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| Leoffenders en route for Montreal in April Leoffenders will be going to Montreal for 10 days in April to record 4 songs with producer Mathieu Dandurand. There will also be a few small shows in the city, which is pretty exciting as this is new territory for Leoffenders, we will announce the dates as soon as we get them |
| Danielle will be in Nashville to record as part of a solo project Danielle will be in Nashville for two weeks in February to work on new solo material. |
| Winding down the Olympic shows We are still in the Olympic run of shows, but it nears the end, there is one more Leoffenders show on February 26th at the Place de la Francophonie on Granville Island, we will take part in the singer-songwriter night with two of our songs and one classic French song. Josée will also perform on the closing night show February 28th. |
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| New Olympic show added! Leoffenders will now be performing at the Vancouver LiveCity Stage on Georgia Street downtown on February 14th at 3 PM, link to the official site on the calendar! |
| Leoffenders at the Vancouver Olympic Games music events We will perform a number of times at the Village de la Francophonie on Granville Island in Vancouver, details on the calendar to the right The Experience BC Pavillion : we play on February 12th at 1PM to 1:30Pm, Robson Square, Vancouver |
| December 31st to January 12 Danielle goes to Nashville to record music for Leoffenders. 5 bed tracks have been recorded, 4 of which are French songs intended to be produced for the Musicaction grant they received in December and the other one is an english song called 'if you don't tell' |
| January 2010 As you likely noticed, there was no release party for the music video produced by Radio-Canada. The project was shelved because of the Olympic programming. We do not have information as to when this will take place in the future. We will let you know. |
| December 3 2009 Leoffenders is awarded a recording and promotion grant from Musicaction for 4 songs Wow! Leoffenders just received the news that Musicaction (the french equivalent of FACTOR) awarded us with a grant to record and promote 4 songs to the radio. The songs are Ma Tête, Demain, D'espace et de vent and the brand new Le temps qui passe. |
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| November 4th You are all invited to be a part of Leoffenders first music video shoot. It will take place at the CBC building in Vancouver If you are interested please email us or call Josée at 360 333 3081and let us know so we have an idea of how many people will show up. |
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| October 4 2009 Josée has become the proud mom of Charles Arthur Pierce. All went well and the mom and baby are doing great. Congratulations to Josée! |
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| À LA RADIO! Leoffenders vient de lancer son premier single sur toutes les radios canadiennes. La chanson 'Ma tête' est disponible à toutes les stations de radios par le biais de 45tours.ca. Alors appelez votre radio locale et demandez Leoffenders et Ma tête!! Voyez le communiqué |
| August 5 & 6 2009 Leoffenders went to Radio Canada to record the song Demain that was the first phase of the prize fro winning the Muziklips contest. We had Pierre Beaudoin as a producer and Richard Champagne was the engineer. The sessions went extemely well and everyone was really happy with the results! |
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August 4 2009 Leoffenders is the main feature on the CJSF radio show Melodies in Mind with Ryan Fletcher, hear the interview by clicking on this link |
| August 2 2009
Leoffenders plays the main stage at the Festival Spirit of the Sea in White Rock BC |
| July 2009 As part of the Muziklips contest they won earlier in May, Leoffenders learned that the recording dates for their song 'Demain' with Radio-Canada's producer Pierre Beaudoin will be on August 5th and 6th |
| July 9 2009 Listen to the live CITR interview for the French Connexion radio show Leoffenders did on July 9 by visiting this link |
| July 2009 Leoffenders is invited to play at the Spirit of the Sea Festival in White Rock on August 2 at 2 pm. Visit the festival site |
| July First 2009 Canada Day! Leoffenders plays with Femmes en Chansons at the Canada Day Celebrations downtown Vancouver |
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June 2009 Another article about Leoffenders appears in the Powell River newspaper, to read click on this link: Francophone singer wins award |
| June 24 2009 Leoffenders plays two sets in the Whistler Village under the pouring rain to celebrate St Jean Baptiste. Josee and Danielle were accompanied by Elliot Polsky. Nina distributed free copies of the single Ma Tete. Despite the weather it was a fun show in the future Olympic village. |
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| June 10 2009
Leoffenders has a first pre-production meeting with the producer for the Muziklip contest the girls won earlier in May. It looks like the recording of the new song 'Demain' will take place in August and the filming of the video in November 09. |
| June 8th 2009
Leoffenders plays the Beaumont to a very enthusiastic crowd! A video of the performance will soon be online. |
June 3rd 2009 The Peak newspaper in Powell River has an article about Leoffenders and Josée ( who was born and raised there!) To read the article click this link : Duo's song wins competition |
May 29th 2009 A two minutes portrait of Leoffenders is aired on the evening news on Radio Canada Television in Vancouver to view it go to Radio Canada Click on the calendar called 'regardez nos bulletins' A screen will open and a commercial will play, Then on the screen you will see 1\2 and there is an arrow next to it Click on the arrow so you are on 2\2, this is the second part of the news and Leoffenders comes on right away, it is 2 minutes long! |
May 27th Leoffenders' first French single 'Ma Tête' gets played for the first time on Radio Canada Vancouver at 4:55 PM! |
May 24th 2009 Leoffenders is featured in an interview with CKSB Winnipeg and plays 3 songs live on the radio! Hear parts of the interview! |
May 15 2009 Leoffenders is featured in the Edmonton French newspaper 'le Franco' to read the article (in French!) click on this link |
| May 1st 2009 On May first the event : Le mai de la chanson commence aujourd'hui ( the month of may in song starts today) gets underway. Josee and Danielle have been selected to be part of this event sponsored by Radio-Canada, ANIM, and "Operation Chanson". From May first to June 12 this event will showcase western Canada's francophone artists. Radio Canada will prioritize the repertoire of the chosen artists, interviews will be aired and an interactive site is available. for more information visit : www.radio-canada.ca/maidelachanson (sorry it's all in French!) |
| April 29 2009 Leoffenders just learned that they have won the Muziklip contest organized by the Radio Canada Vancouver. The contest gives the winners the chance to record a new song and shoot a music video for that same song. Amazing! |
April 26 2009 Leoffenders just came back from a wonderful concert in Ottawa. The group represented BC in the BC Scene festival organized by the National Arts Center of Canada. Josée and Danielle were joined by St Pierre and drummer Elliot Polsky and keyboardist Mathieu Dion. The show was a total success. Thanks to Michel Dozois from the CNA for the invitation and the superlative accomodations, dinner and fun all around. |
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| April 19 2009 Leoffenders shot short videos for the "Mai de la Chanson" event organized by Radio Canada Alberta. The event showcases a number of Francophone artists from Western Canada. Interviews and songs will be aired on the radio, a web site with the clips will be set up and more events are set around this celebration of music. |
| April 7 2009 Leoffenders is really honored to play the Just Singing' Round showcase at the Stanley Park Rowing Club in Vancouver.Thanks Yvonne! |
April 4 2009 Leoffenders plays a concert at the Spectacles Nouvelle Scène presented by Maison de la Francophonie de Vancouver. |
March 9 to 16 2009 Les rencontres qui chantent Wow... what a week...the Alliance nationale de l’industrie musicale (ANIM) and the Festival en chanson de Petite-Vallée join forces with the Francophone Cultural Centre of Vancouver and the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad, to present Les rencontres qui chantent in Western Canada. |
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| March 4 2009 Première of the play Lentement La Beauté produced by the théâtre la Seizième in Vancouver in co-production with the Edmonton Francophone theatre. Danielle composed the music for the play and the show and the music were a huge success. |
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Octobre 2008 Leoffenders présente un showcase éclair aux Western Canadian Music Awards à Edmonton. Le showcase est reçu avec grand enthousiasme. C'est lors de ce voyage que les filles décident d'appeler le groupe Leoffenders! |
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