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Hey there! Sara Hillis here to announce the annual Come by the Hills Canada Day extravaganza! It may be coming a day late, but it will not be a loony short, especially with me as the host. We'll have three hours of Canada-themed songs, songs by Canadian artists, and even a few of the "Canada Vignettes" produced by our National Film Board (yes, the other NFB) which were a staple of my childhood TV experience. Oh, and don't worry. There will be some stan Rogers! There's always room for Stan! So come celebrate Canada Day in song and story, this week on Come by the Hills!

Hello! Sara Hillis here to assure you that Come by the Hills is back this week! Yes, after the celebrations of Paul McCartney's birthday last week, Folk and Celtic music is firmly back in its proper place on Mushroom FM! We've got a few long songs in honour of the longest day of the year which is just passed in the Northern Hemisphere, a few Buffy Sainte-Marie songs to honour the recently passed National Indigenous Peoples Day here in Canada, and a lot more great music besides! We've even got a few jugs of punch to wet your whistle, tin or otherwise.

Yes, it's that time again on Mushroom FM's Folk and Celtic music show, when we devote the whole three hours to the life and music of Stan Rogers, an amazing musician from Canada whose music is known around the world. We'll explore various themes in the music and even share some dramatic collaborations between Rogers and CBC Radio. We do this in June every year, because it was in June that Stan tragically died in a plane accident on his way home from a United States folk festival at the age of thirty-three.

Hello hello! Sara Hillis here to assure you that we've got a live Come by the Hills this week! The 'lads and lasses--and dogs' playlist from two weeks ago has been waiting patiently to be played, so we'll be doing that this week, and then next week, we'll be doing our annual Stan Rogers tribute. It's good to know that things are back on track again.

Catch Come by the Hills live on Saturday at 2:00 PM eastern, or check out the replay on Tuesday at 5:00 AM Eastern. However and whenever you listen, I hope you'll enjoy it!

Hello, Sara Hillis here! AS many of you know, Come by the Hills was cancelled last week due to a power outage caused by some very severe weather in my area. So, I promised you that I would do the show I had planned for last week this week instead. Well, I have been absolutely crazy busy the past week and have had no time to put that show together for you. However, as it is the last weekend of May, I thought it would be nice to revisit our May Day episode for this year. So, thanks for your indulgence, and I promise I'll be back with a new show next week!

Hello! Sara Hillis here again. I know I promised you a fun show about lads and lasses this week, but nature has had her way with us around here and we currently have no power. Consequently, there will be know Come by the Hills this week, and the show I had planned will be presented next week instead. I'm very sorry for this, but I hope you'll tune in again next week. Thanks and have a great week!

Hello! Sara Hillis here to tell you about this week's lad-and-lass-laden edition of come by the Hills! My lovely little black Labrador guide dog, Aladdin, the lad with a lad in his name, is turning nine on Saturday, so we will hear lots of songs about lads and, to be fair, some lasses as well. We'll maybe throw in a couple of songs about dogs, and we'll generally have a great time!

Tune in to Come by the Hills live on Saturday at 2:00 PM Eastern, or catch the replay on Tuesday at 5:00 AM Eastern. However and whenever you listen, enjoy! And oh yes. Happy birthday, Aladdin!

Hello! Sara Hillis here again to let you in on what's coming up on this week's iminetly impending installment of Come by the Hills, Mushroom FM's Folk and Celtic Music show! We've got songs about coming and going in the first hour, a few songs about staying and leaving in the second hour, and songs about weddings, valleys, and a few songs from some of the "Rough Guide" albums along the way. So why not hang out with me for a few hours if you have the chance?

Hello again! Sara Hillis here to share with you what's coming up on this week's exciting and fun edition of Come by the Hills. In the first hour, we've got songs about mothers in honour of Mother's Day here in North America, and later on, we've got some Mary Black, Leonard Cohen, Stan Rogers, The High Kings and much more! So why not hang out with us? Forget the Blue Jays and their double-header, or join it late. It'll still be there when we're done. *smile*

Hello! Sara Hillis here to tell you what's in store on this week's iminent and impending edition of Come by the Hills! It's almost May Day, so we'll be playing songs about Maying, may poles and the like, as well as songs about spring and fertility, and even cuckoos! Also, we're going to dedicate this week's show to the memory of John Rae, an amazing advocate and activist for Canada's blind community and also a listener. He passed away suddenly on April 8th, and I wanted to wait till I had the time to do a good show for him.