Local Arts

Pianist Sara Davis Buechner is at home at the keyboard whether in the musical company of classical composers such as Bach, Mozart and Chopin or their contemporary American counterparts, Stephen Foster, Rudolf Friml and George Gershwin.

The 20th anniversary of the first Friends of the Gallery (FOG) exhibition takes place this month. 1987 was the first year of the FOG at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre in Sechelt. Soon after it became an annual exhibition.

Driftwood Players are looking for a few players for their upcoming spring production. An open audition call has been set for Saturday and Sunday (Jan. 6 to 7) from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Heritage Playhouse.

As one young and very shy musician said as she appeared on stage at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre on Dec. 29 in the first ever open mic night of the Artesia Coffee House: "Everyone here is doing what they love.

Budding artists received their awards last Sunday at a ceremony at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre in Sechelt presided over by Linda Williams of the SC Arts Council, Carol McKee who organized the 17th annual Sechelt banner project and Mayor Cam Reid.

A new view -the mountains of Howe Sound - from a new studio near Langdale may have helped an unusual artisan win an international competition recently.

From the moment the Winter Harp ensemble entered the Raven's Cry Theatre, costumed and strolling in a lantern procession, they were magical.

The Coast's newest choral society, the Suncoast Singers, are poised for their first public concert on Dec. 1 and 3 at the Lutheran Church in Davis Bay.

Elphinstone's gymnasium was packed with thrill-seekers viewing the 31st annual Banff Mountain Film Festival last Friday sponsored by the Tetrahedron Outdoor Club.

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