Polka by Vancouver Film School student

July 26, 2007

 

Rodolfo Collado is promoted on yahoo!

see http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=751507&cache=1

This is the second Vancouver Film School student production I have seen that has been very impressive!

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“Gad Zooks! Has Cape Breton Moved to Ottawa?”

Ottawa News from Cape Breton expats.

5th Sunday Session – July 29, 2007

A National Holiday has been declared!  Cape Breton is a Nation is it not???  There is NO session on Sunday July 29.  Play a few tunes with your family, and relax!

Pub Session – August 5, 2007

2pm-5pm hosted by Royal Oak Pub 318 Bank St. at MacLaren. Yes, even though it’s the day after a full day of Scottish fiddle at the Glengarry Games we’re still on for another afternoon of great Cape Breton fiddle tunes. Bring your fiddles and your hangovers and join us for a toe-tappin’ time.

So, Meet us at the Oak!  That’s the Royal Oak at Bank and MacLaren from 2 – 5pm on Sunday August 5!

House Session – August 12, 2007

2pm-5pm hosted by Daniel, Laura, Brian and Aylene Gracie. Come meet the newest Gracie! 925 Parkhaven Ave. 613-820-1535. Queensway to Woodroofe NORTH exit. North on Woodroofe, left (west) on Georgina (1st lights). Through a couple of stop signs then left on Parkhaven. House is across from school.

  

Upcoming Cape Breton inspired events!

Massed Fiddlers,  Sunday July 29th

The Massed Fiddlers have been invited to perform at the 31st annual St. Raphael’s Galarama (19,998 County Rd 18) to be held Sunday July 29th in South Glengarry.  Besides being a fun afternoon for any of you who can attend, this will provide an additional opportunity for a run-through of some of our tune sets before the Glengarry Highland Games to follow later in the week on August 3rd and 4th.  Free admission and supper is offered to performing musicians.  Our time slot is from 6:00 to 6:25 p.m. but we should be there much earlier to tune etc.

Entertainment starts at 1:15 p.m. and includes Brigadoons, McCullough Dancers, Murray Dancers, Ian MacLeod and his Junior & Senior fiddlers, musician Paul Boosamra, Double Creation, David MacPhee and his fiddle students, Neil Emberg & Ashley MacLeod, The MacDonell Sisters and the Keeler Gaudet Band. There is also a Fish Pond, Dessert Booth, Kiddy’s Corner and a full course roast beef dinner served in the hall. Bring a lawn chair and spend the afternoon.

Check out www.glengarrycelticmusic.com  for the tunes, or contact Don MacPhee for more info:  donann@glen-net.ca

Family Square Dance with Troy MacGillivray, Wednesday August 1st, 2007

East Coast Fiddling Sensation, Troy MacGillivray (http://www.troymacgillivray.com/) will be performing for a family Square Dance on Wednesday, August 1st from 9:00 pm to midnight at the Dunvegan Recreation Hall.  Admission $10.00. Everybody Welcome!!  Lunch served.  Hall location: 5 doors west of the intersection of

County Roads 24 & 30 in Dunvegan.

Bara MacNeils at the Maxville Highland Games, Friday August 3rd, 2007

The Barra MacNeils perform at the Tattoo (http://www.barramacneils.com/), part of the Maxville Highland Games (http://www.glengarryhighlandgames.com/)

Workshop with Kendra MacGillivray, Saturday August 4th, 2007

Kendra will (http://www.kendramacgillivray.com/) offer a Celtic fiddle workshop and then play a few tunes for our listening pleasure, part of the Maxville Highland Games (http://www.glengarryhighlandgames.com/)

Ashley MacIsaac, August 18, 2007

Yes, Cape Breton’s next MP for the Liberal party is bringing his party to Bank Street (according to his website http://ashley-macisaac.com/).  This to be announced tour stop will be outdoors.

Website

Check us out!  http://www.magma.ca/~jwmacgi/cbsession.htm

Schedule

July 29—No Session: We usually play at a senior’s home for the 5th Sunday of a month, but this day will be a summer vacation day instead.

August 5—Pub Session: 2pm-5pm hosted by Royal Oak Pub 318 Bank St. at MacLaren. Yes, even though it’s the day after a full day of Scottish fiddle at the Glengarry Games we’re still on for another afternoon of great Cape Breton fiddle tunes. Bring your fiddles and your hangovers and join us for a toe-tappin’ time.

August 12—House Session: 2pm-5pm hosted by Brian and Aylene Gracie.

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fractals (pix)

July 8, 2007

at http://pixrat.ibibo.com/picture/similar/cfcb567722f37a008ebb298d46859fd04b988771

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jim, NYC’s mosaic man

Jim was mentioned by someone I met in Barra de Navidad and I was pleased that someone has blogged about him (see http://newyorkdailyphoto.blogspot.com/2007/06/mosaic-man.html).  He reminds me of Philly’s Isaiah Zagar (see http://www.isaiahzagar.org/).  It is so great that people beautify their local environments with mosaics!

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Mychael Danna

Too bad I don’t yet have an ipod as I have so much fun exploring the music on youtube today …

I hadn’t heard of this artist and I also listened to Carlos Nunez.  Must be in a celtic frame of mind.

Iona - Mychael Danna at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT9lTqqu3qI&mode=related&search=

The Blood of Cuchulainn - Mychael Danna at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TezgCpPuys&mode=related&search=

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Explore the world of type

at Type City:  http://www.veer.com/ideas/typecity/gallery.aspx

One of the best websites I have seen!

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Gulf Island Film and Television School (GIFTS)

at www.giftsfilms.com

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Mosaics in Vancouver and elsewhere …

at http://mosaicartsource.wordpress.com/2006/12/15/

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Go see ‘Monet to Dali’ at the Vancouver Art Gallery

if you get a chance!  It is on until September 16th, 2007 and I might go again after seeing the show yesterday.

Here is the description from the Vancouver Art Gallery website at http://www.vanartgallery.bc.ca/theexhibitions/exhibitmonet.html

Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art

June 11 to September 16, 2007


Monet to Dalí represents the most comprehensive showing of European painting and sculpture in Vancouver in more than half a century. Drawn from the superb collections of the Cleveland Museum of Art, the exhibition consists of more than 80 paintings, drawings and sculpture that demonstrate key examples from the European modernist movement. Organized into four groupings, this exhibition covers a century of art making from 1864 to 1964 and showcases important work by the major Impressionists, Post-Impressionists, early modern sculptors and avant-garde artists interested in Dadaism, Cubism and Surrealism. Most notably, the exhibition includes key works by Manet, Monet, Cézanne, van Gogh, Rodin, Picasso, Dalí and other renowned artists. Together, the works in this stellar collection illuminate the breadth of creativity in one of the most extraordinary epochs in the history of Western art.

Organized by the Cleveland Museum of Art. Curated by William H. Robinson in association with Heather Lemonedes, Cleveland Museum of Art

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Squamish was location for Robert Altman’s 1971 film McCabe & Mrs. Miller

below is from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067411/

Here is the plot line from http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:31953

McCabe & Mrs. Miller
 
 

  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Plot Synopsisby Hal Erickson

Memorably described by Pauline Kael as "a beautiful pipe dream of a movie," Robert Altman’s McCabe & Mrs. Miller reimagines the American West as a muddy frontier filled with hustlers, opportunists, and corporate sharks — a turn-of-the-century model for a 1971 America mired in violence and lies. John McCabe (Warren Beatty) wanders into the turn-of-the-century wilderness village known as Presbyterian Church, with vague plans of parlaying his gambling winnings into establishing a fancy casino-brothel-bathhouse. McCabe’s business partner is prostitute Mrs. Miller (Julie Christie), who despite her apparent distaste for McCabe helps him achieve his goal. Once McCabe and Mrs. Miller become successful, the town grows and prospers, incurring the jealousy of a local mining company that wants to buy McCabe out. Filmed on location in Canada, McCabe & Mrs. Miller makes use of such Altman "stock company" performers as Shelley Duvall, René Auberjonois, John Schuck, and Keith Carradine. The seemingly improvised screenplay was based on a novel by Edmund Naughton and the movie features a soundtrack of songs by Leonard Cohen. McCabe & Mrs. Miller joined such other Altman efforts as MAS*H, The Long Goodbye, and Thieves Like Us in radically revising familiar movie genres for the disillusioned Vietnam era.

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