[mplpost] gig: Battlefield Band - Nov. 25/Toronto - Flying Cloud Folk Club

[Rana N.S. Sodhi]

Flying Cloud Folk Club presents
Scotland's finest



                        The Battlefield Band
                          "Happy Daze Tour"


        When:           Sunday, November 25, 2001, 8:00 pm 
        Where:          TRANZAC Club, 292 Brunswick Ave, Toronto
        Tickets:        $20 general, $18 members
                        e-mail me for advance reservations
                        or phone 416 410 FOLK (aka 3655)


[Stop Press: The Band will be on Breakfast Television on City TV Friday
morning, sometime between 7 - 9 am.  Alan told me ththey have to get
there around 5:30 am, then go to London for the Nov. 23 concert and
Kingston for the 24th before returning to Toronto!  They going to love
the 401!!!]


A return of one of  Scotland's finest traditional groups - The
Battlefield Band.  Named after the Glasgow suburb where the group was
formed, the Battlefield Band have been on the world's roads for over 30
years, distilling their own unique form  of the Scottish spirit and
bottling it in concert and onto disc They have broken down barriers and
pioneered many new directions which others have followed.  Angry,
joyful, raucous, contemplative, their music is most importantly -
accessible to all.  This time, we welcome a new line-up. Over the years
there have been numerous personnel changes - musicians have left to meet
new challenges, their places being taken by new musicians.  This has
always added continued creativity, freshness & enthusiasm to the band. 
Joining founding band member Alan Reid and piper Mike Katz are Karine
Polwart, a singer, guitarist & songwriter, and young fiddler Alasdair
White.  Karine replaces Davy Steele who sadly passed away in the last
year. A fine singer, she has already proved to be a major addition to
the Band, as the Scotsman attests - [Her] lead vocals balance arresting
brightness and warmth with commanding gravitas. Her rhythmic touch and
narrative eloquence sound equally assured on a heartfelt love-lament, a
witchcraft ballad or a jaunty courting song.  {March 2000}. Alasdair
comes from the Island of Lewis where in spite of his young age as been
making his mark for years.  His talent was duly noted by the Scotsman in
1997 - "…[stood] a 13 year-old maestro of the Highland fiddle playing
surging  strathspeys and reels with maturity and expertise beyond his
tender years" - where he was young musician of the year.  He replaces
John McKusker - who has moved onto other projects including marriage to
Kate Rusby.  Reserve now - this concert will be sold-out!
(www.battlefieldband.co.uk)

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The Flying Cloud meets at the TRANZAC (292 Brunswick Ave, Toronto -
between Spadina and Bathurst, just south of Bloor) on Sundays (unless
otherwise stated). Concerts start at 8 pm with the doors opening at 7:30
pm. Tickets are at the door, except where advance tickets are available.
The concerts are in the Main Hall at the TRANZAC which is smoke-free,
though smokers are welcome to use the members lounge should they wish.
For more details on the concerts, e-mail Rana at
sodhi@chem-eng.utoronto.ca or phone the FolkPhone - (416 410 FOLK).

Information can be obtained also on our web site -
http://www3.sympatico.ca/flying_cloud_folk  
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Rest of remaining Fall line-up:

November/December
Dec. 2          Curly Boy & Friends  -  workshop style
                 (tentative format)
                Set 1: Rosalee Peppard; Lorraine McDonald; Trevor Mills
                Set 2: Nonie Crete; Joanne Crabtree; Terry Kelly
Dec. 9          Anne Lederman's Fiddlesong Trio
Dec. 16         Seasonal Celebrations - with Mariposa
Dec. 20         Enoch Kent - 70th Birthday Tribute - cast of 1000s
                  and of course Enoch.
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Rana N.S. Sodhi
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Work:       Ontario Regional Facility for 
              Surface & Interfacial Characterisation
            IBBME/Chem. Eng., University of Toronto 
              (416) 978 1470; (416) 978 4317 (FAX)
              http://www.chem-eng.utoronto.ca/~orfsic 
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            Canadian Biomaterials Conference (June 2002)
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More Work:  Flying Cloud Folk Club ((416) 410 FOLK)
              http://www3.sympatico.ca/flying_cloud_folk 
            & Green Fiddle Morris, Toronto                
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e-mail: sodhi@chem-eng.utoronto.ca 
(note: previous address sodhi@ecf.utoronto.ca should still work)
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