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"Promoting the Continuance and Development of Bluegrass Music in our Community"
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Club Jams
We have Thursday night jams every week 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm, in the North Atlantic
Room at the Owen Sound Legion, 1450 - 2nd Ave. West, Owen Sound, Ontario. We also
have our Sunday jam on the first Sunday of each month at the Legion. These jams start
at 1:00 pm and runs to 4:00 pm. View our event calendar!
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The Discoveries Showcase
Jerry Walsh of the Georgian Bay Folk Society / Summerfolk is currently working
on the Summerfolk Discoveries competition (see: Georgian Bay Folk Society),
which is held in early March. This gives young musicians, age 21 or
younger, a chance to compete for a gig at Summerfolk in August. This is the 6th
year of holding the Discoveries competition and it has been very well received
by all of participants. The GBFS encourages musical diversity (e.g., bluegrass
and old time music), and is asking the Queen's Bush Bluegrass Club and the
bluegrass/oldtime music community to help by finding young and talented
bluegrass, old time, or country musicians who might be interested in this
competition. For details check the Discoveries Showcase link on the GBFS
website, and please direct and young musicians who need to be heard to Jerry at
519-371-6038 (h), or contact him via email at gbfs@bmts.com or the Georgian Bay Folk
Society office at 519-371-2995.
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The Origin of "Queen's Bush"
A treaty of 1836 gave the Ojibway the Bruce Peninsula as a reserve but pushed them
out of a huge tract of land. These former hunting grounds were designated crown
land. The area was called the “Queen’s Bush”, because of the large forest cover,
and to differentiate it from other blocks of land taken up by private entrepreneurs
such as the Canada Company. The private holdings were mainly for speculative purses,
and land was therefore much more expensive, and usually closer to the hub of new
Canada. By 1847, the population of Upper Canada had grown so much that the demand
for good arable land resulted in the opening of the “Queen’s Bush”, by British Parliament
Order-in-Council. “Free Grants” of land were offered to those who built mills or
settled before 1850 when Bruce County came into being. Land classed as “school lands”
were typically sold for $2 per acre and the rest of the crown land sold for an average
of $1.50 per acre. Over the next 50 years there would be a huge influx of pioneers
to the “Queen’s Bush”.
From “Barns of the Queen’s Bush” by Jon Radojkovic
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About Us
The Queen's Bush bluegrass club opened on June 19, 2001 in Owen Sound. Every week
bluegrass pickers and fans can get together for a bluegrass jam. Membership is $15
for a family per year. Members recieve a monthly newsletter as well as a
discount on ticket pricing at our winter concerts. Click
here for our membership application
form, or come out to any of our jams, and become a member!
The Queen's Bush Bluegrass Club
142 13th St. West,
Owen Sound, ON
N4K 3W4
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