News
Great Workshops Planned for Winter/Spring 2012!
We are offering three workshops as part of the Winter portion of our 2011/12 Music Series. In January, intermediate and advanced guitar players will have an opportunity to work with Don Ross when he offers a workshop on fingerstyle guitar techniques that explores altered tunings, percussive techniques, slap harmonics and harmonic ripple effects. In February, Canadian Juno award winning singer songwriter Lynn Miles will be offering a workshop on Songwriting, she'll talk about song structure, verses, choruses, rhyming schemes and more. In April, Manitoba Hal will offer a workshop that shows us how you really can play the blues on the ukulele - this workshop is for beginner to intermediate players who want to learn how to get more out of the uke than they might have imagined! Follow the links above for further info or visit our Shows page, advanced registration is required for all of these workshops!
An Incredible Start to Our Sixth Season!
The St. Lawrence Acoustic Stage reached an important milestone on September 24th with our show with Serena Ryder - we were SOLD OUT for the first time! This meant that more than 172 people had a chance to see a phenomenal performance by Serena. Opening for Serena was New York-based singer songwriter Matt Longo.
Thanks to Serena, Matt, our audience, our volunteers, our sponsors and our funders for making this incredible night possible. Pictured at left, Serena signs autographs for Morrisburg fans. Photo by Wendy Gibb of the Morrisburg Leader.
Funding News!
The St. Lawrence Acoustic Stage is delighted to make a number of funding announcements. We received our first Foundation Grant from the Eric Baker Family Foundation, a private foundation located in Long Sault which supports the Arts, Health, Education and other initiatives. We are very grateful for this support.
We also learned at the end of last season that we would be welcoming our very first ‘Platinum’ Business sponsor for the 2011/12 season: Coffey’s Coffee! Reg Coffey attended a number of our shows last season and did reviews of shows in the Cornwall Free News. Then he surprised us with the news that he would be making a very generous donation in support of our 2011/12 Season. Thank you Reg!
We have also just learned that the Stage has received an Ontario Arts Council grant and a Canadian Heritage Canada Arts Presentation Fund grant in support of the 2011/12 Season. And to add to the good news, we also learned that we have been successful in the Ontario Trillium Foundation Capital Grant competition and will be receiving support toward the purchase of a new digital sound board. This is our second Arts Council and Canadian Heritage awards and third Trillium Foundation grant for the Stage. This kind of funding is central in allowing us to program and produce high quality musical performances at the St. Lawrence Acoustic Stage for the entire SD&G region.
More great donations for our Silent Auction on May 7th, recent donations from Kraft Canada, McIntosh Inn, and more!
We are also running an 'Introduce a Friend' draw for the remainder of the season. Just bring a friend to one of our remaining shows, fill out a ballot and we will draw the lucky winner on May 7th. You could win a pass for all of our shows next Fall and your friend will win a ticket to one of those shows. You can fill out a ballot for each friend you introduce to the St. Lawrence Acoustic Stage!
FRAMED Photography Donates a Two Hour Photo Shoot for our Silent Auction! Lots of great prizes planned for May 7th event, including 'Introduce a Friend' draw for a Fall Season Pass!
FRAMED Photography’s Jason McNamara has donated a two hour photo shoot plus ten edits in colour and B&W, a donation valued at $250. Jason’s dramatic images are in huge demand - he has created the promotional packages for several local bands and his distinctive style is also suited to eye-catching family portraits, weddings, architectural photography – anything you have a hankering to capture in a visually creative way! Visit FRAMED Photography's website.
Other great donations are also rolling in: Kraft Canada has donated a beautiful gift basket of cheeses, Barkley's Apple Orchard has donated an apple tree ready for planting this Spring and we've received gift certificates from local businesses including McIntosh Inn in Morrisburg, Canreg Dairy in Finch, Terrace Green B&B in Winchester, Jack MacDonell Motors in Cornwall, the Grind in Cornwall and DeMary Video in Ingleside. We have other items as well - a guitar tuner, wine racks, T-Shirts and CD Packages with more new donations coming in every week. Bidding and raffle ticket sales begin at our March 12 show with final draws at our year-end show on May 7th. Bid early, bid often!
We are also running an 'Introduce a Friend' draw for the remainder of the season. Just bring a friend to one of our remaining shows, fill out a ballot and we will draw the lucky winner on May 7th. You could win a pass for all of our shows next Fall and your friend will win a ticket to one of those shows. You can fill out a ballot for each friend you introduce to the St. Lawrence Acoustic Stage!
The package is worth over $500 and will be a terrific way for any musician to kick start their debut or sophomore recording at Eastern Ontario's premiere recording facility. Details on how to bid on silent auction items will be announced later, and we will update on other donations for the Silent Auction over the coming months. 
Morrisburg's Thom Realty, pictured left with reps Chuck Barkley and Nancy Shailee sponsored the St. Lawrence Acoustic Stage at the May 7/8, 2010 South Dundas Annual Home and Trade Show in Morrisburg. Thanks to Amanda Crespo (centre and below) and Carey B. Grant (not pictured) who played Friday evening and Saturday afternoon at the Thom Realty booth.
MPP Jim Brownell visited the St. Lawrence Acoustic Stage to congratulate Board Members Derek Hunter, Sandra Whitworth and President Jeanne Ward on the receipt of an Ontario Trillium Capital grant. The grant was used to purchase a new lighting system which arrived in time for the final show of the season on April 24th
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