http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDfVTVv6ySA
SKSS Presents
WATER WAY
Sunday November 27 7:30 pm
George Luscombe Theatre
Univ. of Guelph
Bringing together professional singers, actors, musicians, designers, visual artists, dancers, storytellers and spoke word artists, Water Way will feature original and time-honoured explorations of our human connection to water.
Jan Sherman, Jane and John Watson, Fall on Your Feet Dance Collective, Janet Morton, Kevin Sutton, Ondine Chorus, Kathryn Loveday, Lorraine Bruce-Allen, Barbara Bryce, Evenine Chorus, and more....
$20 plus handling
All Proceeds to Wellington Water Watchers and NDACT (No MEga Quarry)
Tickets on sale now at
Ground Floor Music
13 Quebec St.
519-827-1444
www.groundfloormusic.ca
SPRING AWAKES!
A Performance Arts Hike
presented by SKSS productions to
Fundraise for the Plant An Old Growth Forest Project
SUNDAY MAY 15 2 - 4 pm
Advance tickets only - Available at Ground Floor Music
Check out the new photo gallery for "Who Put Out the Lights?"
Sue will be the featured Guest at the Elora Acoustic Cafe, Elora Centre for the Arts, Elora ON, Friday April 8th.
Sue Smith & Jeff Bird - HOUSE CONCERT in Guelph. Saturday March 5. An Intimate evening of music and song. Contact fmccairley@gmail.com for tickets.
Season Singers Session XXIII gets underway Jan. 29 with shows set for Sunday Februay 20 , 3:30 and 7:00 pm at the GUELPH LITTLE THEATRE.Northern lights, labradorite, mischievous tap-dancing skeletons meet Lord Borealis and Queen Aurora. Featuring all new original songs. Script by Barb Bryce, Sue Smith and Augusta Supple. Also featuring a special collaboration with the Guelph Youth Dance Company.
Season Singers has been awarded a Youth Opportunities Grant from the Guelph Arts Council for a partnership with the Guelph Little Theatre presenting a technical theatre skills training program for youth. Check out the story in the Guelph Tribune:http://www.guelphtribune.ca/arts_and_entertainment/article/227194
January 15, 7:30 pm Sue Smith, Shannon Kingsbury, Jeff Bird, Andrew McPherson, Nick Craine and friends will raise their voices in song. Eden Mills Hall, 108 York St., Eden Mills . Tickets on sale now at the Bookshelf and Ground Floor Music, Quebec St. , Guelph. Contact Kit Bresnahan: kitbresnahan@gmail.com
Check out the stories in the Guelph Mercury:
http://news.guelphmercury.com/News/Local/article/742192
and Guelph Tribune:
http://www.guelphtribune.ca/news/article/227195
This event will benefit the St. Patrick's Ward Community Initiative and the Eden Mills Community Club.
The St. Patrick's Ward Community Initiative is a small group of neighbours have a come up with a meaningful use for Guelph's oldest elementary school (1879) which is slated for closure in 2012. The initiative proposes a youth community centre with a full time after school staff. The centre focuses on redirecting youth from ages 12 to 18 into meaningful activities in the arts, sport, culture, new media and nutrition. The Initiative has partnered with The Canadian Autoworkers Association Local 1917 and hopes to partner with the Guelph Rotarians in the new year.
The Eden Mills Community Club (greening the old community hall to make it more environmentally friendly) and the Eden Mills Millpond Conservation Association (now is in the process of raising funds to buy the 12.5 acres of land surrounding the actual Millpond) are both associated with the Carbon Neutral Initiative of Eden Mills.
Join Sue, Evenine, Shannon Kingsbury, Choir in Motion, Fall on Your Feet Dance Collective, Robert Kingsbury, Brenda McMorrow and more in support of Jerome Giovinazzo's 3 year, 3 months and 3 days silent retreat for Peace. Friday December 3rd, St. James' Anglican Church, Guelph. Advance tickets at the Bookshelf and Ground Floor Music.
On Dec. 12, Sue was Alden Hadwen’s guest on her CFRU FM radio show, "Guelph Desert Island Discs”. Answering the question, "What music and poetry would you take with you to a Desert Island?”, the airwaves were graced with Hildegard of Bingen, Deena Metzger, Alberta Hunter, Pops Staples, Joni Mitchell, Shakespeare, Oliver Schroer, Marvin Gaye, Alfredo Catalani and lots more. To listen to the archive: http://www.cfru.ca/archive.php
November 24 Margaret Atwood’s inspiring visit to Guelph coincided with the birth of the Evenine Singers. A full house at Norfolk United Church witnessed the auspicious occasion of a meeting of "Guelph God’s Gardeners”, celebrating the recent Margaret Atwood book, "Year of the Flood”. The evening’s festivities included performances by Michael Doleschell as Adam15, me as Eve Nine the choir director, the Evenine Singers, (delivering recently penned music by me and by Jeff Bird, based on texts from "Year of the Flood”), and the stellar Margaret Atwood appearing as the Oracle. And, all sounded mighty fine. For more information read the Mercury article. Take a look at the photos...
I am so excited about a new band I discovered in Campbellford: JOKERS WILD. I heard them play in July and immediately invited them to come do a show in Guelph. They are young, original and seriously influenced by Led Zeppelin and cool jazz with Nirvana and Jaco Pastorius and Chet Baker and Oasis all getting a nod. I asked RED ROSARY, a fabulous young band from Guelph to come on board. They won the Guelph Battle of the Bands which landed them a gig at this year's Hillside. They deliver groovy and original rock with brains and charm. They are great. RED ROSARY invited their friends UNION BLACK to join in the party - all of which is going to make it an amazing night of music in Guelph.
I'm excited to present this ALL AGES show at ED VIDEO, Friday August 14, doors 8 pm.THREE BANDS FOR FIVE BUCKS.
Come and check out three great young bands, and let's give a warm Guelph welcome to JOKERS WILD.
Hope to see you there.
Pies to Conquer Cancer
Thank you one and all for supporting the pie project. Together we raised $500 for Les Becanes Bleues, aka Evie and Richard, for their Ride To Conquer Cancer bike ride from Montreal to Quebec City this summer. 25 pies baked and enjoyed!
Wedding Threads
Interview with Karen Kaeja
"Karen Kaeja's gorgeous Wedding Threads, a lush piece about mother-daughter relationships" -- Guelph Contemporary Dance Festival, May and End of May Newsletters by Marie Davis Zimmerman
Click here for a feature interview on Wedding Threads in the latest GCDF newsletter.
Sonic Playground at Donkey Days
Sonic Playground will be visiting the Donkey Sanctuary of Canada on Donkey Day, June 14.
Please see Calendar for more information.
Check out the new Season Singers Gallery
The Season Singers world premiere
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 8
3:30 pm and 7 pm
"THE LAND OF HUE”
a new musical for children
Written by Barbara Jean Bryce, Sue Smith and Augusta Supple
Lyrics written by Sue Smith, Augusta Supple & Gwen Swick
Music written by Sue Smith
Trinity United Church Auditorium
400 Stevenson N.
Guelph
Admission:
Adults - suggested donation $5 - $10
Children - Free!
The Season Singers is a performing arts troupe for children aged 6 - 12 who love to sing, dance and perform. Season Singers is guided by Artistic Director Sue Smith and Designer/Artist Barbara Jean Bryce. This show marks the twenty-first session of Season Singers and is the second new musical for children created by the team.
The Land of Hue takes us on a musical journey illustrating a most exclusive and informative lecture by world renowned Professor, Dr. Erasma Imaginatava Aristotalia Einsteinia Hawkview Hue, PdD, MDColour, R.O.Y.G.B.I.V. Dr. Hue will illuminate the history of the rainbow, and how a stranger, a chickadee, and a gypsy all provide foundation and fact pointing to the inevitable and vital truth of Dr. Hue’s groundbreaking theory.
KAEJA MUSIC SOIREE
February 20, 2009
7:30 - 9:30 pm
Dovercourt House, Toronto
TICKETS: $20 at door, $15 CADA, student,
$10 children 12 years of age and under
To RSVP or purchase advanced tickets, please email kaeja@kaeja.org or call 416 516 6030.
Please join us for an intimate Fundraiser to remount Wedding Threads (Choreographer: Karen Kaeja, Composer: Sue Smith) at the Guelph Contemporary Dance Festival. The night will feature a concert by Sue Smith & Jeff Bird, performances by Karen and Allen Kaeja and a young flock of Wedding Threaders, a fantastic silent auction, food and bar and a few surprises!