The Ukrainian Old-Timers have been in existence for 38 years. They have toured Alberta, Saskatchewan , Manitoba &Ontario. In 1998, they toured Ukraine and performed on a cruise ship and have toured and were the opening act for Mickey & Bunny. They have also performed at Canada’s National Ukrainian Festival numerous times and been featured every year during the Festival for the past 23 years. They write and compose most of their music and have recorded 24 albums. They have also been awarded various awards through The Ukrainian Musicians Association, more notably, Outstanding Group of the Year. They are the band responsible for composing the Hit Song "The Perogy Dance" which has a total of over 24,000 views on Youtube and will be featured on a National TV Documentary entitled PEROGY. Their performance encompasses Ukrainian, Old-time, Polka, County, Light Rock & Comedy music.
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John Mueller's Winter Dance Party is the official live and authentic re-creation of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper's final tour and the only show endorsed by the Holly,Valens and Richardson estates. Each live concert performance includes unbridled, high voltage entertainment featuring all the hit songs of the 50's era: That'll Be The Day, Peggy Sue, Oh Boy, Rave on, La Bamba, Chantilly Lace, and many, many more.
John Mueller, the critically acclaimed former star of the U.S. touring version of the London/Broadway hit musical "Buddy..the Buddy Holly Story," performs as Buddy Holly and Jay P. Richardson, Jr. fills his legendary father's footsteps as the Big Bopper. Jay is actually the Bopper's son and brings with him the heritage and feeling that only he can offer. Ray Anthony performs as Ritchie Valens and is a renowned star of the "Legends of Rock and Roll" show at the Imperial Palace in Las Vegas.
The Winter Dance Party show has performed in front of over 2 million people on national TV for the Jerry Lewis Telethon, has toured extensively throughout the United States and Canada and even for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The show began in 1999 in honor of the 40th anniversary of the original tour.
Highlights over the years have included receiving the keys to the city of Green Bay, WI from the Mayor and playing in the legendary Surf Ballroom on the same day Buddy, Ritchie, and the Big Bopper did 40 years prior. The show has shared the stage with such greats as Chubby Checker, The Coasters, The Fireballs, Marshall Crenshaw, Taj Mahal, John Mellencamp, and Bill Haley's Original Comets to name a few.
"Flawless….rings as clear and true as a chord from a Fender Stratocaster." -The Chicago Tribune
"One of the best concerts I've ever seen." -Larry Holly (Buddy's brother)
"Watching Jay Richardson is just like watching his Dad." -Dick Clark
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The InClines - Dinner & Show
The InClines Patsy Cline recorded just three albums in her lifetime, yet she is one of the most recognized and beloved names in the history of country music. Millions of her recordings are still sold every year. Three decades after her untimely death, two Grammy Awards were presented in her honour and in 1973, she became the first female vocalist to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Lead vocalist, Michelle Anseeuw: “I’m not sure when I first listened to Patsy Cline music; I mean really listened to it. All I remember is, when I really listened to it, I thought her sense of style, phrasing and diction took each song she sang and made it unique. Popular songs previously done by others became fresh and new when Patsy worked her magic. Nobody since has created such a distinct feeling in song. When I first sang her music, I realized she had the kind of passion and voice no one else had. Now, I have a passion; to deliver to you my tribute to her voice, her heart and soul.”
The Bear Claw Casino & Hotel proudly welcomes: The InClines Bear Claw Casino & Hotel February 23, 2012
Dinner Show with Don Burnstick
Don Burnstick is from the Alexander First Nation, located outside of Edmonton, Alberta. The youngest of 15 children, coupled with the fact of growing up on the reserve, taught Don a variety of means of defending himself, not the least of which became his use of humour. Don's young life was very violent. "I lived on the streets of Edmonton as an alcoholic and drug addict. In 1985, when I sobered up at 21, there were not too many 21 year old males that were alcohol and drug free so I just started asking to go and tell my story." Burnstick obtained post secondary training at the University of San Diego in holistic urban youth development. He also has obtained certification as an Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counsellor and graduated from the Native Trainers Development program at the Nechi Institute in Edmonton. In addition to his healing work, Don has established himself as one of Canada's best comedian of all times. His highly acclaimed comedy show "You Might be a Redskin - Healing Through Native Humour", is a comedic performance, that humorously portrays First Nations people, their habits, likes and dislikes. Bear Claw Casino & Hotel - March 10, 2012
The Trews With five albums in eight years, two gold; eleven Top-10 singles, two No.1; multiple awards, for best single, video and live group; and close to 800 live shows under their belt, including support slots for the Rolling Stones, Robert Plant, Guns N’ Roses, Nickelback and KISS, the Canadian rock band never rests. The Trews keep pushing themselves in the studio and onstage, with intense rock ‘n’ roll songs that have killer hooks, such as “Hope & Ruin” which reached #5 on Canadian ROCK Radio Chart. Perennially recognized for their creative output, The Trews are 5x JUNO Award nominees.
Poor Young Things Poor Young Things need no sympathy. The rock ‘n’ roll band, made up of five resourceful focused musicians, gave up a contented life in Thunder Bay, Ontario, and headed for Toronto without knowing a soul. Within a year, the band had recorded with their dream producer and signed a record deal. Poor them, indeed.
Carroll Baker was born in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia and grew up in Port Medway, a small picturesque fishing village on Nova Scotia’s South West Shore.
Carroll Baker was invited to go to a bar in Oakville, The Halton Hotel, where one of her friends told the band that Carroll sang and they should get her up to do a song. Carroll had no idea about this so when she heard her name to go up and sing, she was speechless and scared to death. She was also underage, and the thought of getting caught in a bar by the police was indeed a most scary aspect. Her husband, John Beaulieu, encouraged her, so she accepted the invitation and sang “Stand By Your Man.” The rest, as they say, is history.
Achievements
Carroll Baker received the Order of Canada on July 1, 2009.
She is an inductee of The Canadian Country Music Hall of Honour, renamed The Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame, The Nova Scotia Country Music Hall of Fame, received a Lifetime Achievement Award from The Province of Nova Scotia, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Province of Ontario, a Lifetime Achievement Award from Martin Guitar and The Humanitarian Award from martin Guitar in recognition of her charity work.
She was the first Canadian Country Music Performer to be awarded certified gold record status. She has had more than 20 number one records, 12 of which were consecutive, a record that remains unbroken in Canada by a Canadian Country Music Performer to this day.
She made the history books in Canada when she became the first Canadian performer to do a television special from the stage of the Grande Ole Opry House.
First Canadian country singer to appear on the front page of TV Guide.
Hosted her own TV series for CBC TV, Carroll Baker’s Jamboree.
She has appeared as guest on virtually every Canadian TV show and was the first Canadian country singer to perform on the Juno Awards 91976).
The first Canadian Country singer to have her own special on The Nashville Network entitled “Carroll Baker’s New Country”.
Ray Sawyer is the spirited, eye-patched lead singer of the group Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show, whose soulful and sometimes comic vocals fronted the band’s breakthrough “Cover Of The Rolling Stone” to international superstar status in the early 70’s and 80’s. He has been touring the United States, Canada and countries overseas since the break-up of the Band in 1984 - currently with a new band and a new twist to his familiar sound.
Accumulating 60 Gold & Platinum Records worldwide with Dr. Hook, Ray also had the honor of being inducted into the “Alabama Music Hall of Fame” in April 2005.
With an abundance of stage energy and prankish sense of humor, Ray Sawyer has an unmistakable voice and image, as well as a unique ability to reflect his good times in good music.
He is definitely a song stylist of the first order, and never was it more evident...
Dr. Hook Hits
ON THE COVER OF THE ROLLING STONE SYLVIA’S MOTHER ONLY SIXTEEN SHARING THE NIGHT TOGETHER WHEN YOU’RE IN LOVE WITH A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN WALK RIGHT IN SEXY EYES YOU MAKE MY PANTS WANT TO GET UP AND DANCE FREAKIN’ AT THE FREAKERS BALL I LOVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE BABY MAKES HER BLUE JEANS TALK SOUPSTONE MILLIONAIRE
Living Sky Casino proudly welcomes: Dr. Hook featuring Ray Sawyer!
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