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ENTERTAINMENT

Shay Domann continues to build followingBY CHRISTINA HAYDENchayden@hcnonline.com

It has been 20 years since lo-cal musician Shay Domann firstbegan his musical career. Overthe years he has performed withdifferent bands and performedunder different names. Nowperforming under his ownname, Shay Domann continuesto build a steady followingwhich has lead to selling out anupcoming show at Main StreetCrossing on May 20.Domann said those who

come to see his band play canexpect to be entertained with ahigh energy show.“We’re always trying to tweak

the show and keep it fresh,” hesaid. “We’re going to be addinga couple of new elements that Ithink are going to go over verywell.”Over the years, Domann has

opened for such musicians asGary Allen, Keith Urban, Chris

Ledoux, Tracy Byrd and count-less others.Domann describes his cur-

rent band’s sound a conglomer-ation of a multiple things, butmostly as "Texas"-"Red Dirt."“We try to play songs that

people love to hear while addingour own flavor to them,” hesaid. “But we don’t do anythingoff of top 40 county radio. It’seither Texas Red Dirt or fromthe Outlaw era from the 70’s.”The band comprises of Do-

mann, lead singer; Bobby RayHawthorne, lead guitar; BrianParker, drums; and Eric Maaz,bass guitar.“I have a very good lead gui-

tar player,” he said. “People likethat element of the show whereI cut Bobby Ray loose and I lethim do his thing.”Domann said one of the as-

pects of his musical makeup isbeing involved in worship at hishome church at Salem LutheranChurch in Tomball.

“When God gives you gifts,you should try to use them toglorify him,” he said.At every place the band per-

forms, Domann said they willplay a song called “HowGreat is

our God” by Chris Tomlin.“We do a pretty powerful ver-

sion of that song,” he said.Domann said if they can get

one person to hear it and lookfor God then it is well worth do-

ing it.ShayDomann credits his wife

Leigh Domann for keeping himgrounded through the years.“She’s practical and honest

and does a good job of keepingme between the lines ,” hesaid.Through the years, Domann

said methods of announcing ashow has changed quite a bitsince he first began performingin the early 1990’s.“I can remember a time when

we didn’t have e-mail,” he said.“We thought we were reallyhigh-tech when we had a mailersystem that went out.”Domann said he and his band

would take turns filling out thecards and putting it in themail.“It seems prehistoric now,” he

said. “But that’s the way we didit.”Domann said they now use

internet tools such as Reverb-Nation and Facebook to get the

word out about upcomingshows.“I have a great fan base and a

fantastic band that makes melook good,” he said.The band is currently in the

works of putting together origi-nal material for the studio.Domann said he is currently

in the process of writing newsongs.“We actually finished putting

together our first (song) about amonth ago and we’ll be playingthat one at Main Street (Cross-ing),” he said. “It’s called ‘Natu-ral Born Disaster’”.Shay Domann is set to per-

form at 8 p.m. Main onMay 20at Street Crossing 111 W. MainSt. Tomball. The show is soldout, but there is standing roomavailable at this time.For more information on

Shay Domann and upcomingshows , v i s i t www.shaydo-mann . c om o r www. f a c e-book.com/shaydomann.

Photo by CHRISTINA HAYDEN/The Potpourri

The band Shay Domann comprises of Domain, lead singer; Bobby RayHawthorne, leadguitar; Brian Parker, drums; and EricMaaz, bass guitar.Domain describes his band’s sound as Texas “red dirt”.

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Local ties: Lyle Lovett, ZZ Top star, sculptor Moroles earn state artist titlesFROM TEXAS COMMISSION ONTHE ARTSThe Texas Commission on

the Arts announced the TexasState Legislature’s appointmentsFriday to the positions of state

poet laureate, state musician,state two-dimensional artist andstate three-dimensional artist.The positions, created by the77th Legislature, are filled forone-year terms. The eight ap-

pointees named for 2011 and2012 were selected by a legisla-tive-appointed committee forthe exceptional quality of theirwork and for their outstandingcommitment to the arts inTexas.The 2011 appointees include

Texas State Musician LyleLovett of the North HarrisCounty community of Klein,Texas Poet Laureate David M.Parsons of Conroe, Texas StateTwo-Dimensional Artist Melis-sa Miller of Austin, and TexasState Three-Dimensional ArtistJesus Moroles of Rockport. The2012 appointees include TexasState Musician Billy F Gibbons

of Houston, Texas Poet Laure-ate Jan Seale of McAllen, TexasState Two-Dimensional ArtistKarl Umlauf of Waco, andTexas State Three-DimensionalArtist Bill FitzGibbons of SanAntonio. Detailed biographicalinformation on each of theartists is available on the TCAw e b s i t e a twww.arts.state.tx.us/stateartist."For years, Texan artists have

inspired people across our stateand nation to share in theirunique experiences and expandtheir creative horizons," saidState Representative RyanGuil len, Chairman of theHouse Committee on Culture,Recreation, & Tourism. "It'simportant that the residents ofour state recognize these indi-viduals for their invaluable artis-tic contributions which haveenhanc ed th e l i v e s o f s omany."Each State Artist reflects the

state’s diversity and high-qualityartistic offerings. Nomineesmust be native Texans or haveresided in the state for at least

five years. They must have at-tained the highest levels of ex-cellence and success in their re-spective disciplines and havereceived critical reviews in state,regional or national publica-tions.Any Texas citizen was able to

nominate an artist in any of thefour categories and self-nomi-nations were encouraged. TCAreviewed all nominations anddeveloped a list of finalists forsubmission to the Texas PoetLaureate, State Musician andState Artist Committee. Thecommittee, composed of mem-bers appointed by the governor,lieutenant governor and speakerof the Texas House of Represen-tatives, made the final selec-

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als we bring attention to the im-portant role the arts play inshaping Texas' cultural land-scape," said Gary Gibbs, execu-tive director for the Texas Com-mission on the Arts. "TheseTexas State Artists are the best ofthe best. Their work defines ourcharacter of place and reflectsthe distinctive qualities thatmake Texas unique."

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