We missed Dan Hergott on Friday night. We sure hope that his recovery is swift and complete. We had a full show with 17 performances and an appreciative audience. A great big thank-you goes out to everybody who pitched in to pick up the slack for our missing members, especially Irena who carried a car load of sound equipment to and from the community center and then ran the snack and drinks counter, Scott who helped load up and carry some of the sound gear and who set-up and ran the sound system on Friday night and Ellen who did almost all of the announcing.

Our Next Black Walnut Acoustic Open Stage will be Friday, May 15th, 2015. The 17 performers on April 17th were:

1. Wayne Cheater; 2. Randy Bell – NEW; 3. Mike Miller; 4. Gary, Rick and Dan; 5. Sonya Malton – NEW; 6. Jakki Annerino; 7. Dan McQuade and Neil; 8. Randy Ouillette; 9. Scott Abrams; 10.Gary and Dan McQuade; 11.Don Edwards; 12.Natalia Valencia; 13.Cam and Pat; 14.Peter Van der Maas; 15.Ron Hammar; 16.Neil Light; 17.Ed Barrington

We had a fine evening with a great mix of familiar performers and several first-timers on a very chilly Friday evening. A total of 14 performers were:

1. Wayne Cheater; 2. Scott and Amber – NEW; 3. Timberlane Trio; 4. Kate Strathdee & Mike – NEW; 5. Dan Hergott; 6. Jakki Annerino; 7. Randy Ouillette; 8. Vienna D’Amato-Hall – NEW; 9. Adam Lang & John Dooley; 10.David Maranta and Friends; 11.Ron Hammar; 12.Cam and Pat; 13.Neil Light; 14.Lawrence Cresswell

Please take note of our new email addresses.  You can reach us at wayne@blackwalnutfolkclub.com

On Friday, January 16, 2015, Jack Cole and Brad Nelson started off our evening with a two song sample of their Stan Rogers tribute songs.  They are both featured as part of a 3 concert tour in aid of Stanfest.   We had a very fine evening which also featured some jazz numbers complete with guitar, bass and sax and a contemporary dance interpretation.

The next Acoustic Open Stage will be Friday, February 20th. The performers on January 16th were:

1. Jack Cole and Brad Nelson; 2. Timberlane Trio – Dave, Lars & Jeff(NEW); 3. Mike Miller; 4. Dan Hergott; 5. Terry Krentzkamp; 6. Jakki Annerino; 7. Loretta Fullerton & Julia Ridley (NEW); 8. Ron Hammar; 9. Gary and Rick; 10.Dave Maranta; 11.Cam and Pat; 12.Randy Ouillettte; 13.Wayne Cheater; 14.Scott Abrams

On Friday December 19th, We had our best turnout for the year for songs, treats, prizes and all open stage evening with a seasonal flavour. The Open Stage performers were:

1. Ian – NEW, 2. Rick and Gary, 3. Barry Cull, 4. David Maranta, 5. Dan Hergott, 6. Pete Lippert, 7. Jakki Annerino, 8. Randy Ouillette, 9. Lawrence Cresswell, 10.Scott Abrams, 11.John Dooley and Adam Lang, 12.Ron Hammar, 13Arthur Wayne, 14.Cam and Pat, 15.Gord Castle

We hope to see y’all back on Friday, January 16 for our next Acoustic Open Stage.

We had a total of 14 performances, including two who were first timers for the Black Walnut. We know they have previously performed elsewhere. Here is the full list:
1. Lawrence Cresswell, 2. Mike Miller, 3. Dan Hergott, 4. Kiki, Giami & Emily Salvador – NEW, 5. Jim Skura, 6. Barry Cull, 7. Randy Ouillette, 8. Jakki Annerino, 9. Andy Hagan – NEW, 10.Cam and Pat, 11.Scott Abrams, 12.Ron Hammar, 13.Ed Barrington, 14.Wayne Cheater

Hi all you Black Walnuts,

We had a great night on Friday with 1 new performer and 1 new group. I sure hope the Salvador family will come back. They were a real treat! Two of our new performers from October came back as well.

We purchased a new coffee maker this month to make it easier on Karen to brew up the coffee all at one time. We’re grateful to Irena for filling in for Karen this month.

We will be having our usual Christmas door prize draw in December. I’ve received a few donations for the prize draw and Ellen and I will pick up a few more.

See you in December.

Jakki

What a great night on Friday.  We had 5 new performers.  I think that might be a record!  Thanks to Scott for filling in on sound.  We had the Hidden Stories crew, Martin DeGroot, Gabe, Cole and Alissa from the Multicultural Cinema Club from the Working Centre.  They said they may be back next month to do some more filming.  The acoustic open stage will be back on Friday November 21st.

On Friday October 17, the Open Stage Performers were: 1. Adam Lang 2. Tibor – NEW 3. Ron Hammar – NEW 4. Mike Miller – NEW 5. Scott Abrams 6. Randy Ouillette 7. Jakki Annerino 8. Lawrence Cresswell 9. Neil Light – NEW 10. Wayne Cheater 11.Kevin Smith – NEW 12.David Maranta

On September 19, 2014, we celebrated 20 years of Black Walnut Open Stages. We had the biggest turnout since our Valdy concert 10 years ago. While about 90 folks turned out to celebrate it was mostly about the music and that night it was a full evening concert by Rescue Junction. We put a photo of the band on our Performers pictures page.

We’ll be back on Friday, October 17th with our open stage. 

We are getting excited about our Rescue Junction concert on Friday, September 19th, 2014 at 8 pm. The doors will open at 7:oo pm and the cost is just $3 at the door.

I have been listening to some of their songs at http://rescuejunctionband.com/home