We would like to cordially and humbly invite you to a house concert at our place to help raise funds for Shirley-Dale's consultation/evaluation in Sweden with the world expert for her type of rare cancer. The Centre of Excellence in Endocrine Oncology is located in beautiful Uppsala, Sweden which is about an hour north of Stockholm. The teaching hospital there has been conducting medical research for over 400 years! Dr. Oberg has been co-directing She-Dae's treatment plan for the past two years and has requested that she return to their centre for a thorough evaluation at the end of April. We thought a series of house concerts would be a perfect way to raise the money needed for the consultation and medical tests, not to mention a whole lot of fun for everyone!
For those of you who have been to our house, you know that it was made for music. This first house concert will feature East Coast Music Award winner and legendary musician Bill Stevenson; multiple award winning bassist Tom Easley; multiple award winning guitarist Joel LeBlanc; and one of the East Coast’s best talents Betty Belmore.
DATE: Saturday, February 5th, 2011
TIME: Matinee kitchen party 2pm-4pm (children welcome!)
Evening Performance 7:30-10pm (dessert party)
ADMISSION: Suggested minimum donation $20
LOCATION: 18 Kentville Road, Durham Bridge (Directions supplied upon request)
RESERVATIONS: Phone: (506) 453-0001 or Email: deasley@nbnet.nb.ca
(space limited to 40 so be sure to reserve a spot!)
DATE: Saturday, February 5th, 2011
TIME: Matinee kitchen party 2pm-4pm (children welcome!)
Evening Performance 7:30-10pm (dessert party)
ADMISSION: Suggested minimum donation $20
LOCATION: 18 Kentville Road, Durham Bridge (Directions supplied upon request)
RESERVATIONS: Phone: (506) 453-0001 or Email: deasley@nbnet.nb.ca
(space limited to 40 so be sure to reserve a spot!)
DONATIONS: Can’t make it but still want to help?
We have set up a donate button on our blog (on the top right) if you would like to make a donation using a credit card or a Paypal account. You can also send an e-mail money transfer directly to Shirley-Dale at the e-mail address listed above. If you prefer to write a cheque, you can send it to:
Shirley-Dale Easley
18 Kentville Road
Durham Bridge, NB
E6C 1K6
Shirley-Dale Easley
18 Kentville Road
Durham Bridge, NB
E6C 1K6
As always, we feel truly blessed for all of the continued support that we have received on so many levels. We can`t thank you enough.
Much love,
She-Dae, Jules, Rob and Tom
ARTIST PROFILES
Bill Stevenson
In over forty years as a musician Bill has recorded for Elektra records while still in his teens, opened for the Doors, backed up John Lee Hooker, put performing and recording bands behind some of Canada’s best loved musicians including Amos Garrett, Colleen Peterson and Linda Carvery. He has hosted his own National radio series for CBC. He has been a contributing side man to multi award winning albums by Garrett Mason, Thom Swift ,Hot Toddy ,and now includes his own win with a 2008 ECMA for best Jazz Album. His participation in the Jazz/Blues idiom has earned him a respected place in the national music spectrum.
Tom Easley
Tom has earned a reputation as one of Eastern Canada’s first-call bassists. Throughout his successful career as a performer and session musician he has played with many of the top jazz, blues and folk acts. Tom co-leads the ECMA winning group, Hot Toddy Trio, with whom he has co-produced and released seven CD’s. With Hot Toddy, Tom has performed at most major jazz and blues festivals across Canada, Europe and the United States. Tom received the 2007 ECMA for Jazz Recording of the Year and has been nominated three times for Bass Player of the Year by Toronto’s Maple Blues Society. He has a Music Degree from St. FX in Honours Jazz Performance and holds a faculty position at NSCC’s Music Arts Program.
Joel LeBlanc
Multi instrumentalist and composer, Joel LeBlanc has toured throughout Canada and Europe over the last 12 years. A founding member of the east coast roots/jazz trio, Hot Toddy, he performed at major international festivals in the blues, jazz and folk idioms respectively and opened for luminaries such as Bill Frisell and Dolly Parton. With Hot Toddy he released 9 albums, won two Dutchy Mason Awards, a 2006 Maple Blues Award, and a 2005 East Coast Music Award. Currently, Joel performs and composes for jazz and improvising ensembles and film. In 2009/10 Hopewell screened at the Portobello Film Festival (London, UK), the Global Film Festival (Indore, India) and The Great River Film Festival (Denison, Ohio). Joel released 3 recordings in 2010; The Joel LeBlanc Quartet, Resurgo! and Paneo for Sale.
Betty Belmore
Betty was born into a large and musical family in Caribou Gold Mines, Nova Scotia where singing with her five sisters was intertwined with work and play. While attending the University of Kings College in Halifax she soon found herself in demand in Maritime coffeehouses and so began her pursuit of roots music. In a career spanning some 40 years she has learned from and performed with a lengthy list of singers, songwriters and musicians and has earned respect for her own contributions to the music industry. Betty is particularly known for her ear in harmony singing and reviving rare, old songs from the roots of early country, blues and old-time music of North America. She has co-produced two of her own CDs The Harvest is Ready 1997and A Song in the Air 2002 released independently to critical acclaim. In 2002 she produced In the Pink, a collection of old songs sung by her, then octogenarian, mother and aunt, Dolly Belmore and Bobbie Annand. As a back-up singer and vocal arranger, Betty has appeared on numerous radio and TV shows and recordings including performances with Jesse Winchester, Gene MacLellan, Stan Rogers, Sylvia Tyson, Denny Doherty, Peter Rowan, Flaco Jiminez and Bill Monroe. As a songwriter, she has had her songs recorded and performed by Clary Croft, Theresa Malenfant, Denny Doherty and Marg Osborne. Betty Belmore performs with Gordon Stobbe and The Mighty Oak String Band, The Bill Stevenson Band and occasionally with The Belmore Sisters.
