Saturday, July 11, 2009

Here's the updated list of scheduled concert appearances in or near The Region by some of your favourite music artists.

If you're a fan of any of the entertainers on this list, I strongly encourage you to make the effort to experience them in concert. You'd be supporting the artist, you'd show concert promoters and advertisers that people over the age of 40 ARE willing, able, even eager to spend money to see their favourite musicians, plus I know you'd enjoy the thrill of hearing their music performed "live."

7/11 Pavlo - Canterbury Folk Festival, Memorial Park, Ingersoll
7/11 Murray McLauchlan - Canterbury Folk Fest, Ingersoll
7/11 Aretha Franklin - Fox Theatre, 2211 Woodward, Detroit, MI
7/11 Liza Minnelli - Casino Rama, Rama Road, Rama
7/12 Valdy - Canterbury Folk Festival, Memorial Park, Ingersoll
7/12 Murray McLauchlan - Canterbury Folk Festival, Ingersoll
7/14 Tom Jones - Casino Rama, Rama Road, Rama
7/14 Chubby Checker - Fairgrounds, Hamburg, NY
7/15 Tom Jones - Casino Rama, Rama Road, Rama
7/15 Zombies f/ Blunstone & Argent - Mod Club Theatre, Toronto
7/15 Big Bad VooDoo Daddy -Earl Brydges Artpark, Lewiston, NY
7/18 Paul Potts - Elgin & Winter Garden Theatre Centre, Toronto
7/18 Crystal Gayle - Casino Rama, Rama Road, Rama
7/21 Guess Who - Earl W. Brydges Artpark, 4th Street, Lewiston, NY
7/22 Doobie Brothers - Fallsview Casino, Niagara Falls
7/23 Doobie Brothers - Fallsview Casino, Niagara Falls
7/23 Michael Bolton - Caesars Windsor, Riverside Dr. E., Windsor
7/24 Michael Bolton - Caesars Windsor, Riverside Dr. E., Windsor
7/24 Stampeders - Truck Show, C-W Community Sportsplex, Fergus
7/24 Billy Joel/Elton John - HSBC Arena, Knox Plaza, Buffalo, NY
7/25 Doobie Brothers, Harris Park, London
7/25 Jerry Butler/Stylistics/Delfonics - Fox Theatre, Detroit, MI
7/25 Buffy Sainte-Marie - Guelph Lake Conservation Area, Guelph
7/28 Starship - Earl W. Brydges Artpark, 450 S. 4th St, Lewiston, NY
7/30 Cyndi Lauper/Rosie O'Donnell - Fallsview Casino, Niagara Falls
7/31 Cyndi Lauper/Rosie O'Donnell - Fallsview Casino, Niagara Falls
7/31 Chris Isaak - Casino Rama, Rama Road, Rama

8/1 Rik Emmett - Gage Park, Hamilton
8/4 Grass Roots starring Rob Grill - Fairgrounds, Hamburg, NY
8/4 Chris Isaak - Earl W. Brydges Artpark, 450 S. 4th, Lewiston, NY
8/5 Bachman-Cummings/Booker T. - Centre in the Square, Kitchener
8/6 Koz w/ Peabo Bryson - MotorCity Casino & Hotel, Detroit, MI
8/6 Matt Andersen - Kitchener Blues Festival, Kitchener
8/7 Bachman-Cummings/Booker T. - WFCU Centre, Windsor
8/7 Lee Rocker - Kitchener Blues Festival, Kitchener
8/8 Leon Redbone/Elvin Bishop - Kitchener Blues Festival, Kitchener
8/9 David Clayton-Thomas - Kitchener Blues Festival, Kitchener
8/9 Leon Redbone - Festival Of Friends, Gage Park, Hamilton
8/12 Moody Blues - Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto
8/13 Bryan Adams (accoustic set) - Massey Hall, Toronto
8/14 Al Stewart - The Gig Music Hall, 137 Ontario Street, Kitchener
8/14 Bryan Adams (accoustic set) - Massey Hall, Toronto
8/15 Bryan Adams (accoustic set) - Massey Hall, Toronto
8/14 Valdy - Summerfolk Music Festival, Owen Sound
8/15 Al Stewart - Hugh’s Room, 2261 Dundas Street West, Toronto
8/16 Al Stewart - Hugh’s Room, 2261 Dundas Street West, Toronto
8/15 Valdy - Summerfolk Music Festival, Owen Sound
8/16 Valdy - Summerfolk Music Festival, Owen Sound
8/17 Bachman-Cummings w/ Lighthouse - Casino Rama, Rama
8/18 Moody Blues - Shea’s Perf. Arts Center, 646 Main, Buffalo, NY
8/19 Moody Blues - Shea’s Perf. Arts Center, 646 Main, Buffalo, NY
8/19 Kenny Rogers - Hamilton Place, MacNab St. South, Hamilton
8/19 Beach Boys - Casino Rama, Rama Road, Rama
8/20 Beach Boys - Casino Rama, Rama Road, Rama
8/20 Donna Summer - Fallsview Casino, Niagara Falls
8/21 Donna Summer - Fallsview Casino, Niagara Falls
8/22 Donna Summer - Caesars Windsor, Riverside Dr., Windsor
8/27 Petula Clark - Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto
8/27 Johnny Mathis - Casino Rama, Rama Road, Rama
8/28 Johnny Mathis - Casino Rama, Rama Road, Rama

9/5 Steely Dan - MotorCity Casino & Hotel, Detroit, MI
9/6 Irma Thomas - Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
9/8 Eric Burden & the Animals - Fairgrounds, Hamburg, NY
9/10 Tony Bennett - Casino Rama, Rama Road, Rama
9/10 Loggins & Messina - Caesars Windsor, Riverside Dr., Windsor
9/11 Smothers Brothers - Casino Rama, Rama Road, Rama
9/11 Loggins & Messina - Fallsview Casino, Niagara Falls
9/12 Loggins & Messina - Fallsview Casino, Niagara Falls
9/16 U2 - Rogers Centre, 1 Blue Jay’s Way, Toronto
9/17 U2 - Rogers Centre, 1 Blue Jay’s Way, Toronto
9/17 Styx - Fallsview Casino, 6380 Fallsview Blvd., Niagara Falls
9/18 Styx - Fallsview Casino, 6380 Fallsview Blvd., Niagara Falls
9/19 Peter & Gordon/Chad & Jeremy - Fallsview Casino, Nia Falls
9/20 Ian Tyson - Hugh’s Room, 2261 Dundas Street West, Toronto
9/21 Ian Tyson - Hugh’s Room, 2261 Dundas Street West, Toronto
9/22 Ian Tyson - Hugh’s Room, 2261 Dundas Street West, Toronto
9/23 Ian Tyson - Hugh’s Room, 2261 Dundas Street West, Toronto
9/26 Johnny Mathis - Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
9/26 Davy Jones - Fallsview Casino, Fallsview Blvd., Niagara Falls

10/2 Carol Welsman - Living Arts Centre, Mississauga
10/2 Jimmy Webb - Hugh’s Room, 2261 Dundas Street West, Toronto
10/3 Natalie Cole - MotorCity Casino & Hotel, Detroit, MI
10/3 April Wine - Music Hall Theatre, 147 Danforth Ave, Toronto
10/3 Carol Welsman - Living Arts Centre, Mississauga
10/6 Natalie Cole - Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Lane, Brampton
10/8 Dan Hill - Hugh’s Room, 2261 Dundas Street West, Toronto
10/8 Bobby Vinton - Casino Rama, Rama Road, Rama
10/9 Bobby Vinton - Casino Rama, Rama Road, Rama
10/10 Bobby Vinton - Caesars Windsor, 377 Riverside Dr., Windsor
10/14 Valdy - Hugh’s Room, 2261 Dundas Street West, Toronto
10/16 Valdy - Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts, Oakville
10/17 Amy Sky - Fairmont Royal York Hotel, Toronto
10/17 Air Supply - Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Lane, Brampton
10/18 Air Supply - Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Lane, Brampton
10/22 Chris Botti - Massey Hall, 178 Victoria Street, Toronto
10/22 Herman’s Hermits f/ P. Noone - Fallsview Casino, Nia Falls
10/23 Herman’s Hermits f/ P. Noone - Fallsview Casino, Nia Falls
10/24 Pavlo - Niagara Centre For The Arts, Niagara Falls
10/24 Chris Botti - Kleinhans Music Hall, Las Vegas Blvd., Buffalo, NY
10/27 Arlo Guthrie - Oakville Centre for the Perf. Arts, Oakville
10/28 Maria Muldaur - Hugh’s Room, 2261 Dundas St. West, Toronto
10/29 Art Garfunkel - Rose Theatre, 1 Theatre Lane, Brampton
10/29 Temptations - Hamilton Place, 10 MacNab St. S., Hamilton
10/30 Rik Emmett - John Elliott Theatre, 9 Church St., Georgetown
10/30 Temptations - Living Arts Centre, Living Arts Dr., Mississauga
10/31 John McDermott - Glenn Gould Studio, Front St. West, Toronto

Friday, July 10, 2009

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On this day in …

1977 - Undercover Angel by Alan O'Day was the #1 song.

Celebrity Birthdays

Actor (Party Of Five, The Hitman, American Pie) Thomas Ian Nicholas, 29. Singer/actress Jessica Simpson, 29. Colorado Avalanche defenseman Adam Foote (Toronto), 38. Guitarist/singer/writer Rik Emmett (Toronto), 56. Actor (SWAT, Barnaby Jones) Mark Shera, 60. Former Isles-Devils-Flyers goalie Glenn “Chico” Resch, 61. Folk singer/songwriter (Alice’s Restaurant, City of New Orleans) Arlo Guthrie, 62. Actress (Lolita, The Night Of The Iguana) Sue Lyon, 63. Comedian (Royal Canadian Air Farce) Roger Abbott, 63. Actor (Barney Miller, Serenity, Incognito) Ron Glass, 64. Tennis champion Virginia Wade, 64. Singer (My Coloring Book, Sing Along With Mitch regular) Sandy Stewart, 72. Broadway composer/lyricist (Hello Dolly, Mame, songs If He Walked Into My Life, We Need A Little Christmas) Jerry Herman, 76. Writer (The Progress Of Love, Who Do You Think You Are?) Alice Munro (Wingham), 78. Actor (Peyton Place, Dallas, Papillon) William Smithers, 82. Author (The Homecoming)/producer/narrator (The Waltons) Earl Hamner, Jr., 86. Special Olympics founder/Maria’s mother/JFK’s sister Eunice Shriver, 88.

You Know The Face

William Smithers

Everything I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
By Robert Fulghum

Most of what I really need to know about how to live and what to do, and how to be, I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate school mountain, but there in the sandbox at nursery school.

These are the things I learned:

Share everything.

Play fair.

Don't hit people.

Put things back where you found them.

Clean up your own mess.

Don't take things that aren't yours.

Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody.

Wash your hands before you eat.

Flush.

Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you.

Live a balanced life.

Learn some, and think some, and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.

Take a nap every afternoon.

When you go out into the world, watch for traffic, hold hands and stick together.

Be aware of wonder.

Remember the little seed in the plastic cup? ,The roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that. ,Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the plastic cup – they all die. So do we.

And then remember the book about Dick and Jane and the first word you learned, the biggest word of all: look.

Everything you need to know is in there somewhere. The Golden Rule and love and basic sanitation. Ecology and politics and sane living.

Think what a better world it would be if we all – the whole world – had cookies and milk about 3 o'clock every afternoon and then lay down with our blankets for a nap. Or if we had a basic policy in our nation and other nations to always put things back where we found them and cleaned up our own messes. And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out into the world, it is best to hold hands and stick together.

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Thursday, July 9, 2009

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On this day in …

1959 - Lonely Boy by Paul Anka was the #1 song.

Celebrity Birthdays

Actor (Working, The Wonder Years, The Princess Bride) Fred Savage, 33. Actor (American Dad!, Band Of Brothers) Scott Grimes, 38. Former center (Blackhawks, Flames, Blues) Steve Dubinsky, 39. Singer/actress (The People vs. Larry Flynt, Man On The Moon) Courtney Love, 45. Actress (Witness, Top Gun, The Accused) Kelly McGillis, 52. Actor Tom Hanks, 53. Actress (Cocktail, Look Back In Anger) Lisa Banes, 54. Actor (The West Wing, LA Law, NYPD Blue) Jimmy Smits, 54. Syndicated radio show host/musician/composer John Tesh, 57. Actor (Breach, Seabiscuit, The Bourne Identity, Adaptation) Chris Cooper, 58. Former Buffalo Bills runningback/Pro Football Hall of Famer/football announcer/actor/acquitted murder suspect/convicted felon O.J. Simpson, 62. Actor (Roots, Shaft) Richard Roundtree, 67. Actor (First Blood, Cocoon) Brian Dennehy, 71. Actor (The China Syndrome, The Longest Yard) James Hampton, 73. Former left winger (Habs, Bruins, Red Wings) Andre Pronovost, 73. Singer/actor (Daniel Boone) Ed Ames, 82. Former Toronto Maple Leafs head coach/Red Wings, Leafs center/Hockey Hall of Famer Leonard “Red” Kelly (Port Dover), 82.

You Know The Face

Chris Cooper

Seven Wonders Of The World

A group of students was asked to list what they thought were the present "Seven Wonders of the World." Though there was some disagreement, the following got the most votes:

1. Egypt's Great Pyramids
2. The Taj Mahal
3. The Grand Canyon
4. The Panama Canal
5. The Empire State Building
6. St. Peter's Basilica
7. China's Great Wall

While gathering the votes, the teacher noted that one quiet student hadn't turned in her paper yet, so he asked the girl if she was having trouble with her list.

The girl replied, "Yes, a little. I couldn't quite make up my mind because there were so many."

The teacher said, "Well, tell us what you have, and maybe we can help."

The girl hesitated, then read, "I think the Seven Wonders of the World are:

1. to see
2. to taste
3. to touch
4. to hear

She hesitated a little, and then added,

5. to feel
6. to laugh
7. to love."

The room was so full of silence you could have heard a pin drop.

Those things we overlook as simple and "ordinary" are truly wondrous. This is a gentle reminder that the most precious things in life cannot be bought. And, we need not travel to far off places to experience them. Being happy doesn't mean everything's perfect, it just means you've decided to see beyond the imperfections.

May you always be happy ... and seeing beyond.

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