreciation. 

 Most seniors in the assisted living and memory care centers use walkers and wheelchairs and so they cannot come up to me very easily and cannot see that well so I go to them and shake their hand and tell them how much I enjoyed singing with them!  I love my work! 

The sad fact is that with all the budget cuts, the activities directors would like to have me back but cannot afford me.

As I'm planning my entertainment schedule I'm looking for financial contributions at any level, $1, $5, $10 and up. 

I'm looking for people who are financially able and interested in contributing any amount to my "Music For Seniors Project"  and could either send a check to me Bridget Wolf, P.O. Box 1430, Talent, OR 97540, or use PayPal. 

For PayPal donations, there is a link set up at my web site www.bridgetwolf.com for donations. Please click on the Product/Services link that is there on the left hand column.  Then you'll see a yellow Donate button to click on which will direct you to PayPal for your donation.  Please call me if you need assistance at 541-512-8862. 

For my Music For Seniors Project, I have gas and vehicle expenses, equipment expenses, advertising expenses, as well as administrative, bookkeeping time and time to practice new songs, record some for advertising CDs...(that is all separate from the driving time and the duration of the actual performances!)

Since I wear all the hats and do all the parts of my little business myself, it keeps me busy full time and the good news is that I'm almost covering all my expenses with my music business!   As you know, growing any small business takes commitment, risk and some time to get established. 

Any support (including positive thoughts, words, etc.) is most appreciated!!

Also, if you feel comfortable, please feel free to mail donations in any amount to me directly at Bridget Wolf, P.O. Box 1430, Talent, OR  97540

Please call me if you have any questions, or ideas at 541-512-8862.

Any assistance you may provide is greatly appreciated to help me entertain seniors who otherwise cannot get out much.  And especially those experiencing alzheimers and dementia and really need a boost which I provide thru my entertaining uplifting music like "Look for The Silver Lining"  "The Saints Go Marching In" "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" "This Land is Your Land" "Home on the Range" "Amazing Grace" "Side By Side" "O Sole Mio" "The Entertainer" and so many more golden oldies...

Feel free to visit my web site to hear some golden oldies including "You Are My Sunshine"  which is now at the top of the list at www.bridgetwolf.com

Please click on the Music / Custom Songs link and enjoy!

Bright blessings and good wishes to you and yours!

 :) Bridget

I have several YouTube videos that I put together that I'd love to share with you this Winter Solstice! 

Here is an audio/video of one of my favorite locations in Oregon, you will hear me singing/vocalizing my love of waterfalls and the beauty of our natural world in this video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4a3k8im53o

And several other videos are on my website at www.bridgetwolf.com

click on the link in the left hand column "Video, Links, EPK" and enjoy!

Feel free to share with your friends and family as we celebrate life, love and the beauty all around us this holiday season and always  

Happy Winter Solstice !

Blessings,

Bridget

For the fourth year in a row I have a song that received good marks in the UK Songwriting Contest in Great Britain.  My piano instrumental "Teardrops" received a commended entry certificate in the instrumental category.  It almost received a semi-finalist award. 

You can listen to it at the Music / Custom song link!  

Hi there! 

I'm very excited that my recording of me playing "The Entertainer" got internet radio play on a wonderful program -- Women of Substance Radio!  If you scroll down you can see the playlist and the great selection of cover songs that were featured!  

I have been playing Scott Joplin's ragtime piano solo "The Entertainer" since I was 12 years old.  "The Entertainer" was so popular that an arrangement of it was used in the movie "The Sting" featuring Robert Redford and Paul Newman (1973) !!

When I entertain, I like to tell my audiences how I used to play a game with this song when I was a child.  I would start out at a slower tempo and then gradually increase the speed to see how fast I could play it without messing up!   So I tell my audiences that if you hear me slow way down and then start playing faster and faster, I'm back playing the game!!  I usually get some chuckles and laughs from my audiences with that stunt !! 

Did you know that Scott Joplin wrote the song around 1902?  (That song is 110 years old) !!

I have a goal to write songs that are enjoyed for hundreds of years! 

The same day that WOS radio played my recording of "the Entertainer" a local movie theater showed the classic movie "The Sting"  Can you believe that??!!     AMAZING synchronicity!

 

You can listen to my recording of me playing "The Entertainer" on my web site  www.bridgetwolf.com 

If you click on the Music/Custom Songs link on the left you'll go to the page where you can listen to it.

You can also hear the whole radio show at the following link on certain days at certain times.  Details below:

http://www.womenofsubstanceradio.com/

 We've Got It Covered Series (Fall 2012)

"We've Got It Covered" (Standards of the Great American Songbook) Aired Wednesday, Saturday and Sundays from Wednesday, November 14 thru November 25

• Denise Brigham - At Last
• Moqui Lund - Fly Me To The Moon
• Lynne Ferguson – I’ve Got Rhythm  (a whole list of great songs was played on this program!!!)
• Callie Cardamon - Dream a Little Dream
• Zoel - New York, New York
• Bridget Wolf - The Entertainer  ******************YAHOO***
• Zrazy - God Bless the Child 
• Diggsville - My Funny Valentine

HAPPY listening!

Bridget

Hi!

I'm sharing two recordings of my arrangements of the Celtic / Irish Blessing song "Deep Peace" in honor of International Day of Peace which is celebrated on September 21.

Please visit my web site at www.bridgetwolf.com and click on the Music / Custom songs link and click on Deep Peace to hear it.

I posted both "Deep Peace instrumental" and "Deep Peace excerpt" which has me singing the beautiful blessing.

If you'd like the main web site of the event, please click on the link below:

http://www.internationaldayofpeace.org/

Rogue Valley groups are hosting several events this weekend in Medford, Oregon, and the details are listed on my web site www.bridgetwolf.com please click on the Calendar link on the left side of the main page and see the info.

Here's wishing you peace, love and bright blessings,

Bridget

 

Blessings this Earth Day weekend and always! 

The early passing of my talented and dear mother Bobbi at age 69 reminds me that no one knows how long we each have on this Earth plane, so I want to make sure you all know how much love I feel for you!  And how much I deeply appreciate your presence on Planet Earth in these topsy-turvy times.

I've posted "Song of the Four Elements" (a song of thanks) from my first album "Earth Song: In Beauty" for you to enjoy at my web site in honor of Earth Day.  I invite you to go to www.bridgetwolf.com and click on the Music/Custom Songs link.  Then you'll see a list of song titles.  Under the song you would like to hear are several options.  Click on the version you think your internet speed will handle. For example, click on mp3 short clip (lo-fi) play modem link if you have a slower speed internet.

The first Earth Day was officially celebrated in 1970 I believe.  We have quite a ways to go to live sustainably on our Earth home.  I have some hope left that we can make the changes necessary if we work on this together with our loving hearts and hands.

I continue to experience the effects of cell phones and cell towers and am resting today to recover from an unexpected exposure last night. 

If you wish to purchase any of the songs from my "Earth Song: In Beauty" CD (which assists me in being able to continue to share my music with more and more people), you can purchase one or more songs for 99 cents each at CD Baby's web site, at this link: 

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bridgetwolf

I wholeheartedly appreciate your sharing your own unique gifts, talents, smiles, hugs and love with those around you and with our precious world, and our dear Earth.

Bright blessings always,

Bridget

Hello friends and family! Happy 11-11-11 to you !!! May all your dreams come true !!! :) In perfect alignment and synchronicity, my version of "May the Circle Be Unbroken" which I recorded in loving memory of my dear mother Bobbi who passed away November 23, 2008, is AGAIN getting RADIO AIRPLAY IN NOVEMBER (two years in a row!!!) on Women of Substance Radio (which somehow I just noticed today or I would have sent you this email two weeks ago!!) and this song will be played for TWO MORE DAYS this Saturday and Sunday, on Women of Substance Radio, on the internet! AND this station is heard all over the world! If you were on my email list in 2009, you may recall my exciting story of Christmas 2009 in Nashville where I got the opportunity to sing "May the Circle Be Unbroken" in the circular rotunda at the Country Music Museum and Hall of Fame! A member of the staff told me that if I would stand in the middle and sing real quietly my voice would be carried through the whole room, because of the acoustics. So I did just that. But first I walked the entire circular rotunda of this Great Hall staring in ABSOLUTE AWE at the words inscribed in stone: "Will the Circle Be Unbroken." With tears in my eyes, because before this experience I had actually considered taking the song off my album "Love Transforms" because it took about nine months to get written permission from A.P. Carter's publisher to use his words and music and some of my own words on this song (I changed the last verse because I felt my Mom would have wanted me too!)...AND THEN, I saw the plaque on the wall actually giving credit to A.P. Carter for his version of the song (no coincidences here!) and yes, he is related to June Carter Cash! There are YouTube videos with her and Johnny Cash singing it with the Carter family. And so, with a heart full of gratitude, to life, to my mother, to the great music creators celebrated in this Great Hall of Fame, I stood in the center of the room and quietly sang my version of "May the Circle Be Unbroken." And the universe accepted my sound and let it fill the whole room with its sweetness. And I felt AMAZINGLY Blessed! So, in celebration of you and the part you are playing in these amazing, transformational times, I will make sure "May the Circle Be Unbroken" is at the top of the song list on my web site at www.bridgetwolf.com click on Music/Custom Songs link and sing along if you so desire! Here's the info! Please pass the word! Oh, Happy DAY! Bright blessings, Bridget Women of Substance Radio’s Themed Show: "We've Got It Covered: 50s & 60s" Airs Wed, Sat & Sun (Nov 2-13) 12-4 PM Pacific (3-7 PM Eastern) Here's where you can listen: www.womenofsubstanceradio.com www.wosradio.com www.live365.com/stations/breenoble (to listen and vote) Also available on iTunes Radio under the Adult Contemporary Category If you scroll down, you will see: Bridget Wolf - May The Circle Be Unbroken (in the middle of the show! so probably my song will play sometime between 1:45 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Pacific (which is 4:45 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Eastern...)

Hi friends and family!

I'm over the moon excited to be the guest musician during an 11-11-11 event week in the Ashland area, this coming Monday. This is an opportunity of a lifetime!

Serendipity would have it that two days after I told my father that I would love to volunteer to do music at one of Neale Donald Walsch's workshops, I get the invitation to do that! And to sell my CDs. So you bet I said yes! and the music creating, recording and manufacturing processes are in full swing!

In case you don't know, Neale Donald Walsch is the best-selling author of the Conversations With God series of books as well as others. Years ago I desired to give him my CD "Earth Song:In Beauty" with the sub-title: Songs of re-membering, re-connecting to life and love" Yes, the hyphen "-" in re-membering is intentional. I strongly desired to give him "Earth Song" CD because Neale used the same word "re-membering" in his Conversations with God book part one. And that just seemed so awesome! Re-membering, with the hyphen, is about bringing the parts (the members) back together. Anyway, I finally was in the same place as Neale and gave him three of my CDs. That was only two weeks ago on October 30 while I was enjoying Celtic musicians jam and dancing to my hearts content at a pub in Ashland called The Black Sheep!

:) Only one day before that, on October 29, I felt a strong feeling of regret that I didn't have any CDs with me a few months ago when I was at the Avalon and Neale showed up and I was introduced to him. And then, like magic! on October 30th, I had a second chance to give Neale my CDs in person!!! :)

And this Monday, November 14, I get to bring my musical gifts to one of Neale's workshops, at the invitation of Rev. Joy-anne of the Center for Spiritual Living in Medford, (where I am the guest musician once a month, and lead a Sacred Drumming Circle after the Sunday service. Which, by the way is this Sunday, November 13th!)

Two days ago, Rev. Joy-anne asked me if I'd like to assist her this coming Monday at Neale's workshop! And of course, I said YES!!!

Is this inspiring to you? I get an incredible joy out of sharing my good fortune!

So as an 11-11-11 gift to you for sharing this amazing time in history with me, I invite you to visit my website at www.bridgetwolf.com and click on the Music/Custom Songs link and listen to a new up tempo version of "Life Is Precious"

I got great constructive feedback last night through an instructor at SongU (Songwriters University in Nashville) which I attend online. Last night's instructor was participating from New York City, (and in the background we could hear the ambulance and fire truck sirens and all! Boy, did that bring back memories from my nine years there. NYC is truly the city that never sleeps! )

I'm so excited I could stay up all night and write a book of all the synchronicity and serendipity in my life!

As always, I love feedback. So, if you're so inclined, let me know what you like and what you don't like about my song "Life is Precious", or any song I wrote!

Here's wishing you abundant love and joy this season and Always!
Bridget

I am grateful to see that the two songs I submitted for the September 11 Tribute Show were included in the four-hour program airing on Women of Substance Radio! I'm excited that my newest Semi-finalist "Hope" will be heard by so many people!!!

I'm over the moon excited that I'll be the guest speaker on the online Radio Show "Breaking Free" this Monday, Sept. 12 from 5:15 to 6 p.m. PST (Pacific Time) at the link http://www.nissancommunications.com/breakingfree.php On Labor Day I composed the theme music "Breaking Free" for that radio show and you can hear it if you go to the above link and scroll down to the 9-5-11 archived show. The show's host Marilyn played an excerpt of my new piano composition at the beginning and the end of the radio show! Marilyn is a great woman and a caring humanitarian -- I highly recommend you check out her show! And feel free to call in on Mondays from 5 and 6 p.m. Pacific Time which is from 8 to 9 p.m. Eastern time ! (Chat, call in, skype, or just watch it online!)

Bridget Wolf achieved high ranks in UK Songwriting Contest for third year in a row! body Happy Labor Day weekend to you and yours!!! I am excited to share with you that for the third year in a row I have achieved high ranks in an international songwriting contest in the UK (Great Britain) whose judges include Paul McCartney's producer Richard Niles! The competition was even tougher this year and the judges have a new scoring method (see below, at bottom of email) My piano instrumental "Hope" earned semi-finalist ranking in the instrumental category with a score of 7 !!! (scoring is from 1 to 10, with 10 being the winning score) My song "I Am You" earned a commended entry certificate in the Open Category with a score of 6, which is the high end of this ranking and means it almost earned semi-finalist standing! So now my totals for the three years are: 2009: one finalist (score: 8) and two semi-finalists (both scores: 6) 2010: three more semi-finalists (scores: 6) and five commended entries (four scored 5 and one scored a 4) 2011: one semi-finalist (score: 7) and one commended entry (score: 6) Of the 13 songs I submitted I have achieved: one finalist, six semi-finalists and six commended entries This is a big boost of confidence! The scoring info is included below in case it sheds light on my accomplishment. I am putting the songs I submitted for the past three years to the UK songwriting contest songs on my web site at www.bridgetwolf.com to celebrate my songwriting accomplishments this labor day weekend Feel free to visit my web site and click on the Music/Custom Songs link to listen to my beautiful music. Enjoy! Lots of love and bright blessings, Bridget www.bridgetwolf.com * * *

http://www.songwritingcontest.co.uk/results2011.htm - top

Hi friends and family,



Sending you good wishes this mid-summer day!



I have great news--some of my music was selected to play on TWO more internet radio stations! These shows can be heard world-wide!



Indie Castle Radio will be featuring "A Birthday Song For You" and "Let's Make the Difference" through September!



plus



Motivating the Masses Podcast will be featuring my music during the months of July thru October! The show's host named Daril included my version of "Amazing Grace" towards the end of the one-hour podcast which aired on Friday, July 15!



Also, some great folks are putting links on their websites to my web site!

For instance, a lady was asking for testimonials about the benefits of eating raw foods and she loved my testimonial and will include it along with a link to my web site!



Happy Summer to you!



Enjoy,

Bridget

Dear friends and family,

Today, in honor of the great man with a profound legacy, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who delivered his "I Have A Dream" speech while I was only six months old on August 28, 1963, I have posted two of my original songs "Sleeping Giant, Together We Can!" and "Healing Time" at my web site www.bridgetwolf.com on the Music / Custom Songs link. (See Lyrics below)

and I posted a YouTube link to MLK's "I Have A Dream" speech on the TV, Video, Links page of my web site also !

I was deeply moved that in his speech he says "Now is the time..." several times in a row! And my song "Healing Time" also repeats that phrase "Now is the time..." several times in a row!!! Somehow that phrase has reverberated in my consciousness since I was a baby!

And I share all this with you and with our world in the hopes that we find renewed strength in these songs, and in the message of Dr. MLK, to rise up, shake off the shackles of past burdens and chains, and take bold new steps forward to help our precious Planet Earth -- all the precious People and all of Creation -- so that we may ALL live in peace, love, and harmony! Free at Last! Free at Last!

Bright blessings to you!

Bridget Wolf

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Background of "Sleeping Giant, Together We Can":

This song came to me while I lived in New York City in 1991. I was feeling deep inner conflict about receiving a gift of an electronic piano, a Yamaha Clavinova, from my parents (a most welcome and precious gift which certainly inspired me to create music at a whole new level) -- it was, however, another item to use precious electricity -- during the time when the James Bay II hydroelectric power project was being put together in Canada. James Bay II turned out to be another project where the needs of millions of people for electricity put a burden on an ecosystem, an indigenous culture and changed the face of a landscape far away from the people who needed it. It was already painfully clear the devastation that the first James Bay I hydroelectric power project had wrought upon the people, the animals, the birds, the land and the waterways in Quebec.

My heart couldn't resolve or contain the inner conflicting feelings of our human impact on our precious Planet Earth, and the heavy toll this places on people connected to the land, and this song was born.

I look forward to the day...when sustainable energy solutions are the norm! When balance is restored in our life-support systems! When people and animals are free of cancer! When food, water, air and land are uncontaminated and life-supporting! When we have peace inside ourselves and in our world!

It looks like a long road to this vision! One thing MLK taught us and it is wise to re-member: Nothing is Impossible!

TOGETHER WE CAN!!!

**************** Background of "Healing Time" ****************************

"Healing Time" came to me also while I lived in New York City. This song baby was born in 1992, while I was experiencing great emotional suffering. The song came to help me through that time. My song "Healing Time" was greatly appreciated among the many song writers in the collective "Songs For Peace" in New York City and it was published in "Songs for Peace Magazine" in the Winter 1992/1993 edition. And I am singing it again this new year as I heal more layers of emotional trauma and release old stories from my past.

I hope you will help me in whatever ways you are guided to help these songs be heard by people in all parts of the world. Maybe consider forwarding them to all the people on your email contact list. I trust you will know where to send them and whom would benefit!

And in the spirit of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., may we each find the strength to OVERCOME all fear and rise up and do what is ours to do each day with the hope and vision that "NOW IS THE TIME" for us to assist our world in THE GREAT TRANSFORMATION to a world of peace, love, joy and freedom for all!

"We NOW overcome...We NOW overcome...We NOW overcome TODAY!


May Peace, Love, Joy and Freedom be yours NOW and always!

Bright blessings,
Bridget

I'm so happy to share the good news with you that I just found out --

my song "Let's Make the Difference" has moved up to #5

in Oregon's Top 10 Chart at Broadjam!!!


You can see for yourself at this link:

http://www.broadjam.com/browse/songs/top10/?l0=g&l1=218
Please feel free to visit that link and listen to this song!


And if you can spare 99 cents (only $0.99), please buy a copy of the song at that same link and you'll be helping me feel supported !! You'll be making a difference in helping me get my music out to more people.


And I really need to feel supported right now, in whatever way you are able to do this. I thank you with my whole heart, in advance :)


You and I can "Be The Change" we wish to see in the world today !!


Here's wishing you a very happy, healthy and prosperous New Year!

Bright blessings,
Bridget

November has many important days for me filled with a mixture of sorrow and profound gratitude.



November 23 is the second anniversary of my dear mother’s passing.

November 24 is my wonderful father’s 75th birthday.

And November 25 is thanksgiving!



I give thanks for your continued presence in my life. My friends and family are my greatest wealth. I appreciate each person’s unique presence in my life.


Thank you for taking the time to read this and I hope you have a very HAPPY THANKSGIVING!



In loving memory of my dear mother, I am grateful to announce that WOMEN OF SUBSTANCE radio has chosen my arrangement from the memorial CD of the song I sang at my mother’s memorial service “May the circle be unbroken”

For a show called “We’ve got it covered: American Standards of Pop and Jazz” airs starting today, Wed., November 17 and continues to air on Wed/Sat/Sunday from 12-2 p.m .PST (3-5pm EST) through Nov. 28



See the play list at http://womenofsubstanceradio.webs.com/themedshowsplaylists.htm


CLICK THIS LINK TO LISTEN:



http://www.live365.com/index.live


and again, here’s wishing you a very Happy Thanksgiving!



You are a blessing to our world J



Lots of love and Bright blessings,

Bridget

I am "over the moon" excited.

Are you familiar with Ester and Jerry Hicks and the Abraham teachings? In particular -- the idea of sending out "rockets of desire" about what we love to experience?

I was teaching a new voice student yesterday and sharing my understanding of breath support and singing from our core/center/diaphragm, etc. and I demonstrated the difference between speaking (and singing) without breath support and with then with breath support and showed him how a person can fill a room with sound, either speaking or singing, with breath support.

I demonstrated it and I completely enjoyed the feeling of filling the room with the sound of my voice! (I encourage you to try this. Don't strain your throat; focus on speaking and singing, if you wish, from your belly...using your core energy and strength. Not your throat.)

Last night a most amazing scene unfolded. Yesterday my dear friend Barbara Shor invited me (impromptu) to a performance that I had sent out a rocket of desire to attend about a week ago or whenever I saw the flyer announcing "Dancing With the Rogue Valley Stars" at Fred Meyers in Medford.

Barbara offered to pay for it, and it was for the dress rehearsal that they opened up to the public because the main Saturday night performance was sold out. It was a benefit for two clubs: a dance club and a club called Sparrows in which schools "adopt" children with special health needs/concerns and the children at the schools volunteer to help fund-raise for the children in need and their families. The children who are adopted are teaching amazing lessons to the school children...about compassion, giving, gratitude, integrity, etc.

It turned out that the performance was a little rough, since it was the dress rehearsal... not polished yet, and not normally open to the public...)



AND there was a very extra long intermission and people were getting impatient. One lady was saying if they didn't hurry up and get to the second half of the show, people would leave...so...recognizing an opportunity--
I offered to sing!

So that you can get a picture of the location... the performance took place in the North Medford High School auditorium. A medium sized theater-type room with a big stage. Red curtains, comfortable seating (for about 700) with about 100 to 200 in attendance. It was built to carry sound well, and it had really good acoustics.



When the lady sitting next to us got interested in hearing me sing, I asked if she likes George Gershwin. She said YES.

She didn't really believe I would sing until I got out of my cushioned seat and sat on the back of the seat in front of me and faced her and started singing "I Got Rhythm." I noticed that the other people in the audience became quiet and most stopped conversing to listen. I noticed several people singing the familiar words along softly or mouthing the words, or speaking the words.

I was excited when I noticed that my voice filled the room. I projected my voice beautifully and it filled the auditorium from where I was sitting, with no microphone! I was in heaven!

There was still more time, so I stood up and sang "Over the Rainbow"

I looked directly at the people who were now looking at me. Taking a pause in their conversations, to experience my gifts.



I sang with so much feeling, that the audience even applauded in the middle of the song, to appreciate the depth of emotion and artistry that I conveyed.

Just like they applauded when the dancers in the first part of the show did something wonderful and inspiring. Since the event was a fund-raiser for two beautiful causes, the audience was full of heart anyway.



It was a magical night. My heart desired to share it with you.

My dear friends and family:



I encourage you:



Keep putting out your heart-felt 'rockets of desire'

You are exactly in the right place at the right time to manifest your hearts desires!

Love and bright blessings to you :)
Bridget

Great news!


I've been selected by Southern Oregon Songwriters Association as their featured artist and I will be performing my original music at the Rogue Valley Community TV station on Saturday afternoon in Ashland, Oregon.


I'm preparing for the taping of TWO 30-minute TV programs!!


The TV schedule link is at

http://www.roguetv.org/SectionIndex.asp?SectionID=7
* * * *

I'm planning to do an all instrumental program first and then a program featuring my music for healing and songs for change.

Some of the instrumentals I will include are:
I'll Never Forget You
Autumn '83
Oceans and Trees
To Life
Cascading Waterfall


Songs for change include:
Let's Make the Difference
Dive Deep

and others

If you'd like to listen to some of the music I will be presenting, please visit the Music/Custom Song link here at my web site.


Please let me know if you have any favorites!

Cheers!

Bridget

I feel sad to share with you that I was not chosen to advance to the finals in Southern Oregon's Got Talent.


This talent contest is a fund-raiser for CASA, Court Appointed Special Advocates -- a very important organization of volunteers that assist abused children to get help-- and one of the CASA administrators reported on Wednesday at the viewing of some of the semi-finalist audition videos, that CASA volunteers have assisted more than 500 children in Rogue Valley (Southern Oregon) and that there are at least 260 more abused children in this valley that need help...



The judges for this contest may have favored putting together a talent show that showcases the young people of Rogue Valley. On Wednesday I watched several audition videos of adults who were very talented and I thought merited advancing to the finals. One lady, who was one of my favorites, did some beautiful Polynesian dancing!



I also feel it is very important that young people have opportunities to share their talents. Even as they are developing their talents.



So I'm celebrating that these promising artists, some of whom I met on Wednesday in Medford, will be sharing their talents at the Ginger Rogers Theater in Medford on October 15.


Best wishes,
Bridget

Hello friends and family!

I'm so happy to share with you some great news!

I am a semi-finalist in Southern Oregon's Got Talent!

The talents I'm sharing are: singer/songwriter/pianist !!!

Please send some extra good wishes my way -- I would love to be a finalist and get the opportunity to perform on the Craterian "Ginger Rogers" Theater stage in Medford on October 15!!

I happen to love watching old Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers movies!

How wonderful to get the chance to perform on that beautiful stage for a large audience!!


I send you my best wishes for a very happy Autumn and for a sweet Indian Summer too :)



Bright blessings,

Bridget





P.S. Beautiful music is at my web site for you to enjoy at www.bridgetwolf.com

I'm celebrating another accomplishment!

Women of Substance radio selected BOTH piano instrumentals that I submitted for consideration for their September 11th theme show. The titles are "Hope" and "I'll Never Forget You" CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS?!!!!

I hope you'll get a chance to listen to this show. It will be a very moving 2 hours.
You can listen at my website by clicking "TV, Video, Links" and clicking the play arrow at the appropriate times listed below;

you can also listen at www.WOSRadio.com or on iTunes Radio under "Adult Contemporary" or on LIve365 at www.live365.com/stations/breenoble

Special Themed Show: "September 11th Tribute" Airs Wed, Sat & Sun 12-2 PM Pacific (3-5 PM Eastern) September 1 thru September 12

* Kristy Jackson - Little Did She Know (She'd Kissed A Hero)
* Carolyn J. Messina - The Fall (9/11)
* Angie Foster - Ordinary Day
* Margaret Berstein - Another World
* Edie Carey - Under A Sky
* Lily Allen - Him
* Jensen Keets - Strong
* The Cranberries - New New York
* State of Undress - Song for a Boy
* Bridget Wolf - Hope
* Linda Brooks - Hand Of A Stranger
* Nadia Ackerman - Forget About You
* Kate Wallace - Mercy Brings Mercy
* Melissa Etheridge - Tuesday Morning
* Celia Rose - Ripple In The Water
* Alu - Last Lullaby
* Moore & Moore – I’ll Be Missing You
* Lori Greco - I'll Be There
* Amirah Ali - Queen of My Heart
* Kathy Moser - Windows on the World
* Evanescene - My Last Breath
* Petrella - Paint It the USA
* Elaine Lucia - Remembrance
* Jan Seides - To Give Us Peace
* Diana Wood - Ice curved trees
* Bridget Wolf - I'll Never Forget You
* Debbie Hennessey - Hallelujah
* Tori Amos - I Cant See New York





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I've got some fun news !

My song “Let’s Make the Difference” made it to Number 9 on Broadjam’s Top 10: Oregon chart !

If you want to see, click on this link:

http://www.broadjam.com/browse/songs/top10/?l0=g&l1=218
I hope the song inspires you and helps you realize that You ARE making a difference just by being YOU!

Power to you to be the best YOU ever!

Warm and sunny wishes,
Bridget


P.S. "Let's Make the Difference" is a semi-finalist in the 2009 UK Songwriting Contest in Great Britain and is recorded on the CD "Love Transforms" which is available for $15 including shipping and handling plus an autographed postcard!

There is a BuyNow button at my web site, click on Products/Services and scroll down to

Select Product

Or mail a check or money order to Bridget Wolf, P.O. Box 1430, Talent, OR 97540
Or call me and place your order at 541-512-8862.



I greatly appreciate your support. It helps me share my music with the world :)

Hello friends and family,

On Sunday I had a wonderful time sharing my new songs at Christ Unity Church in Medford, Oregon!

A video is posted at this link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arMkDAg0HcI
Also feel free to sign my guest book and let me know which songs particularly speak to your heart :)

Wishing you joy-filled days and peaceful nights,

Blessings,

Bridget

I am so excited! I just found out this morning that all 8 of the songs I submitted for the 2010 UK Songwriting Contest in Great Britain were considered to be good songs by the panel of music industry professionals!

This is a Memorial Day to remember!!!

This year I received 3 semi-finalist certificates and five commended entry certificates. Last year I had one finalist and two semi-finalists in this contest (I'll Never Forget You, Life Is Precious, and Let's Make the Difference)

About 5,000 songs were submitted from around the world for this 2010 contest.



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Judges Scoring from the UK Songwriting Contest Web Site: (scale from 1 to 10) (10 is reserved for the winners and 9 for the runners up in each category)



"A score of 4 or 5 indicates that this is a good song and it will receive a Commended Entry Certificate. A score of 5 indicates that the song very nearly made the semi finals. All songs with a score of 4 and 5 are considered for the semi finals.



A score of 6 or 7 indicates that the song made the semi finals panels and is one of the stronger songs in the contest. All these semi finalist songs are considered by the selection panels for the finals and a score of 7 indicates that the song was a borderline finalist and almost made it through to the finals."

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Here are my song scores. These are the final results for this year's contest (the contest is over):



"Healing Time" received a score of 6 and I was awarded a Semi-Finalist certificate in the very popular Adult Contemporary Category.

"A Birthday Song For You" received a score of 5 and I was awarded a Commended Entry certificate in the Adult Contemporary Category.



"Dive Deep" received a score of 6 and I was awarded a Semi-Finalist certificate in the Miscellaneous/Open Category.



"Oceans and Trees" received a score of 6 and I was awarded a Semi-Finalist certificate in the Instrumental Category.

"Autumn" received a score of 5 and I was awarded a Commended Entry certificate in the Instrumental Category.

"To Life" also received a score of 5 and I was awarded a Commended Entry certificate in the Instrumental Category.

"Together for Life" also received a score of 5 and I was awarded a Commended Entry certificatein the Instrumental Category.


"Sweet Lover Baby" received a score of 4 and I was awarded a Commended Entry certificate in the Jazz/Blues Category.

Song samples can be heard for most of the songs at my web site:
http://www.bridgetwolf.com/music.html http://www.bridgetwolf.com/music2.html
I am dancing with joy TODAY !!!

This is another boost of confidence for me and helps me move forward with sharing my songs with the world!

Bridget

P.S. If you'd like to help me with my mission of sharing my songs with the world, feel free to call me at 541-512-8862 and 541-637-7259 or email me, bridget@bridgetwolf.com to order CDs of the songs you want to have and I will autograph a postcard to include with each order!


All songs are published by Inside Out Mystical Publishing, ASCAP
P.O. Box 1430
Talent, OR 97540

music for healing, songs for change

biz line: 541-512-8862
message: 541-637-7259

orders@bridgetwolf.com

Hi y'all!

I am so excited! I just found out that Women of Substance online radio show will feature my original song “A Birthday Song for You” on their new April show called “Women in Harmony” You can listen right here at my website at the TV/Video/EPK link

http://www.bridgetwolf.com/links.html
or at their links below...


Check out this playlist! Can you believe this?!!!

I am in AMAZINGLY great company! I burst into tears when I received this email today!

I send you all lots of love and encouragement to go for your dreams!

Please -- Don’t let any thing hold you back!

It’s time to shine and go for it!
Now is the time to manifest your true hearts desires!

Love and bright blessings,

Bridget

www.bridgetwolf.com



Here is the info from Women of Substance email:

We have combined music from some of the best known harmonic groups like The Indigo Girls, The Dixie Chicks, The Corrs, The Wreckers, etc with our best Indie artists.

This show airs ALL MONTH LONG on Wed, Sat & Sun from 3-7 PM EST (noon-4 PM PST). The show starts airing TOMORROW-Wednesday April 7. The playlist is below:

Special Themed Show: "Women in Harmony" Airs Wed, Sat & Sun 12-4 PM Pacific (3-7 PM Eastern)

•Dixie Chicks - USA National Anthem The Star Spangle Banner
•Karmina - Slow Down
•Beth DeSombre - Your Eyes
•Eight To The Bar - Demon Run
•Corrs - Breathless
•Sisters 3 - Star Spangled
•Lisa Brigantino, Lori Brigantino, Susan Haefner - Sarah
•Indigo Girls - Power Of Two
•Kate Wallace - I'm Gonna Be The Rock
•Sara Cohen and Sari Miller - My Old Blue Jeans
•Melanie Doane feat. Emilie-Claire Barlow & Kathryn Rose - All The Diamonds
•Shaye - On And On
•Millie Whiteside w Margaret Dorn, Chrissy Faith & Leata Galloway - Nightmare
•Wild Honey - This Is What Love Looks Like
•Raison D'EŠtre - Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
•Dala - Hockey Sweater
•Cabin Fever NW - No Good Roadhouse Blues
•Sara Barielles & Ingrid Michaelson - Winter Song
•Wrapped in Rain - Amazing Grace
•Bittersweet - Long Train's Thunder
•Karmina - Now That You're Around
•Sister Girl - Lonesome Rambler
•Blue Mountain Myst - You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive
•Wreckers - Leave The Pieces
•Margaret s Daughter - Prayer
•Black Ruby - How Would You Feel
•Bangles - Hazy Shade Of Winter
•Karen & Amy Jones - Cover Me
•The Wildwood Flowers - I'm At Your Side
•Beth DeSombre - Song of Joy
•Sally Taylor & Carly Simon - Amity
•Nadia Ackerman - Everything
•Lisa Brigantino, Lori Brigantino, Susan Haefner - I Gotta Find Me Somethin'
•Cry Cry Cry - By Way of Sorrow
•Sister Seven - Know What I Mean
•half full - Shine
•Victoria Di - Hallelujah
•Melanie Doane with Emilie-Claire Barlow & Kathryn Rose - Wildflowers
•Shaye - Lake Of Fire
•Big American Family - Pin Drop
•Edie Carey & Rose Cousins - Falling Slowly
•Irina Rivkin - Glass House
•Karmina - Satellites
•Raison D'Etre - After the Goldrush
•Dala - Levi Blues
•Janet Bates - time to go
•Madison Violet - Crying
•Ruby Summer - Hey Daisy
•Jan Seides - If That Ain't Love
•Helen Austin - When We Were Young
•BarlowGirl - Never Alone
•Chiwawa - Love's Got Heart
•Moore & Moore - Wild Women Don't Get The Blues
•Bridget Wolf - A Birthday Song for You * * * HERE I AM! * * * * *
•Indigo Girls - Secure Yourself
•Jonatha Brooke & The Story - So Much Mine
•Corrs - Falling In Love With You
•Dar Williams & Cry Cry Cry - Northern Cross
•Lil' Kim, Mya, Pink & Christina Aguilera - Lady Marmalade
•Destiny's Child - Emotion


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