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   From: dalton@nfld.com   
      
   Last night (Wednesday) I went to a concert by The Once with special   
   guest comic storyteller Andy Jones at Gower Street United Church.   
   The Once wowed everyone with a mix of Christmas songs and   
   folk songs, and some folk Christmas songs.   They are Geraldine   
   Hollett, Phil Churchill and Andrew Dale, and they were joined   
   by Greg Walsh on some numbers.    They especially impressed   
   me with their vocal harmonies.   I will have to get their self-titled   
   debut CD and when I do I'll review it on here.   But they have   
   already won several MusicNL awards and are nominated for at least one   
   ECMA, I think folk/roots group.   
      
   After that concert I went to The Ship Pub for much of the open   
   mic set and the last headline set of Folk Night.    Michael El-Go   
   and Peter MacGuire, Duncan Cameron, and Andrew O'Brien   
   all impressed me with their open mic sets, and then Sherry   
   Ryan and Friends got up and did a strong set of country folk.   
   Sherry Ryan said she is playing again on Dec. 28, I think at   
   The Ship again.    Her friend Joe Belly said he will release a   
   new CD early in 2010.   
      
   The Skydiggers are at The Ship tomorrow night (Friday).   
      
   Next Wednesday (Dec. 9) Folk Night at The Ship features   
   Allan Ricketts and Fred Jorgensen.   
      
   THIRD ANNUAL FAS WASSAIL (Christmas Carol Sing Along)   
   is Dec. 12 at Cochrane St. United Church, start time TBA.   
   (See http://www.nlfolk.com .)   
      
   Tonight my ISP's mailserver seems to be down so I can't check   
   my e-mail, and haven't for a couple of days.   So if you have   
   e-mailed me you will have to wait until tomorrow night for a reply.   
      
   David   
      
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