LIVE! At The Oakville Centre Jan - May 2013

AT THE OAKVILLE CENTRE

VOLUME FIVE | ISSUE TWO | JAN–MAY 2013

AMERICASERENA RYDERBOYZ II MENI MOTHER EARTHRANDY BACHMANJUST FOR LAUGHSPEGGY BAKERWINGFIELD MADISON VIOLETCAROL WELSMANSÉBASTIEN LÉPINE CARLOS DEL JUNCOCLASSIC ALBUMS LIVEand more!

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Welcome to the Oakville Centre! We ask that youfollow these simple guidelines to ensure a pleas-ant and memorable experience for all.

In consideration of those in the audience whohave allergies, please refrain from using per-fume or cologne when attending a performance.

Cell phones and other electronic devices shouldbe muted and not used while in the theatre.

Photography, video taping and recording arestrictly prohibited inside the theatre.

Food and beverages are not permitted in the the-atre, with the exception of clear plastic bottles ofwater. Please refrain from unwrapping candyduring the performance.

Latecomers and re-entries will be seated at asuitable break determined by the production.You may be asked to wait in the lobby.

Babes in arms and young children are welcometo the Family Series performances. Contact thebox office for all other performances. Each per-son entering the theatre requires a ticket.

Patrons using a wheelchair, walker or who havedifficulty with stairs should advise the box officeat the time of ticket purchase. Due to fire regu-lations and for the safety of patrons, wheelchairand walker seating is located in Row S. Note thatthe lower level parking lot is not suitable forthese patrons as there is no access to the mainentrance of the theatre. The theatre does nothave an elevator.

Sennheiser Hearing Assistance is available inboth spaces. This service is on a first come firstserved basis and may be signed out at the bar.

For box office hours, parking locations and otherinquiries visit www.oakvillecentre.ca or call thebox office at (905) 815-2021.

The Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts is adivision of the Recreation and Culture Depart-ment of the Town of Oakville.

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On the cover: I MOTHER EARTH / February 22 , 2013

In this issue . . .THE NUMBER 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 25AMERICA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 26PEGGY BAKER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 9CARLOS DEL JUNCO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 16I MOTHER EARTH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 22LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO . . . . . . . February 23RAUL MIDON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 28CAL: BREAKFAST IN AMERICA . . . . . . . . . . . March 5SERENA RYDER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 8RANDY BACHMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 9SÉBASTIEN LÉPINE PROJECT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 5CAROL WELSMAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 6 JUST FOR LAUGHS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 11BOYZ II MEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 12COMPAIGNE FLAK: “S” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 18CAL: PHYSICAL GRAFFITI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 19WINGFIELD: LOST & FOUND . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 20MADISON VIOLET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 4BALLET CREOLE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 8CAL : EXODUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 10

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The Number 14Axis Theatre Company • Friday, January 25th at 8:00pm

A Pay-What-You-Can Performance

The Number 14 is a Canadian success storyextraordinaire! In an amazing theatricaltour-de-force, six of Vancouver’s finestperformers strut, swing, sing and talk theirway in and out of adventures aboardVancouver’s #14 bus that is part MontyPython, part Mr. Beanand wholly engaging. The Number 14 has gar-nered four JessieRichardson TheatreAwards, a Dora MavorMoore nomination, and aNew York Drama Desknomination in the UniqueTheatrical Experiencecategory. The Number 14 is thebrainchild of foundingArtistic Director Wayne Specht along withRoy Surette, currently the Artistic Director atthe Centaur Theatre in Montreal. Stemmingfrom a series of improvisational skits andshowcasing the talents of some of Vancou-ver’s most loved physical performers, thisslice of urban city life has been wowing audi-ences around the world since 1992.

Wayne Specht is the founding ArtisticDirector of Axis Theatre Company and, overthe last 35 years has performed in, writtenand directed over 60 of the company’s pro-ductions. He recently directed Don Quixote,which Axis Theatre Company co-produced

with the Arts Club The-atre. Wayne was ArtisticDirector of the VancouverInternational ComedyFestival for four yearsand is grateful to havereceived a LifetimeCareer AchievementJESSIE Award from theGreater Vancouver Pro-fessional Theatre Alliancein 2002.

Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wayne SpechtOriginal Director . . . . . . . . . . . . Roy SuretteSet Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pam JohnsonCostume Designer . . . . . . . . . Nancy BryantMask Design . . . . . . . . . . Melody AndersonLighting Designer . . . . . . . . . . . Gerald KingComposer . . . . . . . . . . . . Douglas MacaulayPhotographer . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Cooper

Conceived and written by Melody Anderson, Peter Anderson, Gina Bastone, Colin Heath, David Mackay, Wayne Specht, Roy Surette and Beatrice Zeilinger. Additional material developed by Darlene Brookes, Tom Jones and Allan Zinyk.

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A M E R I The world discovered America in 1972 when anameless horse began its gallop across the interna-tional airwaves. If this sounds like some sort of fairytale, it seemed like one for the young musicians whoharmonized their way to the top of the charts on thestrength of their signature song. A Horse With NoName made America a global household name,paving the way for an impressive string of hits fol-lowing in its wake. Slightly more than a year afterlaunching the group, Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bun-nell, and Dan Peek were bona fide superstars,thanks to a timeless sound that seamlessly assimi-lated strands of rock, pop and folk elements into athrilling musical stew. America’s jo urney has found them exploring awide variety of musical terrain. Their best-knowntunes, which also include I Need You, Ventura High-way, Don’t Cross The River, Tin Man, Lonely People,and Sister Golden Hair, were cornerstones of 70’sTop 40 and FM rock radio. Yet beyond their impres-sive catalog of hits, listeners would discover therewas always much more to America than surface per-ceptions. The combination of Gerry Beckley’smelodic pop rock and Dewey Bunnell’s use of folk-jazz elements, slinky Latin-leaning rhythms and im-pressionistic lyric imagery contrasted well with DanPeek’s more traditional country-rock leanings andhighly personal lyrics. America’s albums – six certified gold and/or plat-inum, with their first greatest hits collection, His-tory, hitting four-million in sales – displayed a fullerrange of the trio’s talents than did their singles.Their material encompassed an ambitious artistic

swath; from effects-laden rockers to oddball med-leys to soul-bearing ballads, America displayed aflawless blend of disparate genres and styles aswide-open as the great American plains. Enjoying massive success early in their career,America earned their stripes as musical soldiers onthe battlefield amidst the excess, craziness andchaos of the 70s. Winning a Grammy for Best NewArtist and landing a # 1 record while barely in yourtwenties came with its own pitfalls and the exactingpressures of their international stardom affectedeach member of the group. By the mid 70s, inter-band conflicts combinedwith an exhaustive touring and recording scheduleexacted its toll on the group. With Peek’s departurefrom the fold in 1977, his bandmates rose to thechallenge and carried on as a duo. Shifts in soundand direction, changes in producers and managers,and a renewed dedication to the craft of songwrit-ing helped rocket America to the upper reaches ofthe pop charts in 1982 with their smash single, YouCan Do Magic. It’s been a long ride indeed for these two oldfriends. “We’ve grown up in a world of show biz,seen styles change, seen technology change,” Bun-nell muses. “But basically Gerry and I have stayedvery much the same. We still have thosestandards in songwriting that we were hoping toestablish. We’ve lived pretty full lives and managed to hold on to some sanity, although the world seems crazier every day.”

Presented by DAN COOPER OF ROYAL LEPAGESaturday, January 26th at 8:00 pm

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OAKVILLE INFINITI presents

PeggyBaker“THE DISAPPEARANCE OF RIGHT AND LEFT”

Saturday, February 9th at 7:30pm in The Studio Theatre

Peggy Baker is acclaimed as one of the mostoutstanding contemporary dancers of hergeneration. Born in Edmonton, Alberta in 1952,Ms. Baker began her professional career inToronto, in 1974, as a founding member, andlater, artistic director of Toronto’s Dancemakers,where she participated in more than 50premieres by Canadian choreographers andcontributed three works to the repertoire. Shetoured internationally as a prominent member ofLar Lubovitch’s celebrated New York companythroughout the eighties and joined MikhailBaryshnikov and Mark Morris for the inauguralseason of their White Oak Dance Project in 1990,subsequently forging important creativerelationships with Paul-André Fortier (Montreal),James Kudelka (Toronto), and Doug Varone(New York City) through numerous performanceprojects. Ms. Baker made her debut as a solo artist in1990, her work distinguished from the outset bycollaborations with extraordinary creators andperformers. Among them: choreographers SarahChase, Molissa Fenley, Paul-André Fortier, JamesKudelka, Mark Morris, Tere O’Connor, TeddRobinson, and Doug Varone; composers MichaelJ. Baker, Chan Ka Nin, Ahmed Hassan, Christos

Hatzis, Debashis Sinha, and Ann Southam;dancers Margie Gillis, Christopher House, SylvainLafortune, and Susan Macpherson; directorsDaniel Brooks and Denise Clarke; actors JackieBurroughs and Michael Healey; visual artists anddesigners Larry Hahn, Ina Levytsky, JanetMorton, Caroline O’Brien, Marc Parent, KurtSwinghammer, Jane Townsend, and Peter Vogel;musicians Andrew Burashko, John Kameel Farah,Henry Kucharzyk, Shauna Rolston, JamesSommerville, and Robert W. Stevenson; as wellas Amici, Arraymusic, The Modern Quartet, andthe Toronto Symphony Orchestra under Jukka-Pekka Saraste. Ms. Baker is the recipient of numerous awards,including a Governor General’s Award for Life-time Achievement in the Arts, the Order ofCanada, the Order of Ontario, the 2006 Premier’sAward for Excellence in the Arts, three DoraMavor Moore Awards for Outstanding Perform-ance (Why the Brook Wept, 1998; loin, très loin,2000; Portal, 2008), and two for OutstandingChoreography (Portal, 2008 and Radio Play withDenise Clarke, 2009), a 2002 Cadillac-FairviewSalute to the City Award, the Toronto Arts Coun-cil’s 2002 Margo Bindhardt Award, and an Hon-orary Doctorate from the University of Calgary.

Choreography, direction: Sarah Chase Text and performance: Peggy BakerMusic: Joni Mitchell, Amelia; Beethoven, Sonata in F Minor, Opus 57 (Andante Con Moto)*;

Ginastera, Danza de la Mozo Donosa* (*recording of pianist, Andrew Burashko)

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DAN COOPER OF ROYAL LEPAGE presents

Carlos del Juncoand The Blues Mongrels

Saturday, February 16th at 8:30pm in The Studio Theatre

Carlos is one of those players whose music is soadvanced that when it comes to awards, it’seither retire the category or rephrase the ques-tion to “Best Harmonica Player Not NamedCarlos”. This includes two Gold Medals from theHohner World Harmonica Championship inTrossingen, Germany, as well as multiplenational awards in Canada. Simultaneously sophisticated and raw, hisplaying blurs the boundaries between blues andjazz (hence the name for his band “The BluesMongrels”). The emphasis is on blues, but Carlosand his band are not afraid to merrily traipse offin other directions delivering a seamless fusion ofNew Orleans second line grooves, swing, Latin,hip-hop or ska melodies, to swampy roots rock. Born in Havana, Cuba, del Junco (looselytranslated “of the reeds”) immigrated with hisfamily at the age of one. He bent his first note ona harmonica when he was fourteen, making hisdebut with his high school math teacher at a stu-dent talent night. In his early 20s, del Junco wasimmersed in a visual arts career; he graduatedwith honours from a four year programme,majoring in sculpture at the Ontario College ofArt. Sculpture has definitely had an influence onhis outlook on music: “Music is just a differentway of creating textures and shapes.” Playing a ten hole diatonic harmonica, Carloshas developed the unique ability to play chromat-ically by using a recently developed “overblow”technique taught to him by jazz virtuoso HowardLevy. Overall, this approach to the diatonic har-monica, although much more difficult to achieve,is in many ways more expressive and commu-

nicative than the mechanized tone produced bythe chromatic harmonica . Carlos is one of thefew pioneers of this overblow method, bringingmusical credibility to what has still been consid-ered by many in the music industry - a fringe folkinstrument. The sophisticated sound producedby del Junco is at once sensitive, soulful, and sexywhile never forgetting the rawness inherent inblues music. During the 80s, del Junco performed withmany bands, including Latin/Reggae/R&B band“Eyelevel”, “Ontario College of Art Swing Band”with Bill Grove and a six year stint with Rhythmand Blues group “The Buzz Upshaw Band”. WithKevin Cooke in 1990, he formed a Blues/Jazz/Fusion band, “The Delcomos”. He has recordedwith Bruce Cockburn, Kim Mitchell, CassandraVassick, Oliver Schroer, Zappacosta, and has alsoworked with Dutch Mason, Hoc Walsh (Down-child Blues Band) and Holly Cole. In 1991, del Junco performed and composedthe music for Tomson Highway’s Dora awardwinning play Dry Lips Oughta Move ToKapuskasing. The production toured Canada andwas held over for seven weeks at Toronto’s RoyalAlex Theatre. In 1993, Carlos del Junco won two gold medalsat the Hohner World Harmonica Championshipheld in Trossingen, Germany. He was judgedworld’s best in both the diatonic blues categoryand the diatonic jazz category. Carlos has toured Canada regularly since 1996and tours often in Germany and the UnitedStates. He has played all the major jazz, blues,and folk festivals across Canada.

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Presented by Dan Cooper of Royal LePageFriday, February 22nd at 8:00pm

In November 2003, I Mother Earth performedtheir last show – a nearly four hour performancethat saw the band play in the round at a sold outvenue and then off they went. There was no bigannouncement, no final tour or Best of CD/DVD,just a simple note on the IME nation website thatsaid “thanks to the fans”. In the summer of 2011, three members foundthemselves geographically tied together in theTanna brothers’ old stompin grounds of Peterbor-ough. So after an eight year hiatus, Jag Tannaand Christian Tanna hooked up with vocalistBrian Byrne, and it was inevitable that the discus-sion turned to music. The jamming started oncea week, then twice a week and eventually Jagcame in with new ideas that were undeniablyIME. They decided a “Whaduyathink?” phonecall was in order to bassist Bruce Gordon (now amember of the Blue Man Group Production inOrlando Florida) to get his take on actually track-ing some new IME. With Bruce in and some new material takingshape, the band accepted an offer to perform atSound Academy as a part of a 102.1 the Edgeevent at Canadian Music Week. The show soldout quickly and a second Sound Academy showwas added. The two shows were off the hook and the5000+ fans agreed, clearly this couldn’t be a oneoff…or two off. The band had released a newtune “We Got the Love” as a listen only Sound

Cloud file on their website, and received over10,000 listens in the first 72 hours, not bad con-sidering there was nothing traditional about thisrelease. At the shows “We Got the Love” becameone of the many set highlights as the fans werealready singing it word for word after just threedays of non-release. There was no album forthcoming, no plans totour and no servicing to radio. After all, this wasa six minute tune and radio would never touch it,right? Well on April 9th, the band officially sentserviced “We Got the Love” to radio and in itsfirst three weeks it became the most added tuneat rock radio, receiving national attention. It hasremained on the charts for the next twelve weeksand remains in the top five! The band then began confirming more showsfrom Newfoundland to BC and most stops inbetween to get out and thank IME Nation person-ally for their support and devotion. While the future is unwritten, it has somedirection that will develop new ideas to enhancethe concept of I Mother Earth. All of this is anopen book, their decisions, process, and updatesare all being played out for the fans to see andinteract via their Open Mouth Blog atwww.imotherearth.ca. The concept of I MotherEarth has never been more exciting, and theprocess has never been more personal. So sit back, relax and enjoy an evening with IMother Earth.

IMEAn Evening with I Mother Earth

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Halton Region Museum –There’s Always More to Explore

Discover a rare opportunity to look into Halton’s past, roam the grounds of the scenicAlexander homestead, attend a special event or stage your own event!

Located inside Milton’s Kelso Conservation Area,the Halton Region Museum offers historicalcharm and an inviting ambience that is ideal formeetings, conferences, social occasions, tourgroups, team building and educational program-ming year round - indoors or out in any season. The Halton Region Museum site was originallysettled in 1836 by the Alexander family, Scottishimmigrants who farmed the 200-acre propertyfor four generations. Today the Museum’s focalpoint is the original Alexander Barn, one of sevenbuildings on the site. The barn’s two upper floorsfeature exhibits and artifacts and the Loft Roomwhich accommodates up to 65 people, reception-style. The Hearth Room, the largest space on themain floor, is showcased by mill stone, antiques,an open “hearth” and original hand-hewnwooden beams. The room can accommodate over100 people for sit down banquets or 140 for recep-tions with extended space available on theadjoining walkout patio. The patio and museumgrounds are ideal for staging picnics, outdoorevents and photo sessions. The Loft Room’s century old hardwood floorand beautiful view of the Niagara Escarpment areunforgettable. Both rooms, radiating warmth andambience in a unique 19th century setting, are air

conditioned and have authentic wood-burningfireplaces. Parking is complimentary. Visitors to the Museum can explore Halton’snatural and cultural heritage. As a leader inheritage stewardship, the Museum preserves andpromotes Halton’s history. In addition to thecollection, the Museum houses a referencelibrary and a collection of local documents datingback to 1830. The Museum also hosts a variety of specialevents, including Alexander Family Farm Day andInternational Museum Day and sponsors histori-cal presentations such as the Spirit of HarrietTubman – a one-woman show following Tubman’semancipation from slavery. Environmental andheritage programs are available for school excur-sions, day camps and adult groups. Consider aguided hike in Kelso Conservation Area along theBruce Trail, a Museum tour or artifact presenta-tion for your next group. A variety of educational programs offer curricu-lum based, hands-on learning experiences forstudents beyond the classroom. Developed anddelivered with a cross-curricular approach, schoolprograms combine science, history, geography,environmental literacy and physical education toensure a comprehensive educational experiencefor both students and teachers.

Visit www.halton.ca/museum for more information or find us on Facebook atwww.facebook.com/HaltonRegionMuseum. Visit the award-winning virtual tour of the Niagara

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LADYSMITH BL For over forty years, the voices of Ladysmith Black

Mambazo have married the intricate rhythms andharmonies of their native South African musical tra-ditions to the sounds and sentiments of Christiangospel music. The result is a musical and spiritualalchemy that has touched a worldwide audience rep-resenting every corner of the religious, cultural andethnic landscape. Their musical efforts over the pastfour decades have garnered praise and accoladeswithin the recording industry, but also solidified theiridentity as a cultural force to be reckoned with.

Assembled in the early 1960s, in Durban SouthAfrica, by Joseph Shabalala (still currently leading thegroup) – then a young farmboy turned factory worker– took the name Ladysmith Black Mambazo – Lady-smith being the name of Shabalala’s rural hometown;Black being a reference to oxen, the strongest of allfarm animals; and Mambazo being the Zulu word foraxe, a symbol of the group’s ability to “chop down”any singing rival who might challenge them. Theircollective voices were so tight and their harmonies sopolished that they were eventually banned from com-petitions – although they were welcomed to partici-pate strictly as entertainers.

The group’s path had a specific direction: “To bringthis gospel of loving one another all over the world,”Joseph says. However, he’s quick to point out that themessage is not specific to any one religious orienta-tion. “Without hearing the lyrics, this music gets intothe blood, because it comes from the blood,” he says.“It evokes enthusiasm and excitement, regardless ofwhat you follow spiritually.”

A radio broadcast in 1970 opened the door to theirfirst record contract – the beginning of an ambitiousdiscography that currently includes more than fiftyrecordings. Their philosophy in the studio was – andcontinues to be – just as much about preservation ofmusical h eritage as it is about entertainment.

The group borrows heavily from a traditional musiccalled isicathamiya (is-cot-a-ME-Ya), which devel-oped in the mines of South Africa, where black work-ers were taken by rail to work far away from theirhomes and their families. Poorly housed and paidworse, the mine workers would entertain themselvesafter a six-day week by singing songs into the weehours on Sunday morning. When the miners returnedto the homelands, this musical tradition returnedwith them.

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In the mid-1980s, Paul Simon visited South Africaand incorporated Black Mambazo’s rich tenor/alto/bass harmonies into his Graceland album – a land-mark 1986 recording that was considered seminal inintroducing world music to mainstream audiences.Graceland one many awards including the GrammyAward for Best Album of the Year. A year later, Simonproduced Black Mambazo’s first U.S. release, ShakaZulu, which won the Grammy Award in 1988 for BestTraditional Folk Album. Since then, and in total, thegroup has received fifteen Grammy Award nomina-tions and three Grammy Award wins.

In addition to their work with Paul Simon, Lady-smith Black Mambazo has recorded with numerousartists from around the world, including Stevie Won-der, Josh Groban, Dolly Parton, Ben Harper and manyothers. Their CD, Long Walk To Freedom had guestsingers join them, such as Sarah McLachlan, NatalieMerchant, Melissa Etheridge, Emmylou Harris, TajMahal and others. Their film work includes an ap-pearance in Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker video andSpike Lee’sDo It A Cappella.They provided soundtrackmaterial for Disney’s The Lion King, Part II as well asEddie Murphy’sComing To America, Clint Eastwood’s

Invictus, Marlon Brando’s A Dry White Season, SeanConnery’s The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen andJames Earl Jones’ Cry The Beloved Country. A filmdocumentary titled On Tip Toe: Gentle Steps to Free-dom, the story of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, was nom-inated for an Academy Award. Their performancewith Paul Simon on Sesame Street is legendary andis one of the top three requested Sesame Street seg-ments in history.

Just when one think the group should be slowingdown they are entering what should be the busiestyears of their career since Graceland. They have sixnew recording projects they are readying for release,a new concert DVD and a children’s project.

No, time is not slowing down for the group. AsJoseph Shabalala says, “We are teachers. We travelthe world spreading our message of Peace, Love andHarmony. What could be better or more importantthan that.”

ACK MAMBAZO Saturday, February 23rd at 8:00pm

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“A free man beyond any category” (Huffington Post) best describes theunique musician that is blind singer/songwriter/guitarist Raul Midón. His singular timeless soul pop jazz sound garnered him a standingovation during his television debut on Late Night with David Lettermanand an open invitation back to The Tonight Show following his appear-ances there. This talented, mesmerizing, genre-defying artist hastravelled the globe from India to Indiana spreading the message thatyou can do it, you can be yourself and be recognized and be bold. With three major label records under his belt – State of Mind, A WorldWithin A World, and Synthesis – and countless appearances both on tel-evision worldwide and on other artist’s records, he is a pro and more apart of the musical landscape than you might realize. Not only have themusic lovers of the world recognized Raul’s talents, so have some of thegreatest musicians in recent history. You might have seen Raul featuredin the recent documentary on Bill Withers, Still Bill, or in the HerbieHancock documentary, Possibilities, or the documentary of the leg-endary producer Arif Mardin, All My Friends Are Here,where he declaresthat Raul is the only artist he ever signed to a label. His musical collaborations have also been broad and varied from aduet with Jason Mraz to a live recording with bass legend and producerMarcus Miller to playing The Budakan with Roberta Flack. People Mag-azine calls him an “eclectic adventurist” and the New York Times refersto him as an “unreconstructed hippy.” Guitar Magazine describes himas “one of those rare musical forces that reminds us how strong anddeep the connection between man and music can sometimes be.” Midón will delight you with his wit and his musical virtuosity – all aresult of his dedication to being the best he can be.

DAN COOPEROF ROYAL LEP AGE presents

Raul MidónThursday, February 28th at 8:00pm

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THE OAKVILLE CENTRE presents

BREAKFAST IN AMERICASupertramp • CLASSIC ALBUMS LIVE • Tuesday, March 5th at 8:00pm

Craig Martin is the producer/wearer of many hats behind the Classic Albums Live series. These concerts are note fornote, cut for cut classic albums that have shaped and defined rock music as we know it today and for tomorrow,Modern Classics Live. Each concert faithfully recreates an album note for note. Think Beatles and Stones for Classicand Nirvana and Radiohead for Modern Classic. “It’s not a tribute band” Mr. Martin says. “It’s a recital. Like listening to Mozart by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.”Craig hires specific musicians for each show, sometimes up to twenty. He even hired a children’s choir for Pink Floyd’s“The Wall”. Mr. Martin says he’s only as much of a perfectionist as his audiences. “People are purists. They’re waitingto hear that certain note or squeal”. Classic Albums Live and Modern Classics Live are the ultimate for music lovers!

Breakfast in America is a textbook-perfect album ofpost-Beatles, keyboard-centered English art rockthat strikes the shrewdest possible balance be-tween quasi-symphonic classicism and rock & roll.Whereas Supertramp’s earlier LPs were boggeddown by swatches of meandering, Genesis-like es-oterica, the songs here are extraordinarily melodicand concisely structured, reflecting these musi-cians’ saturation inAmerican pop sincetheir move to LosAngeles in 1977. S u p e r t r amp ’ smajor problem is anincreasing di-chotomy betweentheir rhapsodic auralstyle and a glib, end-of-the-empire pes-simism. The musicin Gone Hollywood isso suffused with ro-mantic excitementthat it’s difficult to believe the ennui the lyricsclaim: “So many creeps in Hollywood/...Ain’tnothin’ new in my life today.” Though laced withnice, Beach Boys-style falsettos, Goodbye Stranger,an uncharacteristically happy fantasy about end-less one-night stands, seems far more honest.

But the only cut that really wrestles the di-chotomy is The Logical Song. In this small master-piece, singer Roger Hodgson enacts an Everymanwho excoriates an education that preaches cate-gorical jargon instead of knowledge and sensitiv-ity. “And they showed me a world where I couldbe so dependable, clinical, intellectual, cynical,”

he declaims, reeling off three- andfour-syllable assonances with

a schoolboy’s tongue-in-cheek worthy of RayDavies and the Kinks.Flamenco flourishesand a hot sax breakhelp deflate thetune’s self-pity witha wonderfully wryhumor.The next “logical”

thing for these guysto do with their awe-

some technique is to turnit more toward this sort of

ironic drollery. Then Supertrampmight become not only the best-sounding art-rockband in existence, but one of the most interesting.

~ Rolling Stone Album Reviewby STEPHEN HOLDEN, June 14, 1979

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SerenaRyderFriday, March 8th at 8:00pm

The studio-garage behind Serena Ryder’s home in Toronto is lined with guitars, her twogold records and autographs from musicians such as Willie Nelson and members ofWilco. Outside, a lone bottle of Sleeman’s sits on a picnic table . . .and inside, whereRyder wrote and recorded most of Harmony, her sixth record, the 29-year-old says shewas able to step away from the box she’d forced herself into after winning the new artistof the year Juno in 2008. “The record had to do with letting go of my own self-made stereotype of who I was,”says Ryder, in knee-high black leather boots, second-skin silver pants and a vintage YvesSaint Laurent jacket. “If I’m struggling, maybe I shouldn’t be doing what I’m doing, solet’s stop struggling with what my music is supposed to sound like and just allow thenew music to happen.” The new music, from For You, which reinterprets Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, to Stompa,a single that wouldn’t be out of place on a Black Keys disc, came about after Ryder firstplayed her manager 65 finished tunes. Ryder, who cut her first record at 16 and has beenperforming since she was eight, thought she’d written a terrific album. Her manager,however, who she’s been with for 11 years and considers family, wasn’t sure. “I was instantly super-defensive, but when I’m super-defensive, it’s probably myproblem, not hers’,” says Ryder, who headed to Los Angeles in search of a producer andsome fresh air. “There was no weight to it because I already had my record – I’m justgoing out for fun – but the fun ended up being the record, and I still ended up recordingit in my backyard.” Ryder grew up singing in legion halls and hotel ball rooms in Millbrook, Ont., and hermix of country and folk acoustic guitar tunes made her an artist to watch for, especiallyafter she released Unlikely Emergency in 2005. In total, she’s won three Junos, becomepals with Melissa Etheridge and slid slowly into the warm fuzzy-slipper genre known as“adult pop.” With Harmony, the intention is to kick a motorcycle boot through the pre-conceived notion of her sound. “I expected the record to be a singer-songwriter folk thing, but it ended up an eclecticexperiment and my voice sounds closer now to when I was younger, before I got tired ofthe game,” she says. “I’m not even concerned with what other people think about itbecause I love what I’m doing. I have a sense of confidence I haven’t had before.” For all her talk of reinvention, the music still sounds like a Serena Ryder disc. The five-octave voice is on display proudly and, despite the bar room thump of Stompa, you canstill imagine some of the tracks playing during the last sequence of a Zac Efron film.Still, Ryder seems to have gotten her groove back. The backyard studio feels comfortablylived-in and she’s tattooed her album title on her left wrist. Better than a gold record ora Juno, she says, is the feeling of playing music she loves. “I’ve been in so many bands, but I figured I was playing around and then I’d go writemy Serena Ryder music,” she says. “Maybe that’s why I had to write these 65 songs – toclear out some space to talk about what I felt in the moment instead of who I was. I feelit inside of me now. It just took me 15 years to get to this place.”

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Randy Bachman“EVERY SONG TELLS A STORY”

Saturday, March 9th at 8:00pm

Randy Bachman has earned over 110 gold and plat-inum album/singles awards around the world forperforming and producing. His song writing hasgarnered him the coveted #1 spot on radio play listsin over 20 countries and he has amassed over 40million records sold. His songs have been recordedby numerous other artists and placed in dozens oftelevision, movie and commerc ial soundtracks. Hismusic has provided a veritable soundtrack of the lastthirty years of popular music. He first scored Bill-board radio chart success with his band The GuessWho in 1965 performing the song, Shakin’ All Over.After this initial success it would be another fewyears before the glare of the spotlight would be castupon these young Canadian boys again. Sticking itout through some misadventures paid off for theband and they worked their way back up to the topof the charts in a spectacular way. This time, TheGuess Who went on to virtually own the pop chartswith an unprecedented run of 5 million-selling sin-gles, all the product of the gold plated RandyBachman-Burton Cummings song writing team. By1970, The Guess Who had sold more records thanthe entire Canadian recording industry to that point,even outselling the Beatles that year. Their hitsincluded These Eyes, Laughing, Undun, No Time, NoSugar Tonight and American Woman. Due to health concerns and desiring a change inlifestyle, which would include spending more timewith his young family, Randy left the Guess Who atthe height of their success. While this move stunnedthe music world, Randy knew that he could neverleave music behind. He formed Brave Belt – a coun-try rock outfit in 1970 and experimented with a newmusical style and lineup that eventually metamor-phosized into Bachman-Turner Overdrive. Unbelievably, Randy’s success with BTO wouldeclipse his earlier triumphs and give him yet a third

run at the pop music charts. Monstrous hits for theband included, Let it Ride, Roll on Down the Highway,Takin’ Care of Business and You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yetwhich reached #1 in over 20 countries. Randy’s career has been built upon his unstop-pable drive to work at creating music. He hasreleased numerous solo albums throughout hiscareer, and has simultaneously worked at producingfor other artists. His production/writing work withCanadian rock band Trooper generated gold andplatinum records. In 2005, following the phenomenal success of themuch-heralded four-year Guess Who reunion, RandyBachman and Burton Cummings decided that thetime was right to finally go out under their ownnames. The critically-acclaimed pair toured exten-sively throughout North America, including twocoast-to-coast Canadian tours to sold-out audiences. Known for his unwavering passion to create music,Randy Bachman started to work on a solo albumwith collaborations with friends Neil Young, BurtonCummings, the late Jeff Healey and Fred Turner. Thecreative process took an unexpected turn. Bachman’s already expansive career continued todiversify. In 2005 he established himself as anengaging radio personality – Randy Bachman’s VinylTap on CBC and Sirius satellite radio is heard by mil-lions worldwide each week. Noted for his contributions as an iconic Canadianrock musician and for his support of emerging artistsas a producer, Randy Bachman has received manyawards, including the Order of Canada in 2009. He continues to be in much demand as a song-writer, session player and solo artist. Though hismusic industry awards include dozens of covetedacknowledgments of legendary achievements, whenasked which award is his most prized, he responds,“The one I haven’t got yet.”

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SébastienLépine Project

“THE SECRET (ROCK) LIFE OF A CLASSICAL MUSICIAN”Friday, April 5th at 8:00pm

One of the lucky few in the world to play on aStradivarius cello dating back to 1699,Sébastien Lépine is a Canadian artist with a re-markable background. A distinguished soloist,chamber musician, and composer, he alwayspursues his art with an authentic passion thattranspires through every note. His impeccabletechnique and extraordinary musical sensitiv-ity make him an inspiringartist to watch. Over the course of his10 year career, Sébastienhas successfully carriedout various projects andreleased several record-ings, garnering highpraise from critics andaudiences alike. The cel-list from Trois-Rivièreshas also given numerousperformances acrossCanada and in the UnitedStates, Mexico, and Italy.In addition, many prestigious orchestras haveinvited him to guest as a soloist, including theOrchestre de la franco-phonie Canadienne,the Camerata Orquesta of Bellas Artes de Mex-ico, the Chihuahua Philharmonic Orchestraand the Orchestre symphonique de Trois-Riv-ières. Moreover, he frequently takes part in

major festivals and music series, such as MusicNiagara, the Festival de musique de Lachine,the Festival classique des Hautes-Laurentides,and the Algoma Conservatory Series. What’smore, his brilliant work has won him severalprestigious awards and accolades. Amongother things, he has earned the recognition ofcomposer Gilles Bellemare, who dedicated his

concerto for cello and or-chestra to the virtuoso.Furthermore, he can beheard performing hisown works on electriccello with the membersof the progressive rockoutfit - the SébastienLépine Project (SLP), ofwhich he is the leader.

Though his know-howand natural talent are un-deniable, Lépine owes hissuccess to his steady ded-ication towards the pur-

suit of his art, which can be traced back to hisstudent years. Graduating with great distinc-tion from the Conservatoire de Trois-Rivières,he strived to achieve his full creative potentialby training with the most eminent instructors,including Hungarian cello master JanosStarker, at Indiana University.

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DOWNTOWN OAKVILLE BIApresents

Carol WelsmanSaturday, April 6th at 8:00pm

Carol Welsman is an internationally acclaimed singer andpianist whose expressive vocal styling and dynamic stage pres-ence have captivated audiences around the world. She has soldover 60,000 CDs in Canada alone, something few jazz artists inCanada have experienced. See Carol in action once and you’ll never forget her. Tall andblonde, she sits poised at the piano, head back, fingers stretchedover the keys, her slender body arched in a seductive curve.Then the music flows, a combination of voice and piano thatseems symbiotically linked. Like bossa nova icon Joao Gilbertoand his guitar, Carol’s honey and whiskey sound and her crisp,rhythmically articulate piano lines seem an integral part of eachother. At a time when female jazz singers have been arriving inwaves, she is that rarity – an authentic vocal/instrumental artistwho brings an irresistible blend of musicality and lyrical insightto everything she touches. Carol’s focus upon the essential elements of her art is not sur-prising. Coming from a musical family (her grandfather was thefounder and first conductor of the Toronto Symphony), she hasstudied in the U.S. (at Berklee College of Music) and Europe,and released seven albums since her first CD, Lucky To Be Me, in1995. Her numerous achievements include the receipt of fiveJuno Award nominations and several Smooth Jazz Awards. Shehas become well-established as an international artist, touringthe world, and performing in Italian, French, Portuguese andEnglish. Carol is an extraordinarily talented musician and one ofCanada’s finest vocalists and pianists.

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An H2 SYSTEMS presentation • Thursday, April 11th at 8:00pm

Now in its 10th year touring across Ontario every Spring, the Just For Laughs Road Show features four ofthe best stand-ups straight from the world’s largest and most prestigious comedy Festival!

Hailed as one of the hottest comics in Canada by GQmagazine, DARRIN ROSE is a familiar face on televi-sion. He is currently the host of Match Game on theComedy Network, plays Bill the bartender on the hitCBC sitcom Mr. D, and is a regular cast member onMuchMusic’s Video On Trial. He has also appeared onNBC’s Last Comic Standing, Britain’s NutsTV, XM Satel-lite Radio and MTV Live. Rose is a four-time CanadianComedy Award nominee – including Best Male Stand-Up in 2011 – and won a 2012 Canadian ScreenwritingAward for comedy, following nominations in 2009 and2010. He has performed at Montreal’s Just For LaughsFestival, and the Edinburgh Comedy Festival where hisone man show What’s Potpourri? was selected Best ofthe Fest and received four stars in 2010.

Multi-award winning stand-up comedian and Just ForLaughs alum MARK WATSON is a former member ofthe famed Cambridge Footlights, and has been called a“stand-up superstar” by Time Out New York. ThisBritish comic has embarked on multiple worldwidetours, appeared on BBC1’s Live At The Apollo, Dave’s OneNight Stand and 8 Out of 10 Cats, presented BBC2’sNever Mind the Buzzcocks and released his debut stand-up DVD last year. Since winning the first ever PanelPrize at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2006, Watsonhas gone on to write four novels. He was also a speciallyinvited guest at Al Gore’s inaugural Earth Summit,which led to Watson writing his first non-fiction bookCrap At The Environment to critical acclaim.

Voted one of the Top 10 Comedians in New York Cityby the Hollywood Reporter and BackStage, Just ForLaughs alum MODI is one of the hottest comedians onthe scene today. He has appeared on many televisionshows, including CBS’s CSI: NY, HBO’s The Sopranos,NBC’s Last Comic Standing, Comedy Central’s ToughCrowd with Colin Quinn and E! Entertainment’sHoward Stern Show. On the silver screen, Modi hasplayed leading roles in two films: Waiting for WoodyAllen, which won the 2004 LA Film Festival, and StandUp, a feature length film released in 2006. He has alsoappeared in Our Italian Husband with Chevy Chase

and Brooke Shields, The Perfect Christmaswith QueenLatifah, and National Lampoon’s One, Two Many. Modiis a regular at the New York and Los Angeles comedyclub circuits and tours across the US, United Kingdom,Holland and Israel.

Brooklyn-born and raised WIL SYLVINCE is one of themost explosive comedians performing around theworld today. Having performed at Just For Laughs fes-tivals numerous times, he most recently brought downthe house at last year’s TBS Just For Laughs Festival inChicago last year. His performances on BET’s ComicView, HBO’s Def Comedy Jam and Showtime at theApollo all garnered him standing ovations. He has beenhand-picked by comedian heavyweights DamonWayans, D.L. Hughley, Chris Tucker and Bill Bellamyto tour the US. Sylvince also prides himself in his ex-ceptional comedy writing skills. He was a contributorto Comedy Central’s Chappelle’s Show and DamonWayan’s The Underground, and his comedy writing hasalso been featured on The Fugees’ album The Score andWyclef’s The Carnival.

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BOYZ II MENFriday, April 12th at 8:00pm

With its smooth brand of doo-wop/hip-hop,Boyz II Men has spearheaded the renaissanceof the R&B vocal group, in the process revi-talizing Motown Records (the band hasbecome Motown’s best-selling act, and itssecond album, Boyz II Men II, is the label’sbest-selling album of all time). The Boyzhave sold over thirty million albums world-wide by the first half of 1997, and havemanaged to capture plenty of awards – not tomention plenty of hearts – along the way.

The Boyz II Men story begins in 1988, at theCreative & Performing Arts High School ofPhiladelphia, where Shawn Stockman,Wanya Morris, Nate Morris (no relation),and Mike McCary first discovered that thesum of their four voices was definitelygreater than the individual parts. Besidessinging at school, they honed their harmo-nizing skills by singing on street corners andon subway platforms, billing themselves asUnique Attraction. Believing that thingswould start to happen for them profession-ally, if they could just get heard by the rightperson, they charmed their way backstage ata 1989 show at the Philadelphia Civic Center,where they knew their idol, Michael Bivins(of New Edition and Bel Biv Devoe fame)would be.

NATHAN MORRISThe eldest & founding member of Boyz IIMen got into music early by singing inchurch and playing the trumpet. His gifted

ear was discovered in 4th grade during avocal class at his grade school. The musicteacher started to play a song that the classhad worked on a week earlier but began toplay it in another key. Nathan quickly raisedhis hand, pointed out that the song wasplayed in another key a week earlier, andbegan to sing the song in it’s original key.That sparked the teachers’ interest inNathan’s natural gift of “relative pitch”, so hebegan to give Nathan private “Sight Singing”lessons as well as vocal and piano lessons.

WANYA MORRISWanya Morris, born July 29, 1973, is afounding member of legendary R&B groupBoyz II Men. Wanya, together with ShawnStockman, and Nathan Morris (no relation)formed Boyz II Men as students at the presti-gious Philadelphia High School for Creativeand Performing Arts. Wanya, the group’ssecond tenor, has helped the group achieveinternational renown over the past twodecades. Wanya currently resides in New Jer-sey with his wife and children.

SHAWN STOCKMANShawn, born in Philadelphia on September26, 1972 has helped to make Boyz II Men thebest-selling R&B group of all time as thegroup’s tenor vocalist. For the past twodecades, Stockman and his bandmatesNathan Morris and Wanya Morris have beencrafting classic albums whose appeal haswithstood the test of time.

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A favourite of contemporary dance enthusiasts inQuebec, José Navas took a radical aesthetic turn in2005: he abandoned all narrative artifices andimperatives and focused on pure movement, which herefined to the point of abstraction. This approach, anatural fit for him, guided the creation of S, a“meditation in movement” inspired by Érik Satie’simmortal Gymnopédies and Gnossiennes, performed liveby celebrated French pianist Claire Chevallier. Presented


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in its world premiere in Bruges in December 2008, Sonce again demonstrates the artist’s formal mastery.Eight magnificent dancers, carve out endless forms inspace to Satie’s fluid and ethereal melodies. Thesymmetry of Satie’s studies in variations is echoed in thedance itself. S is also testament to Navas’s ability tochoose strong and vital dancers. Of his next-generation cast, he rhapsodizes, “They aretechnically exquisite, with gorgeous classical technique.”

More than ever, Navas is recognizing thetranscendental experience of attending a performance.“I think we can feel the spiritual at a show,” he says,describing the power of pure movement and theoverriding glory and grace of music. “...a stunning piece of choreography, a perfectlygeometric work, tight as a drum and impeccablypaced...A rigorous anatomical study, both poetic andsensual.” ~La Presse

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Swiss InteriorsCelebrating 60 years in Downtown Oakville

2013 is a big year for Swiss Interiors when thestore will be celebrating 60 years in DowntownOakville. Known for its great selection of largelyNorth American made furniture and a uniquecollection of home decor accessories, the store hasgrown from a small reupholstery shop to a largemulti-level space displaying styles ranging fromtraditional to transitional. New trends areshowcased alongside more classic designs allmade for everyday living. The name “Swiss Interiors” came about becausethe founder is from Switzerland... none of thefurniture is actually Swiss made! The name mayconfuse a few first time visitors to the store, butit’s longevity has prompted the 2nd generationcurrently managing the store to maintain theoriginal name. It is not long before a newcustomer discovers that the store carries familiarquality brand names at competitive prices. All major furniture pieces such as bedroomsuites, dining room suites, and sofas are strictlyNorth American built. Supporting our Canadianand American manufacturing industries isimportant to the store and results in the addedbenefit of a better quality product built using safeprocesses and materials. The size of the storefront is misleading, as itappears small. The showroom actually spans anupper and lower floor, with the upper oneconnecting to the double wide building beside it.The exterior storefront and back has been recently

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SIDE 1With a brilliant double opening of afore mentioned Cus-tard Pie and the wonderfully poetic The Rover, we see thatZeppelin has lost none of their musical know-how. TheRover wins you over from the beginning with JimmyPage’s huge riff and Plants imagery: “I’ve been to Lon-don, seen seven wonders/I know to trip is just to fall.” InMy Time Of Dying, a monolithic, 11 minute blues piece,starts with a quiet, woozy yet rich slide guitar and buildsup to freight train pace,yet never loses control.Houses Of The Holy,with its free, spiritual,chugging riff, is dedi-cated to the venuesZeppelin played at,with a nod to their drughappy fans as well: “Areyou dizzy when you’restoned? Let the musicbe your master/Willyou heed the master’scall?” Trampled Under-foot, a swamp-funkmiss, is the worst songon the album. The an-noying keyboard and flat lyrics are a huge disappoint-ment. It is quickly brushed aside by what follows it;Kashmir, one of Zeppelin’s greatest, and possibly theirmost ambitious, song. With rolling orchestral sweeps andPlant displaying all of his range and depth while the won-derful lyrics, influenced by trips all over the worldthrough the subcontinent, Southeast Asia and the MiddleEast, add to the mystique, radio stations had no qualmsabout playing it, despite its 8:34 running time.

SIDE 2The eerie, Ancient Egyptian style In The Light is one ofthe multi-talented, multi-instrumental, underratedJones’ best works. Zeppelin were never able to recreatethe spine tingling keyboard sound live, and one can onlyimagine how far it could’ve gone if they had. The twominute instrumental Bron Yr Aur, entirely composed byPage, is, while undoubtedly a filler, is a damn good filler.The idyllic Down By The Seaside sounds like an old

wartime number that Vera Lynnmight’ve done-until it drops into

the heavy blues that Zeppe-lin became renowned for.The beautiful Ten YearsGone is a break up songthat is a far cry fromthe “you’ve been badto me woman, and I’mgonna leave you” linefrom Led Zeppelin I.Page’s magnificentemotive playing, with

Plant’s wistful lyrics, meltover Bonham and Jones’

steady rhythms. Night Flight,an ode to the young people who

went to Canada to dodge enlistment toVietnam, is a fantastic piece, with Jones’ sunrise organand Plant’s youthful voice. The Wanton Song, by its ownrights, is a solid song. But compared to the rest of thealbum, it’s a fairly weak track. By contrast, the casbahjive of Boogie With Stu is fantastic stuff, as is the DeepSouth Black Country Woman. Sick Again, which wouldprobably cause uproar amongst parent groups if re-leased today, is just solid.

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Led Zeppelin • CLASSIC ALBUMS LIVE • Friday, April 19th at 8:00pm

Physical Graffiti is a massive sprawl of music genres and styles, a melting pot of gold, of brilliance and immense talent.The best Zeppelin album behind IV, it truly showcases their unique and unsurpassable musical capacities. From thestrutting, London club style riffs of Custard Pie, The Wanton Song and Sick Again to the 1940s style English folk DownBy The Seaside to the gargantuan Far East Kashmir, Physical Graffiti is both a time machine and a space machine: in-fluences from countries and times all over the world can be found here.

Although it isn’t the best Led Zeppelin album, if you ever wanted to define the incontainable talent and presenceof one of the greatest bands of all time, this is your album. ~ SPUTNIK MUSIC, October 11, 2011

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It took only one spark and the new firefighterssuddenly found themselves facing an inferno.With a combination of diesel and gasoline spray-ing everywhere huge balls of orange flame exploded20 feet into the air throwing up thick plumes ofblack smoke.Undeterred, the firefighters manned their hosesand dosed the flame, pushing it back until it shrankand finally went out.

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In the midst of a record drought, wells onthe Seventh Line are drying up. A search tolocate a new well on Wingfield Farmensues, but distractions abound: a high-tech cattle drive, a battle with yellowjackets, a feud with a red-tailed hawk, aneccentric line-up of water witches and awell-driller who is only too happy to perfo-rate the ground at forty dollars a foot. Is itthe end of farming for Walt and Maggie, orcan the precious liquid be found? More than an environmental comedy,Wingfield Lost and Found is a whimsicalreminder that searching can turn up morethan what is lost and teach us the value ofmore than what is found.

ROD BEATTIE (actor) A veteran of fifteenseasons with the Stratford Festival (mostrecently in Wingfield’s Inferno in the 2005season), Rod Beattie is one of the mostrespected and versatile actors in Canadiantheatre. His extensive credits includeradio, television, film and live perform-ances across Canada; featured rolesinclude Ed in Ed’s Garage at the Grand The-atre and Theatre Orangeville, Felix in TheOdd Couple at Segal Centre, Montreal,Johnny Pateen Mike in The Cripple of Inish-maan at Theatre Calgary, Bill in The LoveList and Greg in Sylvia at the Belfry The-atre, Victoria, John Proctor in The Crucibleand Father Gustave in Blessings in Disguiseat Manitoba Theatre Centre, the Professorin Oleanna at the Grand Theatre and theNational Arts Centre (opposite Sandra Oh)and Andy Ladd in an Ontario tour of LoveLetters (opposite Martha Henry). Over thepast twenty years or so Rod’s name hasbecome synonymous with the Wingfieldseries which has brought him actingawards, rave reviews and sold-out housesacross Canada. Rod and Walt made their

American debuts to great acclaim at TheCincinnati Playhouse in the Park in 1994.Rod is the winner of the 1991-92 “Dora”Award (best performance by an actor in aleading role) for his performance in thefirst three Wingfield plays.

DAN NEEDLES (playwright) Dan Needlesspent half of his childhood in the city andhalf on the family farm at Rosemont,Ontario. After university he went to workas editor of the local newspaper in Shel-burne where he created the character ofWalt Wingfield, the retired stockbrokerturned farmer, who told about his adven-tures on the farm in a series of weeklyletters to the editor. In 1985 Dan drew fromthese columns to write his first play LetterFrom Wingfield Farm. Wingfield’s Progressfollowed in 1987, Wingfield’s Folly in 1990,Wingfield Unbound in 1997, Wingfield OnIce in 2001, Wingfield’s Inferno in 2005 andWingfield Lost and Found in 2009.

DOUGLAS BEATTIE (director) DouglasBeattie became an independent producerand director in 1979. His association withDan Needles goes back to childhood sum-mers spent on the farm. In addition toheading the Wingfield team Doug has beenguest director at the Stratford Festival, theBelfry Theatre, Victoria, Lighthouse Festi-val, Port Dover ON, Theatre Orangeville,the Blyth Festival, the Piggery Theatre,North Hatley PQ, Thousand Islands Play-house, Gryphon Theatre, Barrie ON, andthe Grand Theatre, London ON (Ed’sGarage, The Perils of Persephone). He wasconsultant to Primedia’s television produc-tion of Letter From Wingfield Farm whichwon the 1991 “Gemini” Award for best per-forming arts program and is co-executiveproducer of the Wingfield TV series.

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DAN COOPER OF ROYAL LEPAGEpresents

Madison VioletSaturday, May 4th at 8:30pm • In The Studio Theatre

Finding the good in goodbye is always bittersweet. JUNO nominatedroots duo Madison Violet (Brenley MacEachern and Lisa MacIsaac)can attest to that with their latest release, The Good In Goodbye, analbum born from their growth, both together and apart. The Good InGoodbye is an open diary of their personal and professional experi-ences together as friends and musicians, two very uniquerelationships that affect each other in profound ways. Since releasing their last album, No Fool for Trying (2009), Madi-son Violet won the 2009 John Lennon Songwriting Contest for theirtrack “The Ransom,” took home the 2009 Canadian Folk MusicAward for Vocal Group of the Year, and were nominated for multipleEast Coast Music Awards and a 2010 JUNO Award for Roots & Tra-ditional Album of the Year (Group). As a follow-up to their breakthrough successes in 2010, The GoodIn Goodbye captures the duo’s growth and musical maturity. Theirdistinct take on iconic Americana-inspired up-tempo melodies beau-tifully contrasts with their breathtakingly sweeping and personallyrics, creating songs that blend nods to Lucinda Williams and GillianWelch with radio-friendly flecks of The Court-Yard Hounds. To capture the intimacy of The Good In Goodbye, Madison Violetreturned to the studio with trusted friend and producer Les Cooper(Jill Barber) while bringing a collective of remarkable musicians intothe fold, including Joel Stouffer (Dragonette) on drums, AdrianLawryshyn (Andy Stochansky) on bass, and vocals from Ruth Moody(The Wailin’ Jennys) and singer/songwriter Blair Packham. Though Madison Violet seemingly made their mark in the last yearor so, success was hard earned, spending up to eight months a yearon the road, winning fans and champions the old-fashioned way, onesong at a time, one gig at a time. The duo has sold-out venues across North America and Europe,had the prestigious distinction of touring with Stuart McLean’s VinylCafe, and has shared stages with contemporaries such as ChantalKreviazuk, Ron Sexsmith and The Indigo Girls. With their newesteffort, Madison Violet prove that they’re among Canada’s brightestsinger/songwriters.

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Ballet CreoleWednesday May 8th at 7:00pm • A Pay-What-You-Can Performance

BALLET CREOLEEstablished in August 1990, Ballet Creole com-prises both a professional ensemble of dancersand musicians, as well as a Professional Schoolof Performing Arts. With an emphasis on thedisciplines of the Caribbean and Africa, BalletCreole focuses on traditional and contempo-rary dance while infusing music from aroundthe world. In its name, Ballet Creole hasrevived the old French connotation of “ballet”signifying “dance”, and “creole” referring to amelding of different dance styles and culturalinfluences. Ballet Creole – known as the Forerunner ofBlacks in Dance, is proud to present this specialpresentation with Master Drummer fromGuinea West Africa with a World Premiere Pro-duction entitled “TOUNKANDE” in honour ofBlack History Month in Canada. A unique andcreative collaboration between Patrick Parson(Ballet Creole, Artistic Director), Guest Artists– a Master Djembefola from Africa and a CubanMaster Drummer, Reimondo Sosa, this projectbrings together song, dance and rhythms ofGuinea, West Africa. This new work celebratesthe rich cultural heritage of the Malinke peopleand shares the importance of connecting thesocial and historical understanding of their tra-ditions as it links with the present.

REIMUNDO SOSABorn in Havana, Cuba, Reimundo began study-ing percussion when he was 6 years old. Hestudied Rumba, the Bata drums, the traditionsof Santeria and the music of the Orishas. Hehas travelled to Mexico, Martinique, andCanada. Reimundo leads Afro-Cuban percus-sion private classes and workshops. He has

performed and toured with the Battle of Santi-ago, Jane Bunnett, Glenda Del E , HilarioDuran, Iya Ire Afrocuban EensembleE, DirtyMaria, Ballet Creole, Ogguere, Telmary JazzPoet, Lady Son & Articulo 20, among others, aswell as solo performances at Muhtadi DrumFestival, Brazilian Festivals and others.

PATRICK PARSONPatrick Parson founded Ballet Creole in 1990.He is the Artistic Director and Principal Chore-ographer for the Ballet Creole Dance Companyand the Musical Director for Creole Drummatix.He also founded Ballet Creole’s School of Per-forming Arts, a Post-Secondary ProfessionalTraining Program for aspiring dancers concen-trating on Dunham and Graham moderntechniques complimented by Afro-Caribbeanand Cuban dance training. He is a respectedprofessor at York University in the KinesiologyDepartment and also earned his Masters Degreein Dance Ethnology at York University. Patrickregularly conducts dance/music workshops andlecture demonstrations for educators and stu-dent bodies in Boards of Education andUniversities throughout Canada. Patrick toured internationally as principaldancer with the Astor Johnson RepertoryDance Theatre of Trinidad. His professionaldance and choreographic experience spansCaribbean, African, East Indian, Jazz and Mod-ern dance styles. Patrick acquired Ballet andModern training at the Caribbean School ofDance, the Dance Academy of Trinidad andTobago and the Ryerson University dancedepartment. He is a graduate of Toronto DanceTheatre (TDT), and most recently furthered histraining at Jacob’s Pillow.

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Exodus, commonly considered as Marley’s opus, was releasedin 1977, after Marley’s biggest commercial success in America,the mostly unremarkable Rastaman Vibration. Marley finallymanaged to grow from being the cult hero of hazy-eyed fratboys to being a legitimate star, and easily the most successfuland identifiable reggae star at the time. But the biggest eventof this time period was in December of 1976. Two days beforeMarley was set to play the Smile Jamaica concert, which wasorganized by the prime minister of said country, Marley andhis wife were gunned down inside his house. The two wereseriously injured from the attack, but they were alive. Andthat’s all Marley needed. Two days later, Marley played theshow injured. Exodus features a rejuve-nated Marley, exuberant andhappy to be alive. If Marleywas feeling any gloomythoughts about his near-death, they sure don’t showthrough here, instead, Exo-dus features a laid-back,stoned atmosphere that’s si-multaneously funky and po-litical. In fact, Marley mightnot even be the star here;that reward goes to therhythm section of the Wail-ers. Bassist Aston Barrettplays a liquid-y bass that’snever overly technical, but itprovides a dark, flat feel to the album. This, with brother Carl-ton Barrett’s superb drumming notwithstanding, leavesplenty of room for Marley and guitarist Junior Marvin to wan-der freely. But this is still very much Marley’s album, and it shinesthrough with his vocal talent and his lyrical content. Unlikeother Marley albums, Exodus shies away from the crypticstory-telling of previous albums and tells much more straight-forward stories. “Exodus” is a call for change, told most obvi-ously in the verses: “Open up your eyes/look inside/are youhappy with the life you’re living?” Marley touches on religiouspolitics again with the transcendent closer “One Love/PeopleGet Ready” and with the most rock-based track on the album,

“Heathen”. But most of the time Marley simply tries to getaway from the political messages that nearly almost took hislife. “Jammin’” is a sultry sex tune, with a pulsating bass beatand soulful piano lines to add a fresh smell of nostalgia to thesong, almost like a reggae Frank Sinatra, only with more of afunk. “Three Little Birds” holds the title of simply being themost uplifting song ever, and bonus track “Punky ReggaeParty” takes notice of musical trends happening elsewhere inthe world. Hell, the whole second half provides five of thegreatest songs Marley ever written, and it might be the bestside of vinyl ever created. Vocally, Marley provides almost aminimalist approach, never trying to reach out or prove his

abilities with falsettos or whatever othervocal techniques people use. He just

sings the songs, and he providesmore emotion with his straight-forward vocal technique thananything Chris Martin orBono could ever provide.

But that’s the thing withExodus -- it’s just so differ-ent. It’s undoubtedly a clas-sic album, and Marley’slegacy still lives on, whetherits mentions of his name in

movies such as Knocked Up orI Am Legend, or if it’s Time Mag-

azine naming Exodus the bestalbum of the twentieth century. But

Marley never really defined the music hewas representing. His style of reggae isn’t really what wasdominant in Jamaica at the time, and it doesn’t really sounda whole lot like any reggae that came before it. Exodus ismuch more rooted in the blues and soul, has a little pinch ofthe British rock that much of his fanbase was also listening to,with a reggae façade thrown on top. But if Exodus wasstraight reggae, it probably wouldn’t be as good as it is. WhileWal-Mart may be content with stocking their “M” section withtwenty copies of Legend, fans who might be looking for thetrue experience must buy this. Hell, any fan of music shouldbuy this. Exodus is an album I can say is a classic, without anyhesitation or second thoughts. It is that good.

~ SPUTNIK MUSIC, January 9th, 2008

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Murray and Gail Paton have traded in the goodlife for the better life. Two years ago, they moved from their 3,200sq ft home in Oakville, where they lived for 15years, to a 2,400 sq ft townhome in The Village. They also downsized to Niagara-on-the-Lake,where their property taxes are a third of whatthey were in Oakville and their cost of living isless. “We absolutely love it here,” said Gail. “Itwas a perfect choice for this stage in our lives,”added Murray. “We wantedto achieve certain financialand life objectives but didn’twant to sacrifice the lifestylewe enjoyed in Oakville. Wehaven’t in any way.” “It is one of the most uniqueand special places because itcombines agriculture, win-eries and natural beauty, withhistoric sites and culturalvenues – art galleries, finerestaurants and world-classtheatre,” added Murray. Niagara-on-the-Lake wasrecently dubbed “Canada’sCulinary Capital” hosting thehighest amount of fine rest-aurants and food producersper capita. The Town also has four museums,many public parks and playgrounds, 16churches and six public and private art galleriesfor a start. There’s a new community centre near thecouple’s home that houses a banquet hall,conference rooms, a cafe, a public library andan athletic fitness centre. Right across the streetfrom The Village, the Jackson Triggs Wineryamphitheatre offers a variety of top-flightsummer musical concerts. And the MusicNiagara summer music festival offers superbjazz, choral and classical music in wonderfulvenues throughout the Town. Off season,there’s an international film festival fromDecember through February, a candlelightwalk in December and ice wine festivals inJanuary and February.

Activities aside, the Patons discovered acommunity full of fascinating people and amyriad of social, educational and interestgroups to join. Gail volunteers at the ShawFestival and Murray conducts historic War of1812 walking tours. Indeed, the Patons have discovered that a 15-minute walk with their dog is replete withamiable greetings and chatter with theneighbours. When they head down south for

their winter respite, Murrayand Gail take comfort inknowing they can lock uptheir home and leave itwithout worry, as one ormore of their neighbours arealways willing to do “housechecks” while they are away.

The pair loves thetraditional village design oftheir new community, whichthey liken to the historicdesign of the colonial city ofWilliamsburg, in Virginia. Yetall of the modern conven-iences are close at hand too.

Niagara-on-the-Lake’s prox-imity to Oakville and Torontomakes it easy to visit friends

and for Murray to handle periodic businessmeetings. Even accessing the U.S. border is justa 15-minute trip. “It’s a simpler life,” said Murray. “I certainlydon’t miss the traffic and congestion of the cityand yet the GTA is only an hour’s drive away.You can be as busy or as quiet as you wish. Withall that the community has to offer, we neverlack for interesting things to do! It is one of themost unique and special places.”

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