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Report on the October 19th Black Walnut Acoustic Open Stage
A goodly multitude managed to navigate the road construction closure for the Open Stage on October 18th. We had twelve fine musical performers and a couple of encores to round out the evening. We’ll be back on Friday November 16th with another all Open stage event.
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Report On The September 21, 2012 Black Walnut Acoustic Open Stage
Our 2012-13 season got off to a fine start on September 21. Most people found the new temporary driveway on Stirling Avenue got them in without dealing with the road construction. We had great turnout and were treated by one new performer and a return from Three folks that we used to see and hear on a regular basis. (more…)
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We Are Going to the Millrace
The Millrace Festival of Traditional Folk Music, in Cambridge August 3-5 is the biggest Local Festival. Check it out. For info go to http://www.millracefolksociety.com/
In addition to lots of concerts and work shops featuring top musicians from a wide variety of traditions there are dances, playing sessions and sing-a-rounds, all in the beautiful downtown Galt area of Cambridge. Plus it is free of charge. So, check it out, buy a program, make a donation, sing some songs and join the Millrace folk Society.
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The Twenfth Annual Black Walnut Campfire is on Saturday July 7
Well folkies, the club is off for the summer until September 21, 2012.
BUT: The twelfth Annual Campfire is on Saturday July 7, 2012. For more info, check your email. If you aren’t on our email list you could call Jim at 519-699-4520 for more info. -
The Last Open Stage For the Season Was June 15th
We had a great evening with top notch performances and announced a new name for our event. Starting immediately our monthly music event will no longer be called the “Black Walnut Folk Club”. The new name is (drum-roll please) the “Black Walnut Acoustic Open Stage” (more…)
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Read All About the Open Stage on May 18th.
On Friday May 18th, 2012, the Folk Club was an All Open Stage. It was one of our better turnouts this year and the variety and entertainment was terrific. On a sadder note, a bike that was parked in the Hallway was reported stolen during the evening. There are lots of times when nobody from the club is in the hallway so there is a risk for any property that is left outside in the hallway. I am not aware of any previous incident like that, but it could happen again, so be warned. (more…)
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Don Sawchuck Was the Featured Performer April 20, 2012
Those who chose to drive around the “road closed” signs on Friday night were treated to a fine opening set by Don Sawchuk. They also found that there is actually no construction happening around the Mill Courtland Community Centre or the access to the driveway on Mill Street. Don was accompanied by Don Pharoah on percussion and Gwen Potter on Viola. We got to hear some of Don’s work at the Black Walnut Folk Club last year and at an open sing-around that he hosted for us at the Millrace Festival in August, it was clear that Don’s musical ability was outstanding. Don is a singer-songwriter who grows on you some more each time you get to see him perform. You can see him on Youtube including this link: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/feature-spotlight-maxwells-open-mic .”
Some of our regular open stage performers did not make it but we had 15 open stage acts after Don was finished. Apologies to the last two performers who were limited to 1 song each because we ran out of time. We even had two first time Black Walnut performers as follows:
Nathan Few
Dan Hergott
Dan Kearney
Gwen Potter
Randy Ouillette
Russ Bishop
Scott Abrams
Robbie Hancock – NEW
David Maranta
Wayne Cheater
Bruce Williams
Kim Ellis
Ruth Jenkins
Peter Light
Dan Pharoah – NEWNext Month on Friday May 18, we’ll be back with an all open stage evening.
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The Black Walnut Was All Open Stage On Friday March 16th
The Black Walnut was all open stage with a total of 15 performances on Friday, March 16th. Next month we will feature Don Sawchuk, who will start the evening with a set of 6 of his great songs. We got just a sample last Friday night. The open Stage performers were:
Jakki Annerino
Don Sawchuk
Dan Hergott
Gwen Potter & Russ Bishop – NEW to BWFC
Jack Guest
David Maranta
Peter Light and Gwen Potter
Randy Ouillette
Cam and Pat (followed by a short break)
Wayne Cheater
Kim Ellis
Scott Abrams
Ted Shapiro
Shawn Masterman
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More Open Stage Updates
Sometimes we have such a good time we don’t notice when one or two people are really messing things up for numerous other people. That is when people complain, and that is what they should do. Last month we had a couple of songs that were had offensive language and or subject matter. We arent going to identify them here. The other thing is that one performer used twice as much time as most people to do two songs. It was way more than 10 minutes.
Here is an important addition to our “Updates” for the Open Stage performers:
8.We will probably not let you know how much time you have left after you finish your first song, unless you ask. If you have less than 3 minutes left you probably should not start another song. To help you out with this, understand that if your songs are each more than 4 minutes long, you probably won’t have time for more than one song, because it always take at least a minute for you to get on-stage and ready to start your first song.
9. Black Walnut, the Mill Courtland Community Centre are family friendly. Some performers have slipped some offensive language and subjects into their songs and it does get us a bad response from people who need to let us know how offensive that is. They are right to complain. Choose appropriate material, always.