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Festivals: 3rd Annual Canadian Guitar Festival
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Posted by: eJazzNews Readeron Monday, July 17, 2006 - 06:11 PM |
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3rd annual Canadian Guitar Festival
July 21st – 23rd
The Odessa Fair Grounds
(11kms west of Kingston near Highway 401)
Tickets on sale now
www.canadianguitarfestival.com
The 3rd annual Canadian Guitar Festival once again takes to the stage with many homegrown and international guitarists. Some performers include 2005 Juno Award winner and three-time nominee Robert Michaels; East Coast Music Award winner J.P. Cormier; Artist of the Year 2000 and 2002 from the Music Industry Association of Newfoundland and Labrador Duane Andrews; Italian virtuoso Pino Forastiere; Norwegian song- writer Kerstin Blodig; Scotland’s Ian Melrose; Canadian-based singer/songwriter Andrew White from New Zealand, American virtuoso Michael Chapdelaine - the only guitarist ever to win First Prize in the world's top competitions in both the Classical and Fingerstyle genres; and Canadian legend Don Ross who has been touring with the “Men of Steel” whom have just released their newest CD: four way mirror. For a complete list of artists, bios and images please go to http://canadianguitarfestival.com/
On the final day, up to 24 undiscovered players will compete for the title of Canadian Finger Style Guitar Champion and prizes worth over $12,000 dollars.
Tickets: available online at www.TicketWeb.ca , by phone 1-888-506-1418 and at the gate. Also available at the gate only – students admitted half price and accompanied children under 12 admitted free.
July 21st, Friday Pass: 4:30pm – 11:59pm, tickets: $25.00
6:00pm Greetings from Holmes Hooke
6:30pm Erik Turnbull
7:30pm Kerstin Blodig
8:30pm Robert Michaels
9:30pm Andrew White
10:30pm Don Ross
July 22nd, Saturday Pass: 10:00am – 11:59pm, tickets: $37.50
Workshops
9:00am Celtic Guitar- Bob Maclean
9:45am Classical- Jeff Hanlon
10:30am Guitar and Voice- Marco D’Amico
11:15am - 12:30pm Open Mike- Louise Ford
Mainstage
1:00pm Andy McKee
2:00pm Duane Andrews
3:00pm J.P. Cormier
4:00pm Michael Chapdelaine
5:30pm - 6:45pm Mainstage Workshop featuring: Don Ross, J.P. Cormier, Ian Melrose, Andrew White, Kerstin Blodig, Robert Michaels and Pino Forastiere with host; Gary Rasberry
7:00pm Del Vezeau
8:00pm Pino Forastiere
9:00pm Ian Melrose
10:00pm Montreal Guitar Trio
July 23rd, Sunday Pass: 10:00am – 4:00pm, tickets: $15.00
The Canadian Fingerstyle Guitar Competition
Weekend Pass $53.50/ Camping Pass $80.25
Please visit the festival website for more information. http://canadianguitarfestival.com/ 300 dpi images of all artists are available from the ‘media’ link on the site
Please add this information to your listings. We are presently confirming interviews.
MEDIA QUERIES
Planet3 Communications, Tanya Koivusalo Joanne Smale
tanya@planet3com.net, T: 416.922.4459
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