“Beckon wants fans to share short video clips for the duo's Beautiful Life video. The Owen Sound area singer/songwriters, Beth Hamilton and Connie Rossiter, are asking for video clips 10 seconds long showing your beautiful moments -- a wedding, a child's first steps, and especially scenes from this area.....It's the duo's first commercial video, and the song will be the first single released from their first CD...”

“BE PART OF BECKON'S FIRST MUSIC VIDEO - On Monday, April 9th a film crew will gather in the early hours at Beth’s Music Studio in Owen Sound to prepare for an all day music video shoot for Beckon’s debut single “Beautiful Life.” The music video will combine professional footage of Beckon performing the song along with home videos from people’s “real” beautiful lives. It truly is a beautiful life for Beth Hamilton and Connie Rossitter of Beckon, who were ecstatic to receive funding from FACTOR (Foundation for Assisting Canadian Talent on Record) in support of their first album.”

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“LOCAL MUSICIANS COMING TOGETHER FOR ONE BIG WINTER NIGHT OF FUN: I think Josh Richardson is onto something. The Owen Sound musician and impresario's intriguing Lupercalia Winter Art and Culture Festival promises at the very least a long, pleasant, diverting evening….Off the top, what I like about Lupercalia is its sole reliance, at least for now, on entirely regional and mostly Owen Sound-area performers --singers, songwriters, musicians who play instruments, people who coax sound out of a variety of electronic devices, film makers, visual artists..."It's total grassroots," Richardson said. " We're relying on local business. It's really community based."... They range from favourite stalwart veterans like songwriters Larry Jensen, Bryan Leckie and Wagler and Morelli, all at Norma Jean's, and Beckon (The Ginger Press), to young bands and emerging Indiestyle performers like Liam Sanagan (The River Cafe) and better-known local rockers like Undergound 66 and Rajasi (Jazzmyn's)...”

“BUILDING A DREAM ON BORROWED GUITARS: One only needs to be in the presence of Beth Hamilton and Connie Sinclair-Rossitter for a matter of seconds in order to realize that there is something special about them. The Owen Sound residents who make up the musical duo 'Beckon' took some time out of their busy schedules this week to sit down with The Independent over some coffee at McGinty's to talk about their journey toward establishing a career in music. ARTICLE CONT"D follow link:”

“MUSICIANS UNITE FOR FLEMING'S CAUSE: To say Orangeville musician Matthew Shawn Fleming faces a few challenges in life is an understatement. Suffering from Type I diabetes, as well as battling kidney problems and blindness, the 48-year-old is on a waiting list for both a pancreas and kidney transplant....It is that determination and spirit that has inspired an impressive list of musicians to visit Orangeville for The Concert, a benefit event being held at the Orangeville Town Hall Opera House on Sept. 19 at 7:30 p.m. The lengthy list of performers includes Al Cross, Bob Hewus, Steve Kennedy, Norman Liota, Kim Ratcliffe, Don Ross, Mike Stevens, David Woodhead, Beckon, Mark DuBois, Debbie Jordan, Larry Kurtz, Jani Lauzon, David Nairn, Leisa Way, The Evil Orange Consort and The First Friday Soul Singers. ARTICLE CONT'D - follow link:”

“DUO BECKONS YOU TO FARMERS' MARKET: Last Friday those that visited the Meaford Farmers' Market were treated to the guitar driven, southern influenced sounds of recording artist and new Meaford resident Will Matthews, and the entertainment continues this Friday as market patrons will be able to enjoy the soothing voices of up and coming Owen Sound duo Beckon. Beth Hamilton and her song-smith partner Connie Sinclair Rossiter have had a busy summer writing and performing music in the Grey-Bruce area and beyond including a recent performance at Owen Sound's 'OTHERfolk' Festival. Sinclair-Rossitter is a fourth generation resident of the area, Hamilton is a recent transplant, and together they are making music that resonates with images of tranquil living away from the big city, and an earthiness that can only be found in a rural community. ARTICLE CONT'D follow link:”

“On Sept. 19, musicians from far and wide will gather at the Orangeville Opera House to perform a benefit concert for a musician who has been referred to as one of a kind – Matthew Shawn Fleming. Those performing will include Al Cross, Bob Hewus, Norman Liota, Kim Ratcliffe, Don Ross, Mike Stevens and David Woodhead. Also on stage will be Beckon, Mark Dubois, Debbie Jordan, Larry Kurtz, Jan Lauzon, David Nairn and Leisa Way, as well as the First Friday Soul Singers and, of course, Evil Orange Consort.”

“CONCERT TO AID HOMELESSNESS INITIATIVE: A concert June 12, with Larry Jensen, Beckon and Anne and David Beverly-Foster will raise money to help curb homelessness in Owen Sound. The third annual Bringing It Home concert is at 7 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, in benefit of the non-profit Safe ‘n Sound Homelessness Initiative. The group runs an emergency shelter program and provides advocacy, resources and support for homeless people in the city in conjunction with several community services. Jensen is a longtime Owen Sound singer and songwriter who last year received the city’s first-ever Owen Sound Cultural award in the music category. Beckon is an increasingly popular area singer/songwriter duo featuring Beth Hamilton and Connie Rossiter. Beckon has held monthly sessions for songwriters at The Downtown Bookstore as part of the Georgian Bay Folk Society’s Monday Night Music Series. ARTICLE CONT'D follow link:”

“OWEN SOUND DUO BECKONS YOU TO MCGUINTY'S: Sean Cotton plays McGuinty’s in Meaford on Sat, June 5th with Owen Sound area duo Beckon. It is a rare event when Sean gets to move into the spotlight and offer an intimate acoustic presentation of his solo material. Sean is more commonly heard as the harmony singing guitar player in the international touring act The Undesirables....Connie Sinclair-Rossitter and Beth Hamilton of the duo Beckon, will be opening the show on June 5th. Their music is as honest and timeless as the third generation farm house that the duo writes and rehearses in. They have lived, loved, lost and laughed, and beckon you to come and hear them sing. ARTICLE CONT'D follow link:”

“Connie Sinclair-Rossitter was just five the first time she sang in public. It was for the 1980 Sun Times/CFOS Christmas broadcast. She gave the crowdI Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus, and performed at the annual event each year after that until shyness took over in her early teens. No longer shy, and busily building a following as one half of the singing and songwriting duo Beckon, Sinclair-Rossitter will be back on the Roxy stage and on the air Sunday with duo partner Beth Hamilton as part of the 70th annual charity broadcast. Raised near Kemble, Sinclair- Rossitter recently returned to the family farm to raise her own family, after years in Toronto, Calgary and Orangeville, where she met and began singing with Beckon's Beth Hamilton. ARTICLE CONT'D follow link:”