Memorial Hall

The 2007 Harrison Festival has now come and gone and what a time it was.
Thank you to all the performers, artists, volunteers and audience
who made this an event to reminder.
Click for a recap page and photos.

The Harrison Memorial Hall is the Festival's indoor concert and theatre venue seating 242 people on a raked seating system. Seating is general admission and the box office, in the Hall lobby, opens one hour prior to each performance. The Hall is located on Esplanade Avenue one block east of the Plaza.

2007 Hall Performances

Friday July 6	Saturday July 7	Sunday July 8	Monday July 9	Tuesday July 10
Concert	Concert	Concert	Literary	Theatre
Amos Garrett & Geoff Muldaur	Dilvog	Watermelon Slim & the Workers	Literary Café	Two one act Plays UCFV Directors Festival

Wednesday July 11	Thursday July 12	Friday July 13	Saturday July 14	Sunday July 15
Concert	Concert	Concert	Concert	Concert
Bill Bourne & Guests	Donné Roberts Band	Los Meñoquitos de Matanzas	Beolach	Jorge Miguel Flamenco Ensemble

Passes for admission to all Festival events are available for $150.00 ($135.00 before June 22).

Friday, July 6 8:30pm
AMOS GARRETT & GEOFF MULDAUR
An intimate evening with two renowned Blues guitarists. We hate name dropping but how can you avoid it with these guys!

Geoff Muldaur
An icon of the 1960s & 70s music scene, Geoff Muldaur is still going strong. Bob Dylan calls him the male Carolyn Hester (the early folk legend who put Dylan on record for the first time), and he is one of Bonnie Raitt's favorite singers. "His new record reminds me of why I fell for this guy in the first place" says Maria Muldaur. English guitarist Richard Thompson says "there are only three white blues singers, and Geoff is at least two of them."
On Line: Geoff Muldaur

Amos Garrett
US born, and Canadian raised Amos Garrett has for the past 40 years been the go-to guitarist for folks like Stevie Wonder, Bonnie Raitt, Anne Murray, Maria Muldaur, Ian & Sylvia, Paul Butterfield and close to 200 others. Guitar Player magazine calls him Aone of the most lyrical and original guitarists playing today.@
On Line: Amos Garrett

Tickets: $20.00 ($16 before June 22); Senior/child $18.00 ($14 before June 22)

Saturday, July 7 8:30pm
DILVOG
Shake your world to the Indian Groove! The goal of Dilvog is to bring Indian music to the world. By fusing the Bhangra beats and other Indian elements with a traditional western pop song structure and production, the songs become accessible to a worldwide audience. Dilvog, aka Dal Hothi, is considered the top Indian/mainstream crossover act in Canada and has a strong following in England and the US as well as throughout the Indian Community. Dal says "music has the ability to bring cultures, races and religions together. Let the party begin."
Tickets: $20.00 ($16 before June 22); Senior/child $18.00 ($14 before June 22)
On Line: Dilvog

Sunday, July 8 7:30pm
WATERMELON SLIM & THE WORKERS
After 30 years of struggle in an indifferent music industry, Oklahoma City based Watermelon Slim is "the coolest new name in blues". Slim's first paid gig was at age 18, he was the first veteran to record an album during the Vietnam war and has worked with blues legends like John Lee Hooker and Bonnie Raitt,. During the hard times, Slim pursued 'other agendas' such as field hand, watermelon farmer, trucker, teacher, conspiracy investigator, activist and in his own words "budding career criminal". Slim says "I'm a late bloomer. Suddenly I have a great band, a great label, a great management team... I'm almost making a living from music."
Tickets: $20.00 ($16 before June 22); Senior/child $18.00 ($14 before June 22)
On Line: Watermelon Slim

Monday, July 9 8:30pm
LITERARY CAFE
An evening of Jazz, Java and the Written World.
The Arabic word 'Adab' is used as the word for literature. Adab literally means 'to invite someone for a meal', and implies politeness, culture and enrichment. Montreal poet, songwriter, playwright, photographer and activist Ehab Lotayef will be reading from his works and presenting a slide-show of his many trips to Iraq.
Vancouver's Elen Ghulam will read from her book Don't Shoot!... I have another story to tell you: Tales from the life of an Iraqi Canadian Woman about her experiences living in the Czech Republic, Kuwait, Israel and Canada.
One of Canada's best known Arabic singers, Maryem Tollar, has written music for the poetry of her uncle Ehab Lotayef and will perform these works throughout the event with her ensemble of talented Toronto musicians.
Co-sponsored by Continuing Studies at the University College of the Fraser Valley.
Tickets: $10.00

Tuesday, July 10 8:30pm
SURPRISE! SURPRISE! and HERSTORY
Plays from the 2007 UCFV Directors’ Theatre Festival

Surprise! Surprise! Written by Michel Trembley; directed by Joanne Abraham
A hilarious series of snowballing phone calls between two women planning a surprise party and the woman who wrongfully assumes it’s for her. Performed entirely in its original French language, with English subtitles.

Herstory (from Talking With… and Vital Signs, by Jane Marin) directed by Lynne Wells and Sandy Tait.
Ten idiosyncratic characters amuse, move, frighten and shock, always speaking from the depths of their souls. A compelling collage about contemporary women in all of her warmth and majesty, her fear and frustration, her joy and sadness.

Tickets: $12.00 ($10 before June 22); Senior/child $10.00 ($8 before June 22)

Wednesday, July 11 8:30pm
BILL BOURNE & GUESTS
A multiple Juno Award winner, Bill Bourne has received international acclaim for his recordings and live performances. Bill was raised in a musical family in rural Alberta. When he was 2 years old, he was known to sleep behind the piano at country dances while his parents' band played. A mainstay on the international roots scene, life on the road is reflected in Bill's music - powerful rhythms and soulful songs, steeped in world beats, Cajun, Celtic, folk, flamenco, funk, poetry and more. Bill is joined by Flutist Aysha Wills and singer/songwriter Laurelle.

Tickets: $20.00 ($16 before June 22); Senior/child $18.00 ($14 before June 22)
On Line: Bill Bourne

Thursday, July 12 8:30pm
DONNÉ ROBERTS BAND
Donné's full name is Rakotomamonjy Dieudonne Roberts, born in Diego-Suarez (known as the city of salegy music) in Madagascar. He moved to Russia as a young boy with his diplomat father and started guitar at age 9. He formed his first band at age 15 and became well-known in Russian show business, becoming the first black person to host a one-hour show on MTV Russia. Since moving to Canada, Donné became a member of the all-star African Guitar Summit, whose debut CD won a 2005 Juno Award. He played at the Live 8 concert in Barrie Ontario and released his solo CD "Rhythm Was Born" in 2006.

Tickets: $20.00 ($16 before June 22); Senior/child $18.00 ($14 before June 22)
On Line: Donné Roberts

Friday, July 13 8:30pm
LOS MUÑEQUITOS DE MATANZAS

Considered the "ambassadors of rumba," this Cuban folk group was formed in 1952 and recorded their first album in 1953. The group is primarily known for its exquisite and authentic interpretation of rumba and its three variants (yambu, guaguanco and Columbia), and includes a repertoire spanning numerous Afro-Cuban genres. Los Muñequitos have toured internationally and recorded a number of seminal albums, earning a Grammy nomination in 2001. The group includes three generations of musicians and dancers with an array of instruments, who maintain their link with the past while exploring contemporary forms like hip-hop and breakdance.

Tickets: $20.00 ($16 before June 22); Senior/child $18.00 ($14 before June 22)
On Line: Los Muñequitos de Matanzas

Saturday, July 14 8:30pm
BEOLACH
Beolach (a Gaelic word meaning 'lively youth') is also one of Cape Breton=s most exciting young bands. The group performs an energetic mix of Cape Breton, Scottish and Irish tunes featuring piano, pipes, whistles, guitar and two fiddles. Beolach has thrilled audiences with spirited performances, witty presentation and versatile step dancing. The band features Wendy, MacIsaac, Mac Morin, Mairi Rankin, Patrick Gillis and Ryan MacNeil.

Tickets: $20.00 ($16 before June 22); Senior/child $18.00 ($14 before June 22)
On Line: Beolach

Sunday, July 15 7:30pm
JORGE MIGUEL FLAMENCO ENSEMBLE
Now based in Toronto, Jorge Miguel's family is from Cadiz, Andalucia the birthplace of Flamenco. Jorge's style is full contact, hard-core. Alegrias, Bulerias, Tangos and Sevillanas, the traditional songs and dances passed down through the generations have developed and grown for hundreds of years. The arpeggios, rasgueados and alzapua of the guitar, the escobillas, zapateado and ilamadas of the dancers, the cante jondo and chico of the singers join the palmas, castanets and percussion to drive the complex rhythms. This is true Flamenco, proud, complex and ageless.
Tickets: $20.00 ($16 before June 22); Senior/child $18.00 ($14 before June 22)

If you would like more information about Hall concerts and theatre or the 2007 Harrison Festival contact us at: info@harrisonfestival.com
or
Harrison Festival Society
Box 399, 98 Rockwell
Harrison Hot Springs, BC
Canada V0M 1K0
Phone (604) 796-3664 Fax (604) 796-3694
or from Vancouver 604 681-2771

July 6 - 15, 2007

2007 Hall Performances