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in the music industry. “I used to play the Smokey Hill
River Festival every year in Salina, Kansas. That was before
Internet sales and I used to sell hundreds of CDs in a matter
of hours. I like to make albums, but people don’t really
buy entire albums anymore.” Due to the Internet and fans
preferring their music as digital downloads, it’s harder to
make a living as a musician and it seems all that effort was
getting to be too much at one point.

“I almost quit music in 2010. I was pretty much over it.
But then I met and fell in love with a fan, Charles Snyder.
Charles breathed new life into the band. Being a super fan,
he reminded us how much our music meant to people. He
had new ideas and big dreams for us! Since we met and
married, (her wedding was officiated by then gubernatorial
candidate John Hickenlooper), he has greatly improved

our social network
presence. He was also
the one who connected
me to the producer
of my newest album,
“Tipping Point,”
(multiple Grammy
Award winner, Jim
Gaines).

She says her next
project will be another solo acoustic project of thoughtful
songs reflecting where she and her fans are now: married,
divorced or both, raising children, dealing with the death
of a parent or partner. Following the solo project, she wants
to produce an EP of four great songs with her band and try
to get video, movie or commercial placement. But whether
that works out or not, Wendy says she’s content playing the
festival circuit, hanging out with her three kids and her new
dog and just enjoying the ride. To find more information
about the Wendy Woo Band, show dates and tickets, visit
www.wendywoo.com.

— Lisa Langley & David Robison

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films, including “Early Spanish Settlers of Colorado,” “The Utes,”
and “The Kiowa People.” Visitors are also invited to touch and
examine historical objects and explore their stories at the Hands-
On-History Cart. Admission to Tesoro Cultural Center’s Living
History Experience is $5 per person (free for children 12 and under).
Special events include Powwow
dancing on the first Saturday and
Sunday of each month and the 1830s
Rendezvous on September 16-17,
2017.

Sam Arnold was born in 1926
in Pittsburgh, graduated in 1947
from Yale University with a BA
in English and went on to run a
successful advertising business in
the 1950s before The Fort went from a shared dream to reality. He
also studied with James Beard, entertained Julia Child, attended and
taught cooking classes throughout the world, and was featured in a
number of national publications and television programs, including
The New York Times, Americana, Newsday, People, Sunset, “The
Today Show,” ABC and NBC News, CNN, TNN, The Discovery
Channel, and “Live with Regis and Kathie Lee.” Those who grew
up around this area will remember Sam’s famous radio spots and

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