DJ Sue

DJ Sue
Welcome to my blog. I’m a DJ in Second Life and I find myself discussing the music I’m playing with many of those in attendance at my shows. Unfortunately, when I am busy DJing, I can’t participate and discuss the music as fully as I would like. I’m hoping this blog can help change that. Look here before my set to see if I might be playing something interesting today or maybe after to see if discussion on a topic might continue. You are invited to join in the conversation and leave comments.

Friday, December 28, 2018

Hail and Farewell 2018


Clockwise from upper left: Hugh McDowell of ELO, Dave Holland of Judas Priest, Ed King of the Strawberry Alarm Clock and Lynyrd Skynyrd, Danny Kirwan of Fleetwood Mac, Mac Miller, Ray Sawyer of Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show, Dolores O'Riordan of the Cranberries, Matt "Guitar" Murphy and the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin in the center.

Note: It’s not surprising that a few of omissions have been brought to my attention.  I have added them below in red and they will be a part of the show on Tuesday night. (I added the last this morning as we lost Ray Sawyer of Dr, Hook and the Medicine Show on December 28th. He was added to to the collage above too.)

It is that time of the year again, time to look back and remember those that we have lost this year in music.  We lost 38 this year, which is less than last year when we lost 44.  So, what are the criteria for getting on the list?  I can start that answer with this; these are the ones that I know about.  I may very well have missed someone.  The second factor is that I must know about them musically.  I either know the person, their song(s) or their band.  They are not listed here unless I am familiar with at least one of those three things.

Here are some highlights from the list…

The Reaper struck early this year and claimed Ray Thomas, flutist of the Moody Blues on January 4th.  I have been a fan since the ’60s, and I have seen the Moodies in concert, with Ray Thomas, more than any other band.  One of my favorite MB songs is one that Ray sang instead of Justin Hayward, their normal lead singer.  It was written by Thomas and called “Legend of a Mind,” though most people improperly call it, “Timothy Leary’s Dead.”  When they’d did it live, the rest of the band would fade to the back and Ray would take the spotlight, not only singing but also playing magnificent flute solos.  I saw him do it live several times, and I was in the audience one of the last times he ever did it live in 1999, in Holmdel, NJ.  I will open the show this year with a live recording similar to his performance that night.

On January 15th, we lost Dolores O’Riordan, lead singer for the Cranberries.  This one hurt because she was just too young, only 46 years old.  She drowned in her hotel room bathtub with a 0.33% blood alcohol level.  I had the privilege of seeing her perform live too.

On the same day, we also lost Edwin Hawkins, leader of the Edwin Hawkins Singers. While they were best known for their Gospel music, they had some crossover hits on the pop charts.  They had a number 6 hit doing the backing vocals for Melanie’s Lay Down (Candles in the Rain) in 1970.

We lost Jim Rodford on January 20th.  Jim was instrumental in helping his cousin, Rod Argent, in setting up his band, the Zombies, in 1964.  He finally joined his cousin, playing bass, when he formed his next group, Argent, in 1969.  He would go on to play with the Kinks and appeared on many of their albums from the late 70s and 80s.  Rodford played with many other bands including a later reformation of the Zombies, the Swinging Blue Jeans, and many more.

Micky Jones died on February 7th.  He is best known as the drummer of Kenny Rogers’s first band, the First Edition, where he had a #5 hit with Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In). He would be the drummer for a number of bands and artists including Bob Dylan, Trini Lopez, and Johnny Rivers, drumming on his #3 hit, Secret Agent Man. In all, as a drummer, he earned 17 gold records.  He also had a successful acting career with numerous film and television credits to his name.

The Reaper struck again on March 12th when he took Nokie Edwards, guitarist for the Ventures.  As such, he was so instrumental in defining the surf guitar sound that he was known as the “King of Guitars” in Japan.  He was also an actor, appearing in the TV series, Deadwood.

On April 27th, Roy Young passed away.  He was a keyboardist who played and recorded with many greats including Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers, David Bowie and Chuck Berry to name a few.  He even played with the Beatles on stage during their Hamburg, Germany days.

D.J. Fontana died on June 13th from complications of a broken hip.  He was Elvis Presley’s drummer for 14 years, playing on most of his big hits.

Matt "Guitar" Murphy, best known as a guitarist for the Blues Brothers, departed this life on June 15th.  While known as a Blues guitarist, he recorded two albums with Chuck Berry.  He also played with Howlin’ Wolf and Memphis Slim before pursuing a solo career.  He appeared in the movie, the Blues Brothers, playing Aretha Franklin’s husband.

This brings us to Aretha Franklin who died August 16th. This one hurt a lot.  On my blog, I simply posted a memorial with her picture.  The Queen of Soul was a great loss this year, indeed.

Ed King passed away on August 22nd.  He was a guitarist for the Strawberry Alarm Clock in the late 60s and their big hit, Incense and Peppermints, was based on one of his ideas.  This alone would have earned him a place on this list, but he went on to bigger and better things.  He would become a member of Lynyrd Skynyrd and co-writer of one of their greatest songs, Sweet Home Alabama.

Again, the criterion for making the list is that I must know the musician and/or his music.  Mac Miller did not make the list initially but fate has a strange way of working.  Since I published this post, I received a request for a Mac Miller song, Donald Trump.  I didn’t have it but like I do with all unfulfilled requests, I looked him up and became familiar with him.  I also learned that he had died this past year, thus completing the criteria for making the list, just in time.  He also has the distinction of being the youngest to make it by far at age 26.  If I had known of him when I made my collage at the top, I undoubtedly would have included him, so I put his picture by itself at the bottom.  A note on his song, Donald Trump, it was released five years before he ran for President and has no political meaning.  He simply refers to him as a filthy rich real estate mogul and makes him representative of that lifestyle that he wishes to attain.

We lost Marty Balin on September 22nd.  Marty was the lead singer of the Jefferson Airplane, alongside Grace Slick.  He continued on to front the next generation of the group, the Jefferson Starship and left the group shortly after co-singer, Grace Slick, did in 1978.

Joe Osborn died on December 14th.  I’m sure none of you have heard of him before his death, but you know his music very well.  He was a studio bassist who played on so many hit records.  He recorded with the Grass Roots, Simon & Garfunkel, Ricky Nelson, Johnny Rivers, America, the Mamas and the Papas, the Association, and so many more.  His bass was always up front and driving like it was in the 5th Dimension’s Aquarius where it thumps in as the opening notes and never leaves the foreground.  He also worked the Country Music scene in Nashville where he played bass on 197 top 40 Country hits, including 53 number 1 hits.  Joe was one of the greatest talents you never heard of.

I awoke New Year's morning to an email alerting to the death of Ray Sawyer of Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show.  He was not their main lead singer but he stepped to the forefront and sang their biggest hit, On the Cover of the Rolling Stone.  His unique look, with hat and eye patch, lead to his becoming the face of the band; he became Dr. Hook.  He lost an eye in a car accident in 1967, after quitting the music industry.  The incident drove him back to music and the success of Dr. Hook. They had a fair number of hits including On Cover of the Rolling Stone, which reached #3 in the United States in 1973.

Most of the people we lost this year were not household names, yet they were the soundtrack to our lives.  I will play a song by each of them Tuesday night, and for most of them, you will say, “Oh my God!  I know that song. They did that?”

Here is the complete list for 2018…

Ray Thomas, (died Jan. 4) singer, songwriter, flutist for the Moody Blues (1941-2018)

Denise LaSalle, (died Jan. 8) Soul, R&B and Blues singer (1939-2018)

“Fast” Eddie Clarke, (died Jan. 10) guitarist for Motorhead (1950-2018)

Edwin Hawkins, (died Jan. 15) gospel musician, pianist, choir master, composer, and head of the Edwin Hawkins Singers (1943-2018)

Dolores O'Riordan, (died Jan. 15) singer and guitarist for the Cranberries (1971-2018)

Dave Holland, (died Jan. 16) drummer for Judas Priest (1948-2018)

Terry Evans, (died Jan. 20) Blues and Soul guitarist, singer (1937-2018)

Jim Rodford, (died Jan. 20) bassist for the Kinks, Argent and the Zombies (1941-2018)

Buzz Clifford, (died Jan. 26) his Baby Sittin’ Boogie went to #6 in 1961 (1941-2018)

Dennis Edwards, (died Feb. 1) front man for the Temptations (1943-2018)

Micky Jones, (died Feb. 7) drummer for the First Edition (1941-2018)

Pat Torpey, (died Feb. 7) drummer for Mr. Big; #1 single, To Be with You (1953-2018)

Craig MacGregor, (died Feb. 9) bassist for Foghat (1949-2018)

Vic Damone, (died Feb. 11) Big Band singer (1928-2018)

Nokie Edwards, (died Mar. 12) guitarist for the Ventures (1935-2018)

Charlie Quintana, (died Mar. 12) drummer for Social Distortion (1962-2018)

Peter "Mars" Cowling, (died Mar. 20) bassist for Pat Travers (1946-2018)

Mike Harrison, (died Mar. 25) singer for Spooky Tooth (1945-2018)

Charles Neville, (died Apr. 26) saxophonist for the Neville Brothers (1938-2018)

Roy Young, (died Apr. 27) pianist/keyboardist for Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers, solo and more (1934-2018)

Tim Calvert, (died Apr. 30) guitarist for Forbidden and Nevermore (1965-2018)

John "Jabo" Starks, (died May 1) drummer for James Brown (1937-2018)

Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater, (died Jun. 1) Blues musician (1935-2018)

Danny Kirwan, (died Jun. 8) guitarist for Fleetwood Mac (1968-1972), solo artist (1950-2018)

D. J. Fontana, (died Jun. 13) drummer for Elvis Presley on many of his greatest hits (1931-2018)

Matt "Guitar" Murphy, (died Jun. 15) guitarist for the Blues Brothers (1929-2018)

Lowrell Simon, (died Jun. 19) lead singer for the Soul group, the Lost Generation (1943-2018)

Vinnie Paul, (died Jun. 22) drummer for Pantera (1964-2018)

Steve Soto, (died Jun. 27) bassist for Punk Rock bands, Agent Orange, Adolescents and others (1963-2018)

Eugene Pitt, (died Jun. 29) singer with the Jive Five; number 3 hit (1961) with My True Story (1937-2018)

Alan Longmuir, (Jul. 2) bassist for the Bay City Rollers (1948-2018)

Tab Hunter, (Jul. 8) had a #1 hit in 1957 with Young Love (1931-2018)

Jill Janus, (died Aug. 14) lead singer of Huntress (1975-2018)

Aretha Franklin, (died Aug. 16) the Queen of Soul (1942-2018)

Ed King, (died Aug. 22) guitarist for the Strawberry Alarm Clock and Lynyrd Skynyrd (1949-2018)

Mac Miller, (died Sep. 7) rapper and record producer, had a Top 100 hit with Donald Trump (1992-2018)

Marty Balin, (died Sep. 27) singer and frontman for Jefferson Airplane/Starship (1942-2018)

Tony Joe White, (died Oct. 24) singer, songwriter, top ten hit Polk Salad Annie (1943-2018)

Glenn Schwartz, (died Nov. 2) guitarist for Pacific Gas & Electric and the James Gang (1940-2018)

Hugh McDowell, (died Nov. 6) cellist for the Electric Light Orchestra (1953-2018)

Roy Clark, (died Nov. 18) Country music star and host of the TV show, Hee Haw (1933-2018)

Joe Osborn, (died Dec. 14), studio bassist with the Wrecking Crew (1937-2018)

Ray Sawyer, (died Dec. 28) singer for Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show (1937-2018)

Please join me on Tuesday, January 1st, from 6:00 to 9:00 PM (starting one hour early) at a Woman’s Touch as we pay a final tribute to those we lost in 2018, and wish them a fond, Hail and Farewell.  I expect the "Hail and Farewell" portion to start sometime between 6:15 and 6:20.  I will start out by playing the top six hits of 2018 as per Billboard.

"If there's a rock and roll heaven, well you know they've got a hell of a band."
 The Righteous Brothers, 1973

Monday, December 24, 2018

A Vampire Christmas


On December 25th, from 7:00 to 9:00 PM, we will be having a Vampire Christmas at AWT.  Many of you don’t believe that there is a connection between Christmas and vampires.  What if I were to tell you that Santa Claus is a vampire?  Think about it, he has been around for hundreds of years and is basically immortal.

Have you ever notice that he only travels the world at night, one night a year to be precise, and he is always home before dawn?  It is well known that vampires can only enter homes that they have been invited into.  Have you noticed all the letters that Santa gets from children around the world?  He visits those homes and only those homes.  No letter inviting Santa to come, along with a list of gifts, no visit from Santa.

At our show, Christmas Night, We will celebrate a Dark Christmas together.  Remember that “dark” does not mean “evil.”  We even have Santa’s coffin, and you may say hello to him while he rests after his extensive journey the night before.  So come on by for a Gothic Christmas at a Woman’s Touch on Christmas Night.

A Visit from Vampire Santa (from 2013)

(With apologies to Clement Clark Moore)

T’was the night before Christmas, when all cross the sim
Not an avatar was stirring, not even a prim;
The missiles were armed with the greatest of care,
In hopes that Vampire Santa soon would be there;
The mortals were nestled all snug in their beds,
While nightmares of Santa danced in their heads;
And Des with her mallet, and me with my stake,
Begun our long winter vigil and must stay awake,
When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.
The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow
Gave the luster of mid-day to Park Place below,
When what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But a miniature sleigh, and eight undead reindeer,
With a little old driver, so preternatural and quick,
I knew in a moment it must be Vamp Nick.
More rapid than hellhounds his coursers they came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name;
“Now, Tepis! Now, Soulbane! Now, Dracul and Chillstone!
On, Demon! On, Reaper! On, Charon and Deathmoan!
To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!
Now dash away! Dash away! Dash away all!”
As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,
When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky;
So up to the house-top the hell beasts they flew,
With the sleigh full of death, and Vamp Kringle too.
And then, with a thundering, I heard on the roof
The prancing and pawing of each cloven hoof.
As I drew in my head and was turning around,
Down the chimney, Vamp Santa came with a bound.
He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,
And his clothes were all tarnished with grave dirt and soot;
With an unnatural pallor and death searing eyes,
He looked like the Reaper in a jolly disguise.
The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
And the smoke encircled his head like a mist on the heath;
He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
And drained all his victims; then turned with a jerk,
And taking his hand and thumbing his nose,
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose;
He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a yell,
And away they all flew like bats outta Hell,
Away I ran quickly, down the stairs in a flash,
Stumbled out the door into the yard with a crash.
To the missile launcher I headed without missing a beat,
Armed them; took aim at the sleigh in retreat.
Away they all flew to their target with speed,
Streaking the sky like a flaming winged steed.
It lit the night sky as the sleigh burst into flame,
And crashed onto the club from whence the smoke came.
Never again shall he slander my name,
And say I’ve been naughty and assign me false blame
I sat and watched as the flames burned out beyond sight;
Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night.

Saturday, September 29, 2018

The History of a Woman's Touch


Ashra and Kiee circa 2007


A Woman’s Touch is twelve years old!  I challenge any of you to show me five places in Second Life that have been in continuous operation for twelve years, not counting places run by Linden Labs.  Twelve years is unprecedented and amazing.  AWT has had a long and rather interesting history covering what could be called four generations of a Woman’s Touch in Second Life.  We will take a look at all four but first, what if I were to tell you that AWT is really more like fourteen years old?  AWT existed for a couple of years prior to coming to SL.  We will therefore start our history in these early, pre SL years, which I will call “Generation Zero.”

AWT banner from the Sims Online

Generation Zero


AWT has been on Second Life for twelve years but it didn’t start here.  It originally started on the Sims Online (TSO).  This online community was quite primitive when compared with Second Life, but at the heart were women chatting, visiting and becoming friends.  There were many of the same problems we see in SL still today, like men harassing women or just being plain annoying, always trawling for dates.  Women could go to lesbian clubs in the Sims Online but those often had more of a negative attitude towards men than a positive one towards women, and often they were rather political.  AWT offered an alternative.  It was a place where women could relax and just be themselves together.  AWT soon became one of the most popular places in the Sims Online.

The Sims Online HUD

Ashra and Kiee were together as a couple and were cyber married in the old TOS platform.  In fact, weddings have always been a big part of AWT up to this day and they started in the Sims Online as can be seen by this early screen capture.  (see below)  Here, Ashra is performing a wedding before AWT existed in SL.

Early AWT Wedding on TSO

So Ashra and Kiee, along with daughter Pebbles, were a family unit in the old TSO platform.  Pebbles tried out this new thing called Second Life and got Kiee to join her there one day in the summer of 2006.  Soon they were telling Ashra all about it and talked her reluctantly into trying it out.  Soon, Ashra was securing a parcel of land in SL on the mainland and AWT proceeded to move its operation to the new and more versatile platform.

AWT Generation One

Generation One


The parcel was only about 1/8 the size of the current AWT or about the size of a quarter sim.  It wasn’t big by our standards today but it was a start.  It was also on the mainland so we had neighbors adjoining us.  Eventually, AWT was up and running in Second Life.  It attracted many women early on and soon there were DJ events, contests and much more but it never moved away from its original concept, a place where women could relax and just be themselves together.

AWT Manager, Kamille, enjoys the dance floor

The place continually evolved but it was clear that in order to continue to grow that a new location would be necessary.  SL offered single regions as private islands and AWT could finally get the access control to better meet its needs.  People who chose to harass residents could now be banned not only from the parcel, they could not even get close to the region.  Ashra opened her pocketbook and the deal was struck with Linden Labs in August of 2008, around the time of our second Anniversary in SL.

AWT Generation Two

Generation Two


With the new private island, came a new group to control the functions on that land.  The original group was simply called “A Woman’s Touch.”  Now we had “A Woman’s Touch Islands.”

There was always a dance floor at AWT but in these early days the campfire area was a close rival, as many of the women preferred to congregate there.  We even had a tag for those girls, “AWT Campfire Girl.”  I know, for those of us over a certain age, we want to sing, “Sing around the campfire; join the Campfire Girls.”

Halloween 2008

AWT began to grow on our new private island and took on a tropical theme almost immediately.  Our very first dance floor was glass and extended from the beach over the water, as is shown in the picture above from the Halloween Party in 2008. 

In March of 2009, a second adjacent sim was added to AWT.  The first sim had been named “A Woman’s Touch,” but a separate name was needed for the second sim.  It was Kiee that named it “Park Place.”  This new sim would be primarily residential and women could rent a place of their own at AWT, with the same restrictions on men.
 
DJ Sue spins tunes on the dance floor

AWT had other attractions in these early days.  One was the shopping mall, which used to be closer to the middle of the sim.  Another was the volcano, which was one of the most prominent features of the island.  There was a secret entrance at the base, if you knew where to find it, and you could enter a secluded little private nook within the mountain.

Halloween 2009

The glass dance floor didn’t last very long and it was soon replaced by a wooden deck that started on the beach but extended out over the water in the same location.  This version of the club can be seen clearly in the “Generation Two” picture at the top of this section and in the Halloween 2009 picture above.  This was the club through most of Generation Two and occupied the area where the western end of the current mall is near the sea.  That is where to club dancefloor extended out over the water.

AWT Generation Three

Generation three


Up until now, each generation has been defined by moving AWT to a new location.  After it was set up, it evolved over time to its basic final form.  This was not true of Generation Three.  AWT and Park Place remained where they were and it was a complete revamp of the “A Woman’s Touch” sim that defined it.  It is also different in that it took only a few weeks for it to reach its basic final form.  This remake was completed over Labor Day weekend in September of 2010.

You can see from the “Generation Three” picture above that there is now a lot of black, white and fuchsia (hot pink) taking up a lot of the middle of the sim.  This ultra-modern look was actually in style in SL back in 2010.  The club can be identified by the large fuchsia canopy over the dance floor towards the left of the picture, which is actually the same canopy from Generation Two, just repainted.  The rest towards the center was the new, improved, and extended mall.  Now that the mall overtook the area that the club had occupied, it became necessary to move the club to its new location.  This meant that the volcano had to go.

Another thing happened that first week in September 2010.  Ashra hired a fourth and final manager for AWT management team.  In the intervening eight years managers have left but no others have been hired.  In those days, Bee Bee Brouwer was the Master Builder and was responsible for creating the facilities and terraforming.  It was her that created the new club and mall.  Harley Shippe was in charge of the club and DJ’s.  Feliciana Zabaleta (Maya Shadowhawk) was the General Manager.

Back in that time, many sims in second life had big issues with lag and AWT was not an exception.  Those of us, who remember those days, remember having to remove our hair (and sometimes other items of clothing) in order to teleport onto the sim.  After we arrived we could put our hair back on.  Ashra hired Susan Mowadeng to be the manager in charge of sim resources.  She oversaw things like prim counts (now land impact), scripts and server times.  It was Sue’s job to tackle the lag issues.  Things greatly improved over the next few weeks and Sue became the fourth manager on the team.

It was about this time that AWT began being recognized in the SL Surfing Community as a destination with great waves and a wonderful surfing experience.  It was not unusual to find big female names in the SL surfing world, surfing at AWT.

As things were changing on the main sim, they were changing on Park Place too.  As Generation Two came to an end, Park Place was already the primary residential place for AWT, though there were rentals on the main sim too.  The only public place to congregate on Park Place was a coffee house but it went out of business and closed about the time Generation Three started.



In 2011, Sue Mowadeng opened up Mowadeng’s Ranch on top of the mountain top on Park Place and there was once again a public gathering place on that sim.  Soon, we moved our Monday afternoon DJ shows to the Ranch.  In those early days, as you can see from the picture below, there was no saloon and the dances were held out in the open.

Line dancing at the ranch




In 2012, the Saloon was added and named the “Midnight Cowgirl Saloon,” which referenced both the vampire nature of the owner and the horses with which the ranch was associated.  In fact, the entire mountaintop facility was renamed the “Midnight Cowgirl Ranch.”  This also gave a home to the Queen B’s Motorcycle Club, which started using it as a hangout.  It was official; the Midnight Cowgirl was the only Country Western Lesbian Vampire Biker Bar in Second Life!



The Queen B’s MC was founded in November of 2010 at AWT by Robyn Barineaux (Mom), Lanie Camino (Big Sis) and Susan Mowadeng (Dirtnap).  The club has hosted group rides in the past and still has members active in SL.

The ranch also began to focus on trail rides and a bridle path was put in in 2012.  Now you could ride a horse from the ranch to anyplace in AWT.

The Third Generation lasted six years, which today is still half of our existence in SL and equals Generations One, Two and Four combined.  As the years went by, managers would leave.  When Harley Shippe left, Maya took over managing the club.  When Bee left, Sue took over building and terraforming.  Generation three came to an end with Ashra, the owner, and her two managers, Maya and Sue, running the place.

AWT Generation Four

Generation Four


Generation Four was a gradual transition over about 18 months.  I will start it here in my story when the first of these major changes took place.  The black, white and fuchsia club had become dated after six years and begged to be replaced.  Sue put in the current club in November of 2016 and made it look more like the tropical paradise that AWT was originally intended to be.  This made the old mall look even more outdated and needing of an upgrade.  Sue set her sights on designing one that fit the footprint and also matched the new club seamlessly.  There was also the added complication of dealing with all of the shop renters.  Finally, in November 2017, one year after the club’s completion, the new mall was open and renters started to fill it.

2018 saw the pool area being redone so it now seamlessly matched the club.  Off sim scenery was also added and both sims had upgrades in the area of housing.  So, from November of 2016 to the spring of 2018 saw the transition to Generation Four of AWT, our current generation.  One other major event happened early in 2018 that defines the transition from one generation to the next.  Maya left as a manager and Ashra made Sue a co-owner of AWT.  AWT is now run by two owners without any managers.

In April 2018, Surf Watch Magazine did an article on AWT, once again reaffirming our reputation as a great surfing destination.

Saturday morning as the sun rises over Woodstock at AWT

In August of 2018, AWT once again had Woodstock.  A number of years earlier, at the Generation Three club, we would recreate the concert in the club.   Large pictures of the real life event in 1969 would surround the dance floor.  Sue would play over 20 hours of the original concert that she had recordings for.  In 2017, we had the first Woodstock with the new club setup, which allowed for easy setup and tear down.  A larger Woodstock experience was created but it wasn’t until this year it was completed and perfected.  This year, with the Generation Four club, we created the ultimate Woodstock experience.

The AWT Anniversary


So when is our anniversary?  We have historically celebrated it either in August or September but never on an exact day.  I think that is because there was never a single, one day, grand opening.  It was probably a process of phasing out the old Sims Online as AWT was made up and running in SL.  People needed to create accounts and move over to Second Life.  It was a process begun in early August of 2006 and finished sometime in September.  In recent years, we seem to opt for the September celebration more to separate it from Woodstock in August but don’t forget that we were here in some form in August of 2006.

AWT's Fourth Anniversary in our brand new Generation Two Club

Destiny Mowadeng enjoys AWT's Sixth Anniversary

Poster advertising AWT's Ninth Anniversary

In Closing


It has been an amazing 12 years and a lot has happened and much has changed.  There are many new faces but there are still plenty of the old ones too.  However, at our core we have not changed.  We are still a place where women can relax and just be themselves together while chatting, visiting and making friends.  We are looking forward to the next, amazing twelve years!

Thanksgiving 2012