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SUMMARY:Butchart Gardens Summer Festival presents: The Sweet Lowdown
URL:http://www.harbourliving.ca/event/butchart-gardens-summer-festival-2015-the-sweet-lowdown/
LOCATION:Butchart Gardens :: 800 Benvenuto Avenue Victoria, 
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:<p>The Butchart Gardens' summer festival presents The Sweet Lowdown, playing old timey harmonies and melodies.<br /><br />This open air concert takes place on the Concert Lawn stage. Come sit on a bench, or bring a blanket and sit on the lawn.<br /><br />The summer entertainment program is part of your <a href="http://www.butchartgardens.com/visit/rates">general admission ticket</a>. <br /><br />Based in Victoria, the Sweet Lowdown is a trio made up of three strong singers, instrumentalists, and songwriters: Amanda Blied (guitar), Shanti Bremer (banjo), and Miriam Sonstenes (fiddle). Together they create music inspired by their love of the old-time, folk, blues, and bluegrass traditions. In 2011, the trio won the Monday Magazine M Award for Favorite Roots/World Music Group.<br /><br />Amanda developed her unique voice singing with the Balkan Babes and travelling in the southern USA. Shanti learned bluegrass banjo as a young girl and has played with the Victoria bluegrass band Last Train. Miriam is a classically trained violinist turned fiddler and has played with the Shearwater Bluegrass Band. <a href="http://thesweetlowdown.ca">http://thesweetlowdown.ca</a></p>
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