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Love-O-Grams

It’s something different. Anyone can buy flowers or candy.

There are plenty of ordinary ways to celebrate Valentine’s Day (think chocolates, flowers and dinner), but local singer, songwriter and guitarist Mike McKay has figured out a new V-Day plan. Last year he started Love-O-Grams, a personal song-delivery service, in which the traveling troubadour entertains girlfriends, wives and significant others via song. On Valentine’s Day he’ll average about 30 love-o-grams within the 12-hour day, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. “Every reaction {last year} was incredible,” he says. “It’s a very human thing. There was one person, a professional soccer player, who lives far away from here, but his girlfriend is here. I sang a song about being far away from the person you love and she lost her mind.” The idea didn’t take long to take off. McKay received an overwhelming response just after posting it to his Facebook page last year. This year’s demand is so great, McKay has also enlisted singer, songwriter and pianist Just Joe in the operation as well. McKay hopes the idea will eventually grow into a year-round business.
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