Submitted by Don Graham
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Hugh’s Room in Toronto is a highwater mark for artists and entertainers. It’s a big room and the stage has been graced by many, many legends. Jimmy Webb, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Eric Andersen, Sylvia Tyson, Jesse Winchester and so many more. It’s a room emerging artists strive to perform at. But local publicist and music veteran Jane Harbury wanted to find a way to make that dream a reality for bubbling under artists before their big break and for over a decade has been providing them an opportunity. “All the talent on stage is handpicked by me. This isn’t a talent contest or American Idol, these are artist that impressed me enough to believe that they are almost there.” And Jane should know, she worked at the iconic Riverboat in Yorkville during the folk boom and saw many of today’s legends in their infancy. “These folks you’ll see tonight on stage are just steps away from achieving their goals and I’m proud to be able to help them by providing a stage like Hugh’s Room. If this were baseball these folks are Triple A, one jump away from the Show.”