Contact: Kathy L. Patrick
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Press Release for Immediate Release:
October 3, 2011
Jefferson, TX-
12th ANNIVERSARY GIRLFRIEND WEEKEND
AUTHOR EXTRAVAGANZA
The Greatest BOOK Show on EARTH!
January 12 – 15, 2012
Jefferson Tourism and Transportation Convention Center
305 E. Austin
Jefferson, Texas 75657
When I was a kid, I was fascinated with the circus. Carnivals would come to town and we kids would beg to go to the fairgrounds to ride the rides and watch the shows. A traveling theatre troupe once put on the play, TOBEY TYLER, for our entire school and I dreamed of running away with the circus! As an adult I finally got to take my daughters to see the BARNUM and BAILEY Circus which truly was “The Greatest Show on Earth”! Throw in the reading of Pulpwood Queen pics Rain Village by Carolyn Turgeon, Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen, Frank Delaney’s Venetia Kelly’s Traveling Show, The Night Circus by Eric Morgenstern, and my wanderlust burst into full bleeding bloom!
So guess what? I have created a world, in which we can through our imagination and the help of my author friends, where we can indeed run away with the CIRCUS! That’s our theme this year as in “The Greatest BOOK Show on EARTH!“ I do believe I have outdone myself on creating this year’s events to showcase our calvacade of author STARS!
Our Pulpwood Queen Book Clubs have grown to over 500 chapters of women and yes, a few good men who have become my nearest and dearest friends for a lifetime. After appearances on Oprah Winfrey’s OXYGEN NETWORK, ABC’s Good Morning American, The Oprah Winfrey Show and more newspapers, magazines than you can shake a stick at; we are now the largest “meeting and discussing” book club in the WORLD!
In celebration of our 12th Anniversary, since my life is like a “three ring circus“, the theme this year is: “THE GREATEST BOOK SHOW ON EARTH!”
Because you see, it really is. The Pulpwood Queens “juggle” our schedule to meet each month for book club. We “fly with the greatest ease” through the reading of our books! And we become mesmerized watching all our author speak of their “amazing feats“ each year at our book club convention.
As of October 1, Pulpwood Queen Packages for members are $400 and for non-members $500. Call 903-665-7520 or email Kathy@beautyandthebook.com for your package. We accept all major credit cards. If you have NOT bought your package and have your package on hold, this is the NEW price and must be paid immediately as all packages on hold will be going back up for sale due to the high demand.. Thank you for your prompt consideration!
So, without further ado, no more “clowning” around!
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, CHILDREN OF ALL AGES! WELCOME TO THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE PULPWOOD QUEENS BOOK CLUB!
“A book reviewer is usually a 'barker' before the door of a publisher's circus”
January 11, 2012 (requires separate ticket)
WEDNESDAY
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. HIGH SCHOOL HORSE - Circus term for a horse who has learned fancy steps as part of a performance.
ROBERT LELEUX, editor of LONNY Magazine, TEX IN THE CITY columnist for THE TEXAS OBSERVER, co-host of GIRLFRIEND WEEKEND, author of memoir of a beautiful boy and now The Living End will be conducting a MEMOIR Workshop. All day event and separate $150 ticket for Pulpwood Queen Book Club members, $250 for non-members that includes: All day workshop for beginners, a signed first edition copy of “The Living End” , and Luncheon.
Tickets are limited so purchase yours TODAY!
January 12th, 2012
THURSDAY GIRLFRIEND WEEKEND OFFICIALLY BEGINS!
The Pulpwood Queen V.I.P. Package includes the following:
V.I.P Band that when shown on your wrist gets you into ALL events
Including: Thursday Night Author Dinner
Friday All Day Author Panels
Friday One Woman Show with
TINA SLOAN!
Friday Night PRETTY IN PINK
PROM PARTY!
Saturday All Day Panels
Saturday Author Luncheon and
Fashion Show
Saturday Night GREAT BIG BALL
OF HAIR BALL!
Official Pulpwood Queen Girlfriend Weekend 2011 t-shirt
Pulpwood Queen SWAG Bag full of publisher books, galleys, and giveaways!
6:00 P.M. REGISTRATION BEGINS.
7:00 p.m. CLOWN ALLEY AUTHOR DINNER Under THE BIG TOP!
We are definitely clowning around as our AUTHORS will be opening our show as your STAR performing WAITERS! Bring on the CLOWNS!!!!
January 13 – 14, 2012
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
All authors featured at their times will immediately go to AUTHOR AUTOGRAPH TABLES at our MIDWAY - VENDOR/BOOK STORE ROOM following their panel! You will need to pre-purchase books prior to having the books signed. As all authors are encouraged then to participate in all activities, feel free to ask for books to be signed throughout the weekend. But do note, some authors will not be able to stay. To ensure you get your books signed, go immediately to the AUTHOR AUTOGRAPH TABLES after they speak and have books already pre-purchased.
We will have a CONCESSION STAND in back of auditorium at BIG TOP/Convention Center to purchase popcorn, peanuts, cotton candy, soft drinks. run by our CANDY BUTCHERS, the Junior and Senior High First United Methodist Youth Group with all the proceeds to go to the kids to help pay for their NEW Youth Building.
A REAL BOOKSTORE, an independent bookstore in Dallas, will provide the BOOK STORE for all the author books for the event unless self-published, in that case the author will provide the books themselves for sale.
Also we will have a SIDE TENT -VENDOR ROOM, (open 8:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.), Friday and Saturday that will feature the best of the best SHOWCASED for our book loving attendees. We now are offering access to our MIDWAY -VENDOR ROOM and BOOK STORE too for the general public. Tickets are $5.00 per person and available at the outside MIDWAY entrance to VENDOR ROOM and BOOK STORE which will be marked GENERAL ADMISSION ONLY!
A SILENT AUCTION will be held with showcased items signed and donated by the authors in the BALLY - Circus term for a platform at the entrance to a circus or sideshow where a circus “talker” stands to deliver a prepared spiel, or ballyhoo, advertising the show, hoping to attract a crowd/ REGISTRATION BOOTH area. 50% of all proceeds from the SILENT AUCTION will go to the Dolly Parton Imagination Library Literacy Project here in Marion County that is being spearheaded by the Jefferson Rotary Club which is a not for profit civic organization. The Pulpwood Queens of East Texas endorse this literacy project and are partnering with the Rotary Club to help pay for that endeavor. The other 50% will go to Pulpwood Queen Literacy Promoting endeavors.
Both night time events will be B.Y.O.B. but we will provide the setups.
FRIDAY MORNING
8:00 a.m. REGISTRATION
9:00 a.m. . SHE BREAKS IT, SHE SHAKES IT, SHE HANGS IT ON THE WALL! FOR ONE THIN DIME, STEP RIGHT UP….
Welcome to THE GREATEST BOOK SHOW ON EARTH!
RINGMASTERS: KATHY L. PATRICK, founder of The Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Clubs, Author of The Pulpwood Queens’ Tiara Wearing, Book Sharing Guide to Life and ROBERT LELEUX, Author of The Living End, columnist for The Texas Observer, editor of LONNY Magazine are back to host yet again their version of BEAUTY AND THE BOOK, a television book club talk show!
Dubbed BOBKAT by their fans, Robert and Kathy welcome you to their show!
9:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. JACKPOTS -Circus term where Tall tales about life under the big top. To “cut up jackpots” is to tell these stories.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER and Author, ROBERT LELEUX, will speak of his latest book, The Living End: A Family Memoir of Forgetting and Forgiving!
BREAK FOR AUTOGRAPHING AND VENDOR/BOOK STORE
10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. EVERYONE HAS A STORY!
MARYBETH WHELAN of She Makes It Look Easy
SARAH JIO of The Bungalow and Violets of March
JUDY CHRISTIE of Rally Round Green and Wreath
LISA WINGATE of Dandelion Summer
BREAK FOR AUTOGRAPHING AND VENDOR/BOOK STORE
11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Our almost and FIRST of MAYS - Circus term for rookie circus performer who is trying to learn the ropes during his first season under the big top. The term originated years ago when many circuses began their traveling schedule in early May.
CARLA STEWART of Broken Wings: A Novel
DONNA M. JOHNSON of Holy Ghost Girl: A Memoir
ELEANOR BROWN of The Weird Sisters
REBECCA RASMUSSEN of The Bird Sisters
BREAK FOR AUTOGRAPHING AND VENDOR/BOOK STORE
12:00 p.m. Noon LUNCH ON YOUR OWN (historic Jefferson, Texas has many fine eateries, many within walking distance)
FRIDAY AFTERNOON
1:30 p.m. – 2:15 a.m. TEN TIMES BETTER THAN CIRCUS POODLES!
Keynote Speaker, Film and Television writer of the Man and the moon fame and author JENNY WINGFIELD of The Homecoming of Samuel Lake
BREAK FOR AUTOGRAPHING AND VENDOR/BOOK STORE
2:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. For our little LOT LICE - Circus term for the children of circus performers and workers who grow up under the big top!.
CAROLYN TURGEON of Mermaid and The Next Full Moon
JILL S. ALEXANDER of Paradise
THERESE FOWLER of Exposure
BREAK FOR AUTOGRAPHING AND VENDOR/BOOK STORE
3:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. CIRCUS OF THE STARS!
KAREN HARRINGTON of Janeology
KATHLEEN KASKA of Murder at the Luther
MEG WAITE CLAYTON of The Four Ms. Bradwells
SARAH BIRD of The Gap Years
BREAK FOR AUTOGRAPHING AND VENDOR/BOOK STORE
4:30 p.m. SHE FLIES THROUGH THE AIR WITH THE GREATEST OF EASE! Author and STAR of Guiding Light, TINA SLOAN will perform her one-woman show, CHANGING SHOES, of which her NEW book has the same name!
Following the show TINA SLOAN will be in AUTOGRAPHING AND VENDOR/BOOK STORE ROOM with closing remarks by KATHY L. PATRICK and ROBERT LELEUX!
FRIDAY EVENING
8:00 p.m. HERE COMES THE CIRCUS, THE GREATEST SHOW IN TOWN!
Author, WILLIAM J. TORGERSON, will be our MASTER OF CEREMONIES, as he speaks of his book, Love on the Big Screen, to be followed by our PRETTY IN PINK PROM PARTY! Come dressed in prom PINK attire and perhaps you will be crowned our PULPWOOD QUEEN PROM QUEEN! A D.J. will be entertaining us with music to dance from the 1980’s! And remember girlfriends, 80’s BIG HAIR RULED!!! As in the CIRCUS, no costume can be over the TOP!
January 14, 2012
SATURDAY MORNING
8:00 a.m. REGISTRATION
9:00 a.m. THIS AIN”T NO DOG AND PONY SHOW!
BOBKAT is back to host their BEAUTY AND THE BOOK author/talk show featuring KATHY L. PATRICK and ROBERT LELEUX.
9:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. New York Times Bestselling Author, JOHN BERENDT will speak on is latest book My Baby Blue Jays and also is the author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, and The City of Falling Angels!
BREAK FOR AUTOGRAPHING AND VENDOR/BOOK STORE
10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. STORIES THAT WILL TOUCH YOUR HEART!
JAMIE FORD of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
MICHAEL MORRIS of A Place Called Wiregrass
NEIL WHITE of The Sanctuary of Outcasts
RIVER JORDAN of Praying for Strangers
BREAK FOR AUTOGRAPHING AND VENDOR/BOOK STORE
11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. PARADING THE BEST FROM MY HOMETOWN, THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS, AND THE U.S.A!
CHERYL MACLENNAN of Historic Homes of Jefferson, Texas
Jan Reid of Comanche Sundown
KATHRYN CASEY of The Killing Storm (Sarah Armstrong Texas Rangers Series)
LINDA BAUER of Capitol Hills Cooks: Recipes from The White House, Congress, and All Of the Past Presidents and Steve Bauer of At ease at the white house
MARILYN & MICHAEL J. GILHULY, M.D. J.D. of Gunfight at Apache Bent (Texas Ranger Series)
BREAK FOR AUTOGRAPHING AND VENDOR/BOOK STORE
Noon Luncheon A JUMBO PRESENTATION!
Author, ROBERT HICKS will speak of his book, A Separate Country, and
the 150th Anniversary of the CIVIL WAR followed by an intimate look at a CIVIL WAR gown and all its accoutrements featuring Author, DEEANNE GIST who will arrive in her chemise and bloomers and get dressed layer-by-layer from the inside out for a historic fashion show.
1:30 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. THE PULPWOOD QUEEN PRESENTS!
ECHO GARRETT of My Orange Duffel Bag
JENNIE HELDERMAN of as the sycamore grows
M. L. MALCOLM of Heart of Deception
MARCIA FINE of Paper Children
BREAK FOR AUTOGRAPHING AND VENDOR/BOOK STORE
2:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. BOOKS TO SHARE (LIKE POPCORN) WITH YOUR BOOK CLUBS
CAROLINE LEAVITT of Pictures of You
DONNA M. JOHNSON of Holy Ghost Girl
SHEILA WELLER of Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon --- and the Journey of a Generation
VICTORIA ZACKHEIM of He Said What? Women Write About Moments When Everything Changed
3:30 p.m. Break, as we know it gets crazy towards the end to rush out and get ready for the ball. It’s almost your last chance to buy books if you want to get them signed before the closing panel and Awards Presentation! Don’t miss this opportunity to purchase the authors books while they are still at the convention center. Barnes and Noble Book Store will be open too after Awards Ceremony!
3:45 p.m. – 4:15 P.M. STORIES THAT WILL LIFT YOUR SPIRIT LIKE A MARCHING BAND!
AD HUDLER of Man of the House and Southern Living
MAN MARTIN of Paradise Dogs
SHELLIE RUSHING TOMLINSON of Sue Ellen’s Girl Ain’t Fat, She Just Weighs Heavy
WADE ROUSE of It’s All Relative and I’m Not the Biggest Bitch in this Relationship!
LAST BREAK FOR AUTOGRAPHING/VENDOR?BOOK STORE
4:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. THE BEST OF THE BIG TOP!
Awards Presentation as follows:
Pulpwood Queen Children’s Book of the Year
Pulpwood Queen Bonus Book of the Year
Pulpwood Queen Book of the Year
KATHY L. PATRICK to present The KAT Award
Special Presentation: THE DOUG MARLETTE AWARD presented to an individual for the Lifetime Achievement of Promoting Literacy.
Silent Auction winners announced. Each author will be present to present each winner of the highest bid their signed personal item. Please if you are a winner be prepared to pick up and pay at this time with cash or check, payable to: The Pulpwood Queens Book Club, BEFORE you pick up your winning bid item!
5:15 p.m. Final remarks from your RINGMASTERS: KATHY L PATRICK AND ROBERT LELEUX as we conclude our weekend’s THREE RING CIRCUS with the AUTHORS!
MIDWAY- VENDOR/BOOK STORE ROOM Closes at 6:00 p.m.
SATURDAY EVENING
8:00 p.m. All CIRCUS Party Attendees and Authors will be formally introduced this year as they enter our GRAND FINALE, our GREAT BIG BALL OF HAIR (Circus themed) BALL! Come dressed as your favorite circus performer to compete for BEST CIRCUS THEMED GIRL GROUP, BEST CIRCUS THEMED TABLE DECORATING CONTEST, BEST INDIVIDUAL GIRL/BOY CIRCUS THEMED COSTUME FOR TIMBER GUY OF THE YEAR AND HAIR BALL QUEEN! HAVE YOUR CAMERAS READY!
9:00 p.m.
GREAT BIG BALL OF HAIR BALL featuring the WINDJAMMERS - Circus term for musicians in the circus band/ DESTINY DUKE AND THE HAZZARDS, back by popular demand.
A smorgasbord of circus inspired feast of appetizers will be served and set ups provided for B.Y.O.B.!
January 15, 2012
SUNDAY MORNING
11:00 a.m. The Pulpwood Queens version of a TENT REVIVAL!
Worship Services at the First United Methodist Church!
Featured Speaker,, T.B.A.
Wear your Sunday CROWNS, that means hats!
Noon Break for lunch in any of the fine dining establishments of Jefferson!
2:00 p.m. Elaine Clark, author of put your money where your mouth is will offer a workshop at the collins academy in Jefferson for anyone who would like to learn how to make money using your voice. Separate ticket price of $40 and includes the author’s signed book.
THANK YOU LADIES and GENTLEMEN, we hope you enjoyed the Pulpwood Queens’ GREATEST BOOK SHOW ON EARTH!
THE END
For more information on any of the above information, please email kathy@beautyandthebook.com or call Beauty and the Book at 903-665-7520. We accept all major credit cards. Pulpwood Queen Packages can be picked up at Registration booth when you arrive!
All information above could be subject to change due to circumstances beyond our control. For the latest updated version of the program, please email kathy@beautyandthebook.com to send you latest revised program or go to www.pulpwoodqueen.com where updates will be posted.
No refunds will be able to be given packages purchased but we will be more than happy to roll over to the next year if for any reason you have to cancel. Please contact us immediately if you do so.
Circus Lingo Glossary
Annie Oakley
A complimentary ticket or free pass. Oakley performed as a sharpshooter in a 19th century wild west-themed show, and she would shoot a hole through a playing card that had been tossed up in the air. Tickets that were punched with holes resembled Oakley’s playing cards and earned her name.
Ballyhoo
Literally, the prepared speech delivered from the bally. Also any form of hype used to advertise the show.
Banner
An advertisement painted on canvas that highlights a particular circus attraction or act.
Big Top
The main tent in a circus where the performances take place.
Bulls
Male or female elephants.
Calliope
An old-fashioned musical instrument similar to an organ and constructed of steam whistles. Years ago, the Calliope was used to signal the end of a circus street parade.
Candy Butchers
A vendor who sells candy, soda, popcorn and other food items.
Clown Alley
The area just outside of the big top where the clowns wait to perform or relax after working the ring.
Charivari
A humorous, energetic acrobatic exhibition performed by clowns or acrobats.
Cherry pie
Work performed for extra money.
Dog and Pony Show
literally, an old-timey circus act featuring dogs and horses. Today, the term is used for any event, often political, that has lots of hype but little substance.
Donikers
Bathroom facilities for circus patrons.
Fireball
A traveling circus that earns a reputation for swindling patrons or having overall dishonest policies. These shows often ruin venues for other, more reputable circus shows and can be referred to as a “fireball outfit.”
Flea Bag
A ragged, downtrodden traveling show in need of physical repair.
First of May
A rookie circus performer who is trying to learn the ropes during his first season under the big top. The term originated years ago when many circuses began their traveling schedule in early May.
Funambulist
High wire-walker.
Grinder
A showman who entices the crowd before the show or during intermissions with a verbal pitch. Often ticketsellers have a “grind” or pitch that they deliver as they interact with the public.
Guys
Hefty ropes and cables that help support the big top rigging.
Haul
The move the crew makes from the circus train or trailer to a new empty lot to set up the big top and rigging.
Iron Jaw
An aerial act in which an acrobat swings and does tricks while hanging from a suspended mouth piece.
Itchy Feet
A performer or crew member’s desire to return to circus life and the road after they’ve been away from the big top for a while.
Joey
A nickname for a clown. The term “Joey” originally referenced the famous English clown, Joseph Grimaldi, who lived and worked during the 18th century.
Jumbo
The name of P.T. Barnum’s famous elephant, which the showman billed as the largest elephant on earth. Today, Jumbo’s name is used as an adjective to reference something luxuriously large.
Liberty act
Horses who perform circus acts without human riders.
Lot lice
The children of circus performers and workers who grow up under the big top.
Midway
An amusement area located mid-way between the entrance to the lot on one end and the big top on the other. It’s an area filled with concessions, games and extra shows.
Mud circuses
Traveling shows that move from one to town to another every few days.
Ringmaster
The person in charge of welcoming the audience, introducing the acts, and holding the show together.
Rosinback
A Horse used for bareback riding. Traditionally, rosin is sprinkled on the backs of the horses to prevent riders from slipping.
Roustabout
A circus laborer.
Screamers
the up-tempo marches adapted as circus music and used to rouse the crowds.
Web
Canvas-covered ropes that are suspended from the top of the tent and used by aerial performers to ascend and descend the performance rigging. Occasionally, the ropes are also used a props in other acts.
Windjammer
A musician in the circus band.
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