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l fOLK mUSIC MEETS THE SUPER 8

l COLLEEN PETERSON SONGWRITING AWARD

l YOUTH MENtorship: WHO'S TEACHING WHO?

Winter 2009

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2008/09

Executive Committee

President – Paul Mills..............paul@themillstream.comVice President – Ellen Hamilton........ lfrog@kingston.netTreasurer – Dennis Landry..... landry.dennis@gmail.comSecretary................................................ position.vacantMember at Large -Tina DesRoches..................grassrootsontour@yahoo.caPast President - Aengus Finnan............finnan@eagle.ca

Directors

Richard Flohil................................ rflohil@sympatico.caDan Greenwood.........................greenwoodd@socan.caTamara Kater...................tkater@winnipegfolkfestival.caDan Kershaw..................................kershawd@socan.caLarry LeBlanc............................................ ljle@aol.comPaul Loewenberg......... paulfromsudbury@sympatico.caNicole Rochefort...............nicolerochefort@hotmail.comCandace Shaw.......................candaceshaw@gmail.comJan Vanderhorst......................... justusfolk@rogers.com

STAFFExecutive DirectorPeter MacDonald................pmacdonald@ocff.ca

General ManagerJennifer Fornelli......................... jfornelli@ocff.ca

Youth and Community Outreach Manager Erin Barnhardt.......................ebarnhardt@ocff.ca

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Table of Contents

President’s Voice ...................................................................................................................................... 4

Executive Director’s Message ................................................................................................................... 5

OCFF Board Nominations......................................................................................................................... 6

The OCFF In Memphis .............................................................................................................................. 6

History of the Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award ................................................................................. 7

New Members ........................................................................................................................................... 8

Making Films with Grade Sixes at Holy Cross Catholic School................................................................ 9

Canadian Music Week Discounted Registration Rates .......................................................................... 11

Youth Mentorship: Who’s Teaching Who? ............................................................................................... 12

Chansons du Fond du Coeur 2008 ........................................................................................................ 13

Some Changes at the Heart of Things ................................................................................................... 13

Conference Steering Committee Plans ................................................................................................... 16

Greening of the OCFF ............................................................................................................................. 17

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The president’s voice by Paul Mills

Little did I know when Ijoined the OCFF over a dozenyearsago that IwouldonedaybeitsPresident!Ifeeltrulyhon-ouredtohavebeenelectedtothispositionandlookforwardtoitschallenges. My first two years on theBoard have been enormouslyrewarding. This is one of thestrongestBoards in thehistoryof the OCFF, populated with abunchofreallysmartanddedi-cated people with an enormousrangeofexperienceandwisdom.Iwouldliketoparticularlywel-come the three new Directorswho were elected at this year’sconference:DanGreenwood,Ta-maraKaterandLarryLeBlanc.

Theyarealreadydemonstratingwhytheydeservedyoursupportatthepollsastheyjoinateamofindividualsthattrulycaresabouttheorganizationandisfullyen-gagedinitsfuture. Iwouldalsoliketoacknowl-edgetheenormouscontributionsof those Directors who left ourranksinthepastyear.HeartfeltthankstoAengusFinnan,PeterMacDonaldandKarenFlanaganMcCarthy,theformerPresident,TreasurerandSecretary.IwillbeforevergratefultothesethreeforhelpingtolaythefirmfoundationuponwhichtheOCFFcanmoveforward to become even better.ThanksalsotoSubaSankaran,who gave us two years on theBoard,buthadtoleavetoattendtoanexplodingcareer.Ourbestwishesforcontinuedsuccessgoouttoher.TinaDesRocheswasappointedbytheBoardtocom-plete Suba’s term as the Mem-ber-at-Large on the ExecutiveCommittee. Thanks, Tina andwelcome! Speaking of Peter MacDon-ald, after resigning from theBoard last October, he success-fully pursued the position ofExecutiveDirector.AstheheadoftheE.D.SearchCommittee,Icanonlysay that I’mdelightedhe did! As our new Executive

Director, Peter is already mak-inganenormousimpact.IknowthatheandtheBoardwillmakeagreatteam. So now what? As the NewYearunfolds,youwillbehearingmorefrommeandothersaboutthe future of the OCFF. Thetime has come for us to take acloselookatwhatwedoandhowwedoit,withaviewtomakingsomesignificantchanges.Inthecomingyear,yourBoardandstaffwillbeconductingafundamentalstrategic review to determinehowwecanbetterserveyou,themembership,andwe’llbeseek-ingyour input invariousways:surveys, Maplepost discussions,and face-to-face meetings. Ourannual conference is still thesinglebiggestthingwedoandwewanttoensurethatitcontinuestogrowandimprove,butwealsoneedtolookatimprovingandin-creasingtheservicesweprovidethroughouttheyear.IwouldaskeachofyoutothinkaboutwhatyouwouldliketheOCFFtodoforyouasafestival,organizationorindividualmember. AlongwithDanGreenwood,theChairofournewly-formedStrategicPlanningCommittee,Ilookforwardtothechallengeofpullingallofthisin-puttogetherandhelpingtomaketheOCFFeverythingyouwantittobe.

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS

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Executive director’s message- First, we listenby Peter MacDonald

Swirlingaroundusarehar-bingersofdoomandgloom,readyto pounce and steal our senseofhopeandvitality:a financialcrisis, war, climate change andpolitical instability. We see artsfunding cuts, transit strikes(thisiswritteninOttawaonday45withnoend in sight...), andCanada’s winter weather – alltryingtobeatusdownandkeepuscaged. As individuals, it seems asthoughwecan’tdomuchtoeffectchange,thoughwedotry,don’twe? Yet we persevere and findmethodstocope,modify,conquerandsucceed.Whatisitaboutus,themembersoftheOCFF,whichmakesusmoreresilientthantheaverageperson? Welisten.Weact.Weneverstoptryingtomakethingsbetter.Others share those traits but Ipropose that because we do sointhecrucibleofourfestival-re-latedactivitiesweareabletoseeabrighter,morehopeful futureoneveryhorizon.Whatcouldbemoreofalitmustestofcharac-ter, talent and personal energythanworking,nearlyalwaysasavolunteer,toimprovethelotofour communities by spreadingmusic,dance,crafts,visualarts,hospitalityandcreativitytothosewhoneedhopeoratleastdiver-sion, for a day, a weekend or aweekormore? Forthoseofusluckyenoughto make a living in the Arts,as performers, administrators,suppliersorserviceorganizationstaff,therewardsgofarbeyonda somewhat dependable paycheque.Sincestartinginthispo-sitioninNovember,Ihavecometoworkeachdayfullyawarethatmyplaceinthisworldexistsasa“luxury”–Iworksothatoth-erscanplay.IfIdomyjobwell,

then OCFF members will feelbetter-supported and they willputsmilesonfacesandincreasetheculturalrichnessofourcom-munities. Howcanwe,together,makethe OCFF better able to meetthese challenges? We must askhard questions about what wedo and how we do it. We mustengageoneanother insubstan-tive,genuineandempatheticdia-logue.Wemustbeeagertohearconstructivecriticism.Then,wecan deliberate about our pres-entandourfuturewithoutfearof recriminationand we’ll onceagainrealizethatourchallengesare similar, often only changedin relative terms by the size ofour events. Isn’t that how thisorganizationbeganin1986? In recent meetings withOCFFfunders,wewerepraisedforthebreadthofourofferingsasanArtsServicesOrganization,andinthesamebreathencour-agedtodomoreforourmembers.TheOCFFstaffhelda two-dayretreatduringwhichwedidnoretreating!Weheldamagnifyingglasstoouractivitiesandcameaway convinced thatwe candomore.TheOCFFBoardhasem-barkedonaStrategicPlanningprocess that will involve mem-

bersateverystep.Wehavebegunface-to-face consultations withmembers, and they are alreadyyieldingsignificantresults,withmoremeetingsbeingplanned. Thecomingyearwillbeoneofchallenge,dialogueandexcitingrenewal.Therearefestival-goerswhoseliveswillbeforeveralteredbytheamazingexperiencestheyhave at festivals in 2009. Vol-unteerswillbeexhausted,thenrejuvenated. Organizers will beremindedofthereasonstheydowhattheydo.Thefolkandrootscommunity will be enriched inmorewaysthanwecanpossiblyimagine. Butfirst,welisten.

HAVE YOU MOVED..?…or.has.your.contact.information.changed?..Please.take.a.moment.to.

send.us.your.new.details,.either.by.e-mail.(admin@ocff.ca).or.by.snail.mail.to:

OCFF508-B Gladstone Avenue

Ottawa, ON K1R 5P1Be.sure.to.include.your.name,.postal.address,.phone.number,.e-mail.address.and.website,.as.well.as.any.business.contact.information..

Thanks.for.helping.us.keep.our.records.straight!

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TheBoardofDirectorsoftheOCFFislookingtofill4Direc-torpositionsforthe2009-2010year. Directors are elected bythe membership via advancedballoting during the summerandliveballotingattheannualconference. TheBoardisresponsibleforcreatingtheOCFF’spolicies,forfundraising, and for strategicplanning.TheExecutiveDirec-tor reports to the Board; theBoard is inturnresponsibletothe membership. To this end,weareseekingnomineestotheBoardpossessingskillsinsomeor all of the following areas:Fundraising, Communications,Marketing/Public Relations,FinancesandPolicy,ProcedureandGovernance. DirectorsoftheOCFFcom-mit to a 3-year term with theBoard. During that time eachBoard member is expected tochairacommitteeoftheBoard,sit on an additional committeeandmayalsobeconsideredforapositionontheExecutiveCom-mittee.

If you know someone whowouldbeacandidateforaposi-tionontheOCFFBoardofDi-rectorspleaseencouragethemtostandforelectiontotheBoard.You may nominate yourself ifyoufeelyouareaqualifiedcan-didate.Aprimerentitled“WhattoExpectIfYou’reElected”canbesenttoanyonethinkingaboutservingthemembershipinthisimportantcapacity.Nominationscanbereceivedinoneofthreeways:1. Fromindividualmembers2. FromtheNominating Committee

3. Expressionsofinterest fromindividualmembers Inallcases,thenominatingformontheOCFFwebsitemustbe completed and submittedonorbeforeJuly15, 2009.Allnominees will be reviewed bythe Board and a final slate ofcandidates will be proposed tothemembershipforelection. Pleaseconsiderthismattercarefully.Thisisyourchancetohelp shape the country’s fore-mostadvocateforthefolk,rootsandtraditionalcommunity.

Ocff board nominationsby Jan Vanderhorst

L-R: Paul Mills, Candace Shaw, Larry LeBlanc, Richard Flohil, Tamara Kater, Dan Greenwood, Jan Vanderhorst, Dan Kershaw, Paul Loewenberg, Tina DesRoches, Nicole Rochefort, Dennis Landry, Aengus Finnan, Peter MacDonald. Missing: Ellen Hamilton

The ocff in memphis by Erin Barnhardt

TheOCFF ispleased tobepresenting our annual Ontarioartist showcase at the 21stannualFolkAllianceconferencein Memphis, TN. The OCFFshowcase will take place onFriday, February 20th from6:00pm–10:30pmintheNatchezRoomattheMemphisMarriott,andwillfeature:• CarlosdelJunco&The BluesMongrels• MadisonViolet• TheCreakingTreeString Quartet• LynnMiles• DALA

• TreasaLevasseur We would also like to con-gratulate The Funky Mamas,EnochKent,KenWhiteleyandLeeHarveyOsmondforsecuringPerformanceAlleyshowcasesatthisyear’sFolkAllianceconfer-ence. The OCFF will once againbepartneringwithotherCana-dianmusicindustryassociationsto deliver the Pan-CanadianInitiative (PCI)at theFolkAl-liance conference. The OCFF,Folquébec, ECMA, ManitobaMusic, MusicYukon and FolkAllianceCanadawillbehosting

anetworkingreception,creatingcohesivepromotionalmaterialsand supporting the CanadianfolkandrootsmusicindustryinMemphis. ThePCIwillalsobeworkingclosely with the Sweet BeaverSuite,whichwillbebackattheFolk Alliance conference thisyear. WearepleasedtobeabletosupportOntarioartistswhileinMemphis as we will be repre-senting them in the CanadianCorridoroftheExhibitHall,soifyouareinMemphis,pleasestopby!

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History of the colleen petersonsongwriting award

Iwasoutstackingwoodona somewhat grey drizzly daythis past September when myportable phone rang. I reluc-tantly answered (breaking thenicerhythmIhadgoing).ItwasMylesWarrenfromtheOntarioArts Council calling to tell methatIwasthisyear’srecipientoftheColleenPetersonSongwrit-ingAward.Thenewsjustabouttookmybreathaway.Inthenexthoursmythoughtsraced.Wow!Whatafantastichonour!Whatan amazing irony! Hey, we’rebothPeterboroughgirls! ItwassevenyearsagoattheBlack Sheep Inn in Wakefield,Quebecthatmyfriendandfel-lowsongwriterLauraBirdandI were sharing the stage. IbackedLauraonColleen’ssong‘Delaney’;she’dintroducedthesong with a little info aboutColleenandwhatagreatsong-writer she was. Coincidentally,Richard Patterson, Colleen’soldfriendandformerdrummer,was in the audience. After theshow,RichardandLaurachattedabout their mutual admirationforColleen,andRichardhadlotsofanecdotesaboutplayingandtouring with her. On the wayback to my place, Laura com-mentedthatshewishedsomeonewoulddosomethingtorecognizeColleen’scontributiontoCana-dianmusicandkeephermemoryalive.Shetossedabouttheidea–thedream–thatperhapsthereshouldbeasongwritingawardinColleen’sname. We talked about it somemore at my kitchen table, butlittle did I know Laura woulddevote almost the whole nextyeartoestablishingtheaward,working in tandem with Col-

leen’ssister,ShirleyRichardson.Together they raised $20,000,afterwardnegotiatingwith theOntario Arts Council to takeovermanagementoftheaward.InOctober2002,theyorganizeda fundraiserconcertatHugh’sRoominTorontoasatributetoColleen.Iwashonouredtopar-ticipateintheshowthatalsofea-turedQuartette’sSylviaTyson,CaitlinHanford,CindyChurchand Gwen Swick, Colleen’ssongwritingpartnerNancySim-monds,GeorgetteFry,KatherineWheatley,SuzieVinnick,LauraBird, Rebecca Campbell andTannis Slimmon. The all-starbackupbandconsistedofAnneLindsay,WendellFergusonandDavidWoodhead. Adayor sobefore thegig,manyofusgatheredatShirley’shouseforapractice.Shirleysaiditwasgreattohavemusiciansinthehouseagain-thattheevent

was healing for her. Colleen’sMomandseveralothermembersofherfamilyattendedthecon-certandenjoyedthetribute. The first Colleen PetersonSongwritingAwardwasgivenoutin2003,toEvalynParry.Sub-sequentyears’winners includeDavidGillis,LoriCullen&BrianMacMillan,AndySheppardandBrooke Miller. My award-win-ning song, ‘Feet Be Still’, wasinspiredbytheemailsIreceivedfromOliverSchroerlastwinter:thoseheartfeltmissiveshesentmanyfriends,studentsandfansabouthisjourneytotheendofhis life. InJune,aboutaweekbefore he died, I visited Oliverat Princess Margaret HospitalinTorontoandplayed‘FeetBeStill’forhim.Heapproved. Thank you Colleen, thankyouOliver,thankyouLauraandShirley!Thankyoujudges,On-tarioArtsCouncilandOCFF!

by Chris MacLean

Laura.BirdPixie.Cram

Lindsay.FergusonDrew.GonsalvesMelissa.Greener

Linda.GrenierJason.Laprade

Jay.LindenChris.MacLean

Rozalind.MacPhailDan.McKinnonTiiu.Millistver

2008.ART.BEAT.PROGRAM.PARTICIPANTS

The.OCFF.would.like.to.thank.the.following.artists.for.devoting.their.time.and.energy.during.the.2008.OCFF.Conference.to.the.Art.Beat.Program:

Derek.OliveRosemary.PhelanBrian.Sanderson

Sheesham.and.LotusTannis.Slimmon

Kuljit.SodhiCharlie.SohmerSue.and.Dwight

David.TilstonEd.Winacott

The.ChoirgirlzThe.undesirables

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The OCFF welcomes the following new Members who joined us since the last issue of Folk Prints.

New Individual MembersONTARIOCoco Love Alcorn, TorontoKatherine Babiuk, BramptonAlex Bordokas, TorontoMartin Cooper, Owen SoundGrier Coppins, Highland GroveKen Dow, Owen SoundChristophe Elie, OttawaRobert Fenton, TorontoTerry Gillespie, Vankleek HillShamus Hannah, CobourgPeter Howlett, GuelphPeter Katz, TorontoGrit Laskin, TorontoEllen Long, TorontoJack Marks, ClaremontMarvin Miller, OttawaStacy Ricker, Toronto

NEW.MEMBERS.WINTER.2009

Christina Rieder, TorontoDonné Roberts, TorontoDaniel Sky, TorontoDiane Vezina, TorontoJake Willis, Guelph

New Organizational MembersAmnesty International, OttawaCanadian Grand Masters Fiddling Association, OttawaClick Track Audio Inc., OttawaPoor Angus, Hamilton

New Out-of-Province Individual MembersNorma MacDonald, Halifax, NSTatiana Nemchin, Gatineau, QCMickey Quase, Halifax, NSAndrew Smith, Kelowna, BC

New Out-of-Province Associate Organizational MembersIndica Records/Iguana Management, Montréal, QC

The OCFF Board of Directors and Staff have been reviewing the requirements for membership in the OCFF. Effective immediately, all out-of-province Organizational Members will be classified as “Associate Organizational Mem-bers” and will become non-voting members. This will distinguish them from Ontario-based orga-nizations until a complete review of the membership structure can be completed. This change will bring us in line with the current OCFF Bylaws (8.02.02), which state that organizations must be Ontario-based.

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It was an overcast weekin early October when I wentto Holy Cross School, nearMooney’s Bay, to teach severalgradesixstudentshowtomakefilmsusingsuper-8.Iwasgreet-edbyMr.Dundin,thegrade5/6teacher, and Brian Sanderson,who had spent the morningteaching folk songs that thestudentswouldlaterbesingingalongto,whiletheirfilmswereprojected at the OCFF confer-ence.Itaughtintheafternoonsthatweek,whileBriandidmusicinthemornings. Brian stayed with methroughoutthefirstafternoon,assisting with discipline. Thesomewhat unruly group cer-tainly didn’t lack enthusiasmabouttheproject.Bymid-week,Ihadseparatedthe12studentsintotwogroups,andtheywerefocusing on their storyboards.I had managed to teach themsomenewconcepts:filmgauge,persistenceofvision,highangle,medium-shot,termswhichtheywerebeginningtouse. ShootingdaywasThursdayof that week, and we workedfrom mid-morning until 3 pm,when the bell rang. The loca-tion forouroutdoor shootwastheyardbehindtheschool.Wehadeverykindofweatherthatday-rain,snow,sun,clearandcloudy skies. The light keptchanging.Anditwasvery,verycold.Ihadbroughtabagofextramitts,hatsandscarvesbecauseproductiondayscanbelong. The groups had organizedthemselvesfortheshoot,bring-ingwiththemcardboardboxesand other small props to useinthe films. Oneboy,Connor,

broughtabagofrocksfromhisyardspecially chosen touseaspropsinsomeoftheshots. Intheafternoon,inmyhasteto get ready between groups,I realized I had forgotten toload the camera, and when Irevealedthistothegroup,whowere already four shots intotheir production, the reactionwasutterrelief.“Hooray!”theyexclaimed.“Wegettodoitagainandnotlooklikesuchgoofs!” Not what I had expected.Thestudentshadapeaceaboutthe process, a confidence inplayingatthisnewexperience,as they stepped into the rolesofcameraperson,director,andactor.Theywereexperiencedatplaying,afterall,afinequalityforfilmmakers. Wheretheydidshowvulner-abilitywasovertheoutcomeofthefilms.“WhatifIscrewup?”a few of them asked me overthe course of the day. “You

can’t screwup,” Ikept repeat-ing, “We’re just experimentinghere.” Theirdelightinbeingonafilmcrewwasclear.Theyoungcamera operators showed amaturity that belied their age.Itwasfuntowatchthemtrans-form and grow serious abouttheir task. The ones that en-joyedbeinginfrontofthecam-erashone.Thenaturaldirectorscameforwardanddemonstratedleadership.Andtheyallworkedhard. Arguingeventuallygavewaytocooperation,andthenjoyinwhattheyhadcreated. These moments were cap-turedinthetwoblackandwhitefilmsthatthegradesixstudentsmade-allin-cameraedited. Afilm was made for each of thesongs that they performed atthe OCFF conference - BobSnyder’sParketteandHawksleyWorkman’sAMothisNotaBut-terfly.

MAKING FILMS WITH GRADE SIXES AT HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC SCHOOL by Pixie Cram

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Canadian Music Week (CMW) is coming up onMarch 11-14, 2009 in Toronto, ON. CMW isCanada’slargestandmostinfluentialmediaandmusicconference.Asaresultofourpartnershipwith CMW, OCFF members have been offereda special discounted rate of 30% off advanceregistrations.

There are two different badges available todelegates:

•TheDIGITALMUSIC&MEDIA(DMS)Badge(Limited Capacity) includes access to all DMSseminars,3daysofCMWExecutiveMusic,RadioActive & TuneUp seminars, exhibits, festivalshowcasesandDelegateBagPLUSDMSKeynoteLunch,GlobalForumBreakfast,CanadianRadioMusicAwardsLuncheon.Thediscountedrateforthisbadgeis$626.50(fullvalueof$995.00,forasavingsof$368.50).

• The EXECUTIVE MUSIC BADGE includesaccessto3daysofCMWExecutiveMusic,RadioActive and TuneUp seminars, exhibits, festival

Rodney Brown

North Land

The long-awaited sequel to “The Big Lonely”

An exciting new CD filled with songs of adven-ture and risk, triumph and heartbreak from theheart land of the Canadian fur trade.

North Land CD Release Concerts:Finlandia Hall, Thunder Bay – March 7, 2009

Hugh's Room, Toronto March 19, 2009

Produced by Paul Mills

Now available at www.rodneybrown.ca

showcasesandDelegateBag.Thediscountedrateforthisbadgeis$486.50(fullvalueof$795.00,forasavingsof$308.50).

Totakeadvantageofthesereducedrates,pleasecontact the OCFF to receive your discountedregistration form or online discount code. Formoreinformation,includingconfirmedspeakers,performersandscheduledevents,pleasevisitwww.cmw.netforup-to-the-minuteannouncementsanddetails.

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Youth mentorship: who’s teaching who? by Teilhard Frost

Being asked to be a men-tortoKaiaKaterHurstfortheOCFFweekendwasasurprise.Iwasshockedandhonouredtobeasked.Suddenlyi felt likeagrownup…andthenlikealittlekid. Kaia, Lotus Wight and Ispenta greatweekendmakingmusic, talking music and per-formance and thinking quietlytogetheraboutlifeasmusicians.Wewalked,atefood,listenedtootherfolkstalkabouttheirexpe-riences,lookedforsomelightattheendoftunnels,mademusic,listenedtoothermusosmakingmusic, ate more food, playedmoretunes.Weallhadalottolearnfromeachother,somedi-rectlythroughmusic,andmuchtodowithjustbeing. We attended workshopswhichdealtwith“theindustry”,whichallthreeofusfoundhelp-fulbutalsoquitedaunting.Kaiais a fantastic young musician,butwasabouttosellherbanjoon the spot. It is good to hearabouthowtopromoteyourself,how to behave on stage andwhataperson’scareerhasbeenlike,butmaybenottothepointwheretheyoungmusiciansfeelliketheyoughtgiveitupanddosomethingelse.

Or maybe that is what weneed, a shocking look at thehuge world of the “music IN-DUSTRY”,testingyou,temptingyoutorunbutthenforcingyoutodiscoverthatyouwanttostayand face it. I reckon the truthis that it isadifficult road,nomatterwhoorwhatyouare.Itisalsoaroadwithhighpointsofecstasy and bliss. Through theprocessofthesementorshipsyougothroughalltheemotionalupsand downs and come out withalittlemoreclarityintheend.Tempered. Kaia arrived the morningof the showcase looking calmand beautiful, casual and re-fined.Sheexpressedherconcernwithnotbeingvery funnyandwonderedwhat shewould talkabout with the people. As wewatched the other performers,weelbowedeachotherandrolledoureyesinamazement.Werewecrazy to get up there and playouroldfiddlesandbanjos? Well, we performed ourpieces and shared a bit aboutwhatourweekendhadbeenlikeand we had a lot of fun doingit. And the people let us knowtheyenjoyedittoo.Kaiaalreadyhasafewfestivals linedupfornextsummer,withonlymoretocome.

WE’RE MOVING……but not too far. After five years at the Florence and Bank location, the

OCFF is making a move to Gladstone and Lyon, a few blocks away. Our new office space is a storefront location, which will make visits from you, our members, more convenient. Please feel free to stop by and say hello any time after March 1, when we will officially take up residence in our new

home. Our new address is:

508-B Gladstone Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1R 5P1Our phone numbers will remain the same

613-560-5997 and 1-866-292-6233 (toll free) Fax: 613-560-2001

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The OCFF’s Songs Fromthe Heart Songwriter AwardshighlightthetalentsofOntariosongwriters and provide anopportunity for thewinnerstoshowcase their work for festi-valpresenters.Eachyear,oneEnglish and one French win-ner receive a Galaxie RisingStarsoftheCBCAward. TheFrench winner for 2008 wasAmélie Lefebvre. The lyricsofheraward-winningsongarepresentedbelow. Le concours Chansons dufond du coeur du CFFO meten valeur le talent des au-teurs-compositeursdel’Ontarioet permet à ses gagnants deprésenter leurs créations auxprésentateursdefestivals.An-nuellement, un gagnant enanglaisetunenfrançaisreçoi-ventleprixÉtoilesGalaxiedeRadio-Canada. La gagnantefrancophoneen2008 futAmé-lie Lefebvre. Les paroles de

CHANSONS DU FOND DU COEUR 2008

sa chanson primée vous sontprésentésici:

Je t’attends(A.Lefebvre)Je compte les heures les minutes les millièmes de secondesquand je t’attendsEt comme un cerf-volant qui se fait emporterJe virevolte de bas en hautQuand Je t’attendsEt toutes les secondes de temps s’entendent pour s’arrêter,- elles figent -Je fonds dans mes pensées jusqu’au moment où je te rever-raiQuand Je t’attendsJe t’attends, je t’attends, je t’attends, je t’attends…

Comme tant de gens aux portes du port de l’aéro avec leurs chariotsIls recoivent sacs et valisessont prêts à vous couvrir de bises

Ils ouvrent grand les bras pour accueillirleurs amours, amis et famillesJe t’attends, je t’attends, je t’attends, je t’attends…

Mon cœur débat à l’idée de te revoirAprès tant de temps de temps de temps de temps de tendresseTu seras là, près de moiC’est enivrant, c’est boulver-santC’est ce qu’il y a de plus af-folantEt au fond de moi J’aimerais bien mieux si c’était toi qui m’attendais

Mon souffle est coupé courtJ’ai cru t’apercevoirMon cœur me joue des toursTic tac tic tac tic tac tic tac Je t’attends, je t’attends je t’attends, je t’attends

TheOCFFispleasedtowelcomeGalaxie–TheContinuousMusicNetworkoftheCBC–backasthemajorsponsorofthe2009SongsFromtheHeartCompetition.Duetobudgetcuts,Galaxie’ssponsorshipislowerthaninpreviousyears,butwe’rejustgladthattheyseetheOCFF’ssongwritingcompetitionasanimportantinvestmentinthecreatorsofmusicinOntario.Twoawardswillbegiven,oneeachtothebestFrenchandEnglishsongwriters,fromthesubmissionsreceived.The“sub-categories”aretakingahiatusthisyear,andwillbeconsideredagainforfutureeditionsofthecompetition.GototheOCFFwebsitetodownloadtheapplicationorgo“green”andsubmitanapplicationonlineviaSonicbids(www.sonicbids.com).

by Amélie Lefebvre

SOME CHANGES AT THE HEART OF THINGS

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CONFERENCE STEERING COMMITTEE PLANS by Dan Kershaw

Inmidwinteranot-so-youngman’s fancy lightly turns tothoughts of OCFF conferencespastand future. Althoughmytenth conference overall, the2008 edition was my first as amember of the newly-mintedConferenceSteeringCommittee(CSC).TheCSCwasformedlastyeartoengagemembersoftheOCFFboardinlong-rangeplan-ningfortheevent,andtomakethemmoredirectlyresponsibleforwhatgoesdownatwhatis,byalongmile,thesinglebiggest“deliverable”thatourorganiza-tionistaskedwith. In last summer’s editionof Folk Prints, I outlined thechangesthatwerebornofthe’07conferencesurveyand“Futureof the OCFF” session: increas-ing profile and programmingfor festivals, organizing panelsinto3streams,providingfewerbutmorein-depthsessions,notprogrammingagainsttheexhibithall, making better use of theSunday,andhelpingto“green”the conference via the “FlashYourFolk” initiativeandothermeasures. Now that we’re on

the other side of our gather-ing, it’s time to build on thefoundation of stuff that reallyworked, tweak the things thatneedtweaking,andsetasidethethingsthatdidn’tworkorwereunnecessary. To that end, a newly con-stitutedCSCisalreadyatworkonreviewingthisyear’ssurveyresults and consulting festivalmembers and others regard-ingnextOctober.JoiningPaulMills, Jennifer Fornelli andErinBarnhardtonthecommit-tee this year are incoming EDPeter MacDonald and RichardFlohil. Alsoaboard isCarolynBigley from the Georgian BayFolkMusicSociety(a.k.a.Sum-merfolk),whoseexperienceasafestivaladministratorandpastpresidentofboththeOCFFandFolk Alliance will no doubt beinvaluable. Lookingahead,IseetheCSCbecoming more active in plan-ningandorganizingthesprawlofprivatelatenightshowcasingfor the benefit of all involved,perhaps through ‘ownership’

of the inventoryofmusic floorrooms.Andnowthatthefesti-val stream isestablished, I seeus developing more structuredandinfo-ladenofferingsinthosesessions. We’re also going tobeabletodeliversessiontopicsandcontenttoyoumuchearlierthan in past years (our targetismid-May).Perhapsmostim-portantly,we’llbeprogrammingthat content in the context ofa 3-year conference plan, andeventually an overall strategicplanfortheorganization. Here’swhereyouguyscomein.Talktous.Fireoffanemailtoinfo@ocff.ca,ortoanyofuspersonally. Or kick it aroundonMaplepost.Evenifyouulti-matelythinkyourideaisanon-starter,expressit,becauseasidefromthefactthatitopenslinesofcommunication,youhavenoideahowvaluablethesethoughtsareingettingthesynapsesfiringamong us committee membersabout,say,asimilarbutmoredo-ableideathatwe’vecomeacross.Andinthecontextofathreeyearplan, these seeds planted nowmaywellbearfruit.

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GREENING OF THE OCFF by Tina DesRoches

I believe it was MahatmaGandhiwhosaid,“Wemustbethechangewewishtosee.” Small positive changes canleadtogreatimpacts.Itiswiththis in mind that the OCFFBoard formed its first GreenCommittee in 2008. Thesededicated and environmentallyconscious individuals workedtogethertomakerecommenda-tionsonreducingtheorganiza-tion’s environmental footprint,particularlyattheOCFFconfer-ence. Waste reduction is a keycomponent to reducing yourenvironmental impact and theGreencommitteefocusedonthisasastartingpoint.Thereplace-ment of plastic water bottleswith the OCFF stainless steel

bottles played an integral rolein the conference waste reduc-tionplan. Thecommitteealsoattemptedtosetsomeguidelinesfor thenumberofpromotionalposters for the private show-cases. The Green Committee willcontinuetoworkonwastereduc-tionandnewideastoimplementin2009.OneexampleisaCar-bonTreePlantingprogramthatwouldoffsetthecarbonfootprintresulting from delegate traveltotheOCFFConference,alongwiththepotentialfora“Green”incentiveprogramforfestivals.The committee would like tostart compiling information tocomposeaGreenFestivalGuide.Thisguidewouldstartbyoffer-ing listings of socially respon-

siblesuppliersthatcanprovidefestivalsandvenueswithlocallyproduced,and/orfair-trade,envi-ronmentallyfriendlyproducts. As you can see, the GreenCommitteeiscommittedtomak-ingadifference,butwecan’tdothisalone!Weneedthehelpofvolunteersandsponsorstoputourplansintoaction.Ifyouareinterestedinsittingonthecom-mitteeorvolunteeringononeoftheinitiativesmentionedabove,please contact us; we’d love tohearfromyou. Please contact grassroot-sontour@yahoo.ca if you areinterested in volunteering orhaveanideaforaGreeninitia-tive. Together we can be thechange that we want to see intheworld.

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