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This weekend on INSIDE THE BLUES / Bill Johnson featured on CANADIAN BLUES SPOTLIGHT on BLUES ZEPPELIN / Lots of summer music at The Cove!

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THIS WEEK ON INSIDE THE BLUES – A SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO STONY PLAIN RECORDS & HOLGER PETERSEN ON THEIR 40th ANNIVERSARY

THIS SUNDAY June 5 on CANADIAN BLUES SPOTLIGHT
on BLUES ZEPPELIN – BILL JOHNSON

UPCOMING LIVE MUSIC AT THE COVE INN, WESTPORT
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INSIDE THE BLUES w. James Doran

Broadcast & streamed weekly:
Every Saturday 12-1 pm ET on www.BluesRadioCanada.com
Repeated Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays at the same time

Every Sunday 7-8 pm ET on CIDG 101.9 DAWG FM Ottawa www.dawgfm.com
Repeated Wed night 10-11 pm

All shows are also ARCHIVED after broadcast at www.insidetheblues.ca
and can be listened to there at any time

PLAY LIST – June 4/5
Sponsored by The Cove Inn, Westport ON www.coveinn.com

A special tribute to STONY PLAIN RECORDS and its founder
HOLGER PETERSEN on the 40th Anniversary of the label

All songs off new STONY PLAIN 40 YEARS 3 CD Compilation/2016 Stony Plain Records

JOE LOUIS WALKER
Eyes Like A Cat/Travis Phillips

ROSCO GORDON
Sit Right Here/Rosco Gordon

BILLY BOY ARNOLD
Bad Luck Blues/Billy Boy Arnold

HARRY MANX* & KEVIN BREIT*
Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep/Mary Elizabeth Frye arranged & adapted by Harry Manx

RONNIE EARL
It Takes Time/Otis Rush

AMOS GARRETT*
Lost Love/Johnny V. Mills

KING BISCUIT BOY (RICHARD NEWELL)*
Blue Light Boogie/Jesse Mae Robinson

DUKE ROBILLARD
Ain’t Gonna Do It/Dave Bartholomew & Pearl King

MARIA MULDAUR
In My Girlish Days/Ernest Lawler

Thanks for listening!

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CANADIAN BLUES SPOTLIGHT w. James Doran on
Mark Stenzler’s BLUES ZEPPELIN, Switzerland
www.facebook.com/BluesZeppelin

June 5 – 9-11 am ET (3-5 pm Swiss time) on www.rabe.ch
or catch one of the reruns

Featured artist this week – BILL JOHNSON www.billjohnsonblues.com

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Singer, songwriter, guitarist, harmonicist and music educator Bill Johnson was born in Halifax, spent a few years in Ottawa and Calgary and now lives in Victoria B.C.. He grew up listening to his older brother’s record collection of Blues, Rock and Country artists and lists Hank Willilams, Elvis Presley, The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton and Chuck Berry as his major influences. Bill spent most of his teens studying guitar and played in a variety of different bands through the ’70’s and ’80’s but by the early ’90’s he began to focus exclusively on the Blues. He’s released four albums since then including his new one – “Cold Outside”. Over the years Bill has won a Blewzy Award and been nominated for a Juno and 4 Maple Blues Awards. Tune in to find out why!

CANADIAN BLUES SPOTLIGHT with James Doran is a 15 minute feature on some of Canada’s best Blues artists broadcast and streamed bi-weekly on
Mark Stenzler’s BLUES ZEPPELIN

Original: Sundays 9-11 am ET (3-5 pm Swiss time) on Radio RaBe www.rabe.ch Bern, SWITZERLAND

Re-broadcast
* The following Saturday 4-6 pm ET (10-12 pm Swiss time) on Radio LoRa www.lora.ch Zurich, SWITZERLAND
* The following Saturday 3-5 pm ET on WRFI Community Radio Ithaca/Finger Lakes UPSTATE NEW YORK www.wrfi.org
* Twice a week on BLUES & ROOTS RADIO www.BluesAndRootsRadio.com
Port Credit, ON CANADA – streaming globally

* All Spotlights are also ARCHIVED after broadcast on www.CanadianBluesSpotlight.ca where they can be listened to at any time.

Thanks for listening!
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Summer Opening Reception May 21 | Grist Mill Art Gallery

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Free Opening Gallery Reception Saturday May 21 Everyone Welcome. Original Art by 15 Co-op Artists in the Rideau Lakes Area. Two Showrooms full of original paintings in acrylic, oil, ink and mixed media, fibre art, sculpture, jewelry, batik and giclee photography on canvas.

 

Date :
Saturday, May 21st, 2016 at 11 a.m

 

Location event:
613-273-9299
21 Main St. Westport ON K0G 1X0
Westport

 

Contact :
Phone number : 613-273-9299
Website : http://www.gristmillgallery.com/ or
https://www.facebook.com/gristmillgallery

Safe kids Week 2016

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May 30 to June 5 – 2016 is the 20th Anniversary for Parachute’s Safe Kids Week.

Many Canadians are surprised to learn that preventable injuries kill more children every year than any other disease.

The good news is that prevention efforts are working – since 1996, Canada has enjoyed a decreasing trend in death and hospitalizations from preventable injuries overall.

But there is a still lot of work to do to keep children, and ourselves safe. Plan to take part in Parachute’s Safe Kids Week, happening May 30 – June 5, 2016 with a focus on the top injury issues that affect children on the road, at home and at play.

Check out the Parachute Safe Kids Week 2016 Resources and order your Community Toolkit today.

Safe Kids Week was originally a program of Parachute’s legacy organization Safe Kids Canada. The first annual Safe Kids Week took place in 1996.

Date :
May 30 to June 5

Location event:
Westport, ON

For further details, please check: parachutecanada.org/safekidsweek, Parachute’s legacy organization Safe Kids Canada.

Spring Fly-Inn

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Westport/Rideau Lakes SPRING FLY-IN at the airport on County Road 10, just outside Westport.

May 21, Westport ON (CRL2): COPA Flight 56 Annual Fly-In / Drive-In Breakfast hosted by the Rideau Lakes Flying Club.

Breakfast served from 0800 until 1100 hrs for a donation to the Club: enjoy a sausage on a bun breakfast, visit the hangers, watch flights land and take off, make a donation to the club and bring the family for an enjoyable outing.  Open all day for visitors.  Lots of parking space!  Ask about the proposed “Poker Run” and “Kids Flight Day” while checking out the clubs field house.

Runway 07/25, 3118′ Com. 123.2 Co-ordinates (N) 43 39 93 (W) 76 23 92.

Come join us for a great introduction to the summer near the fabulous town of Westport. View the planes in the morning and enjoy the Westport in the afternoon. Fun for the whole family.

Date :
Saturday May 21, 2016 at 8 a.m

Location event :
Westport/Rideau Lakes Airport

Contact :
Please contact Bill Green at 613-273-5282 or Mike Miles at 613-276-6276 (drmikemiles@gmail.com) or Russ Walker at 613-273-7349 (russ@ksync.ca)

National Youth Week

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National Youth Week is dedicated to the celebration of youth and their active participation in their community. Whether it is recreation, drama, sport, dance, civic engagement, art, volunteerism or leadership, every day young people are involved in meaningful activities during their discretionary time. National Youth Week is a time to honour their involvement! Anything you do, or that you know of happening in your community during the week of May 1 through to the 7th and that celebrates, encourages, or showcases the involvement of youth in play in your community, can be part of National Youth Week.

Through activities, such as recreation and art, youth learn five basic life skills, which include social, moral, ethical, physical and cognition competence. Additionally, through their involvement, young people are meeting the seven developmental needs which they need in order to feel fully engaged in the world around them. These needs are: self-definition, physical activity, meaningful participation, mastery and achievement, positive interaction with adults and peers, structure and clear limits, and creative expression. Programs and services that are designed to meet meets the needs of youth and help them develop their basic skills are called Intentional Youth Development programs.

WHAT’S PLANNED FOR NATIONAL YOUTH WEEK?

National Youth Week will be driven by what happens in local communities across Canada. Anything you do or that you know of, happening in your community during the week of May 1 through to the 7th and that celebrates, encourages, or showcases the involvement of youth in play in your community, can be part of National Youth Week.

Date :
May 1 to May 7, 2016

Location event :
Rideau Lakes, ON

Art & Red in Repertory

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Two plays in repertory, alternating daily – Art on even-numbered days; Red on odd-numbered days. Start times vary;

Westport Country Playhouse will open its 2016 Season with two Tony Award-winning plays staged in repertory, “Art” and “Red,” with each play alternating daily, from May 3 through May 29.

Mark Lamos directs two Tony Award-winning plays in conversation about art: making it, owning it, the anguish of creating it, and the ache of believing in it.

“Art” by Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton, and “Red” by John Logan, will be directed by Mark Lamos, Playhouse artistic director.

ART

“A nonstop cross-fire of crackling language.”
– Newsweek –

What does your taste reveal about you? When Serge, a novice art collector proudly shows off a newly acquired painting, he imagines his friends will stand in awe. He thinks it “priceless.” They have a slightly different point of view. Blistering honesty extracts a high price In Yasmina Reza’s intelligent and witty Tony Award-winning comedy.

“Art” will be performed on the even-numbered days of May; “Red” on the odd-numbered days. Performance schedule is Tuesday at 7 p.m., Wednesday at 2 and 8 p.m., Thursday and Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 3 and 8 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. Special series feature Taste of Tuesday, LGBT Night OUT, Opening Night, Sunday Symposium, Open Captions, Thursday TalkBack, Together at the Table Family Dinner, Playhouse Happy Hour, and Backstage Pass.

“Art” and “Red” Production Sponsors are Barbara and John Streicker; Corporate Production Sponsor is Bank of America.

To order ticket, please click here.

RED

“Intense and exciting!”
– The New York Times –

“What do you see?” Mark Rothko paints. His assistant runs the errands. Each knows their place in the world. But when the famous abstract expressionist asks his young protégée a loaded question, it rearranges everything. This sizzling and intellectually riveting drama offers a fascinating portrait of the search for visionary truth and the price you pay to be an artist.

To order ticket, please click here.

Single tickets start at $30; buy early for best prices. Discounts are available for ticket purchases to both “Art” and “Red.”

Date :
Tuesday, May 3 trough Sunday May 29, 2016 from 7 to 9 p.m

Location event :
Westport Country Playhouse 25 Powers Court Westport, CT.

Contact:
Jason Robards Theatre at WCP
For more info, please check website: http://www.westportplayhouse.org/art-red

Soul, Jazz & Gospel from the Altruistic Band

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Celebrate May Day with the Altruistic Band  performing soul, jazz, gospel, R&B and pop.

Altruistic is a band comprised of musicians from many different walks of life. Their sound can be described as “Gumbo” combining the musical styles of Latin, Contemporary, Fusion, and Straight-ahead Jazz with Funk, R&B and Gospel rhythms.

Led by Al Thomas, the group consists of the following members: Alfred Thomas Jr., flute/vocals; Pat Williams, guitar/vocals; David Ramsey, drums; Donnell Roberts, bass; and John Davis, keyboards. The band collectively has numerous years of experience and has played venues all over the Eastern Seaboard.

Members of the band have played with and/or opened for artists such as: Najee, Marion Meadows, Branford Marsalis, Alex Bugnon, Pieces of a Dream, the late Dizzy Gillespie, Mary Mary, Donny McClurkin, The Winans, Be Be & CeCe, and Tonex.

Date :
Sunday, May 1, 2016 from 2 to 3 p.m

Location event :
The Westport Library 20 Jesup Road Westport, CT 06880.(McManus Room)

Contact :
For more info visit westportlibrary.org.

24th Annual indoor Westport Antique Show & Sale

24th Annual indoor Westport Antique Show & Sale

 

*This summer come out and enjoy the return of the 24th Annual indoor
Westport Antique Show & Sale. The beautiful Village of Westport will be
hosting this event on June 4th and 5th, 2016 at the Westport Community
Centre on the corner of Spring and Concession Streets.*

 

 

*Saturday show hours are 10 am – 5 pm, Sunday hours are 10 am – 4 pm.

Admission is $6 per person, children 12 and under are free. Best of all
there’s plenty of free parking!*

*This year will feature more fabulous qualified antique dealers from

Ontario and Quebec. The dealers promise to bring excellent fresh inventory
including the finest antiques in glass, tools, china, pine furniture,
pottery, crystal, silver, folk art, formal furniture, collectibles and much
more!*

*Don’t miss out on your opportunity to witness first-hand Canadian
history. You possibly own one of these venerable pieces for yourself, so
come out and see what’s for sale at the Canadian Antique Fair.*

*For more information:

Canadianantiquefairs@gmail.com
Canadianantiquefairs@gmail.com

Phone: 613 791 2272 and 613 795 9676

This weekend on INSIDE THE BLUES – Best Of The New / RIA REECE BAND at BOTR @ The Cove April 22

More on Choose the Blues website
CHOOSE THE BLUES NEWS 
Bringing you the best in Blues
with a strong focus on Canadian talent
in concert and on air
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BEST OF THE NEW

RIA REECE BAND at BLUES ON THE RIDEAU at THE COVE INN, Westport ON
Next Friday April 22 – tickets still available!
and
This year’s Juno Award winner HARRISON KENNEDY is coming May 13

UPCOMING EVENTS AT THE COVE
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INSIDE THE BLUES w. James Doran
Broadcast and streamed weekly

Saturdays from Noon-1 pm ET on www.BluesRadioCanada.com 
Repeated Mon, Wed, Fri at same time
Sundays from 7-8 pm ET on 101.9 DAWG FM Ottawa www.dawgfm.com
Repeated Wed night 10-11 pm
All shows are also ARCHIVED after broadcast at www.insidetheblues.ca
and can be listened to there at any time

Sponsored this week by:
DAN AYKROYD WINES www.danaykroydwines.com &
THE COVE INN, Westport ON
 www.coveinn.com

PLAY LIST – April 16/17
Best Of The New

BONNIE RAITT
What You’re Doin’ To Me/Dig In Deep/2016 Redwing Records/B. Raitt

INA FORSMAN
Farewell/Ina Forsman/2016 Ruf Records/Ina Forsman

TASHA TAYLOR
Weathermen/Honey For The Biscuit/2015 Ruf Records/Tasha Taylor, Tom Hambridge & Richard Fleming

LAYLA ZOE*
A Good Man/Breaking Free/2016 Ruf Records/Layla Zoe

CURTIS SALGADO
Walk A Mile In My Blues/The Beautiful Lowdown/2016 Alligator Records/David Duncan, Curtis Salgado & Mike Finnigan

HARPER AND MIDWEST KIND
It’s All In The Game/Show Your Love/2016 Blu Harp Records/Peter D. Harper

STEVE GROVES*
Runnin’ Through The Bayou/Notes From The Underground/Self/Steve Groves

BEN POOLE
Longing For A Woman/Time Has Come/2016 Manhaton Records/Ben Poole

RIA REECE BAND*+
A Think Called Love/Out All Night/2015 Disco Fairy Records/Ria Reece & Andre Chevarie
+Appearing at Blues On The Rideau at The Cove Inn, Westport ON April 22

*denotes Canadian artist

Thanks for listening!

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BLUES ON THE RIDEAU @ THE COVE INN
Westport, Ontario
www.BluesOnTheRideau.caDinner & Show fundraisers featuring some of Canada’s best Blues bands*NEXT FRIDAY – April 22
From Montreal – RIA REECE BAND
www.riareeceband.com

A 4X Lys Blues Award nominee and a finalist at the Toronto Blues Society’s Talent Search Ria has a voice like Etta James & Koko Taylor rolled into one! Backed by a tight band. Great Blues, Soul, R&B & Jazz

Dinner & Show only $65
Proceeds from this show go to 4-H Canada

Advance Reservations required
CALL 1-888-COVEINN

Most BOTR nights this season have Sold Out in advance so CALL AHEAD TO RESERVE so you don’t miss out. Note: Your credit card is not charged until the night of the Show
Changes in reservations can be made up to 1 week prior without penalty

Visit www.BluesOnTheRideau.ca for more details on the bands including photos, LINKS to their websites, Facebook pages and You Tube videosBLUES ON THE RIDEAU is produced by Choose The Blues Productions www.choosetheblues.ca in cooperation with
The Cove Inn, Westport www.coveinn.comSponsored by
Dan Aykroyd Wines www.danaykroydwines.com
Perth Brewery www.perthbrewery.ca
101.9 DAWG FM Ottawa www.dawgfm.com and
LAKE 88.1 Perth/Rideau Lakes www.lake88.ca
The Ottawa Blues Society www.ottawabluessociety.com

Follow us on Facebook and Twitter
www.facebook.com/ChooseTheBluesProductions
www.twitter.com/Doranchoozblues  

www.facebook.com/TheCoveCountryInn
 www.twitter.com/thecoveinn 
so you can keep up to date!

And – please SPREAD THE WORD! 

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CONGRATULATIONS once again to Hamilton’s HARRISON KENNEDYwww.harrisonkennedy.ca for winning this year’s Juno Award for
Blues Album Of The Year 
for “This Is From Here”And the good news is HARRISON is coming to BOTR @ The Cove May 13 
for the Grand Finale of the season!

He’s bringing his great R&B Band with him featuring Jesse O’Brien on piano (who co-produced the album with Harrison), Frank Koren on guitar and John Dymond on bass with Gary Craig on drums (these two have backed artists like Colin Linden, Blackie & The Rodeo Kings, Steve Dawson, Big Dave McLean and many others).

It’s gonna be a party! Don’t miss it
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UPCOMING EVENTS @ THE COVE INN, Westport ON

Great LIVE music and Special Events are happening all the time at THE COVE 
Only a 90 minute drive from Ottawa, 45 minutes from Kingston
EVERY WEEK
Every Wednesday night singer, songwriter, guitarist SHAWN McCULLOUGH hosts
Wings ‘n Tunes Night
Most Saturday nights
 – Acoustic Duo HEAD OVER HEELS in the Dining Room
UPCOMING
April 15 – 7 to 10 pm – PERTH STINGRAYS FUNDRAISER w. SPENCER EVANS TRIO  $40 inc buffet
April 22 – 7-11 pm BLUES ON THE RIDEAU – RIA REECE BAND from Montreal – Dinner & Show $65
April 23 – 1-4 pm Westport Arts Council Fundraiser – FIDDLE FEST w. TURPIN’S TRAIL $10
April 23 – 8-11 pm – JOHN WILBERFORCE Folk/Rock  No cover
April 29 – 7-11 pm SONGWRITERS CIRCLE w. Cowan, Fennell, McCormick & Savage $10
April 30 – 7-10 pm PAT TEMPLE w. SPENCER EVANS – Swing, Rockabilly, Soul $10

FOR UPDATES VISIT www.coveinn.com under ENTERTAINMENT or call 613-273-3636
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If you want REGULAR WEEKLY EMAIL BLASTS on upcoming local and regional Blues concerts we recommend that you get on the OTTAWA BLUES THIS WEEK email List compiled by Liz Sykes of the Ottawa Blues Society. Email her at ottawablues@gmail.com to get on board.
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SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BLUES SOCIETIES and JOIN! We have two of the best in the country in our area. Members get regular Blues event updates, discount tickets for Blues shows, prize giveaways for free concert tickets, discounts on Blues CD purchases and more….OTTAWA BLUES SOCIETY www.ottawabluessociety.com  Individual membership $30 a year
KINGSTON BLUES SOCIETY  www.kingstonbluessociety.ca  Individual membership $25 a year
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Perth Brewery Beer Dinner @ The Cove

PerthBrewery BeerNight 2016

 

Thu.Apr.14.2016
6-9pm
4 Course Dinner with 5 Beers $60 + HST

Try the best in local, all-natural beers from Perth, ON featuring fresh and exciting flavours! Perfect to quench your thirst and pair with some delicious creations by Chef Joanne Edwards and her team. Come out and enjoy a fun and informative evening with owner/brewmaster Jeremy Steves.

Welcome cheers!
Honey Lager

Easy Amber Ale
Local Cheese and Charcuterie Plate

Hopside IPA
Vegetable Pakoras with Harissa Aioli

Bonfire Black Lager
Sticky Pork Ribs with a Bit o’ Heat

Oh Canada! Maple Ale
Espresso Caramel Layered Dessert