get her to the rodeo!

nope, no joke. no typo. you read right:

get this girl to the rodeo!

please help this very talented singer and friend of long weekend style, stephanie quayle, realize her lifelong dream of performing at the college nationals finals rodeo in casper, wyoming.





LWS was in the process of writing an entry about stephanie, her music and her mad song writing skillz when we received her proposal through the kickstart foundation (more info on kickstart coming later folks) to help her raise funds to get herself and the band out to the cnfr. stephanie is a country music dynamo with an amazing voice, who writes all her own songs, plays guitar and is just an all around awesome girl. we met stephanie a few years back when she was just getting started and since then, have constantly been awed and inspired by her growth as an artist





so here's the scoopy-scoop: stephanie and her band were slated to debut "rodeo life" as well as our country's national anthem at the first ever cnfr concert, scheduled for this sunday june 12th. due to last minute, unforseen circumstances, the financial sponsorship that was to get stephanie and her band to casper has fallen through, leaving the entire band to foot the bill to get themselves to casper, wyoming for the performance and back.





now, the promised info about kickstart: http://www.kickstart.com/ works under a really simple yet absolutely brilliant premise: an artist submits a proposal (to record an album, to design a fashion collection, paint a series of paintings for a gallery show, you name it) and sets the monetary amount that will allow the artist to reach his/her goal. anyone and everyone can become a "backer" and pledge an amount to donate (the minimum is $5) to the cause BUT your donation will only be collected IF the entire amount requested by the artist is reached.





www.kickstart.com/projects/stephaniequayle/get-us-to-the-rodeo-lets-launch-this-movement-from?ref=email is the link that will take you directly to stephanie's page where she has so kindly provided more information about her life and mission statement about her dedication to music.





we so know times are tough and even if you aren't a country music fan, if you can donate just $5 to the cause - every little bit helps. it really does.





on behalf of stephanie and the band, long weekend style says thank you for your support!