Radio Village Hall
| avril 30th, 2011 | ||
| 20:00 | to | 22:00 |
Des histoires qui ont trop longtemps souffert de la censure ont enfin trouvé leur voix en la personne de Stanley Lake, conteur et trompettiste. Joignez-vous à lui et à sa joyeuse bande d’étranges musiciens pour l’enregistrement en direct de son nouveau CD. Ouvrez grand vos oreilles et recevez-en plein la gueule ! En anglais, bien sûr !
N’oublier pas l’adresse: 305B Knowlton Road dans Knowlton au Radio Village Hall.
ouvrir la pleine capsule » RVH: Soirée de contes et musique avec Stanley Lake
Fresh out of the sleeve
with Ruth Schweitzer
a re-print from “The Record”
The first time I met Brian Blain was when I hitch-hiked with Glen Whitehead, a friend of mine, to Hamilton Ontario. “You have to meet this guy my sister knows”, said Whitehead, who knew I was trying to get ahead in the music business. “He works for an ad agency and has a lot of contacts.”
To me, Blain had it made. He drove around in a sports car, had a cool job and listened to all the latest music. He had me listen to Crosby, Stills and Nash’s debut” vinyl” album fresh-out-of-the-sleeve. Wow!
Over the years we became friends, and as I was busy trying to establish Oliver Klaus, he was advancing his career as a songwriter, performer and producer. Finally our careers merged when I invited him to join Oliver Klaus back in the mid-seventies.
| mars 6th, 2011 | ||
| 14:00 | to | 16:00 |
DAVE & THE BLUE SHADOWS au Radio Village Hall le 6 mars 2011 à 14:00hre. Admission $10.00 (RCM Members $5.00)
a re-print from “The Record”
As Alice fell down the hole into Wonderland, she had no idea what adventures awaited her. Neither did any of us know what to expect as we plunged into the CIDI radio project. “I’m late” said the rabbit, and so were we often late with paying the rent or filling out applications. The Cheshire Cat kept grinning, appearing and disappearing at will. So did some of our volunteers. “Eat me, drink me” and as a result grow bigger or smaller: we’ve had those decisions to make many a time.
At the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, the guests just enjoyed themselves, made a mess of things and moved on to a new seat. We’ve seen that happen. The Queen of Hearts wanted to do away with everyone. Yes, certain people have said bye-bye to CIDI.
How did Alice survive, how can we?
RCM Radio Drama Writing Awards
A flagship program.
a re-print from “The Record”
Radio Communautaire Missisquoi is having too much fun! Last summer we initiated the first annual RCM Radio Drama Writing Awards competition and today are pleased to announce the winners of the 2010 contest.
The distinguished panel of judges for the competition – Alex Paterson, Frances Gallagher and Jefferson Lewis – have completed their review of the entries. They met recently to select the winners and reached a unanimous decision that the prizes should be awarded as follows:
a re-print from “The Record”
A novel concept, having Radio Communautaire Missisquoi’s very own Radio Village Hall in Knowlton? Not really. Radio concert halls are prominent throughout the world. A simple Google-search shows that there’s a radio concert hall in just about every country. Radio has been synonymous with concert halls since its inception.
The concept of commercial radio not having such performance spaces has led most people in North America to believe that radio doesn’t need them anymore. The idea is to use the CD and MP3 as a vehicle along with our radios and sound systems to create a concert space in our cars, living rooms and offices, for example. It more or less leads us to believe that we don’t need live performance spaces anymore, only the few required to record the artists in the first place.
a re-print from “The Record”
The time has come to stand up for what we believe in and start “movin’ on up to the eastside” of 305 Knowlton Road, in the Town of Brome Lake. To be more specific, where Valentine’s Restaurant used to be, right across from the post office. CIDI has been suffering from a lack of visibility and desperately needs attention.
Part of “being who we are” is to be noticed, and it doesn’t really happen when Radio Communautaire Missisquoi is hidden away in a basement. After all, we have to practice what we preach. As everyone knows by now, RCM`s mission statement is “Being Who We Are”, and it doesn’t bode well for us if we are hiding out in the shadows.
How about having a sign in front of our building, for a change, directing people’s attention to where we are located? It seems like a simple enough concept. So, what do we do with the newly acquired space?
a re-print from “The Record”
Another year ended, a new year begins. This New Year’s Eve, Radio Communautaire Missisquoi has lots to celebrate with its brand-new tower, transmitter and market. A new horizon is in view and the team is ready to rock.
With five employees and our brand new Radio Village Hall, RCM plans to become a major talent presenter in Brome Missisquoi. Unlike a majority of other venues, RVH is part of a radio station. And unlike most radio stations today, CIDI has access to a radio performance hall, much the same as traditional radio did back in the days of Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
a re-print from “The Record”
What on earth is Radio Village Hall? A totally new idea, a unique broadcasting concept and project created specifically for the Townships community, right here in Ville de Lac Brome. Radio Communautaire Missisquoi (RCM), with devoted volunteers, has built a performance venue at 305B Knowlton Road in Knowlton (CIDI’s recording studios) ready to be wired to the world, positioned to send out messages of who we are and what we do.
RCM’s radio station, CIDI 99.1 FM with its global web portal www.rcmmedia.org, has been successfully broadcasting and internet streaming Townships life on a daily basis for the past three years. Radio Village Hall will be plugged into this network, feeding even more information about ourselves through press conferences, musical events and live programs to the rest of the world.
| novembre 27th, 2010 | ||
| 18:30 | to | 21:30 |
On November 27th, Radio Communautaire Missisquoi will be presenting the grand finale of the Stop! piano competition at Radio Village Hall (at CIDI, 305B Knowlton Road in Knowlton) at 6:30 pm. The host, Guy Côté, will introduce the judges and the six contestants will play their best pieces. The trophies and the money prizes:
a re-print from “The Record”
Hello. I’ve appeared in these pages before, and since I am also a recording artist, I probably need no introduction. For those unfortunate few who may not be “au courant” as they say, the name is Singfield, Smoke Singfield. I prefer my vittles dry, not mushy.
I don’t usually write articles. This week I had to do it because Maurice and Tanya are too busy and tired.
Several years ago, I have to admit that I was sort of homeless. I wandered around the town of Waterloo and came upon a nice big house that had friendly humans in it. I decided to move in. Wise decision.
Mostly, I eat and sleep, but I do earn my keep by catching mice from time to time. I’ve also caught a couple of bats and I chase the pesky squirrels off the deck in the summer.
a re-print from “The Record”
Did you know that Sutton has one of the highest concentrations of artists per capita compared to most places in the country? According to Michael Hynes who was recently interviewed by CIDI host Jacques Lecours for the Around Town / Tour de Ville radio show: “The percentage of the population in Sutton that are artists, based on information provided each year by Canadian tax returns, is well over 25%”. (listen to the show)
I can believe it. For many years I have noticed, as a life-long Townships resident, that Sutton is different. There is more of an interest in all things spiritual, organic and artistic, and the town has taken steps to physically reflect its special character. It has buried telephone wires in its downtown core and supported a successful non-profit organization called Le Coeur du village which is responsible for the success of the popular venue La Salle Alec et Gérard Pelletier.
