Hello music fans!

It’s now become a family affair, as my brother, Eric Luecking has ventured into the world of reviewing music, concerts, and lots of other things.  You can become a fan of his webpage at www.record-racks.com, or like him on facebook under Record Racks.  Eric has some eclectic and diverse tastes, and if you are into experiencing new music, new releases, or up and coming artists, you really should check this out.  People will sometimes ask us if Eric still appears at Showtime Music events.  You can typically count on 1 every one or two years.  Eric is married now, living in Indianapolis, raising my adorable niece named Kendall, and living the married dream with his wife Cara.

If you’re not, or know somebody that is not a fan of our page check us out under Matt Luecking’s Showtime Music on facebook, or www.facebook.com/mattluecking, or you can now follow me on twitter at the handle @mattluecking.   You can always count on me to talk about music things on my facebook page, twitter, and God knows what else.  Our twitter followers continue to grow, so keep telling your friends to follow and like us.  We like to be “followed” and “liked!”

2011 has been a good year for Showtime Music.  I do look for 2012 to be bigger.  Lots of people have already secured the popular dates for 2012?  Have you or do you know anybody that is interested in having a great time?  Book now, before our 2012 rate increase!  We are just trying to stay up with costs, so while our rate increase will not be outlandish, we do have to keep up with rising insurance costs, listing reception halls as additionally insured, requirements, gas prices for out of town events, costs of equipment, materials rising as the years go on, and the intricacies of requirements and requests of brides for rehearsals and ceremonies, along with wedding receptions that we also do.  We do carry full liability insurance for our company, so you are covered with us.  If you know a bride that is having an event at Rose Hulman, you do have to have liability insurance, and any vendor that comes in there, must have this insurance, along with listing that venue as additionally insured.  If you do not have your vendors do this, they will not be allowed to perform at the reception hall there, or be a part of any ceremony at the White Chapel.  More and more halls and venues are going to this, so that’s why it’s important to hire professional!  This is closing out our 20^th year of business, and from the bottom of our hearts, we just want to say thank you. As Bon Jovi says, “We’ve seen a million faces, but in my mind we still haven’t rocked them all!”

We’re excited about our 2^nd year of participation in the Wabash Valley Bridal Society.  You can check for other wedding vendors at www.wabashvalleybridalsociety.com.  If you ever have any questions about vendors that we have worked with, we would be glad to recommend you some good ones.  Speaking of the Wabash Valley Bridal Society, we will be a part of the Bridal Show on Saturday Jan. 7^th 2012 from 10am to 2pm, and Noon-3pm on Sunday Jan. 8^th 2012.  The cost to attend looks like it will be around $15 bucks.  More details to come on that soon.  More information can be found on the Wabash Valley Bridal Society Website listed above.  I believe tickets can even be purchased there as well.  The Event will be at O’Shaugnessy Hall at St. Mary Of the Woods on Saturday Jan. 7^th, and Sunday Jan. 8^th.  The times listed above are Indiana times.

We’ve been lucky enough to play at some new places this year, and revisit some old ones.  I had the chance, along with my buddy Troy Clark, to play the most gorgeous venue outside in Bridgeport, IL.  That was a memorable one, as well as the Apple Hill Orchard in Vincennes, and the Castle Finn Winery in Vincennes.  They were all new venues this year, and we loved them.  We returned to Effingham, IL, Indianapolis, Jasper, and Princeton, IN as well.  We don’t get to those places often, but we love to go there.  I’ve been lucky enough to meet some great new friends in the wedding business this year, and I want to continue to learn and grow. 

Something new that we also go this year, was a new fun time logo.  You may see Mr. Troy Clark and I wearing those on our newly embroidered shirts at an event near you.  We like it quite a bit!  We want to thank our friends at Guardian Computer Systems for keeping our website up and running.  You can “Like” them on facebook under Guardian Computers.  They even recently added a Shield Fire and Security company under their umbrella, which might help you or one of your friends!

Thanks again to all the vendors, coordinators, photographer’s, photo book people, videographers, florists, officiants-and speaking of that Marta Adubato is an excellent officiant,  reception halls, colleagues, caterers, bartenders and anybody else I left out.  Here’s to 20 more great years!  Rock and roll has and always will be a part of my soul.  I can’t wait to see and meet each and every one of you new fans in 2012!  And remember, we do DJ Bday parties, Christmas Parties, Company Parties, Class Reunions, Anniversaries, Company Picnics, MC events and charity functions, and we even rent out PA Systems small and large.