Friday to Sunday, September 3rd to 5th, 2010

Advance tickets are available for purchase on line through the Festival website (PayPal)
or by phone 1-866-612-SVFF

Main stage concert:
Friday at 7:20pm

Workshops:
Saturday at 11:00am
'Heartstrings' with Ariana Gillis and Shelley O'Brien

Saturday at 3:00pm
'This Little Light' with The Sojourners & Michael Jerome Brown

Sunday at 1:00pm
'Master Class – The Voice'
Join Tannis and the Sojourners for a look at warm up techniques, vocal styles, and harmony work

Lewis' workshop:
Sunday at noon
'Sidemen Unite' with David Baxter, Jeff Bird & Steve Dawson

See full schedule

Shelter Valley Folk Festival
The festival takes place on the Henkel Farm in the heart of Northumberland County, 90 minutes East of Toronto, ON, overlooking Lake Ontario.

Shelter Valley Folk Festival is a family event held Labour Day weekend on the Henkel Farm just east of Cobourg near Grafton. The Festival celebrates Juried Art, Wellness, Sustainable Living, Harvest Foods and the finest in Folk, Roots and Blues music. Shelter Valley Folk Festival is celebrating its seventh year.

Other performers include Andrew Queen, Ariana Gillis, Beaucoup Blue, Connie Kaldor, The Dardanelles, David Woodhead's Confabulation, Fred Eaglesmith, Joy Kills Sorrow, Joshua Cockerill, JP Hoe, LAL, Michael Jerome Brown, Shelly O'Brien, The Sojourners and Tamarack.

Tannis will be joined by Lewis Melville.

Saturday, September 11th, 2010 @ 2:30am (actually very early morning of Sunday, September 12th)

And open rehearsal for the Queens of the Light will be taking place at St. George's Church on Friday, September 10th at 11:00am

Check for the full schedule here. This show is listed as 'Haunting Melodies, Improvisation and Motion by Dianne Chapitis' and is near the bottom of the page.

St. George's Church
99 Woolwich Street,
Guelph, ON

Guelph's first Nuit Blanche, (part of Guelph Jazz Fest) presents.....

Choir in Motion:
A Shimmering Choir of Queens of the Light in the Night
Tannis will be joining Dianne Chapitis, Sue Smith, Shannon Kingsbury, Jenikz, Julia Churchill, Carly Wilson and Monique Vischschraper for a program of dance, music and improvisation.

Friday, September 24th, 2010 @ 8:00pm

Mississauga, ON

A house concert, one of Tannis' favourite venues!

Tannis will be joined by Lewis Melville.

Thursday to Sunday, October 14 to 17, 2010

Ontario Council of Folk Festivals
Ottawa, ON

The OCFF Conference is the key event for Ontario's folk, roots and traditional music community.

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Hugh's Room
2261 Dundas Street W.
Toronto, ON
(416) 531-0664

Rosemary Phelan's CD Release and Benefit Concert.

Tannis is honoured to be part of the ultra special night honouring Rosemary and her new album and encourages all to come out and lend your support.

Other performers include Jon Brooks, Adam Warner, Elizabeth Shepherd, Spencer Lewis, David Newland, Jory Nash, Annabell Chvolstek, Evalyn Parry, Katherine Wheatley and Ian Tamblyn, with emcee Andy Frank.

Friday, November 5th, 2010

Guelph Little Theatre
176 Morris Street
Guelph, ON
(off York St, across from Biltmore Stetson Factory)

Jude Vadala's album release concert!
Tannis sang on her album and will be adding harmonies at the release concert.

Friday, December 3rd, 2010

La Hacienda Sarria
1254 Union Street St.
Kitchener, ON

Tannis, Katherine Wheatley and Jude Vadala welcome winter with a selection of songs for the snowy season in the most beautiful venue Tannis has ever performed in!

Saturday, December 4th, 2010 @ 8:30pm
AND
Sunday, December 5th, 2010
@ 2:00pm

Folkway Music
163 Suffolk Street West
Guelph, Ontario
To reserve tickets or more info, call (519) 824-5524 or (877) 763-5524 (toll free) or e-mail
info@folkwaymusic.com

Tannis, Katherine Wheatley and Jude Vadala welcome winter with a selection of songs for the snowy season. This will be our fourth 'season' at Folkways...we love playing this wonderful venue!

Friday, February 4th, 2011
@ 8:00pm

The Gibson Centre
63 Tupper Street West
Alliston, ON
L9R 1E4
For more info:
705-435-2828
Or visit:
their Myspace site

Songwriters Showcase
An intimate setting, a warm mug of coffee, incredible music. Host George Scott features acoustic singer/songwriters in this unique concert series in Alliston ON.

Tannis will be joined by Lewis Melville.

Saturday, March 5th, 2011
@ 8:00pm

Harcourt Church
87 Dean Street
Guelph, ON

Guelph Chamber Choir presents: SongFest 2011 -Family & Folk with
Gerald Neufeld, Conductor

Tannis & James Gordon will be the featured guests at this special concert which will see the Guelph Chamber Choir collaborating with the Centre Wellington Singers, Harcourt Memorial United Church Choir, John F. Ross C.V.I. Concert Choir and The Rainbow Chorus of Waterloo-Wellington.

Friday, March 25th, 2011
@ 7:30pm

Friday Folk Night
Sanderson Hall at St. Paul's United Church 30 Main St. South Brampton, ON

Brampton Folk Club presents a wonderful line-up of performers for their 2010-2011 season, including James Gordon, Cindy Thompson, a Ken Whiteley Gospel show and a Latin Night.

Tannis will be joined by Lewis Melville.

TV version of the film was originally broadcast on Bravo! on March 11/08, but is being re-broadcast regularly.

Premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival (Aug/08)

Some of the info posted back when the trip was made is here:
Musical adventures in Mali

Bravo Channel

There are 2 versions of the film. The shorter version (48 minutes) is being shown on Bravo. The full-length feature version (90 minutes) is being shown on the Documentary channel.


Two short clips of video (of Bamako street scenes and of our arrival in the village of Baleya) can be seen by clicking on the two pictures at the bottom of this page.