I'm squaring things away here in Houston for another trip to Dallas this week to participate in the Twentieth Annual BW Stevenson Memorial Singer-Songwriter Competition tomorrow evening (May 1) at Poor David's Pub (http://www.poordavidspub.com). I am very happy to have been named a finalist last week, and I appreciate all of the email and good wishes that so many have sent my way over the last few days. As I see it, it is a win-win situation, for I am getting to do what I love while I travel and meet all kinds of fascinating characters at all kinds of amazing places along the way as I take my music to more and more people who can enjoy it. And I might even win a chance to perform at Tommy Alverson's "Family Gathering" in October, plus cash for gas! So, let the adventure continue--I am ready. As I mentioned in my last newsletter, we're trying hard to fill up Poor David's tomorrow night and would certainly appreciate help spreading the word. The competition kicks off at 8 p.m. and will be over by 11 o'clock, and all of the details are on the Poor David's Web site, as well as on my calendar at http://www.glennabell.com. I do hope that everybody in the Dallas area will be able to make it out to support this important event. There will be six talented singer-songwriters performing four original songs each, so the entertainment value will be high quality. The judges are real heavy-weights in the music industry, too: Tommy Alverson, himself, will be one of them, plus Mario Tarradell (country music critic for the Dallas Morning News) and Brett Dillon (heralded DJ for KHYI, FM 95.3--The Range--in Dallas-Fort Worth). While I'm in the Dallas area, I'll also be playing for the first time at Hard Eight BBQ in Coppell, Texas. This will be a lot of fun, Texas style--a good old-fashioned supper show from 7-9:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 3 (http://www.hardeightbbq.com/). And speaking of supper shows, I am very excited to be making my debut at the legendary Threadgill's Old #1 in Austin on May 17, where another "Golden Triangle Girl" named Janis Joplin cut her teeth in music not so very long ago. Oh, and speaking of J. Joplin and Austin, Texas--Good News!--I just got word from the inimitable Mr. Griff Luneberg that he will be bringing me back to the historic Cactus Cafe stage on the UT Campus, where Janis is known to have graced the hootenannies of yesteryear on her way to the top. I will keep you posted on that date and more, as the album reviews keep rolling in, too . . . And I will look forward to the times that we will meet somewhere down the road less traveled . . . somewhere down the road less traveled . . . I will see you soon . . . somewhere down the road less traveled . . . Y'all come!