DeanMail - April 2013 - UK/Ireland Tour Dates + Florida GIG - ORDER TICKETS TODAY Hey Folks,  It started out as an uneventful day... until the doorbell rang. This was immediate cause for concern, because our doorbell has been broken for years. Our cat-mat works just fine - a pressure sensitive pad that plays, 'Yellow Rose of Texas', whenever our increasingly large, orange cat, Murray, wants to be let inside. But the regular  doorbell has been on my list of things-to-fix-around-the-house for longer than I am willing to admit. So, when the doorbell rang this afternoon, I was on heightened alert for two reasons: 1. Like I say, it hasn't worked for years, and 2. normally, the only time anyone actually tries to ring our bell is if it's an official notice from the tax-man, or if I'm being sued by my old record company for bootlegging my own albums; neither of which options I find particularly appealing. But being the reckless type, I opened the door anyway. And surprise! No tax lien or subpoena. Instead, I'm very pleased to report that my shiny brand new US passport just arrived by express mail (my old one was due to expire any day). Which means, according to the US State Department and Homeland Security, I am now officially able to embark on a 40+ city UK/Ireland tour running July through October. As it happens, I also have a one-off gig in Clearwater, Florida on Saturday, June 8th ORDER TICKETS, but you only need a picture ID to fly inter-state, so no worries there. Anyway, that was the main logistical hurdle, now behind me; leaving me plenty left to tend to, including: book flights, rent a car, print posters and flyers, place ads, send press releases, schedule interviews, manufacture and ship CD's, T-shirts and posters (and light-caps, of course!) and - easier said than done - remember the words to all my songs. The rest is in your capable hands! ;-) Just scroll down to the tour itinerary, pick the venue closest to you, click through and order your tickets (remember to invite your friends). Easy as pie! (or click here: ORDER TICKETS) As some of you already know from previous tours, the smaller venues - The Crooked Billet, Kitchen Garden Cafe', Guitar Bar, etc... - tend to sell out early, so best not to dawdle. As for the remaining venues, as much as I'm a strong proponent of dawdling - indeed, many is the time I fruitlessly and lackadaisically dawdle the day away - I would strongly discourage you from dawdling, dilly-dallying or dithering when it comes to ordering tickets to my upcoming tour. Meanwhile, a few interesting things have been cropping up over the past few weeks that you may be curious about. One of them is that I've just reached an agreement with the Sweet Venues (where I'll be performing my regular 3 week Fringe run this year) to premier my original kids musical, "Smelly Feet" - a children's musical that really stinks! "Smelly Feet" is based on many of the songs from my 'Silly Song, Sing-Along' including: Smelly Feet; I'm Somebody Too; Please, Please, Please, Don't Tees the Bees; Never, Never Play With Matches and more. Please note, I will not be performing in "Smelly Feet", rather, the extremely talented cast of Sweet performers will delight audiences with the terribly silly tale of best friends, Danny and Pete, and their hilarious quest, aided by Danny's annoying little sister Sally, to find a cure for Pete's 'smelly feet'! "Smelly Feet" is an ideal family show geared to kids ages 3 thru 8. Tickets for 'Smelly Feet' will go on-sale May 21st at the EdFringe box office: www.edfringe.com or call 0131 226 0000. There's more exciting news to come, but I'll leave it for my next newsletter. Suffice to say, to paraphrase Alice, life just keeps getting curiouser and curiouser! For now, everybody be well, enjoy the balmy weather, and hope to see you at the gigs!   Dean PS: As always, any person or business (and according to the US Supreme Court they're one and the same!) wishing to become a tour-sponsor or sponsor a specific gig, or sponsor the premier Fringe run of "Smelly Feet", just drop me a line and I'll send you more exciting info! DEAN FRIEDMAN - IN CONCERT / 2013 Tour - TICKETS ON SALE NOW! 2013 July 26   ON SALE! Carcassone French House Party 'Songwriting Seminar'   (see video below)    ENROLL 27   ON SALE! Carcassone French House Party 'Songwriting Seminar' and Concert           ENROLL 28   ON SALE! Carcassone French House Party 'Songwriting Seminar'   (see video below)    ENROLL August 2    ON SALE! Glasgow Cottier Theatre           ORDER TICKETS 3    ON SALE! Ayr Gaiety Theatre       ORDER TICKETS 4    ON SALE! Bathgate Regal Theatre ORDER TICKETS 7    ON SALE! Edinburgh Fringe Sweet - Grassmarket ORDER TICKETS 8    ON SALE! Edinburgh Fringe Sweet - Grassmarket ORDER TICKETS 9    ON SALE! Edinburgh Fringe Sweet - Grassmarket ORDER TICKETS 10  ON SALE! Edinburgh Fringe Sweet - Grassmarket ORDER TICKETS 11  ON SALE! Edinburgh Fringe Sweet - Grassmarket ORDER TICKETS 14  ON SALE! Edinburgh Fringe Sweet - Grassmarket ORDER TICKETS 15  ON SALE! Edinburgh Fringe Sweet - Grassmarket ORDER TICKETS 16  ON SALE! Edinburgh Fringe Sweet - Grassmarket ORDER TICKETS 17  ON SALE! Edinburgh Fringe Sweet - Grassmarket ORDER TICKETS 18  ON SALE! Edinburgh Fringe Sweet - Grassmarket ORDER TICKETS 21  ON SALE! Edinburgh Fringe Sweet - Grassmarket ORDER TICKETS 22  ON SALE! Edinburgh Fringe Sweet - Grassmarket ORDER TICKETS 23  ON SALE! Edinburgh Fringe Sweet - Grassmarket ORDER TICKETS 24  ON SALE! Edinburgh Fringe Sweet - Grassmarket ORDER TICKETS 25  ON SALE! Edinburgh Fringe Sweet - Grassmarket ORDER TICKETS 30  ON SALE! Bristol Redgrave Theatre ORDER TICKETS 31  ON SALE! Powells Farm, Plaitford New Forest Folk Festival New Forest ORDER TICKETS September 1 Corfe Castle Kingston Country Courtyard ORDER TICKETS 20     TBA Belfast TBA TBA 21     TBA Dublin TBA TBA 25  ON SALE! Cardiff The Gate   ORDER TICKETS 27  ON SALE! Wimborne Tivoli Theatre ORDER TICKETS 28  ON SALE! Farnham Farnham Maltings     ORDER TICKETS 29  ON SALE! Southsea-Portsmouth Cellars at Eastney      ORDER TICKETS October 2   ON SALE! Worcester Huntingdon Hall ORDER TICKETS 3   ON SALE! Stamford Stamford Corn Exchange ORDER TICKETS 4   ON SALE! Halesworth New Cut ORDER TICKETS 5   ON SALE! Rugby Rugby Roots / Lawrence Sheriff School ORDER TICKETS 6   ON SALE! Birmingham Kitchen Garden Café ORDER TICKETS 8   ON SALE! Colne The Muni ORDER TICKETS 10 ON SALE! Nottingham Guitar Bar ORDER TICKETS 11 ON SALE! Richmond N.Yorks Georgian Theatre Royal ORDER TICKETS 12 ON SALE! Liverpool Epstein Theatre ORDER TICKETS 13 ON SALE! Manchester RNCM / Royal Northern College of Music ORDER TICKETS 14 ON SALE! Leeds City Varieties Music Hall ORDER TICKETS 15 ON SALE! Henley-on-Thames Crooked Billet    ORDER TICKETS 16 ON SALE! Henley-on-Thames Crooked Billet    ORDER TICKETS 18 ON SALE! Great Bardfield High Barn ORDER TICKETS 19 ON SALE! London Bloomsbury ORDER TICKETS             This newsletter is dedicated to Annette Funicello, everyone's favorite Mouseketeer.    copyright (c) 2013 Dean Friedman Productions If you would like to be removed from Dean's email list, please send a reply email with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject.