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Artists, please listen to our fourth album. If the track doesn’t include a proper title or credits for the liner notes, please let us know by email or use the comments field below. Thank you again for all your help starting a Gabriola Radio station.

CKGI Covers The World – Live at the Haven
Disk 1
1-01 1.Station ID David Vincent
1-02 2. Save For Thursday DinahD
1-03 3.Holes DinahD
1-04 4.Ballroom Stars DinahD
1-05 5. Track 05 Spencer Symington
1-06 6. Track 06 Spencer Symington
1-07 7. Greeting from CHLY Dean Clark
1-08 8. Mrs. Worthington and more Antony Holland
1-09 9. Si Tuviera Tu Amor Lou Gradanti
1-10 10. Amorette Lou Gradanti Music Lou Gradanti lyrics Leigh Ann Millman
1-11 11.Girl From Gabriola lyrics Kathy McIntyre music by

Disk 2
2-01 12. Station ID David Vincent
2-02 13. King Kong Myles Black and the Pearly Whites
2-03 14. Knickers in a Twist Myles Black and the Pearly Whites
2-04 15. Unwanted Pop. Myles Black and the Pearly Whites
2-05 16. Transformer Myles Black and the Pearly Whites
2-06 17. Disk 2 Track 06 Barb Ebbeson music by
2-07 18.Disk 2 Track 07Barb Ebbeson music by
2-08 19. Disk 2 Track 08 Barb Ebbeson music by
2-09 20.Disk 2 Station ID David Vincent music by
2-10 21. Garden There Tina Jones
2-11 22. In Your Eyes Tina Jones music/lyrics Peter Gabriel
2-12 23.They Were Playin’ The Blues, Victor Anthony written by Victor Anthony (Trio Music, BMI) and Tom Mitchell (Yabut Music, BMI)
2-13 24.Broken Bow , Victor Anthony (CommercialFree Music, SESAC)
2-14 25.Pear-shaped Woman , Victor Anthony (Trio Music, BMI)

Two Shows, One night – Friday, January 1st, 2010
Cover the World followed by  Under the Covers

Live at the Haven

We are hosting our bi annual fundraiser January 1, 2010 billed as Cover The World with Goodness – Live at the Haven followed by the Blue Lounge show Under the Covers at the Surf. Cover The World show will be an all ages variety show format. Following the Haven show we will again host The Blue Lounge presenting Under the Covers at the Surf.  Any folks who’d like to volunteer (front of house, backstage) please contact Kathy at artworks@gabriolaartworks.com

Nobody knows exactly what will happen when renowned actor Antony Holland performs at the Haven on January 1, 2010.

Even Ken Zakreski doesn’t know, and he’s organizing the event.  It’s called Cover the World With Goodness, and it’s one of two fundraisers to be held that night for Gabriola’s community radio station, CKGI.

“All I know is that it’s got something to do with the audience,” says Zakreski, president of the Radio Society.  “He’s going to involve them somehow.”

There’s one other thing known for sure: the entire show is likely to be sold out.  This is the fourth fundraiser for CKGI, and every one has been sold out.  Boasting the best of local talent, the event proved so popular, so immediately, that organizers added a second performance on the same night, switching the venue from the Haven to the liquor-licensed Surf, tuning in to adult entertainment.

The Blue Lounge at The Surf

“We’ve billed it as the Blue Lounge, Under the Covers adult variety show,” says Zakreski.  It’s a bit risqué, a bit lewd, a bit lascivious.  “It gives performers the chance to do things they can’t ordinarily do.”  Doors open at 9 p.m, and the show runs from 10 to midnight.

It immediately follows the night’s first show, Cover the World, a family-oriented presentation where the list of performers includes Tina Jones and Dinah D, Lou Gradanti, Victor Anthony and Kathy McIntyre.  There’s Miles Black and the Pearly Whites, and even a mother-son combination,: Barb Ebbeson and Spencer Symington.  And of course there’s Antony Holland and his mystery act, a challenge for the organizers and technical crews who will be recording the show for release as a CD.

“We’re going to be pushing the envelope,” says Zakreski.  “I asked Antony what he was planning, and he said, ‘I’m going to do something you can’t do on radio.’”

Whatever it is, it’s bound to be memorable.  Antony Holland has been an actor, and a teacher of actors, for more than sixty years.  A playwright and director as well, he is known around the world.  “You’ve got this big well to draw from,” says Zakreski.  “If Antony Holland can come up with it, it’s going to be different.”

That’s a feeling shared by Kathy Ramsey, a director of the Radio Society.  “Antony will be moving the boundaries of theatre and radio with his performance,” she says.  “We already have the technical people preparing for it.  Everyone has to see this show.”

Tickets for both of the New Year’s Day shows are available at Artworks, and at Falconer Books in Nanaimo, $15 for either show or $25 for both.  Admittance to Under the Covers is restricted to people 19 and older.

Cover the World With Goodness will be held at the Haven’s Phoenix Theatre.  Doors open at 6 p.m., January 1, and the show runs from 7 to 9 .

Under the Covers will be held at the Heritage Hall at the Surf.  Doors open at 9 p.m.

Proceeds from both shows go to CKGI, now in the process of finding a home on the radio dial.

“The artists on Gabriola have been very supportive with their time for our new community radio initiative,” says Zakreski.  “While we are waiting for Ottawa to sort out the situation, we really appreciate this effort.”

NCRC
We are hosting the National Campus Community Radio Conference June 7th to 11th, 2010 at Camp Miriam. NCRC usually hosts about 100 delegates from all over Canada and the US. This is  big honour for us to be trusted by the radio community in this way. Anyone who would like to get on the volunteer roster for this week please contact Kathy at artworks@gabriolaartworks.com.

We’ll be needing upbeat, hardworking folks to help prepare meals, ferry folks around and just generally help us “up the vibe.”  If any Gabriola musicians/performance artists/poets would like to perform during the lunch-hour/happy hour performance series please contact Liz at the info@gabriolaartscouncil.org.

Book Fair
Adjunct to the conference will be a Book Fair on Tuesday, June 8th at the Surf Lodge. The book fair will be open to the public.