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- ↑ "Washboard Hank to give two local performances", SouthShoreNow.ca
- ↑ "PFF presents the 18th annual Peterborough Folk Festival" (festival program), August 2005
- ↑ Bluegrass Independent Film Festival, Roundabout Entertainment, October 2006
- ↑ Rellinger, Paul,"Local filmmaker awarded at U.S. festival", myKawartha.com, 17 October 2006
