HOPE FOR HAITI BENEFIT

On Friday, January 29, 2010, from 7:00-10:00pm, a benefit concert and dance will be held at Lake Shore Baptist Church, 5801 Bishop Drive in Waco to support relief efforts in Haiti. All proceeds from the event will be used to address immediate needs for food, shelter, and medical assistance through World Hunger Relief, Habitat for Humanity, and Doctors Without Borders. Music will be provided by After Midnight and by other special musical guests. The event will also feature a silent auction. A $5 minimum donation is suggested. For additional information, call Lake Shore Baptist at 772-2910.

You can help us publicize this important event by downloading the flier above and posting it somewhere or sending it to someone. Hope to see you there!

A wee bit ‘o fun at Founder’s Day

If you can’t wear a kilt to the McGregor Founder’s Day event, when can ye?

After Midnight on Twitter

After Midnight groupies: Follow us! @AMWaco. La Fiesta tomorrow night …

McGregor Founder’s Day details set

OK, looks like we’ll be the first band to play at the Founder’s Day festival in McGregor on Aug. 19. We’ll be at the stage at the intersection of 4th Street and Madison starting at 11 a.m. We’re scheduled to play till 1 p.m.,  so hope to see y’all there. I hear Barry is contemplating entering the chili cookoff, while Bob may be souping up an old riding lawnmower for the lawnmower races .

Fun (but challenging) show last night

Our show at Hog Creek last night saw the maiden voyage of our new in-ear monitor system … needless to say, I wouldn’t recommend trying IEMs for the first time at a gig–do yourself a favor and get used to them first. But I think we’ll love ‘em in the long run. Thanks to Steve and Tony for taking on the technical challenges of configuring our IEMs for the first time. We also had Jessica Gardner on hand to film the first-ever After Midnight documentary … Looking forward to seeing the footage.

Had a small handful of spirited dancers in the second and third sets. And it’s always nice to see some newlyweds come to a show after we played their wedding reception a few weeks back. Had a pretty ambitious set list and managed to get through, though clumsily, a couple of our more challenging numbers  (“Light My Fire,” “Love You Madly”), but the show goes on. Tough to be polished when you haven’t played together in about a month.

So, we now have more gear than we know what to do with. Anbody interested in doing a graduate assistantship in roadie ergonomics? We’re going on four bad backs. Show on Sunday, then a break till Aug. 20 when we play La Fiesta again. Hope to see y’all there!

NO COVER this Friday @ Hog Creek

I’ve just been informed that there will be no cover charge for our performance this Friday, July 31, at Hog Creek. Hope to see y’all there!

Hiatus till July 31

After a busy week of shows at the Carleen Bright Arboretum and Bosque River Stage (add to that a wedding reception at the MCC Art Center), we’re takin’ a brief respite … But be sure to catch us at Hog Creek Icehouse July 31 from 9 till midnight. $6 cover charge. After that, you can see us again at La Fiesta restaurant (Franklin Ave. location) on Aug. 20 at 7:30 p.m.

Also, be sure to check out our new Media page, which contains some nice video footage of some of our past performances. Thanks to Richard, Jessica, and Mike for the vids!