The audience at the Ebony & Ivory concert at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario on Tuesday, November 1st included many children, much to the delight of Andrew and Fred. Andrew was completely home-schooled and is developing a growing fan base of homeschoolers coming to see him perform, and Fred also loves to see young concertgoers. After the concert, Andrew, Andrew's mother Carol, and Fred were interviewed by Beatrice Ekoko for an upcoming program on Radio Free School on the subject of homeschooling and the unique pairing of Andrew (completely self-taught) and Fred (double Juilliard graduate.) Thanks to Rose Riopelle, Concert Coordinator, Elaine Logie, Concert Assistant, and Jeremy Knowles for their able assistance with this concert.

Showplace Peterborough, Peterborough's premier concert venue, was filled with happy patrons as Ebony & Ivory worked their concert magic on Friday, November 4th. The concert was part of the subscription series of the Peterborough Concert Association. Audience members smiled, tapped their toes, bobbed their heads, and were held riveted for over two hours as Andrew and Fred amazed them with their playing, amused them with their banter (oven mitts played a major role!) and satisfied them with a program of solid musical entertainment.

Special thanks to Peterborough Concert Association President Jim Conley; Board members Aniela D'Avernas, Clare Trussler, and Catherine Allen; House Manager, Claudea Usher; and Technical Director, Mike Curtis.

Ebony & Ivory are currently on tour in California. The tour starts in Bakersfield, CA, where the Duo will perform for the music students at Rosedale Middle School in the morning and then to a sold-out crowd at the Rabobank Theater in the evening. After a day off to explore Bakersfield, Andrew and Fred are off to Hollywood to visit film composer Mychael Danna, and then head back north to Bishop, CA, taking in both Sequoia National Forest and Yosemite National Park along the way.

After the evening concert in Bishop, it's off to Indian Wells Valley Concert Association in Ridgecrest, CA, where the Duo will again perform for school children in the morning and present an evening concert in the Indian Wells Valley subscription series.

The tour ends in Baldwin City, KS, where the Duo will be presenting a Jazz Workshop for students at Baker University and then performing in the Artist and Lecture Series the same evening.

Back home, Ebony & Ivory will switch gears and get ready for their Christmas Concert at Georgia Southwestern University which will take them to Americus, GA, for the end of November. Complete details on the tour in the December Newsletter.

Ontario CONTACT, held once again at the Living Arts Centre in Mississauga, took place from October 19-22 and was a very successful and fruitful conference. Good feelings abounded and delegates enjoyed an upbeat and rewarding time. The conference afforded Ebony & Ivory Agent/Manager Robert Baird an opportunity to show off the Duo's debut CD Red Hot! Booth visitors and contacts at the convention included:

Dee Adrian, Capitol Centre; Larry Aquino, Classic Theatre; Homi Bam, Orillia Concert Association; Gail Bazinet, Atikokan Entertainment; Colleen Clack, Living Arts Centre; Carolyn Clark, Live at the Hippo; Ken Coulter, Oakville Centre for the Arts; Bonnie Craig, CCI; Maggie Crawford, Performing Arts Lakefield; Stella Crouch, Welland-Port Colborne Concert Association; Ian Davies, IDEA Entertainment; John Dimon, Diamond Entertainment; Peter Dunn, Brockville Arts Centre; Gwen Eck, CCI; Paul Eck, CCI; Cheryl Ewing, eyeGo to the Arts; Peter Feldman, CAPACOA; Gloria Fischer, Old Town Hall Concerts; Paul Fortier, Geraldton Kinsmen; Warren Garrett, CCI; Marilyn Gilbert; Lesley Grand, Kiwanis Theatre; Darcy Gregoire, LiveTour Artists; Michael Grit, Sanderson Centre; Judy Harquail, CCI; Blanche Hinton, Milton; Mark Hurst, Orillia Opera House; Sandy Irvin, On Stage for Kids; Alison Jacks, Your Show Productions; Bob Johnston, Sioux Hudson Entertainment Series; Karon Kaminski, Tour de Fort; Rick Koury, Newmarket Theatre; Kathy Kryklywy, Kirkland Lake Arts Presenters; Gregg Lawless; Kory Livingstone; Joanna Maratta, BC Touring Council; Alyson Martin, Sioux Hudson Entertainment Series; Robert Masotti, Chrysler Theatre; John McAllister, Brockville Concert Association; Lynn McGuigan, Charles W. Stockey Centre; Richard Mills, S.L. Feldman; Jan Murphy, Lindsay Concert Association; Katherine Myers, THEOP; Peter Mulkins, Brockville Concert Association; Shaun O'Neill, Savoy Theatre Society; Stan Passfield, Orillia Concert Association; Debbie Peters, Magnum Opus Management; Nicole Rochefort, LiveTour Artists; Eric Rothwell, CLH Foundation Gala; David Scott, Markham Theatre; Debbie Slade, Centre for the Arts, Brock University; Lenny Solomon; Steve Solski, City of Brampton; Karin Terziano, Algonquin Theatre; Clare Trussler, Peterborough Concert Association; Sandra Turnbull, Muskoka Concert Association; Tim Watermeyer, CCI; Catherine Wilson, IDEA Entertainment; Diane Wilson, Kirkland Lake Arts Presenters; Dan Wood, Waterwood Theatre.

CHRISTMAS SHOW

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