We Have Our Own Kacey!!!!

Due to the ever growing popularity of the SPQ's own Kacey Jones, we are unable to get her over to New Iberia for the Berry Queen festivities in September, I am sad to say!!! However, last night as I was visiting with the New Iberia Women in Business group, I was finally introduced to Brenda Lowry~BLUE MERLOT vocalist and songstress extraordinaire in her own right!~who I have heard at Cajun Trading during the art walk, but have been unable to meet. She was a hoot and I instantly liked her, besides ya'll--she knew exactly what I meant about the ball being like the SPQ galls, only New Iberia-d for us!!! I am hereforeto adopting Brenda and BLUE MERLOT as our Kacey Jones and donning her song "Big Ovaries" as one of our O-fficial Mantras and if you have not heard it, I am including the lyrics so you will adopt it and HER and her band, too!

BIG OVARIES

by Brenda Lowry

They won't write it on your tombstone, they won't say it at your grave
that your kitchen floor was spotless or your bed was always made
nobody really cares if your table settings match
and only Martha Steward makes it all from scratch.
Sometimes you have to speak up to be sure your voice is heard
and just remember "nice" and "fine" are four letter words.

Chorus: If you're trying to make a place in a world run by men
you need an attitude and a lot of estrogen.
Well behaved women never make history,
so make sure you misbehave and have...Big Ovaries.

Think of all the women who have made their mark on time
these women didn't fit into the nice girl paradigm,
Cleopatra, Queen Liz, and Catherine the Great
and so many others whose lives can illustrate
the power of a woman to see the job through
so stand up, sister, you can be one, too.

In the Bible htere was Mary and the Woman at the Well,
Sarah, Rachel, Miriam, and even Jezebel.
We've had goddesses and sinners, and saints like Joan of Arc,
women made of steel like Molly Brown and Rosa Parks.
All the pioneer women who walked across the nation
and a few billions mothers since the dawn of creationj

Chorus

Nefertiti, Margaret Thatcher, and the Queen of Sheba,
Tina Turner, Dolly Parton, Venus and Serena.
Annie Oakley, Dale Evans, Ginger Rogers, too,
Mary Shelley, Ann Rand and Maya Angelou.
Pocahontas, Princess Di, and Liliokalani,
Blondie, Lucy, Jane Jetson, Little Orphan Annie.

Chorus

Now listen up, sister, there's a moral to my story:
having big ovaries doesn't mean a lot of glory.
Some strong women had an awful lot of fame,
but for many others, we don't even know their names.
Just remember this, you can be one too,
be true to yourself in everything you do.

Chorus

Ya'll see what I mean????!!!! I love her and I think she will be an honorary Berry Queen just BECAUSE, don't ya'll think!!!!???? Blue Merlot is a finalist in the Times of Acadiana's "Best of 2008" in the category Best Jazz Band!!

In order to help our newest songstress, go to www.timesofacadiana.com
Click on the banner in the upper right of the home page
Scroll down to the "nightlife" category, and in that, "Jazz Band." (here's where you select Blue Merlot)
You need to complete the info at the bottom of the page - they make every effort to avoid "vote stuffing" - but they're not spammers.

Check out some of the other categories...our friend Brock Thornton is also listed!(Band that plays locally)."

Make your voice heard! Votes must be cast by May 20th. But hey...you're at the computer right now.... so why put it off?

If you want to hear BLUE MERLOT, here are some of their upcoming dates: Bob's Pub this Saturday, 5/10; Clementine next Saturday, 5/17; Dean's Friday 5/23, and the SweetTones (Brenda, Bubba, and Ronnie Vice) at the Solomon House Fundraiser at Antique Roseville on Saturday, 5/24. Any-hoo, ya'll be sweet and have a great weekend, hear!?!