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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 …

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 …

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 …

Mountain fiddler, circa 1920.

Session reminder: August 20, 2017

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A quick reminder about the session this weekend, from noon to 2:45 pm at the Tranzac Club. This week’s session might be sparsely attended, as Rob and Donna are off to the Festival violon traditionnel Sutton, Pascal’s festival in the Eastern Townships. (You can follow this festival vicariously, through their facebook page.) It’s also an AlgomaTrad week, for those lucky enough to get up there… So, we hope you can soldier on without us this week, and we’ll be looking forward to joining you in September, on the 17th. Rob and Donna

Shahn, Ben, photographer. Fiddlin' Bill Hensley, mountain fiddlerAsheville, North Carolina. 1937. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress.

July session and other events

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There is indeed a session this coming Sunday, as usual from noon to 2:45 pm at the Tranzac Club. See you all there! That said, this is a busy time for lovers of Quebecois music! Hope some of you made it to the Pierre Schryer concert on July 9th. We certainly enjoyed De temps antan at the Mariposa Folk Festival in Orillia that same weekend! Mark your calendars for one or two of these: Friday, July 21, free concert with Le vent du nord (thank you, Elizabeth!). The show starts at 9:30, but get there early to find seats. From Read More …

Session: Sunday, June 18

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Yes, there is a session tomorrow. See you all between noon and 3 pm. If you have ever been lucky enough to attend an AlgomaTrad event (family camp, dance, travelling concert, music or dance workshop, or concert by the O’Shraves  or the Brian Pickell Band), please take a moment to answer a very short, multiple choice online survey. They will use the responses they get when applying for funding to offer more of their engaging and culturally important events and activities. Next weekend (June 23-24) in Hamilton, the annual FrancoFEST “gets Hamilton rocking… in French!”. We are eager to listen Read More …