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Toronto Santa Claus parade, 1919: Shows a swan float and lots of lovely old cars and people in festive witnter garb.

Session: Sunday, November 18 (Santa Clause parade)

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This is a reminder about the session this Sunday. This is the session that co-incides with the annual Santa Claus parade, so be prepared to take evasive manoeuvres. Museum is the closest subway station which let out south of Bloor. Consider going to Spadina and taking the streetcar to the first stop, which is south of Bloor. Arrive early: The road is closed from 12:30, so if you make it across by noon you should be fine. This is the route from last year. Bonne chance à toutes et tous ! Hope to see you all soon. Rob and Donna

Picture of a violin made by Joseph Guanerius 1698-1744

Session May 20 and World Fiddle Day events at Hugh’s Room Live

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Just a quick reminder of the session at the Tranzac this Sunday, May 20, noon to 2:45 pm. It will be great to see you all there! Tonight, there is a concert at Hugh’s Room Live featuring Abebe Fikade (Ethiopian masenqo), Okan (Elizabeth Rodriguez and Magdelys Savigne and band, originally from Cuba,  and our own Shane Cook from Dorchester, Ontario. Visit their site for tickets and more information. Tomorrow night, May 19, Hugh’s Room Live is hosting  World Fiddle Day event: morning for workshops with Shane Cook and Elizabeth Rodriguez (Cuban music)  and an afternoon jam. Again, you can visit their site Read More …

Wordmark for LATOQUE: The letters LA are in red, TO are in light blue, and QC are in the blue of the Quebec flag's fleurs-de-lys.

Reminder: NO APRIL SESSION

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A quick reminder that the  APRIL session is cancelled due to a conflict with the club’s annual Girls Rock Camp for adult women (and other non-binary people) . But here is some news that may raise your now-flagging spirits: Peter and Ann-Marie are hosting a house concert  for LATOCQ! The band features Claude Méthé (Québécois fiddler) and  David Greely (Louisiana fiddle) and Dana Whittle (guitar). Billed as “A trip inside two French traditions – from Louisiana to Québec – on fiddle and in song”, you can find more information about them, including audio and video clips, on the LATOQC website. For tickets, speak to Read More …

A picture of the two bands, Maz and Les poules a Colin

Session reminder for Sunday, February 18

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There will be a session this Sunday, as usual, from noon to 2:45pm. Please note that the APRIL session is cancelled due to a conflict with the club’s annual Girls Rock Camp programme. This is the adult women’s (and other non-binary people’s) rock camp, so check it out and pass the word. You can register for the camp until March 15. In the meantime, there are three events you might consider attending: The 27th annual Chris Langan Weekend of Irish music happens the first weekend in March here in Toronto. See the Chris Langan website for more information, to get concert Read More …

Confabulation, who are David Woodhead, Doug Wilde, Colleen Allen, Anne Lindsay, Bob Cohen, Rich Greenspoon, Fern Lindzon and Rebecca Hennessy

February 2nd: David Woodhead’s Confabulation CD release

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There is still time to get your tickets for David’s CD release next Friday, February 2nd, at Hugh’s Room. The show starts at 8:30. More info and tickets are available on the Hugh’s Room Live site. The new CD, Tunnels and Visions, will be available at the show or, if you ask nicely, David might just bring some to the next session. You can listen to some Confabulous tracks on David’s website. By the way, if you haven’t already done so, please change your bookmarks for Hugh’s Room from hughsroom.ca to their new site, Hugh’s Room Live (dot com). Their Read More …

A group of people singing and playing music in Auvergne circa 1900.

Session this Sunday, January 21

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A little reminder of the upcoming session… This Sunday we meet, as always, from noon to 2:45 pm at the Tranzac Club. In case you are new to our group, we wanted to let you know about Comhaltas’ slow (Irish) session, which also happens at the Tranzac on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays, starting at 7pm. One of the big Irish music events of the Toronto calendar is coming up, too: the annual Chris Langan weekend, March 2-4, 2018. This is the 27th year people have been meeting to play music, listen to concerts, talk about music, learn tunes, and Read More …

Ambrotype photograph of a young man playing the fiddle. Bound in a brown leather frame.

Session this Sunday: November 19 (and a warning)

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Reminding you all of our regularly-scheduled get together this Sunday at the Tranzac Club from noon to 2:45. If you hurry, you can catch the Toronto Fiddle Collective‘s performance by fiddler Kerry Fitzgerald. She will be running two workshops UPDATE: Thursday night tomorow night (Friday) starting at 7pm, followed by a session at the West Toronto Baptist Church (3049 Dundas St. W). Tickets are $35, cash at the door, for the evening. The first workshop is for original tunes, the second for Newfoundland tunes. (facebook info).  Sorry for the late notice, y’all. Warning: REMEMBER THE PARADE! The 113th annual Santa Claus parade will Read More …

Concert poster for Hart House Singers concert Nov 19, 2017.

Two upcoming events

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Sorry to miss the pre-session reminder last week: things have been a bit mad. Glad a lot of you made it anyway, and we were thrilled to welcome two new players! We wanted to let you know about a couple of things that are happening in the near-ish future, so you can participate if you are interested. On Tuesday, October 24th, both the Scott Library (York) and the Music Library (UofT) will be hosting a Wikipedia contribution event on the theme of Canada 150: Music and belonging.  To participate, all you need is a (free) Wikipedia username. We’re not sure Read More …