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January 2019
Westbank Country Opry January 27, 2019
Kenn Kardish is our Special guest this month. Kenn began his singing career in Victoria where he and his wife Fran performed mostly at senior's residences, the Victoria Icelandic Club, the Victoria Ukrainian Association, the Victoria Holland Club, Elks Clubs, Eagles Clubs and Legions on Southern Vancouver Island. While in Victoria, he was a member of the all male Greater Victoria Police Chorus where he sang second tenor. The Chorus toured the United Kingdom, Alberta and British Columbia over the…
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Westbank Country Opry
Louis Hamel is our Special Guest this month. Louis Hamel's vocals are known to move audiences. Brooks and Dunn, Garth Brooks and The Eagles are among his influences. Louis started singing in a country band at the age of 16 in Northern Alberta. Later shifting to Country Rock with his band in Edmonton, Louis kept audiences dancing, singing and tapping their toes for a couple of decades. Louis is also a talented rock and pop singer, but his heart…
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Westbank Country Opry
Ben Klick 2017 marks an outstanding year for Ben Klick as he played at multiple major festivals and events throughout the year. He was a lead nominee (5) at the 2017 British Columbia Country Music Awards winning Country Club Act of the Year and getting nods for Fans’ Choice, Male Vocalist of the Year, SOCAN Songwriter of the Year, and more. Releasing “That’s Who I Wanna Be” and “What’s Going On”, Klick celebrated national radio airplay and adds on Sirius…
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Westbank Country Opry
Special Guest Morris Bishop I have enjoyed a lot of music over my life time thanks to my parents who insisted I take piano lessons when I was 10, 11 and 12 years old. My brother was learning guitar and so in our early teens we started making music. People like Johnny Cash and Meryl Haggard were just getting going in country music so that was my starting point. I had 2 friends who played drums and base. The next…
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