Steve's Photo Gallery - Mission Festival 2008

Photos by Steve Edge hosted on gallery.me.com

Redgrass Redgrass setting the stage Victoria's The Gruff Rani Arbo Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem closed a great Friday night concert The Black Umfolosi 5 Amazing voices: Black Unfolosi, The Gruff, Voco More vocal unity Mary Gauthier Nathan Rogers Mary Gauthier getting mellow Plough, recording for CBC Canada Live Karla Mundy & Linda Bull Plough a soulful furrow Chic Gamine from Winnipeg Les Hatklin helps Alys Howe set up, while MC The Edge gazes on all agog Finnish group Alamaailman Vasarat stole the Saturday show! Erno the horn man swishes his mane "The Hammers of the Underworld" - Klezmetal with horns Celos, horns & drums. Mad! Brilliant! Those Finns again .... Mary Gauthier: "I have the best job in the world!" Mary G sings "Wheel Inside the Wheel" for the lost souls of the shrine Wil Campa con La Gran Union (Cuba) - an amazing show!! Black Umfolosi led off another wonderful vocal workshop ... ... with Moira Smiley & Voco, and Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem ... and Chic Gamine a "well-dressed, mischievous young woman" Moira & Christine of Voco Bellingham's Gallus Brothers Francis reads about his next excursion - Tonder, Denmark The Gruff record a CBC promo for Derek Bird John Reischman & most of the Jaybirds Tim Readman & Jenny Bice "tweening" Kiran Ahluwalia and Rez Kiran Ahluwalia's elevated ensemble Fine Irish trio Fingal Celso Machado with kora Camper Vans in the Sky Roy Forbes croons and picks as darkness falls on Sunday Black Umfolosi singing and dancing to close Sunday's show Driving a convertible car kicking up a storm and getting down and dirty it's Black Umfolosi, gumboot dancers too The glorious festival finale with Rani Arbo ... ... Voco ... ... Black Umfolosi ... ... some daisy mayhem ... ... some gumboots .... and Moira Smiley and Rani Arbo leadus all into "Shine On" A wonderful festival, all warpped up with a shining finale not a dry eye in the park. Music with the power to move mountains Monday breakfast with Brian o'hAirt and Voco Francis displays his souvenir from "The Underworld"