When Gil Levine died at 85 in 2009, three words in his obituary, “… plan a hootenanny”, started an Ottawa tradition that is now into its 9th year and getting stronger. Held each year on May Day, this annual celebration...
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Gil’s Hootenanny 201910th Anniversary Inspired by the legacy of Gil Levine, Wednesday, May 1st, 2019 will mark the 10th anniversary for Ottawa’s Gil’s Hootenanny, the annual community sing-along celebrating the stories, struggles and victories of working people. Gil Levine spent...
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When Gil Levine died at 85 in 2009, three words in his obituary, “… plan a hootenanny’, started an Ottawa tradition that is now into its 8th year and getting stronger. Held each year on May Day, this annual celebration...
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Please join us for Gil’s Hootenanny, an evening of “Songs of Protest, Songs of Hope,” hosted in Ottawa by the Spirit of Rasputin’s. Every year since his death in 2009, Ottawa’s folk community has honoured the memory Gil Levine, a...
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