tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63530253736452021862023-11-16T02:36:11.838-05:00majlisbloglyricalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06756939908046260147noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353025373645202186.post-35183643281373164812014-08-09T23:19:00.002-04:002014-08-09T23:19:22.126-04:00Harpist Michael McKay Concert Cancelled <div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.31999969482422px; margin-bottom: 6px;">
From Mr. McKay:</div>
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My darlings, it is with great disappointment that I must announce that I have to cancel this concert (due to illness)</div>
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I really wanted to perform for all of you, but I hope you understand that I have to make my recovery a priority.</div>
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Sorry,</div>
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Mike</div>
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Join coexisDance #64 at the Majlis Art Garden on July 19th at 8pm. </div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353025373645202186.post-53251425594088165622014-07-15T21:54:00.001-04:002014-07-15T21:54:14.672-04:00coexisDance #64: performance on July 19thJoin coexisDance #64 at the Majlis Art Garden on July 19th at 8pm. Tickets are $10 at the door.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.920000076293945px;">Join singer/harpist Michael McKay for a evening of Medieval and Renaissance music: songs of love, songs of war; songs sacred and profane…and a few good dance tunes thrown in for good measure. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.920000076293945px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.920000076293945px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.920000076293945px;">The concert will take place on Friday, August 22, 2014 at Majlis Art Garden (163 Walnut Ave., Toronto) at 8:00 PM. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.920000076293945px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.920000076293945px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.920000076293945px;">Admission: $20, payable at the door.</span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353025373645202186.post-66448842468096376822014-04-28T13:56:00.003-04:002014-04-28T13:56:37.502-04:00Of Shapes Transformed By Love<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Wesley J. Colford</div>
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Alexi Pedneault</div>
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Andrew Pimento</div>
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Brittany Robinson</div>
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Hilary Scott </div>
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Amy Marie Wallace</div>
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Costumes & Props - Lindsay Junkin</div>
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Movement Dramaturgy - Suzanna Derewicz</div>
<br /><br />The show will be presented in the stunning Majlis Art Garden and runs between May 7th and May 18th.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353025373645202186.post-73075246410665254392013-07-14T05:30:00.000-04:002013-07-14T05:30:00.721-04:00Transport concert<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353025373645202186.post-5495505551064047112013-07-13T05:00:00.000-04:002013-07-13T05:00:00.895-04:00LAST TFF show of YARN then WindDown Fest with Comedy and Storytelling<div style="text-align: center;">
Final Toronto Fringe Festival show performance of <br /> <span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.alexeddington.com/alexeddingtoncom/yarn.html" target="_blank">YARN</a> </span><br />is at 7:30 pm; $10 at the door. <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;">of intimate, multidisciplinary performance</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b>@ 9:00pm<span style="color: #bf5f00;"><i><span style="color: black;"> (doors open at 8:40 pm)</span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Tickets</span> for WindDown Fest shows: $10 at the DOOR (cash only)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>On<span style="color: #0000ee;"> <span style="color: blue;">Satur</span></span><span style="color: blue;">day</span> Night, July 13th:</b></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">WindDown winds up with a night of stand-up that will have you on the edge of your seat... or something.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt;">Hosted by <a href="http://www.paulhutcheson.com/" target="_blank">Paul Hutcheson</a></span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Titus Androgynous </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjNB39RrYtw" target="_blank">Ryan Horwood</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://rachelleelie.com/" target="_blank">Rachelle Elie</a> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.pkpinup.com/Welcome.html" target="_blank">Tamara Robert</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.nileseguin.com/chocolateprophet/Home.html" target="_blank">Nile Séguin</a> <br />Fay Slift</span></div>
<div style="padding-left: 90px; text-align: center;">
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<i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">and special guests...</span></i></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353025373645202186.post-37912384169901999312013-07-11T05:00:00.000-04:002013-07-11T05:00:01.174-04:00YARN (TFF) then WindDown Fest with Amy Thiessen, Saini and Brulee<div style="text-align: center;">
The Toronto Fringe Festival show <a href="http://www.alexeddington.com/alexeddingtoncom/yarn.html" target="_blank">YARN</a> is at 7:30 pm; $10 at the door. <br />
For the following show, delight in: </div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #bf5f00;"><b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;">The WindDown Festival</span></b></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;">of intimate, multidisciplinary performance</span></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b>@ 9:00pm<span style="color: #bf5f00;"><i><span style="color: black;"> (doors open at 8:40 pm)</span></i></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"> <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Tickets</span> for WindDown Fest shows: $10 at the DOOR (cash only)</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b>On<span style="color: #0000ee;"> <span style="color: blue;">Thurs</span></span><span style="color: blue;">day</span> Night, July 11th:</b></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #bf5f00;">AMY THIESSEN solo</span></b></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 18pt;"> AND </span><span style="font-size: small;"><b>on<span style="color: #0000ee;"> <span style="color: blue;">Fri</span></span><span style="color: blue;">day</span> Night, July 12th:</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 18pt;"><span style="color: #bf5f00;"><b>Songwriter's Circle:<br /> </b></span></span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><a href="http://www.amythiessen.com/" target="_blank">AMY THIESSEN</a>, <a href="http://www.angelasaini.com/fr_home.cfm" target="_blank">ANGELA SAINI</a>, <a href="http://www.melaniebrulee.com/" target="_blank">MELANIE BRULÉE</a></span></b></span><br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/189214777907390/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b><i><br />Join the Facebook event</i></b></span></a><br />
<div style="padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;">
<i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></i><i>Calgary singer-songwriter <a href="http://www.amythiessen.com/">Amy Thiessen</a> headlines the WindDown Festival for two nights. Amy is performing a solo concert (July 11), and leading a Songwriter's Circle with Toronto-based singers Angela Saini and Melanie Brulée (July 12). </i></div>
<div style="padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;">
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<i><a href="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b01910265060b970c-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="_MG_7189" height="354" src="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b01910265060b970c-320wi" title="_MG_7189" width="258" /></a></i><br />
<span style="color: #0000bf;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> With a resonant voice and a delicate but powerful approach to her acoustic guitar, <br />an <span style="font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Amy Thiessen</b></span> performance is reminiscent of Joni Mitchell, Sarah Harmer or Beth Orton. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">A
spider weaving together worlds through raw and confessional songs,
Thiessen bridges the gap between folk, pop, spiritual, and something
uniquely her own. <br /><br />In 2009 Thiessen released her first EP <i>Tell me</i> and in 2011 her debut album <i>Give up the Fight</i>. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />Along
with producer Russell Broom (Jann Arden, Micheal Bernard Fizgerald)
Thiessen begins recording her next full length album this fall. The disc
showcases Thiessen’s revelations and songwriting in their raw yet
refined entirety like Damien Rice’s <i>9</i> <br />or Beth Orton's <i>Central Reservation</i>. <br /><br />Woven within the lyrics are subtle personal revelations gathered on her sequestered journeys. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #0000bf;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></span>
<a class="asset-img-link" href="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b01901de6ec79970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="AngelaSaini (Greg Tjepkema)" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a0133ee6f7655970b01901de6ec79970b" height="222" src="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b01901de6ec79970b-320wi" title="AngelaSaini (Greg Tjepkema)" width="208" /></a> (Greg Tjepkema)<br />
<br />
<span style="color: #434343; font-size: 12pt;">Singing from the womb, <span style="font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Angela Saini</b></span>
picked up the guitar at 14 and started
writing songs in between teaching herself Nirvana covers. Playing in
pop/rock outfit ”Supernal” that took her across the continent
a few times, performing at festivals alongside bands like Evanescence
and Sum 41, she garnered enough experience and road cred to move to
Canada’s biggest city. <br /><br />Runner-up for “Best Female
Artist” in the 2010 International Acoustic Music Awards for her song
Nurse Me Back to Health (Dear Diary), the debut EP ”Cake and Callouses”
was released April 2012. Two cross-Canada tours and a Toronto
Independent Music Award nomination later, Angela is poised to release <i>Leap</i>, her follow-up EP filled with songs about self-renewal,
empowerment, love and life.</span><br />
<span style="color: #434343; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">
<a class="asset-img-link" href="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b01901de6e29a970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Tumblr_inline_mmt2udBOED1r49vk0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a0133ee6f7655970b01901de6e29a970b" src="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b01901de6e29a970b-320wi" title="Tumblr_inline_mmt2udBOED1r49vk0" /></a> <span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br />(Steffen Paulus)</span></span><br />
<span style="color: maroon; font-size: 12pt;"><br />Folk-Cabaret performer <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><b><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Melanie Brulée</span> </b></span>sounds like Edith Piaf and Eartha Kitt walking
down a cobblestone road in Paris in high heels while Stevie Nicks and
Serena Ryder ride past on vintage bicycles. Her debut solo release, <i>Sucré/Salé,</i> is a 5-track EP which includes
lyrics in French and in English and has been described as “quirky and
inventive…with instrumentation that adds Euro flair." 2013 will see two of Melanie’s tracks on the <a href="http://www.liwcollective.com/" target="_blank" title="Ladies In Waiting">Ladies In Waiting</a> Ladies in Waiting collective compilation album <i>Lovesick</i>.</span> <i><br /></i></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353025373645202186.post-43480400283342997932013-07-10T05:00:00.000-04:002013-07-10T05:00:01.392-04:00YARN (TFF) then WindDown Fest with Fringe Artist Open Stage #2<div style="text-align: center;">
The Toronto Fringe Festival show <a href="http://www.alexeddington.com/alexeddingtoncom/yarn.html" target="_blank">YARN</a> is at 7:30 pm; $10 at the door. <br />
For the following show, delight in: </div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #bf5f00;"><b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;">The WindDown Festival</span></b></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;">of intimate, multidisciplinary performance</span></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b>@ 9:00pm<span style="color: #bf5f00;"><i><span style="color: black;"> (doors open at 8:40 pm)</span></i></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"> <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Tickets</span> for WindDown Fest shows: $10 at the DOOR (cash only)</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b>On<span style="color: #0000ee;"> <span style="color: blue;">Wednes</span></span><span style="color: blue;">day</span> Night, July 10th:</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
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<ul style="text-align: center;">
</ul>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #bf5f00;">FRINGE ARTIST OPEN STAGE #2</span></b></span></div>
<ul style="text-align: center;">
</ul>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/165277753652888/?fref=ts" target="_blank"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Join the Facebook event</span></i></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
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<div style="text-align: center;">
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<div style="padding-left: 60px; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><i>Another night of performers from the 2013 Toronto Fringe </i></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><i>(plus special guests) </i></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><i>- with a completely new line-up!</i></span></b></div>
<div style="padding-left: 30px; text-align: center;">
<br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><i>Performers
in the 2013 Toronto Fringe Festival share scenes, talents, tunes and
stories - including material you won't see on the Fringe! </i></span></div>
<div style="padding-left: 30px; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><i>PLUS
quirky interviews with performers, including unexpected questions drawn
from a hat - <br />the questions having been written by YOU, the audience. </i></span></div>
<div style="padding-left: 60px; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: maroon; font-size: 12pt;"><i>Is
there a burning question you've always wanted to ask a performer - ANY
performer? <br />No matter how strange and personal? <br />From behind the veil of
anonymity? <br />NOW IS YOUR CHANCE.</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b01910357ca5f970c-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Laura Anne" height="171" src="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b01910357ca5f970c-320wi" title="Laura Anne" width="171" />
</a><a class="asset-img-link" href="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b0192ab28f5b5970d-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Brad Hart postcard" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a0133ee6f7655970b0192ab28f5b5970d" height="170" src="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b0192ab28f5b5970d-320wi" title="Brad Hart postcard" width="250" /></a>
<a class="asset-img-link" href="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b0192ab28f99a970d-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Andrew-gaboury-headshot" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a0133ee6f7655970b0192ab28f99a970d" height="146" src="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b0192ab28f99a970d-320wi" title="Andrew-gaboury-headshot" width="219" /></a><a class="asset-img-link" href="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b01901d61cd8f970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="The Hatter, picture 1" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a0133ee6f7655970b01901d61cd8f970b" height="170" src="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b01901d61cd8f970b-320wi" title="The Hatter, picture 1" width="170" /></a>
<a class="asset-img-link" href="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b01901d61d212970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Strollingplayerposter6" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a0133ee6f7655970b01901d61d212970b" height="170" src="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b01901d61d212970b-320wi" title="Strollingplayerposter6" width="156" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><i><span style="color: #0060bf;">Fringe performers:</span></i></span></div>
<div style="padding-left: 30px; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.lauraanneharris.com/" target="_blank">Laura Anne Harris</a></span></div>
<div style="padding-left: 30px; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.alexeddington.com/alexeddingtoncom/www.bradhart.ca" target="_blank">Brad Hart</a></span> </div>
<div style="padding-left: 30px; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://afieldofcrowns.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Andrew Gaboury</a></span></div>
<div style="padding-left: 30px; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.alexeddington.com/alexeddingtoncom/www.andrewwade.ca" target="_blank">Andrew Wade</a></span></div>
<div style="padding-left: 30px; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://dickywillis.wix.com/strollingplayer" target="_blank">Richard Willis</a></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #0060bf; font-size: 12pt;"><i>PLUS special guests:</i></span></div>
<div style="padding-left: 30px; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">satirical songs by <a href="http://www.alexeddington.com/alexeddingtoncom/www.xaveruth.com" target="_blank">Xave Ruth</a> and clown/juggling by <a href="http://www.alexeddington.com/alexeddingtoncom/www.theajishow.com" target="_blank">Aji</a></span></div>
<div style="padding-left: 30px; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">
<a class="asset-img-link" href="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b0192ab167af0970d-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Xave Photo" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a0133ee6f7655970b0192ab167af0970d" height="278" src="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b0192ab167af0970d-320wi" title="Xave Photo" width="169" /></a></span><a class="asset-img-link" href="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b0192ab167974970d-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Chainsaw-big" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a0133ee6f7655970b0192ab167974970d" height="254" src="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b0192ab167974970d-320wi" title="Chainsaw-big" width="203" /></a></div>
<div style="padding-left: 30px; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><i> </i></span> </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #bf5f00; font-size: 12pt;">
Hosted by Alex Eddington</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353025373645202186.post-81976319988933121282013-07-09T08:00:00.000-04:002013-07-09T08:00:01.009-04:00YARN (TFF) then WindDown Fest with Therevox<div style="text-align: center;">
The Toronto Fringe Festival show <a href="http://www.alexeddington.com/alexeddingtoncom/yarn.html" target="_blank">YARN</a> is at 7:30 pm; $10 at the door. <br />
For the following show, delight in: </div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #bf5f00;"><b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;">The WindDown Festival</span></b></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;">of intimate, multidisciplinary performance</span></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b>@ 9:00pm<span style="color: #bf5f00;"><i><span style="color: black;"> (doors open at 8:40 pm)</span></i></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"> <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Tickets</span> for WindDown Fest shows: $10 at the DOOR (cash only)</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b>On<span style="color: #0000ee;"> <span style="color: blue;">Tues</span></span><span style="color: blue;">day</span> Night, July 9th:</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> <b><span style="color: #bf5f00;">THEREVOX (soprano meets theremin) </span></b></span></span>
</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a class="asset-img-link" href="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b0192ab6c519f970d-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Therevox logo" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a0133ee6f7655970b0192ab6c519f970d" src="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b0192ab6c519f970d-320wi" title="Therevox logo" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><i><b><span style="color: #bf5f00;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/383057645145745/?fref=ts" target="_blank">Join the Facebook event</a></span></b></i></span> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span>
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #bf5f00;"><span style="color: #111111;"> </span></span></span></div>
<div style="padding-left: 60px; text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Two of the talents behind last year's Toronto Fringe hit <a href="http://enchantedcrackhouse.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">The Enchanted Crackhouse</a> bring us an evening of eclectic music for solo soprano... and soprano with <a href="http://www.thereminworld.com/" target="_blank"><b>theremin</b></a>. </span></i></div>
<div style="padding-left: 60px; text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></i></div>
<div style="padding-left: 60px; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b><a href="http://kristinmh.com/" target="_blank">KRISTIN MUELLER-HEASLIP</a> -- soprano</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> HILLARY THOMSON -- theremin</span></b></div>
<div style="padding-left: 90px; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">with Martin Loomer (guitar) and Jason Doell (bass) </span></b> </div>
<div style="padding-left: 60px; text-align: center;">
<br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><i>Featuring
original music by Hillary Thomson and Alex Eddington as well as new
arrangements of Délibes, Saint-Saëns, Rachmaninoff, Nick Cave, and David
Bowie...</i></span></div>
<div style="padding-left: 60px; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="padding-left: 60px; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a class="asset-img-link" href="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b0192aa2d442b970d-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Divas-071-Edit" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a0133ee6f7655970b0192aa2d442b970d" height="280" src="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b0192aa2d442b970d-320wi" title="Divas-071-Edit" width="186" /></a>
<a class="asset-img-link" href="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b01901ca61368970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Hillary snapshot" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a0133ee6f7655970b01901ca61368970b" src="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b01901ca61368970b-320wi" title="Hillary snapshot" /></a></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353025373645202186.post-47761625878835460092013-07-08T08:00:00.000-04:002013-07-08T08:00:01.191-04:00YARN (TFF) then WindDown Fest with NIghtfall for Fools" (Clown/Mask/Mime)<div style="text-align: center;">
The Toronto Fringe Festival show <a href="http://www.alexeddington.com/alexeddingtoncom/yarn.html" target="_blank">YARN</a> is at 7:30 pm; $10 at the door. <br />For the following show, delight in: </div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #bf5f00;"><b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;">The WindDown Festival</span></b></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;">of intimate, multidisciplinary performance</span></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b>@ 9:00pm<span style="color: #bf5f00;"><i><span style="color: black;"> (doors open at 8:40 pm)</span></i></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"> <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Tickets</span> for WindDown Fest shows: $10 at the DOOR (cash only)</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b>On<span style="color: #0000ee;"> <span style="color: blue;">Mon</span></span><span style="color: blue;">day</span> Night, July 8th:</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong><span style="color: #bf5f00;">Clown/Mask/Mime</span></strong></span><span style="color: #bf5f00; font-size: 14pt;">: <em>"Nightfall for Fools"</em></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/263162100491036/?fref=ts" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>Join the Facebook event</strong></em></span></a></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><a class="asset-img-link" href="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b01901d12a14e970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Mildred" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a0133ee6f7655970b01901d12a14e970b" src="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b01901d12a14e970b-320wi" title="Mildred" /></a></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><em> </em></span></strong></div>
<div style="padding-left: 30px; text-align: center;">
<strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><em>Join Mildred the Maid as she
takes you on a magical journey <br />of storytelling, dance and speed knitting
with her friends. <br />An evening under the stars with mask, clown and mime
artists. </em></span></strong></div>
<div style="padding-left: 30px; text-align: center;">
<strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><em> </em></span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Hosted/curated by <a href="http://www.helendonnelly.com/" target="_blank">Helen Donnelly</a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">as Mildred the Maid </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
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<em><span style="font-size: 12pt;">With: </span></em></div>
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<a href="http://www.torontofestivalofclowns.com/?p=2561" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Marla Brennan</span></a> (mask)</div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.alexeddington.com/alexeddingtoncom/bio.html" target="_blank">Alex Eddington</a> </span>(clown)</div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.torontofestivalofclowns.com/?p=2467" target="_blank">Rob Faust </a></span>(mask)</div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.mimeguy.com/Mimeguyhome.htm" target="_blank">Stephen LaFrenie</a> and <a href="http://www.torontofestivalofclowns.com/?p=1679" target="_blank">Dana Fradkin</a></span> (mime/mask)</div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://afieldofcrowns.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Andrew Gaboury </a></span>(clown)</div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.lauraanneharris.com/" target="_blank">Laura Anne Harris </a></span>(clown)</div>
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<a href="http://www.torontofestivalofclowns.com/?p=2472" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Stevie Jay</span></a> (clown)</div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.torontofestivalofclowns.com/?p=1467" target="_blank">Sigrid Johnson</a></span> (clown)</div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.torontofestivalofclowns.com/?p=2666" target="_blank">Mackenzie Muldoon</a> and <a href="http://www.torontofestivalofclowns.com/?p=2591" target="_blank">Isaac Luy</a></span> (clowns) <br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.torontofestivalofclowns.com/?p=320" target="_blank">Christopher Sawchyn</a> and <a href="http://rachelleelie.com/" target="_blank">Rachelle Elie</a><span style="font-size: small;"> <span>(clowns)</span></span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353025373645202186.post-21442425714614994282013-07-07T08:00:00.000-04:002013-07-07T08:00:00.834-04:00YARN (TFF) then WindDown Fest with "Fringe Artist Open Stage #1"<div style="text-align: center;">
The Toronto Fringe Festival show <a href="http://www.alexeddington.com/alexeddingtoncom/yarn.html" target="_blank">YARN</a> is at 7:30 pm; $10 at the door. <br />For the following show, delight in: </div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #bf5f00;"><b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;">The WindDown Festival</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;">of intimate, multidisciplinary performance</span></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b>@ 9:00pm<span style="color: #bf5f00;"><i><span style="color: black;"> (doors open at 8:40 pm)</span></i></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"> <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Tickets</span> for WindDown Fest shows: $10 at the DOOR (cash only)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>On<span style="color: #0000ee;"> <span style="color: blue;">Sun</span></span><span style="color: blue;">day</span> Night, July 7th:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"> <strong><span style="color: #bf5f00;">FRINGE ARTIST OPEN STAGE #1</span></strong></span></span>
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong><span style="color: #bf5f00;"> </span></strong></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong><span style="color: #bf5f00;"> </span></strong></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong><em><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/535040533222597/?fref=ts" target="_blank">Join the Facebook event</a></em></strong></span> </span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>Performers in the 2013 Toronto
Fringe Festival share scenes, talents, tunes and stories - including
material you won't see on the Fringe! </em></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>PLUS quirky interviews with
performers, including unexpected questions drawn from a hat - the
questions having been written by YOU, the audience. </em></span></div>
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<span style="color: maroon; font-size: 12pt;"><em>Is
there a burning question you've always wanted to ask a performer - ANY
performer? <br />No matter how strange and personal?<br /> From behind the veil of
anonymity? <br />NOW IS YOUR CHANCE.</em></span></div>
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<a class="asset-img-link" href="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b01910357b8fa970c-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Todd Charon" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a0133ee6f7655970b01910357b8fa970c" height="141" src="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b01910357b8fa970c-320wi" title="Todd Charon" width="214" /></a>
<a class="asset-img-link" href="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b019103809dfe970c-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="John Grady dsc_0705" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a0133ee6f7655970b019103809dfe970c" height="140" src="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b019103809dfe970c-320wi" title="John Grady dsc_0705" width="211" /></a>
<a class="asset-img-link" href="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b01910357b9a0970c-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Horak Assassinating Thomson" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a0133ee6f7655970b01910357b9a0970c" height="197" src="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b01910357b9a0970c-320wi" title="Horak Assassinating Thomson" width="158" />
</a><a class="asset-img-link" href="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b01901d8a8462970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="JeffLeard_SMGOPressnocig_WEB" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a0133ee6f7655970b01901d8a8462970b" height="194" src="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b01901d8a8462970b-320wi" title="JeffLeard_SMGOPressnocig_WEB" width="129" /></a> <a class="asset-img-link" href="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b01910357c5af970c-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Threads3photocreditReneFerrer" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a0133ee6f7655970b01910357c5af970c" height="135" src="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b01910357c5af970c-320wi" title="Threads3photocreditReneFerrer" width="204" /></a><a class="asset-img-link" href="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b01901d61c3bb970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="KuwaitiMoonshine_5x7_landscape_Tim C. Murphy photo by Heather Marie Annis" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a0133ee6f7655970b01901d61c3bb970b" height="168" src="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b01901d61c3bb970b-320wi" title="KuwaitiMoonshine_5x7_landscape_Tim C. Murphy photo by Heather Marie Annis" width="236" /></a><br /><br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><strong>Fringe performers:</strong></em></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.followyourfearday.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Todd Charron</span></a></div>
<div style="padding-left: 30px; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://www.alexeddington.com/alexeddingtoncom/www.thejohngrady.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">John Grady</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.alexeddington.com/alexeddingtoncom/www.brucehorak.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Bruce Horak</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Jeff Leard</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.alexeddington.com/alexeddingtoncom/www.tonyajonemiller.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Tonya Jone Miller</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.alexeddington.com/alexeddingtoncom/www.timcmurphy.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Tim Murphy </span></a></div>
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<a class="asset-img-link" href="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b01901d61b39f970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="2-for-Tea-promo-shot-1" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a0133ee6f7655970b01901d61b39f970b" src="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b01901d61b39f970b-320wi" title="2-for-Tea-promo-shot-1" /></a></span></div>
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<em><span style="font-size: 12pt;">WITH surreal physical comedy duo </span></em><a href="http://jamesandjamesy.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">James and Jamesy</span></a><em> </em><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />from their touring Fringe show <br />"2 for Tea"</span></div>
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<em> </em></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="color: blue;">PLUS special guest: New York City playwright, theatre performer and podcaster <a href="https://soundcloud.com/tomxchao" target="_blank">Tom X. Chao</a></span></em></span></div>
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<a class="asset-img-link" href="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b01901d942735970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Callous-cad-6-chao-solo-edit" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a0133ee6f7655970b01901d942735970b" height="216" src="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b01901d942735970b-320wi" title="Callous-cad-6-chao-solo-edit" width="143" /></a></div>
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<span style="color: #bf5f00; font-size: 14pt;">Hosted by <a href="http://www.alexeddington.com/alexeddingtoncom/bio.html" target="_blank">Alex Eddington</a></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353025373645202186.post-41451113885842247512013-07-06T08:00:00.000-04:002013-07-06T08:00:01.150-04:00YARN (TFF) then WindDown Festival with Puppetry Night<div style="text-align: center;">
The Toronto Fringe Festival show <a href="http://www.alexeddington.com/alexeddingtoncom/yarn.html" target="_blank">YARN</a> is at 7:30 pm; $10 at the door. <br />
For the following show, delight in: </div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #bf5f00;"><b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;">The WindDown Festival</span></b></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;">of intimate, multidisciplinary performance</span></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b>@ 9:00pm<span style="color: #bf5f00;"><i><span style="color: black;"> (doors open at 8:40 pm)</span></i></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"> <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Tickets</span> for WindDown Fest shows: $10 at the DOOR (cash only)</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b>On<span style="color: #0000ee;"> <span style="color: blue;">Satur</span></span><span style="color: blue;">day</span> Night, July 6th:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #bf5f00;">PUPPETRY NIGHT</span></b></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/266950966777485/?fref=ts" target="_blank">Join the Facebook event</a></span></i></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">A casual evening of short acts and scenes by several local puppetry companies, working in a variety of styles, including...</span></i><br />
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span>
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<div style="padding-left: 60px; text-align: center;">
<a class="asset-img-link" href="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b0192aa2d6809970d-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Tyler and mini-Tylers" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a0133ee6f7655970b0192aa2d6809970d" height="173" src="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b0192aa2d6809970d-320wi" title="Tyler and mini-Tylers" width="231" /></a>
<a class="asset-img-link" href="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b019103edbed5970c-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="On rescue ladder 1" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a0133ee6f7655970b019103edbed5970c" height="214" src="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b019103edbed5970c-320wi" title="On rescue ladder 1" width="160" /></a>
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<a class="asset-img-link" href="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b0192abb6ec2a970d-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="PICT0046" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a0133ee6f7655970b0192abb6ec2a970d" height="172" src="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b0192abb6ec2a970d-320wi" title="PICT0046" width="230" /></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b01901dac88e8970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="Ben Lee (Tamara Romanchuk)" height="224" src="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b01901dac88e8970b-320wi" title="Ben Lee (Tamara Romanchuk)" width="149" /></a></div>
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(photo by Tamara Romanchuk)</div>
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<a href="http://tylerjseguin.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Tyler Séguin</span></a>, <a href="http://helenjuvonen.workbooklive.com/Wbl.mvc/Page/Main" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Helen Juvonen</span></a> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">and Bonnie Thomson</span> (<a href="http://tangledwebtheatre.com/" target="_blank">Tangled Web Theatre</a>) <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />-- excerpts from <i>Handle with Care</i></span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Ben Lee <span style="font-size: 10pt;">(<a href="https://www.facebook.com/thesmilingpets" target="_blank">The Smiling Pets</a>)</span> -- <i>Little Widow</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.studiobabette.ca/babette.html" target="_self">Studio Babette</a> -- <i>Little Fairy Tales for Little People: "Little Red Riding Hood"</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Sing-a-long with <a href="https://www.facebook.com/PuppetWhatWhat" target="_self">Puppet What What</a><i><br /></i></span></div>
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<i> </i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">AND a special guest appearance by Buttercup</span></i></div>
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<a class="asset-img-link" href="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b019103dc981a970c-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="100_3431" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a0133ee6f7655970b019103dc981a970c" height="175" src="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b019103dc981a970c-320wi" title="100_3431" width="233" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b><span style="color: #bf5f00;">Hosted by </span><a href="http://tylerjseguin.com/" target="_blank">Tyler Séguin</a></b></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353025373645202186.post-3954227354758575582013-07-05T08:00:00.000-04:002013-07-05T08:00:00.843-04:00YARN (TFF) then WindDown Fest with Array Session Players<div style="text-align: center;">
The Toronto Fringe Festival show <a href="http://www.alexeddington.com/alexeddingtoncom/yarn.html" target="_blank">YARN</a> is at 7:30 pm; $10 at the door. <br />For the following show, delight in: </div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #bf5f00;"><b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;">The WindDown Festival</span></b></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;">of intimate, multidisciplinary performance</span></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b>@ 9:00pm<span style="color: #bf5f00;"><i><span style="color: black;"> (doors open at 8:40 pm)</span></i></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"> <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Tickets</span> for WindDown Fest shows: $10 at the DOOR (cash only)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>On <span style="color: blue;">Friday</span> <span style="background-color: blue;"></span>Night, July 5th:<span style="background-color: white;"><span></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #bf5f00;"> </span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><b><span style="color: #bf5f00;">ARRAY SESSION PLAYERS </span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><i><br />Four of Toronto's top musical improvisers come together for <br />a summer evening session on the intimate Majlis stage.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.brankodzinovic.com/" target="_blank">Barnko Dzinovic</a> - accordion</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>Michael Lynn</b> - Bass</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://music.cbc.ca/#/artists/Pierre-Mongeon" target="_blank">Pierre Mongeon</a> - trumpet and flugelhorn</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.rixax.com/" target="_blank">Rick Sacks</a> - percussion</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353025373645202186.post-25269889214397532052013-07-04T08:00:00.000-04:002013-07-04T08:00:00.589-04:00YARN (TFF) then WindDown Fest with a Dance Night - "Moving Words"<div style="text-align: center;">
The Toronto Fringe Festival show <a href="http://www.alexeddington.com/alexeddingtoncom/yarn.html" target="_blank">YARN</a> is at 7:30 pm; $10 at the door. <br />
For the following show, delight in: </div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #bf5f00;"><b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;">The WindDown Festival</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,geneva;">of intimate, multidisciplinary performance</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b>@ 9:00pm<span style="color: #bf5f00;"><i><span style="color: black;"> (doors open at 8:40 pm)</span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Tickets</span> for WindDown Fest shows: $10 at the DOOR (cash only)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"></span><b><span style="color: #bf5f00;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">DANCE NIGHT</span> - <i>"Moving Words"</i></span></b></span></div>
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<a class="asset-img-link" href="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b01901d8a2338970b-pi" style="display: inline;"><img alt="729 Pluto's Revenge Undited www.andreadekeijzer.com" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a0133ee6f7655970b01901d8a2338970b" src="http://www.alexeddington.com/.a/6a0133ee6f7655970b01901d8a2338970b-320wi" title="729 Pluto's Revenge Undited www.andreadekeijzer.com" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><i> Emma Letki (photo by Andrea de Keijzer)</i></span></div>
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Marilena Stalteri and Steve Yee - <i>three Tango pieces</i></div>
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Emma Letki - <i>"Garrison Creek"</i></div>
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Lauren Runions and Kate Houston - <i>"Manic Slang" </i>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Aisha Sasha John with vocalist Tuku - <i>Untitled Improvisation</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><i><b>PLUS</b><span style="color: #bf5f00;"> performance poetry by </span><a href="http://www.lbil.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000bf;">Lo Bil</span></a></i></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353025373645202186.post-29038867550645794822013-06-16T12:24:00.002-04:002013-06-16T15:30:37.204-04:00Fringe with YARN and the WindDown Festival. It is our pleasure to announce the Fringe festival is coming to the Majlis (a.k.a Venue #27)!<br />
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The Majlis will play host to YARN - written/performed by Alex Eddington and directed/dramaturged by Tyler Séguin - as well as to the WindDown Festival, a series of intimate performances with different acts.YARN, "a true story (with live music) of standing stones, superstition... and sheep", runs July 4-14, every night at 7:30pm ( a 60 minute performance).<br />
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Fringe show YARN is followed by WindDown Festival shows at 9:00pm (why have one festival when you can have two different ones at the same venue!?!). Each performance - for both YARN and WindDown Festival performances - is $10 at the door.<br />
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For more information see <a href="http://www.alexeddington.com/">www.alexeddington.com</a><br />
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More details about the WindDown Festival to come in upcoming posts. <br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353025373645202186.post-43089094092530254132012-07-24T11:03:00.002-04:002012-07-24T11:03:47.931-04:00Garden Evening Concert and Cheryl O with friends<span style="color: #cc0000;"></span>It's been pretty quiet at the Majlis, perhaps due to the unending heat. But we have 2 concerts coming up:<br /><br style="color: #cc0000;" /><span style="color: #cc0000;">Tricia Postle (mezzo) with William Shookhoff (piano) </span><br />
August 3rd, 8 pm - suggested donation $20<br /><br />
"Garden
Evening" - songs from the 16th century to contemporary. Includes Belle
Époque works by Roger Quilter and Raynaldo Hahn, and three Canadian
premieres. <br /><br />
Songs about romantic bowers, nightingales, roses, lilacs, gardeners, and talkative crows.<br />
(Storm date August 4th.)<br />
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Other upcoming performances <br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Cheryl O and friends</span> - August 2nd, 8 pm<br /><br />Cheryl
and her cello will be back at Majlis, with percussionist Jeff Luciani
and others TBA. We look forward to another evening of
deftly-pulled-together, playful, improvisational music.<br />
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More details to
follow!<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353025373645202186.post-55303513372545896782012-07-24T10:47:00.000-04:002012-07-24T10:47:01.399-04:00Yoga with Gauri VanaraseIt's not just performing arts and roses at the Majlis - there's fitness too!<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Gauri Vanarase</span> is offering Yoga classes on Tuesdays, 6 pm to 7
pm. Her teaching style is gentle but highly informed.<br />
<br />$15 per class, Students: $12 or pwyc, through July and August.<br />
<br />Previous experience not required, attending consecutive sessions is encouraged<br />Please BYO mat and water bottle For more information: gssv9 (at) yahoo (dot) comUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353025373645202186.post-18024158671300165312012-07-01T20:55:00.004-04:002012-07-01T20:55:54.568-04:00Rose updateOur great leader, Ms Postle, has provided me with the names of the roses I posted: see <a href="http://majlisblog.blogspot.ca/2012/06/roses-at-majlis.html" target="_blank">here</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353025373645202186.post-14850701743850037922012-06-20T22:27:00.001-04:002012-07-01T20:53:59.138-04:00Roses at the Majlis<div style="text-align: left;">
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Cairo. Mathematics. The development of the lute. West Coast Swing dance. These were some of
the many topics discussed (in English, French, Spanish and, I believe, Punjabi) over cider, raspberry juice and a
variety of sweets as we viewed the myriad of roses to be found in the
Majlis last Saturday.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tricia Postle provides Majlis Rose Tour.</td></tr>
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Artistic Director Tricia Postle provided tours of
the roses, telling us of their botany and history. Unfortunately there
were too many names for me to remember so I am going to post some of them and ask the good lady to let me know what they are.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">fig. 1 Clematis "polish spirit" (1984)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">fig. 2 "Complicata" (a very old gallica rose, date unknown)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">fig. 3 "New Dawn" (1930)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">fig. 4 Clematis "polish spirit" (1984)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">fig. 5 "White Dawn" (1949)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">fig. 6 Kordes miniature (so Tricia believes - a rescue)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">fig. 7 "White Dawn" (1949)</td></tr>
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Pictures of the rose garden will be up next week and I look forward to reporting on upcoming events.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353025373645202186.post-40253899897936581462010-09-20T13:56:00.000-04:002010-09-20T14:08:11.127-04:00Gypsy My Shakespeare<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span id="internal-source-marker_0.19610900711268187" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This week Majlis welcomed the Dzieci Theatre Group to the stage for a Gypsy retelling of Macbeth, cleverly (re)titled Makbet.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "></span><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The evening had a great air of authenticity, with songs of the Balkan Gypsies playing as ambiance from dated vinyl records.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "></span><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Entering the Majlis art space which I had come to know well over the season, I was immediately struck with the sense that something was very different. Eastern European accents, pickles, wine, and kielbasa were finding their way to each and every patron. The space was abuzz with laughter and story telling. One could even have their fortune read by a rather fascinating clairvoyant, who continued to have demands for readings until the very last minutes leading up to the play.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "></span><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Screw Your Courage To The Sticking-Place</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "></span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "></span><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The play began with the audience slowly making their way onto the stage where seats were arranged in a circle around a seemingly eclectic collection of items - old-fashioned flashlights, a scarf, a hat, a jacket, et cetera. The “rules of engagement” for this particular show (taken directly from the groups leaflet) were as follows: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "></span><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1) Actors must know the entire text.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2) Actors may not play the same role in successive sequences.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">3) Roles can be taken or given, embraced or refused.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">4) Three actors alone must play all the roles.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">5) We begin in ceremony and remain in ceremony till the end.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">6) Nothing else is planned.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "></span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "></span><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The lights were dimmed and soon the only illumination came from the flashlights and wax candles dwelling in the centre of the stage. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Each article of clothing was designated to represent a particular character in the story, and whomever was wearing the item was to embody that character until it was passed on.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">As mentioned, the troop does not attempt to anticipate who will play which part at any given moment. This creates a fabulous sense of madness as well as awe, “a sense of danger more akin to contact sports than to theatre(Makbet leaflet).” How fitting for Macbeth?</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "></span><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Wine Of Life Is Drawn</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "></span><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The whole performance from start to finish was, in a phrase: of a people at the local and fundamental level; of the grass roots.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "></span><br /></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Make sure you see one of their shows this year. (<a href="http://dziecitheatre.org/">http://dziecitheatre.org/</a>)</span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; white-space: normal; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(86, 86, 86); line-height: 18px; "><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; ">Edited By: Kit Cat (</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; ">http://tinyurl.com/3a5bzhq)</span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353025373645202186.post-27667870231289567532010-09-06T11:46:00.000-04:002010-09-06T11:51:45.560-04:00Once There Was A Beautiful Kingdom<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(86, 86, 86); line-height: 18px; "><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(86, 86, 86); line-height: 18px; "><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><p style="text-align: left;line-height: normal; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><i>In rethinking our history, we are not just looking at the past but at the present, and trying to look at it from the point of view of those who have been left out of the benefits of so-called civilization. It is a simple but profoundly important thing we are trying to accomplish, to look at the world from other points of view. We need to do that, as we come into the next century, if we want this coming century to be different, if we want it to be not an American century, or a Western century, or a white century, or a male century, or any nation’s, any group’s century, but a century for the human race.</i></span></p><p style="text-align: right;line-height: normal; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">::Howard Zinn::</span></p><p style="line-height: normal; white-space: normal; "></p><p style="line-height: normal; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">This week’s FoS was very much a theatre of the radical, breeding a mood that compelled a journey to the root of our perspectives and behaviours. A demand to re-evaluate the sense of exceptionalism of our brother to the south and ourselves.</span></p><p style="line-height: normal; white-space: normal; "></p><p style="line-height: normal; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Rapper, playwright, and activist Belladonna fervidly lifted away the thin soap-scorched skin veiling the discontent widely present in our nation.</span></p><p style="line-height: normal; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Her poetry: layered yet simple. Belladonna twisted the often comforting nationalistic and capitalistic mythos, old and modern, with ease, sliding the perspective to those that have traditionally (and presently) not benefited from such underlying systems of belief.</span></p><p style="line-height: normal; white-space: normal; "></p><p style="line-height: normal; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">One of the most pernicious and destructive modes of reasoning in our society today is that ‘if you work hard, you will become rich’. The meaning of that being, if you are poor, it is because you haven’t worked hard enough. Belladonna paints, with a frightening familiarity many of us can recognize, the effects of such dogma on a human mind.</span></p><p style="line-height: normal; white-space: normal; "></p><p style="line-height: normal; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Little can be said that will do justice to her pieces touching on war: simple, emotionally direct, urging nothing short of an end to war, in all forms, for any reasons.</span></p><p style="line-height: normal; white-space: normal; "></p><p style="line-height: normal; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Cheryl O, a cellist with salt and pepper hair, composed often somber, consistently emotionally potent accompaniment; a marriage of the sharp and the glossy set a tone akin to the sensation of being present in a George Orwell dystopia. This proved to be an outstanding combination with verse and dance.</span></p><p style="line-height: normal; white-space: normal; "></p><p style="line-height: normal; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Sasha Ivanochko’s dance was striking, unexpected and, when combined with Cheryl O’s cello, chops, effects and loopers, mercilessly engrossing. Sasha established the distinct impression she was embodying a single tortured creature, composed of the collective disturbance of a people, desperately attempting to grasp, to reconcile what they have been bred to believe, about just and unjust wars, the valuing of human beings, with the present state of the world.</span></p><p style="line-height: normal; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; white-space: normal; "></p><p style="line-height: normal; white-space: normal; "></p><p style="line-height: normal; white-space: normal; "></p><p style="line-height: normal; white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Next week’s Figure of Speech is the last of the season, so be sure to drop by Majlis theatre.</span></p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(86, 86, 86); line-height: 18px; "><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Edited By: Kit Cat (</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">http://tinyurl.com/3a5bzhq)</span></span></span></b></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353025373645202186.post-87919842659955419162010-08-30T10:57:00.000-04:002010-08-30T14:29:29.612-04:00Club Majlis<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(86, 86, 86); line-height: 18px; font-family:'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(86, 86, 86); line-height: 18px; font-family:'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background- line-height: normal; white-space: normal; font-family:'Times New Roman';color:transparent;"><span id="internal-source-marker_0.5990503150969744" style=" background- font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">To all the republican boys: </span></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background- line-height: normal; white-space: normal; font-family:'Times New Roman';color:transparent;"><span style=" background- font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">If your girls came home with a little swing in their step Saturday night, you can be sure they came from Majlis Arts.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /><span style=" background- font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"></span></span></span><span style=" background- font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background- line-height: normal; white-space: normal; font-family:'Times New Roman';color:transparent;"><span style=" background- font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">This week’s Figure of Speech (seven) had pinned-hair and tight-buttoned Majlis theatre hike up its hem line to become an authentic </span></span></span><span style=" background- font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">New Deal</span></span></span><span style=" background- font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"> era jazz club. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /><span style=" background- font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"></span></span></span><span style=" background- font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background- line-height: normal; white-space: normal; font-family:'Times New Roman';color:transparent;"><span style=" background- font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Heart Break Folklore</span></span></b></span><span style=" background- font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"> </span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /><span style=" background- font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"></span></span></span><span style=" background- font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background- line-height: normal; white-space: normal; font-family:'Times New Roman';color:transparent;"><span style=" background- font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Live and unpublished poetry by Nicholas Power set a perfect blues atmosphere with reflections on love and loss and the ‘real intimacy of a Saturday night dance’. Power’s verse was both modern and direct, stripped of all the inessential, reminiscent of Rocco De Giacomo’s </span></span></span><span style=" background- font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Ten Thousand Miles Between Us</span></span></span><span style=" background- font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /><span style=" background- font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"></span><br /></span></span><p style="margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><span style=" background- font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">don’t rewrite old poems</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><span style=" background- font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">you’ve already shed that skin</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><span style=" background- font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">what do you want now</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><span style=" background- font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">history or hysterics</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><span style=" background- font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">no retreat no surrender </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span style=" background- font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 72pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><span style=" background- font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">excerpt from </span></span></span><span style=" background- font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">writing on water</span></span></span><span style=" background- font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"> by Nicholas Power (Gesture Press)</span></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span style=" background- font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"></span><br /></span></span><span style=" background- font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">St. James Infirmary</span></span></b></span><span style=" background- font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"> </span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /><span style=" background- font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"></span><br /></span></span><span style=" background- font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">The S</span></span></span><span style=" background- font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">imple Joys</span></span></span><span style=" background- font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"> were simply the cat’s pajamas, bringing to mind the work of Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /><span style=" background- font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"></span><br /></span></span><span style=" background- font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Drew Jurecka stunned the audience with his vocal performance, boasting a voice that made you feel like you were indulging in some guilty pleasure simply by listening. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /><span style=" background- font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"></span><br /></span></span><span style=" background- font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">An Eye Brow Raised Invokes A Smile</span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span style=" background- font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"></span><br /><span style=" background- font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"></span><br /></span></span><span style=" background- font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Phil Bourassa portrayed a real slick sheik, sporting a look snipped straight out of the 30’s. Saturday night, Bourassa brought to the stage his blend of improvised and passionate dance as well as dipped his toes into verse, performing a poem with Nicholas Power.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /><span style=" background- font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"></span><br /></span></span><span style=" background- font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">They’re All Thinkin’ I’m Their Baby</span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span style=" background- font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:Arial;"></span><br /></span></span><span style=" background- font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></span><span style=" background- font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Alisha Ruiss, the brilliant, sassy bearcat, stepped up to the director’s chair for the first time for FoS seven, shaping & assembling the evening’s script all by her lonesome. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /><span style=" background- font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"></span><br /></span></span><span style=" background- font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Singer, actress, songwriter, swing-dancer, Ruiss set the audience’s imagination on fire with blues and swing standards, as well as a composition inspired by New York composer Katie Thompson. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /><span style=" background- font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"></span><br /></span></span><span style=" background- font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Ruiss certainly earned the centre of attention with her exceptionally funny songs and genuine baby vamp vibe. Plainly, the bright lights of the stage do not blind nor frighten this girl in the least. Keep an eye out for her performances in Toronto and New York City. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /><span style=" background- font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"></span><br /></span></span><span style=" background- font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background- line-height: normal; white-space: normal; font-family:'Times New Roman';color:transparent;"><span style=" background- font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">...Much love to all who came out to club Majlis this weekend, and stay tasty Toronto.</span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px; font-family:'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px; font-family:'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px; font-family:'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px; font-family:'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px; font-family:'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Edited By: Kit Cat (</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">http://tinyurl.com/3a5bzhq)</span></span></b></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1