March 2021

Get ready for a weekend full of live country music at the Blue Mountain Inn in partnership with CountryFest Productions to benefit the Unison Benevolent Fund.

Show # 1 Friday Sept. 10th – 7:00pm Rob Watts

8:15pm Elyse Saunders

9:30pm David Boyd Janes

Gates: (VIP Parking at 5:45pm / GA Parking at 6:00pm)

Rain Or Shine* Government Covid Rules Apply

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Show # 2 Saturday Sept. 11th – 1:00pm Suzi Kory

2:15pm John Anderson

3:30pm Kansas Stone

Gates: (VIP Parking at 11:45pm / GA Parking at 12:00pm)

Parking Lot to Clear at 5:00pm For Next Show

Rain Or Shine* Government Covid Rules Apply

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Show # 3 Saturday Sept. 11th – 7:00pm Alessia Cohle

8:15pm Dustin Bird

9:30pm Jason McCoy

Gates: (VIP Parking at 5:45pm / GA Parking at 6:00pm)

Rain Or Shine* Government Covid Rules Apply

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VIP PACKAGES Including Discounted HOTEL & TICKETS are available

by calling the Blue Mountain Inn. bluemountain.ca/events

Also includes Swag Bag.

All prices are PER VEHICLE. Max # of people = # of Seat Belts.

Check Facebook for all updates: @countryfestproductions

This event is Rain Or Shine* No Refunds* Government Covid Rules Apply

TAKE NOTE!

Country Cares Drive-Inn Concert VIP Experience

COUNTRY MUSIC ALL WEEKEND LONG! MAY 7-8, 2021
Book by May 2, 2021

Get your cowboy boots on and join CountryFest Productions for a Country Cares Drive-Inn Music Series and an overnight stay at Blue Mountain. Park your car at the Blue Mountain Inn Parking lot, sit back in your own vehicle and enjoy the sounds of Country. Available show times include an evening show on Friday, May 7 and a matinee and evening show on Saturday, May 8, 2021. Guests can select one show or all three at a discounted lodging price! Lodging guests are guaranteed first six row access to this exclusive parking lot concert series!

About Unison Benevolent Fund: 

Unison Benevolent Fund is a non-profit, registered music industry charity that provides counselling and emergency relief services to the Canadian music community. The organization strives to help professional music makers in times of hardship, illness or economic difficulties. 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 10, 2021

Georgian celebrates Indigenous culture with first Pow Wow At Home Virtual Festival

Students, faculty, staff and the public are invited to Georgian College’s very first Pow Wow At Home Virtual Festival to celebrate and learn about Indigenous culture, songs and dance.

The event, organized by the Barrie Campus Indigenous Resource Centre’s students and staff, features virtual dance competitions throughout the month of March.

“Every year we have amazing dancers, drummers and crafters come together for a really special event but naturally we needed to do things a little differently this this year,” said Special Events Co-ordinator Beedahsiga Elliott. “So, we’ve moved the Pow Wow virtually and also made it a fun dance competition. We’re asking our dancers to submit video of their style of dance and to choose their own music. All the videos will then be compiled together and we’ll have a contest to see who danced the best.”

Elliott explained that dance is very important – not only to who they are as a people but to their very souls. “When we dance, we’re expressing our gratitude to Gichi-Manito, the Great Spirit, for having the ability to dance on Mother Earth,” he said. “We’re also showing our appreciation for another day above ground and another day on this plane of existence. We dance to share, to laugh and to gather as a people.”

The dance categories have been broken up between women, men, and teenagers who will be competing over the next three weeks. All the dancers have to follow a specific set of guidelines with the first-place winners in each category winning $750.

Everyone is invited to follow the hashtag #GCPowWowAtHome on YouTube and other social media platforms. Enter the hashtag into your search bar and you can find the dancers and drummers who have entered the contest and even help pick the winners by liking and commenting. Points will be allotted based on the number of likes and comments made on each video. A judging panel made up of students, alumni, faculty and staff will also add additional points and make the final call on winners.

The women’s competition takes place this week with winners announced on Friday, March 12. The teen’s competition will run March 15 to 19 with the men’s competition wrapping things up from March 22 to 26.

“We hope everyone will check out the dancers and participate in the voting by following the hashtag #GCPowWowAtHome,” said Elliott. “We’re excited about this new way to connect with Mother Earth and we honour those who are here, those who have come before us and those who will be here after us.”

For more information, contact Beedahsiga Elliott at [email protected].

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Media: For further information or to arrange an interview, contact Elaine Murray, Communications Specialist, at 705.728.1968, ext. 1003, or [email protected].