"Fun, Fire, and Smallpox … in Canada’s timber capital" (Not to mention music!) OST Tent Show, May 27-28, June 10-11, 2016

I will be joining with singers Gail Anglin and Jill Shipley and musicians Al Ridgway and Anne Hurley to provide the musical dimension for the spring Tent Show of the Ottawa StoryTellers.  To complement the colourful tales from Ottawa's past, we will be performing some classic pop tunes of the early 20th century.  OST will be pitching the big tent in four locations across the city  on May 27 & 28 and June 10 & 11.  We hope to see you there!

"At the turn of the 20^th century, Ottawa was coming of age. We had one of the grandest hotels on the continent, years before the Chateau Laurier was built. We had an opera house and several fine theatres, which featured international stars, and we rivalled New York for innovative technology. This was also the world of the lumber barons, H. F. Bronson, J. R. Booth, and E. B. Eddy, with their massive stockpiles of dry timber, and nearby, the rough wooden houses of the mill and yard workers. On a fine spring day in 1900, all of this would be destroyed in hours by a fire so huge you could see the smoke in Kingston.
Early Ottawa was ravaged by fire, by disease, by scandal, yet every time, she picked herself up, dusted herself off, and, often with a laugh, carried on."
OST's travelling Tent Show, Fun, Fire, and Smallpox recounts that time in stories and music in four delightful settings across the city.
All shows at 7 Pm.
-        May 27: Cumberland Heritage Village Museum, 2940 Old Montreal Road, 613-833-3059
-        May 28: Billings Estate National Historic Site, 2100 Cabot Street, 613-247-4830
-        June 10: Fairfield House, 3080 Richmond Road (nr. Bayshore shopping centre), 613-726-2652
-        June 11: Pinhey’s Point Historic Site 270 Pinhey Point Road, Dunrobin, 613-832-1249
Tickets are $15, available at the door or by calling the venues. All venues accept cash or debit/credit cards.
Ages 14+
Running time is approximately 90 minutes plus a 15 minute intermission (with free refreshments!)
For more information, info@ottawastorytellers.ca or call Pat Holloway at 613-731-1047