Courtenay, Vancouver Island – Vancouver Island Musicfest – Day 4 – The Music – Part VIII – The StepCrew!!! Total Fun!

The StepCrew were A LOT of fun!  These dynamic performers dance, sing and are champion fiddle players!!!  You can’t stay still!!!!  If you’re having a bad day, watch these videos!!  You’ll feel happier in seconds!!!! S, xo    

Courtenay, Vancouver Island – Vancouver Island Musicfest – Day 4 – The Music – Part VII – Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley

We made our way to the Concert Bowl to watch Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley. This duo plays bluegrass, country, blues, western swing.  They’re were awesome!!! ps….sorry for the short music clips – I was videoing so much that I cut it short to just get a taste of each musician! S, xo

Courtenay, Vancouver Island – Volunteering at Vancouver Island Musicfest – Day 4 – Part VI

Time for some goofy moments (brought on by a wee bit of local wine) as we made our way to the main stage, with a walk back stage because we could and deep fried fresh mini donuts (munchies were a regular thing for a lot of these BC’ers…..no cliche intended but the cliche is real!!)!!!…

Courtenay, Vancouver Island – Vancouver Island Musicfest – Day 4 – The Music – Part IV – Qristina Brooke & Tracy Lynn & The Savage Hearts

We started in The Grassy Knoll watching Warming Up The Stage with Blaine Dunaway, Sweet SantaFe, Tracy Lynn & The Savage Hearts and Qristina Brooke. Qristina Brooke is a fiddler and singer who played traditional Irish, Old-Time American and French Canadian tunes!  I loved her!!! Tracy Lynn & The Savage Hearts joined in for her last…

Courtenay, Vancouver Island – Vancouver Island Musicfest – Day 4 – The Music – Part III – Sweet SantaFe

We started in The Grassy Knoll watching Warming Up The Stage with Blaine Dunaway, Sweet SantaFe, Tracy Lynn & The Savage Hearts and Qristina Brooke. Sweet SantaFe are a couple who sing authentic, romantic and uplifting music with Cuban influences. I enjoyed this couple.  They inspired me to write music of my love for Michael…

Courtenay, Vancouver Island – Vancouver Island Musicfest – Day 4 – The Music – Part II – Blaine Dunaway

We started the festival off watching music in  The Grassy Knoll watching Warming Up The Stage with Blaine Dunaway, Sweet SantaFe, Tracy Lynn & The Savage Hearts and Qristina Brooke. Blaine Dunaway is a violin, cello, trumpet and flugelhorn player from Comox Valley. He’s spent studio time with Eartha Kite, Mae Moore, and many more!…

Courtenay, Vancouver Island – Volunteering at Vancouver Island Musicfest – Day 4 – Part I

Today the music starts!  I’m breaking this day into parts – so you can pick what you want to look at – which will probably be the music – so the musicians will get their own blogs! For those interested in the behind the scenes – Performer Services should be called – Backstage Food Services….