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economist suntribune entertainment thursday may 16 2002 27 songwriters have their night by joan ransberry staff writer songs fresh from the soul are being featured once a month at a club in downtown stouffville the artists who attend songwriters night at fullertons place on main street are as diver sified as their material a stu dent an engineer a construction worker and a teacher of autistic children take turns performing at an event designated especially for songwriters professional entertainer jayne harvey has two distinct lives every morning she leaves her thornhill home with a truck load of puppets rattles shakers and her old faithful her guitar ms harvey does private music circles for children ranging in age from six weeks to six years at night ms harvey pub crawls delivering music to a more mature audience with two separate venues the veteran entertainers material ranges from love gone wrong to wet the bed again unlike many people ms harvey loves her work enough so that she sings on her night off on the first monday of every month ms harvey joins musicians from across york region at fullertons its a lot of fun its inspiring ms harvey said ive written more than 300 songs when i try them out here nobody rips you apart nobody rocks your confidence ms harveys biggest fan is her friend ed rossini everyone agrees the 42year old rossini plays a mean harmonica judging from the sound its obvi ous the construction worker by- day has music in his soul all of tire time i started to write songs three years ago this gives me an opportunity to try out my new material said mr rossini songwriter night coordinator and entertainer deborah lees music is a country blues mixture influenced by entertainers bonnie raitt billie holiday and bette midler the musselmans lake resident has her sights set on tennessee her partner robin edgar kemsley a regular at the local songwriters night was in nashville last month attending tin pan south a song writers conference nobodys going to tell me i suck ms lees day job involves working with autistic children it too is rewarding she said with the support of fellow musi cians ms lee puts the polish on a new song written especially for her two sons about 12 musicians attend a regular songwriters night each sings two songs for a total of 24 said ms lee it makes for a good evening the audience enjoys it and it gives the musicians a chance to try out new stuff with out fear of harsh criticism accompanied by her father rachael bradley joins the group although still a teenager miss bradley is very much at home on stage at the bradley household in vandorf music is a family affair involving both parents and two siblings miss bradley has defined her musical style influenced by singer tori amos miss bradley is now leaning more towards jazz and the blues theres a great deal of posi tive energy at the songwriters night miss bradley said everyones supportive nobodys going to tell me i suck a realist ms bradley knows establishing a music career is a long shot because of this she has a backup plan if i dont become a fulltime entertainer ill likely become a journalist she said miss bradleys father is a pro fessional engineer david bradley 53 has been singing and playing the guitar since the 1960s its been a lifelong hobby he said if i wasnt here with the songwriters id be jam ming at home i come here to enjoy to learn and of course to look out for my daughter hurricane mike thompson a newmarket truck driver by day and an entertainer by night receives a spirited welcome im sort of a rosy blues folksycountry entertainer i play acoustic its my favourite the songwriters night gives me inspiration ive written at least 250 songs here everyones a teacher its good mr thompson said unionville strikers girls soccer team rrispy rreme fund raiser l nicole nicolosi samantha love melissa palermo date saturday may 18th time 900 am 12 noon locations sheridan nurseries 4077 hwy 7 unionville weall and cullen nurseries 6579 hwy 7 markham petro canada gas barwash 4780 hwy 7 at kennedy shoppers drug mart hwy 7 and warden this saturday you dont have to drive all the way to mississauga and stand in line for a krispy kreme doughnut you can drop by one of the above locations and pick up a dozen or two of the famous krispy kremes come early before theyre all gone and show your support of the girls soccer team a stouffville united church 34 church st n 9056401163 worship minister rev robert nightingale education minister nancy monteith sunday may 19th 2002 1030 am worship service baby fold childrens workshop youth pac everyone welcome k v ismniv wideman mennonite church sunday may 19th 2002 945 am sunday school for all ages 1050 am worship service pastor ken wellington 1 km north of major mackenzie on hwy 48 church office 6406219 for a ride call 6404185 u v the anglican parish of christ church 254 sunset blvd stouffville the rev robert a shields 905 6401461 sunday may 19th 2002 the day of pentecost 800 am holy communion 1000 am choral eucharist church school and nursery provided h everyone welcome email christchurchstouffvillcsympaticoca web site www3sympaticocachristchurciistouffvillc ifh sjouffville pentecosjal 6853 main st stouffville 905 6405696 sunday may 19th 2002 1000 am morning worship parkview village 12184 ninth line south stouffville sunday may 19th 2002 rev john rush peoples church si sv stouffville baptist church a fellowship church 6273 main street pastor gordon m maccormack 905640291 1 sunday may 19th 2002 945 sunday school worship services message continuing in the neamiah services reclaiming order wednesday prayer time 730pm held at the pastors home the best time to stop a fight is before it starts abraham lincoln all welcome god bless we care ijjiffilt welcome to st james presbyterian church sunday may 19th 2002 worship church school 1030 am nursery also provided pentecost sunday we celebrate the power of the holy spirit which enables christians to follow jesus sharing gods love everyone always welcome 6432 main st stouffville 6403 1 5 1 jamesstouffvillesyrnpaticoca mmmmxi f y3z bloomington gospel church 13660 ninth line 9056424414 pastor dr john howarth south of 47 highway formerly bloomington rd sunday may 19th 2002 945 sunday school 11 00 am proof in the pudding 1 kings 17816 annual gideons presentation no evening service chosen people ministries everyone welcome springvale sl baptist church hi m gg7 j5 stouffville rd at kennedy rd w m 9058875651 bob flemming bill thornton 8 v wm vivian baptist church 4733543 pastor robert okum on hwy 48 at vivian rd holding forth the doctrines of grace 945 am sunday school 1100 am morning worship 700 pm evening worship everyone is welcome senior pastor associate pastor worship music coordinator childrens ministries coordinator heather thornton sharon russell sunday may 19th 2002 945 am message series dont worry be happy a study of philippians pastor bob flemming 1100 am no sunday school this morning 600 pm no service 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