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Calgary Music Office: A concentrated effort to create a Music City.
Shaela Miller Performs at Ranchman's in Calgary I started this article a few weeks back before the West Anthem Report was released....
Dan Duguay
Jun 17, 20243 min read
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CBC Article Review
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-busking-street-performance-stephen-avenue-1.7206679 Taylor Braat recently interviewed me...
Dan Duguay
May 22, 20242 min read
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Violent Femmes
I'm off to see the Violent Femmes tonight in Calgary. I used to busk their most famous song "Blister in the Sun" a lot in the early days...
Dan Duguay
May 7, 20242 min read
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Eau Claire Market: Was Once a Busking Mecca
Two things drew me to move to Calgary from Ottawa: When I busked, the guitar case was fuller at the end of the day. Eau Claire Market...
Dan Duguay
May 1, 20242 min read
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Art Infrastructure Vs. Art Makers
Recently, Calgary announced the expansion design of its most prominent art space, Arts Commons. They're using the acronym ACT (Arts...
Dan Duguay
Apr 19, 20242 min read
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Busking: A Dying Art Form
Busking is the art of performing in a public place for donations Busking has been around for a long time. I'm not going to bore you with...
Dan Duguay
Apr 12, 20245 min read
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The WhoKnows Variety Show in Calgary
Each month I gather musical and non-muscal act to come give the audience 20 minutes of material. I encourage the artists to take risks
Dan Duguay
Apr 9, 20242 min read
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Becoming a Children's Entertainer
My journey as a one-man band started in the spring of 1990. It was wasn't a decision based on attracting children, it based on economics....
Dan Duguay
Jun 26, 20233 min read
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Top 10 Reasons to hire Calgary entertainer Dan the One Man Band:
10. You know the whole band is going to show up. 9. Dan provides great family friendly entertainment. 8. Dan has years of experience and...
Dan Duguay
Jun 19, 20231 min read
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A Random trip to Oklahoma
For Cal. The year was 2003, Dave was a workaholic. He never wanted to go anywhere or do anything besides work. His wife Sherry had...
Dan Duguay
Jun 11, 20233 min read
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Full Time Artist
Here we are! After spending the last 3 1/2 years working for a tech start up company, I'm back to tooting my own horn as a full time...
Dan Duguay
Apr 3, 20231 min read
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I Like to Ride my Bike
Last year I released my first recording with young people in mind. It was no quick task, as I spent the last decade working on it, on and...
Dan Duguay
Sep 7, 20202 min read
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A Champion for the Arts
I first heard of Dave Kelly like everyone else. If you were in Calgary and you got up early and turned on the television in the 90's and...
Dan Duguay
Nov 7, 20173 min read
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C-town has Poets Who Are Helping to Grow Its.
Poetry in Calgary, Kirk Miles, Micheline Maylor, Sherri-D Wilson, Richard Harrison, The Governor General's Award.
Dan Duguay
Oct 10, 20173 min read
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Variety Show Success
A monthly variety show in Calgary Alberta called "The WhoKnows Variety Show".
Dan Duguay
Oct 3, 20172 min read
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Variety is the spice of life!
Photo by David Bauer Last spring, I was asked to be a part of a variety show being hosted by Tim Tamashiro. He called it "The WhatNot...
Dan Duguay
Feb 11, 20173 min read
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Picky Pete
In 1975, Johnny Cash recorded an album entitled "The Johnny Cash Children's Album". The first song on the LP was "Nasty Dan". I like...
Dan Duguay
Aug 31, 20162 min read
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Elf Season
As an elf, you can imagine it can be a pretty hectic time of year. It is a test of endurance. It’s the time when all the training is put...
Dan Duguay
Dec 16, 20151 min read
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A Calgary Entertainer having oddball moments.
Calgary Entertainer...Is that an oxymoron? As many of you know, I sing with a group called Revv52. I have been singing with them for over...
Dan Duguay
Dec 1, 20152 min read
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Tooting my Own Horn
I guess a one-man band has to toot his own horn. No one else will. We're used to doing everthing ourselves. That's what I've always...
Dan Duguay
Nov 30, 20152 min read
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