a EM AI ESE omar St war * Bing SAIS SOIR SES Wesel Seem eee SI read OE Bs Or Wednesday, May 26, 1999 Peninsula News Re Review ~The Saanich Peninsula is getting a new youth-based Chorus featuring a director who has worked with per- formers’ like The Nylons, the Chieftains and Ashley Maclsaac. -.”:. Anne-Marie combe will direct the new chorus for. children. ages ° eight to 14 that is being called Kidpower!. Chorus. There will also be a second: chorus for younger children (ages four through seven) called the Bach to Front Children’s Choir. Both choirs will perform a wide range of musical - styles — from rhapsody to, rap — using. live and. pre- recorded. accompaniment. _ The new groups will also. perform at a variety of com- munity events throughout the Peninsula and beyond... “Our goals are to share a” love of. music and joy: of. singing with others; to be of. service to the community: ~ through performers; to de- velop: self discipline, confi- dence and poise; to. be. com-, “mitted to trying our Dest and working. hard. to” HES “achieve a goal; and to be a os outstanding © choir,” said Brimacombe. “But most importantly, we Brima- “children’s — drive to Victoria.” © _ will make friends and be- long to a circle of dynamic kids who make a difference - in the community.” Brimacombe -started a_- children’s choir for Victo- ria’s Sinclair Academy. of Performing Arts five years ago and knows first hand what it takes to be success- _ ful. Under her direction, the group has. won the top awards at Victoria’ and - Provincial performing arts” festivals every year since. She has directed the chil- dren’s voices that have backed up several big-name _ singers, including the Chief- . tains and The ‘Nylons dur- ing past Victoria. perfor- mances. Her _ individual _ singing students have also’ won most of the Junior and Intermediate. ~ awards at the Victoria music singing festival. So why the Peninsula? Brimacombe has lived here for 11 years and said it was time to start a young choir near home. “I hear so often 'there’s — nothing to do for kids on the. -Peninsula,”. she. said. “I'm: sure there is the talent out — ‘here and I’m-sure parents .. will appreciate not having to = ‘Registration — “and LAUREL BAKER PHOTO | Chris Johnson, or Ice. Bear, starts work on his lastest mural on the Sidney Super Foods building. - which he: will. cover swith a. “mixture of cement and plas- Stic: before’ finally. painting. “The project will likely take ‘the whole summer. The Sidney resident will ‘be the first to sculpt with the plastic/cement ' which is a fairly new sub- - stance normally used for ar- ~. chitectural purposes. - At least $6,000 worth of re- _hearsals for the new choirs” “will be tthe Silver ‘Threads ih RES ECC PD OS A EEE I, NAMES new chorus for children on the Saanich Peninsula. Center in Sidney and starts _in June and rehearsals start in September. For more in- ie formation call 655-4365. KK Local artist eas hs -son is giving a new defini- tion to ‘sea wall.” The artist; _otherwise known: as Ice — Bear, will be a fairly regular _sight at Sidney Super Foods. this summer as he trans- forms the First Street: wall. — into an oceanography mural ‘to help celebrate Year of the Ocean. ; “mixture; materials have been do- nated for the project by local individuals and businesses. i aaK : Peninsula of the 1999 Women of Dis- ‘tinction: Award for Educa- ‘tion, Training & Develop- . Johinson will first, use. | resident - Donna Miller is the winner ment. She is a leader and in- -novator in adult education ‘and: the: principal of Com- munity Education in School ‘District 62. Among. her many..accomplishments is an international-award for. her creative and innovative -work in developing Re- sources & Education for the Adult Deaf 2000, the first program in Canada aimed . : specifically at helping adults - mo in the post-secondary edu- “cation system. o> 7 ‘Lillian « Lioyd- Walters, 2 On one of the people who nom- inated Miller, says “She isa. true: leader. and. Visionary SCHNEIDER'S ALL BEEF, CHI LOAF/BOLOGNA. meaning of creating a team, not only with her staff but also with the. people. she serves,” The two-page letter nom- inating Miller for the award listed chronologically her lifelong history of service. “She never lost sight of her goal of service to others,” says Lloyd-Walters. ~ “| was thrilled to be nom- inated,” says Miller. “You don't know how other peo- ple perceive you until some- thing like this happens.” KKK Sidney . potter Susan Hirst has been invited to: participate in. the 15th’ an- nual Fired. Up! exhibition - and sale at the Metchosin Community Hall on May 29 & 30. The. theme of this year’s show is “Flights of Fancy”..and Susan, along. with artists. from. around BC, will be showing her - contemporary, hand-deco- rated pieces. For. informa- . sion on 474-2676. ahaa 3 Bourne, Colin McDougall and Don Heggstrom en- tered the draw after buying 25th anniversary Scratch & Win tickets. One of the seven will win the chance to go to the regional finals in Nanaimo, and the winner of that goes to the provincial championships in June. x aK Stelly’s student Susan Park spent early May in the Yukon as part of an Inter- change on Canadian Studies sponsored by provincial, ter- ~ ritorial, and federal govern- ments. Along with high.school students from ~. across. Canada, she spent 8 days in Whitehorse, attending talks about human. rights; : First: Nations justice,.and other subjects by people like Craig Kielburger, the 16-. year-old human rights ac- tivist, and others. © After each day’s keynote speech, the students broke up into small. discussion ~ groups. to talk about the ‘ideas brought up in the Tec- ne Sidney lottsey play: 3 ri ers will:-be:gambling: again - at Sanshca Hall on May 26. . Bruce. 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