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November 2012

 
Upcoming Live Performances

Mo KauffeyThe clocks have fallen back to Standard Time and the days are getting shorter and colder... winter is well on its way.
 
However, there are plenty of reasons to look forward to this time of year... the holiday season, festivals, parties and live entertainment
 
Here are a few recommended upcoming live performances:

 

In the meantime, stay tuned for details on the February Blues and Jazz Bash - which will soon be announced!

 

WIN a Gourmet Dinner for Two! 

 

freshalicious® logoFreshalicious.ca is a proud supporter of the Orangeville Blues and Jazz Festival. At this time they are offering a chance to WIN a Gourmet Dinner for Two at Ray's 3rd Generation Bistro Bakery, located just south of Orangeville in the Village of Alton.

 

Ray's 3rd Generation Bistro BakeryRay's 3rd Generation Bistro Bakery (formerly known as Ray's Bakery) has been a local fixture for nearly 80 years and it has been a family-run enterprise since 1966.

 

Award-winning Executive Chef Jason Perkins offers a delectable and ever-changing menu built around succulent, locally grown or produced and seasonally-available ingredients.

Live music is also a regular feature - making Ray's the perfect place for a couple's night out.

 

NOTE: this contest closes on Sunday, December 16 and the winner will be contacted via e-mail.

 

Click HERE for details and to enter!

 

Give the Gift of Blues and Jazz this Holiday Season 

 

In 2012 we celebrated the 10th Annual Orangeville Blues and Jazz Festival.

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To commemorate this historic milestone a 10th Anniversary CD titled "The Groove" was produced.

The Groove CD is now available for sale at the following Orangeville retailers:

 

- Aardvark Music & Culture: 169 Broadway Avenue

- Blighty's Tuck Store: 88 First Street (Staples Plaza)

- BookLore: 121 First Street

- Broadway Music: 232 Broadway Avenue

- I Scream for Ice Cream: 469 Broadway Avenue (at C Line)

 

Sale price is $15.00 each, making it a great gift or stocking-stuffer for the music lover on your holiday shopping list.

 

Downtown Christmas Countdown in Orangeville

 
As December approaches, the Businesses and Merchants of Downtown Orangeville are ramping up for the Festive Season and are pleased to announce the Downtown Christmas Countdown.

This great event is designed to encourage you to celebrate the Season with outstanding holiday shopping opportunities, including: 
 
Holiday Shopping Season is Here In Store Promotions:
  • Nov 30 & Dec 1 - Customer Appreciation
    Pop into your favorite downtown stores and find out just how much they value your business! 
  • Dec 7 & 8 - Stocking Stuffer Spectacular
    Our Downtown stores are featuring products that make super stocking stuffers! 
  • Dec 14 & 15 - Spirit of Christmas
    A portion of all purchases at participating retailers will be donated to the Orangeville Food Bank. 
  • Dec 21 & 22 - The Great Gift Wrap Up
    Gift Wrapping provided by the Optimist Club of Orangeville at Town Hall.  Making Spirits Bright Draw complete & winners announced.

All I Want for Christmas Wish List Registry
Participating stores will provide cards with participating businesses names listed.  Just check off the stores where you have registered your wish list and hand it over to your significant other.  Participating stores will keep your personal Christmas Wish List on file so when your personal Santa comes it and gives your name, they will be told exactly what you would like and in what sizes/colours.  It's Shopping made Simple.
 
Extended Friday & Saturday Operating Hours for Participating Stores 
- Fridays until December 21st - until 8pm
- Saturdays until December 22nd - until 6pm
 
Winter Window Wonderland
Downtown Stores are well into the spirit of the holidays and will be competing in a holiday window decorating contest and dressing up their windows for the Christmas season.  Be sure to come downtown and check out their holiday finery!
 
Making Spirits Bright Gift Certificate Baskets
Downtown Businesses and the BIA have donated hundreds of dollars worth of gift certificates that have been bundled together for 3 terrific prizes.  The Winner will be announced BEFORE Christmas so they can take advantage of these fabulous prizes.
 
Broadway's Boxing Day Bash
Watch out for super end of season savings at your favourite downtown stores, including Mill Street & Armstrong Street locations.
 
For more information on the various businesses and merchants located in Orangeville's Downtown or to view the schedule of events that take place throughout the year, visit: Downtownorangeville.ca.
 

Larry's Gift Giving Ideas

 
Irene TorresFor the Blues lover on your holiday shopping list here are some CD recommendations from Larry Kurtz - Orangeville Blues and Jazz Festival Co-Founder and Artistic Director. 
 
Most of the CDs listed below are available directly from each artist's web site.
 
Eric Bibb: Deeper In The Well 

Irene Torres & The Sugar Devils: Self Titled Debut 
Soul Stack
Sam Turton: At Home 

Soulstack: Big Red 

Treasa Levasseur: Broad

Magic Slim & The Teardrops: Bad Boy
www.magicslimblues.com

The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer: Checkered PastThe Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer
ww.harpoonistaxemurderer.com

Steve Strongman: A Natural Fact
 
Jack De Keyzer: Electric Love

Harrison Kennedy: Shame The Devil
 
Happy Shopping!
 

20 Years of Fathead

 
Fathead 20 Years Deep CDFathead, one of Canada's greatest blues bands, is celebrating 20 years together by releasing a greatest hits CD: "Fathead 20 Years Deep".
 
Featuring standout tracks culled from all seven of their previous albums, there are also two tracks that feature Fathead backing Chicago blues ace Little Mack Simmons.
 
I saw Fathead perform for my first time quite by accident. My wife norma & I were attending a blues show in Toronto at The Silver Dollar back around 1996 or 1997 and the club had temporarily lost it's liquor license. We decided to walk down Spadina to Grossman's Tavern to get a drink between sets.
 
When we went in there was this blues band with a great singer and a really cool harmonica player but we had no idea who they were. I only realized a few months later we had seen Fathead in their early days.
 
This sort of thing happened to me a few times when I was getting into blues. I have walked into Chicago's Diner on Queen Street and the sign outside said "someone" and the C Notes who's name I did not recognize - it was Chuck Jackson. On another occasion I happened upon a great harp player who looked a bit like Steve Martin - it was Mark Bird Stafford!
 
FatheadWe started seeing Fathead perform live more and more because they were so good. I became friends with the guys in the band and ended up studying harmonica with Al Lerman for about five years. Al is one of the best and most under rated harp players in the business! They played in Orangeville for the first time at the old Mad Hatter Pub in back in 2001.
 
Fathead has played our festival many times over the years.
 
In fact the publicity photo to the right was shot by Paul Dimmock at our fest right behind Orangeville Town Hall.
 
With two Juno Awards and numerous other music industry trophies to their credit, Fathead has played the top blues rooms, concert halls and music festivals from coast to coast. Their music is steeped heavily in the blues, married with elements of r&b, funk and soul, and possesses a unique ensemble sound that is immediately recognizable as their own. 
 
Check out this video of Fathead playing the main stage at Orangeville Blues & Jazz Festival in 2009: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9EoOW-KTVY 
 
Congratulations guys!
 
~ Larry Kurtz
 

16th Annual Maple Blues Awards Nominees Announced

 
Maple Blues AwardsThe Toronto Blues Society will be celebrating its 16th Annual Maple Blues Awards by honouring nationally and internationally recognized Canadian Blues artists from across the country on January 21, 2013. 
 
Hosted by Toronto actor and blues musician Raoul Bhaneja, The Maple Blues Awards are taking place at Koerner Hall in Toronto on January 21th, 2013.
 
The nominees are listed below and a good number of them are regular performers at the Orangeville Blues and Jazz Festival.
 
Voting is open until Midnight PST December 8th, 2012. Blues fans can cast their votes online at www.mapleblues.ca.
 
Tickets for the Maple Blues Awards are on sale now for $35 - $65.
 
They can be purchased at The Weston Family Box Office, located in The Royal Conservatory building at 273 Bloor Street West, Toronto or online at https://tickets.rcmusic.ca/public.
 
The 16th Annual Maple Blues Awards Nominees:
 
Entertainer Of The Year

- Colin James

- Matt Andersen

- MonkeyJunk

- Shakura S'Aida

- Steve Strongman

 
Electric Act Of The Year

- Anthony Gomes

- JW Jones

- MonkeyJunk

- Paul Reddick

- Steve Strongman

 
Acoustic Act Of The Year
- Harrison Kennedy
- Michael Jerome Browne
- Ray Bonneville
- Steve Strongman
- Suzie Vinnick
 
Male Vocalist Of The Year
- Chuck Jackson
- Harrison Kennedy
- Matt Andersen
- Paul Reddick
- Steve Marriner
 
Female Vocalist Of The Year
- Dawn Tyler Watson
- Nanette Workman
- Shakura S'Aida
- Suzie Vinnick
- Treasa Levasseur
 
New Artist Or Group Of The Year
- Ben Racine
- Boogie Patrol
- Conor Gains Band
- Steve Kozak
- The Harpoonist & the Axe Murderer
 
Recording/Producer Of The Year
  • "A Natural Fact" Steve Strongman (Independent) Producer - Rob Szabo
  • "Checkered Past" The Harpoonist & the Axe Murderer (Independent) Producers - Matthew Rogers & Shawn Hall
  • "Time" Shakura S'Aida (Electro-Fi) Producers - Shakura S'Aida, Howard Ayee
  • "Broad" Treasa Levasseur (Slim Chicken), Producers - Treasa Levasseur, Ken Whiteley, Steve Marriner, Terry Wilkins
  • "Wishbone" Paul Reddick (Independent) Producer - Colin Cripps
Guitarist Of The Year
- David Gogo
- Garrett Mason
- Kevin Breit
- Steve Strongman
- Teddy Leonard
 
Harmonica Player Of The Year
- Carlos del Junco
- David Hoerl
- Guy Bélanger
- Paul Reddick
- Steve Marriner
 
Piano/Keyboard Player Of The Year
- David Vest
- Julian Fauth
- Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne
- Lance Anderson
- Michael Fonfara
 
Horn Player Of The Year
- Al Lerman
- Chris Whiteley
- Frank Thiffault
- Jon Wong
- Pat Carey
 
Drummer Of The Year
- Bucky Berger
- Chris Nordquist
- Matt Sobb
- Sam Harrisson
- Tom Bona
 
Bassist Of The Year
- Alec Fraser
- Gary Kendall
- Omar Tunnoch
- Stephen Barry
- Terry Wilkins
 
Songwriter Of The Year
- Julian Fauth
- Paul Reddick
- Shakura S'Aida & Donna Grantis
- Steve Strongman
- Treasa Levasseur
 
B.B. King International Artist Of The Year
- Tedeschi Trucks Band
- Michael Burks
- Dr. John
- Curtis Salgado
- Joe Louis Walker

Blues With A Feeling Award (Lifetime Achievement)
- Alec Fraser
- Danny Brooks
- Ellen McIlwaine
- Joe Murphy
- Ken Whiteley
- Michael Fonfara
- Stephen Barry
- Tom Lavin
- Michael Jerome Browne
- Matt Minglewood
- Brent Parkin
- Bob Walsh
- Jim Zeller
- Nanette Workman
- Theresa Malenfant
- John Dickie

Follow us on Facebook & YouTube

If you are not already aware, the Orangeville Blues and Jazz Festival is on Facebook, andOBJF Facebook Profile Page you are invited to join us and stay up to date with the latest photos, videos and upcoming events.

And now you can also find us on our YouTube Channel, where you can enjoy dozens of performance videos from past Festivals. You may even see yourself in the vids.OBJF YouTube Channel

In the meantime, we would like to thank you for your interest in (and support of) our Festival.

 

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