1. I have a question for Courtney. You often walk into the audienceduring your sets. It's always cool to see, but it does open thesituation up for some interesting developments. Has anything wildever happened to you during one of your jaunts through the crowd? I think the most interesting things happen when someone gets theirhands on the microphone -which has happened both onstage and off!Last time we were at John and Peters, somebody grabbed the mic, andliterally stopped the show because I was laughing so hard I just satdown and watched the action. I have no idea how the guys got throughthe rest of the song! 2. What kind of musical theater did you do and would you ever wanna do it again? My first stage performance was somewhere around age 5, when I was in acommunity theater version of the play Brigadoon. My part was to walkonstage, curtsy a little and then walk off. The part was not veryelaborate, but it got me started all the same. Growing up I wasalways one of those people that put on plays and shows for my parentsand neighbors. Eventually I moved on, moved to New York and went toNYU (where I studied theater, film, and dance) -and then joined FUTURE 86.Although I have strayed away from acting, I would love to be in afilm -and I still love to dance. I turned to music, though, becausethe freedom and the creativity is different than what you get to dowhen you are in a play or reading a script. In a sense, you are theplaywright, producer, actor and director all in one... you get to be apart of the entire artistic process. I like that about being amusician. And, the fun I have with this band is amazing -we are soclose, and love what we do so much... It's awesome. 3. What about yourself do you hope never changes? I try to see the best in everything. I am really optimistic and tryto focus on the positive in any situation. I hope to never lose thatoutlook, because I think it really helps me to break through my ownbarriers and to look for the best in people. 4. Since moving to NYC you've become quite the citygal... but are there ever times when you miss Michigan? I love New York. There is so much energy in this city, so much goingon! There are people here from all over the world. There are artgalleries, street performers and tourists. You walk down the streetand hear people speaking different languages and you see ethnicrestaurants everywhere you go. I love being in a place filled withsuch diversity and energy. I also love my house in Michigan -tenacres on a lake with horses next door... it's very fresh there -veryairy and homey and nice. My family is awesome, and incredibly lovingand strong. And my mom is an amazing cook! So I go home as much as Ican, and try to balance the two. 5. Ok, this is strange. For a reason I don'tunderstand, sometimes when i look at you i see thebeautiful house wife. I know, weird. What do you see? Do you ever see being a wife and mother in yourfuture? I really want to be a mom, and really want to have a family. I thinkthe connotation of "house wife", though, rubs me a little in the wrongdirection. I would love to be a wife but I don't see myself waitingat home while the man brings home the bacon, if you know what I mean! 6. If you could change one thing about yourself, whatwould it be, and why? I tend to do some things incredibly last minute, and would like tolearn to not procrastinate so much! 7. What is your favorite song to play live? Right now my favorite song live is "Maybe". 8. Courtney, i pretty much know what your hopes anddreams are. If the band never becomes any bigger thanthey are now, could you be content continuing to play locally? I love to play music so I think that no matter what happens, I willalways be involved with music in some way. Although we would all loveto see this band rise and get bigger, we all love what we do so much,that I can't imagine ever totally giving it up. And, hey -even if wedo become amazingly huge, we'd still have to play some of our usualhaunts every once in a while! The connection you feel with a crowd ina small room is awesome. 9. Ok, we can all admit that you're quite an attractivewoman, I've noticed that at any given show there is atleast one or more guys hitting on ya sometime duringthe evening. Is this flattering? A strain? Do you noteven notice? Mmmm... I don't know! I guess I don't really notice... 10. Are you guys looking into coming back and playing Boston? If so, when? We would love to come back and play Boston again!!! It is such agreat city, and there are so many great places to play. Now that youhave it on my mind, check our website for schedule info in the nextmonth or so -I'll see what I can do! |