Jerry & Eileen's GORGG 2005 Photo Site

Logo artwork ^©P-Dominique Plante 2005

The 7th Annual

G lobal
O n
R eflection
G iant
G athering

October 22 – 29, 2005
Québec City, Québec, Canada
“LeGORGG”

Photos

SATURDAY the 22nd
Best Western Centre-ville (City Center), rue de la Couronne, Québec –
“LeHospitalité Suite”; The Downtown, rue St-Joseph est

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GORGGanizers P-Dominique
Plante & Pierre Bordeleau
Toby’s latest creation ... all
the cool kids are gettin’ ’em!
GORGGanizers Janelle
Desbiens & Denis Boucher

“This is my quest, to follow...”
Jerry & Eileen McCarthy
Pierre & Do built it,
and they came
Jerry and Anne & Marc Catera
model racy new beer fashions

Eileen has Marco Catera
all wrapped up
Giant Bookends
Gary Green | Kerry Minnear
Catera Cids
Gabriella and Marco

SUNDAY the 23rd
Best Western – Lobby; Restaurant L’Astral at Loews Le Concorde,
cours du Général-de-Montcalm

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Pat & Dave Astley greeting
Lynn Mortimore (board detail)
Glen Bourgeois and Ant
Bowles join the fray
Nighttime Québec gleams
below the rotating L’Astral

MONDAY the 24th
Best Western – Hospitality Suite; La Piazzetta, rue St-Joseph est

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Survey says...pair o’drummers
Malcolm and John
Armadale, Scotland’s John Burns
meets Old Man and the GORGG
Jaws 7: The Adults Bite Back
Gabriella & Anne

Jacques Arsenault
at La Piazzetta
Stephane Sladek and Ant
catch up
Jörg Weinert
awaits his pizza

The Sladek’s: Magali,
Stephane, Pierre, Caroline
Jacques, Eileen, and
Ant in the Suite
“In the end, full of gladness...”
LeComité: c’est fantastique!

Gaz and Malc with
François Rochette
Stephane et Magali
arrive for dinner
Gary Green and Lesley Minnear
In The Midnight Hour

TUESDAY the 25th
Best Western – Lobby & Hospitality Suite;
Bistro Les Bossus, rue St-Joseph est

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The Weathers’ weather the cold
Carol & John.P
Marco & his Dad
hitting the pool
Jerry and Gary’s failed “Lobby
Beautification Initiative”

José Carlos Fialho
and Pierre Bordeleau
Denis Boucher and
François Bernatchez
LeComité with Ed Hurst
and Ant

Mike Harper, Mikko Alapuro,
François, and Marc Margolies
Reborn Jots. I mean Jon Roberts.
Oy, now he’s got me doing it!
Relaxing in the Suite
Pugwash, Sr., and Mr. Burns

Gary & Virtual Judy Green:
checking in on the AWOL
Jörg, Jerry, and
Mr. & Mrs. Weathers
tBitB with Maître d’ Jean Pagé
He saw GG play 28 times!

“I can assure you, my friend...”
MM+JMc in The Gangs of QC
“Who would believe me now
that my hands are free...?”
Complimentary cabaret every
Tuesday at Les Bossus!

WEDNESDAY the 26th
Best Western – Hospitality Suite; La Piazzetta, rue St-Joseph est

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MG-bert finally gets to GORGG!
Marc Guilbert
Barney and Sr. check out real
estate in Urdz on Google Earth
GORGG: a curious mixture
of high-tech & low-brow!

Fear The Bird
Jer and Ker er... confer?
“Guy with a duck walks into a bar”
gg and Lindsey Spratt
Rich Hilton drops
in on Québec City

THURSDAY the 27th
Vieux-Québec (The Old City); Chute Montmorency (Falls);
Best Western – Dinner in Restaurant La Serre (The Greenhouse)
& “LeRaffle & LeSilent Auction” in the Hospitality Suite

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Carol invents The Jester Slide
(Nicole Taillon, Sculpteur)
Carol, Lesley, and Jerry
in The Old City
Eileen shivers at
Montmorency Falls

Anca West sports a reminder
of *ss-kicking™ bygone days
Well fed and
ready to raffle
The Minnear’s hope to recoup
one of Kerry’s old tour socks

FRIDAY the 28th
Best Western – Hospitality Suite; “LeBiGG Nite Dinner & Jam”
at La Casbah, rue St-Joseph est

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Bob Stowell makes an offer
for Marc’s favorite recorder
Renée-Claude with boyfriend
Benoit and her mom
Never seen a camera before?
Russ Miller and Jerry

Four David’s: Matlock,
Lederman, Vella, and Astley
Brothers Gil and
Yehuda Kotton
The scene is set
at The Casbah

Lindsey Spratt and
Diana Green
Anticipation builds
on LeBiGG Nite
Mikko and Eileen are
dressed for the occasion

Kelly Mullen, Bob Mahood,
Brian Mullen, Hedley Thompson
Jeff & Cory Wilson
from White Plains, NY
The Mortimore’s
Lynn & Malcolm

Chris Buckley raises a glass
to absent friends
Solidarity. Dig it.
Angel & Toby Trott
Kelly Mullen and
Kerry Minnear

Lesley and Pat
Janelle & Denis
Ant and Webmeister Yurst

The Musical Box’s Denis
Gagné is in the house
Judy Stowell and
Jacques Monette
Do puts Jörg’s “GORGG
Face” on for him

The School of Rock
Sam Christensen + Dewey Finn
Thumbs up from Serge
Arsenault and Richard Blouin
Jean-Pierre Bourgeois
and That Vella Fella

France Cordeau with
Dave and Judy
Jerry ♥ Eileen
7-for-7, all Home Runs
The Wilson’s and Buckley
with Charles Boisseau

Let the games begin!
Gary William Green
Shadows on the Street
Kerry Churchill Minnear
Downbeat Location Expert
John Patrick Weathers

Rock the Zydeco – Atcha! ’s
Malcolm Paul Mortimore
Barney and Pierre
testify to the Giant
Denis Boucher
of PDG

Do and JPW are #1
but we’re still no one
Octopus Guitar Duet Redux
Gary and Fred Rosenkamp
The Alucard brass section
Cram & Yesdnil

“Well *I* think it sounded
pretty good, actually...!”
“But fate and skill and
chances play their part...”
Gilles Millette and
Kerry Minnear

GORGG ’07 Host
Jeff Smith
“Can you ever really
have enough guitars?”
Glen Bourgeois indulging
his basser instincts

Kelly and Jon
“Le Freak, C’est Chic”
Jacques Arsenault

“Stimulation, they can do
it for me...”
BiGG Fun
at The Casbah
Steve Christensen’s
baptism by fire

Ahvak runs amok!
Yehuda Kotton
Denis Gagné is buying a
Stairway to Heaven
“...and I hope we passed
the audition.”

SATURDAY the 29th
Quartier Petit Champlain; Palais Montcalm Theatre, place D’Youville;
Au Petit Coin Breton, Grand-Allée est; Best Western – Hospitality Suite

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’05’s “coincidence” on
rue de La Petit-Champlain
Palais Montcalm Theatre
GG did 2 gigs here 22 Mar 73!
Kerry and Marc inspect J.P’s
tambour (yep, that one)

The Choir of Giants abides
Rev. Freehand’s fiery invocation
Group Shot
(see larger version)
The Passing of the Banner
GORGG ’06 heads to Portugal

Do and Lynn
Gary and son Chris Green
Fred and the boys

Beer Bottle Symphony, p. 37 in
101 Things To Do With Beer
“Ain’t Missed One Yet Club”
(see unretouched version!)
LeComité and LeBitB
winding down

Marc Guilbert and
Dave Astley
Super Fly Rubble and
Diana Green
OK, here’s where it maybe
gets a little weird

The Potato Chip Polka
Late-night antics in QC
The House, The Street,
The Room, The Beer
José seals the very last bottle
for the trip back to Lisbon

Giant
“Emerging successful, defiant
Together the parts make a Giant
See the world in the palm of his hand
Striding steps that will cover the land
He is coming, hear him coming
Are you ready for his being?”
– Shulman, Shulman, Shulman, Minnear

This page created and last updated 28 September 2006 by Jerry McCarthy.
Photography by Jerry & Eileen McCarthy, October 2005.

GORGGanizers P-Dominique Plante & Pierre Bordeleau	Toby’s latest creation ... all the cool kids are gettin’ ’em!	GORGGanizers Janelle Desbiens & Denis Boucher
“This is my quest, to follow...” Jerry & Eileen McCarthy	Pierre & Do built it, and they came	Jerry and Anne & Marc Catera model racy new beer fashions
Eileen has Marco Catera all wrapped up	Giant Bookends Gary Green \| Kerry Minnear	Catera Cids Gabriella and Marco

Survey says...pair o’drummers Malcolm and John	Armadale, Scotland’s John Burns meets Old Man and the GORGG	Jaws 7: The Adults Bite Back Gabriella & Anne
Jacques Arsenault at La Piazzetta	Stephane Sladek and Ant catch up	Jörg Weinert awaits his pizza
The Sladek’s: Magali, Stephane, Pierre, Caroline	Jacques, Eileen, and Ant in the Suite	“In the end, full of gladness...” LeComité: c’est fantastique!
Gaz and Malc with François Rochette	Stephane et Magali arrive for dinner	Gary Green and Lesley Minnear In The Midnight Hour

The Weathers’ weather the cold Carol & John.P	Marco & his Dad hitting the pool	Jerry and Gary’s failed “Lobby Beautification Initiative”
José Carlos Fialho and Pierre Bordeleau	Denis Boucher and François Bernatchez	LeComité with Ed Hurst and Ant
Mike Harper, Mikko Alapuro, François, and Marc Margolies	Reborn Jots. I mean Jon Roberts. Oy, now he’s got me doing it!	Relaxing in the Suite Pugwash, Sr., and Mr. Burns
Gary & Virtual Judy Green: checking in on the AWOL	Jörg, Jerry, and Mr. & Mrs. Weathers	tBitB with Maître d’ Jean Pagé He saw GG play 28 times!
“I can assure you, my friend...” MM+JMc in The Gangs of QC	“Who would believe me now that my hands are free...?”	Complimentary cabaret every Tuesday at Les Bossus!

MG-bert finally gets to GORGG! Marc Guilbert				Barney and Sr. check out real estate in Urdz on Google Earth				GORGG: a curious mixture of high-tech & low-brow!
Fear The Bird Jer and Ker er... confer?				“Guy with a duck walks into a bar” gg and Lindsey Spratt				Rich Hilton drops in on Québec City

Carol invents The Jester Slide (Nicole Taillon, Sculpteur)				Carol, Lesley, and Jerry in The Old City				Eileen shivers at Montmorency Falls
Anca West sports a reminder of *ss-kicking™ bygone days				Well fed and ready to raffle				The Minnear’s hope to recoup one of Kerry’s old tour socks

Bob Stowell makes an offer for Marc’s favorite recorder	Renée-Claude with boyfriend Benoit and her mom	Never seen a camera before? Russ Miller and Jerry
Four David’s: Matlock, Lederman, Vella, and Astley	Brothers Gil and Yehuda Kotton	The scene is set at The Casbah
Lindsey Spratt and Diana Green	Anticipation builds on LeBiGG Nite	Mikko and Eileen are dressed for the occasion
Kelly Mullen, Bob Mahood, Brian Mullen, Hedley Thompson	Jeff & Cory Wilson from White Plains, NY	The Mortimore’s Lynn & Malcolm
Chris Buckley raises a glass to absent friends	Solidarity. Dig it. Angel & Toby Trott	Kelly Mullen and Kerry Minnear
Lesley and Pat	Janelle & Denis	Ant and Webmeister Yurst
The Musical Box’s Denis Gagné is in the house	Judy Stowell and Jacques Monette	Do puts Jörg’s “GORGG Face” on for him
The School of Rock Sam Christensen + Dewey Finn	Thumbs up from Serge Arsenault and Richard Blouin	Jean-Pierre Bourgeois and That Vella Fella
France Cordeau with Dave and Judy	Jerry ♥ Eileen 7-for-7, all Home Runs	The Wilson’s and Buckley with Charles Boisseau
Let the games begin! Gary William Green	Shadows on the Street Kerry Churchill Minnear	Downbeat Location Expert John Patrick Weathers
Rock the Zydeco – Atcha! ’s Malcolm Paul Mortimore	Barney and Pierre testify to the Giant	Denis Boucher of PDG
Do and JPW are #1 but we’re still no one	Octopus Guitar Duet Redux Gary and Fred Rosenkamp	The Alucard brass section Cram & Yesdnil
“Well I think it sounded pretty good, actually...!”	“But fate and skill and chances play their part...”	Gilles Millette and Kerry Minnear
GORGG ’07 Host Jeff Smith	“Can you ever really have enough guitars?”	Glen Bourgeois indulging his basser instincts
Kelly and Jon	“Le Freak, C’est Chic”	Jacques Arsenault
“Stimulation, they can do it for me...”	BiGG Fun at The Casbah	Steve Christensen’s baptism by fire
Ahvak runs amok! Yehuda Kotton	Denis Gagné is buying a Stairway to Heaven	“...and I hope we passed the audition.”

’05’s “coincidence” on rue de La Petit-Champlain	Palais Montcalm Theatre GG did 2 gigs here 22 Mar 73!	Kerry and Marc inspect J.P’s tambour (yep, that one)
The Choir of Giants abides Rev. Freehand’s fiery invocation	Group Shot (see larger version)	The Passing of the Banner GORGG ’06 heads to Portugal
Do and Lynn	Gary and son Chris Green	Fred and the boys
Beer Bottle Symphony, p. 37 in 101 Things To Do With Beer	“Ain’t Missed One Yet Club” (see unretouched version!)	LeComité and LeBitB winding down
Marc Guilbert and Dave Astley	Super Fly Rubble and Diana Green	OK, here’s where it maybe gets a little weird
The Potato Chip Polka Late-night antics in QC	The House, The Street, The Room, The Beer	José seals the very last bottle for the trip back to Lisbon

SATURDAY the 22nd Best Western Centre-ville (City Center), rue de la Couronne, Québec –“LeHospitalité Suite”; The Downtown, rue St-Joseph est

SUNDAY the 23rd Best Western – Lobby; Restaurant L’Astral at Loews Le Concorde,cours du Général-de-Montcalm

MONDAY the 24th Best Western – Hospitality Suite; La Piazzetta, rue St-Joseph est

TUESDAY the 25th Best Western – Lobby & Hospitality Suite;Bistro Les Bossus, rue St-Joseph est

WEDNESDAY the 26th Best Western – Hospitality Suite; La Piazzetta, rue St-Joseph est

THURSDAY the 27th Vieux-Québec (The Old City); Chute Montmorency (Falls); Best Western – Dinner in Restaurant La Serre (The Greenhouse)& “LeRaffle & LeSilent Auction” in the Hospitality Suite

FRIDAY the 28th Best Western – Hospitality Suite; “LeBiGG Nite Dinner & Jam”at La Casbah, rue St-Joseph est

SATURDAY the 29th Quartier Petit Champlain; Palais Montcalm Theatre, place D’Youville;Au Petit Coin Breton, Grand-Allée est; Best Western – Hospitality Suite

SATURDAY the 22nd
Best Western Centre-ville (City Center), rue de la Couronne, Québec –
“LeHospitalité Suite”; The Downtown, rue St-Joseph est

SUNDAY the 23rd
Best Western – Lobby; Restaurant L’Astral at Loews Le Concorde,
cours du Général-de-Montcalm

MONDAY the 24th
Best Western – Hospitality Suite; La Piazzetta, rue St-Joseph est

TUESDAY the 25th
Best Western – Lobby & Hospitality Suite;
Bistro Les Bossus, rue St-Joseph est

WEDNESDAY the 26th
Best Western – Hospitality Suite; La Piazzetta, rue St-Joseph est

THURSDAY the 27th
Vieux-Québec (The Old City); Chute Montmorency (Falls);
Best Western – Dinner in Restaurant La Serre (The Greenhouse)
& “LeRaffle & LeSilent Auction” in the Hospitality Suite

FRIDAY the 28th
Best Western – Hospitality Suite; “LeBiGG Nite Dinner & Jam”
at La Casbah, rue St-Joseph est

SATURDAY the 29th
Quartier Petit Champlain; Palais Montcalm Theatre, place D’Youville;
Au Petit Coin Breton, Grand-Allée est; Best Western – Hospitality Suite