2004 Hornby Festival

Join us for an evening of celebration and remembrance. The Opening Reception is a time to meet up with old friends and to make new ones. This year, Hornby Island musicians and performers will present a special program in tribute to our recently deceased Artistic Director, Moira Armour.

Vancouver born choreographer/performer Andrea Nann has collaborated with local Hornby artist Wayne Ngan to present INK a unique performance experience created especially for the Hornby Festival. Celebrated for his skill and achievements in ceramic arts, Wayne Ngan's philosophy towards the creation of art transcends the limitation of many different forms. Andrea Nann has choreographed a new dance piece inspired by Wayne Ngan's life as an artist and his work with Chinese ink and brushes. Wayne Ngan will join Andrea Nann and dancers Alison Denham and Kate Holden at the Community Hall in a performance incorporating ink painting and contemporary dance. Andrea was a member for the Danny Grossman Dance Company for fifteen years. As a choreographer, Andrea has a long history of collaborating with artists including author Michael Ondaatje, musician Gordon Downie, poet Chris Chambers and musical groups The Skydiggers, Andrew Cash and the Double Wind Cello Trio.

A unique creative opportunity for participants to explore drama and movement with Toronto based dancer/choreographer Andrea Nann . Participants will be guided through a series of interactive movement explorations designed to inspire and encourage expressive and dramatic use of body language and gesture. This workshop is designed for performers of all disciplines and is open to all individuals regardless of previous movement or dramatic experience.

Children $4 Seniors/Students $10 General $14

Joe Trio

Saturday, August 7, 8:00 pm The Community Hall

Joe Trio is returning to Hornby Island this summer to present another evening of music and laughter. Since last summer, the Trio has been moving in new directions, in particular working with CBC's Stuart McLean on the "History of Canada" project. In keeping with this theme, they are presenting a new original musical and narrated story at this summer's concert. The rest of the concert will feature the eclectic mix of classical music, popular music, pop culture, and humour for which Joe Trio is known. Not to be missed.

Children $6 Seniors/Students $14 General $18

Brian Tate - One Man Band

Sunday, August 8, 2:00 pm The Community Hall

Brian Tate is a one-man band, choir and orchestra. Using real-time digital looping Brian creates, live and on stage, vocal tracks which explore the full depth and range of the human voice. Equally at home with jazz, folk, world and classical music, Brian performs an eclectic repertoire from Celtic lullabies to West African rhythms, Buddhist chants to traditional spirituals and bebop to Bach. Every note is created live and the result is a spontaneous, slightly dangerous ride for performer and audience alike

Children $4 Seniors/Students $10 General $14

Arthur Rowe, piano with Jasper Wood, violin

Sunday, August 8, 8:00 pm. The Community Hall

Arthur Rowe returns to the Hornby Festival following last season's acclaimed performances. This year he joins violinist Jasper Wood, one of Canada 's fastest rising stars, and one of the finest violinists of his generation. Their program of works by some of the most loved and well-known composers - Brahms, Mozart, Kreisler - is sure to provide an evening of romance and excitement.

Children $6 Seniors/Students $14 General $18

George Bowering - Canada's Poet Laureate

Monday, August 9, 2:00 pm The Community Hall

George Bowering is one of Canada 's most respected and beloved authors. In his remarkable career, he has written more than 70 books of poetry, fiction and non-fiction, winning the Governor-General's Award twice. In 2002 he was appointed the first Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate, and is an Officer of the Order of Canada . His appeal and great influence lie in his decision to work consistently against the grain of dominant aesthetic conventions and expectations. He is an exemplary writer precisely because of his innovative writing practices, and as a poet is one of the pioneers of a poetics which allows one to measure their particular place in the world through verse. Don't miss this special opportunity to hear readings from this celebrated poet.

Children $4 Seniors/Students $10 General $14

John Gilliat Group

Monday, August 9, 8:00 pm The Community Hall

The John Gilliat Group plays passionate and fiery flamenco guitars intertwined with beautiful melodies, exotic percussion, drums and bass. John Gilliat began playing the guitar at the age of 9, and since then has never put the instrument down. Dedicating his life to the study of music and guitar method, John has perfected the art of flamenco guitar. He tours with flamenco guitarist Peter Groenhof, drummer/percussionist Jack Duncan and bass guitarist Brent Gubbels. He composes and records his own original melodies and arrangements, and is sure to stir a fire in your soul with his passionate approach to flamenco, rumba, world beat and jazz.

Children $6 Seniors/Students $14 General $18

Sara Davis Buechner - "American Novelty"

Tuesday, August 10, 8:00 pm The Community Hall

Sara Davis Buechner has developed an international reputation for her outstanding performances of Gershwin, Ragtime and the Piano novelties of the 1920's. In this solo piano concert, Ms. Buechner will perform a wide range of jazz piano music that brings back the energy and enthusiasm of America 's "Roaring 20's". From turn-of-the century pieces by Dvorak and Friml to ragtime composers like Joplin and Lamb, with the crescendo featuring Gershwin foxtrots and Rhapsody in Blue, this performance will delight young and old alike. �Ms. Buechner plays Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue and Foxtrots more like Gershwin than any other pianist today.� � Newton Wayland, Conductor

Children $6 Seniors/Students $14 General $18

Borealis String Quartet with Sara Davis Buechner

Wednesday, August 11, 8:00 pm The Community Hall

This ensemble brings together four of the biggest young talents in Canadian music. Patricia Shih, first violin, has amazed audiences since she was ten. Yuel Yawney of Victoria studied at the Prague Academy , violinist Nikita Progrebnoy trained at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, and cellist Joel Stobbe of Prince George graduated from the Music University of Augsburg, Germany. This year, Sara Davis Buechner joins the Quartet as a special guest for an evening of chamber music. On the program is Schumann's famous piano quintet as well as string quartets of Haydn and Shostakovitch.

Children $6 Seniors/Students $14 General $18

No Parental Guidance

Wednesday, August 11, 2:00 pm The Community Hall

The Mom's the Word Collective presents an intimate and hilarious look at the transition to teens. The creators of the internationally acclaimed show "Mom's the Word", they performed their staged reading of "Bedtime Stories for Tired Parents" at the Hornby Festival last year. It was so much fun that they were asked to return for the 2004 season. Not wanting to repeat themselves (they do enough of that at home) they have created a new reading that they will premier at this year's Festival. They have grown older (and wider) and their new material focuses on the trials and tribulations of parenting tweens and teens. Materials are unsuitable for young audiences. Drop your children off at the " Captain Rowdy Roddy's Pirate Adventure � and take some "parent-only" time for an afternoon.

Roars of delighted recognition - The London Times

Seniors/Students $10 General $14

Captain Rowdy Roddy's Pirate Adventure

Wednesday, August 11, 2:00 pm. Hornby School Field

Join Captain Rowdy Roddy on a Pirate adventure to explore the power of your imagination. As a Pirate crew-in-training, participants will enter the world of Piracy in the Golden Age. Learn what life on the high seas was like, seek the secret of the treasure map with your team, and outsmart the misguided twin brother of Captain Roddy....Sebastian, otherwise known as the "Pickle Thief". Come join us on an adventure of a lifetime! Discover that your imagination is your most powerful weapon. Suitable for children and adults ages 5 and up.

This special afternoon will feature performances by Hornby Island children dedicated to creating peace and harmony. Bring the whole family for this showcase of local children's talent including marimba, fiddling, songs, poetry, dance and other performances that will inspire and focus attention on our global yearning for peace. Partial proceeds from this event will be donated to War Child Canada , a group working to assist children around the world affected by war.

Nicaraguan-born singer Ramon Flores and his five-piece ensemble QuintoSon combine hot Afro-Cuban rhythms with elements of jazz and funk to create finely crafted songs that bring a new dimension to Latin music. As Latin music spreads throughout the world and gathers new influences, it creates fresh hybrids. Multifaceted and innovative, QuintoSon is a reflection of this development. "I have always wanted to bring Latin music in Canada to a higher level", says Ramon Flores, "and we are pioneers of a new musical culture here"

Bara Rumba is an Afro-Cuban Folkloric Song and Dance troupe from Baracoa, Cuba. Vibrant, pounding rhythms, sensuous courtship dances, fire breathing and glass walking are some of the highlights of this 15 member percussion, singing and dancing troupe. Their uniquely Afro-Cuban instruments combined with their call and response style of singing and their spine-tingling harmonies are derived from their Congolese roots. The smash hit of last year's Festival, they are not to be missed!

Get ready to swing with Canada's own "King of Swing", the inimitable Dal Richards. Dal is bringing his seven piece swing band to play a great library of music from the golden era of the big bands. From the sweet sounds of Tommy Dorsey and Glenn Millar to the pulsing rhythms of Count Basie and Artie Shaw to the newer sounds of bossa nova, Nuevo swing and good old rock and roll - this concert is sure to bring back old memories and create some new ones. This will be a night to remember for everyone - even Dal.

NOTE: A Salmon Barbeque dinner (for Dal Richard's Big Band Concert Ticket holders only)
will be held at Olsen's Farm Friday August 13 at 6:00 pm. Tickets $12.00/person.
For information please call 335-2734.

Gary Comeau is a singer-songwriter and musician of unusual diversity and talent. Playing a range of instruments including guitar, mandolin and fiddle, he delivers originally crafted, high energy Cajun-style roots and blues that is sure to bring the 2004 Festival to a close with a bang! Along with his band, the Voodoo Stars, this concert will be a high energy night of fun for everyone.

"Take the rhythm of Maritime Acadian music, season well with Louisiana zydeco blues, add a twist of Highway 61-era Dylan, serve it up with great showmanship and you've got a potent musical cocktail that will have your head spinning and your feet dancing!" - Island Folk Festival

A special feature of the Hornby Festival is the exhibition of work by resident artists in the Community Hall. This year, Tom Knott will present an Exhibit of Photographs and Digital Collage which will be on display throughout the Festival.

PLEASE NOTE:

All sales are final (no refunds or exchanges).

Ticket prices include GST.

All outdoor concerts proceed rain or shine.

Program subject to change without notice