Local Arts

Show Me the Music, this year's Coast Academy of Dance (CAD) recital at the Raven's Cry Theatre, was long (over three hours), fast-paced, colourful and demonstrated some extraordinary talents.

Coast poet John Pass's new collection of poems, crawlspace, has just been released from Harbour Publishing, and all are invited to the launch on Monday, June 20, at 7:30 p.m. at the Arts Centre in Sechelt.

Dance Works Academy held its year-end recitals last weekend in four shows that had to make parents and teachers proud. The junior student show was full of little girl snowflakes, dancing tree spirits and little boy hip hop dancers.

The Pender Harbour Music Society season comes to a close Saturday, June 18 with Tiller's Folly at the Music School. Tiller's Folly, are the Pacific Northwest's internationally travelled, virtuosic ambassadors of song.

Last weekend's Pender Harbour Blues Festival drew full houses to every event. "We're a success," said organizer Marilyn MacLeod, with only slight surprise. Like other volunteers and directors, she worked all weekend and was loving it.

The Sunshine Coast Music Society is delighted to introduce an annual Homecoming Weekend to showcase young musicians returning from their off-Coast studies next Friday, June 17, and Sunday, June 19, at Gibsons' Heritage Playhouse. At 7:30 p.m.

Chatelech students got a chance to shine on stage last weekend as the school's drama society presented their rendition of Aladdin and His Magic Lamp to a packed audience.

Elphinstone Secondary School students put on a show of their artwork, fashion, food and entertainment June 2 during the annual Elphi Fine Arts Night.

Sunshine Coast artist Gordon Halloran, who most recently completed a wall of ice paintings called Ice Gate for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, will bring another brilliantly-coloured outdoor public art installation to the city of Vancouver in July, ca

Dance Works Academy is holding a special highlights performance this Saturday, June 4, at 7 p.m. at Elphinstone Secondary School featuring choreography from competition and exam classes as well as student choreography and guest performers.