Newsletter-1984-October - Mariposa Folk Festival

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Computers and Muslc presented by Roland Canada
Thursday, Nov. 8, 3:00 & 8:OO pm
Friday, Nov. 9, 3;00 & 8:00 pm
Saturday, Nov. 10, 3:00 & 8:00 pm
Sunday, Nov. 11, 1:00 & 4:00 pm
Electronlcs
Salurday, Nov. 10,6:00 pm
Sunday, Nov 1 1, 2.00 pm
Survivlng ln The Music Business prôsonted by The Toronto Musi-
cians' Assoclatlon
Saturday, Nov.
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Jazz Cllnlce presented by Humber College
Thursday, Nov. B, 1:00 pm (Guitar)
Thursday, Nov. 8, 2:00 pm {Woodwinds)
Thursday, Nov. 8, 3:00 pm (Theory)
Thursday, Nov.8, 4:00 pm (Brass)
Thursday, Nov. 8, 5:00 pm (Percussion)
Friday, Nov. 9, 2:00 pm (Keyboards)
Saturday, Nov. 10, 12:00 pm (Bass)
Sunday, Nov. 1 1 , 12:00 pm (Guitar)
Goncerts
Thursday, Nov.8
2:00- Humber College 'A'
Muslc Vldeos Made Slmple and lnexpensivo prosented by Manta
ïhursday, Nov. 8, 7:00
Saturday, Nov. 1 0, 2:00 pm
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Thursday, Nov. 8, 5:00 & 9:00 pm
Friday, Nov. 9, 5:00 & 9:00 pm
Sunday, Nov. 11,2:00 & 5:00 pm
Thursday, Nov. 8, 6:00 pm
Friday, Nov. 9, 6:00 pm
Maklng a Llvlng ln Gospel Mus¡c presenled by the Christian
Muslclan¡' Assoclatlon
Sunday, Nov. 11, 3:00 pm
Band
Saturday, Nov.10
Jazz
4:00 - Un¡versity of Torcnto Concert Band
7:00- Hart House Orchestra
9.30 - Paul James Band
Friday, Nov.9
2:00-Tamarack
4:00" Der Kinky Foxx
3:00 pm
Home Recording Techniques presented by Steve's Music
7.00 -Club Bluenote Revue featuring George Olliver and
Thursday, Nov. 8, 8:00 pm
Friday, Nov. 9, 8:00 pm
9:30 - Sherry Kean
Bickert
4:00 - Terry Sumsion
7:00 - Pukka Orchestra presented
by the Miller Rock Network
9:30 - Special Guests
Parachute Club
Sunday, Nov.
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1:00 - lr,loses Hazan
5:00 - Manteca
Gangbusler
Saturday, Nov 10, 8.00 pm
Sunday, Nov. 11,4:00 pm
Sound & Llghtlng presentod by Westbury Sound
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Friday, Nov. 9, 3:00 pm (Beginner Lighting)
Friday, Nov. 9, 9:00 pm (Begìnner Sound)
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Saturday, Nov.
1:00 pm (Beginner Lighting)
Saturday, Nov. 10, 9:00 pm (Beginner Sound)
Sunday, Nov. 1 1, 1:00 pm (Advanced L¡ght¡ng)
Sunday, Nov. 1 1, 5:00 pm (Advanced Sound)
Roclr Trivia Gontest
See media personal¡ties
f rom the Toronlo area play off against each
other in the Rock Trivia Contest. Pr¡ze money from the Contest w¡ll be
donated to the winner's favourite charity.
Saturday, Nov. 10, 5:00 pm (Elimination)
Sunday, Nov. 11, 2:30 pm (Semi-Final and Final)
Compact Disc: The Future of Audio presented by
Philips Electronics
Thursday, Nov. 8, 9:00 pm
Friday, Nov. 9, 5:00 pm
2:00 - Rob McOonnell and Ed
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Sunday, Nov. 11, 11:00 am
Gomputer Music Demonstration
Seè the latest in computer music hardware and software demonstrated
and try some of lhe latest ¡nnovalions in compr.llcr music.
Qucen Ellzabeth Bulldlng, Exhlbltlon Place, loronto, Nov.
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Thursday,Nov.S,Noon-10:00pm.,Friday,Nov.9,Noon-10:00pm.,Salurday,Nov. 10, 10:00-10:00pm.,Sunday,Nov. 11, 10:00-6:00pm.
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$9.00 Four-Day Passes available at Bass and Trcketron Locations
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FOLKIN TORONTO: HERE TO STAY!
by Jim Layeux
Esperides Café Restaurant, Egyptian music can
As the sweltering heat of summer gave way to a
heard at the Jerusalem Night Restaurant,
fall temperature, ¡t was suggested that the
Notes dedicate an article to the evolving
potential of folk music in Toronto. lt seems
I've probably touched on only a few of
places where different kinds.of folk music
ppropriate, and a bit ironic, that some
participants believe 1984 w¡ll be a year of growth
for folk culture, arts and aud¡ences. Aftertalking to
a number of people who have been supporting
and promoting folk music in Toronto for the past
several years, and others who have become
regularly showcased, which supports the view
there's a whole bunch of interesting stuff going
out there, but it's sometimes difficult to kn
where to f ind ¡t. That makes it important to d
the relevant information through existi
involved more recently, one would have to
conclude that the reason folk music survives is
channels, as well as to find ways of creating
channels through the popular media so tha
anyone not familiar with folk-related events ca
check it oul for themselves.
There are many indications that interest ¡n folk
because it belongs to everybody and it's there for
everyone ... sometimes.
Folk has always been and will always be there
for everyone: to sing, dance, strum, hum, listen to
enioy. lt will be with us long after any "boom"
n the process declines or accelerates. This m¡ght
the single most ¡mportant reason people cling
because it is for them a visible line
to the culture
heritage to the past, as well as a focus on the
music is def initely growing. Some 30,000 listene
tune in to "Folk Music and Folkways" on CJRT-FM
every Saturday afternoon. lt doesn't matter that
30,000 people tune
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highways, streets, schools, and office
out to the green spaces to enioy the
festivities. On the Toronto lslands the f irst
nual Northwind Folk Festival was enthusiasticlaunched. A few weeks later in Barrie, north of
Toronto, on the site of ¡ts new location at Molso.n
Park, Mariposa staged ¡ts most successfulfestival
in years. According to Joe Lew¡s of CJRT-FM
Radio and host of the weekly show "Folk Music
Folkways": "This is very encouraging stuff,
you consider the previous year, when there
no f olk festivals in Toronto." Dave Trallord of
it to a// of
CJRT'
programming; they're staying tuned on Saturdayi
afternoons, and that's a healthy sign. This is alsol
supported by the number of song requests thel
show receives. Joe Lewis sees much of his radiol
show aud¡ence, as well as the festival crowd.l
present and the future. The natural grounding
associated with many of the events are
enough to become involved with thê
activities presented.
The summer of 1984 saw two festivals in the
unity draw thousands of people from
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music at the lrish Cultural Centre and the
coming from the middle age group, whichl
represents a huge portion of the population.l
For instance, performer Judy Greenh¡ll ¡s busy
organizing and promot¡ng the Mariposa
Sundays, a series of concerts.at lnnis
College Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave. The popular
series features mus¡c, theatre and story-telling for
Bloor St. W.); open every Wednesday from 8:30
p.m. during the fall and winter, and the Jailhouse
Café (97 Main Street), open every Saturday from
8:30 p.m., also offer open stages.
"Many of our listeners grew up with this musib notl
so long ago and will not abandon it."
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Tim Harrison, Art¡st¡c Director of the Northwind I
Folk Festival, would like to see an increase inl
college and university-age audiences throughl
concerts and folk clubs. "l th¡nk the organic nature
of folk music has always re-surfaced to attract new
audiences." Through programs such as Mariposa
the whole family by top-notch performers. Judy is
also involved with M.l.T.S. (Mariposa in the
Schools) and lhe Country Dances, another
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in the Schools, folk music becomes a livel
Mariposa-sponsored event now in its third season.
"We're playing to capacity houses and the dances
are open to everyone."
experiences for young school children as well.l
Performers and organizers might consider taking
music and dance to the elderly (for example, tol
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olds folks' homes, resorts, etc.) and perhapsl
UT-Radio Varsity agrees: "There's an interest in
audience being generated by the festivals.
learning a song or two in return, thuscompleting a
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This is especially due to the broad.range of
cycle.
organizations."
include the Flying Cloud Folk Club, which.l
according to organizer Dan Meany, is recerving
Other encouraging signs of renewed interestl
programming being offered by the two
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better and better audiences. The club is planning á
full season of activity, including a Celtic music
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festival at Harbourfront in the spring. Ray Peak, I
who has been host¡ng at Fat Albert's Coffeehouse I
for a number of years, says':'Business has cqçne.l
up lately, and we cater mostly to the periormþg l
musician." David Welch reports that audiences at I
the New Trojan Horse have been slowly but surely I
picking up in the relatively short time the café has
David Welch of the New Trojan Horse ,Café is been in operation. Jonathon Lipsin, who runs the
comm¡tted to presenting a wide range of cultural lncredible Book and Record Store on Yonge I
events such as women's music of the feminist Street and who has also been involved in record
movement, native expression, Latin music, d¡str¡bution for a few years, says that sales of folk I
broadsides, drama, and poetry, all related to the music records are becoming more consistent. So I
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social condition. "Some of the performers we the interest is there.
Creat¡ng a strong tolk scene is the responsibility I
feature at the Trojan Horse you won't see in a runof-the-mill commercial bar," he says. Every other of everyone who desires to create it. The crucial
Wednesday there's an open stage for singers, factor is participation. So whether one sings, plays I
poets and performers comm¡tted to social change. an instrument, dances, organizes, or fund-raises,
Ethnic mus¡c also thrives here in gmallclubs and part-time, f ull-time, or iust to have a good time - |
restaurants. Balkan music is performed at the folk is there for the taking.
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lan Bell, who performs with Muddy York,
a
unique traditional duo, pointed out the wide range
of musical styles that fall under the label of folk
music. He believes support among all those
concerned w¡ll create greater visibility and
opportun¡ty. Michael Cooney, folksinger and
Artistic Director of the'84 Mariposa Festival, is one
who believes that by broadening the definition of
folk music, we can broaden the audience potential
as well. "Mariposa is also an information centre:
there to generate exposure for cultural events
sponsored by different communities," he says.
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could be argued that a well-organized festival
in or near a city the size of Toronto
't poss¡bly lose. B!t- it ain't necessarily so.
There are many unforeseeables such as the
, conflicting events, cancellations and a
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of other minor catastrophes.
lt
takes
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Editors:
ous amount of time and energY on the
of organizers and volunteers al¡ke to mount a
major folk festival. Carl Melvin of Northwind
stressed the work of the volunteers: "Besides
showing their enthus¡asm and commitment, it's a
way to develop audiences." He added that it
a unique breed of human being to be a folk
Advertising Manager:
Copy Editors:
Photo Editor:
Circulalion & Events Listing:
Photos:
festival volunteer.
lf there is growth in the overall folk scene in the
Contributors this issue:
ng years, it w¡ll take more than the summer
festivals
to create it. Every year, dozens
of
rticipatory events are sponsored, ranging from
to open sings to volunteer parties, kids'
Letters to the Editors:
events, grownups' events, and on and on.
there are the clubs and a growing
number of Jrigh-quality folk-oriented radio
programs, as well as a wide variety of concerts
a broad range of what people call "folk
Tam Kearney of Friends of Fiddlers Green says,
music is a social event above all else, so what
way-to socialize than by throwing regular
and inviting everyone?" Rob Sinclair,
Director of Mariposa, believes part of
responsibility is reaching out to attract people
have never heard of a folk commun¡ty.
, the fest¡val is a big part of Mariposa,
we provide an ongoing, year-round series of
to which we welcome anyone who's
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and
Clubs which feature a variety of folk music are
beginning to re-surface in Toronto. Two recent
additions to the scene are the New Trolan Horse
Café, 179 Danforth Avenue, featuring a wide range
of people's music and culture, and the Flying
Cloud Folk Club at Henryls Restaurant, 150
Harbord Street, specializing in Celtic music. Other
clubs include the Free Times Café (320 College
Street), featùring local and established singers
aird songwriters; the Free Times also holds an
open stage, hosted by Thomas Handy, every
Monday night. Café on the Park (174 Eglinton Ave.
W.) presents well-known folk artists during the fall
and winter months. Fat Albert's Coffeehouse
MARIPOSA
NOTES
STAFF
Brian Grebow
Diana Tyndale
Drago Maleiner (416-597-141 1 )
Annette Christensen
Pam Halpern
Brian Pickell
Syd Scull
Anne Levenston, Brian Pickell, Don
Thurston, Bill Usher
Sandy Byer, Jim Ediger, Pamela Halpern,
Howard Kaplan, Jim Layeux, Kate Murphy,
David Parry, Judy Roberts, Joseph
Romain, Terry Skeet, Scott Wilkinson
Please address your letters to Letters to the
Editors, Mar¡posa Notes, 525 Adela¡de St.E.,
Toronto M5A 3W4. The Notes reserves the
right to ed¡t all contributions but will take
every precaution to preserve the core of the
correspondent's argument. Views expressed
are those of the letter-writers.
Mariposa Notes is published quarterly by the Mariposa Folk
Foundation, 525 Adelaide St. E., Toronto, Ontario, Canada
MsA 3W4. Allrights reserved. Material may not be reprinted
without written Permission.
Deadline for next issue: December 27, 1984.
Cover Photo: Brian Pickell
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THE MARIPOSA FOLK FOUNDATION
Wishes to Thank:
CORPORATE FESTIVAL
SPONSORS
CORPORATE FESTÍVAL
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MARIPOSA GRATEFULLY
ACKNOWLEDGES THE
SUPPORT OF:
The Ontario Ministry of Citizenship & Culture
through Wintario
The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto
The Ontario Arts Council
Touring Office of the Canada Council
Department of lndian & Northern Affairs
Rubbermaid
Sterling Drug Ltd.
N.C.R.
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Toronto lnternat¡onal Music Festival
Assoc. for Native Development in the
Performing & Visual Arts
'Canada Cup
Canada
Katimav¡k
Knudsen's Pipe Dieam
Fairbank Lumber
Reynolds Aluminum Co. of Canada
The City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts
Council
The Toronto Mus¡c¡ans' Assoc.
SUPPORTING MEMAERS
Judìtb Rogers
Albert B¡sschop
Marna & Bernie Sn¡tman
lan Bobb
Phil & Sandy Byer
Mary McMillan
James Biseker
D¡ane Abbey L¡v¡ngston
Debb¡e Strowger
Syd Scull
John Medeiros
Michael Gal¡agher & Colette Naubert
Mar¡li Moore
Slewart Cameron
Jane Rotering
Ruth Dobb
Ralph Lewis
Gael & Nathan Gilbert
Kathy Read
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'Barnard Houlahan
Susan Go¡dberg
Jose Spralja
Raffi Cavoukian
Bob B¡derman
Donald Altman
Aust¡n Clarkson
Jan¡s Rubenzahl
Joan
Rebecca Peapples
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Bill & Eileen Markwick
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FESTIVAL'84 VOLUNTEERS, COORDINATORS, PERFORMERS, AND SUPPORTERS, who
happily endured the inevitable hassles, problems, and crises that were needed to get the
Fest¡val off to a new start. We hope you'll all be back next year. A very special THANKS to Liz
Dusome, Brian Hirst, the Site Crew, & Michael Cooney, who had to sell a b¡t of their souls on
top of everyth¡ng else. COÍ{GRATULATIONS TO US ALL!
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busiest summer in 24 years.
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Free admission
(Sat.)
8:30 p.m
DOC WATSON
Music Hall Theatre
147 Danforth Avenue
flckefsr $9.50 advance, $10.50 door
from: BASS, Millwheel, MariPosa
MARIPOSA ANNUAL
GENERAL MEETING
25
(Thurs,)
7:30 p.nr.
Members
Only
DATE
TBA
Members
only
ALSO:
Location TBA
A MARIPOSASONG C¡RCLE
is being lornted. Call thc Mari¡rosa
r.rf f
icc lor dctails.
THURSDAY VOLUNTEER
292 Brunswick Avenue
NIGHTS:
every week, except Nov. B, starting at
7:00 p.m. at the Mariposa office, 525
Adelaide St. E.
VICTORIAN MUSICALE
"Elegant Orations":
a drawing-room performance bY
"Professor" K, Reed Needles,
accompanied by Perrod music.
Gibson House
5172 Yonge Street
Free admission
(Sun.)
1:30 p.m.
MARIPOSA MEMBERS get a 200/0
discount on all ticket pr¡ces listed.
Members' tickets must be purchased
through the Millwheel(2 Elm St.) orlrom
the Mariposa ofl¡ce, in person or by
'phone (VISA or Mastercard)
Mariposa Sundays:
WHOLE LOAF THEATRE
28
(Sun.)
4009.
-
call363-
lnnis College Town Hall
2 Sussex Ave. (at St. George)
. fickets: $3 children, $4 adults; series
tickets avaiìable
1:15 &
3 p.m.
-
31
(Wed.)
8:30 p.m
Music Hall Theatre
147 Danforth Avenue
320 Collr
967-107t
Fridays, 8:30 P.m.
Cover: members $3, general $4
Open stt
Shebeen
21
lrish Centre Branch
CLUBS AND
COFFEEHOUSES
A.C.T. COFFEEHOUSE
THE (
/nfo.: Sally Carroll 421-7689
REST,
Call for upcoming activ¡ties.
363{2(
ESPERIDES CAFE RESTAURANT
Oct.
131 Jar
125 Danforth Ave.
461 -1 839
nrusic
)
210 Hess St. S , Hamilton L3L 3P3
(Publishes a quarterly newsletter)
Wednesdays, 8.30 P.m.
$.1 .50 cover, includes coffee, tea & biscuits
BRANTFORD FOLK CLUB
FIDDLERS GREEN FOLK CLUB
Tranzac Club
292 Brunswick Ave.
(Fri.)
10:30 a.m.
-5:00 p.m.
3&4
(Sat.
& Sun.)
MEETING:
Oct.
24
ONTARIO ALLIANCE
OF FOLK FESTIVALS
(Wed.)
B:30 p.m
Location TBA
CANADIAN FOLK MUSIC
SOÇIETY ANNUAL
MEETING
31
Meeting, Saturday night Ceilidh
dance, & Sunday night s¡ngaround
(Wed.)
8:30 p.m
with lan Robb and friends from
across the country.
VICTORIAN MUSICALE
(Sun.)
1:30 p.m
"Ceilidh"
teaturing Margaret Chisholm (Cape
Breton fiddler) and others.
Gibson House
5172 Yonge Street
Free admission
8
ECLECTRICITY
(Thurs.)
8:30 p.m
Tranzac Club
292 Brunswick Ave,
(Sat.)
B:30 p.m
flckels: $5
lnfo.: (4161 684-2961
I(Thurs.)
8:30 p.m
11
VICTORIAN MUSICALE
(Sun.)
1:30 p.m
"Les grandes ombres chinoises":
recreating a tavern performance of a
'1gth-century shadow theatre troupe.
Free admission
3rd ANNUAL
"FIDDLE COUNTRY"
Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 4
383 Morningstar Ave., Welland
Church of St. George tho Martyr
Stephanie & McCaul Sts.
flckets; $3 mernbers, $4 gerrr.lral
At the door only
Elliott.
Gibson House
5172 Yonge Street
Music Hall Theatre
147 Danforth Ave.
Tickets:$7.50 advance, $8.50 door
from BASS, Millwheel, Mariposa
/nfo.: Mariposa - 363-4009
SHOW & DANCE
MARIPOSA COUNTRY
DANCE
With M. et Mme. Trèsfou et
Mariposa presents:
BATTLEFIELD BAND
Nov.
3
(Sat.)
fickets: $8.50 advance, $9.50 door
from: Millwheel, Mariposa
10
Music Hall Theatre
147 Danforth Ave.
Tickets: $9.50 advance, $10.50 door
from BASS, Millwheel, Mariposa
/nfo.: Mariposa
363-4009
-
Tranzac Club
292 Brunswick Ave.
4
Mariposa presents:
DOC WATSON
,
21
28
Jack Schectman
Peter & Lou Berryman
Nov.
3 (sat.)
Ceilidh dance
Kirk
Mariposa presenls:
ECLECTRICITY
Tranzac Club
292 Brunswick Ave.
Tickets: $8.50 advance, $9.50 door
/nlo.: Mariposa
-
363-4009
27Dec. 16 MARIE.LYNN HAMMOND
"De Beaux Gestes et Beaut¡ful
Deeds": a bilingual musical performance piece
Théâtre du P'tit Bonheur
57 Adelaide St. E.
Perfornrances Tues. through Sat. at
I p.m,; Sunday rnatinées at 2:30 p,m.
flckots: $0-$
1
2
Êos¿rrvallons & l¡Ìloi 363-6401
K.D. Lang & the Reelines
26Dec.
Lonnie Mack
lan Robb and
Folklore Society Friends
11
Michael Cooney
Joan Mclsaac
Enoch Kent & Owen McBride
25
Paul Mills & Friends
2
sally Rogers
I
Alister Brown & David Parry
16
21 trri.l Christmas Ceilidh dance
Parry Family Christmas Show
29
CLOSED lor New Year's
30
Widespread Jazz Orchestra
Dan Meany 925-1022
CAFE ON THE PARK
174 Eglinton Ave. W.
483-3483
From 8:00 p m.
Cover: $3 to $5, Fri. & Sat. only
Neville Park (Oct. 19 & 20:
with Claudia Schmidt)
Mary Ellen Spear
Dreamer
Nov.
8-11
15-18
22-25
29-
Dec.2
Dec.
6-9
13-16
Fridays, 9 p.m. (Open Stage: 9 to 9:30)
Cover: $3 C.M.S. members, $4 general)
4(s1-i
JAILI.
97 Mai
691 -1
1
Call fo¡
MADIS
'14 Madir
927-172i
No cove
Sonny Terry
Long John Baldry
Garnet Rogers
Sidestreet
Cocada
Limited Edition
Whisky Jack
NEW'
179 Da
46:| -83(
19
26
Nov.
2
I
16
30
Dec.
7
14
19
rr
9¡
20
rs
9l
21 ,'
9¡
24
,u
8l
26ç
Oct.
Oct.
14
1-i
Oct.
(Celtic Music Society)
Upstairs at Henry's, 150 Harbord St.
lnfo: Jim Ediger 537-9371
22-24
25-28
rs
4:30 p.n
Dec.
FLYING CLOUD FOLK CLUB
15-21
28
Sundi
8
12-17
19-24
3-8
-1
Saturd¿
4
18
Buddy Guy
Powder Blues (downstairs)
Duke Robillard
Mighty Joe Young
1
9¡
Oct.
Cover charge (call for exact info.)
2
12:
Nov.
489-3001
Garnet Rogers
Koko Taylor
27 6,
-J
Downstairs at the ll Giardino Restaurant
766 Colborne St. E.. Brantford
lnlo: Don McGeoch (519) 759-7676
Alternate Fridays, 8.30 P.m.
22-27
29Nov. 3
5-10
ts
1-
ACOUSTIC MUSIC SOCIETY
Oct.
21
3t
300 Bloor St. W
964-2242
ts
-3
Nt¡ ct¡vet
FAT ALBERT'S COFFEEHOUSE
481 Bloor St. W. (between Bathurst & Spadina)
20
12
Evefy n¡ght exccpt Tuesdays, lrom 9 p.m
Kosrn¿rs Marinatos & Nikos Nicolaides (Greek folk
Cove¡: $3
BRUNSWICK HOUSE ALBERT'S HALL
CONCERTS AND
SPECIAL EVENTS
19&
26&
1650 Dupont St.
(a.k.;r. "ì he Falloul Slteltot")
370 Queen Sl. E (itt Patliartì()tìt)
362-0354
Fridays, 9:00 p.nr
30
NOVEMBER
Oct.
COMHALTAS CEOLTOIRI EIREANN
Sundays, 8:00 P.m.
Tickets: $7.50 advance, $8.50 door
from: BASS, Millwheel, MariPosa
Cover:
Weeker
Kevin Kennedy, Harry Beaüey,
Frank Sfitith
Dec.
music)
Every nil
Jim Payne
30
Nov-
*þæ@þr kt.taaffi o o k st o re,
Millwheel, fhe Story Tree
BATTLEFIELD BAND
Tip Splinter (lrish
Church of St. George the Martyr
Stephanie & McOaul Sts.
fickets: $3 members, $4 general
At the door only
,
Tranzac Club
28
(a fundraising event)
9 a.m.-6 p.m.
DANCE
MARIPOSA MEMBERS
HOLIDAY PARTY
FREE']
Roberts Tower Room
747 King St. E., Hamilton
/nfo: Michael Quigley (4'16) 544-1401
Nov.
Mendelssohn Youth
Choir Rehearsathon
21
MARIPOSA COUNTRY
Band of Hope.
(Wed.)
8:30 p.m.
afternoon concerts.
Free admission
CELTIC FOLK SOCIETY (Hamilton)
2
Foster, with the renowned Willowdale
u
Harbourfront continues its Sunday
Oct.
VICTORIAN MUS¡CALE
"Sound your lnstruments of Joy,"
odes
Marioosa Sundavs:
MICHAEL COOÑEY
Bill Cralg
Jim Payne
27
?¿
9¡
Sandy Mclntyre
(Cape Breton Symphony)
Friends of Flddlers Green
Audrey & Wanda
Van Der Stoop
Blair Boyd & Frlends
;,-;Ð
''.tf..
'"(
Rare Air
Folk Opera:
"The Man They Couldn't
Hang"
Christmas Party
I
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7
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ilton)
FREE TIMES CAFE
OAKUM HOUSE
320 College St.
63 Gould St.
lnto: Ed Shuster 769-3638
967-1078
"Folk Off" Thursdays & Fridays at 9 p.m.
Every n¡ght excePt Sun., from 9 P.m.
Open stage every Monday
Cover
1OO1 FRIDAY NIGHTS
Monday (open stage) $1
Tues.-Thurs. $2
Fri. & Sat. $3 or $4
Sundays, 6-7 p.m.; Wednesdays,
each
CatharÍnes)
11:05 p.m.-12:00 a.m.
month
Hosts: Fred Northcotte & Walter
9 p.m.
FIDDLE COUNTRY
Brunswick & Sussex Sts.
Colin Linden ($4)
CJRTFM
David Wiffen ($4)
Satu rdays
Saturdays, 6-7 a.m. & 7-8 p.m.
Host: Walter Ostanek
3-6 p.m.
FOLK MUS¡C
AND FOLKWAYS
91.1
Saturdays
3-6 p.m.
m.
cBcKeates
3 p.m.
Chamber Funk
with Dunstan Morey
-3 p.m.
9
JIIS
I
p.m. Hallowe'en PartY
-1 a.m. with the Frigidaires
Tickets: $3
SundaY Brunch
28 tsun.)
1-3 p.m.with Kirk Elliott & Sharon Keates
Nov.
4
COURSES,
RADIO
FOLKWAVES
-3 p.m.
21 (sun.) Sunday Brunch
1with Kirk Elliott & Sharon
12:30
2203 Danforth Avenue
THE NEW
WINDSOR TAVERN
Mondays
FREE TIMES CAFE
9-1
320 College St.
.l p.m.
Open stage
20 tsat.l Chamber Funk
12:30 with Dunstan Morey
(s"t.l
COUNTRY MUSIC STORE
lnfo.: 967-1O78
Oct.
27
(lrish Centre Branch)
1650 Dupont. St.
lnfo.: Sally Carroll 421-7689
124 Church Street
131 Jarvis St.
363-0265
ìreek folk
EIREANN
lnfo.: 690-5567
Saturdays, 12-4 p.m.
Elues Hour: 3-4 p.m.
Host. Joe Lewis
A good way to keep informed about
what's happen¡ng on the folk scene.
THE GROANING BOARD
RESTAURANT
{T
COMHALTAS CEOLTOIR¡
Toronto School of Art
Oct.
20
26 & 27
'I
st. Sat.
of
Ostanek
Friday nights. $2 donation suggested.
Stor¡es and ballads, traditional and contemporary,
from all cultures.
19 &
DOWN HOME COUNTRY
(st
OF STORYTELLING
Weekend Features:
Beaüey,
CJQR.
FM
97.7
SESSIONS, OPEN
STAGES, ETC.
(Sun.) Sunday Brunch
AM
740
Oct.
20
27
INSTRUCTION
TRADITIONAL SINGERS
each
Upstairs at Henry's
150 Harbord St.
lnfo.: Dan Meany 925-1022
Open to all trad¡tions _
month
THE OCEAN LIMITED
Saturdays, 7:05 p.m.
Host: Bill Stevenson
A show out of Halif ax featuring a lot
of Maritime lolkies.
Amos Garretl
Mose Allison (part
24
Refuge
h Wed
nstructor: Pauline Greenhill
U of T School of Continuing Sludies
See UTSCS calendar for details. or
call 978-2400
I
of each
month
9 p.m.
CLUB
COMHALTAS CEOLTOIRI
EIREANN
(Tranzac Branch)
292 Brunswick Ave.
lnfo.: Sally Carroll 421-7689
CRAFT CLASSES
t)
& WORKSHOPS
in jewellery, glass-blowing. pottery,
clay & other media
Harbourf ront
York Quay Centre
235 Queen s Quay W.
lnÍo. & registral¡on: 8e'9-8447
Mose Allison (part l)
Willie P. Bennett
Amiro
&
CANADIAN FOLKLORE
Nov.
3
10
17
1-3 p.m. with singer/guitarist Moira Nelson
2nd Wed.
of
(jazz-rock fus¡on group)
:..
JAILHOUSE CAFE
FLUTE, FIDDLE
97 Main Street
lnstructors: Jimmy Noonan and Jim
691-1113
SIX DAYS ON THE ROAD
Saturdays, 8:30 p.m.
Call for lineup.-
Saturdays,8:05 p.m
Host: David Ess¡g
An eclectic look at country music.
lrish Centre. 1650 Dupont Sl.
lnfo: 277 -886O. 7e2-4495: 537-937
20
27
Guy Clark
Felice & Boudleaux BrYant
DANCING
Nov.
3
10
17
24
The Whites
Tim Taylor & Anita Perras
Kelita Haverland
Ed¡ger
1
Oct.
ds
MADISON AVENUE PUB
.14
Madison Ave. (north of Bloor)
927-1722
tllcBride
No cover. Food & drink available.
Sundays
4:30
p.m.
Arnie Naiman
& the Potato Pancakes
Old-t¡me music on the hammered
dulcimer, banjo, fiddle, guitar,
cBc-
¡s Show
179 Danforth Ave.
FM
461 -8367
Saturdays, 1 l:30 ä.m.
Host: Bob Chelmick
94.1
Features ¡nterviews and Íolk
arllsfs,n concert.
Oct.
David Campbell ($a)
9 p.m.
20 (s"t.)
Out of the Way Players ($4)
20
27
9 p.m.
2'l (sun.l Woman
9
24
p.m.
and Social Change:
women's poetry & music
1weo.¡ Open Stage ($2)
I p.m.
26 (r,¡.1 Rick Fielding ($c¡
^- 9 p.m.
2l
$at.l 'Getting Ready,':
Nov.
3
INTERNATIONAL
FOLK DANCING
Fridays
SQUARE DANCING
8:30 p.m.
Friday Nighters Club
(Cal¡ for
confurmatron)
Scarborough Junct¡on United
Church
3576 St Clair Ave.E.
261-8741 (Church)
(from lreland)
- a "Celtic Funk" concert
Kiernan Halpin
(at the Leeds Folk Festival)
10
Remembrance Day special
17
24
Figgy Dulf
2nd.
Sat. of
each
month
CEILIDH
Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann
(lr¡sh Centre branch)
1650 Duponl St.
Folle Avoine
/nfo: Sally Carroll 421-7689
e P.m. A ptay by Theater Bond (g4)
CHFIFM
SLIGHTLY FOLK
Beginning
FOLK DANCING
Sept. 20
98.1
Saturdays,6toTa.m.
Host: Paul Fisher
Paul is a real folk tan and is activety
soliciting folk albums by Canadian
arflsfs for a¡rplay.
with Olga Sandolowich
Classes for beginners
& intermediates
¡reen
Don Heights Unitarian Centre
4 Antrim
Crescent (Hwy.
Kennedy Rd.)
lnfo: 447-9823
CJUT
(Radio
Varsity,
UofT)
;ouldn't
DAVE TRAFFORD'S FOLK
sHow
Call for
Mondays, 1 p.m.
day
lf you have access fo Radio
DOC WATSON
& time
Varsity
fhis ¡s a good time to l¡sten in.
INTERNATIONAL
FOLK DANCING
University Settlement House
23 Grange Road
598-3444
.:.
ls your
Bloor & Spadina
lan Tamblyn
Stockton's Wing
;
c.._ ::
E.
U of T lnterrlational Folk Dance Club
Faculty of Education, Gym 122
Oct.
19 1rri.¡
2800 St. Clair Ave.
431 -6078
SIMPLY FOLK
NEW TROJAN HORSE CAFE
Doors open at 9 p.m.
with Sandy Mclntyre
St. Clair Jr. High School
Fridays
B:15 p m
rce
ar's
APPALACHIAN CLOGGING
'1.00 p.m
Tony Rice
mandolin.
I Parry
Sundays
401
programme or event
included in our calendar? Please
put us on your mailing list. Send
information to: Folk Calendar,
Mariposa Notes, 525 Adelaide St.
E., Toronto M5A 3W4.
Although the Notes makes every
effort to provide accurate, up{odate calendar information, we do
suggest that you call ahead to
confirm events listed.
PAGE 8
rÌlif ïi.niiiliiÊ,.T',.1Ï
being a personal account of the
author's impressions of this musical retreat
,
by Pamela Halpern
Wednesday Evening
I arrived around 7:30 iust as supper was getting
underway. Harry Parne and Leslie Nanos, the
resident Mariposa in the Woods cooks for the past
two years, had prepared a wonderful repast. The
air was tinged with excitement, ¡n anticipation of
someth¡ng that was about to happen. I felt glad to
be here at last, after hearing so much about the
Woods from people who had come last year things like "it's mystical," and "an experience that
you carry with you for a long time afterwards."
Greeted some folks I knew from Mariposa, but
most of the faces were new to me.
After dinner and after everyone had found his or.
her respective room, campsite or dorm¡tory, we all
gathered in the big room in the Conference
Centre, the community space where the dances
and concerts would take place. We sat ¡n a large
circle and each person had to say who they were
and why they had come. At firsl everybody
seemed a llttle nervous and a little stiff . There were
approx¡mately 50 of us, plus 8 inslructors, who
after introducing themselves had to play a song, or
do a dance, according to whatever they were
going to be teaching. Many people said that they
were here because they had come last year; it was
fantastic and the food was great. The experience
had been musically inspiring and, well, even
spiritual in some way.
Most of the people were from Toronto, but
Guelph, Michigan, Collingwood, Victoria, 8.C.,
and Dusseldorf were also represented.
The following day's workshops and classes
were explained to us and a huge timetable was
unveiled on a large blackboard. Over the next
three days we were expected to make difficult
choices f rom a whole range of possibilities. This is
what the schedule looked like:
8-9
Breâkfast
9-1 0
Rhythm Ensemble
General Delivery
Ontario Stepdance
Harmony Singing
Beginning Fìddle -
10-10:30
Break
10-i2:00
CommunityTime
12-2
2-3
Lunch
3-4
4-5
5-6
Singing
Quebec Dance
Advanced Fiddle
Percussion Drop-in
Playford Dancing
You can sing the bar¡tone part an octave higher if
you want to.
At the break, just-made, warm'blueberry
muffins were waiting for us.
From 10:30
to
Ìlil
12:30, CommunitY Time,
different kinds of choruses
-
has
a real iolliness and joie de vivre that is
expressed in body movement. The various figu¡es
the dancers go through make striking visual
patterns.
At 5:00 I had a group banio lesson with 2 other
students who were also complete beginners. Our
instructor, Suzanne, got lost and didn't find the
room until 5:30, so a banio player named Scott
who had shown up for the class started teaching
us some basics - clawhammer posit¡on and pulling
off. Scott was incredibly patient w¡th us. When
Suzanne finally found us she played some
beautiful pieces in modal tun¡ngs, and taught us
how to do the tunings.
The Evening Concert featured Normand and
Cindy Thompson (an Ontario step-dancer par
excellence) contrasting the two provinces' stepdance styles. Cindy is an incredible technical
virtuoso and she actually accompanied herself on
the fiddle while step-dancing!! She danced to
Cajun and country music, iigs, reels, everything!
Her infect¡ous enthusiasm is laced with good
humour. She used to enter dance contests and
win prizes for her dancing but she says she is now
too old for it. (28 is too old?) I watched
as
Normand stood at the side of the stage shaking his
head in disbelief and admiration.
After the concert we did some contra-dances
with Lanie in wh¡ch a lot of us gat all fouled.up.
Then there was a campfire singaröund outside. I
never made ¡t to the campfire as some "jammers"
Suzanne, Scott, Arnie and Bob - had
-assembled
in Kate Murphy and Brian Pickell's
room and were going through swing, oldlimey,
and country tunes and songs on fiddles, guitars
and banjos. lt was great and I didn't want to leave
this for.ballad singing.
And so, to bed...
Banio
Dance Band
Guitar
British Traditional Repertoire
lntermediate Quebec Step-dance
8:30-9:30
EveningConcert
Dancing
Delf Hohmann
leads outdoor s¡ng-along
Party!l!
Thursday
At 9:00 a.m. I decided to try Harmony Singing
with Suzanne Edmundson, a great country singer
formerly of Ohio's Hotmud Family. After only 5
hours' sleep, all I could managQ was a weak bassbaritone. Most of the songs we learned were
gospel songs, which have some beautiful and
simple harmonies. Suzanne taught us two or three
different harmonies to each song. I learned some
new terminology: when singing country music,
the parts are not referred to by voice range such as
soprano, alto, tenor and bass, but rather by role,
Fr¡day
Very tired. 1:30 a.m., when I finally went to bed,
is considered an early retiring time around here;
consequently, no one tiptoes or whispers or stops
playing or singing. Tried to sleep through the g:00
a.m. harmony class, but the music came wafting
through the walls and under the doors anyway.
Sounded really nice. At 10:30, Community Time,
Bill Usher led a great workshop on percussion. He
talked about h¡s var¡ous experiences learning
percussion down in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and
about travelling in Louisiana (Cajun country) and
acquiring his various ¡nstruments such as the
"pet¡t fer", Haitian wooden drums, hand drums
and bongos. He demonstrated their various
sounds and showed us how they could be tuned.
We then tried clapping out some interesting
rhythms
-
9/8,5/4 time, etc. Bill had initially been
concerned that there wouldn't be enough
interested people to hold a workshop, but
ultimately his class turned out to have the most
partici pants.
After lunch an impromptu group sprang
up.
David Kaetz and lsabel Fryszberg and I decided to
harmoniz¡ng to some JewishChassidic melodies. This is what I like best: the
spontaneous meet¡ng of musical minds between
try singing and
people who might otherwise be complete
Suzanne Edmundston, lnslructor
& Becky Peapples make music togelher
$
ÍiwÆ
alternating lines.
nonsense choruses, parts of the verses repeated
to make a chorus, and shanties, worksongs,
gospel songs. We tried at least one of each, and
people started to loosen up a l¡ttle and look like
they were glad to be here.
After lunch I went to the Quebec Dance
workshop taught by Normand Legault. Normand
is f rom Quebec City, where he teaches dance and
has a performing troupe. Quebec square-dancing
Free time - swimming
Supper
i,
everyone came together; John Roberts (of John
Roberts and Tony Barrand) and Michael Cooney
d¡scussed chorus songs. They talked about the
Dance Clinrc
6-8
ifìì1
i.e. tenor part, high part, baritone, etc. lt's not r¡gid.
strangers. We went outside and sat underthetrees
where David taught us two songs: one in Hebrew
that is found in the Saturday morning liturgy, and
one round that he wrote himself, in English, but in
a distinctly Chassidic style. We worked
on
developing some harmonies to tunes that use
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The Flavour ol'Mar¡posa
different scales and have different sounds than we Saturday
are used to hearing. We also worked on body
Missed the first workshop (againl). At
getting the right amount of Jewish Community Time Lanie led a discussion on the
expression
angst mixed with self-deprecat¡ng humour. You folk process, and went around and asked each
this
stuff without it, right? Of course ¡nstructor to comment on the quest¡on: Do we
sing
can't
right! We decided we would perform these on have a right to change words in folk songs for any
Sunday, al the CamPers' Concert.
reason, or should we remain true to the "original"
The 5:00 banio workshop took place outside on version? As you càn imagine, nothing but more
picnic tables. Cath (the person I was rooming questions (as well as some strong feelings) came
with) and I were the only students, and Scott and out of this, like: ls it O.K. to package folk music and
Suzanne were there as instructors. Not a bad make it into a commod¡ty to be sold as a consumer
student-teacher ratio! We worked on clawhammer item? ls this .lust¡fied in order to bring it to a larger
pos¡tion for a while and then iust ended up talking. number of people? This led to other questions,
Arnie Naiman dropped by and suggested some such as: How do we know what the original
records and books we could buy in order to version was? How has folk music been inf luenced
become more fam¡liar with banio and fiddle tunes. by popular music? ls there pop music which is
Suzanne was the featured performer at this really folk music? Most of us thought that it's OK
evening's concert and performed some banio to change words when they're blatantly sexist, or
tunes, country and gospel songs, and some sleazy when you want to localize a song, or when you
lounge songs on the piano. She was joined by Bill want io parody something: The only people who
on percussion and David on clarinet for a Jimmie really get upset about this are the folklorists, who
Rodgers tune. Then, more square and contra- seem to feel their role is to tell people what to do
dancing. We are all gett¡ng much better at th¡s.
(i.e., what songs to sing and howto perform them),
I'm feeling pretty fatigued, but can't sleep for rather than simply to document what ¡s
fear of missing something. Tìme is starting to feel happen¡ng. Some of the folklorists have been
too short - now I can understand why no one quite upset because people were singing songs
sleeps very much. The excitemeni level is grow¡ng that didn't come from the reg¡ons where the
as people are becoming more refaxed and singers live. This notion was rejected by the group
comfortable with one another.
as being absurd! Records have, of course, enabled
everyone to hear all kinds of music from all over
British
Roberts'
was
John
Next on my agenda
the world. By the time we hear a song, who knows
Traditional Workshop. Well, there was John, how far it has travelled between regions and
surrounded by 5 or 6 women. What was supposed
has been
countries and how many times
it
to be a traditional song circle immediately changed? So. the consensus seemed to be: if you
inlo a cràzy. ptogr'ession of 1950's
degenerated
it, sìng itl
.1960's
memory lane stuff consisting of like
and early
We then split up into smaller groups to discuss
Buddy
Holly
and
Richie
Brothers,
the Everly
these "topics" and then reported backtothegroup
Valens, with the likes of "Teen Angel", "Tell Laura I
on what was said. These issues are interesting to
Love Her", "Bird Dog", "Peggy Sue", "Wake Up
me, and ones that I have considered before. I also
Little Susie", etc., etc... lt was a great release from
belong to organizations which promote traditional
all the serious stuff, and we laughed a lot. At folk
music and subscribe to newsletters and
MITW, anything goes!
journals where this kind of discussion takes place.
Sitting at dinner with lsabel and Peter Sussman, I.think that these issues are better served in the
trying to decided on what we should name our journals than at Mariposa in the Woods. For me,
little Chass¡dic song group for the concert, and the whole exercise ended up feeling schoolish and
taking opinion polls. "Taco and Blintzes", "Chili contrived, and contradicted the spirit of the
on Rye" and the "Klepremes" were suggested. Woods. The context was all wrong. Those that
These did not meet with mass approval. John didn't particularly care about these ¡ssues felt
Roberts had told us how England's Copper Family uneasy, and I think that some of the instructors felt
got parodied by the "Kipper Family", and that pressured and put on the spot. I don't think they
finally gave us the "Klepper Family". Rhymes with should have been put in that posit¡on. lt divided
"stepper" which sounds folkie. Judith Magier had rather than unified us. This was the only session I
didn't really enjoy.
now ioined our group, so there were four of us.
Tonight the conference room was decorated Sunday
with coloured streamers and the stage was
Our last day. The 10:00 Gospel Workshop was
redesigned, creating an atmosphere of festivity. well attended. Then, starving, wé had brunch, and
People dressed in their best Mariposa in the sitting around the table, we shared our feelings
Woods clothes. This was it
- our last night here! about the four days. This, I think, was intendgd to
instructors, thank each
Michael Cooney started off the evening, then we be an opportunity to thank
you
what you d¡dn't, and
l¡ked
and
what
olher,
say
set.
danced, and then John Roberts did a solo
constructive criticism. What
More dancing, and Surprise! a birthday trif le made make some
that and more: there were tears of
by Harry and Leslie was presented to celebrate the happened was
for each other.
th¡rd summer of Mariposa in the Woods. Besidê thanks, of appreciation, of love
We
new
beginnings.
about
th¡ngs
People
said
We
sangria!
huge
vat
of
the trif le was an absolutely
and wondered
all sang "Happy Birthday" to MITW and then sat agreed ¡t had been very specral,
feel¡ng back into
down to eat and drink. John and Michael did a set how we could carry this unique
that if lhe
together; one of the most memorable moments the city. Some of us expressed concern
gets much bigger it will be spoiled - bigger
group
performance
Kaplan's
Howard
of
was Michael's
better, even though theWoods
beaut¡f ul song "Nogies Creek", which Michael had is not necessarily
first heard here last yeár. Howard was iust still needs more people to register.
And finally, the Campers' Concert, featuring
beaming.
stepdancing, storytell¡ng, ballad singing, country
Then it was time for B¡ll's percussion group, the singing, an original song about frogs, German
"Your-Rhythmics" to let loose, and let loose peace songs, a Maori chant and primal dance.
they did, with w¡ld, primal, Polynes¡an-type Playford dancing, the "Your-Rhythmics"
dancing. Everybody eventually ioined in while percussion group and the "Klepper Family". David
the drummers pounded away. The percussionists introduced us as a Flamenco-Chassìdic band, and
suddenly evolved into an ad-hoc band of players then, unexpectedly, the aud¡ence began to heckle
who started the off¡cial dance and through the lsabel, who put on her best Yiddislr accent. The
even¡ng made the transition f rom swing to blues to audience asked her if she had any complaints
rock and roll to iazz to tangos to sambas to about the Woods. Of course she did! Answertng
waltzes. The ever-changing band cons¡sted at the quest¡on with the usual question, she said:
various times of 2 guitars, piano, percussionists, "Couldn't we have more people? This is only half
violins, a ilar¡netist, and singers with bananas on an audience.."
their heads (à la Carmen Miranda). And they went "What did you think of the shower situation,
on and on. Someone was heard to remark, "l think lsabel?"
we've created a monster!" lt was a spontaneous "What showers, where were they, why weren'l
outpouring of musical and physical energy that there more?"
moved in every direction and generated a "Where did you get your kerchiefs?"
wonderf ul euphoria in everyone there. The "l got mine wholesale, from my uncle on Spadina."
experience will be with me for a long, long time. "Why don't you stop talk¡ng and play already?"
Then, some long-drawn-out emot¡onal leaveAfter all the dancers and musicians had
exhausted themselves, we all drifted ¡nto the taking. A few people madly trying to get to know
lounge and sank into the comfortable arm chairs each other better before saying goodbye. Talking
to do some quiet singing. Everyone looked barely to people we hadn't talked to before. Making plans
alive, but there was a reluctance to let go of the for the city. Lots of hugging. I'm hooked. Can't
wait for next year.
evening.
PAGE 9
NEW
FORUM
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GIAI\IT'S
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a
ONCELTIC
MUSIC
by Jim Ediger
Comhaltas Ceolto¡ri Eireann (the lrish Music
Assoc¡at¡on), this year staged a St. Patrick's
Sunday of lrish traditional music, dancing, drama
and storytelfing. Notable recording artists have
l¡lted tune? Or less commercialized but been brought in or co-sponsored - Margaret
sophisticated, orhamenled, even primitive folk Christl from Calgary, Brahan Seer from Montreal
music. Or how about some good old picking and and Sandy Mclntyre of the Cape Breton
Have you ever wondered where you can hear
traditional folk music in Toronto on a regular
basis? Where you can hear some down-to-earth
fiddling or droning bagpipes, an lrish ballad or a
grinning?
lf you have indeed scanned lhe papers
and
listened to your car radio's "What's On Tonight",
chances are you didn't find much "fol.k" or
is measured in pounds, inches, red banner strung between two trees was a
sunlight.
litres, or dollars and cents, then Mariposa bright invitation in the
A child's delight in pa¡nts, costumes and
oroductions can never be accounted for.
lf
success
bystems of rating and categorizing are all very balloons is a vibrant element of any Mariposa
much a part of post-fest¡val retrospection, but a event; no less is the outdoor setting. Of course,
and fun
family fòlk eve'nt such as the annual Market ln good food, beer, quality entertainment
The Þark relies on a completely different ãre the other staples of a successful production
classification - or rather, code of evaluation. and form a common definition of a Mariposa
Oroanizino another festival event in the festival. The Market ln The Park had them all
shadów of th-e summer folk festival is a heroic and more.
This year's grand auct¡on included
task. Who would everthinkthat Mariposawould
to
have any strength left to slay another dragon.so everyth¡ng f rom a handmade maple dulcimer
soon afier the éummer monster has returned to a frámed Karsh portrait of Queen Elizabeth.
lrish and country dancing set the pace for
its lair?
Yes, dear reader, there lS life at Mariposa Saturday evening.
Walking out of the hall that night as staging,
after the Festival!
Slowly but surely, the Market got underway sound equipment and beer bottles were finding
residual
Fridav éveninq. Auqust 24th, with a square- their way back home, one could seethe
from trees
dancé in the c-ommunity hall in Eglinton Park. post-festival paraphernalia hanging
Although the attendance wasn't overwhelming and railings. Many tired feet dusted. with
Johnson's and Johnson's made off for a wellf or the ópen ing n ight act¡vities, energy was. h ig h
and fee[ slid swiftly over the baby-powdered deserved rest. is a smaller Mariposa monster
The Market
dance floor.
Saturday morning confirmed one thing at than the Festival, but it has a hefty roar
the weathei was on our side' A bright nonetheless. Quite a successful roar, ¡n fact.
least
-/
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CANADIAN
STEP.DANCER:
DONNY
GILCHRIST
by Kate Murphy
Donny Gilchrist passed away on July 30, 1984,
¡n Ottawa. He was 58 years old. His death marks
the /oss of a valuable cultural treasure; much of his
dance knowledge was not documented on film or
v¡deo or ¡n written dance notation, and is now
lorever irretrievable. Some of hls steps are being
carried on by his daughter, Gina, who heads the
Gilchrist School of Dance in Ottawa, but many of
the older sfeps that Donny learned.as a youngster
f rom the Ottawa Valley lumber camp workers have
disappeared with his passlng.
As he had requested, a small lrish wake was
held f or Donny, and music was played by hls good
friend of long standing, Graham Townsend. The
generous and exuberant man known as"the fathet
of Ottawa Valley step-dancing" is already sorely
"traditional" music. Many of us have lived in large
cities for years before discovering where to find
things we were ¡nterested in; it is hoped that the Celtic spring festival, called'Bealtina'85." Planned
articles ¡n this newspaper will change some of forApril 19,20, and 21 at Harbourfront, thefestival
will feature fine art, music, dance, crafts and
that.
The aforementioned lack of publicity or media quality entertai nment.
coverage of ethn¡c cultural activities is perhaps an'
Meanwhile, Friday evenings at the Flying Cloud
become a forum where a wide variety of trad itional
artists-have performed in the Celtic vein.
The non-prof it umbrella organ¡zation; the Celtic
Music Society, has pulled its diverse connect¡ons
and eclectiÇ tendencies together to organ¡ze
some fa¡rly ambitious product¡ons. Bes¡des the
extensive lineup for ¡ts weekly concerts, the
Society, in co-operat¡on with Fiddlers Green Folk
two and a half blocks west of Spadina. Your
asset for the Flying Cloud Folk Club, which Folk Club are set up to provide a range of
produces and promotes lr¡sh, Engl¡sh, Scottish professionalism. At 9 p.m. there's an open stage
and related traditional folk music. The club exists where any traditional-influenced musician can
under the aegis of the Celtic Music Society, a year- open the evening for a more established "name"
old organization formed to f¡ll a gap left by other act - a good chance for exposure or experience,
folk clubs, coffee houses and commercial or just a chance to share a newly learned song or
establishments. Performances are now on a tune. The half-hour opening act is fo¡lowed by the
weekly basis, on Friday n¡ghts, upgtairs at Henry's, two main sets with a guest set ¡n between - often
150 Harbord Street. For the past year small but an upcoming artist giving a preview performance.
appreciat¡ve audiences have heard a variety of Traditional music is not readily available on the
local and out-of-town groups and artists. Classic enterta¡nment med¡a; however, although
traditional musicians have been brought out of cassettes and folk videos are not in abundance,
their urban woodwork to share their traditional there need not be a problem. You can hear grasssongs and instrumental music. After the trials of a roots and more polished forms of lrish, Scottish,
year's survival, the Flying Cloud Folk Club has English and related traCitional music at Henry's,
participation, volunteering of skills, or the $3 or $4
price of admission may well keep these rich
musical traditions alive ¡n our town.
For bookings, schedule ¡nformat¡on or other
enquiries, contact Dan Meany a|925-1022 or Jim
Ediger at 537-9371. Check out the Flying Cloud
Folk Club this fall - at Henry s - and take ¡n some
Club, Harbourfront, The W¡ndsor House and of Toronto's tradit¡onal Cellic mus¡c.
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tllorc mariÞos<t ln'Íhe Schools
mlssed.
The following article is reprinted from the
Canadian Eluegrass Review, Vol. 3, No. 5, 1980,
with permission.
The one man who has been most responsible himself furthered that interest over the years by
taking on many students, both children and
adults. His approach to teach¡ng is remarkable: he
¡s perceptive about not only his students'
capab¡lit¡es, but also their ¡nterests, and often he
responded by dancing. During the late 20's and will tailor for a student a unique course selectively
early 30's rural entertainment consisted almost drawn from his very large reperto¡re of steps.
for the revival of Ottawa Valley step-dancing is
Donny Gilchrist. Donny was born in the lrish
settlements in Pontiac County, and from his
earliest years he listened. to fiddle music and
learned quickly, and dancing soon became very influenced either d¡rectly by Donny or more
important to him. ln 1935 he moved to Ottawa and ind¡rectly by one of his former students.
Donny Gilchrist's performances have carr¡ed
continued to dance; gradually he became wellknown throughout the area through his many him fairly far afield: as a recent example, ¡n 1978 he
performances with various Ottawa Valley bands, travelled (with his daughter Gina, a fine dancer in
and he began to teach. One of his students was her own right) as part of Graham Townsend's
Gilles Roy, w¡th whom he later teamed up in an group Maple Sugar on an extens¡Ve tour of the
excit¡ng performing partnership that lasted five U.S.; and he has often enjoyed dancing with the
legendary Philippe Bruneau and Jean Carignan.
years.
Although many dancers might expect to slow
By making step-dancing a prominent and down a little when they enter their early fifties,
popular item ¡n the many shows he took part in, Donny is continuing to teach and lo perform with
Donny interested many people in dancing. He as much zest and enthusiasm as ever.
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places on the album where the instrumentation
and style of playing do not feel fully in keeping
with that "old Ontario" from which Muddy York's
music is drawn. ,
The accord between material and playing style
seems particularly importantlo an album like this,
where a good deal of historical and archivàl work
has been done by the musicians in unearthing
unfamiliar music, not all of which has survived,
even in variant forms, ¡n folk trad¡tion. W¡thout a
real feeling. for how the music was intended to bè
played, such re-creations can often sound rather
dry - a phenomenon one occasionally
encounters in recordings of medieval and
Renaissance music. Here, the feeling is right: of
the earth, earthy.
It's not hard to say which is my own favour¡te set
of tunes in this musical feast. After playing the
album through once I immediately went back and
played "Promenade" and the un-named "Waltz"
two or three times more. What a full and satisfying
sound! Allan Ash, the Cobourg farmer and
musician f rom whose manuscript this set is taken,
has here.preserved for us two gems. The cornet is
iust right; the only other group I've ever heard use
the ¡nstrument like this is the Engl¡sh group Brass
Monkey. No wonder the cornet was "the glamour
¡nstrument of the 19th-centUry quadrille band".
Among other favourites, the two hornpipes stand
out as memorable. Nice to hear "Back of Haggard"
played at original hornpipe lempo: easy-paced,
yet precise.
Mariposa In The
Schools
BANANA
SPLIT
(MITS label)
/
Let me say right from the beginning that this ¡s
not an unbiased review. I have been involved with
Banana Split since ¡ts inception, and like all new
parents I am proud of our product. However, I did
not know just how good the record was go¡ng to
be until I stepped into the stud¡o to record the
Of the songs, there seems less to say. lt
chorus songs. From the Cajun-sounding "lce
Cream on a Sugar Cone", to the West lnd¡an-
is
certainly good to have them included, and while
somewhat less impressive than the dance music,
they are well sung and lend a good balance and
variety to the album as a whole. "l'll be a Tory" is a
fascinating h¡storical piece, representing a lost
inspired "Boat Go Down the River", to the
haunting partner rounds, this record is something
to s¡ng about!
But I think I'm getting ahead of myself . This fall,
Mariposa in the Schools will be releasing a new
family folk record called Banana Split. Like its
successful predecessor, Going Bananas, this
record is a sampler of the various performers
working in the Mar¡posa in the Schools program.
tradition of vigorous Canadian polit¡cal satire.
One can well understand, however, the energy
and rough-hewn verse of the song, but I doubt that
this particular number will fulfil lan and Anne's
stated ¡ntent¡on of inspiring other music¡ans to
learn some of these pieces of Ontarios mus¡cal
This list of participat¡ng artists reads like a "Who's
Who" of children's entertainers: it includes such
well-known names as Sharon, Lois and Bram, Ken
and Chris Wh¡teley, Sandra Beech, Bill Russell,
Jerry and Kim Brodey and Eric Nagler. All twentyfive performers on the record have pooled their
talents to create a beautiful whole. This is more
past.
"l'll
be a Tory"'s companion piece, "Up and
Les Ëpousailles derives ¡ts name and adwork
from a ¡vedding photo taken at the turn of the
century. A few of its songs are directly concerned
with marriage, such as one on getting permission
to marry and another on the pleasures of the
wedding night. The rest of the songs describe
other aspects of life in Quebec, including the
wedding night are not described in "La nuit de
noces"; instead, a chorus of nonsense is sung
"C'était mon tire, lire, lirelO'était mon tourelou,
reloure...".
The instrumentals are played with energy and
precision. The sounds of accordion and violin
really come al¡ve when the overtones of flute and
harmonica are addd to the mix. I especially liked
the solo violin and stepdancing on "Le reel du
pendu" ("The Hanged Man's Reel") which rivals
the recording of the same tune made by Jean
Carignan in the early sixties.
excellent début album, and one I know I shall
return to with pleasure för a long time to come.
.
David Parry
another and the arrangements are ¡nnovative. ln the
fiddle tune "Le batteux", voices take the place of
instruments; on other tunes, the guitar plays
melodic as well as accompanying roles. Different
overtones and drone notes are created by
changing the v¡olin tuning in "La danse des foins."
ln "La ziguezon", the band members display their
powers of elocution by singing the convoluted
lyr¡cs a capella.
The album sheds lighl onto Lower Canada's
infectious joie-de-vivre. "Le bal chez Ti-Guy"
,Terry Skeet
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Muddy York
SCATTER THE ASHES
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Scatter the Ashes ¡s a truly fine début album by
Itwo splendid Ontario musicians. None of the
Itracks is less than interesting, most of them are
I very good indeed, and one or two are qu¡te superb.
I
The backbone of this album is dance music
lplayed as it should be played: as if every piece
were intended for the feet and bod¡es of dancers
lGood, solid, gutsy music played on an interesting
lvariety of instruments. I have often admired Ann€
lLederman as a fiddler, ¡nclub appearances and al
I festivals over the past few years. Here, I was struck
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CHIC & SWELL
lOy frer piano style: spare and economical, ye1
lmelodically rich - a dancer's music. lan Bell's
laccordion playing, like Anne's fiddling,
.l!ustifiablV well-known
in Ontario folk
is
mus¡c
lcircles, and he plays well up to expectations here
lWnat is even more pleasing, however, is the extenl
Ito which his piping has been integrated into
th€
musical arrangements to produce a f¡ne, resonan'
lfsound deserving of more listening. lan may well be
]l right when he says in his notes that th€
J
{arrangement of the final tune,"Monymusk", i:
lþrobably the album's closest representat¡on of
]backwoods dance band. but there are verv fer¡
¿
.
(Gamma MP-2033)
La Bottine Souriante have collected a large
repertoire of trad¡t¡onal French-Canadian music
and song by playing w¡th a coterie of
accordionists, fiddlers, and singers in kitchens
and dance halls across Quebec. The¡r
Music Department holds song title indexes up to
1976. Art¡cles, on the other hand, are indexed in
the Music lndex (available at most Toronto
neighbourhood libraries
time).
-
more on this next
Back issues of Sing Oul! are ava¡lable at the
Mariposa Folk Foundation Resource Centre, the
Metro Toronto Library Music Department, and the
Toronto Public Library Boys' and Girls' House (of
all places!).
Late-breaking reports indicate that S¡ng Out!
has init¡ated some dramatic changes for the
July/AugusVSeptember 1984 ¡ssue. I haven't seen
it, but I feel confident that it w¡ll uphold the high
standard folkies have come to expect from Sing
Out!
lf you have an ¡nterest in folk resources, or if you
have some special favour¡te source to share,/
please call or wr¡te
\
me:
525 Adelaide Street East
Toronto, Ontario. MSA 3W4
(416) 363-4009
SHELF
ln this, the first of meanderings on folk sources
and resources, I would like to pointoutthe general
direct¡on I'm heading in, and try to encourage
some reader i nteraction.
"How do folkies find out about folk?" I recently
polled people across the country using a question
not unlike this, and came up with responses which
were li nguistically correct, h¡storically reassuring,
and yet somehow disturbing to reference
librarians like myself. What I discovered was that
people f ind out about folk arts from other people.
mouth
folk to folk, as it were.
- âbout discographies, directories,
"What
bibliographies, trade publicat¡ons, and that sort of
thing?(!)" the librarian in me asks. These were not
hot items on the list of top ten folk resources used
by Canadian and American knowledge seekers.
They are used, but mostly by librarians of whom
folk¡es ask questions. What this series of art¡cles
aims to do ¡s to cut out the middle man (centre
woman
- penult¡mate person!) by providing an
annotated bibliography of folk resources tailormade for the Mariþosa community.
First let me (the academic in me) justify the need
for such a s'eries. When I asked people to reveal
their sources of folk info, the l¡st was topped by
word of mouth, newspapêrs, record jackets, radio
shows and the like. Now, these are all good
sources, but my public poll tells me that they don't
turn the trick. ln fact, the net user satisfaction level
300/o
(approx.) (somewhat satisfied,
COMING SOON:
RIPOSA
THE
VIDEO
Roberts
by Judy
Michael Jackson, move over
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mus¡c
delighted the audience at the 1984 Mariposa Folk
Festival. To anglophone folk¡es wishing to sample
French-Canadian fare, La Bottine's records are an
attractive alternat¡ve to scratchy 78's and lowbudget violin and piano collections.
While La Bottine's second and third albums are
studio albums, they offer essentially the same
sound as the concert performances. La Bottine
had access to multitrack recording equipment but
did not go oveiboard. All of the arrangments can
let's have a look at Sing Out!
SING OUT! Published since 1950, issued
quarterly. Subscriptions: $13.50 per year in
Canada. For subscriptions, write to Sing Out!
Magazine !nc., 106 North 4th St., Box 1071,
Easton, PA 18082, U.S.A. 'Phone: (215)-253Sing Out! is available in microfilm, and
contains informative and entertaining articles by
players, singers, scholars, and other assorted
know-it-alls; songs and scores, rev¡ews of books
8'105.
and music (albums) of interest to folk enthus¡asts,
illustrations, and, of course, a variety of useful
advert¡sements.
Sing Out! is indexed
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this means a lot: it means
I
here comes the
Alex has worked as an independentfilmmakerand
has been involved in documentary making, while
David is trained strictly in video. Alex can only
dream of the special effects possible on film but
beyond the scope of video tape; however, he has
to admire the ease of editing video - press two
buttons, preview, then do a final edit. No running
back and forth to the lab.
The Mariposa video will be used for promotion
and fundaraising. The 1979 Mariposa film and the
v¡deo together will also be used to introduce new
volunteers to the Mariposa Folk Festival. We're
planning a film n¡ght at whioh both will be seen.
The evening will give viewers a chanceto see parts
of the 1984 Marìposa Film Festival they might have
missed while they were there. After all, no one can
watch six stages at once! We'll be announcing the
date and time of the film shortly. See you allthere!
290/o;
Thé editors of the Notes, in their infinite
w¡sdom, have decided to ra¡se the satisfaction
level and publish this series. ln my perhaps more
limited wisdom, I'm asking you to let me know
your favourite sources. I'll glean as much
information and ins¡ght about them as I can, and
we'll publish them in the form of an annotated
bibliography. OK? Good! To get the ball rolling,
I
Mariposa video! As the Mariposa Notes go to
press, Alex McKay (of the Mariposa staff) and
David Watts are work¡ng late to extract the best
scenes from sêveral hours of video tape. The two
have experience in two vastly different medai:
dissatisfied, 31olo). These are not good stats ¡n the
world of info-science.
LES ÉPOUSAILLES
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a rarity in the music field. Song
indexing is spotty; the Metro Toronto Library
Wow! This is
by Joseph Romain
is
La Bottine
_ Souriante III
that back issues are accessible
- all the articles ol
all the issues are listed by subiect, author or title.
5o-i"pnñó'"iñ,'åro'l¡ãriribsä'Fîtf ffi ifãiñ'n-l
The folk process happens largely by word of
T.,q
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Dewey Balfa and fracy Schwarz o
Charlie Sayles o Festival Reviews ¡
New Columns by Cooney and Grossman o Songs by
John Hall, Cathy Fink, Billy Novick and much more.
I.n this lssue
Charlie King
ïhere are fewer tunes on Ch¡c & Swell (16
compáred to 21 on Les Épousailles) and greater
emphasis on production. The tunes f low into one
capitaines". For those who can no longer afford
the good stuff, rubbing alcohol will do in a pinch:
in "Les robineux" the sub¡ect fills his belly at a
soup kitchen, then heads for the park, where he
bums a cigarette andpasses the bottle. "L'alcool à
friction, ca réveille le gorgoton. C'est correct, ça!"
and will prov¡de many hours of enloyment for all
family membêrs. Try it! BuY itl
(Banana Split will be available in most record
stores, or at the Mlriposa office.)
Sandy Byer ¡tself, lan's album notes are some of the most
¡nformat¡ve I have seen in qu¡te some time, a good
complement to well-researched, well-performed,
gutsy Canadian m'¡sic. Scatter the Ashes is an
THE FOLK SONG MAGAZINE
to speak proper French in "La chanson de la
langue française". ïhe int¡mate moments of the
somehow seems more immediate, less"historical"
as a musical experience. I was less happy w¡th the
treatment of "Arise and Come Along", collected
Mrs.
SINGOUT!
church, the hqme and the family.
There's a sense of humour that comes through
in the songs, even if one has to reach for the
French-English dictionary. ln "La confession d'un
moribond" a dying man confesses his many sins.
An ord¡nary man explains his troubles in learning
describes a wild dancing party. Plenty of wine and
spirits are consumed in "La tapinie" and "Les trois
Arlington Fraser. Perhaps my disappointment was
too personal in nature: this was the f¡rst Canadian
song I decided to learn, some twelve years ago,
and it has always held a special placefor me. Here,
it just didn't sound'qùite-ás t fêlt'ft S6titútd. Having
staied the less objective part of my percept¡on, I
must say all the same that in this instance the
performance seems fussy and the song overarranged, and unaccountably changed from its
source in too many deta¡ls. Why the "handsome
gir'1" has become a "handsome boy" and the first
verse placed last I was unable to fathom!
But these are small criticisms to set beside a
wealth of praise. Quite apart trom the recording
about sausages and a man mowing a meadow, a
Québécois song in French and a rhythmic and
llively dance tune, haunt¡ng recorder melodies, a
jazz-inspired story of the Johnny Cake and a
rousing sea chantey, all with lots of opportunities
to sing along. Banana Split was put together with
the skill and art¡stry of our producer, Ken
harmonica and guitar.
Waur Them A' ",ìs, however, a del¡ght, both
melodiòally and in its vocal arrangement, and
by Edith Fowke in the early sixties from
than just another anthology of different artists.
fhere are funny counting and cumulative song
be re-created on stage with five or six musicians
singing and playing violin, accordion, flute,
David l. Warren
8.4., M.Sc. (Econ.)r LL.B.
Barrist er and Solicitor
Old Forest Hill Road
Toronto, Ontario M5P 2RB
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The text on the pages amuses, enrages,
And finally enlightens the poor fan like me,
For not very nice is its long list ol vices
with symptoms explaining the problems we see.
The team's not well-rated, they act d¡sslpated,
The evidence hints that they're now going blind.
What have they been learning with midnight oil burning,
'That theyt¡s always trying to come îrom b,ehind?
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VERSE 3.
It gets to be boring to watch New York scoring
Or see the hats thrown for the St. Louis tricks,
Wh¡le our local heroes are coming up zeroes
And hide from our eyes with their hands on their sticks.
The goalie and wingers have fun with their fingers,
Defensemen that ought to form pairs stay alone,
And even the center can't manage to enter
Though red lights proclaim that it's that sort of zone.
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The Guitar Society of Toronto
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thc lcllrding cløsicøl guifcrists ín G¡eo.t Bñt'
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VERSE 4.
The line with the Rocket once hetped fill the pocket
Of Ballard and Smythe and that whole owner's crew,
But now they're intending on putting an ending
To hockey, a sport where the teams number two.
For when the ice hardens at Maple Leaf Gardens,
Competitive players will be sent away,
The coach will be fired, and Cranston be hired,
And we'll have an all-male ice-skating ballet!
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CHORUS
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