HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2009-05-14, Page 19THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 2009. PAGE 19.
Canadian Country Music’s 2008
Female Artist of the Year, Jessie
Farrell will join one of Canada’s
newest country stars, Darren
McGinnis, and southwestern
Ontario’s award-winning country
artist, Jamie Warren in an exclusive
performance in Blyth Memorial
Community Hall on May 21 at 8
p.m.
Kicking off the concert is the
Rising Star Award Winner of the
2008 am920 Ontario Open Country
Singing Contest – 15-year-old Kira
Isabella of Orleans, Ontario.
Vancouver-based Farrell won
three 2008 Canadian Country Music
Awards – Female Artist of the Year;
Rising Star; and Top Female Talent
of the Year. And, she was nominated
for a 2009 Juno Award for Best New
Artist. Her current CD Nothing
Fancy (604 Records/Universal
Music Canada), is a collection of
country-pop.
Radio has warmly embraced this
young artist, and her live show –
which has included opening slots for
Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, Johnny
Reid and Emerson Drive.
Already critics are calling 24-
year-old McGinnis, of Sussex, New
Brunswick, the next big thing in
Canadian country. His debut album,
launched in February, includes
original material he penned along
with songs composed by friends
such as Duane Steel, Willie Mack,
Tommy Gilham, J.K. Gully with
what his manager calls a rockin’
cover of Ed Bruce’s classic Mama’s
Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To
Be Cowboys.
Kitchener native, Warren launched
his fifth CD Right Here Right Now
in spring of 2009. “I finally had an
adult conversation with my broken
heart and these 12 songs are the
transcripts,” says Warren. “I lost
love, found love, and believe it or
not, lost it again. In the process of
losing things I found me. I came
home. It’s amazing to feel again,
good and bad,, and there’s no place
I’d rather be than Right Here Right
Now.”
2009 was a very exciting year for
Kira Isabella. She won the Female
Open Category and Rising Star
Award at the am920 Ontario Open
Country Singing Contest, and since
then, has had the honour of working
with some of the most dedicated and
talented people working in Canadian
country music today.
“Everyone has been so
encouraging and kind I have to pinch
myself sometimes to believe it is
real. Part of the Rising Star Award
was to have the opportunity to
record a song. And, yes, my dream
came true.”
Her debut single Come Around
was released to radio Jan. 12. It was
co-written by Willie Mack and Kyler
England; produced by Jason Barry
under direction of Janice Pym.
Coast to Coast tickets are just $35
and are available by calling the
Blyth Festival Box Office at 519-
523-9300 or 1-877-862-5984
toll free or on-line at
www.blythfestival.com
The concert is generously
sponsored by Huron Insurance
Manager’s Group, am920 CKNX
Radio and Benmiller Inn and Spa.
The Blyth Festival’s 2009 season
sponsors are Sparling’s Propane
Company Limited and CTV.
Award-winning art
Brussels-area teen Andrew Watson, a student at F.E. Madill Secondary School, entered this
painting Geisha into the student art exhibit on display at the Blyth Festival Art Gallery. The
exhibit opened Thursday night. Watson’s work was one of four winners chosen by a panel of
judges. The others were Brianna Elderhorst of Goderich District Collegiate Institute, Steph Van
Winden from Listowel District Secondary School and Phoebe Aitken from GDCI. (Vicky Bremner
photo)
Festival celebrates coast to coast
Let’s Dance
Please join me in celebrating my
Mom & Dad’s
25th Wedding Anniversary
Neil & Joan Vincent
Saturday, May 16, 2009
at the Belgrave Community Centre
Casual Dress
Open House Reception 8:00 pm - 1 am
In lieu of gifts, donations to the
Belgrave Community Centre Building
Fund would be appreciated.
Margaret Vincent
SMOKED
PORK CHOP
BBQ
Hosted by:
Blyth CRC Bazaar FUNraisers
June 6
Serving 5-7:30 pm
at Blyth Lions Park
Tickets available until May 19
at The Gift Cupboard or
Lissa Kolkman 519-523-9819
Limited tickets at the door
Adults (11 & up): $13.00
Children (6-10): $7.00
5 and under: FREE
Proceeds to church and community projects
Happy 13th
Birthday
Love
Gramma and Grampa
Buck & Doe
for
Ben Gingrich
and
Coral Nicholson
Saturday, May 16
9 pm - 1 am
at the Brussels arena
Age of majority
$5.00 in advance
$7.00 at the door
Wedding
Announcement
William James “Jimmy” Webster
and
Katherine Anne Lee (nee Street)
exchanged vows at the
Wedding Belle Chapel
in Kitchener
on April 20th, 2009
at 4:00 p.m.
The bride is the daughter of
Dr. R.W. Street, Blyth
and the late Phyllis Street.
The groom is the son of the
late Keith and Evalena Webster.
The couple will be residing in
Kitchener, Ontario
Mom and me
Beck Dunbar, and her
daughter Paula Torti, from
Ingersoll, came out to enjoy
the Brussels Legion’s Mother’s
Day buffet on Sunday night.
(Vicky Bremner photo)
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