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
 

More Artists Added to the 2012 Mariposa Folk Festival Line-Up

With the announcement of sundry and unique artists to the Mariposa line-up today, the performer roster for the 2012 festival is developing into one of the most storied ever. Among the artists added are James Hill (ukulele virtuoso), Jayme Stone (celebrated banjoist), Kevin Fox (gifted instrumentalist and arranger to international superstars), Shane Koyczan (celebrity poet), Scarlett Jane (musical dynamic duo), and Dear Sister (folk and roots trio).

According to Artistic Director, Mike Hill, “These artists are emblematic of the diverse range and styles of performance you will see at this year’s festival. They are young, dynamic artists with lots to say and talent in spades”.

Organizers will make more announcements about the artistic line-up in the coming days.

Mariposa Folk Festival takes place July 6-8, 2012, in Orillia, Ontario, Canada. Tickets are on sale at www.mariposafolk.com. Kids admitted free - deep discounts for youth and young adults. Audience camping is also available.

2012 Mariposa Folk Festival Showcase Auditions

       Each year the Mariposa Folk Festival holds Showcase Auditions, these auditions gives chances to three lucky acts to garner coveted spots on this year's bill.  This year's showcase auditions are being held on Sunday May 6th, from 1 – 5 p.m. at Aladdin’sBanquet Hall, in Orillia. The general public is welcome (it's a pay-what-you-can basis). 

  Now from what I remember from last year's auditions you should get there a bit early because it tends to fill up fast and you will defiantly want to find a seat to get comfortable. 

   There will be nine acts performing at this year's auditions , and after all of them have performed a panel of 5 judges will decide which three will get chosen to perform at this year's festival.

The nine hopeful acts are:  


Andy McGuire
Erin Bolton
The Express & Co.
Grady Kelneck
Anne Walker
Sarah Beatty
The Slocan Ramblers
Sarah Calvert
The Unseen Strangers

The Unseen Strangers-The Facebook Waltz




Joe Cornelisse-SSGS

Mariposa Folk Festival.....More Than Just The Mainstage

       With the Festival only 3 weeks away I thought I’d take a moment to mention a bit about all of the great workshops that are happening throughout this year’s Festival. 

     The Workshops are in my opinion what make the Festival great. You get to see your favourite artist’s one on one or in many cases you get to discover musicians you would never have had the chance to hear in any other setting. The flying by the seat of your pants mentality is also what I enjoy about the workshops, as much as they prepare you always get that guitar out of tune, or the broken string or the forgotten line of a song, and in all of my years going I have never seen an artist’s get upset, they just go with the flow and laugh it off, it’s a really refreshing vibe to take in.

      This year’s Festival is offering over 30 workshops throughout the entire weekend, some of them are : Bluegrass Brunch, World Stage,  Raised All Wrong, Fiddlin’ Around, Lightfoot Songs, Booze Boots & Bedlam, We Shall Overcome, This Land is Your Land, Through Ages and Acres, Beatles Sing Along.

     My advice to Festival goers is to take a few minutes and plan out their day so they don’t miss out on some of these really great workshops and artist’s that Mariposa is offering this year, because that happens to me every year. I’m sitting there looking at the program and just as I’m headed off to one stage I look and there’s someone on another stage at the same time that I really wanted to see

   If there is one thing “wrong” with Mariposa it’s that there is just too much Good Music, and if that is wrong then I just don't want to be right

This year’s Mariposa Folk Festival takes place July 8-10, Orillia, Ontario. This year’s line-up includes Emmylou Harris, Josh Ritter and the Royal City Band, Peter Yarrow, Lunch at Allen’s, John McDermott, Ron Hynes, Garnet Rogers, Adonis Puentes and many more on eleven stages throughout the beautiful Tudhope Park on the shores of Lake Couchiching.

There will be Audience camping available at nearby Burl’s Creek Family Event Park

http://www.mariposafolk.com/

All ticket categories are now on sale at www.mariposafolk.com

Kids 12 and under are admitted free. There is discounted pricing for youth and young adults.

Joe Cornelisse-SSGS