April 30/09

I am deeply saddened by the loss of my friend, Eric Knight.

Eric was one of my dearest friends. We met in 1984 while performing in the Butchart Gardens “Just For Fun” show. Eric always found delight in the old fashioned styles of music and he shared that with me. The music of the twenties through the forties then became the staples of my singing career and my passion as well.  Eric and I and a variety of friends used to have such fun together when I lived in Victoria. I am deeply saddened by his leaving us so soon and he will always remain in my heart.

My condolences go out to Eric's sister Pam and her family, Al and Jennifer and Emily Butler, Brian Jull and all of Eric's friends and family and fellow musicians.

I'm busy booking gigs for the year and preparing songs for  the Girl Singers of The Fifties for the second half of May's shows. We had a fun time with the Cinco De Mayo shows and are now also getting ready for Blimey, It's The British Bash! for Victoria Day celebrations.

If you like the sea and you like good old fashioned Pirates, plan to have us back for the "Seafarin' Pirate Show".  There will be some different songs than last year and a change of costume or two. I'm looking forward to it. It's always fun to sing the story song about Douglas the Scottish Sailor who had a big tattoo on his chest.

Some people in our audiences seem to like the little doggies I've been bringing along to some of our shows. I'll tell you a secret. There are two new ones who'll be coming along with us soon! I'll be leaving Gorgeous Too at home and Scruffy will be coming along for the Girls Singer show.  He'll fit right in when I sing Pattie Page's "How Much Is That Doggie In The Window".

That's the update for now.  Below is a bit of info that I want to leave there for a while. It helps to explain some of the pictures in my Latest News section at the top of this page.

From now on, I plan to put my latest show pictures in the Latest News Section. That will hopefully entice you to hire us for your next event!

I hope you have a healthy and happy spring time.

Warm regards,

Marie

Latest News

A while ago I added some news items about my brother Paul Gogo, Uncle Joe Gubbels and cousin David Gogo. Paul is the keyboard player for Trooper and had a newspaper article written about his keyboard collection.

David's newspaper article is about his tour in Europe. David is a blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. The most famous Gogo alive today.

Uncle Joe has been doing wonderful things to help out the earthquake victoms in Peru. Uncle Joe used to be a priest and a missionary in Peru years ago but continues to help in his old parish. He's a hero. They named their new school after him. Well, he, the towns people and his friends built it.

My mother, Dodie Gogo, recently celebrated her 50th anniversary of playing the organ at Mount St. Peter's church in Nanaimo, B.C. Also, I asked my Mom a couple of months ago if I could borrow her concertina. She took it down from the shelf where it had been for 50 years and realized that she had not ever played it for some of her family and friends. She then embarked on her Farewell Tour. Within about two weeks time, she had played for more than 200 people including some of her kids, grandchildren, her church choir, a couple of parties, people who popped in for a visit and the neighbours.

She then put the concertina in the mail and sent it to me here in Toronto. I practiced up to play a piece in my Oktoberfest show.  It was fun but not as easy as I thought it was going to be!

Marie is currently booking the following shows.........UpdatedJan. 20/09

• Caribbean Cruise and Hawaiian Holiday are available all year 'round.
• Purim Party
• Everybody's Happy In The Wintertime - Winter show
• Robbie Burns Show
• Valentines Day Show
• St. Patrick's Day Show
• Spring Show
• Hawaiian Holiday - late March
• Easter Show
• Cinco De Mayo - On and around the fifth of May
• Father's Day
• Victoria Day - Blimey, It's The British Bash!
• Strawberry Social - mid to late June
• Girl Singers of the Fifties - Starting mid May
• Seafarin' Pirate Show - Summertime
• Summer Picnic Show
• 50s and 60s Sock Hop - Late August
• Fats Waller and Cab Calloway Fun Show - mid September
• Frank Sinatra & Friends In Las Vegas - starting mid Sept.
• Oktoberfest
• Halloween week is filling up already!
• Autumn - Little Jack Frost Get Lost!
• Thanksgiving
• Passover
• Remembrance Day Show
• Christmas (book early to avoid disappointment!)
• Chanukah

Marie and *Christopher are available for to perform afternoon or evenings.

References:
Pauline Moore, Martha's Landing 905 637-7757 (Burlington)
Kelly Hodgeson, Baycrest Centre 416 785-2200 Ext. 2204
Colleen Madden, Lansing Residence 416 250-7029 Ext. 301

*Christopher Moore goes home to the family farm in Golden Valley for half of March and April and all of July. While he is away I will be having Don Guinn or Norm Amadio accompanying me on Piano.