Sharpen your pencils and get your thinking caps ready, because the Third Annual Ebony & Ivory Crossword Puzzle CONTEST is here! This year we've made it even easier to enter: Simply complete the crossword puzzle online! If you'd rather enter by mail, just view and print the crossword, then complete and mail to:

Robert Baird

PO Box 5016, Station A

Toronto, ON  M5W 1N4  CANADA

The deadline for all entries is March 31st. The winning entries will be chosen at random from all entries submitted and will be sent:

#1 Grand Prize - A Parker Pencil, and a copy of the New York Times bestseller, Eats, Shoots, and Leaves - The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss

#2 Runner-Up Prize - A subscription to VARIETY Puzzles (to sharpen your wits for next year's contest!)

Consolation Prizes (Chocolate!) for all entrants

We hope you have as much fun solving the puzzle as we had creating it!

(NOTE: One entry per person, employees and relatives of Ebony & Ivory or BAM! Baird Artists Management prohibited.)

We'd like to invite you to visit the newly redesigned Ebony & Ivory website at www.ebonyandivory.ca.

The website has had a complete makeover, resulting in a sleeker look and more intuitive navigation. A convenient new menu under the Ebony & Ivory logo ("Variety . . . for a Change!") takes you instantly to every section of the site, and a new Quick Links area at the top right allows you to navigate to specific pages for quicker access.

Check out new links to our Christmas Show, Presenter's Kit, Reviews and Sample Program, just to name a few. You can listen to Ebony & Ivory, download their complete Presenter's Kit and photos of the Duo (in color or "ebony & ivory" - black & white!), or join our mailing list.

Equally skilled at both computer and piano keyboards, Andrew is responsible for the website design, coding and maintenance of www.ebonyandivory.ca, www.bairdartists.com and www.gilpin.ca.

The Ebony & Ivory January 2007 Tour of California and Utah has now expanded into Arizona. Green Valley, AZ is the latest addition to a growing list of tour dates. More information to come.

As a direct result of the Ebony & Ivory California Tour last November, "Ivory" (Andrew) will see his major sacred choral work for soprano solo, mixed choir and piano, Gloria, performed this May in Bakersfield, CA. Thank you to David Atkins for making this possible!

Anyone interested in hearing excerpts from the Gloria can do so online at www.gilpin.ca.

Although it may not feel like it right now, spring is just around the corner, and so is the Ebony & Ivory Spring Mailing! Watch your mailbox for that telltale brown box with the tasty treat inside.

Coming soon!