{"id":29,"date":"2015-05-19T16:33:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T16:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rf.podcastfixit.com\/index.php\/2015\/05\/19\/blues-fest-to-kick-off-summer-in-wes\/"},"modified":"2015-06-04T21:50:41","modified_gmt":"2015-06-04T21:50:41","slug":"blues-fest-to-kick-off-summer-in-wes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2015\/05\/19\/blues-fest-to-kick-off-summer-in-wes\/","title":{"rendered":"Blues Fest to kick off summer in West Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><i>Twelfth annual festival set to roll this June<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>By Kevin Woodhouse<\/b><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesuburban.com\/\">www.thesuburban.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s 12th annual edition of the West Island Blues Festival promises to offer \u201ca little bit if everything for the whole family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So believes co-founder and DDO Councillor Errol Johnson who is pleased to be presenting another edition of the festival \u201cthat will offer a great lineup of music along with some barbecue goodies, food and drinks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The lineup of acts taking the stage at Dollard des Ormeaux Park on Saturday, June 20 will include such past festival guests as Mike Goudreau and Carolyn Fe. Newcomer to the festival but not the West Island music scene is singer and performer Freddie James.<\/p>\n<p>Playing the indoor VIP and fundraiser show on Thursday, May 28 at the Pierrefonds Cultural Centre will be the band Rusty Hip Shakers. The show begins at 8 p.m. with a cocktail reception beginning two hours earlier.<\/p>\n<p>The festival will once again be raising money for the West Island Black Community Association as well AJOI (Action Jeunesse de l\u2019Ouest de l\u2019Ile). To date, more than $80,000 has been raised and distributed to a number of area West Island charities.<\/p>\n<p>Another recipient is also serving as a new sponsor, AGI (Alzheimer Groupe), an organization that helps with patients and families dealing with Alzheimer\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson told <i>The Suburban<\/i> that teaming up with the agency will be a \u201cwin-win\u201d as the festival will be afforded more exposure and AGI \u201care a very worthy cause.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAGI and the festival working together is a perfect fit because music is a very big help for those suffering from Alzheimer\u2019s,\u201d said Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson spoke about the power of music upon a recent visit to a friend\u2019s mother who is suffering from Alzheimer\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>While she could not recognize faces anymore, she began to clap in time and sing alone to an old religious spiritual when Johnson started singing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMusic can help jog the memory,\u201d said Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the upcoming 12th edition of the West Island Blues Festival, log on to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WIBluesFestival\">www.facebook.com\/WIBluesFestival<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-nvQ9OXqBHIQ\/VVtl1pyi6dI\/AAAAAAAAClY\/PULsu0YLSiw\/s1600\/Festibluessecond-510x373.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/rf.podcastfixit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Festibluessecond-510x373.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"234\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twelfth annual festival set to roll this June By Kevin Woodhouse www.thesuburban.com This year\u2019s 12th annual edition of the West Island Blues Festival promises to offer \u201ca little bit if everything for the whole family.\u201d So believes co-founder and DDO Councillor Errol Johnson who is pleased to be presenting another edition of the festival \u201cthat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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