Festival Summer 2005 Schedule

Dal Richards Orchestra

Friday July 29 Olsen’s Farm 8:00 PM

Back by popular demand Canada 's own " King of Swing ", the inimitable Dal Richards and his seven piece orchestra are returning for another night to remember at magical Olsen's Farm. Dal and the band play a great library of music from the golden era of the big bands. From the sweet sounds of Tommy Dorsey and Glenn Miller 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.  

Come and delight your senses further by partaking in our Wild Salmon Barbeque Feast before the Dal Richards concert. The Salmon Barbeque is available to Dal Richards' ticket holders only. Dinner tickets are $12 each. The dinner begins at 6:00 PM . Don't miss this!

 

Tickets: Children $6, Seniors/Students $14, General $18

Steve Dawson – Guitar Workshop

Saturday July 30, Olsen’s Farm 2:00 PM

Come to learn from the master. This is a wonderful opportunity to gain insight into the playing of guitarist-extraordinaire and member of the JUNO award-winning band Zubot & Dawson. Steve's playing and knowledge encapsulates a broad range of musical traditions and styles. Don't miss this opportunity to be inspired. This is a demonstration/performance. You do not need to bring an instrument.

Tickets: Children $4, Seniors/Students $10, General $14

Sharon Minemoto Quintet

Saturday July 30 Olsen’s Farm 8:00 PM

The Sharon Minemoto Quintet is one of the most dynamic and well-knit, live jazz groups on the Canadian jazz scene. Playing in the post-bop tradition, and influenced by Art Blakey, Wayne Shorter, Brad Mehldau and Stevie Wonder, Sharon's original music is diverse and refreshing, a great showcase for her considered and highly melodic piano style. The quintet, with members Ross Taggart, tenor saxophone; Brad Turner , trumpet; Darren Radtke, bass; and Bernie Arai on drums, was featured in the recent Vancouver International Jazz Festival. What a delight to have the Sharon Minemoto Quintet perform here on Hornby Island !

"....Minemoto fronts a tight, inventive quintet . . ." - Marke Andrews - The Vancouver Sun

Tickets: Children $6, Seniors/Students $14, General $18

 

We Are One

Sunday July 31 Olsen’s Farm 2:00 pm

Nancy Adams, Eilat Tovi & Jessica Nygren Dance Collaboration featuring Hornby Island Dancers

"We Are One" is a collaborative creative dance project directed by Hornby Island resident choreographer, Nancy Adams, with guest choreographers Eilat Tovi from Bali , Indonesia , and Jessica Nygren from Courtenay. This piece features dancers from Hornby Island . This special composition explores and expresses the human experience: we are all unique individuals yet we are the same, we all come together cooperatively, yet we have our own path, and each individual's contribution is essential to the collective. Set in the trees at the picturesque Olsen's Farm, this promises to be a dramatic, powerful and meaningful performance.

Tickets: Children $4, Seniors/Students $10, General $14

Jim Byrnes Acoustic Band Featuring Zubot & Dawson

Sunday July 31 Olsen’s Farm 8:00 pm

A local legend in both music and television, blues guitarist/vocalist Jim Byrnes is one of Canada 's most respected and beloved musicians. Last year, Jim celebrated the release of a new CD and a brand new musical direction. Jim will be collaborating with an incredible lineup including well-known JUNO award-winning strang-sters Steve Dawson on guitar and Jesse Zubot on violin, as well as percussionist Eliot Polsky and bassist Keith Lowe.

 

Tickets: Children $6, Seniors/Students $14, General $18

Swamperella

�� (opening act - Mortal Coil - see description below )   

Monday August 1 Olsen’s Farm 8:00 pm

Swamperella is a 5 piece acoustic band whose musical expression is deeply rooted in the Cajun tradition. The band's original material attests to a profound understanding of and connection to the ' Louisiana sound.' This is reflected in its old time waltzes, "swamp stompin'" two-steps, and English and Cajun French songs. Swamperella is not just a musical group, it's a scene.  Spicy, melancholy, toe tapping, sexy, the Swamperella experience ''defies listeners to stay seated''. Consisting of lead fiddler, vocalist and washboard player Soozi Schlanger, button accordion-player, fiddler and vocalist Peter Jellard, guitarist Conny Nowe, bassist Rachel Melas and percussionist Dave Pontello, Swamperalla is like Mardi Gras on tour!

Tickets: Children $6, Seniors/Students $14, General $18

Mortal Coil & Jordan Hansen

Tuesday August 2 Olsen’s Farm 2:00 pm

Mortal Coil
Mortal Coil is dedicated to creating original, imaginative, theatre and spectacle for audiences of all ages. The company brings a sense of magic and myth to their performing characters through the use of stilts, dance, puppetry, voice and percussion, masks and fantastic costuming. Their performances are stunning and highly visual. " Watching Mortal Coil was like floating, untethered in the work of Marc Chagall...the delight they invoked in me was childlike and completely luxurious. "-Colin Thomas, The Fringe Review Jordan Hansen

Jordan Hansen
Come and drum! All ages welcome. P ercussionist-extraordinaire , Jordan Hanson, of Hand Drum Rhythms, will guide drumming participants and observers through a drum workshop/performance. Specializing in percussion instruments from around the world, Jordan Hanson will take the audience and workshop participants on a rhythmic tour full of vibrant energy - Africa , Cuba , Brazil , Thailand and Indonesia . Instruments include conga, bongos, djembe, balaphone, kalimba, shakers, bells, pandeiro and cajon. Jordan will provide percussion instruments to all who want to join in - children and adults alike.

Tickets: Children $4, Seniors/Students $10, General $14

The Bills

Tuesday August 2 Olsen’s Farm 8:00 pm

Don't miss this extraordinary, two-time JUNO-nominated and Western Canadian award-winning folk/roots quintet. The Bills, here before as the Bill Hilly Band, tour theatres and festivals from Copenhagen to California , thrilling audiences with their breathtaking musical explorations and their natural onstage humour and charm. They are renowned among folk music fans of all ages for their instrumental virtuosity, lush vocal arrangements, exuberant live performances, evocative songwriting, and refreshingly innovative interpretations of traditional tunes from around the globe. The Bills have forged a musical style all their own that transcends musical boundaries and defies simple categorization. Don't miss this exhilarating performance of this roots music sensation.

"The Bill Hilly Band blows musical boundaries to smithereens!"
- Robert Reid
Nightlife Magazine

Tickets: Children $6, Seniors/Students $14, General $18

Hornby Festival Art Show Opening & Festival Reception

Wednesday August 3 Community Hall 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Please join us for a celebration of this year's wonderful Festival lineup and the opening night of our featured art show exhibiting photographers, Blair Polischuk and Wayne Wiens. Hornby musicians will entertain you at this reception.

Reading by Amanda Hale and George Szanto

Thursday August 4 Venue TBA 2:00 PM

Amanda Hale will read from the soon to be published The Reddening Path. This is the story of Paméla, a young Guatemalan woman who was adopted as an infant by a Toronto lesbian couple. 21 year old Paméla's return to Guatemala  on a quest to find her birth mother turns into a multi-layered journey which uncovers a tangle of political and romantic intrigue. The book explores the spiritual and emotional complexities facing those of mixed blood, searching back to the first imprinting of European culture and Catholicism on the indigenous life of Meso-America. Amanda has been writing for over 30 years. She is a published novelist and poet, has written for theatre and worked as a journalist. Amanda's previous work has been voted among the top ten novels of 2001 by Toronto 's Now Magazine.

George Szanto will read from the final volume of The Conquests of Mexico trilogy, The Condesa of M. George Szanto's work includes Not Working (1982), Sixteen Ways to Skin a Cat (1978), Duets (1989), and Friends & Marriages (1995).  During the last few years George Szanto has given a large part of his writing time over to a trilogy of novels, collectively called The Conquests of Mexico . The Underside of Stones (1990; reprint 2004), part one of the trilogy, is the story of a Canadian who lives a year in Mexico and finds his life and beliefs progressively subverted and reconstituted; part two, Second Sight (2004), exposes the realms of Mexican wealth and politics; part three, The Condesa of M.   (2001; reprint 2005), explores Mexico 's darker religious underworld. George is the recipient of several awards for his writing including a National Magazine Award and the Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction.

Tickets: Children $4, Seniors/Students $10, General $14

Sarah Chase - accompanied by Bill Brennan

Thursday August 4 Community Hall 8:00 PM

Toronto and Hornby-based dancer and choreographer Sarah Chase is an exceptionally gifted soloist, and her work has been very warmly received across North America and Europe . Sarah will grace the Hornby Community Hall stage this year with a spellbinding performance. Sarah studied dance with such teachers as Peggy Baker, Patricia Miner and Linda Rabin, and at the Teacher's Collective in Toronto , the Cunningham School in New York and the Toronto Dance Theatre. Today, she sees herself as a storyteller as well as dancer. She speaks as she dances, and the spoken word is almost as important as movement as she spins her tales, in an intimate spirit of confidences shared. Sarah's dances have been presented at international festivals in Belgium , Holland , Austria , Norway , Germany and Canada.

Tickets: Children $6, Seniors/Students $14, General $18

Anne Glover

Friday August 5 Community Hall 2:00 PM

Bring the family out for a charming and funny afternoon of storytelling. Anne Glover has been enchanting audiences for years with her stories and string games. She has the uncanny ability to create characters out of thin air. Some of her stories are old folktales, some come from events of her childhood, and others are woven on the spot. Anne has appeared at countless schools, festivals, and conferences across the continent. She has also performed her original stories on CBC radio. Anne is a warm and energetic entertainer with a humourous wisdom and an infectious enthusiasm for life.

"Profound in simplicity, best storyteller I've heard... Excellent rapport with kids... Funny and talented... Wonderful and accessible..." |
- Artscan

Tickets: Children $4, Seniors/Students $8, General $10

Christopher Gaze & Michael Sims

Friday August 5 Community Hall 8:00 PM

"An evening of words and music, of fun and frivolity. Actor Christopher Gaze and pianist Mike Sims come to Hornby with an evening of eclectic delight. Songs both new and familiar, stories and anecdotes, Shakespearean snippets and Flanders and Swan. Come one come all - let us entertain you!"

Back by popular demand, Christopher Gaze , best known as Artistic Director and founder of Vancouver 's Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival, is returning to the Hornby Festival this year for another wonderful theatre performance. During his professional acting career, spanning more than three decades, Christopher has performed in virtually every major centre across Canada , as well as in England and the USA . Recent theatre credits include the role of Frank Strang in Equus at The Vancouver Playhouse for which he received the Jessie Theatre Award for best supporting actor. In May, he was honoured by the Governor General with Canada 's Meritorious Service Medal.

Tickets: Children $6, Seniors/Students $14, General $18

Bartholdy Trio

Saturday August 6 Community Hall 8:00 PM

Three wonderful musicians come together in the Bartholdy Trio. Bruce Vogt is a unique and dynamic performer. Bruce performs regularly in Canada and has also inspired audiences in England , the USA , Germany , France , Italy , Norway , the former Czechoslovakia , Bulgaria , and Japan . Bruce Vogt 's repertoire is immensely varied, and encompasses music from the sixteenth century up to the present. He has consistently championed the music of contemporary composers, and has commissioned and premiered a number of new works. Lanny Pollet teaches flute and orchestration at the School of Music , University of Victoria and performs regularly in chamber music and, also, in orchestra and as soloist. He is featured, with pianist, Bruce Vogt , on the CD Poetic License (music by Handel, Mozart, Brahms and Debussy). Mr. Pollet has published transcriptions of music for woodwinds (such as Berlioz's Roman Carnival Overture for woodwind quintet) and composes (Poems of Reminisicense by Thomas Hardy for SATB choir and piano). Other interests include early music performance. Originally from California , Pamela Highbaugh Aloni received her music degrees from Indiana University and California State University , Northridge in Los Angeles . While performing occasionally as soloist with Orchestra and playing various recital program, Ms. Highbaugh Aloni has primarily found her career in Chamber Music. As a founding member of the Lafayette String Quartet, Pamela has performed extensively throughout North America and Europe .

Tickets: Children $6, Seniors/Students $14, General $18

Jennifer Scott Quartet

Sunday August 7 Community Hall 8:00 PM

 

Vancouver-based vocalist/pianist Jennifer Scott is a rare find. Possessed of a very pure and flexible voice that seems made for jazz singing, Jennifer's solid, swinging piano chops are icing on the cake. She has a passion for rare standards and a gift for interpreting Brazilian music. Jennifer will be joined at the Hornby Festival by Renee Worst, Tom Keenlyside - saxophone and flute, John Nolan - drums.

 

Tickets: Children $6, Seniors/Students $14, General $18

HORNBY ARTISTS

NOTE: Don’t forget to purchase your Festival Fundraiser Raffle Tickets!
They will start going on sale beginning June 22, 2005.
The prize is a Brian Scott framed, oil painting titled ‘Dal Richards at the Hornby Festival, Olsen’s Farm’
(30” x 24”).
Cost: $2 per ticket or $5 for three tickets.