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2010 FIDDLE FEST Fiddle Fest is a two day festival held on Friday, April 16th and Saturday, April 17th at the Merville Hall, 15 minutes north of Courtenay. On Friday, at 7:00pm, there will be a fiddle concert featuring amazing fiddler Calvin Volrath from Alberta. On Saturday, there is a friendly day of workshops, Open Stage, guest fiddlers and an evening of Contra / Old Time dance with Calvin Volrath and many Friends! NEW BC OLD TIME FIDDLE CLUB (BCOTFA) The Funtime Fiddlers, Comox Valley Branch #18 of the BCOTFA, is entering their second year as a sanctioned club. Anyone is invited to be a member...musicians, dancers, young and old. The club is gearing themselves up to be the main players for Contra Dances in the North Island. We blend Old Time dances with our Contra Dance sets so you can have the best of both worlds. Contra / Old Time Dances are generally held on the third Saturday of the month from September to June (though sometimes the dates are changed due to availability of players, caller and hall...check here for dates) and they are at the posh and "getting updated" Merville Hall in Merville, on the Old Island Highway, between Courtenay and Campbell River. Dance starts at 7:00pm until 10:00pm. Meetings are held every couple of months. Membership is $10.00 for the year and there is a family rate. NEW COFFE HOUSE Qualicum Coffee House, Fridays at the Rotary House, 211 West Fern Road, Qualicum Beach. $5 per person at the door. Doors open 7pm. Open Stage 7:30pm. Come and share your talents in song, poetry, story telling and more (sign up in advance or at 7pm...limited spaces). Organic coffee at break time donated by Creekmore Coffee. Contact Joyce Beaton at jbeaton@shaw.ca.
Strathcona Orchestra Every Monday at Mark Isfeld School, Courtenay. Anyone with musical ability is invited to be at the school at 6:30pm to sign up and play. New players needed and welcomed. Cost $120.00/year.
Coombs Country Opera Starting up again in September, the 3rd Sat. of every month. It is an open stage event with no charge for entertainersAdults $5.00 and children under 12 are free Starts at 7:00pm and goes to 10:30 usually. The person is charge is Jim Brown and you just give him your name when you come in and what you are going to do and he will put you on the agenda. 2009
Music Bursaries for Fiddle Youth
In June senior members the Comox Valley Funtime Fiddlers (Branch #18) and Fiddlejam presented 14 young players, from the Comox Valley to Campbell River, with bursaries to enable the youth to take fiddle lessons, attend fiddle camps and participate in fiddle contests. Pictured are Tanner Cameron, Giovanni Bellosillo, Tom White, Maddy Erickson, Anna Egan, Trent Freeman, Scherene Aucterlonie, Leah Reimer, Daisy Squires, Kennedy Lucas, Alannah LeClere, Jasmine Beigler and Paul LeClere. (MIA Alex Lamoureux).
FIDDLE FEST - The 9th Annual Fiddle Fest Saturday, April 11th, was another resounding success with Three Time Canadian Fiddle Champion, Mark Sullivan, and a big Contra Dance in the evening. We look forward to next year's event. 2008 Fiddle Fest was a great success this year with headliner, Patti Lamoureux accompanied by Joel Lamoureux and Trent Freeman 2006 ....and the winners of the Comox Valley Arts and Culture Awards are.... Trent Freeman - Mentor of the Year
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