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Kent Building Trades. Our treasurer Nick Jef Healey on stage with The Fabulous Thunderbirds. Dzudz and Secretary Walt Hanson have Photo courtesy of George Brooks. volunteered for the festival since day one. Rounding out our new board is Doug Girard who has been with our skilled trades stage crew for nearly 10 years. Te new faces mixing with the experienced team will add energy and excitement to propel the festival into the next 20 years. (MB): What are the highlights this year? (TB): We are excited this year to welcome back Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Dave Mason who is doing a special, one-time only tour called Dave Mason’s Trafc Jam. He will be performing Low Spark of High Heel Boys, Mr. Fantasy, and all the hits from one of England’s most infuential bands, Trafc. Saturday we go deep, deep, deep into the blues with icon Bobby Rush from N’Orleans, Tom Lyons to put together a luncheon and Jef was really POed at his crew, so instead and Sunday’s headliner (“Family Day”) is meet and greet with Jef Healey for the blind of spending a half hour with the kids as California’s guitar king Coco Montoya. Tere kids in Windsor. Jef loved the idea since his planned, he spent hours with them. Jef was are some new acts that have never played adopted father was a freman in Mississauga. a super star to the kids that day. Canada before, so lots of musical surprises. Afer Jef’s show, I heard their tour bus fre (MB):You’ve added some new talent to the We also have a New York TV show coming to up and went into the bus to see what was up. team. town to stream the show worldwide. Jef’s band wanted to get out of town right (TB): Tis year I donated the festival What are you waiting for? A three day away, but I pushed my way into the bus and to a new non-proft organization with an passport to the blues is just $20! Tickets are begged Jef not to leave. He totally forgot exciting new board, courtesy of our major on sale now at participating Shoppers Drug the deal. As I was helping Jef of the bus his sponsors. Our President Rob Petroni, has Mart locations, Long and McQuade and Bob band grabbed him, and the Captain and I been to every festival and was part of one Reaume Sports in Windsor and Drifers Inn were in a tug of war and Jef was the rope. of our longest running sponsors, the Essex Family Pub in Harrow. 22 BIZ X MAGAZINE • JUNE 2014 BizX2014June52.indd 22 2014-05-27 9:43 PM