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June 2010 - (Last Jam until September)
About 100 people came to
the last Jam of the season, with the June evening sun streaming
through the hall windows. Daniel Lapp led the first half,
starting off at breakneck speed which shocked everyone into
laughter and set a festive tone for the evening! After that he
followed the more usual path of starting slowly and speeding up
so everyone could learn
UPCOMING DATES TO REMEMBER
June 12th - Year End Barn Dance, with our favourites: Calvin Cairns, Quinn Bachand and Jeremy Walsh. St. Matthias Hall, 7 pm
June 20th - VFS 8th Annual Father's Day Ceilidh in the Park
July 1st Sidney Parade. The Victoria Fiddle Society will be taking part in the Sidney Parade again this year on July 1st from 10:00 am till Noon! All Are Welcome! May 2010
Great jam, led by one of our favourite fiddlers, Louise Dechamps. Louise's enthusiasm and driving energy always inspires the group present, and this time was no different. Thank you Louise!! The Bursary Awards were handed out before the break - congratulations to the four winners. Daniel Lapp's BC Fiddle Orchestra conducted a silent auction during the jam to raise funds for SEVEC - the youth exchange program being held with a group of young fiddlers from Whitehorse, Yukon. Funds raised will help pay for the week's activities when the Whitehorse fiddle kids are here (May 19-25). A small group of enthusiastic fiddlers started the second half (after a long break to complete the silent auction). Others joined in, the volume grew, and after a while the teens joined us and led us in a wide variety of tunes including some of Oliver Schroer's (see announcements below). With Louisa on the piano, the Jam, though fairly small (30 to 40 people), continued enthusiastically till the last chair was stacked! Thanks, teens! Announcements:
Oliver Schroer Silence at
the Heart of Things -
Movie Monday Theatre Eric Martin
Pavilion.
Performances 6:30 pm and 8:20 pm,
Monday May 17, 2010
72 minutes.
Jamie Laval and Zac Leger House Concert June 2nd Fiddle & Guitar workshop June 1st.
Saturday, June 12 - 7 pm - VFS Year
End Dance
& major fundraising event
St. Matthews Hall
Hosted by Calvin Cairns & friends -
grab your family and friends and
join us for a great evening. April 2010
The April jam was much more subdued than usual. It was a smaller crowd due to the change in date from our usual first Friday of the month. Ann Gower led the first half, and most of the tunes were our usual favourites. Thanks Ann, for your great leadership - it was a very enjoyable first half. At break, the concession was given over to the kids participating in a fiddle exchange between Victoria and Whitehorse, Yukon as a fundraiser for the exchange. The advanced teens were eager to get going in the last half, and it moved along nicely. Those who stayed where glad they did!
Announcements:
March 2010
Enthusiastic crowd, good selection of instruments, great music, the main jam was led by our own Calvin Cairns always a pleasure! Thanks Calvin - It was refreshing to see our President Daniel Lapp helping in the kitchen during the first half. Quite a change of venue for our Olympic Fiddle Champion, fresh from that mind blowing performance at the opening of the Olympics!
The second half of
the jam got off to a slow start
and quite a number of people had
drifted away before teens came and led us all in some fast
tunes, lively piano accompaniment, and contributions from the
rest of the jam players. The evening ending rather earlier
than usual. Announcements:
February 2010 The evening began with a lively performance on stage by about 20 of the BC Fiddle Orchestra students, who are planning an exchange with Whitehorse fiddle students in May. After an introduction read by one of the students, they played a set of tunes with an interesting arrangement. One student played piano.
In the intermission the BCFO fiddlers ran the concession and the 50/50 draw, with all proceeds going to the exchange fund. Calvin also generously donated all proceeds from his book sales that evening --thanks Calvin! A total of more than $600 was raised for the trip. Thanks to everyone!
For more information email or phone Marie marie@abachand.ca 250-472-0999 January 2010 This very first jam of 2010 was an unqualified success. The main jam was lead by the vivacious and entertaining Louise Deschamps, who got everybody involved in some slower tunes as well as sneaking in a few fast ones. Working with a nearly standing room only crowd, Louise managed to hold everybody together throughout the hour, and the tunes just kept coming. Great job, Louise!! The teen advanced jam was led by Daniel Lapp, and although we could not hear what was happening in that room, everybody emerged with grins on their faces, so I think we can assume the best. After the break, Daniel, his guests, and the teens joined the main jam, challenging most of us with some much more advanced tunes. The group was enjoying themselves so much that the 'clean up crew' was forced to practically pull the chairs out from under our bottoms to encourage us to pack up and go home! An old friend of VFS, Ivonne Hernandez also joined us during the last half. It was great to see her again - fresh from Boston with a brand new music diploma in her fiddle case. Sounds like great things are in store for Ivonne, who will be rubbing elBOWS with some of the fiddle greats, including Mark O'Connor in near future. Good on you, Ivonne, we are all very proud of you. Announcements:
December Jam
Announcements:
Everybody is reminded that the registration for the Greater Victoria Performing Arts Festival is coming up in January - be sure to check the website and get your applications in before the deadline.
October Jam The teens led the second half with a great mixture of old and new tunes. Thanks to everybody who turned out and helped make it another great jam.
Announcements: Next Jam December 4th. Remember NO JAM IN NOVEMBER - its FIDDLE FEST!!! September 11 Jam This marked the first jam of the 2009/10 season, and predictably it was a little slow getting started. At times it seemed folks were more interested in catching up after a summer's absence from each other than actually jamming. Ann Gower did an excellent job of settling things down, and it was fun to go over some of our old favourites. This might however, be a good time to remind people about Jam Etiquette. The second half of the jam was self-directed, with the advanced teens keeping things together nicely.
Announcements:
A big thanks to
Ann Gower for leading the first half
of the jam. Our next jam is October 2nd. |