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Happy New Year!

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Hello again friends, and Happy New Year! Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and New Years. My Christmas was great. Seeing family is always something I look forward to! I spent a week at my mom and dad's in Byrdstown and had some good time to enjoy some time off the road. On New Years, I went downtown here in Nashville to see the music note drop. Lynyrd Skynyrd was the headline act, and it was CRAZY downtown! 55, 000 people crammed together on broadway to bring in the new year! It was a fun experience, but I will probably NEVER do that again! (A little too wild and rowdy for this gal! ;)

So here we are - 2012! I'm already very excited about this year. Lots of exciting things happening for the band. We fly out tomorrow to Portland, Oregon to play our first show of the year! I was able to play this festival about 2 or 3 years ago and it was a lot of fun. This year should be no exception! Can't wait to play again! A month off the road is great, but I'm always ready to get back at it.

Talk to you soon!

Sierra

 

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Vote for "Daybreak" video on CMT's Pure Country Countdown!

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CMT Pure 12-Pack Sierra's video "Daybreak" is up for one of CMT's Pure Country Countdown 12-Pack video slots! If you go to Sierra's "News" page, click on the Pure 12-Pack logo to get to the Pure 12-Pack Countdown page. Vote for 12 of your favorite videos every week from Friday through Thursday and then tune into CMT's Pure Country to see which videos win.

 

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The Queen of Procrastination = ME

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Hey friends, It's been a while since my last post! Sorry I've been so distant. It's been a busy last few months and I am the Queen of Procrastination.

So many amazing things have happened this year and it's that time of year where I begin to look back and reflect on my many blessings. As with any year, it's been full of ups and down - lots of smiles and plenty of tears. There is such great joy in being able to do what you love for a living. As a result, it's easy to be emotionally connected to it at times. Music can be the very thing that keeps me going, pushing ahead with excitement to see what lies ahead, and then it is sometimes the thing that can be the center of my fears and disappointments. I think any musician striving to get better goes through similar times. For me at my age, it's a very confusing yet exciting time trying to discover just who I am as an artist. As frustrating as it can be sometimes, I wouldn't have it any other way! I know it's all part of a growing process and I'll be thankful for times such as these in the long run. I guess the beauty of being an artist is that you are ever growing and changing. Contentment is where I never hope to find myself. Hopefully I'll still be discovering myself as an artist my whole career! - All in all, it's been an amazing year and I'm so thankful for all that God has blessed me with. I certainly don't deserve it.

I'm very excited about the coming year. I'm already looking at the tour schedule as new dates are added and starting to anticipate another year of being on the road with great joy. Hopefully I will get better about blogging. (I always say that and usually don't! :-) BUT.. I do enjoy it and I appreciate all of you who take time to read!

Hope to write again soon... :)

Sierra

November 23 on PBS! "Country Music: In Performance at the White House"

Sierra will be performing with Alison Krauss and Dan Tyminski as part of “Country Music: In Performance at the White House” – a PBS music special in the East Room of the White House. President and Mrs. Obama hosted the event on November 21, in celebration of Country music. Other performers include Lauren Alaina, The Band Perry, Dierks Bentley, Kris Kristofferson, Lyle Lovett, Darius Rucker and James Taylor. The sixty-minute television special, part of the Emmy Award-nominated PBS “In Performance at the White House” series, will premiere tonight, Wednesday, November 23 at 8 PM ET on PBS stations nationwide (check local listings).

Sierra Hull, Dan Tyminski and Alison Krauss to perform as a trio for President Obama

Country music gets its due at the Obama White House next week. The Obamas will play host to a string of country stars — legendary and contemporary — Monday at their seventh “In Performance at the White House” program.

Among those performing Monday night: Lauren Alaina, The Band Perry, Dierks Bentley, Alison Krauss, Kris Kristofferson, Lyle Lovett, Darius Rucker and James Taylor.

Some of the performers also will take part in an afternoon workshop at the White House for 120 local students about the history of country music and its cultural significance.

The 1 p.m. workshop and the 6 p.m. concert will stream live on www.whitehouse.gov/live. The concert also will be broadcast by PBS on Nov. 23.

— ASSOCIATED PRESS

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