Local Arts

On March 6 and 7, the Roberts Malcolm Alumni (RMA) Pipe Band, one of six pipe bands comprising the Simon Fraser University family of bands, will be visiting Sechelt for two days of intensive practice in preparation for the 2004 competitive season.

The next CCA Coffee house at the Cellar, garden level of the Rockwood in Sechelt, is March 5 and will include well-known local piano player Ken Dalgleish with jazz vocalist Jacquie Allen, singer/songwriter/poet Tone Indbryn and guitarist/songwriter/s

Rudy Wiebe is returning to the Sunshine Coast for a reading on March 12. Wiebe is a favourite of Coast audiences as well as one of Canada's most distinguished writers.

Entertainer Joëlle Rabu was once a waitress in the family restaurant where she sang to late-night customers. Her proud brother changed all that.

It's time to coax the sun out of hibernation with some blistering blues from B.C.'s own David Gogo. Gogo will be at the Roberts Creek Hall on Saturday, Feb.

Do not miss the upcoming exhibitions at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre in Sechelt. For two weeks, Feb 11 to Feb. 22, the artwork of elementary school students will be displayed in the Young Peoples Own Show.

After spending five years living and painting in Pender Harbour, David Burns moved to downtown Vancouver in 2000.

Imagine learning how to paint in Tuscany, Italy, with guidance from the Sunshine Coast's popular art teacher Ursula Medley. Aaah the aroma of oil paints among the olive groves as you capture the spectacular scenery on canvas.

Musical couple Reg and Lynne Dickson of Davis Bay say they have to make up for lost time.

The final encore of the Coast Recital Society's gala event Jan. 30 with bass-baritone Jonathan Lemalu and pianist Malcolm Martineau could not have sustained a sweeter note for artistic director Allan Crane.