Well this must be Summer – hot, relaxing and it will be over before you know it – so enjoy it while you can!
Golf Tournaments
The first annual Ippolito Foundation Golf Tournament was great success, everyone had a great time, and the weather was superb. Proceeds raised will benefit McDermott House Canada and local charities and community groups. When we have settled on a date for next year it will posted here and on www.mcdermotthousecanada.org.
We are in the early planning stages of our first annual McDermott House Canada Golf Tourney in the United States. It will be held on March 6th, 2012 at Old Corkscrew in Estero, Florida. Details of the event will be posted when we have everything set to go.
Mariposa
Well my first Canadian folk festival was at Mariposa and we had a terrific time, hung out with Emmy Lou Harris and spent some time with Ron Sexsmith. Ron delivered a stellar performance, I don’t think he’s ever sounded better. Jason, Brian and I worked several workshops – one dedicated to cover tunes in which we did a few John Prine songs – and the other dedicated to the songs of Gordon Lightfoot songs, not a tough choice there, anything by Gordon was well received. Our main stage appearance was a lot of fun and we hope for an invite back next year.
New Project
I am working on my tribute CD to Thomas Moore and hope to have it ready by the fall. The tour for November/December is now complete with the possibility of some really great special guests turning up for a few of the shows – we’ll keep you posted.
We are considering shows in Florida in February/March of 2012 and we are in the early stages of planning a north American tour in 2012 with the sensational Mark O’Connor. We worked with Mark a couple of years ago and the chemistry was bang on, so we are very excited about this opportunity to tour with him.
YouTube
I have a new channel on YouTube now that you can go to view a collection of some of my favourite videos – take a look! http://www.youtube.com/user/LoveIsAVoyage
I hope you enjoy the rest of this glorious Summer and I will back to update the site again in early September.
John