The Buzz Factor's Bob Baker, well-known guru of independent music marketing, has chosen the Ebony & Ivory website as one of nineteen websites featured in his latest publication "Killer Music Web Sites". This is a signal honor for the group and a tribute to the website design skills of "Ivory" (Andrew Gilpin). Bob Baker notes that the Ebony & Ivory website has "a lot going for it". He mentions "clear site navigation", and "What's really great is the description of the music near the top ... a smart thing to do". He sums it up in one word: "brilliant!" Check it out for yourself by visiting www.ebonyandivory.ca to see why Bob Baker has chosen the Ebony & Ivory website as an example for all musicians.

Thanksgiving is over and thoughts of Christmas dance in our heads. And what better gift to give than the gift of music? Andrew Gilpin is pleased to announce the limited pressing of his new CD, Ragtime Christmas, a collection of familiar Christmas songs and carols arranged as piano rags. These pieces are delightful, and include piano rag versions of Santa Claus is Coming to Town, It Came Upon the Midnight Clear, Angels We Have Heard on High, and Jingle Bells. The recording also includes Andrew's arrangement of Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas. This CD is now available at the special holiday price of $10 plus shipping and handling. To purchase a copy, please contact Robert Baird at robert@ebonyandivory.ca.

Arts Northwest in Eugene, OR, from October 12-16 provided yet another opportunity to publicize The American Songbook, the exciting new tour from Ebony & Ivory for 2009-2010. The American Songbook CD was particularly remarked upon by visitors to the booth, so Robert is now busy following up on contacts made during Arts Northwest. See the list of visitors and friends at Arts Northwest below.

Robert Baird was pleased to represent Ebony & Ivory at one of Canada's largest Presenter conferences, Ontario CONTACT, held in Richmond Hill, Thornhill and Markham from October 22-25. See the list of visitors and friends at Ontario CONTACT below.

Jason Hodges (Anchorage Concert Association), David Fischer (Broadway Center for the Performing Arts), Dan DeWayne (Chico Performances), Ronda Billerbeck (City of Kent Arts Commission), Jonene & Patrick Geile (Cody Community Concert Association), Linda & Ray Jones (Desert Arts Council), Dyno Wahl (Festival at Sandpoint), Jerry Murphy (Flathead Theatre), Hal Weiner (Florence Performing Arts), Adam Friedson (Friedson Enterprises), Arlene Torgerson (Grays Harbor College Bishop Center), Carol Philips (Hult Centre), Dan Mayer (Kirkland Performance Center), Marvin Brown (Lander Community Concert Association), Rosemary Baker-Monaghan (Liberty Theater), Mary Ritter (Liberty Theater), Paulette Mallory (Liberty Theater), Marianne Gienger (Monday Musical Club of Tillamook), Brad Burdick (Mount Baker Theatre), Mary Koch (Omak Performing Arts Centre), Marilyn Sabella (Pend Oreille Arts Council), Bev Rothenberg (Port Ludlow Arts Council), Jay Jantzen (Redmond Community Concert Association), Barbara Baldwin (Redmond Community Concert Association), Lynne Henze (Redmond Community Concert Association), Virginia Carlson (Sunday Afternoon Live), Marvin Locke (Tehama County Community Concert Association), Janice Randall (Vashon Allied Arts), Jennie May Donnell (Live on Stage).

Richard Stoker (Arts & Culture Centers), John Dimon (Association for the Advancement of Canadian Talent), Sue Urquhart (Atlantic Presenters Association), Peter Dunn (Brockville Arts Centre), Dave Miller (Burlington's Sound of Music Festival), Kelly Smith (Ministry of Citizenship & Immigration), Deb Beauregard (CAPACOA), Dee Adrian (Capitol Centre), Sara Palmieri (Centre for the Arts, Brock University), Kevin Bradshaw (Centre in the Square), Angela Bujold (Dryden Entertainment), Judith Hamilton (Dryden Entertainment), Wendy Widenhoeft (Dryden Entertainment), Tim Yerxa (Fredericton Playhouse), Frank Dzijacky (Geraldton Kinsmen Overture Concerts), Barbara Aoki (Gryphon Theatre), Peter D. Smith (Imperial Theatre), Michelle Cockburn (Living Arts Centre), Bonnie Armstrong (Markham Theatre), Rose Riopelle (McMaster University), Rick Koury (Newmarket Theatre), Elizabeth Detlor (Niagara Concerts), John Anstruther (Niagara Concerts), Ken Coulter (Oakville Performing Arts Centre), Ronnie Brown (Oakville Performing Arts Centre), Michael Grit (Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts), Colleen Clack (River Run Centre), Danna Evans (River Run Centre), Steve Solski (Rose Theatre), Costin Manu (Rose Theatre), Alyson Martin (Sioux Hudson Entertainment), Carol Wood (Sioux Hudson Entertainment), Blanche Hinton (The Children's Hour), Katharine Myers (THEOP), Ken Avis (Tour de Fort), Stella Crouch (Welland-Port Colborne Concert Association), Roz Battye (Welland-Port Colborne Concert Association).

February 25, 2009 - Deloraine, MB

Southwest Showcase

March 15, 2009 - Nevada City, CA

Twin Cities Concert Association

August 2, 2009 - Centerville, OH

Arts Commission Summer Concert Series