Forgiveness and Faith EP Celebration

Come celebrate with me!  "Forgiveness and Faith" is available on iTunes, but, I am sooooo excited for the opportunity to share my music with you live at the prestigious Swampers at the Shoals Marriott in Florence, Alabama.

Marriott Shoals Hotel & Spa

10 Hightower Place  Florence  Alabama  35630  USA 

"Forgiveness and Faith" EP Release Thank You Note

Forgiveness and Faith EP now available on iTunes

It's weird how much time has passed and how so much has changed since I wrote and recorded these songs...
I've even changed a lot myself.
My life has changed considerably, too.

I am grateful for the ups and downs because they are the inspirations a lot of the time for my music.
And having trials and uphill battles make you appreciate the good times even more.

I want to thank everyone who has supported me.
My family, friends, and people I've met through doing music in general.
I can not express how much it really does mean to me.

Thank you to my late Grandfather, Carl Lucas, and my late Uncle, Michael Dennis Lucas for always encouraging me and telling me to never give up on something that I love. 
I know you two are still with me even though you are in heaven now...

Thank you Grandmother, Sue Gilbert Baumann, for all your hard work and encouragement as well. You are part of the reason I've come as far as I have.

Thank you Mom for believing in my crazy dreams in the first place and for helping me push forward no matter what.

Last but not least, I really appreciate all you did for me, Matt Morrow. I have admired your music since I first heard you 4 years ago at the Coffee Tree Books & Brew, Huntsville. Thank you for helping me with this album and for the photo shoot that is now the cover. It was so easy 'cause you hear my music a lot like I hear it in my mind and what I want it to sound like in the end. Thank you for bringing it all together and being a part of the journey that this album was/is for me. When I was 15 I still wrote pretty raw and emotional songs but being around you as I continued to grow I saw how you just laid it all out on the line and it inspired me to not hold anything I felt back when it came to writing. So thank you for that, too...

To God be the glory, for He is the reason I live, and breathe, and am blessed with the people in my life and everything else that is good and right. 

Sincerely,
MaryJustice

CukoRakko Information

Friday ~ Saturday ~ Sunday

Music Schedule

FRIDAY – MAY 9

Kathryn Delacruz & Peanut	2:00 – 3:00	Cuko Stage (Pavillion)
LB Blues Band	3:15 – 4:30	Cuko Stage (Pavillion)
Pyrite Parachute	4:45 – 5:45	Rakko Stage
Grace & Tony	6:00 – 7:00	Rakko Stage
Festival Expressions	7:30 – 8:30	Rakko Stage
Albert Simpson	8:45 – 9:45	Rakko Stage
Fiddleworms	10:15 – 12:00	Rakko Stage
After Party with Rodeo Trio	12:00 – 1:00	Cuko Stage (Pavillion)

SATURDAY, MAY 10

MaryJustice Lucas	11:00 – 12:00	Cuko Stage (Pavillion)
Jay Burgess	12:15 – 1:30	Cuko Stage (Pavillion)
KEPLER’S Space	1:45 – 2:45	Rakko Stage
Rescue Dogs	3:15 – 5:00	Rakko Stage
Blue Moon Soup	5:30 – 7:00	Rakko Stage
Glostik Willy	7:15 – 8:15	Cuko Stage (Pavillion)
DJ COCO	8:30 – 9:30	Rakko Stage
BoomBox	10:00 – 12:00	Rakko Stage

SUNDAY, MAY 11

The Stephen McCullough Band	12:00 – 1:00	Rakko Stage
The Local Saints	1:30 – 2:30	Rakko Stage
Paige Clem & The Kitchen Sink	3:00 – 4:00	Rakko Stage
Alpha Groove	4:30 – 5:30	Rakko Stage
Kendra Sutton & Hallelujah Junction	6:00 – 7:00	Rakko Stage
*Schedule subject to change.

General and Ticket Purchase Information

Guitar Ensemble Spring Concert - Today

We've been practicing hard, ya'll! Please come out and support us! It's really going to be a beautiful show! 

Cuko Rakko Art and Music Festival - Horse Pens 40, Steele, Alabama

Please join me for this terrific Art and Music Festival. So much to do and a terrific lineup of entertainers for  three-days of fun-packed, family entertainment.

Mother's Day Week-end. Make it a family event for Mom!! We are!

Load up your family and  camping gear and set you GPS for 3525 County Road 42, Steele, AL 35987!  Don't forget your cameras! See you there!

Saturday, April 26th!! Magnolia Festival & Berkeley Bob's Coffee House

10:30 AM join me at the Magnolia Festival.  

 WDJC Stage

Two days of family-friendly fun with three music stages, rides, food, arts and crafts and more.  Performing artists presented by Three Mile Island Productions.

Then head North on I-65 to Cullman and join Connie Nicholas, Travis Widner and me  with special guests Ron Brown and Allen Watkins 

for a great Songwriter's Evening at Berkeley Bobs Coffee House

 7:00 PM 

Chasing Dreams: Meet Ray Bertram

Ray Bertram is one of my LinkedIn friends. His story is an inspiration to us all and I thought since I had not written on this blog for some time due to various circumstances, sharing Ray's inspiring story would be a good way to get back on track. So, please read his story and watch his videos and I think you'll understand what I mean. Chase your dreams!!!

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Hello, my name is W. Ray Bertram. I am the executive director and producer of Blind Man’s Bluff Productions, the creator of the ”This Is Arkansas” videography/documentary project, and known throughout Arkansas as “The Blind Film Maker of Arkansas.” Over the years I have come to suffer from a condition known as optic neuropathy and, while I can no longer see well enough to drive or comb my own hair, my production team and I continue to enjoy working together and moving forward in the face of it all. And, through “This Is Arkansas,” we are seeking to recognize that which makes our state so special, promote that which makes it such a special place to live and visit, to celebrate everything that we find along the way … and all the while seeking to provide an encouraging example of just how capable today’s disabled community can be in the midst of our modern age.

I would like to invite you to explore the work that Blind Man’s Bluff Productions is doing with an eye toward examining how we might be able to assist you within your own personal work, your company’s and business’s various workings and goals … and perhaps even how we might be able to work a cooperative project together. Below you’ll find a few of our links that will assist you in this way.

In addition to doing film work I have also enjoyed some fortunate associations in the music world, too. I have seen between 150 and 200 songs produced around my writing in various parts of the world and I will be happy to share links pertaining to these if you would like to explore that facet of my work.

Furthermore, in Blind man’s Bluff we have built our entire production platform based largely on what I like to refer to as today’s “readily available technologies and easily accessible social Medias.” Toward that end, one of the things that we enjoy doing is speaking and presenting to businesses, communities, schools, and various civic groups about how people of all ages and backgrounds now have the power to take today’s toys and entertaining past times, use and apply them creatively, and begin becoming tomorrow’s captains of industry right now. Our presentations are both educational and motivational as we invite our audiences to examine the opportunities that now exist all around them and guide them in an exploration of all of the potential that they now have. So if you would like to speak with me about a potential speaking or presentation engagement, then please feel free to email, text, or call me at your convenience. 

Take care in the meantime, and enjoy the show … because “This Is Arkansas.” 

Join me on Facebook! Youtube! LinkedIn 

W. Ray Bertram
"This Is Arkansas"
Executive Director & Producer
Blind Man's Bluff Productions
501-208-7239
MrHayseedplowboy@aol.com

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As you read and click the links that take you to even more places showing Ray's work, you will see why he is an inspiration. Not letting a disability hold him down, productive, positive, successful! Get to know Ray Bertram.