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Lehigh Valley Blues Festival (7/14/2005)
Thursday Night performance to kick off "Ladies Sing the Blues Night". After ny show, stick around to see Lucy Bonilla and Deb Callahan.


Special Performance at the Allentown Art Museum (5/15/2005)
On May 15th, I will be performing a special show at the Allentown Art Museum as part of an exhibit of fine art by Faith Ringgold.


Benefit Concert with the "Dream Band" (4/23/2005)
I will be performing with the Mike Dugan / Craig Thatcher "Dream Band" along with many talented and special friends.


Back from Memphis (1/6/2005)
I am back from Memphis and what a great time we had. If you do not know, it was just Don Mayer and I and while we did not win, we did score very high on the judges list (scores posted below). Next time we go back with a full band.

Category Judge 1 Judge 2 Judge 3 Judge 4 Judge 5 Totals
Talent 9 9 8 9 9 44
Blues Content 9 8 8 9 9 43
Originality 8 7 7 9 8 39
Stage Presence 9 8 8 9 9 43
Overall Impression 9 8 8 9 8 42

LVBN Blues Competition
On Sunday, April 25th I was part of a Blues competition held by the Lehigh Valley Blues Network (LVBN), a local chapter of Blues.org.

The winner of this competition gets sponsored by the LVBN to represent them on the national level in Memphis this January 2005. I am pleased to announce that I WON!!!

I want to thank the Lord, my family, friends and fans for supporting me through the years, your support has meant so much to me. Also thanks to Don Mayer, Al Heppe & Jim Klienman ... three fine musicians I am proud to call my friends.

Mary Hawkins is a blues and jazz vocalist from the Philadelphia area. Her debut CD Black and Blue has been released on an independent label, and is aimed at three different radio markets---Blues, Contemporary Jazz and Traditional Jazz.