Ian Tyson to be celebrated at inaugural songs competition – OkotoksOnline.com

The tunes will be flowing in the foothills July 30th.

The Diamond Valley Chamber of Commerce is obtaining back again into equipment immediately after a difficult few of many years and executives made a decision to hold a songs competition.

Chamber president Murray Rodgers states Ian Tyson’s legendary position performed a purpose in organizing it.

“We sort of resurrected the chamber, it had fallen into sort of a dormant phase as a result of COVID and we ended up challenged with increasing new cash and so we arrived up with a fundraiser for the chamber of commerce that would be a real reward to the local community and begin to generate tourist consciousness and company for regional business owners and some of us appear from new music, amusement or film backgrounds and we had this plan and we claimed ‘let’s do a thing that we would seriously like to do for the neighborhood that would be a fundraiser for the chamber’ and we stated ‘let’s do a songs festival’ and Ian Tyson’s a legend around here and I have been a songwriter and a musician my whole existence so I have been incredibly connected to that spirit of his audio and we imagined why not do it as a tribute to him.”

The family members friendly party contains circus performers and a motorbike clearly show just before the songs gets underway.

Peter North, who makes the show The Reward, which options some of Tyson’s former bandmates participating in his music, has agreed to just take part along with John Wort Hannam who’s been a visitor vocalist on The Present.

He says Tyson’s life is exemplified by the region where he lived.

“You can find a tremendous volume of creativity that has generally existed in this region and we have a legacy of entrepreneurs and persons using on nature and projects that are tough, we have the ranching financial state, oil and fuel but we also have an great quantity of artistry in the area and that spirit requires to be brought out into public awareness,” Rodgers claims.

Sam King from Experience the Vibe will present his motorcycle stunt demonstrate and Malcolm the Magician and Magic by Vito’s Balloon Artistry will be there to entertain families together with other circus performers and encounter painters. 

The Wandering Spirit Dance Troupe will also be accomplishing its Jingle Dress and Pow Wow dances.

Girl Crush, a professional nation-pop include band, extremely well-known at Ranchman’s, will open the show.

A range of neighborhood craft breweries will be showcased alongside with Twin Cities Saloon and Eau Claire Distillery. 

The celebration goes July 30 on the Municipal Reserve land at 6th Ave. and 3rd. Avenue in Black Diamond.

For ticket details click on here.