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"POSEIDON" is one of the
top Greek musical groups in North America. This
critically acclaimed band, based in Ottawa,
Canada, consists of five members: Chris Pezoulas
(lead singer, clarinet, flute & saxophone),
Nick Pantieras (keyboards, bass), Tony Pantieras
(bouzouki, baglama, Tzoura), Nick Nikolakakos
(guitar) and George Missios (drums).
They play both contemporary and traditional
Greek music from a wide variety of popular Greek
singers, and most recently has focused its attention
on composing and recording original music. They
have performed at hundreds of dances, festivals,
televisions shows and concerts from coast to
coast in Canada, and in parts of the United
States, such as West Palm Beach (Florida), San
Francisco, New York City and New Orleans.
The band has recorded three albums; "Laikes
Stigmes" (1992) and "OPA!" (1994,
re-released 1998)" , and “TORA”
(2001) have enjoyed tremendous success.
Check out their web site at: www.poseidonband.com.
They will be performing Aug. 13th,
14th, 15th*, 22nd*, 23rd*
(* performing after 6:30pm)
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"MELODIA" has entertained
audiences at our festival for many years now.
They play more traditional greek music and
you can always find people singing along with
them to some more memorable tunes. They know
how to get the crowd up and dancing! We are
extremely happy to have Melodia back this
year.
They will be performing on Aug. 15th(noon-6:30pm)
& 16th.
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"ALEXANDROS" gave the crowd
some great shows at last year’s festival
and we are thrilled to have him back for 2009!
The group is from Montreal and will be accompanied
by Foula, a young female singer from Montreal.
Alexandros & Foula have lots of experience
in the Greek Music Scene and we look forward
to having them entertain us at Greekfest this
year
They will be performing August 17th,
18th & 19th.
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We welcome for the first time to GreekFest,
“Yiannis Kapoulas”.
Born in Hamilton, Ontario, he moved to Europe
in 1989 to launch his music career where he
spent 14 years recording, producing and performing
with many of the top artists in some of the
most prestigious concert halls and venues.
His music incorporates sounds and instruments
from all over the world. Raised in the multicultural
Greater Toronto Area and performing extensively
in Europe, Yiannis was influenced early on by
the beauty and richness of world cultures. Check
out the web site at http://www.yianniskapoulas.com/
Yiannis will be performing August 20th,
21st, 22nd (1-6pm), 23rd (1-6:30pm)
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"OUZO POWER" A rock bouzouki-playing
Greek Canadian civil servant with a PhD in statistics
who is a star in China – you can't get more incongruous
than that. But then again there is nothing ordinary
about George Sapounidis and his band Ouzo Power.
His ethno cultural band came together in 2006,
each member a seasoned musician in their own right.
Stuart Watkins on electric bass brings a strong
rock/jazz influence to the cross cultural events
where he has played the world over. Fred Guignion,
steeped in folk, rock, country and blues has brought
his electric guitar artistry to theatre, film
and TV soundtracks as well as many other Canadian
artists' albums. Drummer Ross Murray, also a well
known producer and recording engineer, has collaborated
with bands, composers, choreographers and film
makers worldwide. All have incorporated an eclectic
array of cross cultural musical styles in their
work. Check out the web site at: www.mgam.com/artists/ouzo_power/biography.html
Ouzo Power will be performing for lunch on
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