Thrilled to announce our first 3 wonderful SoulShine Garden Concerts for this summer 2022!!

Please save your seats directly through EventBrite HERE OR if you live on the Sunshine Coast you can also purchase seats at One Flower One Leaf Gallery in Lower Gibsons (436 Marine Dr.)

Last year I experimented with a sliding scale approach and I was so pleasantly surprised at the generosity of folks who really wanted to add extra support to the artists. Professional touring artists and the entire arts and culture sector have been hit hard since 2020.  Most of our artists have been shut out of their careers due to venues closing and festival cancellations. This year looks like humanity can celebrate on all accounts. Let’s connect in community and raise each others spirits together. Hope you can join us for some amazing music in our beautiful garden.

More shows to come!

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Super thrilled to announce this wonderful show!

Please join us for a fun-loving time with these very talented women. I’m so happy to be opening with some of my own songs and to bring more of my friends to our little Sunshine Coast town of Gibsons. The wonderful Anna Lumiere will be joining me on piano.

With nine critically acclaimed releases, a #1 single, a JUNO Award, and a devoted fanbase blanketing the globe, roots-pop combo The Good Lovelies are among Canada’s brightest musical lights. The hardworking trio of Caroline Brooks, Kerri Ough, and Susan Passmore — guitar-wielding songwriters all, and queens of the goose bump–raising three-part harmony.

Get your tickets before May 31st… and save! HERE
Eventbrite and I have made friends so no more spread sheets with endless names and emails for me.

Our first 3 shows of the SoulShine Summer Concert Series will launch soon…. so keep in contact

The Good Lovelies were just so darn Lovely.  Another great success!
I had a blast opening the show alongside Anna Lumiere and look forward to hosting them again down the road.

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For those of you who have yet to witness the fun I have with GD/BC….get your tickets now!!
It’s a busy wknd for me, so I will likely only be performing at the Legion show.

Hope to see you there shaking your bones
Tickets on sale HERE

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I had a wonderful , heartwarming time singing for the community at the White Rock – Centre for Spiritual Living last weekend.  Fortunately they ramped up their techy side and went online in early 2020. Now the whole world can tune in to their sunday service and enjoy the inspirational insights. I had the pleasure of sharing a few of my songs on April 24th and I will do it again on May 8th.

Here is topic for last week and I’m sure each week has plenty to offer your heart and soul. I performed Blessed to Witness, Carry Me Home and covered the classic Let It Be.

Creativity: Boldly Go….
So far, we have looked at the creative impulse in the individual, danced with our donkeys of resistance, transcended the world of effect to expand our visions, and embraced a higher idea of our own divinity.
What’s left? It’s time to get off our “nots” and bring our creative selves and whatever it is we are wanting to do, to the world. As stated in the monthly theme summary, when we dare to present our talents, gifts, and passions, we are both vulnerable and victorious.
Here’s the issue: if we want to be victorious, we must be vulnerable. We must open our hearts, let down our ego defenses, and dare to live authentically if we want the rewards of a life well-lived.
This week is not about judging the quality of a performance or assessing the efficacy of a product. This week is all about each of us knowing our authentic life purpose.

If you visit their site you can get the info on how to join the Zoom hour each week.
Perhaps I will see your smiling face on May 8th. HERE

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So I must take this time to introduce you to my dear friend Candice Roberts. She is one of the most talented women I know, not to mention the most hilarious!

Her one woman show called Larry will resurface after a 2 year shut down and we on the Sunshine Coast have the great pleasure of hosting her and sharing this outstanding show with you all.

Please purchase your tickets right away ….since I am sure it will sell out. TICKETS HERE

NOW go get your SoulShine Garden Concert Series seats secured…. so we can cruise on into this summer together

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Picking up Ukulele in the spring of 2020 was a real treat for me. I’ve enjoyed performing as a singer for most of my life, hitting the stage at 5 years young. Songwriting came later in my 20′s and has been a magical experience with songs surfacing as melody and lyric often at the same time…..with no instrument to guide my way.  I hear so much beyond the melody and experimented with these sounds in my debut solo CD “Shadow of  Star” released in 2001. You can hear samples and purchase on Itunes HERE.

I’m working away on another batch of songs and have been in the initial phases of recording. Both Uke song #1 “Blessed to Witness” and #2 “Free To Be Me” were posted to Youtube upon what felt like completion. Seems I’ve come full circle in so many ways. The past 2 decades have been driven by my work with Vancouver’s Hot Club of Mars. Booking and managing this collection of merry musicians has been one of my greatest honours. World renowned luthier and gran-daddy of gypsy jazz Michael Dunn, took me under his wing months after my move from Ontario to BC in 2002. We have stirred up toe-tapping, swinging fun on endless stages at festivals, dance halls, restaurants and theatres. Not sure what the future holds for this project but I’m open and absolutely adore the Hot Club of Mars repertoire. That said – it is time for a little shift

A NEW CHAPTER – 2022 will see a focused shift from Hot Club chanteuse to singer songwriter. The Deanna Knight Tree-O will most often feature piano and bass, though I am privileged to know a great number of very talented musicians. Perhaps we will experiment a little as this  new project unfolds. I’m really trying to get my ducks in a row. So much so that I sm hiring some help If you or someone you know has skills in music marketing and a passion for heart and healing….please contact me directly. I have plans for a website upgrade perhaps to Bandzoogle? I’d like to  finally offer access to streaming both my solo work and The Hotties 2 CD’s. I could use an update and training on newer social networks, an Elist revamp, regular NEW Youtube posts and more.

NEW SONG – Uke song #3  My Own Creation
These newest songs are pretty raw still but I like to get them out into the world in this format. You can let me know what you think and I have a wee document of them in early days

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It’s a GO!!!!!! We are beyond thrilled to announce our 2021 SoulShine Garden Concert Series. Wow – what fun we will have in our gorgeous garden setting of Secret Beach B&B in Gibsons, BC.   Join us on Thursday evenings 7-9pm in July and Aug. We will celebrate a variety of music genres with TOP notch Canadian artists, all in a safe outdoor space together. Community and song…carry on We do hope to live stream on FaceBook and perhaps Youtube?

RSVP me directly via email or phone. DtheSinger@gmail.com / 604 362 1280.
Include the show you would like to attend, the number of seats you would like to request and I will direct you from there.
These concerts are all LIMITED SEATING

Thur. July 1 – Valdy – 2 shows SOLD OUT
Thur. July 8 – Deanna Knight Tree-O
Thur. July 15 – Chris Ronald Trio
Thur. July 22 – The Myrtle Sisters
Thur. Aug 5 – The Burying Ground 
Thur. Aug 12 – Dawn Pemberton - SOLD OUT
Thur. Aug 19 – Oliver Swain
Thur. Aug 26 – Deanna & the Hot Club of Mars – SOLD OUT

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The Secret Beach Garden Stage is primed for another amazing summer series of outstanding talent. We are just waiting on a “Thumbs Up” from Dr. Bonnie Henry to allow us once again to have 50 folks attend each of our social distanced – very safe – acoustic concerts in our garden. Last summer was a great success and we have some REALLY amazing artists to share this year….I mean I can’t even believe it myself. Not ready to announce the line-up until we know for sure that it can happen but I suspect by July and August we will get the OK. Stay connected through my mailing list and be sure to join us via live stream if you are not in our area.

Secret Beach Garden Stage is located at our beautiful B&B in Gibsons. BC. You can check it out HERE

I had a great time designing this new logo….Let your Soul Shine and support the Arts!!!!

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