![Loved sharing the Tunesmith stage with two other phenomenal local composers, Seth Kinzie & Amy Fairchild. Enterprise, OR, Feb 2024. Photo courtesy of Roger Averbeck.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/324669/dc086360710b43465ae5b4ea76f311638d324af7/original/tunesmith-bows.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Loved sharing the Tunesmith stage with two other phenomenal local composers, Seth Kinzie & Amy Fairchild. Enterprise, OR, Feb 2024. Photo courtesy of Roger Averbeck.
![Performing at Tunesmith, Wallowa Valley Music Alliance's songwriters in the round event, Feb 2024. Photo courtesy of Roger Averbeck.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/324669/80ca52525694205285968ef6a465dd1cc5754f7e/original/tunesmith-dani-marika-at-piano-grinning.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Performing at Tunesmith, Wallowa Valley Music Alliance's songwriters in the round event, Feb 2024. Photo courtesy of Roger Averbeck.
![So honored by this packed & attentive crowd! The Range Rider, Enterprise, OR, Nov 2023. Photo courtesy of Roger Averbeck.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/324669/50a8bb53be42c73bc96b03a9712d0ddaf9fdd538/original/stage-performing-audience-dani-marika.jpeg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
So honored by this packed & attentive crowd! The Range Rider, Enterprise, OR, Nov 2023. Photo courtesy of Roger Averbeck.
![Marika & Dani (The Fruit Snaxxx) performing at the Range Rider in Enterprise, OR, Nov 2023. Photo courtesy of Roger Averbeck.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/324669/c8116c99df22a1bc02e177b144bf72006bf7634a/original/end-of-show-thank-you.jpeg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Marika & Dani (The Fruit Snaxxx) performing at the Range Rider in Enterprise, OR, Nov 2023. Photo courtesy of Roger Averbeck.
![In an attempt to figure out how the heck to define my genre/music, we created the "Describe My Music" box. Enterprise, OR, Nov 2023. Photo courtesy of Roger Averbeck.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/324669/fd6f45ef7e42420e37b555d9878933daa93630dc/original/kleenex-box.jpeg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
In an attempt to figure out how the heck to define my genre/music, we created the "Describe My Music" box. Enterprise, OR, Nov 2023. Photo courtesy of Roger Averbeck.
![Sweet, sweet, sweet note in the "Describe My Music" box from my friend DJ, who's been alongside this musical journey since it first began. <3 Photo courtesy of Roger Averbeck.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/324669/0ee490af3469c7f2ebf40340b6bad266fd1c5507/original/dj-note.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Sweet, sweet, sweet note in the "Describe My Music" box from my friend DJ, who's been alongside this musical journey since it first began. <3 Photo courtesy of Roger Averbeck.
![The merch table at my Nov 2023 Range Rider show included gay stickers for "People Like Us" local 2SLGBTQIA+ nonprofit, information on how to act in solidarity with Palestinian liberation, & the queer sex ed zine some folks were trying to get banned. Photo courtesy of Roger Averbeck.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/324669/83c0b3440406778d7bf8de097326ecc441f219bd/original/merch-table.jpeg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
The merch table at my Nov 2023 Range Rider show included gay stickers for "People Like Us" local 2SLGBTQIA+ nonprofit, information on how to act in solidarity with Palestinian liberation, & the queer sex ed zine some folks were trying to get banned. Photo courtesy of Roger Averbeck.
![The Fruit Snaxxx's debut! The Range Rider, Enterprise, OR, Nov 2023. Photo courtesy of Roger Averbeck.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/324669/b453c0043ec12664a987a3941e5723065df09401/original/dani-marika-performing-best-actually.jpeg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
The Fruit Snaxxx's debut! The Range Rider, Enterprise, OR, Nov 2023. Photo courtesy of Roger Averbeck.
![Sun-kissed photo of the handmade flyer for my first hometown show at the Range Rider in Enterprise, OR (Nov 2023). Photo courtesy of Kyrie Weaver.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/324669/9e33235986bda5d28abb6bcbef21fddc80d8f39b/original/kyrie-sunlit-show-flyer.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Sun-kissed photo of the handmade flyer for my first hometown show at the Range Rider in Enterprise, OR (Nov 2023). Photo courtesy of Kyrie Weaver.
![Carting the piano outside for the talent show at Strength for the Journey retreat for people living with HIV/AIDS at Suttle Lake United Methodist Camp (Summer 2023)](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/324669/3d1499b292b9fa151215641bb60f70900ceb3d71/original/suttle-lake-outside-piano.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Carting the piano outside for the talent show at Strength for the Journey retreat for people living with HIV/AIDS at Suttle Lake United Methodist Camp (Summer 2023)
![A lovely concert at Strength for the Journey retreat for people living with HIV/AIDS at Suttle Lake United Methodist Camp with composer Marek Harris (Summer 2023)](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/324669/f3b1adcb2cbc76bdddd97adec08ca37a5ae6a4d9/original/marek-and-marika.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
A lovely concert at Strength for the Journey retreat for people living with HIV/AIDS at Suttle Lake United Methodist Camp with composer Marek Harris (Summer 2023)
![Schmoozing with Dani before my first hometown show, at the Range Rider in Enterprise, OR, Nov 2023. Photo courtesy of Roger Averbeck.](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/324669/7a87d58b20cec64f5d111dc5e2aaec228d845565/original/dani-marika-laughing-in-background.jpeg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Schmoozing with Dani before my first hometown show, at the Range Rider in Enterprise, OR, Nov 2023. Photo courtesy of Roger Averbeck.
![Playing at the top of the world! Aka the top of Mt. Howard Tramway at the head of Wallowa Lake, OR, 8150 ft! (Summer 2023)](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/324669/e4aca2fb4d0b390b58128de46e79a183034d4f03/original/top-of-tram-piano.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Playing at the top of the world! Aka the top of Mt. Howard Tramway at the head of Wallowa Lake, OR, 8150 ft! (Summer 2023)
![Carting the keyboard literally up the tram in a gondola to play on top of the world! Summer 2023, Mt. Howard Tramway, OR](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/324669/1dc698cd9f1d743cee176bbf2d92af799a070b8a/original/tram-me.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sic2l6ZSIsIjM1MHciXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Carting the keyboard literally up the tram in a gondola to play on top of the world! Summer 2023, Mt. Howard Tramway, OR