Archive for March, 2009

the three p’s: pictures, podcasts and ponies.

Welcome to the Chic Gamine web-land.

We’ve got some new things for you to see this week…

Pictures from our Montreal show at La Tulipe in February are NOW UP! So take a look in our gallery section for those.
Also we posted some new pictures from our “JANUARY MINI TOUR OF LOVE”  taken by our good friend Ben Benvie so take a look at those beauties as well…they will be in the “January Mini Tour 09′” section of the gallery.

and another thing…if you missed us on CBC Radio One’s “Definitely Not The Opera” hosted by Sook-Yin Lee…follow this link : http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/dnto_20090228_12551.mp3 and you can listen to the whole show online!
Listen again…for the first time.

We also have some NEW MERCH coming your way soon…that’s right folks…t-shirts are on their way!

You all know you want some organic Chic Gamine labeling on your body…take that however you like.

We’ll keep you posted on when they are available for purchase and how you can get your hands on one!

That’s all for now friends…make yourself at home…sign our guestbook…show us some love…buy me a pony…whatever you choose we hope you’re having fun..we sure are!

love,
team chic gamine

chic gamine t-shirts! yowza!

Finally for your wearing pleasure…Chic Gamine has their very own T-SHIRTS!

Go to the Boutique to pick up one for yourself and your whole family!

Just find your size, colour and gender preference and click “buy now” !!

Yahoo!

Also be sure to take a browse through our photo gallery/sign our guestbook just to let us know you’re alive and out there!

we like you!

Meanwhile, we’re just about to get back on the road in our NEWLY purchased “not a mini” van…get ready to see “chic gamine on wheels!” coming to a city near you…it’s way better than “chic gamine on ice”…i never could quite perfect that triple sow cow.

Idaho and Montana HERE WE COME!

hope to see you soon friends, thanks for being interested in us. it feels nice.

love,
team chic gamine

Chic Gamine wins a 2009 Juno Award!!!

Toast of the town! Chic Gamine wins a 2009 Juno Award!


VANCOUVER, BC, March 29, 09 - The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) celebrated the class of 2009 JUNO Award winners at last night’s JUNO Gala Dinner & Awards held in Vancouver, BC. The non-televised gala event honoured 32 new JUNO Award winners - the first of two nights celebrating the best and brightest in Canadian music.

“Tonight’s winners represent the sensational cross-section of musical talent that Canada has to offer,” said Melanie Berry, President of CARAS. “We are so proud to celebrate Canada’s creative excellence each year at The JUNO Awards and to honour the hard work and successes of our artists.”

The members of Chic Gamine were doing what they do best while the awards were handed out; they were on tour in America, performing a concert at the Hamilton Performing Arts Center in Hamilton, Montana. The group was very surprised and thrilled to hear the news. They later honoured the occasion with a post concert celebration. In lieu of an acceptance speech, the group composed a quick “acceptance ditty” and posted a quickly shot video online after their Montana performance.

Chic Gamine has been selling its self titled debut CD independently at live shows and via their website for the last few months and already several thousand copies have been sold and orders for additional product have been placed. Their busy touring schedule has already taken them to major festival and theatre stages from California to New York, from Montreal to Washington and everywhere in-between. The next few weeks will see the group perform in Boston as well as Festival International de Louisiane in Lafayette, Louisiana and the Houston International Festival in Houston, Texas. The summer months are already filling up with festival engagements in America and across Canada.

The group is taking time to write material for the next recording between live performance activities.

2009 JUNO GALA DINNER & AWARDS WINNER
ROOTS & TRADITIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR: GROUP

Chic Gamine
Independent

Sponsors of the 2009 JUNO Awards include FACTOR, Canada’s Private Radio Broadcasters and the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage’s “Canada Music Fund,” The Province of British Columbia, The City of Vancouver, Music BC and Radio Starmaker Fund. Broadcast sponsors of THE 2009 JUNO AWARDS are Garnier, Pepsi, Pontiac and Rogers.

About CARAS:

The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences/L’academie canadienne des arts et des sciences de l’enregistrement (CARAS) is a not-for-profit organization created to preserve and enhance the Canadian music and recording industries and to contribute toward higher artistic and industry standards.

The main focus of CARAS is the exploration and development of opportunities to showcase and promote Canadian artists and music through vehicles such as The JUNO Awards. For more information on The 38th Annual JUNO Awards or The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) please visit our websites at www.carasonline.ca and www.junoawards.ca.