Albert Lea, MN

Today we played the first concert of our Allied Concert Services tour, which will last until March 3. When I first told a friend about our "Allied tour", he said it sounded like some kind of wartime alliance, and asked if we were going up against the Axis powers!

But no...actually Allied Concert Services is a really neat organization that schedules road-trip style tours across the US focusing on communities that are underserved in the arts. It is a family business run by John Folin and his sons, Paul and David. We're really excited to be a part of this mission.

I must admit that when we first received our Allied tour schedule, we were a bit intimidated by the sheer length and number of concerts (normally we take much shorter trips of 3-5 days where we play a couple of concerts and then go home). It is going to be really hard to be away from my boyfriend for that long (Hi Aaron!) But I'm also excited about the opportunity to perform so many times, to see so much of the country, and to do the closest thing to a musical marathon.