“On Thursday, May 8th auditions will be held for the ‘On Stage’ portion of the Stewart Park Festival. The event will take place at O’Reillys pub, 43 Gore Street. Each performer will be asked to play 2 songs , at least one of them must be an original composition. Six acts will be chosen and two spots are reserved for local acts.  We are looking forward to a great night of entertainment.

Our band name, Shag Harbour, was suggested by a friend of a friend. The more we said and heard it, the more we liked it. So here we are and there it tis’. Our original name, Good-ta-Go, was abandoned because we feared it would conflict with another band in Ottawa, whose spelling created similar pronunciation.

The Shag Harbour band logo was designed by a friend of the band. The Celtic knot (top center) signifies a musical tie to that genre of music, which of course is a big part of our East Coast musical content. The contoured shapes above and below the name are somewhat similar to the outline of a space ship (Shag Harbour is also home of a UFO sighting in October of 1967). The left and right sides are open, signifying our ability to be open-minded and flexible in music genre choices.

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Our band name, Shag Harbour, was suggested by a friend of a friend. The more we said and heard it, the more we liked it. So here we are and there it tis’. Our original name, Good-ta-Go, was abandoned because we feared it would conflict with another band in Ottawa, whose spelling created similar pronunciation.

The Shag Harbour band logo was designed by a friend of the band. The Celtic knot (top center) signifies a musical tie to that genre of music, which of course is a big part of our East Coast musical content. The contoured shapes above and below the name are somewhat similar to the outline of a space ship (Shag Harbour is also home of a UFO sighting in October of 1967). The left and right sides are open, signifying our ability to be open-minded and flexible in music genre choices.

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