Saskia and Darrel include many genres with their new CD Songbirds.
The duo, which delves into roots, Celtic, bluegrass, folk and blues, performs March 18 at St. John the Divine Church at 579 Fifth St. in Courtenay at 7:30 p.m.
Snowbirds is the name given to winter-weary Canadians who flock to the deserts of Arizona, California and Mexico to escape the long northern winter. Folk singers Saskia and Darrel spend most of their year in the Prairie provinces playing their particular brand of music, and for them, the east coast of Vancouver Island is their winter Mecca.
Even though these songbirds have a skewed migration pattern, they love their winter nesting habitat and on March 18 they are bursting out in song to herald the coming of spring and also to signal their departure back to summer feeding grounds.
Tickets for the show are at Blue Heron Books in Comox and at the Courtenay Alano Club (543 Sixth St.). Tickets are also available at the door.
There will be a sliding scale. For those who would like to attend the concert and a $15 ticket is too steep, donate what you can afford at the door. Partial proceeds from this concert will go the Alanon Club.
This concert is to help raise awareness and possibly a few funds to help out the Courtenay Alano Club, whose mandate is the provision of support services for the mental, physical and social well-being of individuals recovering from alcohol and/or drug addictions.
— Saskia and Darrel
