It’s the 79th Anniversary of the Old Fort Days Rodeo,  Amanda will be performing on the Dr. Pepper Stage for 6-7:00 p.m. and 10:00-11:00 p.m. (Before and After the rodeo).

For more information about Old Fort Days, see http://www.oldfortdaysrodeo.com/

Amanda’s starts off 2012 as the opener for two of Elizabeth Cook’s shows:  The first show is at Second Street Live in Fort Smith Wednesday, January 25th….. doors open at 6:30.  Here is the link for Elizabeth and for purchasing tickets:

http://www.secondstreetlive.com/index.php

 

The next night, Amanda’s opening for Elizabeth at George’s Majestic Lounge in Fayetteville:

Georges Majestic Lounge, Thursday Jan 26th 8:30, tickets available on line:

Video version of the single, “O Holy Night”. Download the track today at iTunes.

Amanda’s Christmas single, “O Holy Night” is available on iTunes.

This track features Amanda with the Rex Bell Trio, and was recorded in December 2010.  An accompanying in studio video of the single will be released on YouTube around the same day as the single release.

If you love Amanda’s music, click on over to iTunes and purchase this music!

Amanda will be performing at the Northwest Arkansas Honor Flight on Saturday, October 15.

Honor Flight is a nonprofit organization that provides the opportunity for WWII veterans to travel to Washington D.C. and visit memorials dedicated in their honor. Over 90 Northwest Arkansas veterans will experience this once in a lifetime trip, free of charge, thanks to companies such as ours. Join us as we welcome them home with honor, respect, and excitement. They are scheduled to arrive back at XNA at 7:45 p.m. on Saturday, October 15. The celebration will be very touching with lots of cheering, waving of the United States flags (which will be provided), clapping, hand shaking, and lots and lots of smiling. This is open to the community, and we encourage and welcome everyone to participate in this special event.
More information on this event can be found on this website:

http://www.honorflight.org/about/index.cfm

Amanda will be a supporting artist for the Charlie Daniels Band show, Friday September 2nd, at the Arkansas Music Pavillion in Fayetteville.   She will be performing with members of the band, Sycamore West.

Also performing as a supporting artist that evening, Arkansas’ Mountain Sprout.

Tickets available from the AMP website here:

Amanda Cramer returns to George’s Majestic Lounge for a mid-summer show, Wednesday July 27th.

George’s owners asked Amanda to come back for another show after  her pre-opener performance for Sunny Sweeney and The Band Perry at the Arkansas Music Pavillion in May.

Amanda will be playing with the same seasoned group as her previous show.  Expect a 2 hour set, 8 – 10pm.

George’s Majestic Lounge, Fayetteville, AR. 8 – 10pm,   Tickets: $5, 18+

“Petals In The Water” from Amanda’s album, “Freedom Tracks,” is offered as a free download through Independence Day through “Tweet It & Get It.”

Amanda’s Mom, Diane, talks about “Petals In The Water:”

“Amanda, went to her room, wrote for about an hour, and came out with this song – completely done.  She started singing it, and we started crying.  I probably had to hear it 5 times or more before I could get through it without crying.  We just couldn’t comprehend how she could come up with such a soul filled, deep song.

“Petals In The Water” was inspired by a friend of Amanda’s who lost her brother less than 2 years ago in the Iraq war.  The song reflects how tough the situation was, not just on her friend and her family but, so many other families.  It wasn’t until a couple of months ago, when Amanda’s Grandma heard the recording for the first time,  that we learned just how real this song was. It turns out that my mom had two cousins that were brothers, between 17-19 yrs old, that died in WWII.  Their deaths totally destroyed their father and he basically drank himself to death.

Losing someone in war not only takes the life of a serviceman or woman, it sometimes takes the lives of those left behind.   Amanda may not have realized it at the time – in fact, sometimes she says, “I don’t know where the words come from”… but so often her songs are so real.  She’s had many people tell her how moving this song has been to them.  And yes… grown men do cry too.”

Amanda performed this song on KATV’s “Good Morning Arkansas” last summer, before Independence Day.

“Petals In The Water” and “Freedom Tracks” are available on iTunes.

Amanda performed at the Arkansas Music Pavillion May 26th as a supporting act for Sunny Sweeney, special guest of The Band Perry.

Amanda was accompanied by a few members of the band, Sycamore West, the band that played at her CD release party.

The attendance of the show was estimated to be between 1500 and 2000 people.  For more show information at the AMP:  Arkansas Music Pavillion site.