Caetani Music Festival, July 2023. Women of Song, Songwriter Showcase: Betty Johnson, Carolyn Anele, Betty Anne Northup

Yosemite National Park, California, June 2023

Ecco, Songwriting Retreat, Oakhurst, California, June 2023

Evening campfires with Songwriters at ECCO Retreat, Oakhurst, California, June 2023

Ready to play at the Enderby Courtyard Gallery's 10th Anniversary Evening Soiree, April 2023 with Carolyn Anele and Hugh Spinney

Gallery Vertigo April 2023, 'Interludes, an evening of Poetry & Music' - Carolyn Anele singing 'The Goose Song' with audience participation!

...and the Geese showed up while Carolyn was performing 'The Goose Song"! Gallery Vertigo, April 2023

Paddlewheel Hall Coffee House January 2023: Deborah Lee, Carolyn Anele, Hugh Spinney

Allen Shamblin, guest speaker at Seskin Seminar

Bluebird Cafe, Nashville 2020. Steve Seskin Seminar

Bluebird Cafe Songwriters in the Round

Amy Speace, guest speaker at Seskin Seminar

2019 Caetani Summer Music Festival, Vernon BC

2018 Wishes, Dreams & Centuries CD Release, Vernon BC with Andrew Smith, Deborah Lee, Hugh Spinney, Brian McMahon, Neil Fraser

2018 W.D & C. CD Release: L-R, Andrew Smith, Deborah Lee, Carolyn Anele, Hugh Spinney, Brian McMahon, Neil Fraser, Kerry Parks

Enderby Garlic Festival Summer 2018 with Hugh Spinney & Debra Lee

Roy Forbes in Lake Country. BC 2017

2017 Armstrong BC Centennial, Musical Theatre

Coldstream Coffeehouse April 2016 with Rod MacDonald & Andrew Smith - photo by Dianne Hustler

Coldstream Coffeehouse April 2016 with Rod MacDonald & Andrew Smith - photo by Dianne Hustler

The Grateful Fed with Andrew Smith! October 2015, Kelowna, BC

Photo by Fiona Green Photography

Just found out that Howard Brown and myself made it into the Semi-Final round of the International Songwriting Competition for our song, "Coal Dust Sandwiches". Now I didn't think this was a big deal until they announced that there were almost 19,000 song entries from 100 countries and that Semi-Finalists make the top 8%. I know it's all quite subjective but we're keeping our fingers crossed when they announce the finalists March 2014...!

Rod MacDonald, Carolyn Anele, Andrew Smith @ Vernon Folk Roots Music Society 2014 Picture by Dianne Hustler

David Francey and Carolyn Anele at the Nimble Fingers Bluegrass Camp - Songwriter's Workshop, Sorrento, BC, 2014

Mark Westberg, Carolyn Anele and David Francey at the Nimble Fingers Bluegrass Camp - Songwriter's Workshop in Sorrento, BC , 2014

The group of Performers, Winterfest 2014, Edmonton, Alberta

Photo by Jerry Weston

Wendell Ferguson, myself and Shane Chisholm

Photo by Jerry Weston

Duane Steele, myself and Wendell Ferguson, Songwriter's in the Round

Photo by Jerry Weston

Winterfest 2014 at the Uptown Folk Club. Thank you to Steve and Karen Gosse for inviting me. I met some wonderful people. In the picture with me are my singer songwriter friends, Jesse Mast from Salmon Arm and Andrea England from Toronto - two lovely beings!

Cd Release Concert, "Where Birds Sing" - November 2013 at Paddle Wheel Park Hall, Vernon, BC with Dan Oldfield on drums, Rod MacDonald on upright bass, Andrew Smith on guitar, mando & banjo, bg vocals, Deborah Lee singing harmonies and Anjuli Otter playing fiddle.

ArtsWells Festival 2013 Songwriter's Showcase with Fred Penner

Island Mountain Arts 2013 Songwriters Workshop, Wells BC with Fred Penner facilitating. Fred is a lovely kind man and an awesome songwriter! A fantastic week in Wells - thank you Fred and ArtsWells!

OUR Coffee House 2013, Kelowna, BC with Rod MacDonald and Deborah Lee

Singing with my very good friend Deborah Lee, 2013.

Songwriter's Showcase, Salmon Arm, BC September 2012. Photo courtesy of the Salmon Arm Observer

Coldstream Coffee House November 2012. With Rod MacDonald playing up-right bass, Andrew Mercer on guitar and bodhran and Anjuli Otter playing fiddle.

Coldstream Coffee House November 2012

Lake Country Open Air, Coral Beach Park August 2012 with Rod MacDonald on Bass

The Coldstream Coffee House with Deborah Lee singing harmonies. One of my favorite places to play.

It was such a thrill for me to sit beside Roy Forbes and listen to him sing and play his song 'Right After My Heart'. As well, when Roy sings a little harmony on my song and Bill is adding a little of his guitar to my bridge - it doesn't get much better than that for me!

The George Ryga 2012 Songwriter's Showcase in Summerland, BC with Roy Forbes, Bill Henderson, Al Brandt, Brandon in the middle and myself.

The George Ryga Songwriter's Showcase with Roy Forbes and Bill Henderson, Summerland B.C. Along with Betty Johnson and two other songwriters from the workshop

Mae Moore, Facilitator at the Red Cedar Songwriting Camp, Pender Island, B.C.

Writing the Kelowna Centennial Song, "100 Years" with co-writers Michael O'Neil, Ryan Donn and Jane Eamon

'Eclectic Sans Electric', Kelowna Folk Club with Brian Halvorson, Ellie Young and Deborah Lee

Yes, these are my girls!