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Welcome to the Canadian Federation of Poets - Orangeville Federation A Federation is a local group that is run by members of the CFP. It is a nice way to meet other poets, share, and learn. Anyone is welcome to attend these events! Come on out. Perhaps come out earlier, relax and have dinner - meet with our fellow poets/writers and get ready for a wonderful evening of poetry - sharing, inspiration and creativity !!! Location: The Lyrical Coffeehouse Music, Poetry and Wordsmithing Monthly Series 9:00 - 11:00 pm 232 Broadway, Orangeville, Ontario Cost: $12.00 at the door *Dinner reservations ensure good seating - Ask for Wendy at 519-940-8291 The next events will be: Danny Bakan is an award-winning songwriter with “acerbic wit” according to CBC Radio. He “is not only a fine banjo player but his songwritng is exceptional - genuine originality and carefully crafted words which have punch and feeling without sounding contrived. A wordsmith at his best” Les Jones, Bookstore Cafe, Camden East Ontario Robert Priest “ is a rare hybrid - a poet who can as easily compose hummable melodies as sing them with power." -FM magazine. Robert, a CBC Radio favorite, has a long list of accomplishments as a poet incuding the Milton Acorn People Choice Award and several poetry books, tapes and CDs. Ken Brown is a songwriter of tremendous talent. Ken is passionate, sensitive and deeply thoughtful. With a new album around the corner Ken’s fans are waiting patiently and for good reason. He is also delightfully playful and impish with spoken word performances like the Monkey Stories. Hopefully he’ll tell us one! Tim Mason "Few poets... meld thick poetry with rich storytelling, truly in the oral tradition, in the style of strong tobacco, black coffee and hard liquor." Chris Chandler, Troubadour “His lines come like heat-seeking missiles, laced with street smart humor and insight." Boston Globe 1997 Corin Raymond the enegetic singer from the folk duo The Undesriables left the crowd screaming for more when they played this Fall at the Live! at the Opera House series. “An enthusiastic perfomer writng songs with maturity and wisdom beyond his age” Carl Borgstrom, ‘Live at the Opera House’ Evalyn Parry weaves toghether the poetic with the satiric in her signature combination of music and spoken-word. Winner of the 2003 Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award. "Equally funny and dangerous, this is a songwriter who takes us into uncharted waters." CBC Radio Katherine Wheatley cultivated a passion for songwriting when she ordered a $13 guitar from the Sears Catalogue. Years later, she shares her perfected craft with others in workshops, at festivals and on stage. According to the Toronto Star, Katherine Wheatley "turns pebbles of every day life into dreamy mountains of song." Holmes Hooke is an award winning lyricist who has been called a "national treasure" and "one of Ireland's greatest gifts to Canada" for his "beautiful poetry and his brilliant interpretative work". Holmes' poems have been studied in schools and universities and they have been set to music and performed by more than 40 different artists Marianne Girard writes like Dylan (with a female twist) and sings like Emmy Lou Harris. Greg Quill of the Toronto Star describes her music as “elegantly simple, folk-tinged ballads, very personal tales of love and panoramic ruminations that are well served by a light and airy, almost casual treatment” Stuart Ross is a Toronto fiction writer, poet, and editor. He has been active in the Toronto literary scene since the mid-1970s. “Ross is absurd [in style], weaving cryptic tales that are at once bizarre, humorous, intriguing and at times even beautiful. … Ross crafts his style for the new breed of readers.” Globe and Mail | |||||||
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