Remember the Drew Camp Band that won the Battle of the Bands two years ago? Drew often performs with his musician father, Roger Camp, who is mounting a benefit for St. Mary's Hospital on his beachfront property in Roberts Creek.
Father, son and band (minus the drummer) will play from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 10, on their specially constructed stage on the beach, three houses down from Henderson Beach (at the end of Beach Road). He invites the public to come enjoy the music and make a donation. Over $10 donations could get you a Drew Camp CD, Left to the Imagination, and over $20, a double CD set.
The event is dedicated to Roger Camp's mother, who passed away a year ago in September, and it is also a big thank you to St. Mary's for helping him through his recent heart attack. Parking and access to the stage is at Henderson Beach. While parking on the dead end road, Camp asks that you pull over properly to allow access for others.
On the night before, Friday, Sept. 9, the Drew Camp Band will be performing at Benjamin's Restaurant in Sunnycrest Mall, so you can get an idea of their music.
Audition call?
An audition call takes place this Saturday, from 2 to 4 p.m. at St. Mary's Church Hall in Gibsons, for a stage production of It's A Wonderful Life - the Radio Play. The play will be performed as it would have in a radio studio in the 1940s, with actors at the microphones reading lines. More information is at www.kocproductions.com.
Sweet Sundays
It's the last Sunday of the season on Sept. 4 for entertainer Miss Berni G who has been playing piano at Wheatberries in Gibsons each week from 1 to 4 p.m. in the musical Sweet Sundays. Reportedly the place has been jumping and has become a favourite hangout for those who love to sing along or listen to musical nostalgia. Drop by this Sunday for the final show.
Laboratorio
Laboratorio 02 wishes to foster new ways of thinking about art and its meanings. Through a series of workshops, sound-thinking discussions and audience participation in community experimental music ensembles, organizers hope to expand creative ways of thinking.
The first session begins on Friday, Sept. 9, at the Gumboot Garden Café with an artist chat from Matthew Talbot-Kelly, whose interest in spatial and temporal movement evolved into a fascination with film animation.
On Sept. 10, a community ensemble workshop led by Giorgio Magnanensi and Viviane Houle takes place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 4 p.m. at the Roberts Creek Hall. For more about the series, see www.laboratorio.ca or e-mail [email protected].
On the horizon
Lots of interesting and thought-provoking series are coming up.
The Art of Seeing, a lecture series from art professionals, begins Sept 17 in Sechelt.
A Green Film series opens on Sept. 19, and at the end of September a documentary film festival takes place at the Raven's Cry in Sechelt. And you thought there was nothing to do. I'll write more about these events in the coming weeks.
Authors for crawl
More than 100 Coast artists have signed up to be part of this year's Art Crawl on Oct. 22 and 23 and they are expecting lots of visitors from off-Coast.
Author Jane Covernton wants other writers to know about the opportunity to promote their books during the Art Crawl. She has arranged to be at the Gumboot Café for a Writers' Hub under the Think Globally Read Locally banner. If you are an author who would like to join her in this space and share costs in October, she needs to know soon. Contact her at [email protected].
Choir workshop
So you want to sing in a choir? Maybe you're wondering what exactly it involves? What kind of choir is for you? Music Makers offers a stress-free, pain-free, cost-free way to find out and learn something at the same time.You will leave with a new-found knowledge and a list of Coast choirs when you attend the free choir workshop with Lynne Dickson on Sunday, Sept. 11, from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Music Makers Studio, 4669 Simpkins Rd. in Davis Bay. To register, email Lynne at [email protected].
Are you funny?
This is a Coast-wide call for comics, new and old, to be part of an annual event, a comedy competition. Prizes include a stage appearance at Yuk Yuks in Vancouver. If you can pull together a five-minute act, you are offered one mike and one stool to try out your jokes in front of an audience Sept. 15 to 17. Pre-registration is required and organizer Jenica Vaneli needs to know soon. Don't be shy, act today. Email her at [email protected].
Deadline Tuesday
Send items for Art Beat (include who, what, where, when, why and ticket info) to me via e-mail ([email protected]) or phone (604-886-4692) by Tuesday before 5 p.m. for Friday's newspaper. Art Beat covers events up to one week ahead only.
