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Labour Day Sept.
4
(first Monday of September)
And
every Labour Day Monday marks the date of the
AnnualDOG & PONY Pals BBQ.
The
full moon will grace us on Wednesday the
9th.
A great night to come out to The LookOut to howl
at the moon with Dog after spending a lovely evening
on the patio of The Ugly Iguana with Hound.
Sept.
22 - 1st day of Fall
...and
now for some unusual observances:
September marks:
lADHD
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lBaby
Safety Month
lBackpack
Safety America Month
lBe
Kind To Editors & Writers Month
lChildren's
Good Manners Month
lChristmas
Seal Campaign Kick-off Month (Sept
- Dec)
lCollege
Savings Month
lFall
Hat Month
lIntl
Gay Square Dancing Month
lIntl
People Skills Month
lIntl
Self-Awareness Month
lIntl
Strategic Thinking Month
lLibrary
Card Sign-up Month
lAlcohol
& Drug Addiction Recovery Month
lMenopause
Awareness Month
lMetaphysical
Awareness Month
lBiscuit
Month
lChicken
Month
lCivics
Awareness Month
lCoupon
Month
l5-A-Day
Month
lFood
Allergy Awareness Month
lHome
School Month
lHoney
Month
lLittle
League Month
lMushroom
Month
lOrganic
Harvest Month
lOsteopathic
Medicine Month
lOvarian
Cancer Awareness Month
lPediculosis
Prevention Month
lPiano
Month
lPotato
Month
lRice
Month
lSchool
Success Month
lVery
Important Parents (VIP) Month
lSkin
Care Awareness Month
lSpinal
Cord Injury Awareness Month
lOvarian
Cancer Awareness Month
lPediatric
Cancer Awareness Month
lPleasure
Your Mate Month
lSea
Cadet Month
lSelf-Improvement
Month
lChildhood
Cancer Month
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Healthy Aging Month
lShameless
Promotion Month
lSouthern
Gospel Music Month
lSubliminal
Communications Month
lUnited
Planet Month
lUpdate
Your Resume Month
lHispanic
Heritage Month (Sept 15-Oct 15)
Weekly Events:
lIntl
Enthusiasm 1-7
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Childhood Injury Prevention
lSelf-University
1-7
lSuicide
Prevention 4-10
lWaffle
4-10
lPayroll
5-9
lPlay
Days 6-10
lBald
is Beautiful Days 9-11
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Assisted Living 11-17
lHabitat
for Humanity's
lIntl
Building on Faith 11-18
lEmerg.
Preparedness11-17
lInvisible
Chronic Illness Awareness: 12-18
lNo
Bully Wk: 12-16
lLove
a Mensch Wk: 12-18
lSubstitute
Teacher Appreciation 12-16
lConstitution
Center Constitution 13-23
lConstitution
17-23
lProstate
Cancer Awareness 18-24
lBuild
A Better Image 18-24
lDeaf
Awareness 18-24
lBalance
Awareness 18-24
lDog
Wk: 18-24
lFarm
Animals Awareness 18-24
lFarm
& Ranch Safety 18-24
lHistorically
Black Colleges & Universities 18-24
lSingles
18-24
lTolkien
18-24
lBaby
Safety 19-25
lLove
Your Files 19-28
lLunch
Prowl 20-24
lReligious
Freedom 23-10/2
lChimney
Safety 24-30
lChristian
Leadership 25-10/1
lAdult
Immunization Awareness 25-10/1
Daily
Observances:
lChicken
Boy's Day: 1
lEmma
M. Nutt Day: 1
lBison-Ten-Yell
Day: 2
lNewspaper
Carrier Day: 4
lBe
Late For Something Day 5
lBuhl
Day: 5
lLabor
Day: 5
lDo
It! Day 6
lGoogle
Commemoration 7
lGrandma
Moses Day: 7
lFeel
The Love Day: 7
lIntl
Literacy Day: 8
lWonderful
Weirdoes Day: 9
lSew
Be It! Day: 10
lSwap
Ideas Day: 10
lPatriot
Day: 11
lRemember
Freedom Day 11
lGrandparent's
Day: 11
lBoss/Employee
Exchange 12
lVideo
Games Day: 12
lFortune
Cookie Day: 13
lSomeday:
15
lAnne
Bradstreet Day: 16
lConstitution
Day & National School Celebration: 16
lIntl
Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer: 16
lPOW/MIA
Recognition 16
lCitizenship
Day: 17
lIntl
Eat An Apple Day: 17
lTime's
Up Day: 17
lIntl
Coastal Cleanup 17
lWife
Appreciation Day 17
lIntl
Day of Prayer & Action for lHuman
Habitat: 18
lWomen's
Friendship Day 18
lWorld
Priest Day: 18
lTalk
Like A Pirate Day 19
lFamily
Day- A Day To Eat Dinner With Your Children 20
lIntl
Day of Peace/Opening Genl Assembly of UN 20/21
lPause
the World Day: 21
lDear
Diary Day: 22
lElephant
Appreciation 22
lHobbit
Day: 22
lCentenarians
Day: 22
lInnergize
Day: 23
lFish
Amnesty Day: 24
lKiwanis
Kids' Day: 24
lSingle
Parent Family 24
lGold
Star Mother's Day: 25
lGood
Neighbor Day: 25
lOne-Hit
Wonder Day: 25
lAncestor
Appreciation 27
lWorld
Maritime Day: 27
lWorld
Tourism Day: 27
lWomen's
Health & Fitness28
lAttend
Your Grandchild's Birthday Day: 29
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As
summer begins to wind down we find ourselves winding
up for another Annual DOG & PONY Pal BBQ.
As always, the BBQ takes place on Labour Day Monday.
[See special events
for more details].
Then
the kids go back to school. You'd
think that would be good enough, but no, September
also marks 'International Gay Square Dancers' and
'Fall Hat Month', 'Farm Animals Awareness Week'
and 'Dog Week' (18-24), 'Be late for Something Day'
5th, 'Talk Like A Pirate Day' 19th, 'Wife Appreciation
Day' 17th and 'Elephant Appreciation Day' 22nd.
September
also marks the annual migration of pals to various
parts of the planet for the beginning of another
school or work year. Neye, our unicorn,
has returned to Vancouver, Beth the goose
is off to Toronto for studies, JoAnna the chipmunk
also moving and Pavlos
is heading back to New York city (poor boy claims
to come back to Ottawa for "good karaoke").
School
schedules also have Gator moving his regular show
to Mondays at Swizzles, Dog is hosting the Tuesday,
Friday & Sunday shows and Stray can be found
hosting Puzzles on Fridays.
The
3rd Annual Pump Idol will be held on Saturday
October 21st this year with special guest host Canadian
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DOG & PONY SOUND SPECIAL EVENTS
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3rd
Annual DOG & PONY
Pal Appreciation
Backyard BBQ
Monday September 4th
3pm-10pm
Party at Swizzles
after the BBQ
w/ Gator until 1:30pm
Hotdogs, Hamburgers, fixin's & trimin's
for all!
Bring your family, kids, significants, friends
and a little something to share with others.
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for directions] [BBQ
photo gallery]
3rd
Annual
Sat. Oct. 21,
2006
With
special guest host Pump Idol & Canadian
Idol's
Chris Labelle
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 COCK
& LION
202 Sparks St.
Saturdays
8pm-midnight
with the Wiley Coyote
Enjoy relaxing
summer evenings on the Sparks Street Patio
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LOOKOUT
41 York St.
(Market)
Join the dog for a great howl at the moon
Wednesdays 9:30pm-1:30am
Gotta love the balcony overlooking the Market...and
oh the beautiful people!. Bartenders
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 O'BRIEN'S
(Ottawa South)
1145 Heron Rd.
Fridays
-9:30pm-1:30am w/Hound
Saturdays
-9:30pm-1:30am w/Dog
O'Brien's
has a long standing reputation as "the
place" to hold that stag, bachelor &
birthday party.
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 ROYAL
BRITANNIA PUB
1475 Richmond Rd.
Rock every Thursday
with Super-Hound 9pm-1am.
Thursdays also feature $10 pitchers.
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 PUZZLES
SPORTS BAR (Ottawa)
344 Richmond Rd.
(at Churchill)
Fridays
9:00pm-1:00am w/Stray
Wheelchair
accessible,
FREE parking & NTN
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OAK (Orleans)
1982 St. Joseph Blvd.
The
Last Thursday Every Month
9pm-1am w/Coyote
Next
Party: Aug. 31
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 SWIZZLES
(Ottawa
Center)
246
Queen St.
The
ONLY
venue
to offer
ALL
4
Libraries!
[see all libraries]
Sundays
8:30pm -12:30 w/Dog -
Library #64
Mondays
9:30-1:30 w/Gator
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Library #42
Tuesdays 9:30-1:30 w/Dog- Library
#9¾
Fridays 9:30-1:30 w/Dog -
Library #33.3
Join
the Dusty Owl Poetry Group the 3rd Sunday
of every month for a special featured
reader & open stage 5pm before karaoke.
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 UGLY
IGUANA
148 Bank St.
KARAOKE
UNDER THE STARS
Don't miss Wednesday evenings on the
Ugly Iggy patio with Hound.
7-11pm
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 This
month we added 100's of new songs to all our libraries!
[see
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***ONLINE
LIBRARY last updated July, 2006 ***
View all the libraries at a glance.
 Library
#42 in
use at:
LookOut (wed),
O'Brien's
(fri & sat),
Swizzles
(mon) &
Royal
Britannia
(thurs)
Library
#9¾ in
use at: Swizzles
(tues),
Puzzles
(fri),
Cock
& Lion (sat) &
Royal
Oak Orleans (last thurs
monthly).
Library
#33.3 in
use at: Swizzles
(fri) & Ugly
Iguana (wed)
Library
#64 in
use at: Swizzles
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SINGER TIPS
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"Un-Training"
- Mark Baxter
"I
would love to be able to sing better but I'm not
sure if training would be worth the effort."
People often toss me this statement to see if
I'll throw back a sales pitch about voice lessons.
I never do. I figure, if someone refers to improving
skills as effort, then they have no passion. What
good is any artistic adventure if there is no passion?
What I do offer is a different perspective on the
voice lesson issue. We all know of someone who has
an incredible voice and never had a bit of instruction.
These people just open their mouths and it comes
out great. Lucky for them. However, the common belief
that some people are born to sing doesn't mean that
the rest of us have to sit on the sidelines. Anyone
can improve the sound of their voice. My advice
is to think of it as un-training.
Pay a visit to a maternity ward and it's obvious
that we are born with the ability to produce sound.
Crying is reflex behavior. Singing is crying --
minus the tears. Within a short time after birth,
our personalities emerge and influence this basic
instinct. Some babies cry louder and more often.
As toddlers, we begin to experiment with different
vocal tones and the responses they provoke. When
two year-olds whine enough, they will either get
another cookie or be sent to their room. By the
time we reach six, the results of these experiments
have heavily influenced our personalities. We establish
core traits which stay with us a lifetime. If you
doubt this, visit a senior center and notice how
much a bingo game looks like a kindergarten class.
It's not that the seniors are acting childish; it's
that they are being themselves again. What this
means to potential singers is that, from a very
early age, we have trained our muscles to produce
sound in a particular way. Your particular way may
or may not interfere with singing. If it does, then
you've got some un-training to do.
Most
vocal problems can be traced back to speech. As
kids, we're taught the meanings of words and how
to pronounce them, but not how to efficiently use
our muscles when speaking. This is expected to happen
naturally. It usually doesn't. Normally, emotions
dominate our motor reflexes and shape the way we
talk. Speech becomes an extension of our personality.
You can tell a lot about someone by the way they
talk, not what they say. There is a difference,
though, between normal and natural. Natural is efficient;
normal is what we are used to. Unfortunately, we
are so accustomed to the way we speak that our trained-in
tensions go unnoticed until we start to sing.
Sit
at a piano or pick up a guitar and the instrument
is ready to play. Musicians tend to take this for
granted, but starting with a pre-balanced, consistent,
instrument is a huge advantage when learning to
play. Open your mouth to sing and any number of
obstacles can compromise range, tone, volume and
flexibility. In other words, in order to learn to
sing, you got to build an instrument first. Most
instruments we play today are the result of many
years of refinement. As techniques for making pianos
and guitars improve, their sound and ease of play
improves as well. Instruments basically stay the
same from day to day. This provides a great foundation
for developing the skills need to play. We don't
have that advantage with our voices. Many things
can interfere with the "playability" of
our voices, from talking all day to tension held
in the jaw. Since most of these are not genetic
or "natural" limitations, they are removable.
Building
an instrument requires nothing more than clearing
a path from inspiration to phonation. Whatever is
blocking the flow needs to be un-done. I'm not suggesting
it's easy, we worked hard to achieve these rigid
states and the body is not going to be happy to
let them go. What I am suggesting is that you don't
have to except your voice "as is." The
laws of sound are the same for everyone. Release
your throat and you'll have a great tone. Allow
your vocal folds to stretch freely and you'll have
great range and accuracy. Return your breathing
back to a reflexive, natural, state and you'll have
dynamic control. Think of it as un-training and
you'll have a big head start on the process.
Mark
Baxter is a vocal therapist who offers private
and video lessons. To contact him, call: (800)659-6002.
Visit his website at: www.voicelesson.com
(reprinted
with the kind permission of Mark
Baxter)
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