echo note

dear mr. editor,

i am just following up with you to see if the echo has any needs for writers. i am especially keen to hear the new great lake swimmers recording - did the echo receive a copy of that?

how can i convince you to let me cover hillside for the paper?

thoughts and advice (AND ASSIGNMENTS) welcome!

dumb technical question:

i tried downloading last weeks show to my laptop while at the library so i could listen at home later, but it doesn't seem to work that way.
suggestions?
good luck with the money draw. i am sending generous vibes at least!

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Subject: CFRU Raise Your Voice - Sugar In The Gourd.
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007

Hello Everybody,
Tonight is our last night at it.

I just wanted to say thank you to the kind people who have donated to the CFRU 93.3 FM "Raise Your Voice" funding drive, and to encourage others to contribute. Tonight between 7 PM and 8 PM we'll be accepting on air pledges on SUGAR IN THE GOURD, the eclectic old-time, country, and roots music program that Geordie Gordon & I have been hosting for the last 2+ years.

Just call 519-837-2378 and we'll be happy to accept whatever you are willing to donate.

We have a number of Compact Disc rewards to give you for your generous call in donation:
>Ruthie Foster - The Phenomenal
>Bluegrass legends The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover - Bluegrass at the >Roots, 1961
>The Be Good Tanyas - Hello Love
>Kelly Joe Phelps - Tunesmith Retrofit
>Aengus Finnan - Northwind
>Bob Snider - Caterwaul & Doggerel
>Kate Schutt - No Love Lost>>

Too shy to call in? You can also donate online. Just go to www.donate.cfru.ca and you can direct your donation toward whichever program you wish and select a gift of your choice from the broad range of available gifts there. Online you can either pay right away (visa, mastercard, paypal), or you can pledge and pay later.

Last week we played all songs about MONEY, and tonight we're playing more songs about MONEY. Geordie Gordon is busy initiating his acting career at the River Run Centre with Tryst & Snout - a hillbilly take on Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream. Tonight I'll have RICHARD LAVIOLETTE and BILL WHITEHEAD as guests. Even if you're not donating tonight, we'd be happy to have you listening.

Thank you to Claire Morris, Scott McGovern, Charlie Cares, Shawna Cooper, and Tannis Slimmon for donating last week. You're all awesome!

Hope to hear the phone ringing tonight too

Thanks,

another note from denton:

An invitation and a reminder that this Sunday, April 15, 9 PM to 11:30ish, is the next Campfire Session at the Cornerstone Cafe.

Hosted by Mark Rodford and myself, we set out a big round tray of tea candles (our "campfire") and then sit around the fire and swap songs. Each session this winter has been a little different, a few new faces each time, a few regulars, all have been warm, hardy, and fun-filled affairs. This will be our final campfire for the season, likely to resume in the Autumn.

Campfire alumni have included: Ken Morris, Cam Werner, Matt Reeves, Ken Brown, Mike Ostler, Kim Logue, Jonas Gregorio, Don Campbell, Kyle Fitzsimmons, Art MacInnis, Mike Kosir, Tannis Slimmon, Lewis Melville, Vicki Fraser, Tristan Raganan, Mike Driscoll, Geordie Gordon, among others.

We'd love to have you join us this Sunday night!
Bring along some friends.

Thanks, Greg Denton.
Campfire Session #4
CORNERSTONE CAFE, 1 Wyndham Street N, Guelph ON (519) 827-0145
Sunday, April 10, 2007 9:00 PM to 11:30 PM
Free to all.

Hey folks

This Monday, April 16th, we're proud to be launching a new series called Outlawed Mondays at The Bovine (542 Queen St W). Also on the bill are the great Kensington Hillbillys.

It's gonna be a great night of foot-stomping.

We'll be playing first from 10:30 to 11:10 sharp, so you can come and enjoy the show, then be home in time for Letterman. But if you're smart, you'll stick around to watch the Hillbillys.

Admission is free.

See you there,
Amer

The Ontarion, Oct/2006

Dear Editor,

Thank you for the recent article in the Ontarion that made the University Library sound like a wonderful resource. Although it didn't clarify who qualifies for access -- I have since learned that if I take an Open Learning On-Line course from Equine Guelph, I can get a card, and check out items and log in to the wireless internet.

I am also delighted to share the news that even non-students can VISIT the library and enjoy the resources, in the building, which is of great importance to me! One of the faculty members at U of GUELPH has won the Governor General's award TWICE, and been made an Officer of the Order of Canada, among other prestigious awards. Yet, would you believe that the entire Guelph Public Library system has not one single copy of any of her works????

They have acted on my "purchase suggestion" and will soon stock a collection of Monologues she has edited, but in the meantime, I want to do my homework! You will find me at the University Library, reading of works like: The Crackwalker 1980, White Biting Dog 1984, I Am Yours 1987, Lion in the Streets 1990, Sled 1997, Perfect Pie 2000, Habitat 2001, Lost and Delirious 2001, Capture Me 2004, Enoch Arden, by Alfred Lord Jabber and his catatonic songstress 2005...

Thanks again for the article. I'm learning before I've even enrolled!

Thursday April 12

This is the ol' quick driveby reminder about the groove summit with the G-town's very own eccodek and the not to be missed groove powerhouse that is Chris Bottomley's Brainfudge.

Chris is bringing with him a who's who of the Toronto scene, including multiple Juno-nominee sax man, Richard Underhill (Shuffle Demons), drumming wunderkind Great Bob Scott (Look People, Whipoorwill, endless collab's) among others. I'd pay $10 just to watch Bob.

It all happens at the E-bar

$10/$8 students. Doors at 9.

(i'll be in smelly barn clothes at that hour, but in the right neighbourhood at least!)

a note from greg denton

Hello Everybody,

Listener supported radio means we need your support! It's time again for the CFRU 93.3 FM Campus & Community Radio funding drive - "Raise Your Voice".

As you know, Geordie Gordon and I have been hosting an old time, country and roots music broadcast, SUGAR IN THE GOURD, for more than two years now. We'll be taking donations tonight (April 11) and next Wednesday while we broadcast from 7 PM to 8 PM. We'd sure appreciate if you called in and pledged. The number to call is 519-837-CFRU, that is 519-837-2378.

We have a number of Compact Disc rewards to give you for your generous donation: The Phenomenal Ruthie Foster, Woody Guthrie & Leadbelly, Bluegrass legends The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover, The Be Good Tanyas, Kelly Joe Phelps latest, Aengus Finnan, and Bob Snider. We also have a beautiful American Roots Music book (retail value at $90), to reward and thank you with.

Too shy to call in? You can also donate online. Just go to www.donate.cfru.ca and you can direct your donation toward whichever program you wish and select a gift of your choice from the broad range of available gifts there. Online you can either pay right away (visa, mastercard, paypal), or you can pledge and pay later.

Tonight we're playing all songs about MONEY. Even if you're not donating tonight, we'd be happy to have you listening.

Thanks,
SUGAR IN THE GOURD An Eclectic Old-Timey and Roots Music Radio Broadcast Hosted by Geordie Gordon & Greg Denton CFRU 93.3 FM Guelph, Ontario Wednesday Nights 7pm to 8pm (listen on air or listen online) www.sugarinthegourd.cfru.ca

Letter to the Echo Editor

Hey Neil,

Lately I have been surviving with just zunior.com providing me new music, but, my car plays actual CDs, and so I would gladly write some reviews for the Echo, in order to earn discs to drive by. Do you happen to have a copy of Joel Plaskett’s new release lying around anywhere?

Also, I thought we should share the news, with my fellow Echo readers, that thanks to zunior.com, we can own a free Jim Bryson mp3, even if they (like Lil and me) forgot to buy a copy of his newest cd when he played at Club Vinyl in Guelph on Easter Sunday. Anyone can download a free compilation album, and subscribe to the zunior newsletter for a new collections of free songs every month... Isn’t that cool?

Bryson appeared, by the way, as part of Carolyn Mark’s Hootenanny, with a Luther Wright and Hank and Lily ensemble. And, what a great show it was! I even got to meet Mrs Polka Dot Dress in the smoking area out back at Jimmy Jazz during Nate’s open stage. I am soooooo glad to be moving back to the close knit Echo community!

Signed,
New Music Lover

REviews ARE just as important

as Previews, I am certain. With pictures of people having a great time especially.

I think I might shalt try to prove my own point. sooooooon....