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

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 Roadshow Christmas Show Photos

We had a fantastic time at our Johnny Cash tribute show at the Artrix Theatre in Bromsgrove on 20th December 2008.

We have now uploaded the photos from this show to our Clive John / Johnny Cash Roadshow Flickr account for you to view.

The photos have been grouped together in a set entitled… wait for it… Johnny Cash Roadshow Christmas Show - Artrix Theatre, Bromsgrove!

On the right is a photo of Clive and Pete and on the left is a photo of our gorgeous Miss Rosie Lee.

If you have a Flickr account and find any photos that you really like then please let us know by commenting below the picture. If you'd like to comment but don't have a Flickr account then it's quick, easy, and FREE to sign up for one.

Thanks to John Hartley at JEH studios for taking such great photos.

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.

Ben Wants To Live

Have you heard of Ben (BENNANTYLAD) on YouTube? A lot of people are discovering how good this young guy is.

We came across Ben's videos a few months ago and were really impressed by his performances, which just keep getting better and better.

We wanted to give him the opportunity to perform in front of an audience and so invited him to sing at our Johnny Cash Tribute Band Christmas Show on 20th December 2008 at the Artrix Theatre in Bromsgrove.

We have just uploaded the video of his superb performance of John Denver's song “I Want to Live” to our YouTube Channel and added it to our Top 10 To Watch playlist.

Well done Ben! Merry Christmas to you and your parents.

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?

John's Choice

John Hartley, from JEH studios, handles all of our online presence, design, and imaging. We'd be lost without him!

He has uploaded his favourites from the selection of photos that he took at our show at the Ludlow Assembly Rooms (27th September 2008) to his Flickr account. Take a look at them in his Johnny Cash Roadshow Ludlow Assembly Rooms Set.

Thanks John

I Guess They Do!

Earlier today we uploaded one of Johnny Cash's great little numbers, Guess Things Happen That Way, to our Johnny Cash Roadshow YouTube Channel.

We love performing this song in our tribute to Johnny and it always goes down so well with the audience.

Let us know what you think by commenting and rating the video on it's YouTube page - we always appreciate comments about our performances.

Picture Perfect

We have just added a new set of photos to our Clive John / Johnny Cash Roadshow Flickr account; these pictures were snapped at our show on 27th September 2008 at the lovely Assembly Rooms in Ludlow.

There are so many to choose from (130!) but one of our favourites is this one on the left showing the view of the band on stage from the wings. Click here to see it full size.

If you have a Flickr account and find any photos that you really like then please let us know by commenting below the picture. If you'd like to comment but don't have a Flickr account then it's quick, easy, and FREE to sign up for one.

Thanks to John Hartley at JEH studios for taking such great photos.

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.

A Fantastic Johnny Cash Roadshow Christmas!

We are looking forward to celebrating Christmas this year at the fantastic Artrix Theatre in Bromsgrove on Saturday 20th December 2008.

Featuring a splendid selection of Johnny Cash greats, mixed with a couple of festive numbers, and a lovely selection of Clive John's own songs, this is going to be a marvellous Christmas show!

Book your tickets now as they are selling quickly! Click here to go to the Artrix Box Office website or give them a ring on 01527 577330.