live! at the oakville centre

AT THE OAKVILLE CENTRE

VOLUME FOUR I ISSUE TWO I JAN-MAY 2012

LIGHTHOUSEJOHANNES LINSTEADKIM MITCHELLJUST FOR LAUGHSMONKEYJUNK & JW-JONESWOMEN FULLY CLOTHEDEMILIE-CLAIRE BARLOWJACOB MOONJOANNE SHAW TAYLORand more!

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THEATRE ETIQUETTE Please be considerate of thosein the audience who may have allergies and avoidwearing perfume or cologne. Cell phones, pagers andwatches should be turned off and refrain fromunwrapping candy during the performance. Food andbeverages are not permitted in the theatre, with theexception of plastic bottles of water. In the event ofany disturbances, ushers will ask those individuals toleave the auditorium. Cameras, video cameras andrecording devices are prohibited inside the theatre.

LATECOMERS will be seated at a suitable break inthe performance determined by the artist. Patronswho leave the theatre during the performance willalso be asked to wait.

ACCESSIBILITY Patrons using a wheelchair, walkeror who have difficulty with stairs should advise thebox office at the time of ticket purchase. Due to fireregulations and for the safety of patrons, wheelchairand walker seating is located in Row S. Note that thelower level parking lot is not suitable for these patronsas there is no ready access to the main entrance of thetheatre. The theatre does not have an elevator.

SENNHEISER HEARING ASSISTANCE is installed inour Main Theatre. This service is on a first come firstserved basis for a fee of $5.00. The devices may besigned out at the bar.

BABES IN ARMS are not permitted into the theatre.We welcome children old enough to enjoy the per-formance. Each person entering the theatre requiresa ticket.

BOX OFFICE hours are Monday to Saturday, 11am to5pm and 2 hours prior to a performance. Tickets maybe ordered by phone with a major credit card at 905-815-2021 or toll free at 1-888-489-7784 or online atwww.oakvillecentre.ca.

TICKET EXCHANGESmay only be made for anotherperformance of the same event. Exchanges must bemade at least 48 hours prior to the date shown on theoriginal tickets. An exchange fee per ticket will beapplied. All exchanges are subject to availability. Norefunds. A fee will be applied to all reprinted tickets.

PARKING is available along Church Street at severalMunicipal Lots. Meters located in downtown Oakvilleare free after 6:00pm, Monday to Saturday and allday Sunday. The Oakville Centre has a Municipalmetered parking lot at the rear of the building. Toaccess the main entrance on Navy Street, you will berequired to walk up a number of stairs outside thebuilding. There is no entry at the rear of the buildingfor the main theatre. For your convenience, we sug-gest you give yourself additional time for parking.

VOLUNTEERS at The Oakville Centre are membersof Front Row Centre. They raise funds to support pro-grams and equipment purchases for the theatreprimarily through their coat checking service. FrontRow Centre meets the first Monday of every monthfrom Sept. to June at 7:00pm in the theatre lobby.

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On the cover: JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR / May 5 , 2012

In this issue . . .CAL: IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR . . . . . January 19JOHANNES LINSTEAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 21MICHAEL CIUFO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 27LIGHTHOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 28WOMEN FULLY CLOTHED . . . . . . . . . . . . February 3COCO LOVE ALCORN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 18EMILIE-CLAIRE BARLOW . . . . . . . . . . . . February 24RHYTHM OF THE DANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . February 25SHAKE IT UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 2MONKEYJUNK & JW JONES . . . . . . . . . . . . March 3RICHARD SCARRY’S BUSYTOWN . . . . . . . . . March 4THE 605 COLLECTIVE: AUDIBLE . . . . . . . . . . March 7KIM MITCHELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 8GOODNESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 30CLASSIC ALBUMS LIVE: L.A. WOMAN . . . . . April 12JUST FOR LAUGHS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .April 13JACOB MOON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .April 21SULTANS OF STRING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .May 3MENAKA THAKKAR DANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .May 4JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .May 5

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To order tickets, go to www.oakvillecentre.ca or call1.888.489.7785 or 905.815.2021 locally.The Oakville Cen-tre for the PerformingArts is a division of the Recreation andCulture Department of the Town of Oakville.

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IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR

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PIONEER FAMILY POOLS presents

Led Zeppelin • CLASSIC ALBUMS LIVE • Thursday, January 19h at 8:00pm

It’s easy to see why In Through The Out Door is so pannedby fans and critics alike, as it’s not your typical Led Zep-pelin record. The album finds the band eschewing theirfolk-infused blues rock sound and exploring genres asdiverse as pop, prog, punk, electronica, Latin, and evencountry. The reasons for Led Zeppelin’s drastic changein sound came largely out of necessity. With Jimmy Pageand John Bonham battling severe drug addiction, JohnPaul Jones and Robert Plant were forced to take helm ofsongwriting for the first time in the band’s history. LedZeppelin also found themselves increasingly irrelevantin the wake of punk, disco, and new wave. The album’stitle reflects the band’sfrustration in trying tore-enter the public con-sciousness. While the album didindeed renew interestin the Mighty Zep, andsoared to #1 on theBillboard charts withintwo weeks, it receivedmostly poor reviewsand accusations of sell-ing out. I submit to youthat In Through TheOut Door is, in reality,an excellent album thatwasn’t given a fairchance. Sure it’s not “classic” Zeppelin, and sure it maytake some getting used to, but it’s incredibly fresh sound-ing compared to Presence, and even parts of PhysicalGraffiti,which counts for something in my book. Even ifyou don’t like the album’s overall sound, you have to giveLed Zeppelin credit for trying something new in theirdying days; you can’t say the same about many of theircontemporaries. As it turned out, Led Zeppelin had an ace up theirsleeve: a horribly underutilized hidden gem by the nameof John Paul Jones. Jones simply steals the show on thisalbum, with his keyboard playing dominating almostevery track, from the honky tonk playing on SouthBound Saurez and Hot Dog to the mesmerizing synthwork on Carouselambra and All My Love. His bass play-ing is excellent as well, particularly on the intro toCarouselambra, proving without a doubt that he is a vir-tuoso. Despite Jones driving the songs, Jimmy Page’s

guitar performance is still memorable throughout thealbum. His twangy country licks on Hot Dog and All MyLove are highlights, and his riff in the middle section ofCarouselambra is haunting and brilliant. I’m also fondof his classical guitar playing on All My Love, and expres-sive solo on I’m Gonna Crawl. After a traumatic series of events, which includedvocal injuries, a severe car accident, and the death of his5 year old son, Robert Plant starting using a more sub-dued vocal performance on this album, though the lastminute of I’m Gonna Crawl proved he could still wail like

a banshee. I actually prefer Plant’s mel-lower vocals- God knows his deliv-

ery was sometimes a bit tooshrill in the past (i.e. SongRemains The Same). Hislyrics are a bit silly atpoints (Carouselambrais totally nonsensical)but at least that showsa lack of self-con-sciousness. Finally,there’s drummer JohnBonham. Though hewas a raging alcoholic

by this time, and woulddie only a year later, his

drums on this album are justas punchy and powerful as he’s

known for. The album’s flawless pro-duction certainly helps him shine through, though thereverb is a little excessive. Overall, this is an excellent album if you’re willing togive it a chance. Carouselambra is absolute masterpiece,almost on par with Stairway To Heaven and The RainSong. South Bound Saurez, Fool In The Rain, and All MyLove are well-constructed, catchy pop tunes which taste-fully incorporate novel influences from other genres; InThe Evening and I’m Gonna Crawl are moodier numberswhich balance out the more commercial tracks, and HotDog is quite simply the most infectious, toe-tappin’ hoot-enanny of a country song I’ve ever heard. I would alsohighly recommend hunting down the three outtakesfrom In Through The Out Door that appear on Coda-Ozone Baby, Wearing & Tearing, and Darlene. They areexcellent songs as well.

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Johannes LinsteadSaturday, January 21st at 8:00pm

From being named “Guitarist of the Year”,to winning six “Best Album” awards, tofour top-ten Billboard charting albums, totop-ten radio airplay, Johannes Linsteadhas become recognized internationally asone of the best selling guitarist and com-posers in the Instrumental and WorldMusic genres. Johannes is an “InfluentialArtist” with Yamaha Corporation of Amer-ica, the largest musical instrumentmanufacturer in the world. On stage andon his recordings, Johannes lets loose afiesta of Spanish guitar magic! MISTICO, Johannes’ new release, hastaken his career to new heights, winningtwo titles in the ZMR Awards being named“Best World Album” and “Best Instrumen-tal Album – Acoustic” plus ranking in the#1 position on eMusic.com’s “WorldMusic” and “Jazz/Blues” charts. Thealbum explores the many nuances of theSpanish guitar. From the traditional to thecontemporary, from the passionate to thefiery, this masterpiece is a culmination ofall his years as a guitarist. Known equallyfor his beautiful melodies and for his light-ning-fast guitar work, multi-awardwinning composer Johannes Linstead,joins with musicians from around theworld; such as Spain, Cuba, Greece, Iran,and Venezuela to make this album a raregem amongst the Latin guitar genre. His previous album CAFE TROPICALreached the #1 position on eMusic.comWorld Music Chart within the first week ofits release and reached the #4 position onthe coveted Billboard music charts in theUS. After this meteoric rise on the charts,CAFE TROPICAL earned him the “Guitarist

of the Year” title in the 2007 CanadianSmooth Jazz Awards as well as a JUNOnomination in the “Instrumental Album OfThe Year” category the same year. MEDITERRANEA (released Sept. 2004)shot straight to the Top Ten, reaching the#6 position and was named “Best WorldAlbum” in the NAR Lifestyle Music Awards.All of Johannes’ CD have charted on Bill-board and are available around the world. Johannes’ live performances are nothingshort of phenomenal. Bursting with tropi-cal sounds, audiences are moved to danceand clap along to his music. In concert, ason his recordings, Johannes and his groupcreate a festive mood with plenty of light-ning fast guitar improvisations and spicypercussion solos alive with the drivingbeats of bongos, congas, timbale anddoumbek. Lively Latin and Mediterraneanrhythms combined with Johannes’ techni-cal virtuosity leave audiences breathless. A hugely talented multi-instrumentalist,Johannes plays; guitar, piano, mandolin,sitar, bouzouki, bass, wood flute and vari-ous percussion instruments. On hisrecordings he is backed by world-classmusicians from countries as diverse asCuba, Columbia, Syria, Greece, Mexico,Russia, Venezuela, the Ukraine and India. Influenced deeply by the many journeyshe has experienced, Johannes states, “Theinfluence of the many countries I have vis-ited; from Spain, to the Caribbean Islands,to the Far East, have moved me to createnew rhythms and sounds. Experiencingthese cultures – not just the music but alsothe people’s everyday triumph over hard-ships – is what inspires my music.”

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MICHAEL CIUFOwith pianist CHRIS BILTON

Friday, January 27th at 8:30pm in the Studio Theatre

Mississauga’s Michael Ciufo (pronounced Choo-fo) had a unique problem. After years of classicalvoice studies, and despite a fairly solid perform-ance schedule, he nevertheless had a limitednumber of venues where he could work casually.It's not as if he could hit a bar or club and let loosewith a couple of Andrea Bocelli hits. They don'twant Andrea Bocelli hits in bars or clubs. Theywant CCR covers and Jagerbombs. At first, the plan on graduationwas to become a cardiologist,and Ciufo had already beenaccepted into the life sciencesprogram at the University ofToronto. He’d taken piano andplayed percussion in the schoolband and, after his voicechanged, he started studyingclassical music, but medicine washis future. Then the Italian/CanadianCatholic took a school trip toItaly in his last year of highschool and found himself at thePantheon in Rome. Life wasabout to change. “The band leader, Mr. Biagia-relli, he pulled me aside,” says Ciufo. “He said, Theband is going to be there to play a couple of hymnsfor the mass. I talked to the priest. Do you want tosing? It probably helped that he was Italian, talk-ing to an Italian priest. One of my fellowclassmates played the organ and I sang PanisAngelicus. “You know that moment when every-thing kind of comes together? The light goes on

and it's like, This is what I need to be doing. I can'tdo anything else but this.” Although he had already been accepted at theU of T – that meant a 95 per cent grade average –Ciufo immediately applied for the four-yearcourse at the Glenn Gould School of Music in theVocal Performance program – despite being pastthe application deadline. But his vocal teacherfrom Oakville was good friends with the depart-

ment head, and he was granted aprivate audition. That resulted inan offer of a full scholarship.

With natural talent and train-ing, Ciufo also has the businesssavvy necessary to make it in themusic business. Of his music-school colleagues, he was thefirst with his own website. He’son Facebook, YouTube and Twit-ter. At 19 and performing atvarious functions, he knew heneeded a CD to circulate hisname out there. He borrowed$5,000 from his grandmother,recorded a piano/vocal collec-tion of classical and traditionalItalian vocal music called Vieni

Sul Mar (Come to the Sea) and, selling them at$20 a pop, paid her back in a month. Five yearson, and Ciufo has raised the money from a num-ber of area corporations for a far more ambitiousproject. Titled Momento and comprising a mix ofclassical and pop music, this is the album thatcould bring him to Canada and the world.

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Recognized as one of the best performing acts of theirtime, they toured 300 days a year including sold out per-formances at Carnegie Hall, the Fillmore East, FillmoreWest, Expo ‘70 in Japan and the Isle of Wight Festival inEngland where they were the only act besides Jimi Hen-drix asked to perform twice among acts that includedThe Doors, Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell, The Who andChicago. Back home, their free concerts at Toronto’sNathan Philips Square attracted one hundred thousandpeople. Indeed, it’s hard to find a person who lived inCanada through the 1970s who didn’t see the group live.They were Canada’s band. Free-wheeling, high-spirited – the music of Lighthousemirrored the times. Their story is interwoven with thehistory of late twentieth century Canada. Their rise tofame coincided with a new awareness of Canadian cul-ture, encouraged by the government of Pierre ElliotTrudeau. The emergence of Cancon (Canadian contentregulations) influenced by Skip Prokop’s historic appear-ance before Parliament, allowed the music of Canadiansto be heard across the country. Riding the wave, Light-house originated the cross-Canada rock tour, playingevery major and minor venue across the country.Devoted audiences from province to province took pridein seeing one of their own make it to the top. Lighthouse made its live debut at Toronto’s Rock Pileon May 14, 1969, introduced by none other than Duke

Ellington. They were an instant smash. Manager VinnieFusco brought them to New York to record their firstalbum at the fabled Electric Ladyland Studios. They werein the middle of one of their sessions when Fusco cheerilypopped in to announce that he had just signed the bandto a hot deal with RCA records for hundreds of thousandsof dollars. Lighthouse was on a roll, releasing more than a dozencharting singles over the next four years, including radiomainstays Sunny Days, 1849 and Pretty Lady. Lighthouse’spopularity continued to grow at home and abroad andthey toured endlessly to meet the demand. Starting in


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H O U S E N Saturday, January 28th at 8:00pm

1971 they won the first of three successive Juno Awardsfor Best Group of the Year, with McBride taking Best MaleVocalist in 1973. Album sales soared resulting in four goldalbums and Canada’s first platinum album - LighthouseLive! The band could be seen on television, in newspapersand magazines, even on Coca Cola bottle caps. Lifebecame an endless cycle of performing, recording andpromoting one album after the other. Lighthouse has found stability and commitment withthe current line-up, together now for eighteen years. Therhythm section for the ten-member group still featuresthe original founders, Skip Prokop (back on drums), Paul

Hoffert and Ralph Cole leading an all-star band thatincludes original members trombonist Russ Little andSteve Kennedy (saxophones and flute) with lead vocalistDan Clancy, Don Paulton (keys), Doug Moore (bass),Simon Wallis (saxophones and flute) and Chris Howells(trumpet). But now, after so many years together, itcould be easily be argued that everyone is an originalmember of the band. Lighthouse continues to generate excitement withinnovative works including a multimedia stage show cre-ated in collaboration with the Desrosiers Dance Theatrethat toured Brazil. Their 1994 release, Song of the Ages,was one of the first CDs to include games and animationthat could be viewed on a computer. They performed aseries of exhilarating and technologically demanding con-certs in which sections of the band performed in differentlocations across Toronto linked by broadband cable. In 1996, they were honoured for their many years ofsuccess by being inducted into Q107’s Rock & Roll Hall ofFame. Whether performing for summer Festival crowdsor rapt Concert Hall audiences they continue to bringdown the house.


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WomenFully C“OLDER & HOTTER” presented by H2 SYSYEMS

JAYNE EASTWOODJayne Eastwood got her start in performing afterbeing cast in the cult Canadian film Going Down theRoad. Jayne continued to make a name for herself inthe theatre scene in Toronto, and became one of thefounding members of The Second City Toronto. Jayne was last seen in the feature films Chicago, MyBig Fat Greek Wedding, Hairspray and You Kill Me withSir Ben Kingsley. As well she has been in many moviesof the week on ABC, CBS, and NBC with stars includ-ing Paul Newman, Bette Midler and Alan Alda. Jaynehas been the recipient of four Gemini Awards and TheEarle Grey Lifetime Achievement Award.

ROBIN DUKERobin Duke is best known for her work on the com-edy series SCTV and for her three years at SaturdayNight Live. She has appeared in many films, mostnotably Harold Ramis’ films: Groundhog Day, Multi-plicity, Stuart Smalley Saves His Family, and ClubParadise. Robin enjoys writing humorous ‘slice of life’essays for various national publications includingToday’s Parent, Homemaker’s Magazine, NationalPost and Canadian Living. She has received an Emmy nomination for her writ-ing on SNL and a Gemini nomination for her role asGrace on North of 60. For her work writing and per-forming on SCTV, she has received an Earle GreyAward and a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame. She iscurrently a professor at the School of Creative andPerforming Arts at Humber College in their ComedyProgram.


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Clothed Friday, February 3rd at 8:00pm

KATHRYN GREENWOODKathryn Greenwood starred as Grace Bailey on Sul-livan Production’s Wind at My Back and has been arecurring guest on ABC’s Whose Line Is It Anyway?,and the CBC’s The Mercer Report,This Hour Has 22Minutes, The Ron James Show and The Royal Cana-dian Air Farce. In addition, she has been an ensemblemember of the comedy series Listen Missy, TheBroadside and Not To Be Repeated. On stage shestarred with Kiefer Sutherland in The GlassMenagerie at the Royal Alexander Theatre inToronto, and the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. Kathryn’s film highlights include Disney’s Switch-ing Goals, and Frenemies, Miguel Arteta’s LuckyPeach, the BBC’s I Was a Rat, John Candy’s HostageFor A Day and The Man with Eugene Levy. Kathryn was the first winner of The CanadianComedy Award for Female Improvisor of the Year.She won a Dora Mavor Moore Award for her workwith The Second City.

TERESA PAVLINEKTeresa was a member of The Second City for fouryears during which time she wrote and performedin three Dora-nominated shows. Her first two plays,Dumplings and Death, and Hot August Night havebeen produced in Toronto and New York. She was amember of the Tarragon Theatre Playwrights Unit,where she wrote, Made You Look. Teresa is a regularguest on CBC’s The Debaters as well as The WinnipegComedy Festival. Teresa co-wrote and starred in her own half-hourTV special, As I Was Saying, for The Comedy Net-work. Other TV and film credits include The Listener,Overruled, The Sean Cullen Show, Royal Canadian AirFarce, Bless The Child and Sue Thomas F.B.I. Shestarred in five seasons of the Gemini nominated His-tory Channel series, History Bites. Teresa’s TV series The Jane Show, which she co-wrote, produced and stars in, is airing on the WNetwork and Global.


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Buca di Bacco Ristorante presents

Pan Seared RadicChiowrapped with pancetta

INGREDIENTS

• 1 medium size radicchio

• Kosher salt

• Freshly ground black pepper

• 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

• Balsamic glaze

• Piece of parmigiano

• 8 thin slices of pancetta

DIRECTIONS

1 Cut radicchio into 4 even wedges, be sure to keep a littleof the spine intact on each piece so that it stays together.

2 Place the radicchio in a bowl and season with salt, pepper and just a touch of the olive oil.

3 Place a piece of pancetta on both sides of the radicchio and put a toothpick through it to keep it in place.

4 Heat a large pan over medium to high heat and add the remaining olive oil. (if you need more “don’t be ascared” as my dad use to say its good for you...wait that was for wine...well you know what I mean!)

5 Place the radicchio in the pan and sear it on each side until the pancetta crisps and the radicchio is slightly wilted and browned. (about 3 minutes per side)

6 Transfer radicchio to a plate. Remove toothpicks.Add Balsamic glaze on top of each piece.

7 Using a vegetable peeler shave some parmigiano on top of each piece.

Serve warm

Buca di Bacco’s Vincenzo Ricci has agreed to share his Pan Seared Radicchio Wrapped With Pancettarecipe with you this issue. But if you really don’t feel like cooking, make a reservation at

Buca di Bacco – just minutes from the Oakville Centre – you won’t be disappointed!

Buca di Bacco Ristorante130 Thomas StreetDowntown OakvilleReservations: 905.845.7396


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As a performer, she is always in the moment; joy-ful and genuine, soulful and compelling. As asongwriter and vocalist, she effortlessly embracesher diverse musical influences- including Jazz,Pop, R&B and Folk- melding them seamlessly intoher own distinctive style. Her playful and wittycharacter, love of improvising and her willingnessto engage fearlessly with the audience has madeCoco Love Alcorn a leader and visionary on theCanadian music scene. Or as Lara Purvis of theOttawa Xpress puts it, “A bright splash of colouramidst the many shades of Indie grey.” Alcorn has gained an incredible and loyal fanbase while touring across Canada numeroustimes, playing an abundance of music festivalsincluding the female inspired Lilith Fair. Over theyears she has worked with a diverse and notablelist of artists including Ani DiFranco, Burton Cum-mings, 54•40, Chantal Kreviazuk, Jesse Cook,Steve Poltz, Mark Jordan and Loudon WainwrightIII. She has enjoyed success in the realm of musiclicensing, with multiple television song place-ments in The Dead Zone and The L Word.

The recording of Coco’s most recent album,Play, began shortly after her daughter Ellie wasborn. When she wasn't singing along she was busybeing the muse and reminding Coco to take lots ofbreaks for playtime. Released early in 2011, Coco embarked on an ambitious two month cross-Canada tour to promote Play. Coco Love Solo is a collection of seven songs soldonly at live shows. Performed and recorded overthe course of a single evening in her own home,Solo includes Revolution, a fiery piece of writingthat’s become a staple of her personal appear-ances. Fans are raving about this project – itsquirky and honest collection of songs and itshighly distinctive packaging. Coco and her hus-band graphic artist Simon Farla assemble thesesilk-screened albums individually. Each includesa hand-bound 20-page booklet of drawings,words and photos. This is artistry in its most pro-foundly intimate form. Born in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, then growingup between Vancouver and Toronto, Alcorn rep-resents Canada from coast to coast. With acreative family background from both her par-ents, Alcorn was destined to be an accomplishedartistic individual. Her passion for music hasfueled her to create six albums and two electron-ica side projects; however Alcorn’s interests havereached far past the realm of song. Currently, shehas her own clothing brand Simon + Coco, a col-laboration between her and her husband, that shedescribes as up-cycle clothing with Coco-centricsilkscreen designs.

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CocoLoveAlcornSaturday, February 18th at 8:30pm in the Studio Theatre


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DOWNTOWN OAKVILLE BIA presents

Emilie-Claire BarlowFriday, February 24th at 8:00pm

You could say that The Beat Goes On finds Emilie-Claire Barlow going back to the future. You see,the Toronto jazz chanteuse’s acclaimed previoustwo albums, 2007’s The Very Thought of You and2009’s Haven’t We Met? (both nominated forJuno Awards) drew upon the Great AmericanSongbook and tunes from the ‘30s and ‘40s. Here,she looks forward to the ‘60s for her repertoire,and the result is a charming album that does realmusical justice to that most colorful of decades.“Ijust felt it was time to do something a little differ-ent from the last two records,” Barlow explains. “Istarted looking at the songs of the ‘60s and theyreally struck me. This is not an attempt to sum upthe ‘60s or call these the best songs of the decade.These are songs that hit me, sparking ideas of howto re-create them in my own way” The ‘60s are a veritable musical treasure troveand Emilie-Claire mines this rich vein with realdeftness. The result is a wonderfully varied collec-tion of classic songs given new life by herinventive arrangements and signature vocal skill. Emilie-Claire notes that the challenge of a proj-ect like this is that “you want to honour the songsbut you want to make them your own.” She doesthat by recasting these gems in different musicalsettings, so the listener will get to experiencethem in a new light. Barlow cites “Will You StillLove Me Tomorrow” as an example. “The lyricsare quite melancholy. I wanted to re-harmonize itand have that darkness represented in thechords.” The result is a piano-driven ballad that’sa tender treat. Barlow’s well-developed skills as an arrangerare on vivid display on the title track, an inventiveblend of “The Beat Goes On” and Quincy Jones’“Soul Bossa Nova,” the infectious instrumentaltune familiar as both the theme of popular TVgame show My Definition and the Austin Powersmovie. “My inspiration was the Buddy and Cathy

Rich version of ‘The Beat Goes On,’, groove-wise,not Sonny and Cher’s. It’s definitely groove-ori-ented, and that gave me the inspiration ofmelding it with ‘Soul Bossa Nova.’ It’s somethingof a departure for me, with the big horns and theinstrumental interlude. I had this vision of a sortof ‘mash-up’ of the two.” Another song given a radical facelift is BobDylan’s “Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright.” “In a way,Dylan gives you a clean slate, as his version wasjust voice and guitar,” says Barlow. “I took libertieswith the melody on that one, and added a Latingroove that took it to a different place.” Sweet gui-tar, melodic horns and gentle scatting arefeatured on a version that will seduce even hard-core Dylanophiles. It is this kind of musical imagination that setsBarlow apart from her female jazz singer peers.The vocal side of her work has always come natu-rally. Her parents are both professional musicians,and by the age of seven Emilie-Claire was voiceacting for television and radio. “I’d been a singerall my life, and felt like that is just what I am,” sheexplains. “I went on to study theory and arrang-ing, and everything just clicked for me. I could getmy ideas out on paper – the way I had imaginedthem. I could impart those ideas to my fellowmusicians. This allowed me to fully express myselfand to feel an even stronger connection to themusic I was singing” The potent combination of well-honed vocaland musical chops and a charming stage presencehas earned Emilie-Claire Barlow a sizeable andloyal following worldwide. The Beat Goes On is the eighth album in arecording career that now spans 12 years, and itis a record of which she is justifiably proud. “Thisrecording is a direct reflection of where I am in mylife, personally and musically. What people seeand hear is really me.”


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RHYTHM of THe DANCeNATIONAL DANCE COMPANY OF IRELAND

Saturday, February 25th at 8:00pm

This two-hour dance and music extravaganzacontains a wealth of Irish talent. The show is aninspiring epic, reliving the journey of the IrishCelts throughout history. Using modern art formsof dance and music, this richly costumed showmarries the contemporary and the ancient. Com-bining traditional dance and music with the mostup to date stage technology, the show is a thou-sand year old story executed with all theadvantages of the modern day stage show.Rhythm of the Dance has heralded a new era in

Irish entertainment, internationally rated as oneof the most popular and busiest Irish step danceshows in the world. Rhythm of the Dance aspiresto a purity content preserving the traditions ofIrish step dancing and yet presenting it in themost modern format that has made it a leader inits field. The show features a live band, threetenors and some 22 dancers. Be sure to experience Rhythm of the Dance atThe Oakvile Centre. You’ll be very glad you did –4.5 million fans can’t be wrong!


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“SHAKE IT UP”THE IMPROVISED SHAKESPEARE CO. • Friday, March 2nd at 8:00pm

Based on one audience suggestion (a title for a play thathas yet to be written), the Improvised Shakespeare Co.(ISC) creates a fully improvised play in Elizabethan style.Each of the players has brushed up on his “thee’s” and“thou’s” to bring you an evening of off-the-cuff comedyusing the language and themes of William Shakespeare. Any hour could be filled with power struggles, star-crossed lovers, sprites, kings, queens, princesses,sword-play, rhyming couplets, asides, insults, persons indisguise and all that we’ve come to expect from the penof the Great Bard. The night could reveal a tragedy, comedy, or history.Nothing is planned out, rehearsed, or written. Each play

is completely improvised, so each play is entirely new! Founded in 2005, the ISC has been performing itscritically-acclaimed show every Friday night at the worldfamous iO Theater in Chicago for over five years andcontinues to entertain audiences around the globe withits touring company. The ISC has been featured at thePiccolo Spoleto Fringe Festival, Off Broadway in NewYork City, the Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival andthe prestigious Just For Laughs festival in Montreal andChicago. It has been named Chicago’s best improv groupby both the Chicago Reader and the Chicago Examinerand has received a New York Nightlife Award for “BestComedic Performance by a Group”. The ISC was recentlyhonored by the Chicago Improv Foundation as its“Ensemble of the Year”.


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IMPROVISED SHAKESPEARE: SHAKE IT UP!Grades 4+ • Friday March 2, 2012, 1:00 pm

ALICE IN WONDERLANDGrades 1-8 • Wednesday April 11, 2012, 1:00pm

SULTANS OF STRINGAll Grades • Thursday, May 3, 2012, 1:00pm

The Tim Hortons Learning With the Artsprogram is designed for educators to bring theirclasses, the curriculum and the performing artstogether. These special performances are forschools only and require booking through theOakville Centre for the Performing Arts.

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DAN COOPER OF ROYAL LEPAGE presents

MonkeyJunk &JW-JonesSaturday, March 3rd at 8:00pm

JW-Jones has one of the most energeticand exciting live shows on the scene.Some of the biggest names in bluestoday, including The Fabulous Thunder-birds, Little Charlie & The Nightcats,Rod Piazza, Anson Funderburgh withSam Myers, The Mannish Boys and thelegendary Hubert Sumlin have invitedhim to join them on stage. During a special appearance with theband, Hollywood celebrity and fan, DanAykroyd said, “this is an amazing bluesband, and I’ve played with the best!” Mr.Aykroyd wrote the liner notes for the2008 release ‘Bluelisted’. In 2009, Guitar World Magazine fea-tured a CD called Guitar Masters Vol. 2that put Jones alongside guitar starsB.B. King, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck andCarlos Santana. The buzz this band has created overthe last decade has earned them anational award – the Maple Blues Awardfor Electric Act of the Year, and ravereviews throughout the globe. Canada'sTop Touring Blues Act, Jones and hisband are born entertainers, and withtheir unique sound, they continue to setthe world on fire one country at a time!

Legendary delta bluesman Son Housespoke about a passion for his music andwas quoted as saying “I’m talkin’ ’boutthe blues … I ain’t talkin’ ’bout monkeyjunk!” MonkeyJunk is a band that drawsheavily on the legends of the blues andtranslates that influence into a contem-porary blend of swamp R&B, soulboogie, and bedroom funk. In the fall of 2008, MonkeyJunk wasnominated for a Maple Blues Award forbest new artist – no small feat, havingbeen in existence for only six monthsand not having released a record yet.The following spring, they released theirdebut CD, Tiger in Your Tank, to criticalacclaim thanks to strong support fromradio internationally, as well as manyspecialty blues radio shows from all overthe world. 2010 started off with a bang at theMaple Blues Awards – MonkeyJunk wasnominated for 6 awards and won 5 ofthem, including Entertainer of the Yearand Electric Act of the Year. At CanadianMusic Week in Toronto in March 2010,MonkeyJunk beat out such respectedartists as Jim Byrnes, Harrison Kennedy,Colin Linden, and Colin James to winBest Blues Artist at the Canadian Inde-pendent Music Awards.


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The core artists of The 605 Collective Dance Societyare Lisa Gelley, Shay Kuebler and Josh Martin. TheseVancouver-based dance artists are committed to thecreation and performance of new work inspired byboth urban and contemporary dance. The freedomfound in this cohesion, along with the merging oftheir distinct bodies and perspectives, has awakenedan exciting, fresh, and unpredictable aesthetic to cap-ture new audiences. The group first formed in Fall 2006, out of a smalllive/work studio, apartment #605, located in EastVancouver. These young artists began training eachother, sharing their experience, and colliding ideas

and information from their various dance back-grounds to create a unified voice and establish aunique style that represented each of them. With thegroup’s extreme versatility and invited guest artists(such as Sasha Kozak, Maiko Miyauchi and AmberFunk Barton), the collective began experimentingand creating by using one another as the canvas fortheir ideas and visions. Through a constant collabo-ration, the collective members continue pushing pasttheir individual limitations, moving towards new pos-sibilities. The 605 Collective has emerged with a clear direc-tion and strong vision to offer a highly athletic art

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The members of 605 have worked with numerouscompanies and independent choreographers. Theyhave also performed with recording artists acrossCanada and internationally, as well as on screen forfeature films and television programs. All of theartists are also experienced teachers in many formsand styles of urban and contemporary dance and havetaught at studios, schools, workshops and drop-incenters across the globe.

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KIM MITCHELLThursday, March 8th at 8:00pm

Q. Since your last concert here in September of 2009, wehave received a lot of requests to “bring you back”. One ofthe other comments we heard a lot of was how many peoplewere amazed on how great you sounded live. After thirtyplus years in the business has playing live changed for youor is it the same feeling as when you started?

A. playing live is like drinking wine...when you are a kidyou grab a bottle from your friend’s parent’s cellar andswig it out of the bottle and don’t really notice anythingexcept you feel like heck the next day...now you drink aglass or two but notice wines flavors...subtle bouquet...you pair it with the right food...you savour it...youbasically enjoy it more. .. playing live now is like that...but you can still wake up feeling like heck the next day...

Q. There are two Canadian guitar players that have such aunique style of playing that when you hear them you knowautomatically who they are – David Wilcox with his wildstring bending style and Kim Mitchell and your incredible“phrasing” when playing a lead run. When you werelearning how to play who were some of your mentors? Andas you developed as a guitar player, were you aware how“unique” your sound and the Max Webster sound was?

A. you’re a product of your environment...when i wasyoung my artist musician painter friends really tried todo something unique all the time...we all listened topretty unusual music .. stuff that wouldn’t get you a datewith the nice gal across the road...that mixed with goinghome and hearing motown...top 40...and rock and rollmade me the player i am...along with two unknownguitar players from sarnia...one had really uniquephrasing and the other played lightening fast...i grabbeda couple things from them and moved on...

Q. In my youth growing up in the Barrie area, I saw youperform numerous times at the Atherly Arms in Orillia, theDardanella in Wasaga Beach and the Key to Bala, I have tosay I saw some amazing shows. Then in no time you wereheadlining concerts at Canada’s Wonderland and arenasaround the province and Canada. Were there any changesas a performer you had to make in this transition?

A. as you grow larger you need a few more things...agood manager, agent, accountant, lawyer and a goodshrink...other than that you just have to keep in mindeven though you can’t see past the 20th row...they’rethere so include them when laying the vibe out...

Q. On your radio program, you have had many greatinterviews and jam sessions. Is there one guitar jam withanother artist that left a lasting impression on you?

A. on radio each musician that has come in has beenspecial to me...it’s nerve racking as all get out...havingsaid that...alice cooper doing ‘only women bleed’ while iplayed the chords...rodger hodgson fromsupertramp...paul rodgers...sammy hagar...all a lot offun...one of my funniest moments was long ago when jayleno called to promote a show he was doing in canada...isaid ‘hi jay im kim and i’ll be doing the interview’ and hesaid...‘i know who you are...max webster...1978...wasdoing the draft dodger tour and you were crossingcanada in the same halls as me’...made me laugh...

Q. Being a radio show host, touring and recordingmusician, have you found the perfect balance as an artist?

A. balance?...hmm...i love both gigs and still get to playa lot so balance is never a problem...i had an incredibleyear attendance/gig wise last year right across thecountry...there were a few mondays where i might bekinda exhausted from flying and traveling but the stationrecognizes the importance of those on the roadexperiences...it’s in part what makes their afternoondrive host unique...

Q. What are the things we can look forward to in the nearfuture from Kim Mitchell?

A. the future?...i hope to continue to work, play, record,and most of all enjoy my life with my friends and myfamily...

An interview with Kim Mitchell, January 2012. Questions by the Oakville Centre’s Ronnie Brown.


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THE COMPANY: Volcano, Toronto, a national and international award-winning, idea-driven theatre company based in Toronto, in partnershipwith sister company, Philadelphia-based Volcano USA.

THE PROJECT: Goodness by Michael Redhill, directed byRoss Manson – winner of two top awards at the 2006Edinburgh International Festival Fringe (including theCarol Tambor Foundation “Best of Edinburgh” Award –out of a field of 1,867 productions); and a slew of ravereviews in Edinburgh, New York, Toronto, Winnipeg,Kigali and Huye, Rwanda.

THE STORY: Goodness is a play that examinesgenocide from a novel perspective. A Jewish-Canadian writer, and the descendent ofHolocaust survivors, meets a woman who haslived through a much more recent genocide.The conflict between them fuels the play,which examines individual responsibility,prejudice and revenge. The stage is filledwith music from around the world, fromUkraine to Croatia to Zimbabwe. Theaudience, never told where the recentgenocide occurred, is deprived ofany easy platform from which tojudge. Instead they have tolisten…

PARADISO presents

GOODNESSA Pay-What-You-Can Performance

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The Best Things in LifeCan Be Free!

(or what you’re willing to contribute)

Experience the wondrous world of performing arts for free or what you can contribute.The Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts is pleased to present these outstandingshows on a pay-what-its-worth-to-you basis. Be an early bird and phone our box officeor visit our website, reserve tickets, show up at the performance and then pay what youcan. Or simply show up on the night of the performance, reserve an available seat and stillpay what you can. Three great shows - and you set the price!

AUDIBLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wednesday March 7th at 8:00pm . . . . . . . page 28

GOODNESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Friday March 30th at 8:00pm . . . . . . . . . . page 34

MENAKA THAKKAR DANCE CO. . . . Friday May 4th at 8:00pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 44


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On Morrison Hotel, The Doors had taken a few steps to-ward righting its ship, but rather than dealing with theproblems that had plagued every outing since StrangeDays – a lack of material, a general sense of disinterestand weariness, and, of course, Jim Morrison’s incessantdrinking – the band simply had learned how to workaround them. Not surprisingly, most of the skeletonsonce again came prancing out of the closet during theinitial sessions to L.A. Woman, which, in turn, causedlongtime producer Paul Rothchild to throw his hands inthe air and walk away from the project. This, however,was precisely the swiftkick in the ass that thegroup needed to sur-vive. Left on its own andwith little to lose, TheDoors, along with engi-neer Bruce Botnick, re-treated to its rehearsalspace, where, withElektra’s blessing, itturned its familiarhangout into amakeshift recordingstudio. The relaxed andcomforting environ-ment had the effect ofcalming the group’s nerves. At the same time, the loss ofRothchild forced The Doors to confront its many issues.Most important of all, it gave the ensemble a reason tocome together. It had to prove Rothchild was wrongabout its future. Shedding the tentativeness of Morrison Hotel butbuilding upon its blues-oriented structures, L.A.Womanbecame one of The Doors’ more focused and inspired en-deavors, and it fulfilled the need for escape and rebirththat permeated its lyrics. From the James Brown-style

funk of The Changeling to the snarling cover of John LeeHooker’s Crawling King Snake, to the tired resignationof Cars Hiss by My Window, the music flowed as natu-rally as it ever had for the band. Robby Krieger was lib-erated by the presence of second guitarist Marc Benno,and the exemplary contributions that he made to the setwere as imaginative as they were variegated. Likewise,Krieger, Ray Manzarek, and John Densmore fully redis-covered their method of unspoken communication, andwith their confidence reinstated, they provided sturdy

support to Morrison’s ominously edgy rockersas well as his haunted laments.

The Doors had approached therecording sessions for Wait-

ing for the Sun, The Soft Pa-rade, and Morrison Hotelby trying to recapturethe success of its initialsojourns. “Money beatssoul every time,” Mor-rison had chantedduring each iterationof Roadhouse Blues, asif to drive home this

point. For L.A.Woman, TheDoors’ easy-going attitude,

by contrast, allowed the magicsimply to happen. For certain, the

group’s maturation hadn’t come easily,but throughout the endeavor, the band sounded as if itfinally had made peace with itself. Tunes like the headyrock of the title track and the hypnotically eerie Riderson the Storm easily rivaled the best moments of the col-lective’s career. Although the ensemble had no idea thatthe outing would be its swan song, L.A. Woman provedto be a fitting epitaph that allowed The Doors to go outon top.

~ John Metzger, The Music Box, August 2007

L.A.WOMANPIONEER FAMILY POOLS presents

The Doors • CLASSIC ALBUMS LIVE • Thursday, April 12th at 8:00pm


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The Oakville Centre and Gear Music present

MASTER GUITAR SEMINARSThese seminars are designed to help you hone your guitar playing skills.Advanced techniques are provided by our master artists who share theirjourney and experiences with the guitar in a one hour presentation.

SESSION ONESaturday, March 3rd at 1:00 pm in the Studio Theatre Canadian blues guitar sensation, JW-Jones, shares his techniques on swingblues, jump blues and just plain blues and the power of performance.

SESSION TWOSaturday, May 5th at 1:00 pm in the Studio Theatre

Joanne Shaw Taylor shares the secrets of playing like Stevie Ray Vaughanand Jimi Hendrix in a power trio setting. Her mastering of the Telecaster hasquickly been drawing fans around the globe.

Each Session: $20 Tickets: 905.815.2021 or order online at www.oakvillecentre.ca

Experiences that inspire!

How to purchase tickets:

• In person ~ 440 Locust Street• By phone ~ 905.681.6000• Online ~ www.burlingtonpac.ca

Box Office Hours:Monday to Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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February 14

JILL BARBERA Special Valentine’s Day performance

April 17

MONTREAL GUITAR TRIOwith special guests CALIFORNIAGUITAR TRIO

March 23

DEE DEEBRIDGEWATER

To Billie with Love, A Celebration of

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H2 SYSTEMS presents

Just For Laughsroad show

Friday, April 13th at 8:00pm

GODFREY received an academicscholarship to the University of Illi-nois where he majored in psychology.Here he tried out for and made thevarsity football team, where he per-formed at a traditional talent showfor new team members. He stole theshow performing impressions of hiscoaches and teammates and discov-ered his comedic talent. He honed his stand-up skills at thelegendary All Jokes Aside ComedyClub in Chicago in the early 90s. In1995, Godfrey made his New Yorkdebut at Caroline’s Comedy Club andThe Comic Strip Live and was soonsigned by the William Morris TalentAgency. He began working regularlyin television, first behind the camerasas a warm-up comedian for The CosbyShow and Soul Man. In 2000, Godfrey appeared in theAspen Comedy Festival and on Com-edy Central’s Premium Blend. He alsoplayed a comical role in the urbanmovie Soul Plane, acting as an Africanpilot. He has been in numerousepisodes of BET’s Comic View andcontinues to do film and televisionwork in New York. His first one-hourspecial, Godfrey: Black by Accidentwas shot for Comedy Central last yearto a standing room only audience.

BRET ERNST is a headliner in the topclubs across the country and hasearned the sought after honor of Mar-quee status on the Sunset Strip. Hishalf-hour special was ranked in thetop 5 of the Comedy Central Presentsseries and his highly-anticipateddebut album, American Comic, isbeing released this year. Ernst wasthe host of the Oxygen Series LoveGames: Bad Girls Need Love Too. Hewas also featured on the BET seriesOne Mic Stand & the Showtime seriesComics Without Borders. Ernst starred in the feature filmVince Vaughn’s Wild West ComedyShow, a film documenting Ernst withVaughn and three other comedians asthey performed to sold-out crowds ina 30 night, 30 venue tour acrossAmerica. Bret was a recurring char-acter on the hit series Weeds, and hasguest starred on CSI: NY. He ap-peared in Artie Lange’s movie, BeerLeague and hosted the seriesWrestling Society X on MTV. His stand-up has been featured onThe Late Late Show, Lopez Tonight andComedy Central’s Premium Blend. Hehas made celebrity appearances onE!’s Chelsea Lately, ABC’s Comics Un-leashed, The Top Ten on E! And TheSports List on FOX.

Comedian PETE ZEDLACHER wasborn in Wawa, a small mining townin northern Ontario. He was an excel-lent student, always bringing in goodgrades but he took a keen liking tocomedy and theatre. After class, he’dbe seen rehearsing the school play,hitting the books, then hitting thereal homework, watching re-runs ofSaturday Night Live and Late Nightwith David Letterman. In the 11 yearsPete’s stand-up has taken him aroundthe world, including the DominicanRepublic, Germany, England, Hol-land, Greece and even Afghanistan.He’s appeared in his own 1-hour com-edy special, Comedy Now, whichaired on CTV and the Comedy Net-work, which in subsequent re-runslanded the second highest ratings inthe series history. Pete’s acting credits include TheSean Cullen Show, Puppets Who Kill,Sue Thomas F. B. EYE and roles in thefeature films American Pie PresentsThe Naked Mile and Phantom Punchalong side Ving Rhames. Most re-cently Pete toured with The Just ForLaughs Comedy Tour all acrossCanada and currently works as awriter and performer on Canada’slate night talk show The Hour WithGeorge Stroumboulopoulos.

Just For Laughs’ mission is to make you laugh, regardless of who you are and where you live! For the last 25 years,Just For Laughs have constantly re-invented and expanded the definition of comedy in Canada, the U.K. and the UnitedStates as well as in over 100 other markets throughout out the world. Featuring one of the largest comedy festivals inMontreal Canada, Just For Laughs has expanded as a touring production crossing the country and presenting four ofcomedy’s brightest stars in your community. (At press time, the fourth headliner had yet to be confirmed.)


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MOONJacob

A DAN COOPER PRESENTATIONSaturday, April 21 at 8:30pm in the Studio Theatre

Jacob Moon has added hard work and tenacity to his giftedness as a singerand songwriter of award-winning pop and folk songs. He is also known forhis amazing live show which features his command of the guitar (oftensounding like an entire orchestra), and his renowned skill as a “live looper”.It’s there on the live stage that his compositions take flight, and audiencesare swept up in the jetstream. He has achieved great success as an independent artist, and just releasedhis seventh CD, Maybe Sunshine. His previous CDs have been recognized bythe press and the musical community as worthy of several awards, and havebeen scooped up by enthusiastic audiences across Canada and the US. His popular music videos on YouTube recently gained attention on anational level, when rock legends Rush asked Moon to perform at the Cana-dian Songwriters Hall of Fame Gala. Geddy, Neil and Alex insisted thatMoon to be there to play Subdivisions, which he performed on a Hamiltonrooftop in his 2008 video (now at 200,000 hits). His performance wasimmediately followed by the biggest response of the evening (a standingovation), and has led to some exciting new opportunities. Stylistically, Jacob Moon fits into the roots category, with some eclectictwists. His strong rhythmic sense is complemented by a keen ear for catchymelody and lyrical depth. The opportunity to hear and experience a JacobMoon show is not to be missed.


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Sultans of String2010 JUNO Award nominees and “Canada’sambassadors of musical diversity” Sultans of Stringthrill their audiences with their global sonic tapestryof Spanish Flamenco, Arabic folk, Cuban rhythms,and French Manouche Gypsy-jazz, celebratingmusical fusion and human creativity with warmthand virtuosity. Fiery violin dances with rumba-flamenco guitarwhile a funk bass lays down unstoppable grooves.Acoustic strings meet with electronic wizardry tocreate layers and depth of sound, while world

rhythms excite audiences to their feet with theirresistible need to dance. The band is riding a wave of success from theirsold out Yalla Yalla! Canadian CD release tour, totheir national features on CTV’s CanadaAM andCBC’s Canada Live, and their triple nomination forthe 2009 Canadian Folk Music Awards, winningInstrumental Group of the Year. Their debut CD Luna soared to #1 across Canadaon Top Ten national radio charts, and the Sultans ofString won the award for Best Variety Act from

Presented by OAKVILLE INFINITI Thursday, May 3rd at 8:00pm


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Festivals & Events Ontario as well as the 2008International Songwriting Competition! 2009 JUNO Award Nominee, six-string violinistand bandleader Chris McKhool grew up in a housebursting with music and diversity. His paternalMakhoul grandparents immigrated to Canada fromLebanon in the early 1900s. His Egyptian-bornmother is a piano and theory teacher. Growing upChris was fed a steady diet of delicious musicalityalong with Middle Eastern cuisine and violin lessons. When McKhool first heard founding guitarist

Kevin Laliberté’s rumba rhythm their musical mind-meld created the Sultans of String’s sound – theintimate and playful relationship between violin andthe flamenco guitar. Sultans of String includes suchamazing musical friends as: guitarists KevinLaliberté (Jesse Cook, the Chieftains) & Eddie Paton(Robert Michaels), bass masters Drew Birston(Chantal Kreviazuk) & David Woodhead (StanRogers, Loreena McKennitt), Cuban masterpercussionists Chendy Leon & Alberto Suarez, andBassam Bishara (master oud player from Palestine).


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For over 30 years, the Menaka Thakkar Dance Com-pany has been a unique treasure in Canada’s danceworld. Canada’s oldest Indian dance company exposesaudiences to the stunning beauty of traditional Indiandance, while remaining open to other dance culturesin the creation of new works. The company uses thelanguage of many dance styles to re-interpret ancientthemes and introduce contemporary concepts – allvisually spectacular and infused with drama. Their repertoire includes traditional and contempo-rary works in Bharatanatyam and Odissi, two of sevenstyles of classical dance in India. As an innovator in thepresentation of Indian dance, Artistic Director MenakaThakkar has also choreographed a number of excitingnew works often fusing Indian dance styles with con-temporary dance styles from other cultures. This is the first professional Canadian company ofIndian Dance to tour extensively in India,where it has been met enthusiasti-cally in Madras, Calcutta, NewDelhi, and Bombay. It main-tains a program of schoolresidencies and invitesguest dancers andchoreographersfrom other compa-nies from Canada,India, England,and the U.K.

Ms. Thakkar has won many awards and honours inher long career including an honourary doctorate fromYork University, 2006 City of Toronto Face the ArtsCultural Maverick Award for Dance, Toronto ArtsAward for Performing Arts, President’s Award fromIndo-Canada Chamber of Commerce and Tri-NationalCreative Residency Award from the Canada-Mexicojoint program administered by the National Endow-ment for the Arts, USA. Ms. Thakkar has created groundbreaking choreo-graphies since coming to Canada which reflect bothher exposure to western dance styles and her back-ground in classical Indian dance. She has collaboratedwith many of Canada’s most accomplished dancersincluding Claudia Moore, Danny Grossman, WilliamLau, Robert Desrosiers, Debbie Wilson and GrantStrate to create possibly some of the first fusion pieces

in Canada and group choreographies forIndian dancers. In addition, Ms.

Thakkar has also reached out tostudents of ballet at the

National Ballet Schoolthrough an annual res-idency in which shehas trained balletstudents in classi-cal bharatnatyamfor more thantwenty years.

PARADISO presents

MENAKATHAKKARFriday, May 4th at 8:00pm • A Pay-What-You-Can Performance


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JOANNE SHAW TAYLORSaturday, May 5th at 8:00pm

When Dave Stewart had his big experience,Joanne Shaw Taylor was only 16. Her skills at theTelecaster were so perfect that the blues fan andEurythmics frontman asked her to join his super-group D.U.P. to tour Europe in 2002. She was alsooffered a record contract but the label went bust.Today Joanne is 26 and happy about the fact thatshe took her time with the recording debut: “Iwanted to take time out to really work on my craftand make sure that when I did an album it wasthe best that I could do.” White Sugar is the proof. The confident andyoung British woman keeps the traditions of heridols but she is going her own way. With herrecord debut she demonstrates her talent with tensongs that she has written herself. Playing thehard stuff à la SRV, making us feel the bite of herTelecaster just like Albert Collins did or workingout charming little riffs from the Jimi Hendrixbook – Joanne is always seeking – and finding –new terrain. Funky shuffles, soulful ballads or thehypnotic hookline of the title track, a burninginstrumental, she presents her craft powerfully.

Some songs were written during the flight toMemphis, a few others were written 10 years agoand are kind of her signature tunes. The power trio - that’s the kind of band whichsuits Joanne Shaw Taylor, are also at home inBirmingham, where she and her trio play thepubs, clubs and festivals. “I always wanted to trythe power trio thing, like Stevie Ray Vaughan, thePaladins or Jimi Hendrix. I thought it would bringme on as a guitar player and a singer - which Ithink it has done. And” - Joanne chuckles - “it’salso cheaper, you know.” She talks about some influences. When Joannewas a little schoolgirl, she was caught by therough side of the blues: SRV, Albert Collins, thePaladins, Jimi Hendrix. At Christmas she got herfirst electric guitar. The old classical guitar, whichshe had played since she was eight, vanished fromthe children’s room. “As soon as I heard SRV andAlbert Collins I knew pretty much that I wanted todo that full stop. That was the lifestyle route thatI was going to go down. It was never a hobby. Iwas always very serious and dedicated to it.”

Taylor’s second release was DiamondsIn The Dirt. In 2010, she won BestFemale Vocalist at the British BluesAwards. Both her albums have

peaked at number 8 in the US Bill-board Top Blues Albums chart. At the 2011 BritishBlues Awards, Taylor won both Best Female Vocal-ist and Songwriter of the Year for her track “SameAs It Never Was” from Diamonds In The Dirt.

“Last year I heard something I thought I would never hear...a British White Girl playing bluesguitar so deep and passionately it made the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end!”

(Dave Stewart/Eurythmics)

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