<21/0409
The Tea Party even went amazingly, there were some great interviews and
blog posts leading up to it and the day itself was magical. We raised a
fantastic amount for the Fund, far exceeding our goals! It was a beautiful
sunny day, the music was fantastic and so touching, the crafs and baked
goods were lovely and everyone seemed to really really enjoy themselves.
Video clips coming soon!
Thank you so much to everyone involved who made the day run so smoothly and the whole event so wonderful. xoxox
<15/04/09
A host of amazing new
crafts and artwork and photography donated to the event, hand made bunnies
and earings and drawings and tote bags by PupaPupa,
Jordynn Mackenzie, Bird
At The Window, Chrys
Designs Jewelry, Fun
Is Cool, I Love Heartbeat,
Bibelot Forest, Flyball
Bags, Kimberly Lang Designs
and Lee Anderson.
<11/04/09
Hillary
Web is donating one of her lovely quiet and reflective textile bird
artworks for sale at the Tea Party. Hillary is an incredible artists who
uses traditional fibre techniques to create her work; most notably embroidery
and the process of natural dyeing, in a very contemporary way but still
rooted in a craft tradition. She creates dyes she uses from plants and foliage
gathered in her garden or on her travels. Facinating! 
<10/04/09
Hibiscus
& Roships Compilation Cd available for pre-order now!
<9/04/09
Great news! after a brief but very interesting and informative meeting with
Jon Long of Long & McQuade,
they will be lending their support in the audio department of the show.
They are such an amazng support to the musical community in so many ways.
Here is another ! 
<6/04/09
A big thenk you to Adfactor
for coming to our aid with their fine print services on our posters, tickets,
flyers and Cds! 
<31/03/09
Hibiscus & Rosehips TV! We will be brodcasting the Tea Party show live
on the day and until then you can enjoy videos of the bands involved and
interview footage!..
<29/03/09
The Venue! we are very pleased to announch the the Resistor
Gallery at College and Spadina in Toronto will be hosting the Tea Party!
a lovely big sunny art gallery it is perfect for enjoying some tea and cakes
and music!
<19/03/09
There are a remarkable number of amazing artisans in Toronto, some of the
most taleneted of which have donated beautiful things for sale at the Tea
Party! from tea totes to screen prints, there will be a lovely array of
crafty things to wear hang or cuddle! there is more information on the Artisans
page.
<18/03/09
The lovely trendy tasty
Tealish will be donating tea to the tea party! What is a tea party without
tea? and Tealish is undoubtedly one of the lovliest tea houses in Toronto.
On Queen Street West across from Trinity Bellwoods park they have so many
interesting flavors and blends and gorgoeus tea pots and accessories.We
are very excited to have their support!
<18/03/09
Two more great bands added to the Hibiscus & Rosehips Compilation Cd.
Meb a mult-iinstrumentalist
and collage artist from Montreal and the very talented Toronto folk darlings
Forest City Lovers.We
have put together a rough running order and the album sounds amazing.Fifteen
songs so far.
<11/03/09
The wonderful delectable Tval
skincare will be donating tasty (looking) treats to be indulged in with
your body and your nose but not your mouth! these yummy cupcakes are for
your bath and body! with their delicious flavors (chocolate chip mint, cherry
lemon, chocolate almond) don't bathe while hungry! Thank you Tval!
More wonderful bands added to the Hibiscus and Rosehips Compilation.
We are very excited to have the the wonderful Ohbijou,
Snailhouse and Kite
Hill donating songs. This will be such a lovely Cd you will never want
to take it out of your player!
Ohbijou ..............................Snailhouse
.......... .............Kite
Hill
<4/03/09
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Local Tronto artisan
'Bennie and Olive' is donating
a gorgeous handmade handbag for sale at the tea party. These bags are beautiful
with cross stitched animal themes and intricate details, artwork to carry
your wallet, sunglasses and keyes in!
Another
amazing Toronto based act Snowblink
is added to the tea party lineup and the compilation cd. These songs are
quirky and echanting with layers of delicate vocals that swoop and soar
like gentle little birds in a big sky and lull you into a magicial place.
< 28/02/09
Some fabulous new acts added to the Tea Party lineup and donating songs to the compilation Cd.
Dan
Goldman aka Luxury Pond,
will be appearing live and donating a song. He has one of those voices that
sounds so genuine it sings straight into your heart, paired with quirky
yet powerful songwriting and beautiful, often haunting string arrangements
(courtesy of Owen Pallett aka Final Fantasy). We are very excited to add
him to the bill and the song for the compilation is.. well.. perfect.
A gorgeous song from
Toronto's Timber Timbre
has been added to the Hibiscus and Rosehips Compilation. Musically uplifting
yet with darkness and ghosts in the shadows (and the background vocals)
this is Timbre Timbre's
true talent, drawing the listener into the world of dark mysterious songs.
San Diego based GDEB
is working on an special exclusive song for the compilation. With his lush
landscape arrangements and intimate melodies that drift in the breeze of
his songs it promises to be very special indeed.
< 22/02/09
The Website is up!
The first
Hibiscus and Rosehips event will be Sunday April 19th 2009.
Polish your best patent leather shoes and lay out your crinoline dresses
for a
Folk Tea Party Bake Sale!
From 1pm - 6pm come and enjoy cakes and scones and miniature cucumber sandwiches and all variety of teas while listening to the best local folk music played live and browsing the artistry of local artists and artisans. This is a family friendly event and there will be caffeine free (and less hot and more colourful) tea for the littler ones.
The Hibiscus and Rosehips Compilation Album is in the works! With
all proceeds going to the Hibiscus Fund
For Hope, Lymphoma charity, we are putting together a collection of
some of the best local talent and international acts to bring you a lovable
and quirky Sunday afternoon album.
You will also have the chance to see some of these acts performing at the Tea Party and will no doubt want to take some of the sweet sunny sounds home with you.
Check back soon about how to pre-order this album and listen to clips.
Musicians so far
donating songs to the Cd compilation are the amazing and lovely Owl Eyes,
The Youngest and Castlemusic all hailing from Toronto and the quirky electrofolk,
Lettie from London England as well as a piano and cello duet from Roger
O'Donnell and Paul Van Dongen. Erin Lang has just finished recording an
exclusive ukulele track for the sampler and the young Jesse Smith from Montreal,
adds one of his folktronic ballads to the mix.
Check back soon for clips of this great music but for now get a taste by
following their links to their myspace pages from the Artists
page.
