Wednesday, May 20, 2020
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Local songwriter Francine Honey releases new single LEAMINGTON — Leamington’s Francine Honey has released a double single - both solo and a duet - for her newest song, ‘I Carry On’, which is now available on Spotify and across other platforms such as Youtube. Co-written and recorded with Honey’s songwriting friend and neighbour, Robert Gray, ‘I Carry On’ is the second single released in anticipation of Honey’s upcoming fifth project, ‘2020 Vision’, a chronicle of her life story so far in song. The double album is due out later this year, on the heels of her successful holiday album ‘Take Me To The North Pole’. “I’ve had my share of
challenges in life, struggling to make ends meet as the sole provider for my two children, and somehow I always knew I’d get through them,” Honey adds. “Robert and I were outside chatting one day as neighbours do and he told me he was going through a major health challenge with cancer.” The two bonded over their mutual feelings about overcoming challenges with the help of a positive attitude, gratitude, love and song writing. “You just do what you have to do to get through it,” she says. It took them a few months to find the time to sit down to write this
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Misty is a true reflection of the song lyrics. She’s not at all as helpless as a kitten up a tree but walk her way and a thousand violins begin to play, or it might be the sound of your hello, that music she hears, she gets Misty the moment you’re near. Although not a lap cat she loves being near you and having your attention. Be prepared for lots of leg weaves and head butts with Misty in the house! You’ll also have constant reminders of the song lyrics because you’ll be “too misty, and too much in love.” Misty is an 8 year old love bug who would prefer to have all of your attention and be the only pet in the home!
MISTY
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song they talked about, and when they did finally meet, it came together pretty quickly. Last year, Honey was heading to Nashville to record ‘Take Me To The North Pole’ and loved the song so much, she invited Gray to Nashville to be there to see the song being recorded. After it was recorded, she asked if Gray wanted to take a stab at singing the song himself in the studio. “Luckily, he agreed,” she recalls. “And it became clear a duet brings new meaning to the song.” For this reason, there are two versions of ‘I Carry On’. The solo is a more country version with Honey’s vocals, and the duet featuring Gray adds another dimension to the
FRANCINE HONEY
song. Although she’s made music since childhood, Honey never dreamed of making it a career. Instead, she studied math and computers, got married, had kids and worked as a project manager. Her life seemed perfect. Then a near-simultaneous breakup and
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job loss forced her to relocate, find a new career and raise a family alone. Music went on the back burner. Honey took a few years to work on her craft, studying, exploring and chasing her sound, until 2018, when she began working with Grammy Award-nominated producer Neilson Hubbard in Nashville. Her song ‘Stay’ was a finalist in the 2018 International Songwriting Competition in two cat-
egories, receiving semifinalist nominations in both the Americana and Blues categories. In addition, ‘Stay’ was a semi-finalist in the 2018 Canadian Songwriting Competition (Folk/Singer/Songwriter). Many of her other songs have won awards and garnered accolades along the way. She continues to cowrite with other artists, aiming to have her music recorded by fellow performers and licensed for TV. “If I could get a song on Grey’s Anatomy or another TV or Netflix series, that would be cool,” she laughs. “But really, I just want to keep going, writing better songs. I’m finally a songwriter and I know I’ll do this the rest of my life.”
Friendship quilts
LEAMINGTON — Diane Fekete-Tofflemire has spent her time in lockdown making quilts and having fun with Facebook friends. Diane has been busy making quilts. In fact, she made seven such quilts as Mother’s Day approached and had her Facebook friends submit their names. The names were put in a hat and drawn, with each ‘winner’ receiving a homemade quilt, complete with personalized labels made by her mother. She called the project the ‘Group of Seven’, using leftover fabric from other projects. She and her husband John reside in Leamington. One of Diane Tofflemire’s quilts
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