First and Third Sunday of every month 2pm-5pm Royal Oak Pub 318 Bank St. at MacLaren Join us for a little taste of Cape Breton in the heart of the Nation's Capital! |
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The aim of Ottawa Cape Breton Session is to share the music and culture of Cape Breton Island with the National Capital area. The Sunday Pub sessions are open to anyone who enjoys the music. Sessions are primarily for the musicians to share the experience of traditional music, are open to anyone who can play the common tunes of the tradition, and are great way to learn new tunes and meet new people. Want to join in? You can! To get familiar with the Cape Breton repertoire we have practice sessions every other Sunday from 2-5pm at various locations. If you already know some of the tunes join in the first and third Sunday of each month at the Royal Oak Pub (318 Bank St. at MacLaren.) Sessions are led by Aylene, Ernie or Beth—let them know if you have some tunes you'd like to share. |
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May 20 —Pub Session: 2pm-5pm Royal Oak Pub 318 Bank St. at MacLaren. This will be almost your last chance to pick up tickets to see Andrea Beaton, Troy MacGillivray and Allan Dewar for $10 instead of $15! Get tickets at the pub from Brent, Aylene or Kitty. May 26—Piano Workshop: 10:30am to 1pm Piano workshop with Troy MacGillivray. Only one space left in this workshop! $25 per person, pay onsite. Register at cbsession@cbsession.com. May 26—Reel Slooow Jam Fiddle Workshop: 1pm to 4pm Advanced Beginner/Intermediate fiddle workshop with Andrea Beaton. $25 per person, pay onsite. If possible please register in advance by emailing cbsession@cbsession.com although same-day walk in registrations will also be accepted space permitting. Piano and Fiddle Workshop Location: Faith Lutheran Church 43 Meadowlands Dr. between Woodroffe and Merivale, across the street from St. Maurice Catholic Church. If coming from 417 use Woodroofe as traffic on Merivale on Saturdays is a challenge. Enter the parking lot off of Harris Place behind the church. Google Map May 26—Square Dance: 7:30pm-midnight -Andrea Beaton, Allan Dewar, Troy MacGillivray St. Brigid's Centre for the Arts. 310 St. Patrick St. Kildare Room - enter off Cumberland St. Square set refresher course with Graham and Suzanne 7:30. Square and round dancing 8pm. Additional entertainment from Ernie Fraser (Celtic guitar) and Cleary Morris (Banjo, song). Open jam session, bring your fiddles! Jam session will include the tune set from the OTFFAS April jam. Cash bar (proceeds support the Irish Cultural Centre). All ages welcome. Tickets: $10 in advance $15 at the door. Tickets available at the Ottawa Folklore Centre, at any house or pub session and other locations as listed here. Details and directions/map here. May 27 —House Session and Workshop: 12:30pm-5pm - Advanced level workshop 12:30 to ~3:00 with Andrea Beaton. Regular house session continuing after that until 5pm. Hosted by Brian and Aylene Gracie 925 Parkhaven Ave. Google Map BYOB RSVP to cbsession@cbsession.com May 27 —Troy MacGillivray in Concert: 7:30pm with Allan Dewar, Jake Charron. Special Guests: Louis Schryer, Matt Pepin, Andrea Beaton, Terry Lynn Mahusky, Samantha Harvey, Sarah Robinson The Almonte Old Town Hall Auditorium Tickets $20 available at: Mill Street Books, Almonte 613-256-9090 Google Map www.millstreetbooks.com or at the door. June Events June 1 to 3 —Ottawa Valley Fiddle Camp - For registration information: sherryl@sherrylfitzpatrick.com (613) 440-4343. Fiddle: André Brunet (Advanced) Gordon Stobbe (Advanced Intermediate) Sherryl Fitzpatrick (Intermediate) Stéphanie Lépine (Intermediate Québecois /Irish) Kimberley Holmes (Beginner Fiddle) Piano: Julie Schryer Guitar: Skip Holmes. Friday, June 1st - Sunday, June 3rd 2012 RCMP Campsite, Long Island Locks, Manotick, ON. For those wishing to register, a non-refundable deposit of $75.00 is required. June 2 —Special Event: 6:30pm-Cape Breton Club Lobster Dinner The annual lobster supper is back again! Coctails 6:30, Dinner &:00, Dancing with DJ Doug Macdonald to follow. Officer's Mess - RCMP Headquarters at 1200 Vanier Parkway. Highway 417 east or west to exit 117 Vanier Parkway. Left at first lights to guard hut. Give your license plate number to the guards then proceed to the Mess. the Mess entrance is on the east side of the building, but you have to drive all the way around the building to access the entrance which is just past the garage on the left and has a red awning over the door. There is plenty of parking in the lot across the roadway, parking rules are not enforced on weekends. Google Map Tickets: Members - $37 (lobster) $20 (chicken) Non-members $$42 (lobster) $24 (chicken). Tickets first come first served from Brent MacDonald 613-233-3047. Ticket deadline: May 26. June 3 —Pub Session: 2pm-5pm Royal Oak Pub 318 Bank St. at MacLaren. June 3 —Special Event : 11am Delta United Church Sunday Fiddle Service. Ian MacLeod and his youth fiddlers will play and take part in the church service at 11 am. Surrounding a service with Scottish fiddle music is a long standing tradition at Delta United. Delta - the site of the 2nd oldest Fair in On - Williamstown's being the oldest - is just 13 minutes west of Athens and 30 minutes east of Westport and is in the centre of a triangle between Kingston, Brockville and Smiths Falls. The Church is right beside the Post Office. June 10—Special Event: 2pm-5pm - OCBS will be providing some entertainment at Colonel By Residence 43 Aylmer Avenue Google Map Concert 2pm to 3pm followed by a practice jam onsite. Please arrive at 1:45 to tune up and set up. Brian MacLean and Parker Duchemin are coordinators for this event, contact them for questions or to let them know you are coming. June 17 —Pub Session: 2pm-5pm Royal Oak Pub 318 Bank St. at MacLaren. June 24 —House Session: 2pm-5pm - Volunteers Needed!
How to Host a House Session: All you need is a space big enough to put 6-8 fiddlers in, some chairs without arms, and a willingness to listen to the same tune played over and over again as we practice. If you have a piano let us know, otherwise we'll bring our own keyboard. We can also bring folding chairs. Sessions are BYOB but usually the hosts provide some non-alcoholic beverages and a little something for snack time. Interested? Talk to Aylene or Beth or send an email to cbsession@cbsession.com |
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Looking for something more Irish? Everything you need to find Irish music and culture as well as Ottawa Valley and other Celtic music in Ottawa is at Listen to Irish/Celtic music from Ottawa online at the Gaelic Hour on CHIN 97.9fm-Ottawa Both sites contain links to various Celtic happenings in the Ottawa area. Irish Music Ottawa also has links to genealogy resources, local music teachers, instrument sales/repair, also links to tune archives. |
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The Cape Breton Club of Ottawa invites you to make a membership commitment to keep our club vibrant, so that we can enjoy the many aspects of the unique Cape Breton way of life, a home away from home. Our club is a place to enjoy, share, and promote the best that Cape Breton Island has to offer: lively gatherings; traditional music; down-home food; delightful stories; and friendly people having lots and lots of good times together. Want to join in the Cape Breton fun? Candidates for new membership may fall into one or more of the following categories: Born on “the home of our hearts” Cape Breton Island; married or (friends with) a Cape Bretoner; or having a burning desire to be a Cape Bretoner (A Cape Bretoner in “spirit") |
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