The Suncoast Concert Band presents Journey to North America with story-teller Bertha Clark (Adelene da soul poet) this Saturday, April 25 at 7 p.m. at the Sechelt Indian Band Hall.
Under the direction of Janice Brunson, this musical travelogue will take the audience from one of the many lands of origin across the Atlantic to the east coast of North America. Tickets are $15 for adults, $5 for children 12 and under, available at Laedeli (Gibsons) or Strait Music (Sechelt). For more information: 604-885-6756 or www.facebook.com/SCCommunityOrchestraAssociation.
Oldies dance
Come dance to oldies music with Jim Taylor at the Roberts Creek Legion, this Friday, April 24 at 7:30 p.m. Members are $5; guests with members $10.
This weekend
This Friday night, the Artesia coffeehouse features local performers at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre in Sechelt. Entertainment starts at 8 p.m. See www.suncoastarts.com for more.
On Saturday evening hear Eden Robinson, a member of the Haisla and Heiltsuk nations, read from her published work at the Arts Centre at 8 p.m. Phone: 604-885-5412 for more.
Boats and Things
Harbour Gallery presents Boats and Things. The gallery is located on the knoll above Millennium Park in Madeira Park, and will be open during the April Tools event this Saturday, April 25. Come and see the paintings of Boats and Things on the feature wall. It’s open 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. with free admission. Call June at 604-883-2807 or Nefri at 604-885-4366 for more information.
Film
The SC Film Society presents the Swedish comedy The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared.
After a long and eventful life, Karlsson ends up in a nursing home, believing it to be his last stop. The only problem is that he’s still in good health, and the days are getting tedious. When the celebration of his 100th birthday approaches, he isn’t interested and decides to escape. He climbs out a window and embarks on a hilarious and entirely unexpected journey. The film screens in Gibsons at the Heritage Playhouse on Monday, April 27 at 7:30 p.m.
Call for submissions
Read out Loud is calling for submissions by May 8. They are planning a literary salon for Sunshine Coast Pride on June 25 at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre and an all-ages event sponsored by Plenitude, Canada’s queer literary magazine.
Both the managing editor and the prose editor (Andrea Routley and Anna Nobile) live on the Sunshine Coast. They invite submissions of up to five pages of poetry or up to 4,000 words of prose (fiction or creative non-fiction) from LGBTQ writers interested in reading at this year’s event. Submit your PDF or Word document to [email protected].
The organizers are keen to include a range of voices, so indicate your age if you are comfortable doing so, and a short bio (up to 50 words). To learn more about Plenitude, visit www.plenitudemagazine.ca
Harp selection
A new resident to West Sechelt, Sharone Stevenson, has just received news that one of her original music compositions for the harp will be premiered by Miya Otake’s Harp Ensemble at the Kiwanis Music Festival on May 9 in Langley.
The harp music, named Fairy Footprints, is from her published collection of solo harp music called Healing Harmony — Essence of Joy.
Stevenson said after spending three years in Chilliwack before she and her husband moved to the Coast, she attended several practices with the Chilliwack Symphony Orchestra Harp Ensemble. At that time, Otake, an internationally famous concert harpist from Vancouver and leader of the group, along with the Chilliwack Symphony Conductor Paula DeWitt, asked Stevenson if they could use this piece for their harp ensemble.
She immediately set about arranging the music for three harps, which also could be used for a larger group of harpists. In her collection is a poem that is descriptive of the music, and at her suggestion a trained voice will recite the poem conveying the mood and inspiring the imagination of the audience.
Keep me posted
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