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The new Brantford Open Stage began on Friday, January 6, 2006 to fill the void left
by the cessation of the Brantford Folk Club's open stage sessions.
Donald & Brenda McGeoch have devoted 23 years to creating a club with a significant audience component
and an international reputation. Many of the regular participants had expressed the hope that someone would carry on
the open stage tradition, and Dave Jensen has stepped in to organize a new club, to be known as the Brantford Open Stage.
The new club is carrying on in the same place. Here are the details:


at the
Brant Park Inn / Best Western Hotel
19 Holiday Dr., Brantford. N3T 5W5
(at the Hwy 403 and Wayne Gretzky Parkway interchange)
Every other Friday at 8 PM, September through June.
Run by Dave Jensen. 519-752-0453
Email: BrantfordOpenStage@gmail.com
(note: caps in that address are optional)
open stage format (2-song sets).
Adm: $4 (performers free)
(wheelchair accessible & smoke-free)

Coming up next:  February 3rd

Recent Sessions & Events:


BOS Performers’ Roster January 20, 2012:   full room; 75 bodies anyway. 15 performer sets. Wrapped up by 11:15 (possibly a record!)

Ben Rogers – (w guitar & vocal) Lambs Upon the Hill (trad); fiddle tunes: Raves of Rush; Dark Island

Russ Burns – Just For Me; I Will Understand (both originals)

Chad Everett Brown – Dreams on a Windowsill (Johann Wagner & Gregory Alan Bakey); The Deep End (Corey Chisel)

Margaret Taylor w/ Dave Taylor & Jeremiah – Your Heart is My Home; Walk a Mile (both originals)

Dave Taylor w/ Margaret Taylor & Jeremiah – Back to the Island (Leon Russel); Goodtime Charlie (Danny O'Keefe)

Al Lindsay - tin whistle medley: McPherson's Lament / Scots Wha Hae; a capella song: Johnny Jump-Up

Diane Kennedy playing Celtic harp – Over the Hills & Far Away; The Water is Wide (both trad)

Paul Terangelo (fiddle) w/ Dave Jensen, Janice Buckley, Doug Welland & Jeremiah – Cock of the North; Maple Sugar

the madness continues with Dave Jensen (accordion), all the above-mentioned + Ben Rogers – Little Burnt Potato; Road to the Isles

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John & Sheila Ludgate (John: guitar, harmonica; Sheila: electric bass) - This Old Road (Kris Kristofferson); Steve's Hammer (for Pete) (Steve Earle)

Serendipity (Rosemary Todd, Doug Welland & David Lum) – Teach Your Children (Graham Nash); He Thinks He'll Keep Her (Mary Chapin-Carpenter)

Rob Green – Path to Glory; Sometimes I Cried (both originals)

Archie MacArthur w/ Dave Jensen, Larry Aul, Doug Welland & Jeremiah – Log Drivers' Waltz (Wade Hemsworth) (in 4/4 time!); forgot the other one, sorry

Allan Edgar w/ most of the folks above – Columbus Stockade Blues; Don't Be Angry With Me Darling

finale: Wild Mountain Thyme - verses by Dave, Diane Kennedy, Al Lindsay, Alan Edgar & Rosemary Todd

BOS Performers’ Roster January 6, 2012:   Light numbers tonight; around 35 - things are slow everywhere the first week after New Year. Still, around 19 performers, and a darned good time!

***  indicates BOS 1st-timer

note: opening performer(s) has the option of doing 3 songs


Stewart McPhail (frailing-style 5-string banjo) and Larry Aul (mandolin) - Julianne Johnson; Shortnin' Bread; The Cuckoo
Archie MacArthur - I Dug Up a Diamond (Mark Knofler); Legend of the Sage (original)
Diane Kennedy - Common Ground (Bill Candy); May You Always (Larry Markes and Dick Charles)
Rosemarie Stewart - Auld Lang Syne (Robert Burns); Home Sweet Home (Stephen Foster)
Jeff Daw w/ Larry Aul - Watching the Apples Grow (Stan Rogers); The River Song (Tom Rush)
Sonny Sinclair - South of the Border; Let It Snow
Tim McDougald - Northern Wind (Dallas Green aka City in Colour); Long May You Run (Neil Young)
Mark McNeil - Shiny Things; Outlaw of Love (both original)
Al Lindsay - Skye Boat Song (on tin whistle); Ten Little Bottles

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Jericho (Eric & Jeremiah) - The Last Battle (Bill Gallaher); The Cat Came Back
Pat McLeod & Cam Kemp - I Don't Love You Any More; It Comes and Goes (Fred Eaglesmith)
*** John Kneeland - Barrelhouse (Bruce Cockburn); Song for a Winter's Night (Lightfoot) w/ Eric Bower on bass
Barb Bloemhof - The Silkie; Who Knows Where the Time Goes (Sandy Denny)
Jeff and Cyndi Shrubb w/ Eric Bower on bass - Satellite (Guster); Hasn't Hit Me Yet (Blue Rodeo)Mike Hogg and Denise Jolicoeur w/ Jeremiah on bass - Gold Watch & Chain; Rocky something-or-other (sorry) w/o Denise; Denise returned to do Grandma's Feather Bed (John Denver)
Dave Jensen and Doug Welland w/Stewart on banjo, Larry Aul on mandolin & Jeremiah on bass - guitar pickin' on Wildwood Flower and Soldier's Joy
Allan Edgar w/ Dave Jensen, Doug Welland, Stewart McPhail on banjo, Larry Aul on mandolin & Jeremiah on bass - Can I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight, Mister?; Little Bitty Tear
finale: Wild Mountain Thyme - verses by Dave, Jeremiah, Al, Rosemarie.

BOS Performers’ Roster December 16, 2011:   Got to have been 75 of us cuddling up in the cozy Gretzky room; 21 performer sets (and a lot of holiday-themed songs). The pesky 'sound issues' from the last club seem to have been tamed. Had a whole long table outside the room that was filled with potluck snackers and treats - friends, you outdid yourselves. For part of the evening, Dave Jensen got renamed to Dave Jenkins - we had some fun with that.

Just a wonderful evening, and a great finish to this calendar year.

***  indicates BOS 1st-timer

note: opening performer(s) has the option of doing 3 songs

Andrew Ong - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas; Let There Be Peace on Earth (Jill Jackson Miller & Sy Miller); Ave Maria (Shubert)
Serendipity (Rosemary Todd, Doug Welland & David Lum) - Song for a Winter's Night (Lightfoot); Silent Night
David Lum (playing a mountain dulcimer) - Go Tell It on the Mountain; Silent Night
Mark McNeil - Christmas in theTrenches (John McCutcheon); Christmas On Christmas Island (Lyle Moraine)
Donald McGeoch - Caledonia (Dougie MacLean); Nothing to Show for It All (Kieran Halpin)
Bo Basiuk w/ partner Sue - Children Go Where I Send Thee; O Glory, How Happy I Am (Rev. Gary Davis)
Diane Kennedy (w/ friends Sharon & Doreen - didn't get last names; calling themselves "The Minstrels") - Deck the Halls (parody); Driving, Walking in a Winter Wonderland (parody written by Rebecca - another Minstrel)
Stewart McPhail (frailing-style 5-string banjo) and Larry Aul (mandolin) - Ways of the World; Waiting for Nancy

___break___  and behold! herewith a mighty noshing doth commence - cookies, tarts, cheese stuff (the cream cheese with red pepper jelly was a particular hit), mini eclairs, shrimp, kielbasa, spinach-&-feta-phyllo-wraps, veggie trays, fruits & more. Damn! it was good!

*** Elizabeth Jacobs - Rainbow Connection (Paul Williams & Kenneth Ascher); Holly Jolly Christmas (Johnny Marks). (Don't usually comment on performances here, but a special note - this was 12-year-old Elizabeth's first stage performance in which she sang as well as played keyboard. Good voice and an utterly charming combination of nervousness and confidence. We do hope she'll return.)
Barb Bloemhof - John Riley; I Can't Touch the Sun (Shel Silverstein)
Russ Burns - Christmas Eve (original); Feliz Navidad (José Feliciano)
Jeff & Cyndi Shrubb - California Stars (Woody Guthrie / Billy Bragg); Mail Order Bride (You Ain't goin' Nowhere) (Bob Dylan)
Al Lindsay, Dave Jensen w/ Doug Welland & Jeremiah - A Christmas Carol (Tom Lehrer); Westering Home; Christmas in the Harbour (Gary O'Driscoll)
Pat McLeod & Cam Kemp (w/ Jeremiah) - Gets Hard Out Here (Hayes Carle); Between the daylight and the Dark (Fred Eaglesmith & Mary Gautier)
our finale song, completely out of sequence - our long-time fan and supporter Christopher Szwarc made a rare appearance. One thing Christopher had always enjoyed was joining in the chorus on our closing song - Wild Mountain Thyme. Since it wasn't possible for Christopher to stay to the end, we moved it up a bit. Verses by Dave, Jeremiah, Dave again (logistics, ver' crowded stage) & Diane. And Christopher, of course, singing lustily on the choruses!
Rosemarie Stewart - Blue Christmas; I Wonder as I Wander
Jericho (Eric & Jeremiah) - It's Getting Cold (Shawn Brush); Santa Claus is What?! (original by Jeremiah & Wendell Ferguson)
Denise Jolicoeur w/ Michael Hogg - Nothing But a Child (Steve Earle)
Paul Terangelo (fiddle) w/ Dave Jensen, Doug Welland & Jeremiah - Silver Bells; Jingle Bells
Allan Edgar w/ Dave Jensen, Doug Welland & Jeremiah - darn! Forgot the name of his 1st song; The Old Country Church
Dave Jensen w/ Doug Welland & Jeremiah - Little Christmas Dream (Little Scott the Astronaut) (Bud Davidge)
and so a fine evening ended, with Dave staying on stage with his accordion playing a few more Christmas things to usher us out into the night.

From all of us at BOS, our thanks to all, a fine Christmas (or holiday season) and a New Year filled with promise!

Sunday, December 4 at 8pm. The Brantford Open Stage is sponsoring a Christmas concert, with a twist. We are very happy to announce that 6 time CCMA Guitarist of the Year winner Wendell Ferguson will be in concert on Sunday, December 4 at 8 o'clock in the evening at the Best Western / Brant Park Inn (Hwy 403 / Wayne Gretzky interchange).

In addition to his considerable guitar skills, Wendell is also just about the funniest, wickedest songwriter in existence.
This will not be your conventional 'warm and fuzzy' Christmas presentation; rather is will be the perfect counterbalance.
Come prepared to laugh!

Tickets are $15 advance, $18 at the door.
Advance tickets can be purchased at the Brantford Open Stage Session prior to the concert (Nov 18)
or from Dave Jensen, Eric Bower or Jeremiah.
Weekdays, tickets may be obtained at the Station Coffee House & Gallery in Brantford,
located at the VIA station (west end) where West and Market Streets meet. 519-309-0008

Contacts: phone - Dave Jensen 519-752-0453
email - BrantfordOpenStage@gmail.com
website - http://BrantfordOpenStage.org

Friday, December 2, 2011:  no regular session today. Ironically, it being close to Christmas, there was no room at the Inn!

BOS Performers’ Roster November 18, 2011:   I think I counted near 70 bodies in the cozy Gretzky room; 19 performer sets. Good evening I do believe, although some sound issues arose; but we've narrowed down the possible cause and it shouldn't arise again.

***  indicates BOS 1st-timer

note: opening performer(s) has the option of doing 3 songs


Michael Hogg - Mind Your Own Business; Kalamazoo (Hoyt Axton); Da Do Ron Ron
Jeremiah (w/ Mike Hogg) - Tecumseh Valley; If I Needed You (both by Townes Van Zandt)
Gary Grey - Summerlea (Fred Eaglesmith); Boxcar (Neil Young)
Chad Everett Brown - original song, didn't get the title, sorry; The Gambler
Bo Basiuk - I Shall Not Be Moved; Betty & Dupree
Diane Kennedy - May the Light of Love (w/ friends Sharon & Marie on this 1st song - didn't get last names; calling themselves "The Minstrels"); Spacesuits (both songs by David Roth)
Al Lindsay - tin whistle tunes: McPherson's Lament / Scots Wha Hae; The Bantam Cock
Stewart McPhail (frailing-style 5-string banjo) and Larry Aul (mandolin) (w/ Jeremiah) - Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine; Whiskey Before Breakfast
Archie MacArthur - Summertime Dream (Gordon Lightfoot); The Rocket (Fred Eaglesmith)
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The United Trio (Bob Wannamaker, Bob Reading & James Dobrik) - Guitar Boogie Shuffle; On Susan's Floor (Shel Silverstein/Vince Matthews)
Mark McNeil - High Wind on the Skyway (original): Field Behind the Plow (Stan Rogers)
David Lum - Until I Meet You Again; Different Shade of Blue (both originals)
Tim McDougald - Home (Jack Johnson); Kiss Me (original)
*** Nate Valdez - Bob Marley song, didn't get title; Rivertown
Doug Welland (w/ David Lum) - City of New Orleans (Steve Goodman); Early Morning Rain (Gordon Lightfoot)
Bob Martin - Passing the Time Away (Rick Taylor); It's Drunk Out Tonight (Tony Quarrinton)
Dave Jensen - w/ Stewart McPhail, Larry Aul & Jeremiah - Sail Away (John Prince); button accordion tune
Bev Nicoll - Wayfaring Stranger
Allan Edgar w/ Dave Jensen, & Jeremiah - ack! didn't remember the names of either tune!
finale: Wild Mountain Thyme - verses by Dave, Diane, Al Lindsay & Allan Edgar



BOS Performers’ Roster November 4, 2011:   Wow! That's more like it! Easily 80 - 90 people at peak. And a bumper crop of performers - 22 performer sets, including 'newbies'.

***  indicates BOS 1st-timer

note: opening performer(s) has the option of doing 3 songs

David Lum - True North (original); If I Had a Boat (Lyle Lovett)
*** Janice Connors - Jolene (Dolly Parton); Blue Roses (Pam Tillis?)
Mark McNeil & Les Smith (harp) - Crocodile (Scott Merritt); Hub Cap Man (original)
Archie MacArthur - Tie a Yellow Ribbon; Put It There (Paul McCartney)
*** Lisa Morrison (fiddle) w/ Ken Morrison & 'Fiddler Cyn' - Eleanor Rigby (Lennon/McCartney); The Chicken Reel
Stewart McPhail (frailing-style 5-string banjo) and Larry Aul (mandolin) - Old Dan Johnson; Mole in the Ground
Alfie Smith w/ Les Smith - I Can't Be Satisfied; Bricks, Mortar and Stone (original)
Nicole Christian w/ Les Smith (& Alfie on 2nd song) - Wolf Moon Rising; Would It Be Enough? (both originals)
Ed Vandendool - My Bonnie; I Don't Drink the Whiskey Any More (original)

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*** The United Trio (Bob Wannamaker, Bob Reading & James Dobrik) - Will the Circle Be Unbroken; I'll Fly Away
Al Lindsay - Where Have All the Flowers Gone? (Pete Seeger & Joe Hickerson); Mrs. McGrath
'Mr Jack' - comedy mish-mash of Tom Dooley/John Henry/Shortnin' Bread; Bring It Home to Me
Serendipity (Rosemary Todd, Doug Welland & David Lum) - Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue; Margaritaville
Pat McLeod & Cam Kemp (w/ Jeremiah) - Rough Edges; The Rocket (both Fred Eaglesmith)
James White - A Soldier Died Today (written by a friend of James, don't have the name); The Weary Kind (Ryan Bingham & T-Bone Burnett from the film 'Crazy Heart')
Dave Jensen (button accordion) w/ Stewart McPhail, Larry Aul & Jeremiah - Red Wing; don't have the name of the 2nd song
Jericho (Eric & Jeremiah) - recitation: In Flanders Fields (Lt-Col John McCrae); Highway of Heroes (Terry Sumsion, Bill Peer, JP Riemens, Suzie Sweetman)
Russ Burns - Pot of Gold; Untitled (both original)
Bev Nicoll (mountain dulcimer) - Banks of the Nile; The Female Drummer
Terry Haavaldsrud - Train Home to Hornpayne; Oh Boy, What a Day (both original)
Bob Martin - Dance Hall Girls (Al Fraser); Night Train (Amos Lee)
Allan Edgar w/ Dave Jensen, Doug Welland & Jeremiah - Columbus Stockade Blues; I Overlooked an Orchid
finale: Wild Mountain Thyme - verses by Dave, Jeremiah, Al Lindsay & Allan Edgar



BOS Performers’ Roster October 21, 2011:   12 performer sets, and close to 50 folks in the audience. And finished up a fraction before 11!

***  indicates BOS 1st-timer

note: opening performer(s) has the option of doing 3 songs


Russ Burns - Give It Away (original); Ride & Roll (Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee); Guitars, Power Tools and Guns (original)
Donald McGeoch - Song for Simon (Gerry Rafferty); Black Clothes (Robin Laing)
Stewart McPhail (frailing-style 5-string banjo) - Farewell Trion; Prince William (both trad instrumentals)
Archie MacArthur - Grandpa, Tell Me About the Good Old days (Jamie O'Hara); Falling (Catherine Roseanne Dennis / Shep Pettibone, recorded by LeBlanc & Carr)
Al Lindsay - a capella songs: I Hold Your Hand in Mine; The Irish Song (both by Tom Lehrer)
Diane Kennedy (mountain dulcimer) - The Fisherman's Song (Andy M Stewart); Cape Breton Lullaby (Kenneth Leslie)
Allan Edgar (w/ Dave Jensen & Jeremiah) - Pistol-Packin' Mama; Working Man (Rita MacNeil)
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Jericho (Eric & Jeremiah) - What Are Wordsworth? (original by Jeremiah); When It Comes My Turn (David Myles)
Rosemarie Stewart - Four Strong Winds (Ian Tyson) and as a tribute to the late Steve Jobs, performed the accompaniment on an iPad using an app called "Garage Band for iPad"; Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor (Newfoundland trad). The iPad got problematic, so Dave Jensen provided some guitar backup.
Tim McDougald - Cold Souls Winter Warmup; Cosmic Candlelight (both originals)
Dave Jensen (w/ Jeremiah) - Salt Water Joys (Wayne Chalk); If Wishes Were Fishes (Eric Bogle) with a whole whack o' performers dragged onto the stage for chorus duty!
finale: Wild Mountain Thyme - verses by Dave, Jeremiah, Al Lindsay & Diane Kennedy.

and then a request for a song about body parts because Hallowe'en was so close, so la Jensen launched into "By the Bright Silvery Light of the Moon", draggin' the rest of us along fer th' ride!



BOS Performers’ Roster October 7, 2011:   14 performer sets, including new performers, 'bout 35 - 40 folks in attendance.

***  indicates BOS 1st-timer

note: opening performer(s) has the option of doing 3 songs

Diane Kennedy - Piney Wood Hills; Thanksgiving Eve (David Roth)
Bo Basiuk - I Got Mine (Frank Stokes); Rag, Mama, Rag
Bob Baker (w/ Dave Jensen & Jeremiah) - When You & I Were Young, Maggie (James Butterfield / George Johnson); Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Al Lindsay - whistle tunes: Skye Boat Song / Mingulay Boat Song;
'Mr Jack' - Uncle Pen (Bill Monroe); Just a Closer Walk with Thee
Stewart McPhail (frailing-style 5-string banjo) (w/ Cam Kemp & Jeremiah) - Home Sweet Home (Stephen Foster); Reuben's Train (trad)
Dave Jensen (w/ Cam Kemp, Stewart McPhail & Jeremiah) - accordian tunes: Golden Slippers; Little Burnt Potato
Tim McDougald - Kiss Me; Parlour (both originals)
Pat McLeod & Cam Kemp (w/ Jeremiah) - Chances Are (Hayes Carle); I'll Fly Away

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***  John & Andy (John Harris & sorry, didn't get Andy's last name) - Teach Your Children; Coney Island Cakewalk; Willin' (Lowell George)
Ed Vandendool - If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot); Both Sides Now (Joni Mitchell)
Archie MacArthur - Travelin' Man (from Doc Watson); Marbletown (Mark Knopfler)
Jericho (Eric & Jeremiah) - Six Days on the Road (Carl Montgomery and Earl Green); It's Gettin' Cold (Shawn Brush)
Allan Edgar (w/ Dave Jensen & Jeremiah) - gospel hymn (didn't get the title); The Old Country Church
finale: Wild Mountain Thyme - verses by Dave, Jeremiah, Al Lindsay & Diane Kennedy.




BOS Performers’ Roster September 23, 2011:   Bit of a different report this time; as I was away this particular evening. A fairly light evening as it turned out also. Thanks to performers:
Wayne Hosick
Bob Martin
Al Lindsay
Archie MacArthur
Mark McNeil
Stewart McPhail (frailing-style 5-string banjo) and Larry Aul (mandolin)
Allan Edgar
Rick McEachern (and a BOS first-timer; welcome, sir)
Pat McLeod & Cam Kemp
Bob Baker




BOS Performers’ Roster September 9, 2011:   24 performer sets, new performers as well, 'bout 35 - 40 folks in attendance.

***  indicates BOS 1st-timer

note: opening performer(s) has the option of doing 3 songs


Annie Shipman & Richard Bell - Recuerdos de la Alhambra (Memories of the Alhambra) (Francisco Tárrega); White Rabbit (Grace Slick); Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)
Bob Martin - Breaking Up is Hard to Do (Neil Sedaka); To Know Her is to Love Her (Phil Spector)
Archie McArthur w/ Larry Aul - Halfway Home Cafe (Paul Overstreet); Across the Great Divide (Kate Wolf)
Jeff & Cindy Schrubb - Hasn't Hit Me Yet (Blue Rodeo); You're the One I Love (Paul Gray)
Serendipity (Rosemary Todd, Doug Welland & David Lum) - Autumn Leaves (Kosma / Prévert - English lyrics by Johnny Mercer); Downtown (Tony Hatch)
David Lum  - A Dime a Dozen (original); True North
Stewart McPhail (frailing-style 5-string banjo) and Larry Aul (mandolin) - Soldier's Joy; Mole in the Ground
Mike Hogg w/ Stewart and Larry   - Angelina Baker; Summerlea (Fred Eaglesmith)
Russ Burns - Ride & Roll (Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee); Every Day (original)
Bob Baker w/ Dave Jensen, Doug Welland, Larry Aul and Jeremiah - Always a Fire in the Kitchen; Take Me as I Am (Nonie Crete)
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Ed, Jo & Janis Vandendool - Almost (Cheryl Wheeler); Fullness of Time (Ed original); Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)
Al Lindsay - whistle tunes: Killiekrankie / Mairi's Wedding; Just Kidding (Miles Wootton and Fred Wedlock)
Mark McNeil w/ Larry Aul - Speed of the Sound of Loneliness (John Prine); Early Bird (original)
Fiddler Cyn w/ Dave Jensen, Doug Welland & Jeremiah - couple crazy fiddle tunes
Dave Jensen w/ Cyn, Doug Welland & Jeremiah - couple crazy accordion tunes
Diane Kennedy - Jenny Donnelly (Tom Connors); Hey, What About Me? (Scott Mackenzie)
Sarah Hillis - Kubla Khan (Coleridge, music by Sarah); The Parting Glass (trad)
Jeremiah - Gomez (Eric Bogle); Ain't No Sunshine (Bill Withers)
'Mr Jack' - Valentine (Willie Nelson); Mama Don't Allow
Bev Nicoll (playing a mountain dulcimer) - Low Land of Holland; Bird on the Wing (Connie Kaldor)
Princess & the Frogs (performing at another event down the hall, and dropped in) - Go and Go; Higher and Higher (both originals, I think)
Allan Edgar - w/ Dave Jensen, Fiddler Cyn & Doug Welland) - didn't get the first on, sorry; Don't Be Angry With Me, Darling
Tim McDougald - I've Had Enough (original); Banana Pancakes (Jack Johnson)
finale: Wild Mountain Thyme - verses by Dave, Jeremiah, Al Lindsay & Diane Kennedy. Also aiding and abetting: Allan Edgar, Fiddler Cyn & Tim McDougald



BOS Performers’ Roster June 24, 2011:   24 performer sets, new performers as well, and at least a hundred folks made up the audience.

***  indicates BOS 1st-timer

note: opening performer(s) has the option of doing 3 songs


Andrew Ong - Only Living Boy in New York; For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her (both Paul Simon); I Only Have Eyes for You
David Lum  - A Dime a Dozen (original); Wonderin' Where the Lions Are (Bruce Cockburn)
Ben Rogers - Gravedigger; fiddle medley (didn't get the names)
Diane Kennedy (mountain dulcimer) - Crazy Man Michael (Richard Thompson); All Around My Hat (trad)
Stephen Fuller (fiddle) - Freemason (as a march, then a jig); 2 Quebecois fiddle tunes
Bob Baker w/ Dave Jensen and Jeremiah - Dave's Boat Song (Jensen); A Love that was Never Meant to Be
***  Austin Pigott - Live and Learn (Andre Garcia); Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)
Tommy Hughes - My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose (Robbie Burns); Working Man's Life (original)
Wayne Hosick - a Dylan song, but can't make out my own damn notes, sorry Wayne; How to Rob a Bank (Willie Porter)
Dave Jensen and 'Fiddler Cyn' w/ Jeremiah - The Mermaid (trad); fiddle set: Naples, Tuggerman's, Irish Washerwoman
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Rosemary Todd, Doug Welland & Eric Bower - Ain't Misbehavin' (Fats Waller); City of New Orleans (Steve Goodman)
Jakki Annerino and Wayne Cheater - Shall We Dance; Maybe I Can (both originals)
Jericho (Eric & Jeremiah) - Would You Like to Play the Guitar (parody lyrics by Pat Donohue); Under the Boardwalk
Mark McNeil - I Will (George Harrison); I Wanna Be Seduced (original)
Al Lindsay w/ Steve Fuller - Shoals of Herring (Ewen MacColl); Passengers Will Please Refrain (parody, based on Humouresque)
Stewart McPhail (frailing-style 5-string banjo) w/ Luanne Ashe - Angelina Baker; Rock the Cradle, Joe
Wayne Cheater w/ Jakki - Hold My Hand (Abbey lincoln); Babylon
***  Roger Chittenden - Rennaisance (David Bradstreet); It's Plowing Time Again
Barb Bloemhof- Love is Strange (w/ David Lum); Voices in the Sky (w/ Luanne Ashe)
"JJ &Martin" (Jeff Shrubb, Jason ? & Martin Crawford) - didn't get the names of either song, sorry
'Mr. Jack' - didn't get the names of either song, sorry
w/ Jeremiah - Rock Salt & Nails (Buddy Miller); I Wonder Where You Are Tonight
Terry Haavaldsrud - Living by the Gun; Pet Mouse (both originals)
finale: Wild Mountain Thyme - didn't keep track of who did what, but a great ending to the season!

BOS Performers’ Roster May 27, 2011:   21 performer sets, new performers as well, and 85 - 90 folks made up the audience.

***  indicates BOS 1st-timer

note: opening performer(s) has the option of doing 3 songs

***  Marie Mason (visiting from Scotland) - a very capable keyboard player; she gave us a reel, a ragtime and a slow air (Ashokan Farewell, and the only tune I recognized)
Jeff Daw - You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (Bob Dylan); Spinning Mills of Home (Si Kahn)
Jim Darling - Strangest Dream (Ed McCurdy 1950); Sunshine Flower Child (original)
Donald McGeoch - If It Was Nae for a Scotsman (original, to the tune of 'Wark o' the Weavers'); They Are the Voice (original)
Mark McNeil - If I Only Had a Brain; Xerox in the Back Room (original)
Alfie Smith - The Only Sin I Know (original); Graceland (Paul Simon)
Alfie has a CD release concert coming up on Thursday June 16 at the Staircase Theatre (27 Dundurn Street North, in Hamilton). Nicole Christian guests. 8pm $15 ($20 w/ CD)  905-529-3000
***  Nicole Christian w/ Alfie - Wolf Moon A-Risin'; Lay Me Down (both originals)
Bob Baker w/ Dave Jensen and Marie Mason - Crystal Chandalier; Dreaming Tonight of my Blue Eyes
Al Lindsay - (a capella) Dirty Old Town (Ewan MacColl 1940); Piddlin' Pete (Leslie Sarony)
*** Heart's Desire (Lynette Fairweather and David Hines) - The Question (original); Come All Ye Sailors (Carol Luft)

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Jericho (Eric: 12-string guitar; Jeremiah: electric bass) - Linda, Put the Coffee On (Ray Materick); Catch the Wind (Donovan)
Bo Basiuk - Hot Tamales and They's Red Hot (Robert Johnson); Oh, What a beautiful City (harp duet w/ Michael Hogg)
Stewart McPhail (frailing-style 5-string banjo) - Mole in the Ground; ack! didn't get second song
Chad Everett Brown - Big Black Car (Gregory Allan); Snow
'Mr. Jack' - I'm Out of Business; Shade of the Old Apple Tree
Pat McLeod & Cam Kemp w/ Jeremiah - Big Ass Garage Sale (Fred Eaglesmith); Wildflowers Don't Care Where They Grow
'Fiddler Cyn' - (w/ Dave Jensen and Jeremiah) Reel Set (incl Tuggerman's Reel); Orange Blossom Special
Tom Massiah - Acadian Sunset (Robbie Robertson); Blow 'Em Away
Diane Kennedy - Changes (Phil Ochs); Somewhere on the Island (Gary Fjelldgaard)
John & Sheila Ludgate(John: guitar, harmonica; Sheila: electric bass) - Electric Guitars (original); Subterranean Homesick Blues (Bob Dylan)
                                     (John & Sheila have a new CD available)
Allan Edgar - w/ Dave Jensen, Marie Mason & Jeremiah) - Wildwood Flower; Don't Be Angry With Me, Darling
finale: Wild Mountain Thyme - verses by Dave, Diane Kennedy, Al Lindsay & Allan Edgar. w/ Maries Mason on keys & Jeremiah



BOS Performers’ Roster April 29, 2011:   24 performer sets, by the time we were done! Figure about 80 in the audience. Mr Jensen had to be absent for this session; excellent job by guest MC Michael Hogg.

***  indicates BOS 1st-timer

note: opening performer(s) has the option of doing 3 songs

***  Hurray for Everybody (Brandon & JB) - I Found You; Run Your Fingers Through Your Hair; 1970's Childrens Comic (all originals, I think)
Chad Everett Brown - Second Chances; Stealing from Me (both originals?)
Andrew Ong - Now and Forever (Richard Marx); Wind Beneath My Wings
Al Lindsay - tin whistle medley (3 tunes ending with Mairi's Wedding); The Bantam Cock (Al on fiddle)
Bob Baker w/ Doug Welland, Larry Aul & Jeremiah - Old Love Never Dies; another song (great! - I can't read my own scribble)
***  Gary Arsenault - Much Too Young (Garth Brooks); Country Roads
Bo Basiuk - Truckin' My Blues Away; Betty & Dupree
Mark McNeil (w/ Steve Parisien) - An Education in the Blues (original); Awkward Oscar's Waltz (instrumental, written by Steve)
Steve Parisien - Tropical Breeze; That Peaceful Time (both instrumentals written by Steve)
John & Sheila Ludgate (John: guitar, harmonica; Sheila: electric bass) - Never Too Late; Masquerade (both originals)
Terry Haavaldsrud - You Don't Even Have a Clue; How Do We survive? (originals)

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Jericho (Eric: 12-string guitar; Jeremiah: electric bass) - Wind/Willow (R Thomas Kelly); Across the Great Divide (Kate Wolf)
Stewart McPhail (frailing-style 5-string banjo) and Larry Aul (mandolin) - Whiskey Before Breakfast; Angeline the Baker (aka Angelina Baker)
***  Tom Massiah - Along This Road (orig.); Laughing (Bruce Cockburn)
Gary Grey - Brand New Tennessee Waltz (Jesse Winchester); Want to Buy a Truck (Fred Eaglesmith)
Ben Rogers (solo fiddle) - Over the Rainbow (Yarburg / Arlen); Skimming the Surface (Canadian fiddle tune)
Diane Kennedy (Celtic harp) - Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes (trad, based on a poem by Ben Johnson); The Blacksmith (trad)
Allan Edgar w/ Doug Welland, Mike Hogg & Jeremiah - Sleep in Your Barn, Mister; Don't Forget Me
Pat McLeod & Cam Kemp w/ Jeremiah - Greenin' Up (Dave Mallet); Reason to Believe (Tim Hardin)
Jim Darling - The Unicorn Song (Shel Silverstein); medley: Some Kind of Help / Someone Ate the Baby / Agatha Frye
***  Craig Montour - Don't Close Your Eyes (Keith Whitley); Anything But Mine (Kenny Chesney)
Denise Jolicoeur (autoharp) & Mike Hogg (guitar) - The Bristlecone Pine; Coming Back to You (Leonard Cohen)
finale: Wild Mountain Thyme - verses by Jeremiah, Al Lindsay & Diane Kennedy (& I forget who else!)



BOS Performers’ Roster March 25, 2011:   More first-timers, and darned good ones. Audience around 75 or more. Again, about 20 performer sets.

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note: opening performer(s) has the option of doing 3 songs
Donald McGeoch - Her Father Didn't Like Me Anyway (Gerry Rafferty); The Dalai Lama's Candle (Eric Bogle); Homeland (original)
Jeff Daw - The Short Grass (Ian Tyson); Grandpa Was a Carpenter (John Prine)
*** Ben Rogers (fiddle) - two fiddle tunes, didn't give the names, but he played 'em real good; then Dave Jensen joined him to jam on Tam Lin paired with something else.
Tommy Hughes - medley: unknown music hall number / By the Light of the Silvery Moon / Moonlight Bay / another un-named tune; After All These Years
John & Sheila Ludgate (John: guitar, harmonica; Sheila (electric bass) - Damaged, aka Backslider's Lament (original); Alone & Forsaken (Hank Williams)
Bob Baker w/ Doug Welland, Larry Aul & Jeremiah - Crystal Chandelier (Charlie Pride); Like I used to Do (Tim O'Brien)
Wayne Hosick - Daisy a Day (Judd Strunk); Chicken Cordon Blues (Steve Goodman)
'Mr Jack' - Ain't Nothin' Wrong with Your Radio; Bring Me a Little Water, Sylvie
Stewart McPhail (frailing-style 5-string banjo) and Larry Aul (mandolin) - John Brown's March; June Apple
Rosemary Todd w/ Doug Welland & Eric Bower (electric bass) - Let It Be (Lennon / McCartney); We Belong Together

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*** George Ramirez (keyboard) - two original (& untitled) improv pieces
David Lum  - A Different Shade of Blue; Josephina (both originals)
Tim McDougald - The Swimming Song (Louden Wainwright III); The Antagonist (original)
Jericho (Eric: 12-string guitar; Jeremiah: electric bass) - When It Comes My Time (David Myles) w/ Stewart McPhail (banjo); I Like Trains (Fred Eaglesmith)
Al Lindsay w/ Doug Welland, Dave Jensen & Jeremiah - Galway Bay (parody); Swedish Waulking Song (Al on fiddle)
Pat McLeod & Cam Kemp - My Ship Needs to Come In; I Heard the Bluebird Sing (Brown Family)
Bob Martin - No Banjo Pickers in Heaven (Emily Kaitz); The Galaxy Song (Trevor Jones & Eric Idle)
Terry Haavaldsrud - Don't Go Away From Me; The Girl from the Black Sheep Inn (original)
*** Jim Darling - Crawdad Song; Relax Your Mind (Leadbelly)
Allan Edgar w/ Doug Welland, Dave Jensen & Jeremiah - Wabash Cannonball; Don't Be Angry With Me, Darling
Dave Jensen w/ Doug Welland & Jeremiah - Down by the Ocean (Wayne Chalk); The Night that Paddy Murphy Died
finale: Wild Mountain Thyme - verses by Dave, Jeremiah, Al Lindsay & Diane Kennedy

BOS Performers’ Roster February 25, 2011:   Good turnout, particularly for a snow storm day - somewhere about 60 or more. 'Bout 20 performer sets; several of them first-timers as well; always a delight.

***  indicates BOS 1st-timer

note: opening performer(s) has the option of doing 3 songs

Sarah Hillis - She Moved Through the Fair; The Stolen Child (W B Yeats, music by Loreena McKennitt);  The Land (William Blake, music by Sarah)
***  Ed, Matt & Alicia - Look at What the Light Did Now ("Little Wing" song); Mushaboom (Leslie Feist)
Jeff Daw - Spanish Pipe Dream (John Prine); A Simple Song of Freedom (Bobby Darrin)
***  Thomas Bruce (flute) - At Long Last (James McCaddie); medley: For Ireland I'd Not Tell Her Name / 2 other tunes
Mark McNeil - Washed Away My Tears; Distracted by Shiny Things (original)
Tim McDougald - Friends (original); Road to Ruin (Great Big Sea)
Rosemary Todd & Doug Welland w/ Eric Bower - Peaceful Easy Feeling; Angel of the Morning (Chip Taylor)
Bob Baker w/ Jeff Daw, Mike Hogg, Dave Jensen & Jeremiah - Riches; Sweet By-and-By
Dave Jensen w/ Mike Hogg, Al Lindsay & Jeremiah - Farewell to Pripchat
Al Lindsay w/ 'the band' - Margaret's Waltz; Smash the Window

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***  Susanne McLean w/ 'Nick' on keyboard - Winter Snow (Aubrey Assad); Moondance (Van Morrison)
***  Hope Guthrie - Dayky Lee (Katy Perry); I'm Your Girl (original)
Russ Burns - Rochelle's Song; Pot of Gold (both originals)
Cam Kemp and Pat McLeod - Dog Born in Winter; Old Coach Driver
Cyndi Devereux w/ Dave Jensen & Jeremiah.- The Naples Set: Cruising Naples / Naples Jig; Tuggerman's Reel / Irish Washerwoman
Jericho  - Last Night I dreamed of Loving You (Hugh Moffatt); Frobisher Bay (James Gordon)
Bob Martin - Hell to Pay (Chris Coole); Stormy Monday (with a little guerilla trumpet playing from the back of the room)
Tom Hendricks (trumpet guy) w/ Jensen & Jeremiah - You Are My Sunshine / In the Mood; Jambalaya
Terry Haavaldsrud - Time Goes ; Way Up in Bush Country (both original)
***  Jocelyn Hawkins w/ Mike Hogg - Caleb (Gillian Welch)
Allan Edgar w/ Dave Jensen, Doug Welland, Cyndi & Jeremiah - Columbus Stckade Blues; Don't Be Angry With Me Darling
finale: Wild Mountain Thyme - verses by Dave, Sarah Hillis, Al Lindsay Tim McDougald & with (yet again) half of the audience on stage!



BOS Performers’ Roster January 28, 2011:   Back in our usual room tonight. Good turnout; I tried to get an accurate count, rather than guessing, but lost track after 75. There was a full flotilla of fiddlers out tonight - at least 6!

***  indicates BOS 1st-timer

note: opening performer(s) has the option of doing 3 songs

Al Lindsay - Ten Bottles of Whiskey (a capella); MacPherson's Farewell / Hey Tootie Tatie (whistle tunes, both by Robbie Burns) / Scots Wha Hae
David Lum  - A Mandolin; Let It Be Me (Ray LaMontaine)
Stewart McPhail (frailing style 5-string banjo) & Larry Aul (mandolin) - Julianne Johnson; Ways of the World
Jack Guest "Mr Jack" - Red Sails in the Sunset; Bother Me No More
Katy Korfman - 16-year-old fiddle whiz brought a couple of her students (!?) along:
w/ Pat Sallman - Skinny Man's Jig
w/ Sarah Mawhinny - Ode to Joy; Russian Dance Tune
Jeff Daw - Roll On, Columbia (Woody Guthrie); Fogarty's Cove (Stan Rogers)
Chad Brown - song (Gregory Alan Isakov); Long Way to Feel this Way (Ray LaMontaine)
Bob Martin  - Can't Afford to Do It (James 'Homesick' Williamson); Great Day (for Me to Whup Somebody's Ass)
Easton Ernst - fiddle tune
Diane Kennedy - (Celtic harp) The Harp That Once Through Tara's Halls (Sir Thomas More); The Water is Wide (joined by Mike Hogg)
Bob Baker (w/ Dave Jensen, Larry Aul, Doug Welland & Jeremiah) -  (Eddy Arnold); Amazing Grace (joined by Tracy Levitt)

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Jericho  - Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen); Across the Great Divide (Kate Wolf)
Sarah Hillis - Ae Fond Kiss (Robbie Burns); Where Peaceful Waters Flow (Chris de Burgh)
Tom Jordan - Fields of Athen Rye (Pete St John); The Old Man (Phil Coulter)
Cam Kemp and Pat McLeod - Everything Comes and Goes (Fred Eaglesmith); I Remember Loving You (Bruce 'Utah' Phillips)
Allison Watt (fiddle) & Michael Sizer - Wedding Reel; Maid Behind the Bar /
Terry Haavaldsrud - untitled (original); Thank You (original, based on a poem by Terry's cousin)
Katy Korfman - old tyme waltz; 'bluegrassy' reel (no titles);
Allan Edgar w/ Dave Jensen, Doug Welland & Jeremiah - This Land is Your Land (Woodie Guthrie); Working Man (Rita MacNeil)
Dave Jensen w/ everybody - Waltzing Matilda
Cyndi Devereux - 4 String Polka; Am/Amaj reel (sorry, don't have the name)
finale: verses by Dave, Diane Kennedy, Al Lindsay & Sarah Hillis with half of the audience on stage! - including Cyndi, Tracy Levitt, Dave & Elfrida Neumann, & Jeremiah just wandering around the room (I love this new wireless setup!)



BOS Performers’ Roster December 17, 2010:   Down the hall in the Pauline Johnson Room tonight; decent room. Figure 'bout 70 folks pretty near fillin' the room ans some 21 performer sets. Lots of seasonal songs. Special thanks to Alice and Bart Hulan for manning the door (Dave & Sue are on their way to Florida), and Doug Welland for coping well with a completely unfamiliar sound system (Eric was off on another gig tonight)

***  indicates BOS 1st-timer

note: opening performer(s) has the option of doing 3 songs

Bob Baker (playing his lovely guitar-zither) - unknown title (Pavarotti); Come Hither, Ye Children (German children's carole); Silent Night (w/ Bob Martin on harp)
John & Sheila Ludgate - The Innkeeper (Lenny Gallant); Christmas Song (original by John)
Rosemary Todd & Doug Welland - Dream a Little Dream of Me; Song for a Winter's Night (Lightfoot)
Mark McNeil - Christmas on Christmas Island; Christmas in the Trenches (John McCutcheon)
Donald McGeoch (w/ Jeremiah on bass) - Leaving Nancy (Eric Bogle); From Clare to Here (Ralph McTell)
Bo Basiuk - Queen of Spades; Oh, What a Beautiful City (Bo on harp w/ Mike Hogg also on harp)
Chad Brown (from Dunnville) - The Sea, The Gambler (Ray LaMontaine); Hannah (Gregory Alan Isakob)
*** Lisa Miller - Santa Baby (Joan Javits, Philip Springer & Fred Ebb); I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Hank Williams)

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*** Emma Rose Hazlewood - Melancholy Blue (Serena Ryder); Cold Sunrise (original)
Wayne Hosick - Nothing But a Child (Steve Earle); Maybe This Christmas (Ron Sexsmith)
Ed Vandendool - I Don't Drink the Whisky Any More; Blue Moon Over Stirling (both original)
Dave Jensen - Christmas in the Harbour (Gary O'Driscoll); Little Scott the Astronaut
Barb Bloemhof - Colorado (Judy Collins); Southland in the Springtime (Indigo Girls)
Cynthia Williamson - Heart of Gold (Neil Young); Imagine (John Lennon)
Al Lindsay - Amazing Grace (tin whistle); Christmas Carol (Tom Lehrer)
David Lum  - Nowhere Fast (original); Fairytale of New York (Jem Finer & Shane MacGowan of The Pogues)
Tim McDougald  - This Winter I Retire (recorded by Said The Whale); Walk on the Moon (original)
Ray Rivers  - O Little Town of Bethlehem (altered verses by Ray); Lullaby (original)
Jeremiah  - Santa Claus is What?! (original, in part co-written with Wendell Ferguson) w/ Dave Jensen on guitar; Huron Carole
Mike Hogg  - Rosie's Man (Bobby Bare); Crazy 'Bout that Jelly Roll
Bob Martin  - If It Doesn't Snow on Christmas (Marks, Gerald, Pascal & Milton - the 'B' side of Gene Autry's recording of 'Rudolf, the Red-Nosed Reindeer); I Want a hippopotamus for Christmas (John Rox, recorded by 10-year-old Gayla Peavey)
Diane Kennedy (mountain dulcimer) - French carole medley: D'ou Viens - Tu, Bergere - Il est Ne (He Is Born)
finale: Dave & his accordian, with a whole whack of performers doing a medley of Christmas songs, followed by The Wild Mountain Thyme – verses by Dave, Jeremiah, Diane Kennedy, Al Lindsay & Ian Dalziel.


BOS Performers’ Roster November 26, 2010:    Wow! What a night! Some 80 of us, packed into the somewhat smaller "Gretzky Room". 21 performer sets. First night with the new wireless setup - 3 mics and 3 instrumental DI packs. What a revelation - the stage seemed so roomy and uncluttered. We are liking these things. Also, gave a road test to 2 new mains speakers - powered units from QSC - 1000 watts and they weigh about 25 pounds each. Excellent sound. Ver' happy with the results.

The intention had been to open the evening with a tribute to our recently-deceased musical friend Bernie Moffatt, but the iPod we had a recording of him died. As it happened, we got it functional again before the break and we started the 2nd half with a recording of 2 Bernie songs that were from his very first appearance at BOS back in September of 2006 (was it really only that long we were privileged to know him?).

All-in-all it was a very fine night.

*** indicates BOS 1st-timer

note: opening performer(s) has the option of doing 3 songs

Jeff Daw – The Long River (Lightfoot); Life is Like a River (Doc Watson) ; Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound (Tom Paxton)
Russ Burns – Showdown (original); Desperado (Glenn Frey & Don Henley )
Al Parrish – Thanksgiving Eve (Bob Franke); Potential (original)
***Chad Brown (from Dunnville) – Jolene (Ray LaMontaine); If I Go, I'm Going (Gregory Alan Isakob)
Bob Baker w/ Jeff Daw, Larry Aul & Jeremiah – (forgot title of 1^st song); I Don't Know Why I Love You But I Do
David Lum – A Different Shade of Blue; Glory Train (both originals)
***Maddie Radmore - Rain (Patty Griffin); didn't catch 2^nd song
Al Lindsay – whistle tune: The Leaving of Liverpool; Mrs McGrath
John Stroud – Old Blatherskite (actually “Old Blevins” from the Austin Lounge Lizards); Memory Song
Cyndi Devereux w/ Dave Jensen & Jeremiah – Tam Lin; King's Reel set

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Bernie Moffatt, recorded in September 2006, Bernie's 1^st appearance at BOS - Don't Think Twice (Dylan); Leave the Light On for Me
Stewart McPhail & Larry Aul – Waiting for a Train; I Miss the Mississippi and You (both Jimmy Rogers songs)
Barb Bloemhof – Ticklecoat Pond; The Power of Two (Indigo Girls)
Pat MacLeod & Cam Kemp – Late November; Farther Along
Mark McNeil – Hubcap Man; Education in the Blues (both originals)
Tim McDougald – Dover; Rockies (both originals)
Mr Jack – Along Came Brady ('Spider' John Koerner); San Francisco Bay Blues (Jesse Fuller)
Jericho – Would You Like to Play the Guitar (parody lyrics: Pat Donohue); It's Getting Cold (Shawn Brush)
***Terry Haavaldsrud – I Want this Moment to Last Forever; Please Don't Let Me Go (both originals)
Allan Edgar – Don't Be Angry With Me Darling; Can I Sleep in your Barn Tonight, Mister
Dave Jensen – Diddle Dum & Deedle Dee; accordian tune
finale: Wild Mountain Thyme – verses by Dave, Jeremiah, Al Lindsay, Rosemarie & 'Tim's Mom'.

BOS Performers’ Roster October 29, 2010:    All sorts of stuff doin' at the hotel tonight, including Hallowe'en karaoke ('scareoke'?) which had us down in the more intimate Walter Gretzky Room. Lotsa folks showed up, of course, about 75 to 80. Good friends all!

'Bout 19 performer sets, and we were experimenting with a couple of cordless mics. The Line 6 units seem to be superb - the vocal mic seems to be very forgiving and had superb sound. The instrument pick-up had exceptional clarity as well.

*** indicates BOS 1st-timer

note: opening performer(s) has the option of doing 3 songs

*** David Lum - Victory Hill; Fraser's Landing; Josephina, Catch Me If I Fall (all originals)
Stewart McPhail (frailing style 5-string banjo) & Larry Aul (mandolin) - Waterbound; Little Sadie (both trad)
Diane Kennedy (mountain dulcimer) - The Greasley Bride (Australian); Witch of the Westsmoreland (Archie Fisher)
Tim McDougald - The General ('Dispatch' song); Flying
Bo Basiuck - Rag Mama Rag (Blind Boy Fuller); Queen of Spades (Robert Johnson)
Bob Baker (w/ Dave Jensen, Larry Aul & Doug Welland) - Be Nobody's Darling But Mine; Take Me as I Am (Nonie Crete)
*** Pearls of Time (duo, Susan Snelling - vocal & Judy Morphett playing a bowed psaltery; I think the 1st time ever for this instrument at BOS or the Brantford Folk Club) - Star of the County Down; didn't catch the name of the 2nd tune
Dave Jensen (w/ Doug Welland & Larry Aul) - If Wishes Were Fishes (Eric Bogle); Saltwater Joys (Wayne Chaulk)

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Rosemary Todd (w/ Doug Welland) - Don't Know Why I Didn't Come (Norah Young); Since I Fell for You (Buddy Johnson)
Al Lindsay - I Hold Your Hand in Mine; The Irish Ballad (both by Tom Lehrer)
*** Andrew Muller (w/ Barb Bloemhof) - Miner's Lifeguard; Pastures of Plenty (Woody Guthrie)
Luanne Ashe (celebrating 'grandmotherly' songs) - The Riddle Song (I Gave My Love a Cherry); Winken, Blinken & Nod
Doug Maxwell - Battle of New Orleans (Jimmy Driftwood, to the fiddle tune 'Fifth of January'); Reason to Believe (Tim Hardin)
Al Lloyd - City of New Orleans (Steve Goodman); The Poet (orig?)
Russ Burns - Operator (Jim Croce); It's All for You (orig)
Bob Martin - Say It Isn't So, Joe (Steve Key); Lizzie Borden, aka 'You Can't Chop Your Papa Up in Massachusetts' (Michael Brown & recorded by the Chad Mitchell Trio)
Jeremiah - The Joy of Living (Ewen MacColl), performed a cappella
Mike Hogg - Carmelita (Fred Eaglesmith); Fishin' Blues (Taj Mahal)
Allan Edgar (w/ Dave Jensen & Doug Welland)) - Crystal Chandalier; Working Man (Rita MacNeil)
finale - Wild Mountain Thyme: verses by Dave Jensen, Tim MacDougald, Al Lindsay, & Rosemary Todd; also with Doug Welland, Alan Edgar & Diane Kennedy

BOS Performers’ Roster September 24, 2010:    Down the hall at the Pauline Johnson Room this eve; got to have been 60 or so folks in attendance, and 18 performer sets. Proceeds from tonight's 50/50 draw were donated to the ALS Society in honour and memory of our friend Don Johnson who so recently passed away. Our respects, condolences and love to his wife Gudrun.

*** indicates BOS 1st-timer

note: opening performer(s) has the option of doing 3 songs

*** Al Parrish - White Squall (Stan Rogers); The Day the Bass Players Took Over the World (Emily Kates); Fall Down as the Rain (Joe Crookston)
(I ran into Al at the Black Walnut recently. This bassist for the now-disbanded Tanglefoot is currently making Kitchener his home. I was able to talk him into coming down to visit us; may be the best thing I've ever done for the club - he gave us an absolutely stellar opening set. Now if I can just convince him to do one of the Sunday afternoon concerts at the Station Coffee House & Gallery here in Brantford . . . )
Bo Basiuck - St James Infirmary Blues, Let the Lighthouse Shine On Me / I Saw the Light (Blind Willie Johnson / Hank WilliamsStewart McPhail (frailing style 5-string banjo) & Larry Aul (mandolin) - Grandfather's Clock (Henry Clay Work); medley: Jeff Sturgeon / Last of Sizemore / Greasy String
Bob Martin - Demon Java (Steve Key); The More I Drink (Tom Sizemore)
(Steve Key is a songwriter now in the Washington, DC area who was through this way many years ago. He impressed all of us with his talent as a songwriter and his genuinely humble demeanor. There are several of his songs now in the repertoire of some our regulars - and a few not-all-that-regular-any-more)
Bob Baker (w/ Doug Welland, Larry Aul & Jeremiah) - Old Love Never Dies (Foster & Allen)
Rosemary Todd w/ Doug Welland - Since I Fell for You (Buddy Johnson); A Sky Without Rain (Jaunita Wilkins)
Tim McDougald & ***Mike Gotowski - Pull No Punches (Arkells); Camilo the Magician
*** Julie Corey - Diamond Ring Girl (original); Reinventing Love (w/ Trisha)
*** Trisha Brubacher w/ Julie Corey - Arlington; Beautiful Dawn (both by the Wailin' Jennys)

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*** Hangar Rash (relax, it's an aviation term, and not at all rude) (Bob Badger - guitar, Cheryl Black - keyboards, Darren Radke - percussion, and Dale Amy - bass.) - Help Me Through the Night (Joe Walsh); Teach Your Children (Graham Nash)
Cyndi Devereux w/ Dave Jensen & Al Parrish - medley; Orange Blossom Special; (Dave Jensen couldn't resist the combination and an extra button accordian tune ensued)
Mike Hogg w/ Jeremiah on bass - Tear My Stillhouse Down (Gillian Welch); Goodbye Booze (Charlie Poole)
Al Lindsay - whistle medley: Rowan Tree / McPherson's Rant; a capella song: Where the Hell Are Going to Live (Vin Garbutt)
Archie McArthur w/ Larry Aul - Love Potion # 9 (Lieber / Stoller); Travelin' Man
Diane Kennedy - Henry Martin (trad)
Cam Kemp and Pat McLeod - Take Her in Your Arms (Fred Eaglesmith); Different Drum (Mike Nesmith)
Luanne Ashe - A Conversation (David Francey); Love Has No Pride (Bonnie Raitt)
Allan Edgar - When the Saints Go Marching In; The Old Country Church
finale: Wild Mountain Thyme: verses by Dave, Al Parrish, Al Lindsay, Diane Kennedy

Ancaster Fair Audio Showcase September 23, 2010:    Not precisely a BOS event, but worthy of note, methinks. The folks at the fair decided to try an experiment; opening the weekend-long fair with a preview evening. They had two entertainment events scheduled - one was an "Ancaster's Got Talent" contest, and the other a music showcase. BOS soundman Eric Bower organized the showcase part of the evening drawing on performers from BOS, the Hamilton Folk Club and the Hamilton Guitar Association. The performers that appeared were:

Bo Basiuk
Russ Burns
Jericho
Bob Baker
Diane Kennedy
Steve Fuller
Andrew Ong
Ed Vandendool (w/ Jo Vandendool)
Shawn Trotter
John & Sheila Ludgate
Echoes
Eclecticeltic
Tim McDougald
Dave Jensen
and a finale of Wild Mountain Thyme

Everybody had a 15-minute window, that including setting up & getting off. Everyone was so good about observing that that at about the half-way point, when Dave Jensen (MC-ing for the evening) realized we were actually running 5 minutes ahead of schedule, he almost fell apart - he'd never ever had to deal with that situation before! (I admit, watching this was my favourite part of the night.)

There'd been a threat of rain, so not so many people visiting the fair this first night, but performances were uniformly excellent, and the audience that did attend seemed quite happy with the presentation.



BOS Performers’ Roster September 10, 2010:    Back at the Best Western with I'd guess about 60 folk in attendance. 13 performer sets.

*** indicates BOS 1st-timer

note: opening performer(s) has the option of doing 3 songs

John & Sheila Ludgate - Karaoke Land; Time (both originals); Peter's Dream (Lenny Gallant)
Bob Martin - Renaissance (David Bradstreet); Peripheral Vision (original)
Jack Guest - How Long? (trad); Old Rivers (Cliff Crofford, originally recorded by Walter Brennan)
Donald McGeoch - Young Man from BC (original, written in honour of Terry Fox); whistle tune: The End of Summer (Phil Cunningham)
Dave Jensen (w/ Don McGeoch, Larry Aul & Jeremiah) - couple of button accordian dance tunes, one in 4/4, one a waltz
Allan Edgar - (w/ Dave Jensen, Larry Aul & Jeremiah) Pistol-Packin' Mama; Little Bitty Tear
Bob Baker - (w/ Dave Jensen, Larry Aul & Jeremiah) Crystal Chandaliers (Ted Harris); Like I Used to Do (Tim O'Brien)

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Jericho (Eric & Jeremiah) - Heartbreak Hotel (Mae Boren Axton, Thomas Durden & Elvis Presley) w/ Mike Hogg on harp; Kelvin Grove ('Lyle')
Mike Hogg - Sweet Tamama; Carmelitta (Fred Eagelsmith)
Al Lindsay - tin whistle tunes: Killiekrankie / Skye Boat Song; Just Kidding (a capella)
Archie McArthur - Hungry for Love (Dave Mallett); Running Through the Jungle (John Fogarty)
Luanne Ashe - flute medley: O'Sullivan's March / A Fig for a Kiss (jig)/ Rakes of Cashel (slip jig)
Dave Jensen - The Bolognie Song, finale w/ verses by Dave, Jeremiah, Al Lindsay, Allan Edgar (w/ Luanne adding tin whistle counterpoint)



BOS Performers’ Roster June 25, 2010:    60 or 70 folk out for the season finale, 23 or so performer sets and a great evening!

*** indicates BOS 1st-timer

note: opening performer(s) has the option of doing 3 songs

*** Twegan (old English for "Two", pronounced "tway-ahn": Brad McEwen & Gwen Potter) - Brad (AD of the Mill Race Festival of Traditional Folk Music in Cambridge, Aug 1 weekend) has been down to the Brantford Folk Club before, but this is the first time with Gwen. Fascinating combo - Brad plays a cittern (10-string instrument, similar to an octave mandolin) and Gwen had a viola d'amour (modern reproduction of an ancient instrument ancestor of the viola - in this case with 5 primary strings and 6 sympathetic strings - a very full and haunting sound.
Puddings and Pies / Bishop of Chesters Jig; The Raggle-Taggle Gypsies; Man in a Brown Hat / (didn't get the name) / Dragon's Teeth
(Twegan is also appearing at Brantford's Station Coffee House & Gallery on Sunday August 15)
Ann Moffatt - Lighthouse Light (Ry Cavenaugh); Here Comes that Rainbow Again (Kris Kristofferson) w/ Mark McNeil accompanying.
Bob Baker w/ Stewart McPhail & Jeremiah - I Don't Know Why I Love You; Amazing Grace
Diane Kennedy - (accompanying herself on troubador harp) The Blacksmith; The Ash Grove
Donald McGeoch - (with the fine vocal assistance of his granddaughter Madeleine Henry) - Donald Where's Your Troosers? (Andy M Stewart); The New Teacher (Jim Douglas)
Wayne Hosick - To Love Somebody (Beegees); Celine Dion (Arrogant Worms)
Mark McNeil - w/ Cyndi Devereux (fiddle) - Field Behind the Plough (Stan Rogers); Outlaw of Love (original)
Stewart McPhail (5-string banjo, frailing style) - Little Sadie; Wild Horse at Parry Point / Big Tail ? / ?
Dave Jensen (button Accordian) w/ Stewart McPhail, Don McGeoch, Cyndi Devereux and Gayle Bridger (bodhran) & Jeremiah - Little Burnt Potato; Redwing
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Cyndi Devereux (guitar, then keyboard) w/ Mark McNeil - Follow Me Into the Rain (original); Narrow Daylight (Diana Krall)
Barb Bloemhof - For Paul McCartney (Tracey Ullman); Dream (Everley Bros) w/ Jericho)
Jericho (Eric & Jeremiah) - Across the Great Divide (Kate Wolf); Under the Boardwalk (Kenny Young & Arthur Resnick)
Ed & Jo Vandendool - Man in the Mirror (Michael Jackson); Blue Moon over Stirling (original)
Tim McDougald - Heart or Mind; Sing and Dance (both originals)
Thomas Bruce (highland pipes) - 'MSR' competition set ('MSR' stands for march-starthspey-reel) didn't get the names of the tunes except for the march: King George V's Army
Al Lindsay - whistle tune: Mingaulay Boat Song; When You Are Old and Grey (Tom Lehrer)
Cam Kemp and Pat McLeod - Take Her in Your Arms; I heard the Bluebird Sing
Rosemarie Stewart - narration, an anecdote about her father "Miracle in North Carolina"
Ed Marr - Nova Scotia Farewell; untitled (original instrumental)
*** Dave Clarke w/ Al Lewis (?) - I Never Cry (Alice Cooper); Cheeseburger in Paradise (Jimmy Buffett)
*** Al Lewis (sorry, I'm unsure of the last name) - Walk on the Moon (Great Big Sea); original tune, didn't catch the title
Luanne Ashe (flute) & Gayle Bridger (bodhran) - two flute tunes, a slow air: "Sheebeg and Sheemore"; a jig/reel: "Crossing the Oily River / We're Havin' a Drop
Allan Edgar w/ Dave Jensen & Jeremiah - Wabash Cannonball; A Little Bitty Tear
finale: Wild Mountain Thyme: verses by Dave, Jeremiah, Tim McDougald, Al  Lindsay, Rosemarie

BOS Concert June 11, 2010:    "The End of the Road with John Prince"
8:00 o'clock (doors open at 7:30) $15. Opening act for the evening: Ginger St James
Briefly, a superb night. A full room (140 or more).
A sweet laid-back set from the wonderful Ms Ginger (truth-to-tell, a few found some of her material a touch provocative, though I'd consider that a recommendation!)
John and the boys delivered a high energy set, with amazing musicianship and thunderous harmonies. In short (and forgive me my biased enthusiasm) one of the best concert evenings I've ever attended.



BOS Performers’ Roster May 30, 2010:    Back at the Best Western with about 45 - 50 folk in attendance. Eric was running late, so I started the emceeing with Mr Jensen on the sound board. So happy when Eric arrived and the world went back to unfolding as it should. 'Bout 16 performers sets.

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Bob MacLean - medley (didn't get names except the 3rd part was a Swedish jig); Farewell to Wist (original); Lost Jimmy Waelin
Celtic fingerstyle guitarist Bob doesn't often have a Friday evening free, so it was particularly nice to have him with us.
Diane Kennedy - Three Score and Ten (English traditional from a broadside produced by Whitby fisherman and songwriter William Delph to raise money for the families of seventy fishermen who died in a freak gale on February 8 & 9, 1889); Crazy Man Michael (Dave Swarbrick/Richard Thompson)
Stewart McPhail & Larry Aul (5-string banjo & mandolin) - Sandy Kim Bells / Old Jawbone; Grandfathers Clock
Nigel Scrutton - Jamaica Farewell; Sloop John B
Doug Maxwell - instrumental medley: Colored Aristocracy / The Gary Owen; My Wild Irish Rose
Bob Baker w/ Dave Jensen & Jeremiah - Always a Fire in the Kitchen (Daniel O'Donnel); ack! forgot what else we did!

Break

Mark McNeil w/ Steve Parisienne - Einstein's Brain (original); I Miss the Mississippi (Jimmy Rogers)
Steve Parisienne - instrumentals: Sweet Georgia Brown; My Funny Valentine
Rosemarie Stewart - Lost in Summertime (original parody based on Gershwin's Summertime); Wayfaring Stranger
Cyndi Devereux w/ Dave Jensen, Tim McDougald & Jeremiah - Bubbly (Colbie Caillat); Follow Me into the Rain (original)
Bob Martin - Ridin' on a Night Train; Never Did Like that Train (Murray McLauchlan)
Cam Kemp and Pat McLeod - My Ship Needs to Come In (Fred Eaglesmith); Next Time I Leave
Tim McDougald - The World I Know (Collective Soul); Cosmic Candlelight (original)
Tommy Hughes - What's the Use of Wings (Brian Bedford of Artisan); The Last Leviathan (Andy Barnes)
Allan Edgar w/ Dave Jensen & Jeremiah - Wabash Cannonball (the extended dance remix!); I Overlooked an Orchid
finale: Wild Mountain Thyme: verses by Dave, Jeremiah, Diane Kennedy, Rosemarie


BOS Performers’ Roster May 14, 2010:
Wow, what a different evening this was. As announced, we were somewhere else: Brantford's Station Coffee House and Gallery, as the hotel was booked up with a convention. The Station is a lovely wee place with good coffee (natch!) and very decent desserts. And cozy. Did I mention cozy? I do believe we had about 70 folks that showed up, including some newbies and and a couple of too-long-absent friends. And ended up with around 20 performer sets! (So much for expecting a light evening!)

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*** Len & Devon (from a teen group called "Knife's Edge") - Freebird (Lynyrd Skynyrd); Remember (original)
Bob Baker w/ Dave Jensen & Jeremiah - Crystal Chandalier; Chained to a Memory of You
Purple Joe - Chevron Flight (for Willie P Bennett); Donald McGeoch's Room (in this case pronounced 'McGock') (both originals)
Sarah Halabecki, Clare McKenzie & Dan Werbie - Aching Choirs; Makeshift (both originals)
(Sarah, with her band, are performing at the Station on Friday May 28, but that's when BOS is back at the usual place, so don't say you found out about here!)
Ian Reid - The Green Glass; Patsy's Place (both originals; the 2nd with a ukelele accompaniment. Neat thing is Ian was just using one mic for both voice and uke - and of course, that's when a train rolls through the station. Ian just stepped real close to the mic and carried on. Got himself an extra ovation for that one!)
Rosemarie Stewart - How Can I Keep From Singing?; Didn't My Lord
Cam Kemp and Pat McLeod - Old Coach Driver (Fred Eaglesmith); I Remember Loving You (Bruce 'Utah' Phillips)
Cyndi Devereux w/ Dave Jensen & Jeremiah - Fiddle Polka; Devil's Dream; Orange Blossom Special

Break

Jericho (Eric & Jeremiah) - Train (Jay Linden); Can't Buy Me Love (Lennon / McCartney)
Diane Kennedy - Bonnie Eloise (C Elliot & J Thomas from the American Civil War era); Smiling Wine (Sylvia Tyson)
*** Rob Badger - Something Happened (original); Rock & Roll Song (Valdy)
Al Lowey - Stoned Me (Van Morrison); Sweet Baby James (James Taylor)
*** Aaron Vos - Tonya Meyers (original); Radio
Sarah Hillis - She Moved Through the Fair; Stolen Child (W B Yeats, music by Loreena McKinnot)
Tim McDougald - Half Sounds (from a group called Said the Whale); Faith in Summer (original)
Doug Maxwell - Five Foot Two / Ain't She Sweet; World Waiting for the Sunrise (tenor banjo instrumental)
Nigel Scrutton - Ain't Misbehavin' (Fats Waller); Down in the Valley
Allan Edgar w/ Dave Jensen & Jeremiah (& quite frankly, this is where I lost track, so I don't have the songs Allan did)
finale: Wild Mountain Thyme: (still lost track, but I think the verses were by Dave, Nigel, Al Lindsay, Diane & Rosemarie


BOS Performers’ Roster April 30, 2010:
Finally, no karaoke in the restaurant next door, and we were back in our 'home room'. Eric was back on sound, so all was right with the world!
More than 80 people out this time around, and 'bout 18 performer sets (if you're checking my math, please don't - sometimes 'set lines' get a bit blurred!)

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Bob Baker w/ Dave Jensen, Larry Aul & Jeremiah - Pawn My Gold Watch & Chain; Blue Eyes Cryin' in the Rain; This Old House
Stewart McPhail & Larry Aul (mandolins) - Shove the Pig's Foot a Little Closer to the Fire (an old-time fiddle tune - for the squeamish among you, the 'pig's foot' refers to an ingot of pig iron and the 'fire' is a foundry. That help?); The Girl I Left Behing / Turkey in the Straw
Falcon O'Hara - a capella songs: The Internationale; Song of Bernadette (Leonard Cohen)
Donald McGeoch - Duncan MacIntosh Says Farewell to Coffee (original); Caledonia (Dougie McLean)
Tim McDougald - Baby Doll (The Fratellis); My Own (original)
Wayne Hosick - Spiders & Snakes (Jim Stafford); The Dying Cubs Fan's Last Request (Steve Goodman)
Bo Basiuk - Banty Rooster (Charley Paton); Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
*** Tom Messiah - Sadie's Ladder (original); Strawberry Blond (Ron Sexsmith)
                              (Tom had been at the Brantford Folk Club, back darn near 10 years - too long between visits, Tom!)
Break

Sarah Halabecki & Clare McKenzie - Blame It on a Sunny Day; Pretty (both originals)
Jericho (Eric & Jeremiah) - Dirty Old Town (Ewen MacColl); Three Wooden Crosses (Randy Travis)
Al Lindsay - whistle medley: Lemon Tree / Killiekrankie; Just Kidding (Ian Walker)
Tommy Hughes - Dear Matilda (English music hall song, recorded by Artisan); Eyes of the Blind (original)
Cam Kemp - Just a Little While (trad New Orleans Funeral March from the Young Tuxedo Jazz Band); Reap Just What You Sow
Nigel Scrutton - Love Is All Around (Troggs); Margaritaville (Jimmy Buffett)
Gary James - after a description of the double flute he's carved (using a crane legbone) from a design found in petroglyphs dating several thousand years old, Gary gave us a native melody, followed by a jazz improvisiation. Facinating stuff.
*** Clayton Barker (fiddle) w/ Jensen, Aul & Jeremiah - Faded Love; Orange Blossom Special; Maple Sugar
Allan Edgar w/ some/several of the above - Columbus Stockade Blues; Don't Be Angry With Me Darling
Dave Jensen w/ Clayton Barker, Larry Aul & Jeremiah - Newfie Rose; Newfoundland Blessing
finale: Wild Mountain Thyme: verses by Dave, Nigel, Al Lindsay, Teresa, Rosemarie


BOS Performers’ Roster April 16, 2010:
Pauline Johnson Room again; 50 or 60 folks and 16 or so performer sets. Eric was out looking after a paying gig (the snake!), but this time Dave continued MCing, and I ended up doing sound. I think I coped okay, but I want Eric back!

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Thomas Bruce - opening the evening with a bit of highland piping, and of course, I failed to note which tunes were featured.
Tim McDougald - Shine On (song by The Kooks); Blackbird (Paul McCartney)
*** Gary James - Gary is a native wood carver and musician. Today he brought one of his flutes; a moon double flute -an usual item that allows him to do 2 melody lines, or harmony, at the same time. With Doug Welland providing a guitar pattern, he did some fascinating improvisations for us.
Geoff Wardell - England (Ralph McTell); There But for Fortune (Phil Ochs)
George Hogan - (been such a long time since George has been on stage, we could almost make him a first-timer!) Vincent Black Lightning 1952 (Richard Thompson); Ruby Tuesday (Keith Richards)
Donald McGeoch - Streets of London (Ralph McTell); Leaving London (Tom Paxton)
Doug Maxwell - Where We Live; Maid on the Shore (trad)
Al Lindsay - whistle medley: Scots Wha Hae / Skye Boat Song; A Very Unfortuneate Man
Bob Baker w/ Doug Welland, Stewart McPhail & Larry Aul ,- I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes (Carter Family); Roseville Fair (Bill Staines)
Stewart McPhail, Larry Aul & Jeremiah - Hornpipe (forgot which one); Marching Through Georgia
as the break was beginning, the bagpipes rang out with 'Happy Birthday' and a wee celebration in honour of Stewart McPhail's 70th birthday ensued.
Break

Rob Badger & Zenon Holadyk - Fields of Gold (Sting); It Never Rains in Southern California (Albert Hammond)
Russ Burns - Fire & Rain (James Taylor); Take My Hand (original)
Cyndi Devereux (fiddle), Dave Jensen & Stewart McPhail - Whiskey Before Breakfast; Orange Blossom Special; St Anne's Reel / Tuggerman's Reel
Allan Edgar w/ some/several of the above - Sleep in Your Barn; Nobody's Darling But Mine
A B Sault - Let Me Live in the Light; Leaning on the Everlasting Arms
finale; Wild Mountain Thyme: verses by Dave and who-the-heck-knows - I lost track, and apparently my memory sucks swamp water!


BOS Performers’ Roster April 2, 2010:
Pauline Johnson Room, this time, away from the karaoke. 60-ish audience (people, not age) and some 20 performer sets.

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note: opening performer(s) has the option of doing 3 songs
Stewart McPhail, Larry Aul , Katie Korfmann - Angus Campbell (Cape Breton tune); Liberty; Arkansas Traveler
sidenote: "Liberty" is a very popular tune among fiddle players. This was originally a Quebecois tune called "Reel de 'Ti Jean" which became popular in England under its translated name "Little John's Reel". The tune then crossed back over the Atlantic to the US where it was dubbed "The Liberty Two-Step", shortened to just "Liberty". Ironic, I think that very few Canadian fiddlers know about its origin. (source of information: Ken Brown from the notes on an 'Anderson & Brown' CD)
Denise Jolicoeur w/ Mike Hogg & Larry Aul - Speed of the Sound of Loneliness (John Prine); The Last Note (John McDermott)
Mark McNeil - Early Bird (original); If I Only Had a Brain
Jakki Annerino w/ Wayne Cheater - Like the Birds; The Blessing of a Second Chance (both originals)
(Jakki & Wayne are from Kitchener and help run the Black Walnut Folk Club.)
Bob Baker w/ Doug Welland, Dave Jensen & Jeremiah - Old Love Never Dies; Galway Bay
Nigel Scrutton - South Wind; Chiquitita (ABBA)(?!)
Bo Basiuk w/ Mike Hogg - Brownsville Blues (Dave 'Snaker' Ray); Walkin' Blues (Robert Johnson)
Break
Scott Smith - bouzouki instrumental, didn't get the name
Scott Smith & Ariel Rogers - Poets & Painters (original by Scott); Fields of Athen Rye (Pete St John)
Katie Korfmann w/ Stewart McPhail & Larry Aul- Gold Rush; fiddle competition waltz (didn't get the name)
Vern Payne & ***Myekah Payne - Vern started out with Stand by Me, then brought daughter Myekah up to do Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen). The audience wouldn't let her leave without doing another song  - she did the Norah Jones song 'Sunrise'.
Al Lindsay - Star of the County Down (on tin whistle); The Chastity Belt
Wayne Cheater - Fishing Blues (Henry Thomas, famously recorded by Taj Mahal); Gravel on the Road (original)
Dave Jensen w/ Doug Welland, Mike Hogg & Jeremiah - Train of Dreams (Gary Feldgaard); Old Friends & Memories (original)
Allan Edgar w/ all of the above - The Old Church; Glory to His Name
Cam Kemp and Pat McLeod w/ Jeremiah - Greenin' Up (Dave Mallet); Golden Triangle
'Mr Jack' - Bird on a Wire (Leonard Cohen); medley: Turn Your Damper Down/Ding Dong Daddy/Good News is Hard to Find
Mike Hogg & Larry Aul & Doug Welland - My Old Friend The Blues; Where the Nails Have Been
Doug Welland w/ Doug Welland, Dave Jensen & Jeremiah - Red Wing; Grandfather's Clock
finale; Wild Mountain Thyme: verses by Dave, Jeremiah, Al Lindsay & Wendy Carter


BOS Performers’ Roster March 19, 2010:
Back in our regular room, but with a bit of karaoke blled-over from the restaurant again - we coped, and the bagpipes musta freaked 'em right out!); I'm guessing 'bout 60 in the audience and 18 performer sets.

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Rosemary Todd & Doug Welland / Jeremiah - You (Bonnie Raitt); Say That You Love Me (Fleetwood Mac); Picture in a Frame (Tom Waits)
Gord Hope - Four Green Fields (Tommy Makem); Carrickfergus
*** Andrew Ong - Crying (Roy Orbison & Joe Melson); Can't Help Falling in Love (Weiss, Peretti & Creatore)
*** Thomas Bruce - so Dave introduces this young gentleman, who proceeds to the stage, closed guitar case in hand. I'm thinking "Aw, didn't some one tell him about being tuned and ready to go?" So the young fella sets the case down, opens it up and pulls out . . . a set of highland pipes! Perfect - just perfect. He treated us to 2 medleys, including Scotland the Brave, a jig called "Last Tango in Harris" (really!), and 2 others I didn't remember.
Bob Baker w/ Jensen, Jeremiah, & Larry Aul - This Old House; Like I Used to Do (Tim O'Brien)
Dave Jensen w/ Doug Welland, Jeremiah, & Larry Aul - Irish Rover; Newfie in a Calgary Hat
Stewart McPhail, Larry Aul , Jim Hodges w/ Jeremiah - St Anne's Reel; Over the Waterfall
Break
Silas Chensen - 2 songs, both original, but didn't give the titles and I didn't catch up with him to find out, sorry
Lynn Kirby - Distance Between; Three and a Half Minutes (both original)
Tim McDougald - Turn the Page (Bob Seeger); Hello (original)
Diane Kennedy & Doug Maxwell - When You & I Were Young, Maggie; Red is the Rose
Allan Edgar w/ the usual gang of reprobates - MacNamara's Band; Toora-loora-loora
Ed Marr - Guitar Fooling (orig instrumental); Never Going Back Again (Lindsey Buckingham)
Al Lindsay - Royal Canal (Dominic Behan); Galway Bay (parody)
A B Sault - Oasis of Love; I'm Goin' Home for My Reward
Russ Burns - You Come Walk with Me (orig); Cascades (orig instrumental)
John & Sheila Ludgate - No Change in Me (Hynes/MacLachlan); Killin' the Blues (Rolly Solley)
Dave Jensen & everybody - Whiskey in the Jar (Jermiah vocal); Music & Friends (by Sim Savoury, a friend of Dave's who recently passed away)
finale; Wild Mountain Thyme: verses by Dave, Jeremiah, Diane Kennedy & Al Lindsay



BOS Performers’ Roster March 5, 2010:
Down the hall (Pauline Johnson Room) again (karaoke going on in the restaurant again); a bumper crop! - 'bout 80 or more folks in attendance and maybe 21 performer sets.

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Miss Behavin' - a 40's swing-pop-gypsy-jazz combo w/ Bren Chisholm (vocal), Ed Marion (rhythm guitar), Rick Hill (lead guitar), Stewart McPhail (percussion), & Larry Aul (upright bass) - Can't We Be Friends?; Lullaby of the Leaves; The Way You Look Tonight
Doug Maxwell w/ Diane Kennedy - Obladi-Oblada; can't read my own writing, sorry!
Wayne Hosick - I'll Follow the Sun; Dog (Bob Snider)
Bernie Moffat - Ripple (instrumental); Wabash Cannonball
Bob Baker, w/ Larry Aul (mandolin), Stewart McPhail & Jeremiah - Crystal Chandaliers; I Don't Know Why I Love You
Chris White w/ Annie Shipman - Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us (Sam Phillips, recorded by Alison Krauss & Robert Plant); Fever (Peggy Lee version, original version recorded by Little Willie John)
Al Lindsay - whistle tunes: Loch Lomond/?; Five Nights Drunk
*** Will Matthews - Helpless; You Are the Sun
Mike Sizer and Alison Watt - forgot the fiddle tune, drat!; Rocky Road to Dublin
Break
Tim McDougald (keyboard) - Paper Man; Basement Faith (both originals)
Gord Hope (keyboeard) - Blow Up the TV (John Prine); Mary Ellen Carter (Stan Rogers)
Ed Vandendool - Man in the Mirror (Michael Jackson); original by Ed, didn't write down the title 'cause I think I was too discombobulated by a Michael Jackson song being (well) done in a folkish venue!  :-)
Jericho (Eric & Jeremiah) - Come In Stranger (Johnny Cash); Whiskey in the Jar
(and apologies for the delay with our 'quick' setup of the electric kazoo!)
"Mr Jack" - Never Say Goodbye; Couldn't Say Goodbye
Dolores Dugdale - When I Need You ; May It Be
Bob Martin - Cowboy Reincarnation (Wallace McCree); Hell To Pay (Chris Coole)
Cam Kemp and Pat McLeod - There Will Always Be a Small Time; I Wonder If You're Sleeping Tonight
Diane Kennedy - Paddy Keane; The Old Maid in the Garrett
*** A B Sault - 2 gospel songs, including I Won't have to Cross Jordan Alone
I kinda lost track after this point, but Alan Edgar did a couple of songs, as did Dave Jensen, and of course the finale Wild Mountain Thyme

BOS Performers’ Roster Febuary 19, 2010:
Down the hall (Pauline Johnson Room) again (karaoke going on in the restaurant again); 45 or more folks in attendance 25(!!) performer sets - almost the record.

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Jericho (Eric & Jeremiah) w/ Doug Welland - Mail Order Bride (aka You Ain't Goin' Nowhere, Bob Dylan); Red is the Rose; Hello Mary lou
Russ Burns - Don't Give Me Your Love; Take My Hand (both originals)
Bob Martin - As Time Goes By; We'll Meet Again
*** Robert Kerr - War Song (not the proper title)/Everybody's Talking (Nillson); The Wrestler (Springsteen)
Bernie Moffatt - Sunday Morning Coming Down (Kristofferson); Blowin' in the Wind
Bob Baker, w/ Larry Aul (mandolin) & Jeremiah - I Have a Dream (ABBA); He'll Have to Go
Donald McGeoch - Duncan MacIntosh Says Farewell to Coffee (original); McCrory (Pete St John)
Chris White w/ Annie Shipman - Gone, Gone, Gone (Everley Bros); Stick With Me Baby
*** Tom Hendricks (trumpet) w/ Doug Welland & Jeremiah - Twelve O'clock Rock; You Rascal You (aka Goody Goody); When the Saints Come Marching In (additional request from Dave Jensen, who joined in with button accordian)
Dave Jensen w/ Tom, Doug & Jeremiah - Jambalaya
Break
Annie Shipman (solo, on keyboard) - Summertime (Gershwin); Blue (Joni Mitchell)
Gord Hope (keyboard) - Song fo a Winter's Night (Lightfoot); Landslide (Fleetwood Mac)
James White - Poems, Prayers & Promises (John Denver); Darcy Farrow (Steve Gillette)
Falcon O'Hara - Early One Morning (trad, often referred to a the Friendly Giant theme); When I'm Thinking of You (Jennifer Sullivan)
Denise Hogg w/ Mike Hogg & Larry Aul - My Old Friend the Blues
Mike Hogg - Catfish John; Will the Turtle Be Unbroken? (no, that's not a typo)
Ed Marr - didn't catch title of 1st song, sorry; Mr Train Man
The "Mando Mob" (Stewart McPhail & Larry Aul w/ Doug Maxwell) - Ragtime Annie; St Anne's Reel
Al Lindsay - For Ireland I'll Not Tell You Her Name; The Bantam Cock
Doug Maxwell w/ Doug Welland - Fishers' Hornpipe; Fairgrove
Dianne Kennedy- Fashioned in the Clay (Ed Blake); Longer Than (Dan Fogelburg)
Rosemarie Stewart - Why Feels My heart So Dormant?; Santa Lucia
Nigel Scrutton - Today; Tomorrow is a Long Time (Dylan)
Lynn Kirby - Parts (original); Circle Game (Joni Mitchell)
Doug Welland - 'fingerstyle' instrumental: You've Got a Friend (Carole King)
Dave Jensen w/ the usual suspects - 2 accordian tunes, didn't catch the titles, sorry
finale; Wild Mountain Thyme: verses by Al Lindsay, Dave, Rosemarie, & Diane Kennedy


BOS Performers’ Roster Febuary 5, 2010:
Down the hall this time (they had karaoke going on in the restaurant, next to out usual room); 40 or so folks in attendance (tends to be a lighter turnout when there's been an interim event) and 19 performer sets.

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Donald McGeoch - Nobody's Moggy Now (Eric Bogle); The Dalai Lama's Candle (Eric Bogle); Isle of Eigg (trad)
Rosemary Todd w/ Doug Welland - Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper); Here, There & Everywhere (Lennon/McCartney)
Al Lindsay - whistle tunes: Killiekrankie / Skye Boat Song; When You Are Old & Grey (Tom Lehrer)
Tommy Hughes - The Old Man (Phil Coulter); After All These Years (Foster & Allan)
Annie Shipman w/ Chris White - Open Window (Sarah Harmer); California (Joni Mitchell)
Doug Maxwell w/ Doug Welland - mandolin & guitar instrumentals: Españoleta (Gaspar Sanz); El Noy de la Mare ("Child of the Virgin" - trad Catalan folk tune)
Bob Martin - A Hundred Dollars (Chris McKhool); Long, Long Way (original)
Break
Jericho (Eric & Jeremiah) - Train (Jay Linden); Male Bonding Song (Bill Gallaher)
Bob Baker, w/ Larry Aul (mandolin), Doug Welland & Jeremiah - When You & I Were Young (George Washington Johnson & James Butterfield); A Soldier's Song
Tim McDougald & Josh Davis - Whistle for the Choir (Fratellis); I Liked You Better Blonde (original)
The "Mando Mob" (Stewart McPhail & Larry Aul w/ Doug Maxwell) - Over the Waterfall / Red-Haired Boy; The Girl I Left Behind Me / Turkey in the Straw
Cam Kemp and Pat McLeod - The Dog That's Born in Winter; Cam solo instrumental: Kentucky Waltz / Under the Double Eagle
Lynn Kirby - House of the Rising Sun; Summertime (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin & DuBose Heyward, 1935)
Mike Hogg - Fishing Blues (Taj Mahal); I Shot Your Dog (Fred Eaglesmith)
Mike Sizer and Alison Watt - Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (Gordon Lightfoot)
*** Silas Chinson & Stephane - Echoes (Set Your Goals); solo instrmental by Silas: Into Your Heart (Antoine DuFour)
Paul Turangelo (fiddle) w/ Dave Jensen & Jeremiah - 2 fiddle tunes & I can't remember which ones!
Dave Jensen w/ Jeremiah - Sail Away (John Prince); Forty-Five Years (Stan Rogers)
Allan Edgar w/ Dave Jensen, Doug Welland & Jeremiah - I Wish I Had Someone to Love Me; Little Bitty Tear
finale; Wild Mountain Thyme: verses by Jeremiah, Rosemarie, Al Lindsay & Dave



Friday, January 29, 2010 - special to support the Haitian disaster relief effort
Dave Jensen is organizing this concert. It is confirmed for next Friday, January 29 at the Best Western / Brant Park Inn (who have generously donated the use of the Grand Ballroom & the services of a bartender for the evening). Starting time will be 7:30 and and admission will be $15. Confirmed to perform so far are Donald McGeoch, Mark McNeil , Terry Sumsion and David & Louise Szwarc. Both this website and my own calendar will be updated as info becomes available, and I'll send out a general notice early next week with the latest news. Your support and help is crucial and will be most appreciated.

The Performers:

Donald McGeoch - a fine performer of tradition Scottish and Irish folk music; as well as his own original material, both soulful and wickedly funny. Don has two CDs to his credit (tracks have often been heard on CBC Radio).

Terry Sumsion - a very late, but most welcome addition to the evening's roster. Country star Terry Sumsion is the writer of "Midnight Invitation", "Loving Place" and "Highway of Heroes".

Mark McNeil - is a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who has been active in the Hamilton area music scene for more than two decades. He performs solo and with bands, most recently with The Lowest Lanes who were featured at the Festival of Friends in Hamilton this year and in 2008. Mark's third solo album, called 'Greetings from Hamilton', an EP of six original songs, was released in August and was a nominee for a Hamilton Music Award.

David & Louise Szwarc were regular performers and supporters of the Brantford Folk Club, before it morphed into the Brantford Open Stage. David looked after the sound system. Both were welcome performers as well, with Louise doing most of the vocals and David playing beautifully intricate 'fingerstyle' guitar. Their chosen material would fall mostly into what might be described as 'contemporary folk'. We are thrilled to have them back with us for this event.

Cyndi Devereux & Donal Sweeney w/ Dave Jensen & Jeremiah contribute some fiddle work and fine madness to the evening

after the fact - it was a wonderful evening, especially for being thrown together in about a week. Thanks to the Best Western / Brant Park Inn (who generously donated the use of the Grand Ballroom & the services of a bartender for the evening), and all those who donated raffle prizes. All together we raised just over $4,000, which with matching funds mean over $8,000 going toward the relief effort.
Brantnews.com was at the event and produced this video.

BOS Performers’ Roster January 22, 2010:
In our regular Alexander Graham Bell Room, 'bout 60 folks and 18 performer sets. Our regular sound person Eric was away this week, leaving Dave Jensen on the sound board and Jeremiah with MC duties

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Stewart McPhail & Larry Aul - Mole in the Ground (Bascom Lamar Lunsford); Soldiers Joy; The Cuckoo
Donald McGeoch - Address to the Haggis (Robbie Burns); Invented By a Scotsman (original)
Bob Baker, w/ Larry Aul (mandolin), Doug Welland & Jeremiah - Old Love Never Dies; In China
Doug Maxwell - didn't catch everything, but Doug managed to squeeze 5 short tunes into a 10-minute slot; included Boys of Boot Hill; Flowers of Edinburgh; Turkey in the Straw
*** Out of the Rain (John & ? Shrubb, Martin Caldwell) - Blue on Black; Word (Goo Goo Dolls cover)                                                   
Rosemarie Stewart - Home, Sweet Home (Stephen Foster); Homeward Bound (Paul Simon)
Annie Shipman w/ Andrew Hussey - Landslide (Fleetwood Mac); Gloomy Sunday
Rosemary Todd w/ Doug Welland - Love Has No pride (Eric Justin Kaz, Libby Titus); I Can See Clearly Now (Johnny Nash)

Break

*** Don Parcham - Never Get Over You; What Would Jesus Do? (original)
Bob Martin - Staggerlee; Beans Taste Fine
*** Clare Hermann & Audrey Latsch - Working Man (Rita MacNeil); Too Old to Die Young; Song fo the Mira
Cam Kemp and Pat McLeod w/ Jeremiah - Hungry for Love; I Remember Loving You (Utah Phillips)
Al Lindsay - Scots Wha Hae; Piddlin' Pete
Michael Sizer - Jolie Louise (Daniel Lanois); didn't get the 2nd song title
Lynn Kirby w/ son Gaelan - Lodi (John Fogarty); Mail Order Bride (aka You Ain't Goin' Nowhere, Bob Dylan)
Allan Edgar w/ Dave Jensen & Jeremiah - May You Never Be Alone; I Overlooked an Orchid
Dave Jensen, w/ Allan Edgar,Cam Kemp & Jeremiah - Little Burnt Potato (accordian tune); I'll Fly Away
finale; Wild Mountain Thyme: verses by Rosemarie, Al Lindsay, Allan Edgar & Dave

and a special note of thanks to Bernice Hulan, who won the 50/50 draw ($60) and immediately donated it back to the upcoming Haitian relief concert.



BOS Performers’ Roster January 8, 2010:
(a wee bit o' irrelevant trivia for ya: The Eighth of January is a fine old time fiddle tune. Jimmy Driftwood used it as the melody for his song "The Battle of New Orleans")
We started the new year back in our regular Alexander Graham Bell Room (we'd been nomads in the hotel with all the holiday bookings since November!)

50 or so in the audience, and 'bout 16 performer sets.

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*** Annie Shipman w/ Andrew Hussey - Drinking (Boa); Don't Fade Away (Dead Can't Dance)
(Annie, granddaughter of Bob Baker, has been with us before, but way back before BOS transitioned from the Brantford Folk Club)
*** 'Mr. Tim' - Piano Man (Billy Joel); Tobogganing (original instrumental); I Love Her, I Just Don't Know Why (original)
Lynn Kirby - River (Joni Mitchell); Do You Know How to Love a Leaf (original) w/ 3 of her sons (Gaelan, Fraser & Callum) on chorus
Bob Baker, w/Larry Aul (mandolin), Steve Fuller (fiddle) & Jeremiah - There's Always a Fire in the Kitchen; Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
(during the 2nd number there was a gentleman just to the side of the stage who added in some decent muted trumpet accompaniment, then seemed to disappear - some sort of drive-by bugling?)
Steve Fuller - Speed the Plough (John Muirhead); La Bastrinque/Liberty
Al Lindsay w/ Steve Fuller - Ten Little Bottles; Where the Hell Are We Going to Live?
Stewart McPhail & Larry Aul - Old Flames; I Washed My Face in the Morning Dew (Tom T Hall)
Break
John & Sheila Ludgate - My Sister's Wedding (original by John); Gimme Sympathy (Metric)
Katie Korfmann (w/ Stewart McPhail & Jeremiah) - Blackberry Blossom; Fiddlin' Katie (original)
(Dave Jensen couldn't resist having a fiddle with his accordian a a quick version of Little Burnt Potato then ensued)
Jericho (Eric & Jeremiah) w/ Steve Fuller - Auld Lang Syne (using the original melody Robbe Burns used); Can't Buy Me Love (Lennon/McCartney)
Doug Maxwell - When Johnny Comes Marching Home; Aunt Dinah's Quilting Party (Frances/Fletcher)
Cam Kemp and Pat McLeod w/ Jeremiah - It Comes and Goes (Fred Eaglesmith); Forever Has Come to an End (Buddy Miller)
Rosemarie Stewart w/ Jeremiah - The Happy Wanderer; Blue Bayou (Roy Orbison & Joe Melson)
Russ Burns - Wild Night (Van Morrison); Don't Give Me Your Love (original)
Allan Edgar w/ Dave Jensen, Stewart McPhail & Jeremiah - Pistol Packin' Mama; A Little Bitty Tear
Dave Jensen, w/ Allan Edgar, Stewart McPhail & Jeremiah - Take Me Back (John Prince); The Mermaid
finale; Wild Mountain Thyme: verses by Dave, Al Lindsay, Allan Edgar & Steve Fuller

2009

BOS Performers’ Roster December 18, 2009:
This time in the Pauline Johnson Room; a bit more spacious that the Gretzky Room. Good thing, we wuz pretty well packed - I'm guessing 70 to 80 people. 'Bout 22 performer sets, and the newish keyboard getting a bit of a workout as well.
The break was darned good: all sorts of nibblies available, mostly dessertish in nature; but 2 folks brought variations of them there cocktail BBQ meatball thingies. Bless 'em both (and I did propose to one of them on the spot, but I don't think she took me seriously).
*** indicates BOS 1st-timer
note: opening performer(s) has the option of doing 3 songs
EclectiCeltic (Luanne Ashe - flute/whistle, Kristin Vollick - Celtic harp & Gail Bridger - bodhran) - Christmas medley; Child of the Poor; Christmas Day in the Morning
John & Sheila Ludgate - A Christmas Song (original); Suo Gan (traditional Scottish lullaby)
Denise Jolicoeur w/ Mike Hogg - Nothing But a Child; then Mike Hogg (solo) - Christ Was Born in Bethlehem
Stewart McPhail (mandolin) and Roly Mather (w/ Jeremiah) - Pear Tree; Dixie Hoedown
Dianne Kennedy w/ Sharon & Doreen (from 'The Minstrels') - Silver Bells; White Christmas
Jericho (Eric & Jeremiah) - Christmas in the Trenches (John McCutcheon); Santa Claus is What?! (Jeremiah / Wendell Ferguson)
Al Lindsay - A Christmas Carol (Tom Lehrer); Just Kidding
Bob Baker (guitar zither) - Children's Song; Silent Night (the guitar zither is an unusual instrument with a wondrous tone; Bob's looks almost identical to the one pictured here.)
Donald McGeoch - Imagine (John Lennon); Roll On, Columbia (Woody Guthrie) w/ Jeremiah on 2nd song
Break
Ann Moffatt w/ Luanne Ashe & Denise Jolicoeur - One Voice (Wailin' Jennys) done a capella; Christmas Song (original) performed solo w/ keyboard
Gord Hope - River (Joni Mitchell), Walk on the Moon (from Great Big Sea)
Rosemary Todd & Doug Welland w/ Jeremiah - Midnight Blue (Melissa Manchester); Song for a Winter's Night (Lightfoot)
David K Pearson - Snowflakes and Christmas Carols; Keep On Rollin' (original)
Doug Maxwell w/ Lynn Maxwell, Dianne Kennedy, Sharon & Doreen , Luanne Ashe - Those Were the Days; Rudolph, the Red-nosed Reindeer
Rosemarie Stewart w/ Jeremiah on 2nd song - In the Bleak Midwinter (music: Gustav Holst, words: Christina Rossetti, 1872); Mary's Baby Child (Jester Hairston 1956)
Cyndi Devereux (fiddle) w/ Dave Jensen & Jeremiah - Well, I was there, but I can't recall all the tunes in the two medleys - there were bits of Tuggerman's, St Ann's Reel, Jingle Bells and more.
Russ Burns - Long Ride Home; Find Yourself
Lynn Kirby - Who Will Save You? (not the correct title, song by Taylor Mitchell); Mary, Did You Know?
***Cynthia Williamson - Circle Game (Joni Mithchell); Old Man (Neil Young)
Allan Edgar w/ Dave & Jeremiah - The Old Country Church; Go Tell It on the Mountain
Dave Jensen w/ Jeremiah, Allan, Cyndi & Mike Hogg - Little Scott the Astronaut; Little Burnt Potato/Jingle Bells
finale; Wild Mountain Thyme: verses by Dave, Jeremiah, Al Lindsay, Diane and Rosemarie

BOS Performers’ Roster December 4, 2009:
Again in the Wayne Gretzky Room - a bit lighter turnout this time around; I think about 45 or 50, with some 16 performer sets. Cheryl Black & Luanne gave our new (to us) keyboard an outing. Dave Jensen started us out, but with him covering the sound board tonight (Eric Bower was otherwise entangled this evening), the MC-ing devolved to me.

*** indicates BOS 1st-timer

note: opening performer(s) has the option of doing 3 songs
***Cheryl Black and Bob Badger - Two for the Heartache One for the Road; We’ll See This Through (both originals); Don’t Laugh at Me (Alan Cheshew)
(Bob has been with us before; it was Cheryl 1st outing here)
Mike Hogg w/ Larry Aul (w/ Denise Jolicoeur singing harmony on the first song) – Say That You Love Me Again; Oh, the Wind and Rain
Ray Rivers - O Little Town of Bethlehem (w/ original lyrics); Christmas Lullaby (original)
Stewart McPhail & Larry Aul w/ Jeremiah - Ain’t She Sweet; Goodbye Booze Forever More
Mike Sizer and Alison Watt – Irish Washerwoman; Four Strong Winds (Ian Tyson)
Lynn Kirby - The Prayers We Like; Teach Your Children
Donald McGeoch– Now Westlin Winds (Robert Burns); All You Ever Wanted (original)
Alert: There's a PBS program called "Our Town". The 1-hour episode to be aired on Saturday, December 12 at 6:30pm is on Brantford, and includes a wee segment shot at the Station Coffee House & Gallery during Don's recent concert there. (PBS Buffalo is available on Brantford's cable on 61.)
Bob Baker, w/ Doug Welland, Larry Aul (mandolin) & Jeremiah - Nobody’s Darling but Mine; Dark Island
Allan Edgar w/Cam Kemp & Jeremiah - Jingle Bells; Blue Christmas
Luanne Ashe – River (Joni Mitchell)
Break
Jeremiah - Huron Carole
Dianne Kennedy - Winter Wonderland; Deck the Halls (the postal parody)
Cam Kemp and Pat McLeod w/ Jeremiah - See What Love Does; A Cockroach Christmas
Rosemarie Stewart - Sometimes the World can Turn on a Dime (story); The Sound of Music (Rodgers and Hammerstein)
Doug Welland (w/ Jeremiah on first song) - City of New Orleans (Steve Goodman); Greensleeves (instrumental)
Dave Jensen w/ Jeremiah, Larry, Louanne and Dianne – Sonny's Dream (Ron Hynes); Sail Away (John Prince)
finale; Wild Mountain Thyme: verses by Dave, Dianne, Jeremiah and Allan

BOS Performers’ Roster November 20, 2009:
another more-than-60 audience, tonight in the smaller-than-our-usual Wayne Gretzky Room (cozy, definitely); some 20 performers/groups on stage (including 2 more newbies); and with (almost) every performer being respectful of the requested 10-minute limit, we still managed to finish before midnight! Our fearless leader, Dave Jensen, had obligations that had him in Oshawa this evening, so the emceeing task devolved to me - somewhat fun, really frazzling (Dave: no more days off, you hear me?)

*** indicates BOS 1st-timer

note: opening performer(s) has the option of doing 3 songs
*** Will Matthews - Sixty-Five; This Town (both originals); The Weight (The Band)
Russ Burns - 2 instrumentals, both original and sorry, I didn't get the titles
John Ludgate - Nothing at All; Secret of the Dance (both originals)
*** Gary Boyle - Some Days Are Diamonds (John Denver); Born a Canadian (original)
Phil Botham - Barrelhouse (Bruce Cockburn); Northland (original)
David K Pearson - two instrumentals (guitar & harmonica): What a Wonderful World (Weiss / Thiele); China Grove (original)
Bob Baker, w/ Doug Welland, Larry Aul (mandolin) & Jeremiah - Be Nobody's Darling but Mine; didn't remember 2nd song, sorry
Al Lindsay - pennywhistle medley, included The Dark Island & Mingulay Boat Song; Mrs. McGrath (trad)
Gary Gray - I Like Trains (Eaglesmith); Killing the Blues (Rowland Salley)
Stewart McPhail (5-string banjo) & Larry Aul - both trad instrumentals: Green Apple; The Cuckoo (w/ Bo Basiuk joining on guitar)
Break
Jericho (Eric & Jeremiah) w/ Doug Welland - Mail Order Bride (Dylan); Fisherman's Blues (Waterboys)
Doug Welland - two instrumentals: Dylan medley (Tambourine Man / Don't Think Twice / Blowin' in the Wind); Waltzing Matilda
Mark McNeil - Poet Behind the Eyes; High Wind on the Skyway both originals)
   (Mark has a concert with Duane Rutter on December 5 at Hamilton's Artword Artbar)
Ray Rivers - Everyday Rundown Blues; Three Oceans (both originals)
Rosemarie Stewart - If I Only Had a Brain; Over the Rainbow (both Harburg & Arlen, from the Wizard of Oz)
Diane Kennedy w/ Doug Maxwell - Rhymes and Reasons (John Denver); The Asteroid Light (parody of the trad Eddystone Light)
Doug Maxwell w/ Diane Kennedy - missed the title, sorry; Let Me Be there
Lynn Kirby - Suzanne (Leonard Cohen); Sunshine on my Shoulder (John Denver)
Allan Edgar w/ Doug Welland & Jeremiah - The Night Was Dark & Stormy (not sure of actual title, but based on Red River Valley); Don't Be Angry with Me Darling
finale; Wild Mountain Thyme: verses by Jeremiah, Diane, Al Lindsay, Rosemarie

BOS Performers’ Roster November 6, 2009:
about 70 or more folks in the audience; some 23 performers/groups on stage (including 4 more newbies); where on earth did everyone come from!

*** indicates BOS 1st-timer

note: opening performer(s) has the option of doing 3 songs
*** Duane Rutter - Stalin's Shoes; Rachel Sings; Ride with the Devil (all originals)
Mike Hogg - Shake Sugaree (Elizabeth Cotton); Let the Light from the Lighthouse
Dave Pearson - Snowflake; Ragtime Ramble (both original instrumentals)
Bo Basiuk (6-string banjo)- Buddy Bolton`s Blues (Jelly Roll Morton); Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
*** George Douglas w/ Duane Rutter - Desperados Waiting for a Train (Guy Clark); Something We Must Do (original)
Bernie Moffatt - Don't Think Twice (Dylan); Deep River Blues (Delmore Bros)
Mark McNeil - Guitar Town (Steve Earle); Blue Collar Blues (original)
Bob Baker, w/ Doug Welland, Larry Aul (mandolin) & Jeremiah - Crystal Chandelier; There's Always a Fire in the Kitchen
*** Sue Sweetman w/ Duane Rutter - Lucy (original); Dig a Little Deeper

Break

combined sets: Cyndi Devereux & Katie Korfman (fiddles), Stewart McPhail and Larry Aul, w/ Dave Jensen & Jeremiah - a whole raft of fiddle tunes, who can keep track of 'em all, really?! (The Old Man & the Old Woman and Garfield's Hornpipe were among them)
Sarah Halabecki w/ Dan Wurvey & Dave McWilliams - Innocense; Foreign (both originals)
(Sarah is appearing at the Station Coffee House & Gallery in Brantford on Sunday November 22 from 2 to 5)
Doug Maxwell (tenor banjo) w/ Diane Kennedy - Redwing; Never on Sunday
Diane Kennedy - Islands (Gary Fjellgaard); Swimming to the Other Side (Pat Humphries)
*** Paul Hammond - Over the Hill; Untitled (both originals)
Bob Martin - Spanish Johnny (David Bromberg); Gentle on my Mind (John Hartford)
Rosemarie Stewart - The Wild Goose (Wade Hemsworth); Yellow Bird (w/ Jeremiah)
Nigel Scrutton - The Boxer (Paul Simon); Soul Kitchen
Doug Welland - instrumental Lightfoot medley: Did She Mention My Name / Changes / Song for a Winter's Night / I'm Not Saying (Changes is a Phil Ochs song that Lightfoot recorded on his first album); You've Got a Friend (James Taylor)
Cam Kemp and Pat McLeod w/ Jeremiah - Matthew (John Denver); The Rocket (Fred Eaglesmith)
James Campbell - She Moved Through the Fair; Maids When You're Young (both trad)
Jericho (Eric & Jeremiah) - for Remembrance Day: Highway of Heroes (Peer, Sumsion, Sweetman & Riemans); When I'm Gone (Phil Ochs, and on this occasion dedicated to the late Taylor Mitchell a 19-year-old songwriter of great promise)
Dave Jensen w/ Eric & Jeremiah - Wind/Willow (R Thomas Kelly)
finale; Wild Mountain Thyme: verses by Dave, Jeremiah, Al Lindsay, Diane and Rosemarie



BOS Performers’ Roster October 23, 2009:
about 50 folks in the audience; some 16 performers/groups on stage; four of them BOS first-timers!
*** indicates BOS 1st-timer
note: opening performer(s) has the option of doing 3 songs
*** CJ Berardi & Jordan Percival - Lay Me Down (The Wreckers); Realize; Angels
*** Ray Rivers - Let Her Go; Three Oceans (both originals)
*** Phil Botham - Bells of Bessalou; (didn't get name of 2nd song, but both originals)
Bo Basiuk - Betty & Dupree; Hot Tomales & the Red Hot
Stewart McPhail, Roly Mather & Larry Aul - Wayfaring Stranger; Down Yonder
Al Lindsay - pennywhistle medley: Killiekrankie/Scots Wha Hae/Skye Boat Song ; The Irish Song (Tom Lehrer)
(This was Al's first outing since some major hip surgery. Glad you're back, friend.)
Bob Baker, w/ Larry Aul (mandolin) & Jeremiah – How Beautiful Upon the Mountain (Tom Paxton); Long Long Before Your Time (Johnny McEvoy)
Break
*** Sarah Halabecki w/ Dave McWilliams - Heaven; Curl Those Fists (both originals)
    (Sarah is appearing at the Station Coffee House & Gallery on Sunday November 22 from 2 to 5)
Jericho (Eric & Jeremiah) - Monster Mash (Bobby 'Boris' Pickett); Little Red Riding Hood (Blackwell)
Lynn Kirby – oops, didn't get title of 1st song; Tell Me Again (original)
Bob Martin - Spooky; Say It Isn't So, Joe (Steve Key)
'Mr. Jack' - Valentine (Willie Nelson); Promises Are Never Broken (original)
Dave Jensen w/ Larry Aul (mandolin), Roly Mather (guitar) & Jeremiah (bass) - Sail Away (John Prince); Little Burnt Potato
Allan Edgar w/ Dave, Larry, Roly & Jeremiah - When the Saints Go Marching In; There Goes My Everything
' the group' (all of the above plus George Hogan, a long-absent friend of the club) - The Mermaid
finale; Wild Mountain Thyme: verses by Dave, George, Al Lindsay & Jeremiah

BOS Performers’ Roster October 9, 2009
about 45 folks in the audience; some 18 performers/groups on stage
note: opening performer(s) has the option of doing 3 songs

Rosemary Todd - Breathe (Anna Nalik); Give Me One Reason (Tracy Chapman); Where I Stood (Missy Higgins) - Rosemary on keyboard; Eric Bower (12-string guitar) & Jeremiah (bass) on first 2 songs
Jericho (Eric & Jeremiah) - The Cape (Guy Clark); Three Wooden Crosses (Kim Williams, Doug Johnson)
Gord Hope – Leaving on a Jet Plane (Mary Travers); If I had a Hammer (aka 'The Hammer Song', Pete Seeger & Lee Hays)
Mike Hogg w/ Larry Aul – City of New Orleans (Steve Goodman); Kelly Joe's Shoes (Tim O'Brian)
Stewart McPhail & Larry Aul – Walking in the Parlour; Whiskey Before Breakfast – w/ Jeremiah on 2nd song
Ann Moffatt – Redwing Blackbird (Kathy Mattea, not the song by David Francey); sorry, didn't get 2nd song
Donald McGeoch - Don't Turn Away (original); Nova Scotia to Me (Cyril McPhee)
Bob Baker, w/ Larry Aul (mandolin) & Jeremiah – Crystal Chandeliers (Charlie Pride); Somewhere Between Your Heart & Mine (Merle Haggard) – w/ Ann Moffatt harmony on 2nd song)

Break

Cyndi Devereux (fiddle) – A Major Medley (sorry again; couldn't keep track of 'em all); Follow Me Into The Rain (original, with Cyndi switching to guitar & Ann Moffatt singing harmony) – both songs w/ Dave Jensen, Jeremiah & Larry Aul
Dave Neumann – The Field Behind the Plough (Stan Rogers) w/ Dave Jensen, Cyndi Devereux, Larry Aul & Jeremiah
Rosemarie Stewart – Four Strong Winds (Ian Tyson) w/ Dave Jensen & Elreida Neumann; Last Rose of Summer (Thomas Moore & Sir John Stevenson)
Lynn Kirby – Pancho & Lefty (Townes Van Zandt); Guinea Pig Song (original)
Ed Vandendool – Judy's Song (original); Some Dreams (Allan Taylor)
Diane Kennedy – Common Ground (Bill Candy); We Are the Boat (Lori Wyatt)
Cam Kemp and Pat McLeod w/ Jeremiah - The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore (Jean Ritchie); Couldn't Do Nothing Right (Jerry Jeff Walker)
Russ Burns – Desperado (Glenn Frey & Don Henley ); Winds of Change (original)
'Mr. Jack' – Storms Never Last (Waylon Jennings); If I Call You by Some Name (Rick Shorter)
Allan Edgar – sorry, forgot to write down the song names – but with the usual suspects: Dave Jensen, Larry Aul & Jeremiah as well as Cyndi Devereux, segueing into
finale; Wild Mountain Thyme & I lost track of who all contributed verses.

BOS Performers’ Roster September 25, 2009

note: opening performer(s) does 3 songs
Stewart McPhail, Roly Mather& Larry Aul - Pear Tree; Jubilo/ Dixie; Red Wing
Bob Martin – Pancho & Lefty (Townes Van Zandt); All I Ever Need is You (Sonny & Cher)
Jim Hodges - Sweet Baby James; Harvest Moon
Dave Pearson - When I think of You; Fuzzy Ferret with a Foot Fetish (both originals)
'Mr. Jack' – Alley Oop; Baby Baby all Night Long
Bob Baker, w/ Larry Aul & Jeremiah - Green Grass of Home; Always a Fire in the Kitchen
Dianne Kennedy (celtic harp) - The Ashgrove; He Moved Through the Fair
Break

Ann Moffat w/ Larry Aul - Across the Great Divide (Kate Wolf); Wishing Well Emmylou Harris)
Shawn Brush - The Maker (Daniel Lanois); If Not for You (Shawn Brush)
note: Shawn also donated 2 tickets to BOS for his upcoming concert at Hamilton Place)
Nigel Scrutton – Get Together; Free Falling
Russ Burns – Operator (Jim Croce); I Heard You Talking in Your Sleep Gordon Lightfoot)
Cam Kemp and Pat McLeod w/ Jeremiah - Man of a Thousand Songs (Ron Hynes); Gone, Gone, Gone
Jericho - Fighting a Losing Battle (Brownie McGhee); Way over Yonder in the Minor Key (Woody Guthrie / Billy Bragg)
Rosemarie Stewart - Beautiful Dreamer (Stephen Foster?); The Rose (Amanda McBroom)
Lynn Kirby – Tenderly\No Harsh Goodbyes; Once (might not be correct title; both songs originals)
Dave Jensen, w/ Jeremiah, & Allan Edgar – Take Me Back (John Prince); Saltwater Joys (Wayne Chalk)
Alan Edgar w/ Dave Jensen, Jeremiah & Shawn Brush - Pistol-Packin Mama; Somewhere Between Your Heart and Mine
finale; Wild Mountain Thyme: verses by Dave, Nigel, Dianne, Jeremiah and Rosemarie

BOS Performers’ Roster September 11, 2009 - Season Opener

note: opening performer(s) has the option of doing 3 songs
Mike Hogg - I'll Find It Where I Can; Yonder Comes the Blues; Time For Me To Go
Goeff Lewis - John Barleycorn Must Die, Cloud Factories (Bill Carrick)
Mike and Allison (sorry, missed the last name) (guitar & fiddle)- Haste to the Wedding; Swallowtail Jig
Nigel Paul Scrutton - Love Me Love Me Love; King of the Road
Rosemary Todd and Doug Welland - Don't Know Why (Norah Jones); Both Sides Now (Joni Mitchell)
David K Pearson - She’s Alive; Undercurrents (both originals)
Bob Baker with Stuart McPhail, Doug Welland and Jeremiah - So I sit on a hill to see him once more (not sure of the proper title - it's on of Dave Jensen's originals); I Don’t Know Why I love You but I Do
Jericho (Eric Bower & Jeremiah) - I Like Trains (Fred Eaglesmith); Wind/Willow (R Thomas Kelly)

  Break 


Mark MacNeil - Knock, Knock, Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door; Early Bird (Bob Dylan)
Stuart McPhail and Larry Aul - Shove the Pig’s Foot a Little Closer to the Fire; Bound to have a Little Fun
"Mr. Jack" - Old Times (Leona Boyd); ?
Rosemarie Stewart - Try to Remember; Done Laid Around
Sarah Hillis (Celtic harp) - Penelope (Loreena McKennit); The Stolen Child (poem by Yeats, music by Loreena McKennit)
Gord Hope (keyboard) - Please Come to Boston (Jesse Winchester); Wild Mountain Thyme
(I stand corrected - thanks Jay; to wit: "Please Come To Boston" isn't Jesse's, it's a Dave Loggins song.
Cam Kemp and Pat McLeod with Jeremiah - Three Thousand Miles (by the Undesireables); Between the Daylight and the Dark (Fred Eaglesmith)
Lynn Kirby - Feed Me (the Pigeon Song); Tonight
Louanne Ashe with Doug Welland and Jeremiah - My Analyst Told Me (Joni Mitchell); Lover Man (Billie Holiday)
(I stand corrected yet again- thanks Jay; to wit: "My Analyst Told Me" is actually called "Twisted", was written by Annie Ross and was a major jazz club hit for Lambert, Hendricks and Ross. Joni covered it.)
Cyndi Devereux (fiddle) with Dave Jensen, Doug Welland and Jeremiah - Wild Rose of the Mountain (trad waltz); medley: Irish Washerwoman / Tuggerman's Reel / St Anne's Reel
Allan Edgar with Cyndi, Dave, Doug and Jeremiah - Wabash Cannonball; Don’t be Angry with me Darling
 finale: Wild Mountain Thyme with verses by Dave, Jeremiah, Sarah and Rosemarie

BOS Performers’ Roster June 26, 2009

note: opening performer(s) has the option of doing 3 songs
Allison Lupton and Geoff Somers - Blue Willow; Waltz (written in self-defense at an accordion festival)/ Charlie Hunter Jig/Reel for Eddie Poivier(?)/ High Road to Linton (traditional Scottish); Pier 21 (War Brides song)
Bob Martin - Deep Pelham Blues; Northern Ontario Blues (Mac Beattie)
Donald McGeoch - Bonnie Bessie Logan; The Banks of Roses
Wayne Hosick - Angel from Montgomery (John Prine); I’m Changing My Name to Chrysler (Tom Paxton)
Stewart McPhail - O Death; Walkin' in the Parlour /
Rosemarie Stewart - Summertime (dedicated to her cousin from Orangeville who just became a grandmother for the first time); Summer Side of Life (Gordon Lightfoot)
Mr. Jack -  My mamma told me…; How old was I when I first saw old rivers…
Dave Jensen, Jeremiah, Allison, Geoff Somers and Doug Welland  (sorry I didn’t get the names of these songs)

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Jericho - (All I Have to Do is) Dream; I've Just Seen a Face (Lennon/McCartney)
Mark McNeil - Tennessee Blues (Steve Earle); Field behind the Plough (Stan Rogers)
Ed Marr - Daydream in Barbados; John Berchelli
Echoes (Barb Bloemhof, Doug Welland and Eric Bower - Mr. Tambourine Man (Bob Dylan); 
Dave Jensen (w/ Echoes) - Forty-Five Years (Stan Rogers)
Bob Baker - a slow, dreamy song (sorry; not sure of title); Like I used to Do (w/ Doug Welland & Jeremiah) (Tim O'Brian)
Al Lindsay - tin whistle medley including the Skye Boat Song; anti-smoking song
Archie MacArthur - Summertime Dream (Gordon Lightfoot); I Have No Idea, Part B
Lynn Kirkby -  I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight; You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere
Luanne Ashe - Help Me I Think I’m Fallin’ (Joni Mitchell); You Can’t Always Get What You Want (Jagger/Richards)
Dave Jensen w/ Gayle Bridger (on bodhran) & Jeremiah - Nylon Stockings Half Rolled Down (accordian tune); I’se the Bye (Ontario version followed by Newfoundland version)
Allan Edgar (w/ Dave Jensen, Jeremiah) – missed both titles, sorry
Finale: Wild Mountain Thyme w/ verses sung by Dave Jensen, Jeremiah, Al Lindsay & Allison Lupton

and of course since it was the last session until the fall season, Eric played a recording of "See You in September" as we all said our goodbyes.

BOS Performers’ Roster June 12, 2009

Luanne Ashe & Gayle Bridger – Brand New Key (Melanie Safka); Mercy Now (Mary Gautier)
Jack Mitchell – My Mama & My Daddy; Back Home Again (John Denver)
Stewart McPhail & Larry Aul – (both on mandolins tonight) Garfield’s Hornpipe; Never On Sunday
Mike Hogg – Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor; A Song is a Friend for Life
Archie McArthur (w/ Larry Aul) – High Cotton; Sweet Used-To-Be
Katy Korfman (fiddle) (w/ Dave Jensen, Larry Aul & Stewart McPhail) – St Anne’s Reel / Olive Branch; Catfish Jig / Irish Washerwoman
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Jericho – Walk Right In (Gus Cannon); Highway of Heroes (Sumsion, Peer, Sweetman & Riemans)
Al Lindsay – whistle medley: Rowan Tree / MacPherson’s Farewell / Mingaulay Boat Song (all trad.); A Very Unfortunate Man
Doug Maxwell & Diane Kennedy (autoharp) – Field Behind the Plough (Stan Rogers); Country Roads (John Denver)
Diane Kennedy – Today (w/ Doug); The Asteroid Light (parody of The Eddystone Light)
Pat MacLeod & Cam Kemp (w/ Jeremiah) – You’re Running Wild; Just the Way I’ve Always Been
“Mr Jack” – When She Wants Good Lovin’; How Long
Bob Baker (w/ Jeremiah & Larry Aul) – Old Love Never Dies
Allan Edgar (w/ Dave Jensen, Jeremiah & Larry Aul) – sorry, never did get the title of the 1^st one; I Overlooked an Orchid
Dave Jensen (w/ Jeremiah & Larry Aul) – Jambalaya
Finale: Wild Mountain Thyme w/ verses sung by Dave Jensen, Jeremiah, Al Lindsay & Diane Kennedy