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March 7/10 Well it's spring here in Abbottsford, BC!!! The grass is green, the trees are starting to bloom and I'm hearing lawn mowers!!! I'm hoping to find Kingston much the same when I return in two weeks! I have been staying with a large family here while doing some workshops and shows. Nine children, three farm helpers from other countries, hens, chickens, pigs, dogs, cats, birds and goats!!!!! Even a few baby goats in the house! You could say I'm not lonely! I will move on today to Hope, BC where I will be instructing for the next week. I believe I will be completely out of service there and then connecting with Bowfire in Dallas on Friday the 12th. The time will fly! I hope you're all getting excited for spring! I can tell you, it IS on it's way, quickly! Enjoy, Cheers, Kelli March 2/10 What a wonderful weekend it was with two small shows with Geoff Horrocks, birthday celebrations and Canada's Hockey GOLD! Thank you to all of you for coming out to hear us play and for your wonderful birthday wishes on line and in person. Now.... busy preparing to leave for BC this Friday and then from there - on to Bowfire on the 12th. Geez, I'm feeling older already just thinking about it! Good thing I love what I do! Enjoy this incredible "springlike" weather! Kelli Feb 20/10 I hope everyone is enjoying the Vancouver Olympic Games and hopefully the last lingering snow falls. I will be out to BC shortly but no - I"m not going for the Gold. I AM going to HOPE, BC though if that counts! Hope counts for something doesn't it? Before that, please check out a couple of shows that I have coming up. A house concert in Ottawa, ON and another dinner/show in Gananoque, ON. It's always great to see people out and to have a chance to say hello in person. Stay warm and well. Spring is just around the corner. I know because my birthday is coming up! Happy Birthday to me March 1st! Cheers, Kelli Feb 12/10 Who knew that having fun could be so exhausting! I just spent a wonderful week in NS surrounded by music and friends and to think I call it "work"! The Shivering Strings Music Camp was one of the best I've ever attended and it was the first annual! Hats off to Debbie Coles, Nancy Barkhouse, Gordon Stobbe and their team for doing such a great job!!! Thank you also to Al and Nancy McVicar for setting us up with a great concert opportunity on the 9th and to all of those who came out to show their support. I really feel a sense of family any time I have the opportunity to visit NS. Spent a couple of days catching up on sleep and now back to work on the rest of my business. Happy Valentine's Day and Family Day on Monday!!!! Make sure to stop and smell the roses!!! Kelli Feb 4/10 I'm heading out today for the better part of a week in Nova Scotia. Will be teaching at a fiddle camp there at Oak Island Resort. Wow! A step up from the usual camp type cabins!! Will be great to work with Gordon Stobbe, Greg Simm and Geoff Horrocks again. We'll do a couple of shows while I"m in the area as well. One is a school show but the other is listed here on my site. I think spring is just around the corner!!! Hang in there and I hope to see many of you soon!!! Kelli.... OH and my fiddle book is finally available from my site here. Check the welcome page for details. Cheers! Jan 27/10 Wow - look at me! Two days in a row. It helps when you're not sleeping and so start your day at 4 a.m.!!! Check out the new photo on my welcome page. Charles Ede was the wonderful photographer of all of my new photos on the recording. All were taken in Picton, ON. Check out his site www.charlesedephotography.com OH and "I" actually got the picture up there myself. I'm learning! Have a wonderful day! Kelli Jan 26/10 Well I must say that seeing white stuff on the ground is better than dreary rain! I hope that the new year is off to a great start for all of you. Please check out my two new radio releases on myspace and soon here on my site soon as well. I have just recently learned about new musicians profiles on CBC Radio 3 so check that out as well. I am slowly but surely developing my own space there as well. HUGE learning curve for MOI. Drop me a line any time to say hello. It's always nice to hear from you and of course seeing you in person at my shows is even better!!! Stay tuned for more dates coming up. Thanks, Kelli Jan 18/10 I see snippets of grass!!! I know. Shouldn't get our hopes up too soon, this is probably just a tease. The spring and summer calendar is starting to fill up already which is a good sign and I hope to see many of you out here and there to say hello. I have two songs from my new CD being sent out to radio so please feel free to call in to request!!!!!!! I've Done my Time to Country Radio Feel It to Jazz radio Thanks for staying tuned. No pun intended!!! Kelli Jan 11/10 Where did Christmas go??? Especially now that we have all of this snow!!! I hope you all enjoyed the holidays with friends, family and maybe some music too? I wasn't around NEARLY long enough to take it all in but did what I could. Even managed a traditional 5 MILE walk on Boxing Day - in the freezing rain! Couldn't wimp out though as long as my almost 76 year old Dad was still forging ahead! So home now for a while but busier than ever trying to get my year ahead organized and scheduled. January is the time to be scoping out work for the summer season - or at least filling the holes that are still available. Thank you for staying tuned. Stay warm. Kelli Dec 8/09 In Phoenix,AZ today. White stuff all around us it seesm but only rain here yesterday. I hear we're getting some at home so that's good to know! The tour is going well and we're enjoying the new Christmas Material!! Fun stuff! Looking forward to getting my new CD "out and about" in January after the Holiday dust settles. Stay tuned and Happy Holidays!!!! Enjoy it all -and be safe. Kelli Nov 27/09 I "think" it's the 27th and for most people this is "FRIDAY"!! For me here on tour with Bowfire, it's another rehearsal day and a show tonight in Biloxi, MI. Although it's warm enough to wear shorts, we ARE starting to sport Santa hats and antlers setting the tone for our Christmas shows. I will be on tour throughout the U.S. until Dec 16th just in time to return home to share Christmas with family and friends. I really hope there's some white stuff on the ground by then. I KNOW - but it's just not Christmas without out. I hope you're all enjoying some Christmas shopping before it gets too nutty out there! Enjoy the process of it all and let the stress go! worth a try! Cheers for now, Kelli Nov 20/09 Still haven't recovered from a wonderful but exhausting weekend of CD Release concerts. Thank you ALL so much for coming out and showing your support. I really appreciated it. It was great to see all of you and to have a chance to say a personal hello to many of you. I hope you enjoy the CD as much as I enjoyed making it. Your feedback on the weekend was incredible so thank you and please fee free to share your opinions. HOpe to see you all again soon. Off to North Gower today to do a concert with Goeff Horrocks and then off to Bowfire on Tuesday morning. No rest for the Weary! Enjoy this incredible weather. The snow will be here soon! Oops - well that wasn't technically "out loud". Kelli Nov 9/09 Well the Concerts are quickly approaching so this is another busy week. I am looking forward to seeing many of you out this weekend. I will be co-hosting with Big G on Kix FM 93.5 this Wednesday morning from 7-9. Should be fun. To those of you coming out to Sunday's show at Vimy. Please note that there is a dress code. No jeans, hats, jackets, or sportswear. Thanks. Enjoy this incredible weather and I'll see you soon. Kelli November 2/09 Ahhhhh - to be home again. Just finished a great Bowfire tour with just a few snags at the border. Great shows and wonderful audiences. NOW - home to find my new CD's ready and waiting! I am doing my best to get CD's available to you through various stores, my website and from me directly at bookings@kellitrottier.com I hope you will enjoy it and I hope to see many of you out for my CD release concerts. See details on my events page. Thanks, Kelli October 21st.... An after thought - please don't forget to get the details for my CD release concerts coming up very soon!!!!! HOpe to see you out!!! Drop me a line if you have questions. Kelli October, 21/09 On tour with Bowfire here in Michigan today. We have had some wonderful shows and great weather so far. Did I mention I love the fall? Watch for some cast Hallowe'en party photos on the various performers' sites or on facebook or myspace. I'm quite anxious to see them myself. Happy Hallowe'en, Kelli October 7/09 Thank you to the Metcalfe Fair for a wonderful experience there on Sunday. Spirits weren't dampened by the weather at all! Great to see so many out to support this wonderful fair. ONe of the longest running and most impressive fairs around! My new CD is finally off in the hands of the manufacturing compnay so it should be out soon!!! I"m off to Bowifre next week for a two and a half week tour. Please check our schedule in case we're coming close to you!! www.bowfire.com Thanks for staying tuned. Kelli September 23/09 o.k. so I've been busy! I really have! And, soon I will have something to show for it! I have finally wrapped up my recording session and am currently pulling all of the artwork together for my new CD!!!! I hope to have them in my hot little hands by the end of October! I will be sure to announce the delivery! I am off to Germany with Bowfire "for the weekend"! Crazy! the whole cast is flying over to do a 5 1/2 minute television spot!!! I guess it's a VERY big deal and it will help to promote our tour over there in late January/early February. It was great to see some old friends and new ones too at the Tamowrth fiddle camp on the weekend. What a great time! I also really appreciated seeing some friends out on Monday night at the Tir Nan Og. It was a fun night and I enjoyed being entertained by Roger James as well! Catch him if you haven't already! Thanks to CKWS for helping to promote that Irish Folk Club event and for offering to do a feature on me regarding my new CD!!! They will be airing something shortly on "live at 5" so watch for that! August 27/09 So we're wrapping up the summer season sadly but fall is one of my favourite seasons so it's not so bad. Much better sleeping weather too! This cooler air tells me that the Big Pembroke fiddle contest is just around the corner. I'm not sure I can get there this year but if there's ANY possible window, My car will know which way to go!!! I hope everyone has a great time wrapping up their summer festivities and I'm sure it will be good to get back into some sort of schedule. I have added details for the CD release concert in Alexandria for those who are able to make it out. Kingston show details will follow soon. Heading to the studio next week finally and will be busy pulling all of my material together. This is the fun part!!! I'm also enjoying the creative process of CD layout and design. Tough decisions to make too especially after having worked with photographer Charles Ede. He did an incredible job for me and was wonderful to work with. Please check him out: Charles Ede Photography. Enjoy the fall season and I look forward to seeing many of you out in November for my CD releases. It's very exciting to share the experience with my friends, family and fans. Thank you all for your continued support. Kelli August 13/09 It's pretty bad when my Mother is more on top of my website updates than I am! Sorry - doesn't summer slip by on all of us??? Enjoyed a wonderful show in Tamworth at the end of July. Thank you all for coming out. It was such a great evening on and off the stage! So I'm hard at work on my new recording but still have much work to do. Must remember to "enjoy the process" though right? I really do actually and it's a bit of a bummer when you actually finish! The fall will be busy with finishing up the CD, doing a few release concerts and touring with Bowfire quite steadily. Please mark your calendars for Nov 14th or 15th for our CD release concerts. Would really appreciate seeing you all out. I will be sure to provide you with more details as soon as I have them available. Enjoy the rest of the summer!!!!!! Kelli July 28/09 Is it summer yet??? Why does it seem to fly by so quickly when it's already much too short! I spent a week in Pittsburgh at a Jazz camp and it was a wonderful experience. Gave me much to work on and a better appreciation for what my students go through at fiddle camps! I can relate! We had a wonderful show in Tamworth Saturday night thanks to our wonderful hosts and the most enthusiastic crowd! Thank you all for coming out! I am continuing to work on my new CD and will spend most of August and September working on the bulk of it. Please stay tuned for details of my two CD release concerts set for mid November. The dates are already on my site so mark them on your calendar. Would love to see you all out to celebrate the launch! This will have been several years in the making so it becomes a pretty big deal. I thank you all for your past support and i'm hoping you'll enjoy this new project!!! Happy summer - rain or shine!!! Kelli June 19/09 Well the dust has settled slightly from several months of running it seems. Now it's back to the creative drawing board and scheduling time in the studio for my upcoming CD. It is due to be released this fall so please stay tuned for details. Thanks to all of you who came out to see us in concert over the past month. It has been great to see you all and I hope to see you out and about this summer. Enjoy and stay safe. Kelli May 25/09 |