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      Reid Kei Oda on December 1, 2010

      Yay for busking. I love when people with talent serenade me in the streets.

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      annie bacon on October 16, 2010

      thanks everyone!

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      Emilie Koepke Gibbs on October 13, 2010

      Beautiful cover. Love the artwork.

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      Toan Pham on October 12, 2010

      Wow, the cover art looks amazing! I can't wait for the album :-)

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      Reid Kei Oda on September 16, 2010

      The sample sounds amazing. I can't wait to share this with my sister. She is a musical fanatic, and she will love this.

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      Richard Markham on June 24, 2010

      Hi Annie - great that all is going so well for you guys. I'm proud to help out in a small way with this project and hope you get a great reaction. Look forward to my download idc.

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      Nick Lamb on June 21, 2010

      Glad I found out about this project. Happy to support! Thanks for having a vinyl option. This makes me very happy. Hope to see you around town again soon!

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      Kara Lander on June 15, 2010

      Annie: I'm from Maine too, born in Bangor, lived about 1/2 way between Bangor and Bar Harbor as a child on Green Lake. Wondering now if Brescian below might be related somehow to my family (though same last name doesn't always = related!) Small word sometimes!

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      Scott locker on June 14, 2010

      you're gonna make it happen, Anne. I just know that the final event will push you over the top, and what a place to celebrate! See you then, and don't worry, I'll stock up on the champagne!

      Scott & Melissa

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      annie bacon on June 8, 2010

      hey Brescian! I was born in Bangor, lived in Portland for a few years and then was raised down in York Hahbah . . . it's beautiful up by you too!

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      Brescian Lander on June 7, 2010

      Im from Glen Cove but now in Bar Harbor
      What town in Maine are you from?

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      annie bacon on May 29, 2010

      thanks June :)
      xoxoxo

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      June Moon on May 27, 2010

      Paris is supporting you !!!!!!I i wanna see you here in Bercy (the biggest stage in paris) next year ;) xxx You deserve a huge success xxx You'll get it xxx love xxx

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      annie bacon on May 12, 2010

      thanks Carol :)
      and thank you too K8!

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      Carol Blackwood on May 11, 2010

      Great project Annie...what a wonder you are! So proud of you.

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      Kate Cosby Cockrill on May 11, 2010

      Go Team Opera!!!

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      annie bacon on May 5, 2010

      yes thank you Munish! that's exactly it - community feeding art feeding community. end of Day 1 and we're at 7% . . . I think that is auspicious enough to call forth the rains . . . rain, rain come today! and come again another day too :)

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      purifly on May 4, 2010

      go get 'em - i am so proud of you (those that i know and those that i don't). i applaud your mashup of entrepreneurial fundraising (let's call it "crowdfunding") and community-creating-art-creating-community-creating-art.

      now then, let's see if we can't make it rain...

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born in Maine during a blizzard, annie grew up being able to hear the foghorn warning drifting ships of coastline as she drifted off to sleep. annie is a poet who uses music as her form, and draws more on inspiration than imagination. her music ranges from forward tilting rock, to the sweet coos of the ukulele. she is comfortable on the guitar, ukulele, upright or electric bass, and dabbles in whatever instrument might find itself under her fingers.

she composed her Folk Opera on a whim in Feb/March of 2009 while traveling in the UAE and southern Africa. it combines her love of hyperbole and folk music, and was her first foray into the world of the ukulele.

you follow more of annie's work at http://anniebacon.me

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