CARLYLE — For a couple of hours on June 8, the Carlyle Community Theatre was a music hall, as Winsome Kind, a husband-wife music group from southeast Saskatchewan, entertained about 50 people with their style of music.
Scott and Leora Joy Perrie have been writing and playing music together for 10 years – the same length of time since they met and fell in love.
One of the purposes of the concert was to launch their latest album, entitled Mantras For A Magical Life. It consists of nine short songs that, according to their press release, are intended to bring comfort, activate magic, heal hearts and empower minds.
The show was opened by the father/son duo Porphyrios from Estevan. Daniel Espelian and his son Mavrik, entertained the audience with their original bluesy, rock and roll songs for half an hour before turning things over to Winsome Kind, who played for about 75 minutes, singing songs featured on their previous three albums.
As well as singing, Scott plays an acoustic guitar and Leora plays her melodica. About halfway through their set, they played all the songs featured on their latest album. Their three children, Avery, Jasper and Eliza, joined them on stage to help out at times, as did two of their music students, Laurie Fornwald and Jessica Shirley.
Thanks to a grant from the Oxbow & Area Cultural Committee, Leora and Scott will be holding a musical theatre kids’ camp in Oxbow’s Bow Valley Park from July 21-23. The camp will wind up with a small show, giving the children an opportunity to present what they have learned and for Winsome Kind to play their music.
They are currently at the front end of a 14-stop musical tour that began in Texas in May and will wind up in September in Estevan. The tour includes several stops throughout Western Canada.
When not entertaining, Leora teaches voice lessons and Scott gives guitar lessons – all in their home studio. Scott also works very part-time at the family farm and offers massage and bodywork as a certified spa therapist, also in his home studio.
Scott will also be giving beginner guitar lessons at the Kenosee Lake Kitchen Party in August as part of their kids’ music camp.
