Tom at the Ottawa Folk Festival, August 20

The 12th Annual CKCU Ottawa Folk Festival blooms in Ottawa's Britannia Park from Thursday evening, August 18 to Sunday, August 21, 2005. I'm delighted to be performing at two daytime workshops (12 noon and 3:45 pm) on Saturday, August 20. The Saturday noon workshop focuses on the art of songwriting, and I will be sharing the hour with three gifted (and very different) singer-songwriters, Lee Hayes, David Keeble and Pat Moore. Just to make sure we're not "coasting" when we talk about songwriting, each of us has undertaken to write a song especially for the occasion, using the same theme. (This is a hallowed practice of Writers Bloc.) Later that same day (3:45pm) David Keeble and I will spend an hour trading original songs. Check your Festival program for the locations. Drop by, listen in, say hi!