Les Copeland has always played guitar! He is schooled in most styles and can improvise ANYTHING. Copeland’s self-taught, string-bending versatilities are derived from a rich mixture of blues, jazz, Spanish flamenco, pop and classical music.

He fell in love with the blues after hearing Mississippi Fred McDowell and has traveled and performed throughout Canada and the United States. Les in known in western Canada for performing with and promoting legendary blues artists such as Honeyboy Edwards, Jimmie D Lane, Sonny Rhodes, Jimmie Lee Robinson and others. He resides in Vernon B. C. where he supports his growing family by touring and playing local gigs. Les and Honeyboy Edwards will be performing at the 2008 Salmon Arm Roots and Blues Festival.

Popularity has now spread beyond the Okanagan with CDs in South America, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, England, the United States and Japan.

She has been heard on CBC radio locally and nationally (North by Northwest) and represented the Okanagan at Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan. Ellen performed several times in Japan, including a gig at “Miles Café”, a Jazz Club in Tokyo. She also wrote and recorded a song for Kelowna for the “Communities in Bloom” competition, which they subsequently won Nationally, then Internationally.

Named Scorpion Awards “Favorite Jazz Artist”, nominated for Okanagan Music Award’s “Female Vocalist of the Year” and “Favorite Jazz Artist of the Year”,
this is Ellen Churchill!

Louise has over 20 years of performance experience including professional dance companies in Vancouver and a performing cast member of the North Shore Light Opera Society.

Louise retired from professional dancing and moved to the Okanagan in 1997 with her husband, Stéphane and she is the proud mother of 6 year old Elise. She has been a performer and member with the Lake Country Performing Arts Society and functions for the Rotary Club as well as Full House Productions.

Louise still enjoys her musical hobbies while maintaining her professional career as an Employee Benefits Broker, Service Specialist with Glendinning Insurance Services. She is an active part of the Lake Country Community through her volunteer work at local retirement homes and in helping organize theatre events and fundraisers.

Louise is thrilled to be accompanied on stage by her very talented musician friends. She is first to share that “without them, the music just wouldn’t be as palatable to the ear”!

Music has always provided an escape and inspiration for Jennifer. Her older brother, Alex, inspired her to learn how to play the guitar so that she could put his poetry to music and create original songs.

After a few years of playing, a musical audition earned her an invitation to attend a songwriting workshop by Bill Henderson and Roy Forbes held in Summerland. This experience profoundly improved her confidence in her musical skills and gave her the courage to enter two of her songs into an International Songwriting Contest. Her songs, Save Us, and Shadow of Midnight, moved on to the second round of judging from the original fifteen thousand entrants received from all over Canada and the United States.

Performing at Coffee House singer/songwriting evenings and weddings, as well as producing work related musical showcases, filled her need to be surrounded by musical creativity while still enjoying her professional career as a teacher.

Her passion for sharing her gift with others also made her a finalist for the 2006 Angel Award and the first Okanagan Arts Awards in 2007 for outstanding contribution to the arts.  

Eamon’s soulful, spiritual, and easygoing sound combines elements of country, folk blues, gospel and Celtic music, and many of her songs sound more like traditional numbers than recent compositions.  Her instantly familiar sounding alto evokes shades of
everyone from Connie Kaldor to KD Lang, Linda Tillery and Heather Bishop.

She has been named Best Folk Artist for the past three years in a row at the Okanagan Valley Music Awards.  She also took the 2005 awards for Best Songwriter and Best Female Artist.

Teena has lived in the Okanagan Valley since 1985, She has an intense passion for singing. She prides herself in being able to perform anything from the oldies of the 20s, 30s and 40s jazz, to pop, gospel and rhythm and blues.

Teena has performed at Art Walk, Bistro Gallery and Ricardos Mediterranean Restaurant.

Johnnie Hintz has always enjoyed singing,and recognized his big voice a long ways back, but never really put it to practice until he was already in his 40's. Since then he's been doing a variety of performances locally, such as Country Jamboree, Lake Country Manor, Canada Day, various benefits, farmers market, and a little church gospel at times, as well.

All in fun though, he says, if he feels he can do what they like, then he's game to try it. Some artists John enjoys singing to are, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Randy Travis, and when he steps out of country, some Neil Diamond, sometimes Elvis, and other selective music from the fifties and sixties. The difficult thing about singing to backtracks, he says, is keeping to the original format, while incorporating your own style.

He has no plans to make a career out of it, just singing to entertain those who enjoy his sound. John has been living and doing business in Lake Country since 1991.  He is the original owner/operator of Lake Country Self Storage on Beaver Lake Road. John lives in Lake Country as well, with his wife Jayne, and three children, age 7, 13, and 14. Doing business here, raising our family, various sports activities, and many hobbies, including singing, are all part of his Okanagan lifestyle.

The band "Paradox" was originally formed under the name "Growing Words" in December 2007 by Dan Marcelino, Jeff Chimney , Dillon Jameson and Gordie Harrison. Dan, Jeff and Gordie had previously been part of the four piece band "Do not Attempt", which had broken up a week or so prior.

Soon after forming "Growing Words", Sam Kaplan, who was an old friend of Jeff, Gordie and Dillon, joined the band as their keyboard player. They first performed "Threads of a Desparate Mind", a song they had written one week before the performance. After that, Dillon slowly stopped showing up to the practices, until, by the time of their next appearance at their local school band concert, he was no longer considered part of the band.

With the loss of Dillon, the name "Growing Words", died, too. Shortly after that, Dan came to the rest of them with the name "Paradox", meaning inconsistencies, contradictions, irony, etc. Everyone liked the name and so it began.

Paradox is a rock band with a style all its own. There's good chemistry between the four band members, and this makes them work well together. Paradox has a mission...to change the world with their music, one community at a time.

Drums and lead/backup vocals: Dan Marcelino
Guitar and lead/backup vocals: Jeff Chimney
Bass guitar and backup vocals: Gordie Harrison
Keyboard: Sam Kaplan

Over 20 years of experience performing as a professional musician.

Rann has appeared in a variety of groups and as a solo artist over his 2 decades as a professional musician. Playing guitar and providing lead vocals Rann has appeared in the opening acts for such artists as Colin James, Trooper, Honeymoon Suite, The Powder Blues Band, Randy Bachman, Loverboy, The Stampeders, April Wine, Beatlemania and many more top acts.

The song list consists of Classic Rock, 50s and 60s Rock & Roll, R&B, Reggae and Blues.

The show is dedicated to the veterans who served our country , however, all families, the young and the old, are encouraged to come together as the memories and emotions shared are priceless! " We ask that the audience come ready to laugh, sing, reminisce and even to cry" says Sally. Working in recreation at Noric House, a seniors home, in Vernon, Evans loves to sing all the old songs with the residents. She and Molly realized after performing this show, to great response, in honour of the Year of the Veteran at the Branch 25 Legion in Vernon that many older people in the community don't often get to hear and sing the old tunes and now the rest is history!

Two and a half years later, this tribute has been performed to 40 audiences and over 5000 people! ......Come and join Sally and Molly for a wonderfully nostalgic trip down memory lane..........

The duo's past individual and joint experiences include musical theatre, recording and fronting rock and country bands. In 1998, they  put together their own folk, country and soft rock duo show and have been entertaining throughout the Okanagan and the Kootenays ever since. Their debut CD, “Reflections of Time”, features their harmonies and an eclectic blend of fan favorites and originals.....it boasts an interesting range of instrumentation - from simple guitar to spicy conga and djembae beats to the full sound of a 5 piece band.

-Performing with the Evans Sisters for special gigs like their Lake Country's Open Air performance  is their band The Top Dawgs!  The Dawgs are - Dave McBride on drums - Dave is a talented multi-instrumentalist and vocalist. Dave plays drums, bass, harmonica and autoharp. A bluegrass musician for many years in Ontario, Dave performs his folk, roots and bluegrass solo autoharp show around the Okanagan! Think John Prine, Fred Eaglesmith and Jerry Jeff Walker. - Charlie Veaudry on rhythm and  lead guitar - Charlie is a great guitar player with a professional and fun attitude!  He also plays mandolin and bass. A fine vocalist as well, Charlie played with Canadian Whitewater and Freshly Picked.   - Dave Evans on bass - Big brother Dave is back into the music scene. A smooth, versatile bassist , he  played in many rock n’ country  bands “back in the day” and  is very excited to be performing again with his little sisters!

With their beautiful harmonies, energetic stage presence and passion for the music, the Evans Sisters were born to entertain!

For more information please check out www.evanssisters.com

Sven Nordlund's slide guitar, vocals, and harmonica style draw from the varied syncopated rhythms of the earlier blues artists. This is blended with the subtle world rhythms of percussionist Jim Copeman on his unorthodox percussion kit, and the improvisational fretless bass playing of Jim Caldwell. We play original music and our own compositions, which are well received by our fans who are as eclectic as our sound.

Our main objective is to challenge ours, and our fan's, musical experience....and to have fun!!!

Pat Bellamy: I was raised in Montreal Quebec with 5 siblings who all participate in music in some fashion. My first real performance was for a televised Christmas broadcast where I sang solo with a church choir when I was 8 years old. I taught myself how to play the guitar at age 13 and was very passionate about that for years. As a young teenager I was up-rooted to the prairies where I had a solo act performing folk music in the coffee house scene, played with a 3-piece bluegrass band, formed a folk duo with another female singer/guitar player, and worked as a hired singer for a recording studio for radio commercials in Winnipeg. For various circumstances, I left the music scene until the mid-90’s when I moved to Winfield. Since then I have participated in various choirs and musical projects; sung backup for local bands such as the Zamboni Brothers and Jane Eamon and sat in with others like Ellen Churchill and Dogskin Suit. I am very excited and grateful to be singing once again and thank friends and family who have supported and encouraged me to do so.

Marc Poulin: I was born in Ottawa Ont and raised in St.Jean Quebec. I studied the Toronto conservatory piano method and violin at Ecole Vincent D’Indy in Montreal. In my early 20’s I took up bass guitar, synthesizer and rock & blues piano. For the past 25 years I have performed in bands, duos and various projects, specializing in electronic keyboards. Since my first band I have been interested in sound and have trained and worked as an audio technician.

Pat and Marc separately joined a 6-piece rock band in Kelowna in 2005 and subsequently decided to form their current duo called Velvet Soul. They have been working together for a couple of years now performing for audiences in and around the Okanagan Valley. Velvet Soul, which features Marc on key-boards and Pat on vocals and percussion, has a repertoire ranging from 60’s classics by Etta James & Ray Charles; to well-known favorites by Santana, Shania Twain & Stevie Ray Vaughn; to timeless wonders by Van Morrison, Carol King & Elvis Presley.

Join them for a musical evening at Swalwell Park on August 22nd.

Steve has been performing as a soloist or in a quartet for almost 20 years. He has played at the laughing moon in Kelowna, parks alive, and at various rotary functions including the 2006 district conference.
He also spent a year with the “encore theatre group” in Kelowna performing Disney medleys and various other show tunes.

If there is something special you would like to here just ask, he will try to accommodate. Whether Steve is performing Garth Brooks, Elvis or his own original material, you will be entertained. So sit back and enjoy.

Rave reviews are already rolling in for This Life, the sophomore CD by award winning Canadian troubadour Ryan Donn – Charlie Hodge, BC Music Magazine. This Life is a superb encore CD to Ryan’s inaugural 2005 album, Causewayend. Causewayend, in it’s masterful lyrics and appeal, provided many opportunities for Donn including performing with 54-40, a tour of Japan and Expo 2005, and winning Male Performer of the Year 2005 at the Okanagan Music Awards.

Following on the heals of his critically acclaimed album Causewayend, This life was written over the past three years. The polished final sound of This Life has afforded him the ability to be a Finalist in the Honor in the Arts Award for the City of Kelowna Civic Awards in 2008 as well as having the song In This life selected for the 2008 Music B.C. compilation CD, while There For You is the first single released off the new CD and is receiving rave reviews through media and is being played daily in rotation on SILK FM, KISS FM and over 20 other stations across B.C. In this life has also been selected for a compilation CD that is being marketed directly to the TV and movie industries.