News, June 2006
Summer’s here! And with that comes a temporary shift in my workload. At the end of this month I wrap up my current season with St. Elizabeth’s Parish, starting my next one in September. In the meantime, starting June 25, I take over the 9:00 mass at St. Augustine’s for the summer, adding the 10:30 mass around the same time (I don’t have an exact date yet). And of course I’ll have the occasional wedding booking.
Hot Ice is still in its rebuilding mode, looking for a new bassist after Rico’s departure early this spring. Our idea now is to also get a good lead singer, and I’ve requested that we also get a second keyboardist so that we can split the keyboard duties and so that he and I can cover for each other when one of us has a conflicting gig. Also, since we have been out of the loop for so long now, we are looking at changing the band’s name. What do you think of "Tabula Rasta"?
Stone Soul Picnic is still playing occasionally at the Casino du Lac Leamy, having completed a very successful series of Friday-Saturday gigs there in March. The hope at the time was that we would be playing there every three months, but now the casino will be featuring Latino music over the summer, and so our next series of Friday-Saturday gigs will probably be in the fall. In the meantime we are negotiating gigs in other venues, notably including the Aylmer Marina.
In early July I will be going to Toronto for my annual week-long vacation. I have
friends there that I will be visiting, and I will be attending a sci-fi convention called Toronto Trek.
I hope you all have a safe and wonderful summer.
Hot Ice is still in its rebuilding mode, looking for a new bassist after Rico’s departure early this spring. Our idea now is to also get a good lead singer, and I’ve requested that we also get a second keyboardist so that we can split the keyboard duties and so that he and I can cover for each other when one of us has a conflicting gig. Also, since we have been out of the loop for so long now, we are looking at changing the band’s name. What do you think of "Tabula Rasta"?
Stone Soul Picnic is still playing occasionally at the Casino du Lac Leamy, having completed a very successful series of Friday-Saturday gigs there in March. The hope at the time was that we would be playing there every three months, but now the casino will be featuring Latino music over the summer, and so our next series of Friday-Saturday gigs will probably be in the fall. In the meantime we are negotiating gigs in other venues, notably including the Aylmer Marina.
In early July I will be going to Toronto for my annual week-long vacation. I have
friends there that I will be visiting, and I will be attending a sci-fi convention called Toronto Trek.
I hope you all have a safe and wonderful summer.
posted by Jamie at 9:59 p.m.
