[Gocamino] [saintjames] Tributes to Oliver: June 18, 1956-July 3, 2008

Mon Jul 7 06:00:39 PDT 2008

Tania and others,

I am so sad about Oliver's death and yet I feel a sense of inner peace because he has walked the Camino. He is a pilgrim I will always remember.

Sue

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Tania A. Heinemann 
  To: GoCamino at oakapple.net 
  Cc: saintjames at yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 8:37 AM
  Subject: [saintjames] Tributes to Oliver: June 18, 1956-July 3, 2008

  If you go Oli's myspace page and listen to "Field of Stars" from his Camino CD I just think you can't help but FEEL the Camino in every single string....*sigh*

  http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=166498633

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Oliver Schroer's News 
  To: taniar at golden.net 
  Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 10:02 PM
  Subject: Tributes to Oliver: June 18, 1956-July 3, 2008

  Hello Friends and Fans of Oliver

  This is Oli's webmaster Angela speaking to you.

  Oliver passed away peacefully on Thursday July 3, 2008. He left peacefully and pain-free, and with much grace.

  Oliver's student, Chelsea Sleep, has been tirelessly gathering website information on Oliver's passing.

  We have also posted photos from Oliver's last concert on the website, it can be found here

  http://oliverschroer.com/view_gallery.php?id=5

  And here is the update from the inimitable Chelsea Sleep:

  Emilyn Stam and Chelsea did an interview with the gracious Sheryl McKay. It is posted on this site:

  http://www.cbc.ca/nxnw/music.html

  There was a huge front page and inside full page article on Oli in the Toronto Star on July 5th. It is beautifully written with much humour, and Oli actually got to see the pre-printed article the day before he died and loved it. Here it is online.

  http://www.thestar.com/living/article/452374

  On Wednesday, July 9th, Canada Live will be rebroadcasting the Oli tribute that was produced 3 months ago. Tune in at 8:00 p.m (Toronto time- so 5pm Vancouver time). Radio 2. We're not sure if this is a Toronto only station, but you can listen to it online form anywhere. 

  The concerts feature 100% Oliver Schroer music, spanning his entire career, and played in many different configurations, by artists such as The Stewed Tomatoes (Anne Lindsay, David Woodhead, David Travers-Smith, Ben Grossman, Colleen Allen), James Keelaghan, Jaime RT, Michelle George, Two Left (Tosh and Kit Weyman) and Bill Brennan, not to mention Oliver himself. Especially featured are the the "Twisted String Project" - seventeen kids, aged 9 through 18, led by two of Oliver's students. They raised the money through private donations to fly to Toronto from the B.C. coast, just so they could take part in the concerts. Canada Live rebroadcasts our document of the event, and gives a sense of the love felt for Oliver Schroer in words and music.

  The concert can been hear in musical tracks only (without the interview excerpts with the performers) at

  http://www.cbc.ca/radio2/cod/concerts/20080407fidle

  conversations with Oliver, and with Chelsea and Emilyn Stam ABOUT Oliver and the Twisted String's trip to Toronto can be heard here

  http://www.cbc.ca/nxnw/music.html

  Some very kind words were left by CBC and some listeners at this site

  http://www.cbc.ca/radio2/blog/2008/07/04/oliver_schroer_he_bu_1.html

  In the coming weeks, we will add more to Oli's website. We are also experiencing an avalanche of CD orders, so please allow a few extra weeks for orders. We will do our best to fill them as quickly as we can.

  Stay tuned. 

  Peace
  Angela Browne
  angela at angelabrowne.com

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