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My mother, the pilot of the PONTIAC ROCKET; seamstress on the OLD SINGER SEWING MACHINE; and mender of BROKEN things has retruned to her Heavenly home.  How we will miss her! Afton Parrish Hansen, 88, gracefully stepped into eternity on August 22nd, 2012 from her home in Farmington, Utah.  She was lovingly surrounded by the ones to whom she had given life. Though her heart was stilled, her love and influence live on. Born November 13, 1923 in Blackfoot ID to George Washin

Where: Bountiful Utah Main Park When: 6:30 pm Who: Women of Folk (Kat Tingey/ Jen Hajj/ Cori Connors) Bring your lawn chairs or blankets, and perhaps a picnic dinner. Playground for kids. Music for grown ups. Sponsored by MURPHYS GUITARS

On Monday May 14th I'll join Jake White, Mike Murphy and Kat TIngey for a WRITERS IN THE ROUND Benefit Concert, in support of MS Research. The concert will be held at the Wight House in Bountiful UT. Concert Details: Jake White, Kat Tingey, Mike Murphy, Cori Connors. May 14th, 2012. Wight House Reception Center State Room. Doors open at 6:30pm. Concert begins at 7:00pm. Tickets: $10 Adults, $7 Children (under 12), $40 Family (up to 3 adult and 3 child). Tickets available at M

One of the beneifts of Benefits (concerts where the performance is donated and the cost of the ticket goes to a worthy cause...like helping kids in local hospitals) is getting to play with friends. Our payment is your applause (and the "warm fuzzy" of service) Tonight I'll be doing a writers in the round set with my buddies Dave and Carls Eskelsen. Other performers include Nelson Barrs and Troy Wood's band, as well as Miss Farmington Jessica Francis. This concert benefits t

It's the Holy Season, the season of Lent, the time between Ash Wednesday and Easter, when people of certain faiths sacrifice something in the name of the Lord.  Though I am not a Catholic and my religiion doesn't officially observe Lent, I have chosen for the last few years to make a personal Lenten sacrifice.  Where I grew up, in Pennsylvania, my friends gave up things like chocolate, or soda pop, or kissing.  But I determined to make a sacrifice of commission rather than om

I'm delighted to be sharing a Writers in the Round set with my friends Peter Breinholt and Nancy Hanson this coming Saturday at Mountain View High School in Orem, UT.  Come share in the good energy...and at the same time help make a child's wish come true. "Five of Utah’s top entertainers: Peter Breinholt, Cori Connors, Jessie Clark Funk, Nancy Hanson and David Tolk, will perform on March 17 at Mountain View High School in Orem, Utah, in a concert to benefit the Utah Chapter

I t's late at night, after midnight, and I should be heading to bed.  But I felt a need to pause and post a quick THANK YOU to those who share my heart through my music.  It has been a gloriously fulfilling and heartwarming holiday performance season for me.  The Lord blessed me with relatively good health.  I did not try to cut any of my fingers off this year (as I did last year!).  My throat remained strong and healthy in spite of many around me lovingly sharing their germs

A few years back I wrote this little essay which was published in one of my favorite little magazines called GUIDEPOSTS.  I printed copies of it this past Monday when I shared my table with 10 beautiful young women whom I teach in church.  They come to my house every month for what we call Laurel Lunch during the school day. We try to have everything prepared for them so they can sweep in, gobble goodness, and head back to school without needing a written excuse for being lat