Espresso!

It's been a few days since our last blog post and we're sorry! We've been super busy getting ready for tonight's Sherman Downery show and the Writer's at Woody Point festival. It's our favourite week of the year!

A few posts back we showed a lovely picture of Jenn making espresso cups for the goody bags that all of the performers get at Writers at Woody Point. And now they're finished! We like them so much we thought we'd share another photo. So here it is!

Pretty great, we're sure you'll agree! Hopefully all those writers and musicians will come down for an espresso, so we can be suitably star struck!

Sherman Downey portrait posters

We loved the portrait posters we made for Matt Hornell. And Sherman Downey is playing here on Sunday. So guess what!

Liv did both of these. She's really glad she spent 3 years at art school.

Check out the information, Sherman and some of the boys will be here on Sunday at 8.30. Tickets $10 advance, $15 on the door, but it's looking less and less likely there'll be any left for the door. So get them now!

Gros Morne photo times

We've got lots of art friends at Galliott Studios, but one of our newest is Jacqueline Bradley. You might have read about her a few posts back, but we think she's worth a double shot.

She's from Australia, she's fun and she makes great art. And great art is our favourite kind. Have a look here http://www.jacquelinebradley.com.au/

Today we Galliott Studios girls and a few friends hiked up Gros Morne mountain to take some photos of some of Jacqueline's new artwork. For those of you from away, here's a photo of the mountain

And here's a photo of us all hiking with our backpacks full of arty things

And here's a photo of Genna having a little relax after lots of hiking

We can't show you any photos of the wonderful art, even though we're very excited about it. That would just be mean! But take our word for it, it's amazing! We'll post links when everything's finished up and published.

Sherman Downey at Galliott Studios

Guess what! Sherman Downey's playing at Galliott Studios!

Here's a picture. We're not sure if they always use the washroom together, but we like to think so!

You should probably check out their website. It's nice. http://shermandowney.ca/

Sadly we won't be having the whole band playing here. It's a shame but we're just too small of a venue. And we'd quite like it if some of you could fit in too!

The show will be this Sunday at 8.30pm. That's our favourite show time it seems. Advance tickets are $10, standing room only. We can only fit 50 people in, so make sure to get your tickets good and early!

See you Sunday!

Arty presents? We like those!

We've just noticed that we've been blogging lots about music. We love music, it's great. And we love having awesome musicians coming to play in the Studio, and we feel really special when we get to hang out with them! Happy Galliott girls!

However, we also love art. So here's some news about what we've been up to!

Very shortly the amazing Writers at Woody Point festival will hit town. We're excited. Very excited. It's a week where we get to listen to lots of incredible authors reading extracts from their books. We also get to listen to some great musicians and even have a bit of a dance. More things that we like! Here's a link to the Writers at Woody Point website http://writersatwoodypoint.com/

And here's a video our friend Jim made about last years festival http://vimeo.com/30727384

Anyway, back to the art. Every year, the authors and musicians receive a goody bag. Every one loves a goody bag, and we love giving presents. Perfect match! This year we decided that hand made espresso cups were the order of the day. Here's a lovely photo of Jenn making some!

We'll let you see more pictures soon, when they're all finished and pretty.

There's lots of love in this post. But we're just that type I suppose!

A good old Newfoundland time!

Last night we were lucky enough to have a time with Mike Madigan! For those of you not in the know, a time is the traditional Newfoundland word for a gathering or party. Fun times!

Mike's a traditional musician and entertained the crowd with tales and tunes. Lots of locals got to sing along and reminisce, whilst our new friends from all different countries and provinces learned something about traditional Newfoundland culture. Great stuff, eh?

Here's a nice photo of Mike looking all outdoorsy

Mike also plays for a band called The Sharecroppers. We borrowed the photo from their website, which you can check out here http://www.thesharecroppers.net/

A particular highlight for us was when the whole studio was filled with a gang of spooners! They were playing the spoons, not just snuggling.

Check back later for more on this weeks musical offerings!

Sunday night Studio times!

Last night we had our first live music show here at Galliott Studios! Matthew Hornell played to a packed house. Matt put on an incredible show as usual, and his friend Pat Coleman showed us what great drumming really is!

For those of you didn't make it, Matt's a fantastic musician from Grand Falls. He always puts on a great show and he's a really nice guy! His website's pretty great too. We like anyone who includes photos of themselves in a bathrobe! Have a peek http://www.matthewhornell.com/

Here's some photos from last night's show

Papa Galliott even got up for a song!

Thanks to everyone that turned out to enjoy the evening with us. We were very busy but very happy ladies!

And a massive great big thanks to Matt and Pat for such a fantastic show. We owe you a big squeezy hug each! They're yours to collect whenever you're back in the area!