Spreading holiday spirit
Ceilidhs are Fridays at St. Peters Circle Club, St. Peters, 7:30-11 p.m., with local entertainment. Admission is $4.
A ceilidh at the Kaylee Hall is Fridays, 8-11 p.m. Admission is $5. Music is by Jim Madsen, Donnie MacDonald, Jim Galpin and Elinor MacAulay.
Helping Hands Jamboree, with the Helping Hands Band and other performers, is at St. Anthony’s Hall, Route 2, Woodstock, Dec. 16, 7:30 p.m. Money raised supports charities. Admission is by donation. Call 902-859-2394.
Saturday ceilidh is Dec. 16 at the Belfast Rec Centre, 8-11 p.m., with a 50-50 draw and a light lunch. Call Dale Campbell at 902-6592554.
Acoustic Music Jam is every Sunday, 2-8:30 p.m., with the next one Dec. 17, at the Acadian Musical Village (Expo-Centre) Abram-Village. Admission is $3 (adults only) with a roast turkey supper served at 5 p.m. for $11. There is also a door prize and a 50/50 draw. For information, call 902-854-2324.
Irish music session with Roy Johnstone and friends is at the Old Triangle in Charlottetown, Sundays, 2-5 p.m. Players are welcome.
Forte Men’s Choir, under the direction of Margot Rejskind, will be presenting a concert, “A Very Forte Christmas”, on Dec. 17, 2:30 p.m., at the Summerside Presbyterian
Church in Summerside. Admission is $10 at the door.
A ceilidh is at the York Community Centre on Dec. 17 at 7 p.m. It features the house, band, consisting of, Herb MacDougall, Joe Penney, Janice Hebert and Bob Perry and David Moore. Guest performers are Anne Quinn, Ivor Price, Mildred Dover, Lou Doiron, Retro frets. There will be a 50/50 draw, door prize and lunch. Proceeds will go to the Salvation Army. The centre is wheelchair accessible. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m.
Stratford Lions Club ceilidh is Dec. 19, 7 p.m. at the Cotton Centre, 57 Bunbury Rd. Talent includes Joe and Janice Hebert, Cliff Martin, Tom LeClair, Randy Blaisdell, Callie Chaisson, Dave Altass, Glen MacCabe, Allison Giggey, Pat Campbell, Larry Yeo, Peggy Arsenault, Mike Gallant, Rodney Perry and Sue Pitre. Admission is $ 6 and includes a free lunch. Money raised goes to the turkey drive. Call Erma Rose at 902-567-3956 for more Ceilidh is Dec. 17, 7 p.m., at the Kelly’s Cross Community Centre. Ann Cudmore is emcee. Music will be by the Centre House band with Elmer Doiron, Bill Campbell, Gertie Campbell and Dorothy Farish. Guests are Pat Molyneaux, Theresa Hudson, Donnie MacKinnon, Randy Blaisdell, Herb McDonald, Stewart MacFarlane, Brian Trainor, Linda Classen and Marlene MacLaren. The Centre is wheel chair accessible, located at 1475, Route 13, Kelly’s Cross. Admission includes a light lunch, tea and coffee. There will also be a 50/50 draw.
A ceilidh is at the Kings Playhouse, Georgetown, Tuesdays, 8 p.m. Dance to local musicians playing old-time classics. Call 902652-2053.
Old Time Music Acoustic Jams
are Wednesdays, 6:30-9 p.m., at the Murphy Community Centre, Richmond Street, Charlottetown (not held on holidays and storm days). Bring an instrument and sit in or come to just listen. A nominal fee of $2 goes to the centre to cover expenses. Contact 902-9409565 or email jonescb@eastlink.ca.
A ceilidh, sponsored by the Silver Threads Seniors Club, is at the club, 78 Main St., Souris, Wednesdays, 8-11 p.m., featuring local entertainers and an open mic. Admission is $5 with funds for club projects.
An informal, acoustic traditional music session
is Thursdays, 7-9 p.m., at the Old Triangle, Charlottetown. Players and dancers are welcome.
The Dunromin Band will hold a Jamboree at the Linkletter Community Centre, 1670 Route 11, Linkletter Rd., on Dec. 28 at 7 p.m. It will feature a set by Dunromin, followed by lunch and an open mike. Forte Men’s Choir, under the direction of Margot Rejskind, will be presenting a concert, “A Very Forte Christmas” on Dec. 16, 2:30 p.m., at The Kirk of St. James in Charlottetown. Admission is $10 at the door.
QCONCERTS
Ashley MacIsaac and friends present a Celtic Christmas, Dec. 15, Trinity United Church, Charlottetown, 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available from Ticketpro.ca or by calling the Indian River Box Office: 1-866-856-3733 or 902-836-3733. Home for the Holidays returns to Harbourfront Theatre on Dec. 15, 7:30 p.m. with Kendall Docherty, Catherine O’Brien and Caroline Bernard backed up by The Reindeer Express (Deryl Gallant, bass, Alan White, drums, Don Fraser, keyboards, Perry Williams, guitar). Tickets are online at www. kingsplayhouse.com, at Daryl’s General Store, Georgetown, or at A Touch of Gold, Downeast Mall, Members of Arioso, a women’s double trio, perform Christmas music during a concert at St. Mark’s Presbyterian Church, this past Sunday. The afternoon concert aimed to put the crowd into the Christmas spirit with traditional and new carols.
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Got Blues Matinee is Saturdays, 2:30-4:30 p.m., at The Factory Cookhouse, 189 Kent St., Charlottetown, hosted by Got Blues (Chris Roumbanis and friends Reg Ballagh and Mike Robicheau). Each week there is a special guest, and the The final Christmas concert, second set is always presented by The Lady Singers an electric of our Century, is Dec. 20, 7:30 blues jam. at the Jack Blanchard Centre. The The guest centre, located on Pond Street on Dec. 16 in Charlottetown, is wheelchair is singer/ accessible and offers plenty of guitarist parking. There is a canteen service Nathan and a 50/50 draw. Admission Wiley. is $12 at the door, which opens at
6:30 p.m.
The Charlottetown Legion Choir presents Vivaldi’s “Gloria, Choral Music from Christmases Past” on Dec. 16 at Kensington United Church, 17 School St., at 7 p.m. Tickets are at the door.
The Linkletter Community Centre hosts “A Down Home Christmas” featuring Janet McGarry, Serge Bernard, Gail Mullen, Dylan Ferguson and Denise MacLeod on Dec. 17. The show starts at 2 p.m., and admission is $10. The Linkletter Community Centre is wheelchair accessible and located at 1670 Route 11, Linkletter Road. Contact communityoflinkletter@ gmail.com or Kari at 902-7240914.
QEH concert series continues at Our Lady of the Assumption Parish Hall, 151 Stratford Rd., Stratford, Dec. 17, 2 p.m., hosted by Treble with Girls, with special guest Courtney Hogan-Chandler. Enjoy an afternoon of family-friendly music and fun to raise funds for the 22nd annual QEH/Eastlink Telethon for the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Foundation. There’s a 50/50 draw, door prizes, tickets on a West Jet Trip for two and a homemade lunch at intermission. Admission is adults, $10, students, 12 and under, $5, and preschoolers free.
Choral Music Programme: Sing Noël is Dec. 17, 3 p.m., at Trinity United Church. Confederation Centre Youth Chorus celebrates the joy and spirit of the holiday season by performing classical and contemporary Christmas carols with special guest Joey Kitson. For tickets, contact the Confederation Centre of the Arts box office.
The fourth annual “Old Fashioned Christmas Gospel Concert” featuring music by Gary
Chipman, Carol Chipman-Francis, Rodney Savidant, Blair Coughlin, Allen “Postie” Connolly, Bob Gagnon and a special performance by the Breadalbane Guitar Students is at Central Queens United Church, Hunter River, Dec. 17, 7 p.m. Admission is $12 at the door. Call 902-3141865 for information.
The 2017 Holy Redeemer Candlelight Carol Service will be presented on Dec. 17 at 7:30 p.m. in the church on Pond Street. The service will include choir selections, group singing, solos and congregational singing with the choir. It will feature a small orchestra of 10-12 students from the UPEI music department. Travis Boudreau will direct the choir and the orchestra.
A Casual Christmas Cabaret with Todd MacLean and Becca Griffin is Dec. 17, with these two local musicians jamming to some favourite holiday classics at John Brown Grille on Victoria Row in Charlottetown at 8:30 p.m. Admission is pay-what-you-can at the door, with first-come, first-serve seating.
Lively Songs for Little People by Michael Pendergast (the Music Man) are casual drop-in shows with a small family-friendly rate, movements, songs, dance and humour. They are Tuesdays, 10:45 a.m., in the food court of Confederation Court Mall and Thursdays at the Stratford Town Hall gym, 10:45 a.m.
The Food and Warmth Show, a Christmastime fundraiser concert for the Upper Room, is back for the 11th time at Florence Simmons Performance Hall, Dec. 22,
7-11 p.m. Lineup includes the Amanda Jackson Band, Russell Louder, Baby God, More Soul, Cynthia MacLeod, Richard Wood and Gordon Belsher, Braydon Gautreau, Becca Griffin, plus a songwriters’ circle featuring Jon Matthews, Katie McGarry, Dan Currie and Brielle Ansems. Tickets are $20, or $15 with a donation of non-perishable food items, at the door at the Florence Simmons box office. Event includes food by chef Robert Pendergast, a silent auction and more.
Christmas concert is at St. Dunstan’s Basilica in Charlottetown on Dec. 22 at 7 p.m. Program includes “Mary Through the Ages”, an exploration of how various composers set the texts of the “Magnificat” and “Ave Maria” to music. Featuring over 50 singers and a 30-piece orchestra, the concert is under the direction of Leo Marchildon. Admission is by freewill offering.
There will be a Montague Regional High School Choir Alumni Concert on Dec. 29 at 7 p.m. at MRHS. Tickets are $6 each or $5 for students and seniors. There will be a rehearsal at 3 p.m. for any former choir members who would like to participate. Former choir members can get more details on Facebook at MRHS Alumni Choir.
NEW YEAR’S EVE EVENTS
hot roast beef dinner with all the trimmings. Music will be by Dino Dunsford, Kendall Docherty and Peter Burke as well as the Shake Rattle N Roll Band with Ian Hunter, Heartz Godkin, George MacPhee and Brian Knox. Tickets are available by calling Docherty at 902569-1133, Knox at 902-569-3327, at One on One Video Services or Holy Redeemer Church office. New Year’s Eve Kitchen Party is at St. Margaret’s Hall, 11394 Northside Rd., Dec. 31 at 9 p.m. with music by Rannie MacLellan, Kevin Chaisson and Urban MacAdam. There will be door prizes, a 50/50 draw and a lunch. Cost is $10. Call 902-687-2546 to book a seat.
QDANCES
Neon Moon plays for a dance at the Kaylee Hall, Pooles Corner, Dec. 16, 8 p.m.
A dance is at 56 St. Peters Rd., Charlottetown, Dec. 16, 8-11 p.m. Music is by Music and Friends with Lester MacPherson. There is a free lunch and a 50/50 draw.
Wednesday dances are at Hillsborough Park Community Centre. The next one is Dec.20, 8:30-11:30 p.m. with Joe Hynes and Black Hats. There’s a free lunch and a 50/50 draw. Call 902-213-0801 or 902-894-1121.
Fallback 50s/60s band plays New Year’s Eve dance, Dec. 31, 9 p.m. at The Oval, Credit Union Place, 511 Notre Dame St. Summerside. Sandwiches, sweets, coffee/tea included. Tickets for the 19+ event are available from Johlene at 902-315-0675 or emailing johlenewhite@ hotmail.com.
Music and Friends plays New Year’s Eve dance Dec. 31, 9 p.m., at 56 St. Peter’s Rd. Tickets for the event are available from Tom at 902330-0842, Lewie, 902218-3278 or Lester, 902-583-2848.
New Years Eve Dance is at the Rustico Bay Seniors Club from 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Music By Country Steel. Tickets may be bought from Mark at 902-964-2674, Margaret at 902-963-2003 or Bernice at 902-621-0199/ Home for the Holidays is Dec. 15, 7:30 p.m., at Harbourfront Theatre in Summerside. Lineup includes Catherine O’Brien, Marlane O’Brien, Caroline Bernard, Don Fraser and Kendall Docherty. For information visit the Harbourfront Box Office or harbourfronttheatre.com. The Jack Blanchard Family Centre is hosting a New Year’s Eve gala with a choice of hot turkey or
THEATRE/COMEDY/ DANCE
The Island Christmas Review 2017, featuring Patrick Ledwell and Mark Haines, is at Harmony House Theatre, Hunter River, Dec. 15, 8 p.m. Tickets are available through the theatre box office. The Confederation Centre Holiday Variety Show is Dec. 15-16, 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available through the theatre box office. “Ghost of Bethlehem”, a drama
is a free listings of entertainment events. Listings must be submitted no later than the end of the day Tuesday by fax at 566-3808 or to lifestyles@theguardian.pe.ca. For more information, call Carolyn Drake 629-6000, ext. 6036.