Post by Joe on Jan 16, 2006 21:39:07 GMT -5
What follows is THE COTTARS—YEAR-END REVIEW, 2004
2004 proved another FANTASTIC year for The Cottars: a new recording, tours of central and western Canada, more shows in the USA, appearances at major festivals, a second trip to Japan, national radio & TV appearances, fundraisers & telethons, and much more.
Here are a few of the highlights:
The year began with a return visit to Washington, DC where, during a tour of the city, band members viewed a collection of priceless violins made by Stradivarius, and saw the actual “Star Spangled Banner”. The entourage was also presented with an American flag which had actually flown over the Capitol Dome at one point. The gala concert itself (which the year before had featured Tony Bennett and Natalie Cole) included performances by John McDermott and The Cottars.
Back home, the band filmed a segment to aired during the ECMA broadcast in St. John’s, Newfoundland. February saw the foursome at Lakewind Sound, recording tracks for their new CD, “On Fire”. Early March brought a tour of Ontario where the band gave performances to large crowds in Ottawa, Kingston, Oakville, Brampton, Brantford, Guelph, and St. Catherine’s. In late March, the band travelled through western Canada for several well-attended and enthusiastically received concert appearances. April found The Cottars back at Lakewind doing additional recording for the new CD. Final orchestral touches were added to the tracks at Manta and Inception Sound studios in Toronto.
In May, The Cottars and The Chieftains performed “live” in Halifax for the CBC-TV network, and then the Special “The Chieftains In Canada” was rehearsed and taped at Electropolis. The band members had great fun hanging out with Jann Arden, Blue Rodeo, Vent Du Nord, the Inuit throatsingers, Nashville guitarist Jeff White, and The Chieftains themselves.
In June, The Cottars joined Cape Breton fiddling great, Natalie MacMaster, for a couple of concerts in the Cape Cod, Massachusetts, area. On July 1st, Canada Day, a 30-minute special on The Cottars was broadcast by CBC-TV across the nation. Later in the month, K-94 put the band’s new single, “Ready For The Storm” into regular rotation on its contemporary-music programme. July 16th, The Cottars and Raylene Rankin did an outdoor concert at Big Pond, CB, and on July 30th, it was off to The Glengarry Highland Games (ON).
During August, members of the group studied Irish traditional music at The Gaelic College in St. Ann’s.
In September, with Jason Fowler now subbing for Jimmy (who is ill), The Cottars played the prestigious Chicago Celtic Festival. Next came a performance in Cedar Rapids (Iowa), and the band finished up in Nashville, guests of banjo great, Alison Brown. During that stay, Fiona met ex-Nitty Gritty Dirt Band member, John McEwan.
October included a wonderful week at Charlottetown’s Confederation Centre, a fundraiser for the CNIB in Halifax, a CD-launch in Toronto, and a “Canada-AM” national CTV appearance.
In December, following two shows in Wolfville (NS), The Cottars spent the rest of the month in Japan where they enjoyed Kabuki theatre, played in Hiroshima, and met HIH Princess Takamado. Besides performing, The Cottars had the opportunity to do major sightseeing: The White House, The Capitol Dome and The Smithsonian (Washington, DC), a Leafs/Bruins game (Toronto); the Ontario Science Centre; the musical “The Producers” (Toronto); the coppermines of Sudbury (ON), Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré shrine, the Edison grammophone museum (QUE), the Country Music Hall of Fame (Nashville), The John Lennon Museum (Tokyo), the Asakusa Temple (Tokyo), Mount Fuji, and The Hiroshima Museum, and too much more to mention.
• For making 2004 a thrilling year, The Cottars would like to thank: family, friends and fans, McDermott Entertainment, Bob Jensen, Pat Garrett, Warner Canada, and the media • Have a great 2005, from:
Ciarán, Roseanne, Fiona & Jim = THE COTTARS
www.AtlanticSeabreeze.com
2004 proved another FANTASTIC year for The Cottars: a new recording, tours of central and western Canada, more shows in the USA, appearances at major festivals, a second trip to Japan, national radio & TV appearances, fundraisers & telethons, and much more.
Here are a few of the highlights:
The year began with a return visit to Washington, DC where, during a tour of the city, band members viewed a collection of priceless violins made by Stradivarius, and saw the actual “Star Spangled Banner”. The entourage was also presented with an American flag which had actually flown over the Capitol Dome at one point. The gala concert itself (which the year before had featured Tony Bennett and Natalie Cole) included performances by John McDermott and The Cottars.
Back home, the band filmed a segment to aired during the ECMA broadcast in St. John’s, Newfoundland. February saw the foursome at Lakewind Sound, recording tracks for their new CD, “On Fire”. Early March brought a tour of Ontario where the band gave performances to large crowds in Ottawa, Kingston, Oakville, Brampton, Brantford, Guelph, and St. Catherine’s. In late March, the band travelled through western Canada for several well-attended and enthusiastically received concert appearances. April found The Cottars back at Lakewind doing additional recording for the new CD. Final orchestral touches were added to the tracks at Manta and Inception Sound studios in Toronto.
In May, The Cottars and The Chieftains performed “live” in Halifax for the CBC-TV network, and then the Special “The Chieftains In Canada” was rehearsed and taped at Electropolis. The band members had great fun hanging out with Jann Arden, Blue Rodeo, Vent Du Nord, the Inuit throatsingers, Nashville guitarist Jeff White, and The Chieftains themselves.
In June, The Cottars joined Cape Breton fiddling great, Natalie MacMaster, for a couple of concerts in the Cape Cod, Massachusetts, area. On July 1st, Canada Day, a 30-minute special on The Cottars was broadcast by CBC-TV across the nation. Later in the month, K-94 put the band’s new single, “Ready For The Storm” into regular rotation on its contemporary-music programme. July 16th, The Cottars and Raylene Rankin did an outdoor concert at Big Pond, CB, and on July 30th, it was off to The Glengarry Highland Games (ON).
During August, members of the group studied Irish traditional music at The Gaelic College in St. Ann’s.
In September, with Jason Fowler now subbing for Jimmy (who is ill), The Cottars played the prestigious Chicago Celtic Festival. Next came a performance in Cedar Rapids (Iowa), and the band finished up in Nashville, guests of banjo great, Alison Brown. During that stay, Fiona met ex-Nitty Gritty Dirt Band member, John McEwan.
October included a wonderful week at Charlottetown’s Confederation Centre, a fundraiser for the CNIB in Halifax, a CD-launch in Toronto, and a “Canada-AM” national CTV appearance.
In December, following two shows in Wolfville (NS), The Cottars spent the rest of the month in Japan where they enjoyed Kabuki theatre, played in Hiroshima, and met HIH Princess Takamado. Besides performing, The Cottars had the opportunity to do major sightseeing: The White House, The Capitol Dome and The Smithsonian (Washington, DC), a Leafs/Bruins game (Toronto); the Ontario Science Centre; the musical “The Producers” (Toronto); the coppermines of Sudbury (ON), Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré shrine, the Edison grammophone museum (QUE), the Country Music Hall of Fame (Nashville), The John Lennon Museum (Tokyo), the Asakusa Temple (Tokyo), Mount Fuji, and The Hiroshima Museum, and too much more to mention.
• For making 2004 a thrilling year, The Cottars would like to thank: family, friends and fans, McDermott Entertainment, Bob Jensen, Pat Garrett, Warner Canada, and the media • Have a great 2005, from:
Ciarán, Roseanne, Fiona & Jim = THE COTTARS
www.AtlanticSeabreeze.com