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Sun. November 12th 2017 OSBOURNE PUB CROFTON Crofton BC $20

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Under Paris Skies - La Musique d'Edith Piaf: Joey Smith, Karel Roessingh, Jonathan Eng, Aaron Watson

Music lovers will have the chance to see Edie Daponte performing an original sho...
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Music Folk / Celtic / Latin / World Jazz / Blues Theatre
Sun. November 12th 2017 + Add to Calendar OSBOURNE PUB CROFTON (All Ages)
2:00pm $20

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Joey Smith
from Victoria BC
Jonathan Eng
from Victoria BC
Available for Shows/Gigs
Aaron Watson
Jazz, musette, folk, experimental from Victoria BC
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Music lovers will have the chance to see Edie Daponte performing an original show at the Osbourne Pub in Crofton on November 12th. A local favourite on Vancouver Island, Edie is excited to present Piaf’s music and make people smile, laugh and cry … though mostly smile!

Under Paris Skies – La Musique de Edith Piaf is a unique show combining music and entertainment inspired by Paris. With a live four-piece band Edie will perform many of the French cabaret singer’s soulful and emotional numbers including: Non Je Ne Regrette Rien; La Vie en Rose; Hymne a L’Amour; songs of enduring popularity, interwoven with Edie’s engaging style of audience-interaction, and interpretation of the French lyrics. She’ll also be mixing in some songs and stories that fit alongside Piaf’s oeuvre – inspired by a recent trip to Paris and meandering the city’s streets.

Channelling Piaf, with her rich timbre and captivating stage presence, Edie aims for a completely authentic experience and her experienced band will help create the atmosphere of an intimate Parisian theatre. Joining Edie are long-time collaborator Joey Smith on bass, and local favourites Karel Roessingh on piano, Jonathan Eng on drums and filling the important role of accordionist, Aaron Watson. All these talented musicians have long careers in the Vancouver Island jazz scene. You might not see Edie wearing the characteristic ‘little black dress’ that Piaf was known for – she prefers a little more flare – but with the help of Joey Smith’s arrangements, she promises to deliver Edith’s music as it was originally intended, with emotion and love.

Born in Quebec in a Portuguese family, Edie (named Edith at birth) feels Piaf has always had a role in her life, listening to scratchy vinyl recordings through her early years, despite not understanding the words in their French originals. As an adult singer Edie has witnessed again and again the strong emotional pull Piaf’s songs have on an audience. Edie says: “In my heart, when I’m singing Edith Piaf’s songs, I go to a different place: it moves me deeply!” After a recent Courtenay show, a fan left the comment: “My French is rather limited but that did not stop me from being fully transported, getting completely lost in your sweet and powerful Edith Piaf renditions.”

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OSBOURNE PUB CROFTON

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Under Paris Skies - La Musique d'Edith Piaf: Joey Smith, Karel Roessingh, Jonathan Eng, Aaron Watson @ OSBOURNE PUB CROFTON Nov 12 2017 - Nov 5th @ OSBOURNE PUB CROFTON

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