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Tuesday, June 16, 2026

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If you are viewing this on a phone (etc.), I recommend scrolling to the bottom and choosing "View web version". Otherwise, you won't be able to see the navigation at the left, and the list of tags at the top.

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Link to Open Mic Crew Post

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Click here to see most of my 2020 Quarantunes!

Because it has so many embedded videos, the page takes a while to load (at least with my slow connection), so I've moved it from being the first page you see. So I've moved it to earlier in the year.

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Dorion Bible Camp Songs Home Recordings

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Six years ago I began recording Dorion Bible Camp songs (the "card" songs). Recently with "Stay at Home", I've begun catching up.

To Playlist on Youtube

Click here for a songbook containing lyrics and chords for these songs and many others from that era at Dorion.

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Monday, June 15, 2026

Sunset: June 15/26

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What we saw as we emerged from a long Cinderella rehearsal at Applauze:

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Sunday, June 14, 2026

Visit With the P-W Fam: June 14/26

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Due to rehearsal (Sitzprobe) I arrived partway through dinner (pasta, salad, garlic bread, avacado, rhubarb) with all minus A, plus Haley.

Then I watched Goo play on the trampoline, and climb their tree fort.

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Thursday, June 11, 2026

Open Mic at Lakehead Beer: June 11/26

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Hosts, Zach and Cassidy, let me jump in at the end of the night, after I came from the Cambrian Players Annual Mtg. I sang songs from the 70s (ish):

Delta Dawn (Collins/Harvey),
Love Stinks (Wolf/Justman), and
Joy to the World (Axton).

Review: "I found 'Jeremiah Was a Bullfrog' very moving." - April

Thank you, Zach and Cassidy, especially as I will be absent the next two Thursdays, rehearsing and performing in Applauze Productions' Cinderella.

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Foggy Morning: June 11/26

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Taken just before my morning shift:

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Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Lilacs: June 10/26

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Late blooming, and sickly. Why? To do

Sunday, June 07, 2026

Camp Sunday at Gathering Table: June 7/26

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I led:

Lord, I Lift Your Name On High (Founds),
Wings of an Eagle (Bell),
Jesus, It’s a Beautiful Day/You and I, and
You Are My All In All (Jernigan).

Review: “I liked the suspended chords.” - Donna Hamill, the usual music leader.

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Saturday, June 06, 2026

Cup Cake: June 6/26

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Bike Ride to the Old Fort: June 6/26

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Marks, Piper, Norah, Empire, Ford, Frederica, Neebing, Broadway, FWHP, Broadway, Walsh, Marks.

After lunch, I took "the express canoe" back to the Visitor Centre, then rode uphill back to Broadway, and thence home.

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Friday, June 05, 2026

Thursday, June 04, 2026

Lakehead Beer Open Mic at Lakehead Beer: June 4/26

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I sang songs from the 80s:

Karma Chameleon (O’Dowd/Moss/Craig/Hay/Pickett),
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (Michael), and
All I Want Is You (U2).

Review: "That last song was awesome!" - Jared (pictured in red hat)

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OSCE: June 4/26

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to do

Sunday, May 31, 2026

Alzheimer's Society Walk: May 31/26

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I busked for the Alzheimer’s Walk, an all Beatles set:

(L/M unless noted)
Eight Days a Week,
One After 909,
For You Blue ( Harrison),
I Wanna Be Your Man,
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da,
Oh! Darling, and
Octopus’s Garden (Starkey).

There was pizza.

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Saturday, May 30, 2026

Bike Ride: May 30/26

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Marks, Victoria, Int'l Friendship Gardens, Legion Track Drive, Chapple Circle Road (joined in Huntington's Heros Walk), Cameron, Marks.

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Thursday, May 28, 2026

Open Mic at Lakehead Beer: May 28/26

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I sang songs from the (19)90s:

In the Garage (Cuomo), Drinking Song (Moxy Fruvous), and Lost Together (Cuddy/Keelor).

Review: "Good job." - my friends

"It's cold; after we're all done, let's leave!" - also my friends (including me).

Accompanying Al Rich:

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