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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 and with the same schedule. 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)




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(with any other tidbits or gossip that might be relevant)
no more often than twice a month.
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Special note: The domain name 'www.brantfordopenstage.org' has been generously donated to us by Jim Elve,
who is deeply involved with the Waterford Old Town Hall restoration project.
He also has a website design & hosting business, and we are quite happy to recommend that you check out *Jelve Design* .

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Coming Up:    Friday, February 5, 2010 - regular open stage session

                         


Recent Sessions & Events:

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

*** indicates BOS 1st-timer

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

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)

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*** 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.

*** indicates BOS 1st-timer
note: opening performer(s) has the option of doing 3 songs
*** 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)
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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

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
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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)
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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)
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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

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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)
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*** 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)

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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
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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)

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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 / Tupperman'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
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 (?)
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 song

herewith beginneth the break

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)
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
here beith the break
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

rosters from sessions before this are unavailable temporarily (hard drive crash & assorted woes). Data is intact however, and will be restored fairly soon.