What was it like for YOU 10 years ago? A lot happens over a decade, but the only thing certain is that everyone reading this is 10 years older now than at the beginning of 2000! 
We’re not only older but hopefully wiser, too. Here’s what the last decade looks like to me from here and [...]

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We met Greg Rike after a Rock & Pop Masters show at Kenedy Space Center in December ‘07. Frankly, it was a very hectic day; so, although we’d planned on filming an Orleans interview, the day went by: driving, soundcheck, dinner, changing, the show, Meet’n’Greet then winding down to drive home. But, we STILL hadn’t [...]

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Happy 4th of July, America!
Don’t mean to offend or leave out any of our International friends, but the 4th of July … Independence Day … is a uniquely American holiday. Still, I’m sure many other nations around the globe have their equivalents. So, what the hey … Happy 4th of July, EVERYONE! 

Let’s not forget that [...]

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Hi everyone - thanks SO much for your messages about the song ‘For Fathers Everywhere’ !!!

Too many for me to answer individually, so i will share a few things with you in response to your various (but ultimately, similar - and I believe, universal) thoughts and feelings.
The Hoppen parents (of Lance, Lane and myself) are [...]

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Merry Christmas … alll around the world!

It’s Christmas Eve and, whether or not your belief system celebrates the Holiday as such, you can’t help but be affected by the “peace on Earth, goodwill towards men” feelings it brings with it. Nations lay down arms and even the most “dysfunctional” of families do their best to get [...]

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Millions of Americans watched the Democratic National Convention this past week. Regardless of your political leanings, you have to admit that it was quite the 21st century event, with over 80.000 people flocking to the Pepsi Center Arena in Denver, Colorado.
One of our favorite moments came when, after Senator Edward “Ted” Kennedy’s speech on Monday [...]

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Hi everyone - Larry here
I rarely do this, but I’m posting a link to an article about an extraordinary organization which I actively and most fervently support.
Click here for the article in the Kingston Freeman
It would be literally catastrophic to Hudson Valley residents for The Queens Galley to have to shut its doors.
As far as I can tell, things [...]

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I don’t know when the dynamic began, but songs like “God Bless America”, “When Johnny Comes Marching Home” and National Anthems around the globe show us that using music to support and enhance political causes has been done for a long time.
Orleans has a long history of writing, recording and performing songs that are issue-related; [...]

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