FOLK FESTIVAL FINALS FOR NEW ARTISTS

Host Dean Verger from Rasputin's.
David Gaudet who won the Galaxie Rising Star Award which comes with $1000.00 and a spot at this year's Folk Festival. David is from Ottawa. http://www.myspace.com/davidgaudet


The Good Lovelies from Toronto won the "One Fret Less" Award which comes with $1000.00 and a spot at this years Ottawa Folk Festival.http://www.myspace.com/goodlovelies
Lindsay Ferguson from Wakefield, PQ. http://www.lindsayferguson.com/

Special Guest was Holmes Hook from Toronto.
Roch Parisien from Galaxie and New Rising Star winner David Gaudet. http://www.galaxie.ca
Pictured above is Louise and Harvey Glatt who provide the "One Fret Less" Award along with winners The Good Lovelies. Below the winners pose with the Ottawa Folk Festival Artistic Director Chris White.
Back on April 14, the Ottawa Folk Festival held their Finals for the New Artist Auditions. The preliminary rounds were done at Rasputins with the finals held at the 4th Stage at the NAC. Two of the six finalists win $1000 cash and a spot at this year's Folk Festival and for the first time the four runner's-up each take home $250.00. This year's festival runs from August 16 to 19. http://www.ottawafolk.org/, http://www.rasputins.ca/

CANADA DAY 2007 - HALF WAY THROUGH THE OTTAWA AT 150 PROJECT

Canada Day and our 140th Birthday. It also marks the half way point of this blog project I am doing to celebrate the 15oth Anniversary of Ottawa being named the Capital of Canada. If you have been following along you will have noticed that this is my first posting in a month. I cannot begin to tell you how busy I have been these last few weeks. Between other photo work, recording images for upcoming stories, the various festivals, trying to get a little time at the cottage, etc. there just doesn't seem to be enough time. I think I have about another 50 - 60 stories to put on the blog and hope to start getting caught up in August. As always, feel free to email me with comments or suggestions etc.