ANN PENCE: Gotcha Day

Ann Pence

Gotcha Day

© 2005 Ann Pence (837101075916)

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Acoustic music capturing the expreience of those fortunate folks who've adopted kids from China.

notes

Ann Pence wrote these songs as a tribute to her friends and as an "auntie" to her friends' children from China. The songs begin with the baby, left in a box or a basket, at the gates of another life. The cycle ends when this adopted child has grown up and goes back to China, searching for the connection we all search for, whether adopted or not.

This record was made most happily at Surreal Studios in Anchorage, Alaska. Recorded and mixed by Kurt Riemann. Mastered at Airshow by David Glasser.

The beautiful CD cover design and booklet were made by husband and wife team Cardella Creative. You can see their top notch work at www.cardellacreative.com.

Contributing musicians: David Goodrich, Radoslav Lorkovic, Dave Arrowsmith, Tom Bryan, Marge Ford, Mike Martinson, John Nyman, Pat Owens, Kurt Riemann, Stu Schulman, Kenny Snow, Dirk Westfall. And we can't forget the little singers: Leslie Meara Evangelista, Addison Monsen, Molly Pfleiger, and Julia Preston.

A portion of the proceeds from sales of this CD will go to Half the Sky Foundation. To read more about them, please visit www.halfthesky.org.

Ann plays locally in Anchorage, Alaska. You can reach her at apence@ak.net. Please email Ann and let her know what you think of the CD!

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  • Gotcha Day
    author: Melissa

    I love it! Perfect at capturing the emotions of adoption!

  • Gottcha Day
    author: Gregory Magarian

    I stumbled across the album somehow and decided that the title alone would be worth ordering, much as giving a gift of flowers to my 22 year old daughter adopted just 6 years ago from Kazakhstan. At the time, she was likely the oldest child adopted to the US from Kazakhstan . She came home from college to celebrate her 6th Gottcha Day last weekend. She cleared the US Embassy in Moscow 1 1/2 hours before closing the Friday before her Sunday 16th birthday. Monday would have been too late!!! You have to clear the embassy BEFORE your 16th birthday. She landed in American on her 16th birthday, welcomed by a large crowd and TV cameras. It was a Cinderilla story come true. She was very taken by the title of the album, that there could be such a album written and sung specifically for celebrating one's Gottcha Day. She also very much liked the songs, even though written for much younger children. I will be gettting one for our 14 year old who was away at a weekend camp and unaware of the gift to her older sister.

  • very moving tribute to the journey!
    author: Theresa Hart

    my husband and i love this cd! songs are both touching and funny and many will be a lot of fun to sing to and with our daughters when they are finally home with us! thank you ann!

  • Great cd We love it
    author: Lisa

    Ann Pence captures our heart with Gotca Day This is an awesome CD! The whole family loves this CD!!!!! It speaks volumes to anyone who has adopted international!!! Beautiful, moving musical experience!

  • Heartwarming
    author: Kara

    I love this CD. I listen daily in anticipation of meeting our first baby girl from China.

  • I love this!
    author: Laurie Gruhn

    I cannot wait to share this with my daughter when I finally meet her and bring her home! Thank you so much!

  • Super Great
    author: Joyce Johnson

    Got for granddaughter.... Gotch Day was sooooo true to life. She loves to sing along...Thank you soooo much...

  • Thanks, Ann
    author: A Gotcha Day Fan

    I am buying one for all the people in my travel group for our reunion!! I just can't believe how this one CD has become so important, not just for entertainment but for my daughters who are beginning to ask questions about their beginnings!! Thank you, Ann!

  • Ann Pence captures our heart with Gotca Day
    author: Todd and Rebecca

    Recently, my wife and I downloaded Ann Pence's CD Gotca Day from iTunes. We are several months into our L.I.D. spending lots of time on the Internet seeking knowledge and resources for our Gotca Day. This CD is wonderful and truly captures our feelings and emotions. We both love the song Forgiven and can't wait to share Ann's Gotca Day CD with our baby girl.

  • Just in time for Adoption Awareness month in November.
    author: JO

    Thank you for expressing so many of the feelings and experiences that go along with international adoption. Beautiful, moving and fun music, that my kids enjoy too. Will use this week at school for Adoption Awareness.

  • Beautiful, moving musical experience!
    author: Al Awtrey

    This cd got this 58 yr. old gusher going at it again, especially with "Another World" and "Forgiven." My daughters have been home almost ten years now and are starting to think more about what has happened in their lives. Thank you for giving them a few new ways of looking at their adoption.

  • This is an awesome CD! It speaks volumes to anyone who has adopted internationa
    author: Jackie deMontmollin

    I bought this CD for my husband and son in celebration of our first Gotcha Day which is tomorrow!!! What a PERFECT musical celebration of the journey of international adoption. While our son is adopted from Korea we still relate to so much about the Gotcha Day CD. I ordered a second one for my little sister who is waiting for her referal from China. This CD will make you smile, think and remember! What a great celebration in this collection of songs!

  • A very special CD
    author: J. Ford

    What an amazing thing to listen to a CD that seems to have been made for you personally! This CD tells the story of all families who have adopted from China in a touching, funny and very appropriate way. What's more, the music itself is lovely to listen to, to dance to, to sing along with. Thank you for this, Anne Pence!

  • The whole family loves this CD!!!!!
    author: Crooks Family

    This is a terrific CD. The songs describe the adoption experience to a "T"! Some experiences are described with brilliant wit, and some are full of love and sorrow. My children, some biological and some adopted from China, as well as my husband and I thoroughly enjoy listening to this CD.

  • We LOVE this CD!
    author: A.R.

    My children love the CD as much as my husband and I do. We got it last week and have listened to it a 100 times at least and I still get goose bumps!

  • OUTSTANDING
    author: Ann Pytynia

    Brought back wonderful memories of our adoption. I recommend this to EVERYONE who has gone through a Chinese adoption and anyone who knows someone who has!

  • Perfection!
    author: WAHEcoMom

    What an incredible CD! We're waiting for our date to travel but our birth daughter and my hubby and I LOVE this CD. I'm sharing it w/all my china adoption buddies!

  • I love it!
    author: Lorrie

    I can completely relate to Ann's songs about her adoption journey. I am passing the word on this one...

  • author: Vicki

    Such an awesome thing to find!!! A story just like our own only in a song. A must have addition to any out of country adoptive families CD collection. Our daughter listens constantly and knew all the words to the Gotcha Day song in a matter of 2 days I think! Wonderful!!

  • great item had to get another
    author: D jones

    I loved this cd so much that I had to buy another for a friend who was also adopting from China.

  • Wonderful!
    author: Stephanie

    Wonderful music, moving songs and great lyrics!

  • My family loves the CD and needs another for the car !!!!!!!!!!!!!
    author: Cindy McDonnell

    My Little flower from China wakes up and asks for Gotha Day every morning. The whole family knows the words and at 2 years old Maya sings along !!!!!!!!!! Thanks for a wonderful gift.

  • A great musical reflection of chinese adoption
    author: Bonnie Messerschmidt

    This CD is a great musical reflection of Chinese adoption. We returned in July 2005 with our baby Claire. She is such a gift and this music helps us celebrate that gift. The words are an amazing account of our trip to China. The artist has a great voice and has transformed many feelings regarding chinese adoption into music.

  • Such a very, very special CD! So heartwarming!
    author: Diane

    This CD is truly a treasure! My two China dolls sing the songs all day long and go to sleep to them at night. Amazing that the emotions and details of adopting from China could be captured with so much accuracy, humor and warmth.

  • Great CD for Chinese Adoption/Blended Families
    author: Kay Scott

    What a wonderful CD. Our whole family loves to listen to the CD any time of the day. Perfect for our blended family through birth and adoption. Really brought back the feelings of our travels to China. Thank You

  • Excellent - thoroughly enjoyed it.
    author: Tina Proffitt

    Excellent - thoroughly enjoyed it. First CD I have listened to that capturs the China adoption experience so well and from a variety of viewpoints. Highly recommend it.

  • Throw irreverance out the window!
    author: Patt V

    Not your normal tear jerker about adoption, cute and sassy and lots of fun! My husband and I just laughed and laughed---and we are getting on the plane in less than a month!!

  • Such a moving CD! We love it!
    author: Margaret

    We love listening to the CD! My husband and I went to China with Ginger and Bob to get Molly and my daughter, Maggie. Maggie always wants to hear Princess Molly. The songs are so on-target for our feelings and experiences; such a pleasure to hear the beautiful music! Thank you.

  • What a Treasure!
    author: Kim Pottenburgh

    We are currently waiting for the referral for our daughter from China. We are listening to the CD in anticipation of the wonderful event to take place. It will remain a cherished keepsake for our chinese daughter! Great Work!

  • Wonderful! We love it!
    author: Kelly

    We are getting ready to travel for our first adoption and this CD has generated even more excitement! We know the words to every song and look forward to sharing them with our son when he gets here. Even though the words allude to a girl, I'm sure our little boy won't mind!

  • Captures all the emotions!
    author: Laurie

    We have not been able to stop listening to this CD since we got it! We crack up on the 'babies' song...it really takes us back to those sleep deprived first days of being a family! I also love 'Lucky Girl' and 'Forgiven'...so incredibly beautiful! I hope my two China angels will always carry these songs in their hearts as a reminder of how much they are loved.

  • love it, love it, love it!!!!
    author: anne

    Wonderful, this CD really puts the China adoption experience and emotions into words and music. I couldn't have said it better myself as a China Mom. Thank you for your perspective.

  • Absolutely Fabulous!
    author: Judy

    Not only wonderful music, but also so completely connected to the Chinese adoption experience, we felt our emotions were being expressed. Songs are funny, clever and incredibly moving. Still have tears after listening many times. What a gift. We LOVE it!

  • I got the CD about a week before our 2nd Gotcha Day Anniversary. Talk about walk
    author: Carmen Fitzpatrick

    Incredible how you put into words all of our feelings - you said in song what all of us adoptive parents have felt inside. Thanks!

  • Loved it!
    author: Deborah

    I loved this CD so many beautiful songs, my favorite is My Daughter's Country although Princess Molly is wonderful too as is Forgiven! "Gotcha Day", "Babies" and "Happy family" are great fun. I highly recommend!

  • Wonderful!!!!
    author: Debbie

    This CD is great! I have two daughters from China and we all love the CD. It captures so much of the adoption experience.

  • Fun, heartwarming and playful!
    author: www.luckymama.blogspot.com

    Adopting from China? This cd gives voice to your excitement, worries, experiences and questions. If you are in the waiting stage, it gives you a connectedness. I also think some of the songs, like "Happy Family" would make for a very fun family sing-along. Sooooo fun and sweet!

  • PRICELESS

    The fact that my daughter is from the room in the Chongqing Childrens Home that is pictured on the inside of this CD makes this priceless to me. The wording is just everything I feel in my heart.

  • Tells our adoption trips in song.......
    author: Michele

    We love this CD. It really captures the flavor and feelings of our two adoption trips. Both girls love "Gotcha Day" and "Babies". They were singing along before the songs were finished. The youngest one thought they were all "her" songs!

  • This CD really touched our hearts!
    author: Cheryl

    This CD is wonderful! It tells in detail the journey we took to get our angel from China. Every song was a step in our process to adopt our daughter.I would HIGHLY reccomend this CD to any family who either has already adopted from China or is in the process. This CD was definitely music that came from the heart and we thank you for this loving gift!

  • Wonderfully heartwarming!
    author: Katy S

    I love this CD and hope my girls treasure the songs and messages as much as I do (they're a bit young now to understand them). Thanks for making a CD which captures the joy, events and emotions of Chinese adoption.

  • Kids were singling along..that says it all
    author: Karen Wright

    I popped in the CD in our van and the kids were bopping in their seats. They asked me..where did you get that cool CD Mom...I have 5 wonderful children from China..ages 9,7,5,4 and 2. I am sure we will play this CD for many years to come. Great job!

  • Absolutely amazing!
    author: Karen Rubin

    This is an absolutely incredible CD -- I highly recommend it. My daughter is from the same province mentioned in the title song -- and that was very cool. It came instantly after ordering & I have been enjoying it ever since.

  • I LOVE this CD!!!!!! And...my two little girls LOVE to sing along!!
    author: Myndee Reed

    This CD is absolutely amazing and says everything an adoptive parent would expect music to say about the wonderful China adoption experience. My girls absolutely LOVE the CD and enjoy singing along. Thanks for putting my feelings into words and song!!! www.myndee.com

  • WOW!
    author: Barbara

    As an adoptive parent to a beautiful little girl from China, all I can say is WOW!...and THANK YOU for these wonderful lyrics and songs which say it ALL!

  • Absolutely Wonderful
    author: Adoptive Mom

    Unbelievable...how did Ann reach into my heart and grab these songs?? Each song is better than the one before. Some made me laugh out loud and some made me cry. This is a must for any adoptive family...

  • Love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you will too!!
    author: Samantha Cardin

    This CD is amazing. I have two little cousins that were adopted from China and they know every word to this wonderful CD. We listen to it everytime we get into the car. Her voice is to die for!

  • Three cheers for Gotcha Day!!!
    author: Janet Middleton

    Three cheers for Ann Pence and her Gotcha Day CD. It is an awesome and loving tribute to familes with Children from China. What a wonderful keepsake that our children will cherish. Ann captures the heart of the international adoption experience and sets it to music with her astounding talent. Thank you Ann!

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