By Keith and Heather Nicol
Friday, July
12 offered a perfect night for enjoying a wide range of music at the Vancouver
Island MusicFest. My brother and his wife from Victoria joined us again this
year and by the time they arrived and we had a quick bite to eat we were just
in time to see Irish Mythen who puts on a great show. We saw her last year and
she came back by popular demand. Irish is a powerful singer and it is hard to
believe that her single voice filled the main concert bowl.
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| Irish Mythen returned by popular demand |
She was followed by
a welcoming dance and songs from the local First Nations Kumugwe Dancers and
then another band which has been to MusicFest before took to the stage. Los Texmaniacs and
the Lone Star Amigos from Texas had a variety of performers on stage and really
enjoyed their up beat show. It had tons
of variety and they had many
people up dancing to their tex-mex beat. They were followed by blues legend Bobby Rush
and then rocker Colin James finished the evening.
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| The crowd at the main concert bowl enjoyed perfect weather on Friday night |
Saturday, July
13 will offer much more music and we have been studying the programme trying to
decide which performers to check out.
This year MusicFest has added a new venue – The Club which looks like it
will give participants a chance to learn how to tango or salsa as well as to
sing in harmony or write a song. With 7
venues offering almost simultaneous music or workshops there is certainly no
lack of choice. On Saturday we are
looking forward to Tom Cochrane sing in the main concert bowl and we definitely
want to hear one of our favourite Newfoundland artists- Matthew Byrne. The
weather looks good (sunny with cloudy periods) and there are still tickets left
so come out and hear some great music. For more information see: www.islandmusicfest.com. See you
there.
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| Josh Baca of the Texmaniacs impressed us with his accordion playing |
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