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Topic: Held Over! Pedal Steel in Edmonton Theatre Production |
Bob Blair
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 9 Aug 2010 9:25 pm |
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I have had the great honour of playing pedal steel in the show described below (with two Festival shows left to run - tomorrow and Sunday) which has been held over for two additional performances - 2 PM and 5 PM Sunday August 29 at Edmonton's Varscona Theatre. It has received five star reviews from the Edmonton Journal and Global TV, and has played to full houses for several days now. For tickets contact Tix on the Square: http://www.tixonthesquare.ca/
Media Release
03, August 2010
FORGET-ME-NOT
The Tale of The Postcards
Based on a True Story
ORIGINAL MUSIC AND STORY TELLING
FEATURING SINGER SONGWRITERS:
ANDREA HOUSE, DANA WYLIE AND CHRIS SMITH
DIRECTED BY:
DAVINA STEWART
Edmonton International Fringe Festival: We’ll Show You Ours
BYOV 31: VARSCONA THEATRE 10329-83 Ave
August 12-22
Stationed in Paris during World War I a young Solider begins a love affair that will haunt him for the rest of his life.
Seventy years later his Granddaughter opens a box that releases a love from another time.
When songwriter Andrea House finds a box of postcards hidden in a closet in her Grandparents house, she discovers love notes from long ago written to her Grandfather, Forest House from a beautiful Parisian named Denise.
From a collection of turn of the century postcards comes a true tale set against the backdrop of WWI.
Forget-Me-Not is a unique blend of music and storytelling featuring Sterling award winner, Andrea House, guitarist Chris Smith, pedal steel player Bob Blair, Edmonton Symphony member Scott Whetham and songwriter Dana Wylie, fresh off her tour of England and Canada. Forget-Me-Not is directed by Sterling award winner Davina Stewart, and stage-managed by Anne Nielsen.
Tickets $12.00
Online- at www.fringetheatre.ca
In person at Fringe Theatre Adventures Box Office-10330 - 84 Avenue
By phone-780-409-1910
Forget-Me-Not at the Edmonton International Fringe Festival
Aug 12- 9pm Aug 15- 7pm Aug 18- No show Aug 21- 7pm
Aug 13- 5pm Aug 16- 5 pm Aug 19- 3pm Aug 22- 1pm
Aug 14- No show Aug 17- 1 pm Aug 20- 1pm
Website: www.andreahouse.com www.danawylie.net
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Last edited by Bob Blair on 20 Aug 2010 4:53 pm; edited 3 times in total |
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Bob Blair
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Posted 10 Aug 2010 11:39 am
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Chris LeDrew
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Canada
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Posted 10 Aug 2010 1:28 pm
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Knock 'em dead, Bob. Gonna be a great one!
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Jackson Steel Guitars
Web: www.chrisledrew.com |
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Pete Burak
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Portland, OR USA
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Posted 10 Aug 2010 4:08 pm
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That sounds great, Bob.
Congrats on the gig.
Pete B.
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Bob Blair
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 10 Aug 2010 4:15 pm
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| Thanks guys. Pete I was just thinking about you - I'm going to e-mail you with a small technical question I think you can answer. |
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Bob Blair
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 13 Aug 2010 5:58 am
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| Bump. We opened last night and had a ball. |
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Chris LeDrew
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Canada
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Posted 13 Aug 2010 5:59 am
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First night going well is always a good sign. Glad to hear it!
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Jackson Steel Guitars
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Bob Blair
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 15 Aug 2010 9:29 pm
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| Five more shows to go. The Edmonton Journal gave the production a five star rating, which is as good as it gets. Andrea just gets better and better with each performance. |
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DeWitt Scott
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St. Louis, Missouri, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 16 Aug 2010 10:14 am Bob Blair
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| This is another "feather in the cap" for the steel guitar that I have been doing my best to promote since my first show in the year of 1968. Having the steel guitar being a part of as many different functions as possible. Another step in getting the steel guitar in front of the general public! Good on ya mate! Scotty - Internation Steel Guitar Convention, St. Louis, Missouri. |
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Bob Blair
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 16 Aug 2010 11:32 am
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| Thanks Scotty! I was just looking at my calendar and we actually have six more shows, not five. One of the cool things about this has been working with a tuba player, and a fantastic one at that. At curtain call (during which we are playing a swing tune of Andrea's called "Happy") I got a really great round of applause when I was introduced - the instrument is definitely getting noticed. I've been using an Excel keyless S-10 for the first time and it is a great guitar for a venue like that where you need to get on and off the stage quickly. I wouldn't call any of this music country, though a couple of tunes have a bit of a country flavour. |
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Bob Blair
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 20 Aug 2010 2:33 pm
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| I'm delighted to say (as per the edits to the original post) that the show has been held over for additional performances Sunday August 29 at 2 and 5 PM at Edmonton's Varscona Theatre. It has been a great run working with great people, and to sold-out crowds. |
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John Lacey
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Black Diamond, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 23 Aug 2010 6:35 am
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Congrats to you, Bob. Good to hear you've been doing an "out of the box" gig.
John. |
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