Good Morning,
I'm sure you have probably heard the word "sesquicentennial" being thrown around as Utah prepares to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the driving Golden Spike, the final spike of the Transcontinental Railroad this May 9th, 10th and 11th. Union Pacific is celebrating this occasion with the return of two famous steam engines to Ogden Union Station. This Steam Meet will bring together Big Boy No. 4014 and Living Legend No. 844, two of the largest and most powerful steam engines ever built.
In conjunction with Union Pacific’s Steam Meet, Ogden Downtown Alliance, Visit Ogden and Ogden City will be hosting Heritage Festival 150th Anniversary, a special three-day extension of Ogden Union Station's Annual Heritage Festival. The Heritage Festival 150thAnniversary in Ogden will span from Ogden Union Station down two blocks of Historic 25th Street. This family friendly festival will feature live music, cultural performances, local breweries, community activities, food, local and global vendors, art, historic presentations and more.
Heritage Festival 150th Anniversary has been a true collaboration of numerous community organizations and individuals. We are proud to play a part in this incredible chapter of our community's history. Free and open to the public, we welcome our community to join us for three full days of active programming celebrating Ogden’s past, present and future.
For more information, please visit GoldenSpike2019.com or check out the links below.
For event graphics and photographs
For volunteer signup (We need over 1k volunteers to pull this off!)
For Union Pacific Steam Meet media credentials
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LA BOUQUET
Debut Album
Sad People Dancing
"...perfect for sitting in your feelings" - COMPLEX
"slick fusion of contemporary pop punk and '80s aesthetics" - FLOOD Magazine
"pristine guitar work and gorgeous melodies" - The 405
"There's more than first meets the ear on this record with unexpected turns and layers that demand repeated listening" - Pop Matters
Los Angeles, CA - April 26, 2019 - Amuse recording artists La Bouquet's highly anticipated debut album Sad People Dancingi s out now. Fans can listen here: https://spoti.fi/2ZDBWH5
Ahead of the album's release, La Bouquet shared four singles: "Pure Heartbreak" via Ones to Watch, "Bad News", "1990", and "Sad People Dancing".
La Bouquet, is a Los Angeles-based trio consisting of Bryan Sammis (formerly of The Neighbourhood), Jake Lopez and Drew Bruchs. The band craft a sound that siphons bedroom-rattling falsetto through post-punk soundscapes. It's a striking blend that leaves the group existing between three worlds. The group have steadily gained critical acclaim since their inception.
Speaking to the sound the band has developed on Sad People Dancing, Bryan said, "Obviously, there's an eighties influence, but there's also a big R+B influence," he explained. "At the same time, we also come from that punk ethos. We don't want everything to sound TOO perfect. We just want every note to evoke some sort of emotion."
The band will play a show at the Troubadour in West Hollywood on May 18th, and the Moroccan Lounge on July 6th. More dates will be announced soon.
"Sad People Dancing" follows the 2018 releases of "Names Like Songs" and the Sunshine Sessions collection, which saw La Bouquet experiment with acoustic interpretations of their 2017 EP Heavy Sunshine. Also appearing on Sad People Dancing are "Loveless" and "Loser Baby", both singles featured on KROQ Locals Only.
The group have steadily gained critical acclaim since their inception from outlets as diverse as Ones To Watch, FLOOD, and Culture Collide for their "expertly combined emotional balladry and R&B with a punk sensibility" (Culture Collide), "...pristine guitar work and gorgeous melodies" (The 405), "emotional post-punk soundscapes" (Ones To Watch), and "slick fusion of contemporary pop punk and '80s aesthetics" (Flood).
Sad People Dancing is out now.
Sad People Dancing tracklisting:
1. Heavenly
2. Bad News!
3. Loveless
4. Pity Party
5. Pure Heartbreak
6. You Only Need Me When You're Blue
7. Sad People Dancing
8. Loser Baby
9. Scream My Name
10. 1990
11. The Sound Of Me Dying
Follow La Bouquet:
https://www.facebook.com/labouquetband/
https://twitter.com/labouquetband/
https://instagram.com/labouquetband/
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LOUIS DEFELICE
PREMIERES NEW SINGLE/VIDEO "STOLEN NIGHTS"
VIA ROUGHSTOCK
STREAM HERE
NEW ALBUM SONGS FOR A PSEUDONYM OUT 5/2
"A dynamically talented artist" -Roughstock
April 25, 2019 - New Haven, CT - Folk singer/songwriter, Louis DeFelice, is premiering his new single/video, "Stolen Nights", exclusively today via Roughstock. Stream HERE. Drawn from DeFelice's upcoming album, Songs for a Pseudonym, out 5/2, "Stolen Nights" is an ode to youthful nights. "I have always made efforts to capture in music and lyrics the feeling of being alone in a city at night-that transcendent feeling that comes with the golden lights, the solitude, the feeling of hope for the future and satisfaction with the day," DeFelice explains. "I don't know if I've yet written my final song on the topic, but 'Stolen Nights' is an ode to the first night like that I shared with someone when 'we were just kids, we were seventeen.'" "Stolen Nights" is now available for purchase/streaming on all online platforms. For more information on Louis DeFelice, please visit: http://loudefmusic.com/.
Born in Columbia, South Carolina, Louis DeFelice grew up admiring the music of Johnny Cash, Simon & Garfunkel and Damien Rice, while spending most of his time between the ages of 14-19 studying classical ballet: "Music was my hobby, ballet was a religion."
However, Louis' interest in writing songs flourished after he danced for the final time in a May 2015 performance at the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington, DC, and later enrolled in Yale. Finding a semi-soundproof practice room in which he could record, DeFelice would bring a suitcase of audio gear there several nights a week and build a makeshift recording studio. Learning as he went along, he recorded for family, friends and a dozen or so folks on SoundCloud. Encouraged by friends to gather the songs into an actual album, he began setting his sights on that.
The ambitious musician has, to date, released an album each year of his college career, including 2016's Take Me by My Words, 2017's Tin Stars and 2018's Morning Airs. Now, DeFelice is back with his upcoming fourth album, Songs for a Pseudonym, due out 5/2.
Songs for a Pseudonym was written over the course of a year in which DeFelice learned to understand the pain of losing loved ones, the sweet excitement of new relationships and the peace and fear that comes with knowing all things come to an end. The album is a mixed bag, with the songs ranging from slow-dance love tunes, to explosive ballads and bluegrass stomps. Much like that of the artists that influence him, DeFelice's music and upcoming album is detailed, emotional and honest-the personal lyrics acting as a channel of catharsis for the burgeoning songwriter.
For more information on Louis DeFelice, please visit:
https://www.facebook.com/loudefmusic/
https://www.instagram.com/loudefelice/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/1qotFitIv6pOa8ryel0CjT
Songs for a Pseudonym
1. "Weigh on Me (Version 2)"
2. "Spinning You Around"
3. "Stolen Nights"
4. "Hymn No. 1"
5. "Cross Legged On"
6. "Mary, My Boss, and Me"
7. "Like a Fatherless Son"
8. "The Hague, Netherlands, 2015"
9. "When We Meet"
10. "Hymn No. 2"
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April is World Autism Month! Students with autism are eligible for most (91 percent) private education choice programs for students with special needs.
To learn how these programs can empower families to pursue the education options best suited to their children's individual needs and aspirations, visit ExcelinEd.org.
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Don’t Let Your Social Security Check
Go On Vacation
If you are like most people on Social Security, you need that check every month to buy groceries and to keep a roof over your head. But believe it or not, for a fortunate few that check is essentially bonus money, totally unnecessary for day-to-day survival.
““That situation is not as unusual as many may think,” says Jeffrey Eglow, the Chief Investment Officer for Guardian Wealth Advisory (www.guardianwealthadvisory.com). “Some people may have inherited an income, won a lottery or had investments that did really well.
“But just because they don’t need that Social Security money to live on, it doesn’t mean they shouldn’t make the most of it. There are some specific things they should do to make sure they are getting the maximum benefit.”
Eglow said that many baby boomers see their investments and retirement income differently than they did before the 2008 recession. They are looking for sources of guaranteed income instead of more risky investments. While Social Security is guaranteed income, if they are wise about how they leverage it, they can have even more guaranteed income, he says.
Eglow says strategies for people who are in this situation include:
Don’t take Social Security until you are 70. This is the best strategy since there are few investments that offer a similar low risk, guaranteed 8 percent annual growth. By waiting until age 70 to receive benefits, your monthly payments may increase by as much as 32%, not including any cost of living increases that may be added to this amount. For example, someone who could get $2,000 a month at the "full retirement age" of 66 would get $2,640 if they postponed taking Social Security until they were 70.
Spend the Social Security check instead of 401(k) or IRA funds. Most people are taxed on only 50 percent to 85 percent of their Social Security benefit. But they are taxed on 100 percent of any withdrawals from traditional IRAs or 401(k) accounts.
Give it to the kids. Use the Social Security checks to pay premiums on life insurance policies so your heirs will receive a larger inheritance. Your heirs will receive this death benefit tax free.
Don’t delay getting Social Security past 70. Since the benefit stops growing at 8 percent once the beneficiary reaches 70, it makes no sense to delay the start of getting the checks past that age.
Eglow says even if some people don’t need their Social Security check for day to day living, it is still foolish to not maximize its value so it can benefit them and their families.
About Jeffrey Eglow
Jeffrey Eglow is the Chief Investment Officer for Guardian Wealth Advisory (www.guardianwealthadvisory.com), and has more than 30 years of investment management experience. Eglow started his career on Wall Street as a professional money manager with such firms as Drexel Burnham Lambert, M.D. Sass, and Henry Kaufman & Company where he oversaw a team managing about $3 billion in assets. He graduated with an M.B.A. degree in Finance from Seton Hall University Graduate School of Business, and a B.A. degree in Economics from Washington & Jefferson College.
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Utah Students Commit to Furthering Education with Diesel Tech Signing
SALT LAKE CITY (April 25, 2019) — More than 130 high school seniors attended the Diesel Tech Signing Day at West Jordan High School on April 24, 2019, to pledge their allegiance to furthering their education and training with a post-secondary college.
The Talent Ready Utah ceremony was modeled after a high school athletic signing with students signing letters of intent, and posing with the hat and shirt of those institutions. Parents, company representatives, school district representatives and government representatives were in attendance to celebrate the occasion.
“The Talent Ready Utah pathway program is critical in developing Utah’s talent pipeline and our future workforce,” said Val Hale, executive director of the Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development. “The Diesel Tech Pathway Program ceremonial signing is an exciting step that gives students an opportunity to obtain a good paying job and further their education with a certificate or a four-year degree.”
The Diesel Tech Pathways program began in 2016 and was piloted in the Jordan and Canyons school districts. It has since expanded to Nebo, Alpine, Tooele, Davis, Weber, Morgan and Ogden school districts. The seniors have participated in the program in high school and have completed job shadows with diesel tech companies across the state. Students will need approximately one more year to finish the training with one of the program’s post-secondary partners.
“The Diesel Tech program has been a tremendous partnership for industry,” said Jim Slade, Salt Lake City branch manager for Komatsu Equipment. “We have had the opportunity to help write the curriculum, provide job shadows for students, and take an active part to help build the talent pipeline in the diesel technical industry.”
Participating school districts include Alpine, Canyons, Davis, Jordan, Morgan, Nebo, Ogden, Tooele, Wasatch and Weber. Postsecondary partners include Bridgerland Tech College, Davis Tech College, Mountainland Tech College, Salt Lake Community College, Tooele Tech College, and Utah Valley University.
More than 50 companies participated in various regions across the state, from northern Utah to Salt Lake and Tooele, to Utah County. Companies include C.R. England, Cummins Rocky Mountain, Geneva Rock, Jackson Group, Kenworth Sales Company, Kilgore Companies, Komatsu Equipment, Utah Transit Authority and Wheeler Cat. Company representatives were in attendance and awarded students for their hard work and dedication.
Photos are available here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1mFJ5nSRddPPTvVmhN0_EkPIYoHw8h_PX?usp=sharing
