Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon - Weekend in Review

**originally posted on Kristen's myspace blog, Sept. 2, 2008

For those of you who did not tune in to see us live on the Jerry Lewis/MDA Telethon (it aired around 6:50am EST), I would like to point out that it was 3:50am where WE were. That's all I'm sayin'.

We had a really fun weekend. The MDA flew us out to Vegas on Friday and put us up at The South Point Hotel, where they film the entire event. We ate at the buffet for more meals than I care to admit. We sound checked Saturday morning at 8:50am. They definitely weren't helping us acclimate to our jet lag...AT ALL. So once the sound check was over, we had about 2 days to kill before our actual live performance. While it did seem excessive, if you saw how well they ran this telethon, it made sense...ish. What did not make sense, however, was watching the telethon a few hours after our appearance and they cut to Tony Orlando in New York City and he introduced a BAND that was playing LIVE in the NEW YORK studio. I was like, hmm. OK. I guess it was just my destiny to LEAVE NEW YORK CITY (probably blocks from the very MDA studio Mr. Orlando was filming from) to lose big on the slots and eat buffet with Nini Camps for four days straight? Truthfully, it's the only way I'd ever have seen The Dark Knight. So hollah to MDA and Nini for forcing that on Sunday afternoon.

We saw The Mentalist on Saturday night. I actually renamed him the Mental Case, but that's a whole other story. We enjoyed him for the most part, especially debugging his "mental" tricks. Anyone who swears that many times he DID NOT read the reservations list before the show, read it. Who's with me? I know Devon is. And Nini too. And the worst part about it was that The Mentalist performs at the theater at Hotel Hooters. I'm trying to make it sound a little more upscale than it actually is. Did it work? An entire Hooters Hotel can exist? Shame, shame America. Tuht, Tuht. And I can say I've been to it. Oy, Kristen. My parents were in Vegas with us for the weekend and you should have seen the look on my mom's face when we told her we were off to Hotel Hoots for The Mental Case. She decided to stick to the buffet and pass on the evening's event.

On Sunday evening we sat in the studio audience for the first 2 hours of the telethon. I have to say, JERRY LEWIS is FUNNY (hot tip for those of you who haven't heard). The things he was doing off camera were outrageous. And if you were watching at home at all, you'd catch things here and there because they'd cut back to him in the midst of doing something ridiculous. And he is so driven by the MDA cause. You can't help but get inspired. It was a really moving experience. Devon has become mildly obsessed with the cause, so expect to see her selling shamrocks at an event near you soon. As we boarded the plane to head back home, Devon was watching the telethon on her Jet Blue TV with tears in her eyes before she face planted into her snack tray. Seriously, it was an amazing event and a life changing experience for all of us. If you get a chance, head over to the MDA website and make a donation, or look into one of the auctions they've got online. It's not too late. MDA Official Site.

There's a bootleg You Tube video up of our performance. We hope to have something better up eventually, but until then, our fans always get to it first. So go check it out!
Antigone Four on MDA Telethon

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MDA/Jerry Lewis Telethon

Hey everyone!
Just wanted to let you know that we will be on the Jerry Lewis/MDA Labor Day Telethon. Check your local listsing for specific channel it's on in your market. We will be on early a.m. Sept. 1 (E.S.T.), sometime between 5am-8am. We'll keep you posted as soon as we have more information!

Antigone Four

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2 New Videos...

one is from rehearsal and the other is from the actual festival...

Rehearsal 08.07.08

Festival Footage 08.09.08

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A4 on TV and added NY area dates!

Hi everyone,
Just wanted to let you know that we'll be performing on this year's MDA Telethon over Labor Day Weekend. This will be broadcast on national televion. Be sure to check your local listings for exact station in your market! Also, we'll post more information about the day and time we will be performing!

Also, we've added a few New York area dates to our calendar. We will be at The Bitter End in New York City on Thursday, 8/14/08. Doors are at 7PM and our show starts at 7:30PM sharp. There is no opener...just us...so get there on time! Adv. Tix. are available through Ticketweb.com.

We'll also be at The Zen Lounge (formerly Shi Bar-STRONG ISLAND)) in West Hempstead, NY on Saturday night, Sept. 6. More details on that performance coming soon.

In the meantime, please come out and support us this Saturday night (7/26/08) at Chaplin's in Spring City, PA. This will be our very first club performance and we'd love to see you all there!
Buy Tickets in Adv for Chaplin's!

See you all soon!
Antigone Four
Kristen, Cathy, Dena and Jen

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Antigone Four this Sunday (7/13) at Great South Bay Festival
Current mood: amused

Hey everyone!
We sent an email out today. Not much lead time. Normally that would make me nuts...but under the circumstances of late, we just roll with things......so if you're anywhere near Patchogue, NY this Sunday, and chances are likely you will be, come see us at Shorefront Park. We'll be doing 1 set of chaos, confusion and about 9-10 songs. It'll be a good time.

07.13.08 - Patchogue, NY
Great South Bay Music Festival
Shorefront Park
5PM-Cultural Stage

The Four starts here...
Kristen

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A Message From Kristen, Cathy, Dena and Jen

A message from Kristen, Cathy, Dena & Jen...
The Henderson sisters formed Antigone Rising in 1993 never imagining (well, sort of imagining) the band would grow from playing bars on Bleecker St. to "signed" and opening for The Rolling Stones in arenas. Dena joined Antigone Rising in 1998, Cass in '99, and finally Jen Z. in 2004. And that's when the ride really took off, as we grew from a touring indie band to a nationally recognized act. We've worked hard, and we've been really blessed and lucky.

Many of you have received a message from Cassidy's personal email newsletter announcing her departure from the band to pursue a solo project. With that announcement, we took a few minutes to catch our breath. After about 2 months of hiding out in our separate corners, we began to have meetings and band rehearsals with each other. And we remembered that this is absolutely what we love doing. Especially together. So we've decided to remain a band as a foursome.

We've been writing all new songs and our top priority is to record an album in the upcoming months. And yes, we will tour as well. There may even be a few live performances sprinkled in this summer (hint: Chaplin's in Spring City, PA 7/26 & Mich Fest 8/9)

In the meantime, keep an eye on our new website (http://www.antigonefour.com) for video messages from us in our rehearsal space, any upcoming date announcements, and album release news. Videos should begin posting to our new site by Wednesday, 6/25.

We want to thank all of you for joining us on this journey and we hope you stay with us as we continue with a new and exciting chapter in the story of Antigone Rising...
Love,
Kristen, Cathy, Jen & Dena
ANTIGONE FOUR

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