WTF: Kisses and Disses!

Our next WTF! falls on an actual celebratory day... a day that some truly love to celebrate while others are a bit more ambivalent. Here's a clue. 

If you like love and its many disguises

And don't mind the prices that all that comprises

There's lingerie kinky and overpriced bling

And chocolates, and cards and so many things

To boggle your mind when your minds quite confused

Thinking "... all of these choices? How can I ever choose

The most perfect trinket from my heart to say

You're the one that I love on VALENTINE'S DAY"

Whether you hate to love it...but are 

                IN IT FOR THE CHOCOLATE... 

    or love to hate it... but are 

                                          IN IT FOR THE CHOCOLATE ... 

there's a song for every sentiment... 

                     and we dare you to share yours with us next Friday February 14th.

And our condolences to those of you who missed the last WTF! night when Canadian blues legend, six-time Maple Blues Award winning vocalist/guitarist Suzie Vinnick, in town for The Dead of Winter Festival, dropped by. She shared three songs and rocked Light-fingered (James) Crouses's world when she invited him up to play slide with her. Fortunately Jon Stone captured this momentous occasion on video:

Now if only Suzie would be in town for Valentine's Day. 

Whether singing sweet &; sentimental or raunchy & hateful...

It would be a love-in for sure :)

XO Margo

Cindy LOVES to have the last word! So I am going to send a BIG LOVE-erly THANK YOU out to FAB singer songwriter, Vince Morash, for hosting that night!  WTF is always full of wonderful surprises - great guest hosts, new performers, talented regulars, supportive audiences, and Mike, the folkiest coffee shop owner ever...WOW! .... the nights at WTF just keep getting better and better! CHEERS! to everyone who helps make WTF the best folk venue in town!

XO Cindy

WTF! is an artistic outreach program of the Helen Creighton Folklore Society. We meet every second and fourth Friday of the month at CHEBUCTO COFFEE, 6430 Chebucto Road, corner of Chebucto & Kline in Halifax where Mike's extraordinary culinary fare is approaching legendary status. Come early for a bite and stay for the entertainment which starts around 6:45 and goes until 9:00ish. As always... admission is by free-will donation towards the Society's work.

Normal or abnormal hosts: Margo Carruthers and Cindy Campbell-Stone.

Storyteller Laura Simms!

Tales of Nova Scotia and Beyond with Nancy Muzzatti

WTF: It's a Marshmallow World!

Hi gang,

Happy New Year one and all! And in honour of the first blizzard of the year...

[Everyone Sings]

"It's a marshmallow world in the winter When the snow comes to cover the ground. It's the time for play, It's a whipped cream day. I wait for it the whole year round.

Those are marshmallow clouds being friendly, In the arms of the evergreen trees, And the sun is red like a pumpkin head. It's shining so your nose won't freeze.

The world is your snowball, see how it grows, That's how it goes, whenever it snows. The world is your snowball just for a song. Get out and roll it along.

It's a yum-yummy world made for sweethearts, Take a walk with your favourite girl. It's a sugar date, what if spring is late, In winter it's a marshmallow world. In winter it's a marshmallow world. In winter... it's a marshmallow world."

Surely you can see a theme here? 

...On Thursday, January 9th... the fabulous folks at the Rose & Kettle Concert Sessions will be back with their annual potluck and play-around-sing-around... inviting you to bring your favourite dish to share, a song or two or just your ears. Always fun! And a great way to start the new year!

... On Friday, January 10... the ludicrous lunatics at What The Folk! will be stealing their idea... inviting you to bring your favourite musical dish to share... a song or story or two about food. 

Your New Year's diet resolutions will be safe with us. No need to fear the calories in BLACK RUM AND BLUEBERRY PIE! There are none. As forGREEN EGGS AND HAM? They have no cholesterol, Sam I am. And you can have a HOT BURRITO #1 or a HOT BURRITO #2 or as many as you like because they are completely carb free. And gluten free! And guilt free!!

[Everyone Sings Again]

"In winter it's a marshmallow world. In winter it's a marshmallow world. In winter... it's a marsh...mallow... world."

Happy shovelling!  Xo Margo

WTF! is an artistic outreach program of the Helen Creighton Folklore Society. We meet every second and fourth Friday of the month at CHEBUCTO COFFEE, 6430 Chebucto Road, corner of Chebucto & Kline in Halifax where Mike's extraordinary culinary fare is approaching legendary status. Come early for a bite and stay for the entertainment which starts around 6:30 and goes until 9:00ish. As always... admission is by free-will donation towards the Society's work.

Normal or abnormal hosts: Cindy Campbell Stone and Margo Carruthers

 www.helencreighton.org

WTF! Dan MacKinnon!

Our next WTF! falls on Friday, December 13th so if you are superstitious... you might want to consider sharing a superstition or two; or a song or story about luck, good OR bad.

As for good luck... we are delighted to announce that DAN MCKINNON will be guest hosting the evening. As Dan will be heading off in early January for a two month UK tour, this will be one of your last opportunities to see him, especially as "up close & personal" as we are at Chebucto Coffee :)

I would like to suggest that you bring songs & stories that you feel would contribute to a most memorable send off for Dan. Please don't limit your choices to sweet sentimentality though. Dan would likely prefer to remember us as we really are :)

Margo

WTF! is an artistic outreach program of the Helen Creighton Folklore Society. We meet every second and fourth Friday of the month at CHEBUCTO COFFEE, 6430 Chebucto Road, corner of Chebucto & Kline in Halifax where Mike's extraordinary culinary fare is approaching legendary status. Come early for a bite and stay for the entertainment which starts around 7:00 and goes until 9:00ish. As always... admission is by free-will donation towards the Society's work.

Normal or abnormal hosts: Cindy Campbell Stone and Margo Carruthers of the Helen Creighton Folklore Society: www.helencreighton.org

Storytelling Tell Around!

The Storytellers Circle of Halifax invites you to listen or tell a tale at a gathering on Thursday, October 10th.

Where: Chebucto Coffee, 6430 Chebucto Road, Halifax
Time: 7pm

Come early and get some yummy snacks and a refreshment before the stories start!

Celebrating the oral storytelling tradition by sharing stories face to face.

WTF! Gets Mooned!

Hi everyone,

 

I hope that you all had a glorious lazy summer and are now rested and ready to get back to our Friday frolics at Chebucto Coffee. Our first session of this new season will begin on Friday, September 27th to correspond with the first day of Culture Days. Over the weekend, The Helen Creighton Folklore Society will be offering the following presentations at the Alderney Gate Branch of the HRM Regional Library.

 

Saturday, September 28, 2:30pm - Folk Music of the Maritimes

Kate Dunlay and Margo Carruthers will examine the Creighton collection and others through examples of traditional music styles and folksongs.

 

Sunday, September 29, 2:30pm - Folklore of the Maritimes

Clary Croft will examine the collection of his late mentor - Dr. Helen Creighton - through examples of stories, beliefs and songs.

 

Monday, September 30, 7:00pm - Folktales & Storysongs of the Maritimes

Cindy Campbell Stone will examine the Creighton collection through examples of stories, storysongs and ballads.

 

There was a new moon on September 5th which would have been Helen Creighton's 114th Birthday. So... in honour of Culture Days and Canada's First Lady of Folklore's undisputed place in preserving our culture, WTF! invites you to celebrate this New Moon Month and New Season of WTF! by sharing your "New" songs or tales or "Moon" songs or tales.

 

 Be the first on your block to "moon" What the Folk!

 

Xo Margo

 

WTF! is an artistic outreach program of the Helen Creighton Folklore Society. We meet every second and fourth Friday of the month at CHEBUCTO COFFEE, 6430 Chebucto Road, corner of Chebucto & Kline in Halifax where Mike's extraordinary culinary fare is approaching legendary status. Come early for a bite and stay for the entertainmentwhich starts around 6:30 and goes until 9:00ish. As always... admission is by free-will donation towards the Society's work. 

 

WTF Hosts: Cindy Campbell Stone and Margo Carruthers; www.helencreighton.org

Weymouth Storytellers Circle