A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Checkerboard
February isn’t very far away… Ground Hog Day Festivities in Wiarton are going to be bigger and better than ever before.
George Arthur Burnside is producing a live variety show which will be the Wake Up Willie Kickoff Event for the newly improved and expanded Wiarton Willie Festival. The show is on Monday February 01, 2010, 8:00 p.m. at Peninsula Shores District School in Wiarton.
The cast of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Checkerboard includes Sharon and George, Suzanne Beaudry, Bill Dickson and Max Clark (musical director) – we’re in rehearsals now.
There is limited seating for this one show only performance… so get your tickets early!!
Tickets are $15. each and can be bought in advance at Northern Confections in Wiarton, Macbeths Cafe & Bakery in Sauble Beach and Stedmans in Tobermory.
For more information, please call 519-534-1400 ext. 123.
It would be great to see you there!
Lauren Best with Tyler Wagler in Concert
Looking for something fun and exciting to do? Why not catch Lauren Best and Tyler Wagler in concert December 29th (Tuesday) at the Downtown Bookstore in Owen Sound. You can find the Downtown Bookstore at 926 2nd Ave. East.
Doors open at 7:30 pm and the music starts at 8:00 pm.
Tickets are just $10 and can be bought at the door.
Sliding Scale Tickets available upon request. Call 519-372-6431.
You can check out Lauren’s website at LaurenBest.com
First Rate People Album Release Show
Local indie collective First Rate People play a record release show. 7:30PM at Mudtown Pottery (across from the Bayshore arena) on Sunday, December 27, 2009. Admission by donation.
If you’ve never had a chance to catch a performance by First Rate People, make sure you book your calendar for the 27th to see them. You won’t be disappointed.
For more information you are encouraged to visit www.myspace.com/firstratepeople.
“This should be a great time. FRP is one of my favourite musical phenomena to arise in Owen Sound over the past few years. Loads of fun for all ages.”
Doug Cleverley
Singer-Songwriters of Grey Bruce
This is a group of singer-songwriters of all ages, experience, and genres. Meetings are held monthly for a songwriting circle which includes special speakers and musicians, workshops, open mic, and song critiques.
NEXT MEETING – Mon Dec 14, 7:30pm – The Downtown Bookstore, Owen Sound – special guest Richard Knechtel
January 11th – special guest Tara MacKenzie – vocal technique
February 8th – special guest Tommy Gilham – the Nashville experience, commercial writing, and co-writing
The group has a facebook page that features various artists from the area. Upcoming events are posted as well. What a great way for musicians and music lovers to share information and get the message out there. Don’t have a facebook profile? …perhaps you should sign up to see what you’re missing. Links to artists’ websites, photos, information, discussion and a list of events. You’ll know where to go to be in the midst of all the music.
Don’t want to join facebook and become a fan? That’s ok. All you have to do is show up at the next meeting or contact Connie Sinclair-Rossitter & Beth Hamilton beckon.official@gmail.com and they’ll get you the information you need.
70th Annual Christmas Fund Broadcast
The 70TH ANNUAL Christmas Fund Broadcast will take place at the Roxy Theatre in downtown Owen Sound and air LIVE on 560 CFOS from 12pm to 9pm on Sunday, December 6, 2009.
This year, the Christmas Fund supports the all-new Owen Sound Regional Recreation Complex and 20 other local charities! Our fundraising goal this year is $70,000, with $50,000 of that to go to the new rec complex, and $20,000 to divide equally among the twenty local charities.
Listen live on 560 CFOS or come and watch the performers yourself at the Roxy.
To make a pledge, you may do so at the Bayshore Broadcasting studios in downtown Owen Sound or call us at 519-376-2030.
To become a part of this marathon of local talent, register at the Bayshore Broadcasting studios or call us for more information at 519-376-2030.
To read a letter from the General Manager of Bayshore Broadcasting, Ross Kenter about the broadcast or to print a pledge form, please visit the website or use these handy links.
Larry Mercey Trio Concert
The combination of professional, genuine family entertainment with a decidedly local flavour has an almost sold-out performance later this month at Central Westside United Church in Owen Sound.
Larry Mercey Trio heads the bill with George Lonsbury Jr., and Al Alderson bringing country music originals as well as old favorites. Juanita Wilkins also brings her trio to provide some songs with a folk flavour. Providing some levity in the afternoon of music is Country Clem (Don Vair) a funny man reminiscent of Red Skelton.
The variety concert on November 22, runs from 2:30 p.m. To 4:30 p.m. Followed by a reception when the audience may meet and mingle with the performers and enjoy refreshments in the Friendship Room.
Larry Mercey and his trio bring the country legend’s sound that has been around since 1957 when Larry and his brother Ray pursued a singing career. With brother Lloyd they morphed into The Mercey Brothers in 1961, releasing chart singles and winning Best Country Artist Juno’s from 1969 to 1972 and being inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame in 1989.
Juanita Wilkins is a songwriter and likes to perform music that reflects her southern Ontario roots. Many will have caught her act at Summerfolk this year.
Don Vair’s Country Clem has been enjoyed throughout southern Ontario and he is also an accomplished pianist and guitar player. We are sure his down home humour will be appreciated.
Tickets for the show are almost sold out! News has got around about Larry Mercey bringing his trio and guests to Owen Sound next Sunday (November 22, 2009).
Several bus loads of visitors are coming to the Rhythm & Pews performance at Central Westside United Church and then taking in the Festival of Northern Lights, an award-winning display of coloured lights flanking the banks of Sydenham River in Owen Sound.
Larry Mercey Trio Concert
Date & Time: November 22, 2009 2:30p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Tickets: $20 advance; $25 at the door
Location: Central Westside United Church, 3rd Avenue & 10th Street West, Owen Sound
Performers: Larry Mercey, George Lonsbury Jr. and Al Alderson (Larry Mercey Trio)
Juanita Wilkins Trio
Don Vair (Country Clem)
More information:
Doreen Fawcett 519-376-3636
Central Westside United Church 519-376-8319
www.merceybrothers.com
www.juanitawilkins.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcM7N-P-0hA
www.centralwestside.ca
Calling All Area Filmmakers
Owen Sound Youth Film Festival
Attention young filmmakers! The Owen Sound & North Grey Union Public Library is excited to present the first ever Owen Sound Youth Film Festival and requires amateurs to submit their cinematic productions.
Submissions of short animated or live action films of less than 10 minutes in length from students enrolled in grades 7 through 12 may be submitted. Interested teens can pick up an application form from the Library or download a copy from the Teen Buzz section of the Library’s website. Deadline for submissions is January 8th, 2010.
Selected films will be shown at a festival screening to take place in the Library Auditorium on February 4th, 2010 at 7:00 pm. Winners will be selected by a panel of industry judges and announced during the screening.
For more information about the Owen Sound Youth Film Festival please contact Nadia Danyluk, Children & Youth Services Librarian at 519-376-6623 ext. 4 or email ndanyluk@owensound.library.on.ca.
Jacob Moon in Concert
He entertained us at Summerfolk this past summer and now he’s back to do it again…
The Georgian Bay Folk Society is proud to present
Jacob Moon at Knox United Church in Owen Sound on Friday, November 20, 2009 at 8:00 p.m.
Admission: $15.
To reserve or purchase tickets, contact The Georgian Bay Folk Society by calling 519-371-2995 or emailing gbfs@bmts.com
The following is taken from his myspace page:
Jacob Moon comes by it honestly. His mother is a singer, and his father cut his teeth playing 12-string in Kingston Trio-style folk bands of the 60s. Moon himself came to music in his teen years, when he often skipped school to work on lifting guitar solos by greats such as Mark Knopfler and the Edge. Since then, he has been refining his craft and redefining what it means to be a singer, a songwriter, and a guitarist. His high level of skill in each of these areas has meant that he has been able to tour solo most of the time, and his touring has brought him clear across Canada and into the US. His passionate vocals and inspired lyrics are given flight by his total command of the guitar, which at times sounds like an entire orchestra, owing to his use of the JamMan, a live looping device that allows him to more fully realize his onstage ambitions as a solo artist. The opportunity to hear and experience a Jacob Moon show is not to be missed. He has four successful independently produced CDs to his credit, incuding “Eventide”(2005), his latest CD, which has earned him 5 Hamilton Music Awards nominations, top honours at the Unisong Song contest in Hollywood, CA and ‘Folk artist of the year’ by the Toronto Independent Music Awards in Oct ‘06. Social justice is something very close to Jacob’s heart, and so for many years he has been active in raising funds for many worthy organizations through his concerts, including: Compassion Canada, International Justice Mission, ADRA, Wesley Urban Ministries, and many private schools across Canada.
Visit Jacob’s website here.
Visit Jacob’s myspace page here.
100 Squares
The Biggest Little Show in Town
November 13 to December 31 2009
Area artists have been invited to submit art for the annual 100 Squares show and sale, beginning November 13, 2009. One 100 mm (10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm) square area of wall space is available to the first one hundred artists to register, for the exhibition of a miniature work in any medium. The show is non-juried and the works will be for sale through the Gallery Shop, with a portion of the proceeds supporting programming at the Tom Thomson Art Gallery.
Deadline for submissions is November 6, 2009. Application forms can be found by following this link.
Owen Sound Cultural Awards
The cultural awards ceremony was held last night (October 15, 2009) at the Roxy in downtown Owen Sound. We have such a rich culture here in our city.
The first winner of the Owen Sound Cultural Award for lifetime achievement in the arts was well known and repected, retired music teacher and luthier, Ed Bartlett.
Some of the other winners:
Sheila Milne, for dance; Owen Sound Little Theatre, for theatre; Sebastian Ostertag, for best emerging artist; Richard Thomas for literature and Larry Jensen for music. Sandra and Andrew Goss won in the category of visual and media arts. Eva Leflar, a long-standing patroness of the arts in Owen Sound, won the patron award. Ningwakwe Press won the award for cultural heritage. The new health unit building on the waterfront won the award for architectural design.
Here’s a quick look near the end of the evening.
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