Jeffery Straker

thanks - and yes he is! he's fantastic

Lots of folks ask about how Telemiracle works behind the scenes. Here’s an unsung hero: Director George Hupka! This guy calls every stage move in our in-eat monitors for 22 hours. No viewer knows he’s there doing it. But without him the whole thing would fall apart. Thx George!

After the Telemiracle telethon on the weekend a few Kin who answered phones told me hilarious stories about a couple folks who called in with commentary/questions for me! haha. I'll share em at these upcoming shows. Songs & stories hitting the highway in March & April! #edmonton #saskatoon #yorkton

I’m waking up this morning with a big grin! Saskatchewan you did it, a new record at Telemiracle💥☎️ All that generosity gave us 10.5 million reasons to be so proud. What a way to mark 50 years of this incredible telethon. I was honoured to host & perform again in this giant team effort.What a ride!

It’s Telemiracle weekend Saskatchewan. And it’s the 50th anniversary of this wonderful telethon that changes people‘s lives for the better one donation at a time. Let’s ring those phones!☎️ Where are we going? HIGHER! #saskatchewan

The cast & committee of @Telemiracle 50 stopped in to visit the great folks at Cosmo Learning Centre in Regina SK. They always do fundraisers and are always so excited for the telethon! Oh, I wish I could bottle up their energy and spirit. RING THOSE PHONES! ☎️ 💥

It’s Telemiracle week in Saskatchewan! It was proclaimed by MLA Megan Patterson in the legislative building in Regina today. She read out the act of legislation that made it official! It’s the 50th anniversary of the amazing telethon. Get ready to ring those phones this weekend Feb 28-March 1!

Kids are great! I was given this gr8 poster by a young gaffer at a recent show. “I love your music” complete with stickers❤️🏆 Speaking of kids, I’m looking forward to my show Sat Feb 21 in Prince Albert SK shared with the P.A. Children’s Choir. Is there a collaboration? Come find out ! #princealbert

My partner Michael pulled out all the stops with the Valentines meal he made. He asked if I could pick anything for dessert, what would it be? I said: what about Banoffee Pie?! (I ate it a few times in Ireland when there in university) He baked a topnotch Banoffee that was EVERYTHiNG. What a meal!!

It’s kind of wavy on top with parts of it having settled more than other!

The Meskanaw Trestle - built in 1929 by the Canadian National Railway is Saskatchewan's longest wooden railway trestle bridge. The last train crossed it in 1979. Drove past it today (Hwy 41) & it's really something to see! #saskatchewan

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The Olympic curling 'Cdn double touch' scandal, complete with F-bombs, is fascinating! The game has sure changed. I remember back in our small town Saskatchewan curling club, the only scandal of this size was that there weren't enough cup holders along the ice for everyone's rye & coke lol #curling

Went to the Ukrainian Co-op to stock up & get more stamps on our Sausage of the Month cards. Who will fill theirs first? This is basically Heated Rivalry, the Regina edition 😂😂

I just donated to @Telemiracle & you should too! This is the 50th year of the telethon (Congrats Kinsmen/Kinettes on this HUGE achievement!) It hits the air Feb 28-Mar 1 on CTV + streaming on the Telemiracle website. Get your donation in early-it counts in the TOTAL! telemiracle.com

2 years ago we hauled a piano onto a frozen pond near Rouleau SK for a video shoot. It was BITTERLY cold but also really 'grey' which was what we needed so we pushed through. Let down your guard & be YOU. Be a bright red suit on a grey day. This is "Sing Your Song" www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyBc...

Headed back to Silvia’s Italian Cafe in Regina. Great food, great company, great gossip, great discussions about Heated Rivalry. Silvia is such a top notch host. So good! #regina #yqr

A real honour! And I’m not ‘kidding’. Myself & my guitar player had twin goats named after us! Nokomis gal & fan (Christine) had 2 goats born on her farm & named them:Jeffery & Bryn. This is the Sask. equivalent of winning a Grammy Award!💥😂🐐 I gotta hoof it to Nokomis I wanna meet them so baaaad

Coming up I have FOUR(!) shows in Saskatchewan-here we go:
Melfort Feb 14 (Benefit for SPCA)
Prince Albert Feb 21 (supporting the Air Cadets)
Yorkton Mar 7 (Parlour Barber Shop)
Kelliher Mar 8 (Legion Hall)
Sask folks, come on out and bring a friend! 🎹💥 info/tickets on website #saskatchewan

BOOK LOVERS! Just finished this; a real page turner. it's based on the author's mom/dad in the British MI6 secret service in Moscow in 1958 at the height of the cold war. Mom was on a deep cover mission sniffing out an embassy traitor. KGB followed her everywhere. Mind-blowing + so well written!

yes this is exactly it here - there's nowhere to put it! they have to scrape/load/truck it all up to the north city lots for piling and melting. intensive process that just takes time!

Got to Toronto for a show. This snow from the big dump earlier this week is something else!! #winter #gta

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A pre-show roast beef supper complete with biscuits & jelly salad, AND someone in the audience brought me a gift of a dozen home made cinnamon buns. A night playing a concert in Nokomis Saskatchewan ! Ps: there was also matrimonial cake #saskatchewan #piano

West & East! Tues Jan 27 I perform in Nokomis SK at the Centennial Hall and Fri Jan 30 in Scarborough Ontario at the Olde Stone Cottage Loft. One for the West & one for the East. Hope to see you at a show! #piano #folkmusic #scarborough #nokomis

Home town kindness!! Amazing start to the year of shows with a packed house in Calgary at Fish Creek Concerts. AND former hometown Punnichy folks in front row-Jean & Al Benko. JEAN MADE ME MITTENS! And they're SO WARM. thank you Jean, what an awesome gift! #gift #calgary

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Brought some!!!!

Winter drive to Calgary for a show tonight with Fish Creek Concerts. It was -45C leaving Regina this morning. It’s -10C arriving in Calgary. So we’ve obvs packed our flip flops🌞🌴 got a great crowd coming out for this one - a few tix left at the door! Come join us.Leanne Lightfoot opening the show

Big Thanks CKUA Radio in Alberta for spinning my tunes this past week leading up to the big show in Calgary this Friday night! Folks are letting me know they're hearing them on your airwaves. THANKS hosts: Allison Brock, Tom Coxworth, Grant Stovel #radio #alberta @ckua.com.web.brid.gy