July 2 – July 11 – Cupids & Neighbouring Communities
Muses and Minstrels: Early Performing Arts Festival
The Festival will offer a high quality, educational and entertaining experience of the performing arts of earlier eras to a broad audience. It will provide an immersive experience that links people to the roots of Newfoundland and Labrador’s culture and to the life and times of particular historical periods through music, dance, and theatre.
A NOTE FROM WILLIAM GILBERT: Just a note to let you know that Marylin Tucker, Paul Wilson and three other great musicians from Devon are currently in Newfoundland and are performing a series of concerts in the Baccalieu Trail Region with Jim Payne, Fergus O’Byrne and other members of A Crowd of Bold Sharemen. The concert series is called “Shore to Shore” and celebrates the musical connections between Newfoundland the the English West Country.
Although they all share a common theme, each concert is different. Concerts include: “Waterhaul!” Sunday (July 4) in Bay de Verde; “Will You Ship to Me”, Wednesday (July 7th) in Carbonear; “Rolling on the Deep Blue Sea” Thursday (July 8th) in Dildo; and ”Blow the Wind Westerly” Friday (July 9th) in Cupids.
There are also three afternoon sessions where local musicians are invited to bring along instruments and join in. The first one was in Winterton yesterday at 2pm. The second is in Bay de Verde this afternoon (Sunday) at 2pm and the third is in Dildo this coming Thursday July 8th) at 2pm.
This is a once-in-a-life-time chance to see and hear these musicians right here at home. If you’re interested in Newfoundland music and the roots of Newfoundland music you really should take in at least one of these concerts.
For any additional information, contact: Kathi Stacey kstacey@cupids400.com
Telephone: 709 680-4726 or 709 528-1610
Other events in Cupids on these dates have been included in GREEN.
July 3 Winterton
Songs of the Sea Music Sessions with Jim Payne and British musicians Marilyn Pucker, Paul Wilson, Rebecca Driscoll, Nicholas Wyke and David Faulkner. Explore with experienced musicians, early folk instruments, music and dance. Join in Storytelling sessions that feature folk tales of an earlier time. Share your stories and bring your instruments or just sit back and enjoy.
2-4pm Wooden Boat Museum of NL Admission: $5.00 FMI 583-2070 or 583-2044
Shore to Shore Concerts Jim Payne, Fergus O’Byrne and other members of Newfoundland’s A Crowd of Bold Sharemen join musicians Marilyn Tucker, Paul Wilson, Rebecca Driscoll, Nicholas Wyke and David Faulkner from Devon, England to perform music and songs from Newfoundland and the English West Country.
8:00pm Scilly Cove Lodge #2 SUF 8:00 pm Admission: $15.00 FMI 583-2070 or 583-2044
July 3 Cupids
Fairest Isles, All Isles Excelling – Hot Earth Ensemble. Concerts will feature guest artists, Meredith Hall, soprano, Calvin Powell, baritone, and a group of Madrigal Singers, directed by Kellie Walsh. Presenting music that was played, sung, or danced to in the “Fairest Isle” of England 400 or so years ago.
8:00 pm Cupids United Church Admission: $15.00 FMI 709 528-1610
July 4 Bay de Verde
Songs of the Sea Music Sessions with Jim Payne and British musicians Marilyn Pucker, Paul Wilson, Rebecca Driscoll, Nicholas Wyke and David Faulkner. Explore with experienced musicians, early folk instruments, music and dance. Join in Storytelling sessions that feature folk tales of an earlier time. Share your stories and bring your instruments or just sit back and enjoy.
2:00 – 4:00 pm Venue TBA $5.00 FMI: 709 528-1610
Shore to Shore Concert “Waterhaul!” Jim Payne, Fergus O’Byrne and other members of Newfoundland’s A Crowd of Bold Sharemen join musicians Marilyn Tucker, Paul Wilson, Rebecca Driscoll, Nicholas Wyke and David Faulkner from Devon, England to perform music and songs from Newfoundland and the English West Country. 8:00 pm Venue TBA $15.00 FMI: 709 528-1610
July 4 Cupids
Concert in Millbrook Garden Concert in the Park with local performing musicians, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
The Tiring House: New World Theatre – The Indeavour Stage 1PM Tickets $10.00 Tickets are available at the Cupids 400 Box Office, 467 Seaforest Drive, Cupids NL 709.528.1610
Caesar New World Theatre- The Indeavour Stage 6pm Tickets $25.00 Tickets are available at the Cupids 400 Box Office, 467 Seaforest Drive, Cupids NL 709.528.1610
July 5 Cupids
Coasters 2010 National Antique and Classic Car Club will arrive in Cupids on July 5th with over 100 antique and classic cars for viewing. Following this will be a cross country tour from St. John’s to British Columbia.
Servant of Two Masters - Beni Malone & Wonderbolt Productions A classic Commedia del’arte piece written by renowned Italian playwright Carlos Goldini and adapted for stage by Beni Malone of Wonderbolt Productions. Audiences will be treated to a tapestry of memorable characters, beautiful costumes, manic comic energy as they whirl at a break neck pace through the ever twisting and twirling plot that is the trademark of the commedia del’arte form.
8:00pm Cupids Orange Lodge $15.00 FMI: 709 528-1610
July 6 Carbonear
Servant of Two Masters - Beni Malone & Wonderbolt Productions A classic Commedia del’arte piece written by renowned Italian playwright Carlos Goldini and adapted for stage by Beni Malone of Wonderbolt Productions. Audiences will be treated to a tapestry of memorable characters, beautiful costumes, manic comic energy as they whirl at a break neck pace through the ever twisting and twirling plot that is the trademark of the commedia del’arte form.
8:00pm Rorke Stores Mercantile Premises $15.00 FMI: 709 528-1610
July 6 Cupids
An Evening of 17th Century Music, Song & Dance With Andrew Draskoy & Evelyne Lavoie – singer, early music specialist, ethno-musicologist, musician and dancer; Evelyn Osborne – violinist, ethno-musicologist, and dancer; Kathie Rose – flutist, singer, dancer; Lesley Reade – dancer; Brooke Dufton: singer; Charlie Barfoot: singer, guitarist – Cupids Legacy Centre – Cupids - 7 pm Tickets – $15.00 at the door. A two-hour workshop featuring the dance, music, and song of the early 17th century. The company will present some of the forms of entertainment that were familiar to the early settlers of Cupids.
July 7 Bay Roberts
Hot Earth Ensemble
Fairest Isles, All Isles Excelling – Hot Earth Ensemble. - “Struggle and Contemplation” featuring guest artists, Meredith Hall, soprano, Calvin Powell, baritone, and a group of Madrigal Singers, directed by Kellie Walsh. Selected madrigals, masses by Byrd, and Tallis, sacred Songs and instrumental music by selected English composers.
8:00 pm St. Matthew’s Anglican Church Admission: $15.00 FMI: 709 528-1610
July 7 Heart’s Content
An Evening of 17th Century Music, Song & Dance With Andrew Draskoy & Evelyne Lavoie – singer, early music specialist, ethno-musicologist, musician and dancer; Evelyn Osborne – violinist, ethno-musicologist, and dancer; Kathie Rose – flutist, singer, dancer; Lesley Reade – dancer; Brooke Dufton: singer; Charlie Barfoot: singer, guitarist – Cupids Legacy Centre – Cupids - 7 pm Tickets – $15.00 at the door. A two-hour workshop featuring the dance, music, and song of the early 17th century. The company will present some of the forms of entertainment that were familiar to the early settlers of Cupids.
July 7 Old Perlican
Servant of Two Masters – Beni Malone & Wonderbolt Productions A classic Commedia del’arte piece written by renowned Italian playwright Carlos Goldini and adapted for stage by Beni Malone of Wonderbolt Productions. Audiences will be treated to a tapestry of memorable characters, beautiful costumes, manic comic energy as they whirl at a break neck pace through the ever twisting and twirling plot that is the trademark of the commedia del’arte form. 8:00 pm John Hoskins Community Centre $15.00 FMI: 709 528-1610
July 7 Carbonear
Fergus O’Byrne
Shore to Shore Concerts “Will You Ship to Me?” Jim Payne, Fergus O’Byrne and other members of Newfoundland’s A Crowd of Bold Sharemen join musicians Marilyn Tucker, Paul Wilson, Rebecca Driscoll, Nicholas Wyke and David Faulkner from Devon, England to perform music and songs from Newfoundland and the English West Country. 8:00pm Rorke Stores Mercantile Premises $15.00 FMI: 709 528-1610
Becki Driscoll
July 8 Dildo
Wren Music
Songs of the Sea Music Sessions with Jim Payne and British musicians Marilyn Pucker, Paul Wilson, Rebecca Driscoll, Nicholas Wyke and David Faulkner. Explore with experienced musicians, early folk instruments, music and dance. Join in Storytelling sessions that feature folk tales of an earlier time. Share your stories and bring your instruments or just sit back and enjoy. 2:00pm-4:00pm Goodwill Lodge #84 SUF $5.00 FMI: 709 528-1610
Shore to Shore Concerts “Rolling on the Deep Blue Sea” Jim Payne, Fergus O’Byrne and other members of Newfoundland’s A Crowd of Bold Sharemen join musicians Marilyn Tucker, Paul Wilson, Rebecca Driscoll, Nicholas Wyke and David Faulkner from Devon, England to perform music and songs from Newfoundland and the English West Country. 8:00pm Goodwill Lodge #84 SUF $15.00 FMI: 709 528-1610
July 8 Spaniard’s Bay
Servant of Two Masters - Beni Malone & Wonderbolt Productions A classic Commedia del’arte piece written by renowned Italian playwright Carlos Goldini and adapted for stage by Beni Malone of Wonderbolt Productions. Audiences will be treated to a tapestry of memorable characters, beautiful costumes, manic comic energy as they whirl at a break neck pace through the ever twisting and twirling plot that is the trademark of the commedia del’arte form. 8:00pm Spaniard’s Bay Recreation Centre 8:00 $15.00
July 8 Cupids
Colony of the Heart: Indeavour Stage 6PM $25.00 Tickets are available at the Cupids 400 Box Office, 467 Seaforest Drive, Cupids NL 709.528.1610
July 9 Brigus
Servant of Two Masters - Beni Malone & Wonderbolt Productions A classic Commedia del’arte piece written by renowned Italian playwright Carlos Goldini and adapted for stage by Beni Malone of Wonderbolt Productions. Audiences will be treated to a tapestry of memorable characters, beautiful costumes, manic comic energy as they whirl at a break neck pace through the ever twisting and twirling plot that is the trademark of the commedia del’arte form.
8:00 pm St. George’s Heritage Church $15.00 FMI 709-528-3575
July 9 Cupids
Colony of the Heart: Indeavour Stage 6PM $25.00 Tickets are available at the Cupids 400 Box Office, 467 Seaforest Drive, Cupids NL 709.528.1610
Shore to Shore Concert “Blow the Wind Westerly” Jim Payne, Fergus O’Byrne and other members of Newfoundland’s A Crowd of Bold Sharemen join musicians Marilyn Tucker, Paul Wilson, Rebecca Driscoll, Nicholas Wyke and David Faulkner from Devon, England to perform music and songs from Newfoundland and the English West Country. 8:00pm Cupids United Church $15.00 FMI: 528-1610
July 10 Carbonear
Fairest Isles, All Isles Excelling – Hot Earth Ensemble “Exploration – Early Music to Cupids today.” Songs of Exploration; early music operatic excerpts; Newfoundland songs, word premiere of Stephen Hatfield’s newly commissioned madrigal related to the sea; world premier of Clifford Crawley’s newly commissioned work for flute, harpsichord and cello, incorporating musical styles from the 17th to the 21st century. Concerts feature guest artists, Meredith Hall, soprano, Calvin Powell, baritone, and a group of Madrigal Singers, directed by Kellie Walsh. 8:00pm Princess Sheila NaGeira Theatre $15.00 FMI: 528-1610
July 10 Cupids
The Tiring House: New World Theatre – The Indeavour Stage 1PM Tickets $10.00 Tickets are available at the Cupids 400 Box Office, 467 Seaforest Drive, Cupids NL 709.528.1610
Feast of the Sword Dinner Theatre: Cupids Community Hall 6PM Tickets $47.50 Children 12 & under $36.25 Tickets are available at the Cupids 400 Box Office, 467 Seaforest Drive, Cupids NL 709.528.1610
July 11 Cupids
The Tiring House: New World Theatre – The Indeavour Stage 1PM Tickets $10.00 Tickets are available at the Cupids 400 Box Office, 467 Seaforest Drive, Cupids NL 709.528.1610
Unveiling of the Cupids 400 Heritage Mat Legacy Hall, Cupids Legacy Centre. 2:00pm The mat made from 10 – 10×10 original designs by member of the Rug Hooking Guild of Newfoundland and Labrador [RHGNL] from around the province will be hung in the Cupids Legacy Centre. The designs will be packaged and for sale at the Cupids Legacy Centre Museum Shop. For more information, contact: 528-1610
July 11 Brigus
Muses & Minstrels Closing Concert “Fare Thee Well” Jim Payne, Fergus O’Byrne and other members of Newfoundland’s A Crowd of Bold Sharemen join musicians Marilyn Tucker, Paul Wilson, Rebecca Driscoll, Nicholas Wyke and David Faulkner from Devon, England to perform music and songs from Newfoundland and the English West Country.
8:00pm $15 St. George’s Heritage Church $15.00 FMI 709-528-3575
