[mplpost] ON: Tribute Concert for Merrick Jarrett

[Jack or Lori Cole]

Hello everyone! I hope trad folk music fans in Southern Ontario will
find this interesting!  Also, if you are a musician who has had some
contact with Merrick and would like to be part of this day, please let
me know! - Jack

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A concert to celebrate the contribution of Kitchener-Waterloo musician
Merrick Jarrett to the world of folk music will take place on Sunday,
April 28 at 2 PM.  

The concert is also a benefit for Kitchener-Waterloo’s Hopespring Cancer
Support Centre.

Merrick Jarrett started his musical career as a singer of cowboy songs
on radio stations in the fifties.  He had his own folk music program on
CKEY in Toronto, and performed regularly on the CBC on Edith Fowke’s
folk music program.  He was a performer at the first Mariposa Folk
Festival and has shared many festival stages with names such as Gordon
Lightfoot, Ian and Sylvia, The Weavers and Joan Baez.  While working as
a book salesman and, later, for the Kitchener Public Library, he
traveled across Canada performing concerts for children.  He taught
ballad and traditional folk music courses at the University of Waterloo
for 17 years, touching the lives of thousands of students.  His
contribution to the folk music world in Canada has been enormous and
deserves recognition, which this concert will  provide!

Where: Waterloo North Mennonite Church, 100 Benjamin Rd., Waterloo

Who: The concert is being organized by a group of friends and former
students of Merrick’s, who feel the time is right to honour a man who
has devoted his life to sharing and teaching traditional music, ballads
and song to generations of Canadians.  The organizers come from the
Baden "Second Story Tellers" guild and Kitchener’s Old Chestnuts Song
Circle.

Featured performers TENTATIVELY scheduled (with more to be added)
include:
Merrick Jarrett and The Jarrett Family
Sharon & Bram    John Allan Cameron           Lorne Brown 
Rick Fielding    Rick Avery & Judy Greenhill 
GreenWood        Beverlie Robertson & Poor Charlie 

Tickets:
Tickets are available at WordsWorth Books and Twelfth Night Music
Shoppe, both in Waterloo, or from 519-578-6298 or at the door.  Cost is
$15 (Adult), $10 (Students and Seniors) and $5 (12 and under). 

For more information contact:
Jack Cole,  jhcole@mgl.ca, 519-578-6298 (Kitchener)
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