2012 IS MY YEAR!!!

This year is simply out of control.  I am overwhelmed by the support of my friends and fans (which are one in the same), and the opportunities they have provided me!! I pinch myself all the time and thank the good Lord for surrounding me this year with such amazing people.  I have learned this year, more than ever before, that everything happens for a reason, and that everything will work out in the end.  I am sooo happy with life, and pinch myself and regularly ask 'Is this all for real?'  I am going to be doing some catch up blogs to get you up to speed on 2012.......

I am one of the newest additions to WILD RECORDS!!

Back in January I auditioned for WILD on a whim, with one song I wrote and a Janis Martin cover 'Here Today and Gone Tomorrow'.

I played my first show as a WILD RECORDS artist on March 31, 2012 at the Observatory in Santa Ana as apart of their showcase after being totally bed-ridden with the worst strep throat I have ever had that whole week, but the show must go on! HEHE

Thank you Marlene of The Rhythm Shakers for the photo.

Sound-Check!

Thanks Jim Harris for the pic.

Thanks Bebo for the pic.

Thanks Michael Stadnick for the picture.

WILD RECORDS photographer, the most talented Daniel Funaki of Funaki Photography, captured this photo!!

Set list:

I Said I Loved You No More.

Where Ever You May Be

Pale Moon-Betty Cody Cover

I went to audition for Wild Records, not expecting anything to come from it.....

BOY WAS I WRONG!!

This is only the beginning, and if the beginning is this great, I soooo am looking forward to the future. 

Thank you friends for taking this ride along with me.

MUCH LOVE AND GRATITUDE TO YOU ALL!!!

XOXOXOX

P.S. I have a facebook fan page, be a pal and like it? MARY SIMICH

It Is Summertime!

It has been a good seven days. New records, dancing, DEVO, Chuck Berry, good friends.....SUMMER!!

Brittany and I.

Chuck Berry in the background!!

Chuck Berry in background!Last but not least, DEVO!! I really hate DEVO fans, they are all old and grumpy. But I still love DEVO. I made it to the front of the stage, caught some bouncy balls and rubbed Mark's stomach!!

Records!

I stopped in at Vinyl Solution and the Goodwill. I picked up some records.

Recorded at Marineland in Pedro before it fell into the ocean! Stoked!!

Almost passed this up, then I saw Link Wray...Sold!! For having Andy Williams on it, it is a fantastic record.

CATALINA DAY 2!!

On Day 2 we went and walked around, then we went to the silent movie. The silent movie this year was, "Her Wild Oat" it was really good. The organ player was amazing. I could sit in that theater and listen to the 80 year old Paige organ for hours on end. I LOVE IT!! Then I went and got ready for the dance...the whole point of the trip. The dance was put on by the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles. It is a blast.

Near the Casino!

Also, near the Casino

Side note....We were in line to buy tickets for this, and some guy walked up to us and offered us free tickets!! He said he gave them to us because we looked good, how sweet.

This is my 1930's gown.

This is Katherine Brooks and I.

This is Rob and Ashley.

This is a picture of me dancing with 92 year old Bill Hill. (Not of Billy Hill and the Hill Billys.) He has been living full time on the island since 1963, but her first went to Catalina in 1919. His family has owned property on Catalina since 1890.

THE ALLAH LAS

I WENT TO WORLD GALLERIES LAST NIGHT, AND REALLY ENJOYED LISTENING TO THE ALLAH LAS!!!!

CHECK THEM OUT.

QUITE, POSSIBLY THE BEST NEW BAND I'VE SEEN IN A LONG TIME. REALLY EXCELLENT. SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS STRAIGHT OFF A TEENAGE SHUTDOWN ALBUM.

GOOD DJ TOO.