Fundraising For Acorns. So Far...

Following our sell-out Charity Benefit Concert in aid of Acorns Children's Hospice at the Malvern Forum Theatre in January, we had two sold out theatre shows in Hereford and Solihull.

All of these shows have had very generous audiences - thank you - and, now that we have had confirmation from Acorns, we can announce that our current fund raising effort has raised £6,349.41 for the charity.

We continue to raise as much money as possible for our official charity, particularly with the current financial climate, at our shows, special events, and from the sale of the Acorns' Song CD.



Clive wrote this song especially for Acorns and all proceeds from the sale of the CD and MP3 downloads will go to Acorns.

The CD, and MP3 downloads, are available to buy from MixdupStore.

We have a Just Giving webpage where you can conveniently, and securely, donate online. Clicking the “DONATE!” button on the widget above will take you straight to that page.

Thank you to everyone who has helped us so far with their generosity for this essential charity.

Please visit Acorn's website to learn more about the wonderful work that Acorns does.

Thank You To Our Generous Audience

Today we have had confirmation from Acorns that the amount donated by our audience at our Johnny Cash tribute band charity concert was a whopping £371.76!

Thank you to everyone who came to the show and gave to this wonderful charity.

This amount has now been added to our total on our Just Giving webpage and it brings the total raised so far to £2,903.54. This figure does not yet include money from the profit of the Malvern Forum Theatre show, "Make the Most of Every Day" CD sales, etc.

We will let you know as soon as we know!

Elvis & Johnny Cash Perform Rare Duet

This is Elvis (Ben Portsmouth) performing Brown Eyed Handsome Man with Clive John and The Johnny Cash Roadshow Band.

We really enjoyed having Ben perform at our charity show, in aid of Acorns, and the audience loved him.

Discover more about Ben's tribute to Elvis at his website:
www.elvistribute-band.co.uk

Acorns' Song Lyrics - Make the Most of Every Day

Below are the lyrics from Clive's song that he wrote for Acorns Children's Hospice.

The début live performance of the song can be viewed on YouTube.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bae-VwtdZNU

The CD, and MP3 downloads, are available to buy from MixdupStore, with all proceeds being donated to Acorns.



Make The Most of Every Day

Hope springs eternally they say
Life has a funny old way
Of bringing out the best in us and doing all we can
There is faith and there's a love that never fades

You are so beautiful to me
Just one smile is all I need
It brings colour to my life, like a sunrise on the sea
As they say all the best things are free

Make the most of every day
For this world is full of colour
Through the sun and pouring rain
And whatever comes your way
Make the most of every day

This world can really get you down
Inside your head, the questions spin around
And it just doesnt seem fair, and it just dont seem right
But at the end of this tunnel there is light

Make the most of every day
For this world is full of colour
Through the sun and pouring rain
And whatever comes your way
Make the most of every day

I'll be there for you I hope you know
Come rain, wind, thunder, sleet or snow
There ain't nothing in this world that I would not do
To make the most of every moment with you

Lets make the most of every day
For this world is full of colour
Through the sun and pouring rain
And whatever comes your way
Make the most of every day

Copyright Clive John

Make the Most of Every Day

We have uploaded the first live performance of Clive John's song "Make the Most of Every Day", which was written especially for Acorns Children's Hospice.

This wonderful charity provides much needed care for life limited children by running three hospices, and providing care in the community, in the West Midlands, UK.

This performance was recorded at the Johnny Cash Roadshow's grand charity concert, in aid of Acorns, at the Malvern Forum Theatre. We were joined on stage by the wonderful Sytchampton School Choir (6-9 year olds), who also performed on the recording of the song, and Richard Gibson on the piano.

If you would like to help us with our target of raising £10,000 for Acorns then please go to our Just Giving webpage. Thank You.

www.justgiving.com/acornsjohnnycashroadshow

Our total raised so far is £2511.78. This total does not yet include the money raised at our sell-out charity show on 15 January '09. We will add this when we have confirmation.

CDs of the song, which also include a country version of the song, are available to buy from the MixdUpStore with the proceeds going to Acorns. The song is also available to buy as an MP3 digital download.

Purchase your copy of Make the Most of Every Day at the MixdUpStore.

Discover more about the wonderful work that Acorns does by visiting their website:
www.acorns.org.uk

Charity Show Is Sold Out!

Absolutely fabulous news that we received from the Malvern Theatres box office today - our charity show in aid of Acorns Children's Hospice on 15th January is sold out!

This is really fantastic. All the hard work that has gone into this show by so many people (Ivan, John, Karen, Dave, Ash, Sophie, just to mention a few) has been rewarded by a sell-out event and means more money going to Clive John & Johnny Cash Roadshow's charity.

If you have bought a ticket, thank you so much. We look forward to performing a great show for you.

Best wishes,

JCRS

Do You Make The Most Of Every Day?

There is now only just over a week to go before the first public live performance of Clive John's song, “Make the Most of Every Day”.

This song was written especially for Acorns, Clive and the band's official charity, and all proceeds (yes, every penny!) from the sale of the CD on the night will go to Acorns.

Performing with us at our Malvern Forum Theatre charity show on 15th January 2009 will be the superb choir from Sytchampton First Endowed School.

The CD will also be available to buy at our shows and, along with MP3 downloads, from MixdupStore.

We'll Be Back After The Interval

Please note that due to the huge demands upon Clive, his team and the band, for the charity concert in aid of Acorns Children's Hospice on 15th January the next "Clive to Camera" video and Members Area update will be in February, instead of January.

Johnny Cash Tribute Charity Show Sell-Out?

Almost a sell out!

This is great news for our efforts to raise £10,000 for Acorns Children's Hospice.

The picture on the right [click to enlarge] is a snapshot of the Malvern Forum Theatre's online booking page for the Johnny Cash Roadshow's Charity Benefit Concert on 15th January 2009. As you can see, there are only a handful of tickets left; ten normal tickets (in green) and seven concession tickets (in black).

Get your tickets quick before it's too late!!!

Visit the Malvern Theatres website to discover more about this wonderful venue.

This snapshot was taken today (31st December 2008) at 11:58am on the Malvern Forum Theatre's booking page:

http://www.malvern-tickets.co.uk/frmSelectSeats.aspx?perfid=180533

£2429.82 And Rising!

Our Johnny Cash Roadshow Christmas Show audience gave us a wonderful £134.00 to go towards our £10,000 target for Acorns. Thank you to everyone who donated at the show at the Artrix Theatre in Bromsgrove.

The total raised so far is now a fantastic £2429.82!

If you would like to donate then please pop over to our Just Giving webpage and donate online quickly and securely.

www.justgiving.com/acornsjohnnycashroadshow

Thank you.

Thank You & A Merry Christmas!

Thank you to everyone who came to our Johnny Cash Roadshow Christmas show at the Artrix Theatre in Bromsgrove last night.

It was a fantastic night made extremely easy to pull off due to the wonderful and professional team of staff at the theatre under the guidance of duty managers Nick and Dawn. Thank you, in particular, to Chris for making everything work to technical perfection, Tom for the wonderful lighting, and Rob, Dave & Ash for the sound. Dave and Ash are from MixdupMusic (MUM).

Thank you also to all of our kind audience members who gave money to our goal of raising £10,000 for Acorns. (To help us hit our target, which will contribute to providing care for life-limited children, please donate on our Just Giving web page).

This is starting to sound like an Oscars acceptance speech ;-) There are a lot of people involved in making a show happen and thank yous need to be said.

A BIG thank you to Robert Page, our director, for his guidance and coaching. It's hard work but great fun working with him.

A massive thank you to Ivan, Karen, and John, for all of their hard work behind the scenes - they keep the wheels on the tour bus rolling.

We'd also like to thank our Mums, Dads, dogs, pizza delivery guy… okay, Oscars moment over!

Merry Christmas from us all!

Help Us Raise £10,000 for Acorns

Acorns is our official charity and we want to raise £10,000 for this essential charity that provides much needed care to life-limited children and support for their families throughout the Midlands.

We are hoping to reach this target to coincide with the Johnny Cash Roadshow Grand Charity Benefit Concert at the Malvern Forum Theatre on Thursday 15th January 2009.

We have set up a Just Giving webpage to make it as easy to donate as possible. The Just Giving widget above shows our progress so far and by clicking the “DONATE!” button on the widget will take you straight to our donation page.

www.justgiving.com/acornsjohnnycashroadshow

We would like to say a big thank you to our very generous audience members, and to our Malvern Show sponsors, for getting us off to a fabulous start - £2,053.00 so far!

The Just Giving website offers a quick and simple way for people to raise money for their charity whilst also adding gift aid to the donation.

To put a scale on things - £10,000 pays for just over two days of running costs for one Hospice! Could you spare a pound or £2?

Poster For Acorns Show

Here's the poster for our Grand Charity Benifit Concert in aid of Acorn's Children's Hospice. Click the image to view a larger version. [opens in new window]

As well as the usual superb Cash songs that Clive and the band will be performing, it will also be the debut public performance of "Make The Most Of Every Day". Clive has written this song exclusively for, and dedicated to, the Acorns Children’s Hospice. The song will be recorded live at the show and be available to buy via digital download from www.johnnycashroadshow.com with all proceeds going to the Acorns Children’s Hospice.

BREAKING NEWS! For the first time Johnny Cash will be performing on stage in the UK with Elvis! We are very excited to announce that our guest artist for this show will be the fantastic Ben Portsmouth as Elvis Presley.

The Johnny Cash Roadshow will complete the tribute to the Man In Black with the lovely Rosie Lee performing as June Carter.

Charity Benefit Concert in aid of Acorns

Announcing our grand charity concert in aid of Acorns Children's Hospice at the Malvern Theatres on Thursday 15th January 2009.

During the evening’s entertainment Clive will be performing a song written exclusively for, and dedicated to, the Acorns Children’s Hospice. The song will be recorded live at the show and be available to buy via digital download from www.johnnycashroadshow.com with all proceeds going to the Acorns Children’s Hospice.

The Johnny Cash Roadshow completes the tribute to the Man In Black with regular guest slots by artists such as Rosie Lee performing as June Carter. There will also be an additional special surprise guest artist appearance to be announced nearer to the event.

Cash and Rantzen ho-down at Sundown

Last weekend Worcestershire’s Clive John, front man of the Johnny Cash Roadshow, met with ChildLine’s President Esther Rantzen. The nationally famous local singer-songwriter played at the The Pavillion Ham Polo Club, Richmond, at the ‘Childline Polo at Sundown’ charity fundraiser event where over £60,000 was raised at the auction alone!

Clive commented, ‘Childline is such an important service. This year they are hoping to launch ‘ChildLine Online’ to create greater access to help and advice and respond to even more of the children who need them so desperately.’ Clive continued, ‘Meeting Esther was great fun, she was just as down-to-earth as you imagine she would be from seeing her on T.V.’

View photos from the event, including The Childline Challenge Polo Match, at JEH studios' Flickr gallery page.

Acorns Hospice Visit

Today we were privileged to visit the Worcester Acorns Children's Hospice - thank you to Sophie for her time and for such an informative tour.

The Acorns facilities are absolutely amazing and provide wonderful care and support to life-limited children and their families in our local area.

To view some pictures of our visit take a look at our gallery page on Flickr.

Acorns is our Official Charity

Clive John / Johnny Cash Roadshow is proud to announce that Acorns Children's Hospice is our official charity.

This charity gives much needed care to life-limited children and support for their families throughout the Midlands, England.

Acorns has three hospices situated in Birmingham, Walsall, and Worcester and a Community Team that offers practical and emotional support to families in their homes, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

To find out more about Acorns visit their About Acorns page here.