Mariposa Folk Festival 2012-Day One

  As everyone entered Tudhope Park in Orillia for this year's Mariposa Folk Festival late Friday afternoon is was clear that the trend of diversity among the artists as well as the attendees that I have come to expect and love was to continue again this year…..thank you Mariposa.

   It was hot out there but thanks to EventWater Solutions everyone was kept hydrated with their stainless steel water station....keep that water flowing.

   The Mariposa Mainstage kicked off Friday night with the funky pop sounds of Vancouver's Hey Ocean and ended with audience favorite Montreal trio Plants and Animals.

     But I have to say that the act that stole the day for me if not the whole weekend was Shane Koyczan and the Short Story Long, I really don't know how to put into words what Shane Koyczan did up on that stage Friday night but he moved everyone one of us in that audience. With his mix of humour and heart wrenching honesty the slam poet got across his art in a way those only true poets can aspire to…..thank you.

 There are so many things to experience during a weekend like this you can't do everything...but you can do a lot, so get out there.

Remember, tickets are still available at the gates for the rest of the weekend

Tonight's Mainstage headliner is Jann Arden.

 

Here are a few photos from Day One…..now on to Day Two.

Keep updated all weekend by following Self Serve Gas Stations Tweet's and Facebook Feeds. 

Joe Cornelisse-SSGS

Mariposa Folk Festival Weekend Pass Winners!!

   So I have randomly chosen 3 Winners for the Mariposa Folk Festival Weekend Passes…and they are (Drum role Please)

Quinn Lockman of Orillia

Vikki Lucibello of Barrie and

Debb Sweetgrass of Orillia

I will be contacting you all to arrange pick up or delivery of your prize.

Thanks to everyone that visited the Self Serve Gas Station! Facebook Page and "Liked It"

And don't forget I'll be reporting on this year's festival all weekend long so visit my Facebook Page, the SSGS! Twitter Page and on the Self Serve Gas Station! Blog.

 

The 2012 Mariposa Folk Festival happens on July 6-8, Orillia, Ontario

Featuring: Jann Arden, Billy Bragg, Johnny Clegg, Plants and Animals and many more on nine stages, over three days.

New this year, on site audience camping

Kids 12 and Under Free, and discounts for Youth and Young Adults

Tickets and information at

www.mariposafolk.com

Joe Cornelisse-SSGS

Win 2012 Mariposa Folk Festival Weekend Passes!

     So the kind folks that are organizing and running this year's Mariposa Folk Festival were more than generous when they entrusted me with 3 pairs of Weekend Passes to giveaway to some of my lucky readers. Now my job was to decide how I was going to do it, well in all this heat the last thing I wanted was to make any of you do anything that might resemble work so here's what I'm going to do...

Go to my Self Serve Gas Station! Facebook Page and LIKE IT! and once I reach 400 LIKES I will randomly select from the 400 people who have liked the page 3 lucky winners and giveaway the passes....Easy Peasy

Click on the link below and it will take you to the SSGS Facebook Page.

SELF SERVE GAS STATION!

The 2012 Mariposa Folk Festival happens on July 6-8, Orillia, Ontario

Featuring: Jann Arden, Billy Bragg, Johnny Clegg, Plants and Animals and many more on nine stages, over three days

New this year, on site audience camping

Kids 12 and Under Free, and discounts for Youth and Young Adults

Tickets and information at http://www.mariposafolk.com/

And don't forget to stay tuned to this Blog for everything Mariposa!

Joe Cornelisse-SSGS

 

Music Workshops – The Heart & Soul of the Mariposa Folk Festival

    Below is a press release from Mariposa's Publicist Gerry Hawes describing this years Music Workhops , but I just wanted to say that from what I have read so far this is in my opinion the strongest in recent years for workshops.

     A rich and unique dimension of the Mariposa Folk Festival is its music workshops set to inspired themes. Talented artists from varied backgrounds and diverse musical styles work together, and off of one another, to create music that is original, impromptu, and in the moment. It’s the heart and soul of Mariposa.


        This year, Mariposa is presenting twenty-eight creatively-themed offerings. They explore the musical genres, transcend social boundaries, and throw away the norms. Among the workshop titles are Coast to Coast, Rocking Roots, Celtic Connections, Got Them Old Acoustic Blues, New Folk, Chansons Français, Canadian History in Song, Mixing Words and Music, Literary Folk, Ukes on Sunday Afternoon, Mon Dieu!, The Bob Dylan Songbook, From a Woman’s Point of View, and Poems, Prayers & Promises.


People flock to Mariposa for the great concerts, but it’s their memories of the daytime music workshops that bring them back year-after-year.


Mariposa Folk Festival takes place July 6-8, 2012, at beautiful Tudhope Park in Orillia, Ontario. 
Tickets are available at www.mariposafolk.com. Kids 12 and under admitted free, and deep discounts for youth and young adults. New this year, on site audience camping.

 COMPLETE LIST OF MUSIC WORKSHOPS:


Coast To Coast
The Once (Host), Hey Ocean
Rocking Roots
Gandalf Murphy & The Slambovian Circus of Dreams (Host), Plants and Animals
Breaking the Mold
Jayme Stone (Host), Florent Vollant, Shane Koyczan
The Craft of Songwriting
Oh Susanna (Host), Meaghan Blanchard, Old Man Luedecke
Celtic Connections
James Keelaghan (Host), Scott Macmillan & Brian Doyle, The Once
Got Them Old Acoustic Blues
Treasa Levasseur (Host), Julian Fauth, Rob Lutes, Russ Kelley
New Folk
Hey Ocean (Host), Plants and Animals
Getting Loopy
Danny Michel (Host), Kevin Fox
Chansons Français
Cindy Doire (Host), Belzébuth, Florent Vollant
Funny Folk
The Arrogant Worms (Host), Al Simmons, David Newland
In My Darkest Hour
Old Man Luedecke (Host), Aaron Mangoff, Andrea Ramolo
Canadian History in Song
James Keelaghan (Host), Eileen McGann, Muddy York
Literary Folk
Clay Eals, Dave Bidini
Mixing Words and Music
Shane Koyczan (Host), David Bradstreet, David Newland, Ian Bell, Robert Priest
The Early Bird Gets the Arrogant Worm
The Arrogant Worms (Host), James Keelaghan, Old Man Luedecke
Ukes on a Sunny Afternoon
David Newland (Host), Good Old War, James Hill
Blues in the Afternoon
Treasa Levasseur (Host), Fathead, Julian Fauth, Russ Kelley
Mon Dieu!
Oh Susanna (Host), Scarlett Jane
The Grass is Always Bluer on the Other Side
Fathead (Host), The Spinney Brothers
The Covers Workshop
Kevin Fox (Host), Fred Penner, Irish Mythen, Quique Escamilla, Todd Crowley
Loud Love
Danny Michel (Host), Belzébuth, Good Old War
The Bob Dylan Songbook
Rob Lutes (Host), Dear Sister, Gandalf Murphy & The Slambovian Circus of Dreams, Old Man Luedecke
Story Songs
Eileen McGann (Host), David Bradstreet, Grady Kelneck
Strings 'n' Things
James Hill (Host), Kevin Fox, Muddy York, Scott Macmillan & Brian Doyle
From a Woman's Point of View
Eileen McGann (Host), Irish Mythen, Meaghan Blanchard, Scarlett Jane
This Land Is Your Land
Russ Kelley (Host), Florent Vollant, Quique Escamilla, The Once
Surprise Me
The Arrogant Worms (Host), Gandalf Murphy & The Slambovian Circus of Dreams
Poems, Prayers & Promises
David Bradstreet (Host), Melissa Payne, Robert PriestShane Koyczan