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| Canadian Guitar Festival and Fingerstyle Guitar Competition The 3rd annual Canadian Guitar Festival once again takes to the stage with many homegrown and international guitarists on July 21st-23rd at The Odessa Fair Grounds (11 kms west of Kingston near Highway 401). Some performers include 2005 Juno Award winner and three-time nominee Robert Michaels; East Coast Music Award winner J.P. Cormier; Artist of the Year 2000 and 2002 from the Music Industry Association of Newfoundland and Labrador Duane Andrews; Italian virtuoso Pino Forastiere; Norwegian song- writer Kerstin Blodig; Scotland's Ian Melrose; Canadian-based singer/songwriter Andrew White from New Zealand, American virtuoso Michael Chapdelaine - the only guitarist ever to win First Prize in the world's top competitions in both the Classical and Fingerstyle genres; and Canadian legend Don Ross who has been touring with the "Men of Steel" whom have just released their newest CD four way mirror. July 21st, 4:30pm - 11:59pm, 6:00pm Greetings from Holmes Hooke 6:30pm Erik Turnbull 7:30pm Kerstin Blodig 8:30pm Robert Michaels 9:30pm Andrew White July 22nd, 10:00am - 11:59pm Workshops 9:00am Celtic Guitar- Bob Maclean 9:45am Classical- Jeff Hanlon 10:30am Guitar and Voice- Marco D'Amico 11:15am - 12:30pm Open Mike- Louise Ford Mainstage 1:00pm Andy McKee 2:00pm Duane Andrews 3:00pm J.P. Cormier 4:00pm Michael Chapdelaine 5:30pm - 6:45pm Mainstage Workshop featuring: Don Ross, J.P. Cormier, Ian Melrose, Andrew White, Kerstin Blodig, Robert Michaels and Pino Forastiere with host Gary Rasberry 7:00pm Del Vezeau 8:00pm Pino Forastiere 9:00pm Ian Melrose 10:00pm Montreal Guitar Trio July 23rd, 10:00am - 4:00pm The Canadian Fingerstyle Guitar Competition. Up to 24 undiscovered players will compete for the title of Canadian Finger Style Guitar Champion and prizes worth over $12,000 dollars. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Jazz News :: home page |