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Valdy Tour Dates

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Eganville, ON, Sat., Aug. 8, Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, 14 Bonnechere St W

Ottawa, ON, Sun., Aug., 9, Ottawa Tennis Club

Ladysmith, BC, Wed., Aug. 12, venue TBA

Victoria, BC, Fri., Aug. 14, U Vic Jazz Lecture Series.

Mayne Island, BC, Sat.,Aug. 15, Fall Fair, I believe it's a 3:00pm show

Ganges, BC, Wed. Aug. 19., Tree House w/ John Hebert and Mark LeBerge

Nanaimo, BC, Sat., Aug. 22, Lions Club 80th Birthday Expo, Maffeo Sutton Park

Ganges, BC, Thurs., Aug. 27, All Saints United Church

Red Deer, AB, Sunday, Aug. 30, Red Deer Folk Festival

Baddeck, CBI, NS, Thurs., Sept. 10, Little Church Concerts

Sydney, CBI, NS, Fri., Sept. 11, the HAT

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Ganges, BC, Sun., Sept. 13, early afternoon, SS Fall Fair

----More To Come ----

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a weekly musical visit: too loose for school, too cool for quittin'.

 

- Kim Cramer and I at Diamond Joe White's 65th birthday party -

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below: at StanFest, with Alfie Zappacost and the late Ron Hynes

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-- some quotations --

Few performers are capable of achieving the kind of energy he generates on stage. - Globe and Mail

...name probably doesn't ring a bell with most Americans, but in Canada this singer and guitarist is a legend. - Anchorage Times

...unquestionably the most public performer in Canada today, and the most loved. - Macleans

Valdy is regarded as one of Canada's most distinctive and successful minstrels. - Humber Log

Valdy elicited a genuinely warm standing ovation, the real kind, where the applause continues long after the encore is assured. - Winnipeg Free Press

-- some more quotations --

...judging by last night's performance, Valdy's musical magic is alive and well. - Beacon Herald

One of the best evenings of entertainment Confederation Centre has ever seen....a man of formidable talents. - Charlottetown Evening Patriot

Valdy remains one of the country's purest and most credible storytellers. - Toronto Star

He's a master of country, folk, rock and blues, and the catch is that whatever the sound, people know that Valdy is sincere. - Saskatoon Star Phoenix

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 Valdy's show is a disarming and practical blend of respect for the audience and show business expertise. - Edmonton Journal

-- Career Bits --

* Invested as a member of the Order of Canada in July 2012

* 7 Juno nominations, 2 Juno awards, (Country Male Vocalist & Folksinger).

* "Songwriter of the Year" and CARAS awards in Folk/Bluegrass categories.

* Songwriting workshops. Movie sound track, TV and film scores, music producer.

* 16 albums, 22 singles, 4 Gold Records, nearly half a million units sold worldwide.

* Original host of "BC Music Project" - Gold Ribbon Talent Development Award - featuring established and up-and-coming artists from BC.

* CBC special, a musical TV simulcast (TV coupled w/ FM Radio 2 in stereo) - - "Folksinger Deluxe w/ a Side of Fries".

*Lead role on "The Beachcombers", minor roles in 2 movie features.

* Twice was a panelist on the popular Front Page Challenge

* International Pop Song Festival in Sopoot, Poland

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* Valdy has toured Canada for forty-six years, and plays regularly in New Zealand with Kiwi mate Graham Wardrop. He has also toured Austria, Denmark, Germany, Holland, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland, and has been an oft-invited performer at dozens of music festivals, including the Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas.

- - You should have heard this choir, in the Alex Goolden Hall, Quadra and Pandora in Victoria: huge choir, the Gettin' Higher Choir, upstairs as well - -

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