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"Cod Gone Wild" to headline
the 3rd annual Wild Salmon Festival
July 27-29 in Lumby
The 3rd annual Wild Salmon Festival will be held July 27-29th in Lumby BC Canada and will feature Saturday evening headliner "Cod Gone Wild"
They have just released their second studio album entitled "The Traveler"
The Middle Shuswap Wild Salmon Society directors felt that it would be very appropriate for the Wild Cods to headline this years Wild Salmon Festival show after having a chance to hear them play and watch them perform on New Years Eve 2011.
The infectious dance music had everyone singing and dancing in very little time and the energy was strong and fun right to the end!
Cod Gone Wild is a Modern World Celtic band, based out of the Okanagan Valley. The “Cods” have melded veteran musicians from diverse musical backgrounds such as folk, rock, jazz, and funk, to create a modern Celtic sound with driving rhythms and tight vocal harmonies. Cod Gone Wild was born when Newfoundlander and lead singer/guitarist Andrew Mercer made the move to British Columbia in 2009. With him he brought a passion for traditional Irish/Newfoundland music and a vision to create something unique in British Columbia and Canada, while promoting the culture, heritage, and music that he has grown up listening to and performing since he was five. With the musical team of Anjuli Otter (fiddle, vocals), Chad “Rhino” Carter (Drums, Vocals), and Roy Kawano (Bass) the vision has become a reality and has evolved into something very unique.
More info on the Cods can be found at www.CodGoneWild.com
Other great acts that are confirmed for the event are "The Young'uns", "Crossfire", "Linda Sue Wilson Band", "Gallon's Corner", "The Mabel Lickers" "Christine" ,"Adam Dekker" "Charlie Fisher", "Ash", "Incanto" and others. Plus Artists, Artisans, Dancers, Story Tellers, Food Vendors, Wild Salmon Education, Hang Gliding, Paragliding
More info on the Wild Salmon Festival can be found at www.WildSalmonFest.com
Early Bird Tickets will be available soon from the website
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Lumby Community Theatre
returned to the community?
March 30, 2012
School District 22 wants a joint use agreement with the Regional District of North Okanagan over the theatre in Charles Bloom Secondary School.
“It’s a very positive situation,” said Rick Fairbairn, White Valley Parks, Recreation and Culture Advisory Committee chairperson.
At present the theatre is sparsely used by community members and is primarily used by the school. The theatre transitioned from a “high school theatre” to a “community theatre” in 1989 when Expo Legacy grant money was secured to upgrade the theater facility.
Then CBSS principle Rick Dedora and drama teacher Monty Hughes teamed up with a number of people in the community to form an adhoc arts council with the purpose of securing funding to upgrade the theatre.
The grant of $128,200 was used to make renovations, buy extra theatre equipment and to upgrade existing equipment. A 20’x 40’ addition was constructed and soundproofed along with a sound booth, updated lighting, permanent seating and curtain including a fire curtain.
At the time, Rick Dedora was quoted in the White Valley Sun as saying to Lumby Village Council, “The potential uses are unlimited – and there is support from interested members of the community.”
In February of 1989, Dedora told council that School District 22 will take responsibility for maintenance and users will pay some sort of surcharge. Security has been approved and groups represented at the meeting held beforehand have offered letters of support.
“I’m making the application for the community as well as for the school,” Hughes told council.
Shortly after the funding was received the adhoc arts council folded. It took nearly a decade for artists to organize into the Monashee Arts Council.
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Monashee history and culture
on the radar for 2012
Arts and Culture applies for RDNO funds
January 21, 2012
The Lumby Museum is making a move to celebrate 150 years by applying to White Valley Parks, Recreation and Culture for $9,727 to document artifacts and hire a summer employee when volunteers are not available.
The application is part of a larger effort to move the Arts and Culture Master Plan forward that was established by RDNO’s White Valley Parks, Recreation and Culture. Currently the delivery of the plan is being advocated by a Task Force which is urging the White Valley Parks, Recreation and Culture Committee to fund the plan so that tangible actions can be delivered to residents.
“We’re looking for financial support,” said Doug Jones, who is with the Task Force.
“Our role will be to assist with all of the areas in the Master Plan which requires our help. We see it as a partnership.”
There has been cynicism among some politicians that the “culture” which is requesting the funding is only for a few people.
Rick Fairbairn, Area D Director and WVPRCC chairperson told local media that, “We don’t want to support various groups and not others.”
“We want to broadly address the community as a whole.”
But for Jones, he suggests that the cultural groups that are defined within the Master Plan represent a vast audience of participants. To demonstrate that belief the Task Force invited various cultural representatives to come forward and make their support requests directly.
The Cherryville Farmers’ Market which has a steady stream of visitors all summer long is seeking $2,500 and according to market president Heather Fleury it would be money well spent.
“The market envisions creating an experience offering live music, group performances, cultural arts displays and demos every weekend throughout our very busy tourism season.”
She told local media, “To realize this goal, we need assistance with funding from the arts and culture and tourism money available.”
Annette Welz says “Cherryville desires more activities for teens - drama can allow for a great deal of personal growth, while exploring and sharing the love of entertainment. It is a win-win situation.”
Welz is requesting $500 for the Cherryville Youth Drama Club.
The Wild Salmon Festival is seeking $3000 to help organize the event for 2012 which uses proceeds to support and raise awareness about wild salmon in the Middle and Upper Shuswap; and the need to create a fish ladder over Wilsey Dam at Shuswap Falls.
“Interest in presenting and attending the festival is growing, attracting people to the area over the course of the festival,” says event organizer Randy Rauck.
The Task Force is making a financial request of $35,000 for 2012 that will support the various groups. It is also requesting that $20,000 be earmarked for a part-time cultural services coordinator which has been identified as an action within the Master Plan.
“That person could assist each organization in applying for grants and identifying what funding and support programs might be available to them,” said Jones.
The overall request has been a work in progress since the plan was completed last year. The group has since presented a revised budget to the White Valley Parks, Recreation and Culture Committee. Fairbairn points out that any financial requests will be part of the 2012 budget process however there are emerging differences as to whether the funds need to come out of the WVPRC annual operating budget or whether there are existing funds in reserves which may have already been designated for cultural development.
For the museum there is a real need to know if funds are available sooner than later and in time for making a 150 year historical statement in 2012.
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Happy Trails from Kathy Jarosinski
January 13, 2012
For Lumby resident Kathy Jarosinski it was a dream come true – and for Roy Rogers and Dale Evans fans it was yet another chapter in a legacy of the romantic west that the popular icons painted throughout the course of their lifetimes.
A life long fan of the western duo, Jarosinski is now featured in a new book by Tricia Spencer about Rogers and Evans titled, The Touch of Roy and Dale: The Impact and Influence of Roy Rogers, the King of Cowboys and Dale Evans, the Queen of the West, as Only Their Fans Could Tell It.
When author Tricia Spencer acquired 40,000 pieces of fan mail from the Rogers estate more than 8 years ago, she discovered much more than typical “fan” adulation. Nestled amidst never-before-seen photos, poetry, art and songs were amazing personal “Roy and Dale” stories. The 1990s letters were written when Roy and Dale began facing health challenges, and in spite of it being nearly a half a century beyond their Hollywood heyday, fans rallied to express just how much their American heroes had influenced and altered the paths of their lives.
Tens of thousands of letters and essays were reviewed by Spencer who selected a small collection of the very best and thoughtful works that defined the Rogers and Evans legacy, and one of Kathy Jarosinski letters from many years ago was one of the works that made the final cut and is included in the 288-page, paperback scrapbook.
When Jarosinski was informed by the publisher she was not only surprised but ecstatic. The author invited Roy and Dale’s children, family friends, western silver screen stars and others to pen their own personal essays for the book. The result is a diverse set of reflections that is just as much about those who loved Roy and Dale as it is about the legends themselves. Elton John and Bernie Taupin’s “Roy Rogers” song, the sketch art of stuntman and famed western artist, Walt LaRue, and memories shared by celebrity friends blend seamlessly with the expression and imaginative artistic creations of Roy and Dale’s cherished fans.
The book helps commemorate what would have been Roy Rogers 100th birthday and helps support the couple’s legacy by contributing a portion of the book’s proceeds to their nonprofit charity, the Happy Trails Children’s Foundation, which maintains a group home for neglected and abused children in the southern California desert that Roy and Dale so loved.
To learn more about this book visit:
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Tragically: Murder has links to Lumby
October 27, 2011
The Lumby area has provided two accomplices to a murder in Vernon. Former CBSS student Starling Taylor and Creighton Valley Road resident Phil Wagner have both been allegedly implicated in a murder at the Empress.
In fact, the two partners in crime will appear in the most current live mystery presented by The Tragically Comic Players. “Murder at the Empress?” written and directed by Phil Wagner will be staged at the Vernon Performing Arts Centre, Saturday, Nov. 5, at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m..
Can the illusion of murder be as mystifying as a murder case itself? The play is a theatrical look inside the murder mystery genre. Published in 1978, “Murder at the Empress” has been performed professionally in Victoria, B.C., and in Jasper, Alberta, (as “Murder at the Lodge”).
This comedy-mystery features several outstanding actors last seen at the Powerhouse Theatre in Lend Me a Tenor. Emily Heayn (also seen in “Grease”), Ashley Plomp, and Chris Froese. Other incredible performers in the cast include Matt Brown, last seen at the Powerhouse as the Old Woman in the Shoe in Jack and the Beanstalk, (he also directed “Tenor”); and Starling Taylor, last seen at Kelowna’s Bumbershoot Theatre in Munschapalooza.
In the play, Emily Heayn will portray the mysterious wealthy eccentric who lives “upstairs” in the Empress Hotel in Victoria. [In 1978, there really was an entire upper floor of the Empress Hotel that was closed to the public. In truth, there was a millionaire heiress living on that floor at the time. But that is where the reality ends and the illusion begins in “Murder at the Empress?”
Ashley Plomp will portray the vibrant, suspicious of everyone, Public Relations Directress of the Empress. Chris Froese joins us from Kelowna to portray Victoria Police Inspector Randolph, a detective who just happens to have a flare for the theatrical himself. The hilarious Matt Brown, a professional actor himself, will portray a professional actor who also happens to be a compulsive thief. Starling Taylor will portray the cunning rising actress who loves to role-play nearly everyone she encounters.
This theatrical look at illusion and reality promises a few chills, a lot of incredulous grins and perhaps a few belly laughs. Meeting the acting challenges in this play will prove to be a tour de force for these actors.
“Murder at the Empress?” is family entertainment recommended for ten years old and up. Tickets are $25 for a regular ticket and $22 for seniors and students. For ticket information please call the Ticket Seller at 250-549-7469 or visit www.ticketsettler.ca.
For more information please contact The Tragically Comic Players at 250-547-6045. .
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Friday Night Jams at the Blue OX start again October 7th
Musicians, Singers, Players, Jammers, Percussionists and Dancers are all welcome to join in the FUN Friday nights as the Blue Ox Friday Night Jam will be kicking off its 3rd consecutive season October the 7th at 9:00.
Unlike past years, there will be no music until 9pm.
The Lumby, Mabel Lake and Cherryville areas have always been known for supplying many good bands and individual artists over the years and the goal of the Ox Jam is to keep that spirit alive and to inspire more younger musicians to practice and write more music. Good jokes told with a flair will also be considered : )
More photos and information about the jam can be found on the web at www.RauckOn.com
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2012: 150 Years of the Monashee
September 23, 2011
2012 marks 150 years of gold exploration and discovery in the Monashee. This gives Cherryville a great opportunity to define itself as one of the oldest, if not the oldest community in the Okanagan.
While we may never know the exact date and time when gold was first discovered glittering in the sandbar, we know that in 1862 the first whispers of gold being discovered at Cherry Creek had reached the provincial government, and that the discovery was important enough that by 1863 the province which was then a provincial colony and not yet part of Canada, had commissioned bridge and road contracts to better manage the influx of activity which included 200 miners who had begun working placer claims.
2012 also marks the 100th anniversary of the BC Forest Service and the 50th anniversary of Monashee Provincial Park.
In celebration of these events MVS is producing the Monashee 150 Year Almanac a commemorative print publication that follows in the footsteps of the Monashee 100 Year Almanac which the White Valley Sun produced for Lumby’s centennial in 1991.
In the coming months MVS will be supplying history and adventure stories that bring to life our regions history, if you would like to join us as a storyteller contact us.
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Wild Salmon Festival this Weekend
July 21, 2011
The Wild Salmon Festival is an Okanagan Music, Arts, Crafts and Foods Festival.
The goal of this festival is to support and raise awareness about our local wild salmon and the need to expedite a salmon passage over Wilsey Dam at Shuswap Falls.
All proceeds go to the Middle Shuswap Wild Salmon Society
This Year’s Line-Up Features:
Friday, July 22 (gates open at 5pm, music starts at 6 pm)
Featuring:
Local Food Vendors Joy and Annette
The Flu
The The Black Whites
The Universal Juveniles
The Young'Uns
Saturday, July 23 (gates open at noon, music starts at 6pm)
Featuring:
Monashee Arts Counsel Artisans
Local Food Vendors Joy and Annette
Hang Gliding and Paragliding
Qyiannah (Christine)
Amy Cunningham
Wild Salmon Dinner catered by Xanders ($20.00 in advance)
David Loewen The Wild Salmon Guy (Salmon Edutainment)
Wild Salmon Passage At Shuswap Falls News
The Mabel Lickers Country Rock Show
The Cadillac Bob Rockabilly Show
Gallon's Corner
Crossfire
Wild Salmon Dinner, catered by Xanders Catering, will take place Saturday 6-8 p.m. Tickets are only $20.00 in advance.
Wild Salmon Guy David Loewen will educate and entertain about Wild Salmon
Sunday, July 24: (gates open at noon) Entry by donation
Featuring:
Monashee Arts Counsel Artisans
Local Food Vendors Joy and Annette
Hang Gliding and Paragliding
Qyiannah (Christine)
Amy Cunningham
Music starts around 3pm.
Country, Folk, Blues & Bluegrass Jam around 6pm.
Lumby Chamber Family Movie starts at dusk.
Schedule subject to change
Ticket Information:
Early Bird Fri. and Sat. Day Passes on sale until July 16th - $20.00
Early Bird 3-Day Weekend Pass Tickets on sale until July 16th - $40.00
Wild Salmon Barbeque Dinner Tickets are $20.00 with proceeds from each ticket going towards the Middle Shuswap Wild Salmon Society
After July 16th Day Ticket Price for Friday or Saturday - $30.00
Sunday Day Pass - By Donation (Middle Shuswap Wild Salmon Society)
After July 16th, Weekend Passes will be $50.00.
Advance Festival tickets and Wild Salmon Dinner tickets available at The Lumby Chamber of Commerce Office: 250-547-2300, Lumby Farmers Market July 16th
or from Wild Salmon Society Directors
Vendors, Sunday Jammers and Volunteers please contact Randy @ 250-547-6841
Checkout the Facebook event page at
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The Flu will rock Wild Salmon Music Fest
July 13, 2011
The Flu will Rock the Wild Salmon Music Festival, Friday evening July 22nd at the Freedom Flight Park one mile north of Lumby on the Mabel Lake Road.
The Flu is Steven “Felix” Roberts (Vocals, Guitar), Alex Nuyten (Bass), Jonny Karroll (Guitar), and Andrew Reed (Drums). Their youthful, energetic live performances & exciting stage show capture their unique style & sound that is unleashed during their concerts. The band’s style and live concert performances includes comparisons to legendary rock bands plus the FLU’s musical influences include Foo Fighters, Queens Of The Stone Age & Alexisonfire.
Formed from members of popular local Okanagan bands and studio recording projects, and after experimenting with numerous musicians and musical genres including Punk, Blues, Funk, Rock and Jazz, the band had established their lineup and post-hardcore sound in 2010.
They have released a debut cd single “Dead City Radio”. The Flu is writing and recording songs for the EP cd to be released in Summer 2011, that will be distributed throughout the music industry and broadcast radio across Canada with a USA release date to follow.
The Video Release for the song “Dead City Radio” which was recently filmed at KCT Theatre can be viewed at www.youtube.com/1stvideoband
The Universal Juveniles and the Young'uns will also be on the lineup Friday night.
Early bird tickets for Friday and Saturday evening can be purchased for only $20.00 each night at the Lumby Chamber of Commerce before July 15th. $30.00 per night at the gate.
All proceeds from this festival will be going to the Middle Shuswap Wild Salmon Society to help raise awareness about our local wild salmon and expedite the building of a salmon passage at the Wilsey Dam near Lumby.
More details at www.WildSalmonFestival.ca
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Cadillac Bob to headline Wild Salmon Music Festival
June 30th 2011
Rockabilly/Blues recording artist Cadillac Bob will play Saturday night July 23rd at the 2nd Annual - Wild Salmon Music Festival in Lumby. The Canadian born, internationally known rockabilly and blues musician has performed all over BC and Alberta, Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi, the United Kingdom, and parts of Europe. His ‘charting’ single in France Climb Aboard My Ol’ Cadillac was released on Fury Records compilation album called “Haunted Highway” which has been distributed all over Europe and Japan.
In the early 1970’s, Cadillac Bob played with Memphis Slim, Willie Mabon and others, at the famous 100 Oxford St. Jazz Club in London England which was frequented by Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, and other various well known British musicians.
Cadillac Bob’s formative years included a ‘musical apprenticeship’ with John Lee Hooker, BB King, Reverend Gary Davis, Hubert Sumlin of Howlin’Wolf’s band; John Hammond, Johnny Shines, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Honeyboy Edwards, and Danny Tapanila.
He has also appeared in various film productions, including ‘Davey Crockett’ with Johnny Cash; and has wrote, produced and recorded the sound track for the National Film Board’s animated feature ‘Watermelon Men”. He also provided ‘voice over’ for several animation productions.
With Rocky Craig, he played the Commodore Ball Room in Vancouver with New York rockabilly/punk artist Robert Gordon, and has been a major influence on the rockabilly scene in Vancouver for the past 40 years.
While playing the house gig at the famous Smilin’Buddah night club, Cadillac Bob influenced members of what became the Seattle grunge band Nirvana,.
Cadillac Bob has three original songs being played on CBC Radio 3 and most European rock’n’roll radio stations.
A Wild Salmon Dinner will be served Saturday night just before a country music show featuring Cadillac Bob. His performance will be followed by the Black Whites, Gallon's Corner and Crossfire.
For more information about tickets to the Wild Salmon Music Festival in Lumby visit the festival here.
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2011 Wild Salmon Festival
Submitted by Randy Rauck – June 21, 2011
The second annual Wild Salmon Festival will take place at the Freedom Flight Park one mile North of Lumby July 22-24, 2011.
The event features Friday Night Rock and Roll with The Youngun's, The Universal Juveniles and The Flu. Saturday afternoon will feature local artists, artisans, flyers and various musicians.
Saturday evening will start off with a Wild Salmon Dinner catered by Xanders around 5 oclockish and then a Country Music show featuring The Mabel Lickers Band and friends followed by Rockabilly legend Cadillac Bob!
Local teen band Gallons Corner will then take over the stage followed by the BlackWhites and Crossfire.
Sunday afternoon will feature more local artists, artisans, flyers and musicians and a Country Bluegrass Jam will start around 6 pm.
A family oriented outdoor movie will start at dusk thanks to the Lumby Chamber of Commerce big movie screen.
Early Bird $20.00 Day pass Tickets have been extended to July 15th. Wild Salmon Dinner tickets and advance tickets can now be purchased at the Lumby Chamber of Commerce or from Wild Salmon Society directors. Tickets at the gate will be $30.00.
Please show your support for this local grass roots festival by purchasing advance tickets.
The winners of the Lumby Days weekend pass ticket draw are Justin Dwan and Christina Wittner.
The Wild Salmon Song Contest has also been extended to July 1st so get those songs in. More info at http://www.wildsalmonsong.com/
Local food Vendors, Artists, Artisans, Musicians, Volunteers, and Sponsors are welcomed and encouraged. For more info contact Randy from Viva Promotions at 250 547 6841
More info visit the festival online.
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Cod Gone Wild members, Anjuli Otter (fiddle, vocals), Chad “Rhino” Carter (Drums, Vocals), Roy Kawano (Bass), and Andrew Mercer
Two Lumby blokes perform in Vernon
September 17, 2012
“The Dumb Waiter” by Nobel Prize winner Harold Pinter will be playing at The Hub in Vernon Sept 27 through 29 at 8 pm, performed by two actors who started out in Lumby.
Artistic Director of The Tragically Comic Players, Phil Wagner, of Creighton Valley Road, and Ted Fox, who grew up in Lumby but currently resides in Vernon, will play Gus and Ben in Pinter’s sensational comedy of menace.
Ted was one of Wagner’s Drama and English students at Charles Bloom Secondary back in 1996. Ted graduated a long time ago and manages his father’s plumbing business now, but boy, can he still act. With cockney accents and trying not to laugh themselves,
Ted and Phil are having a blast remounting “The Dumb Waiter”. Ted was stage manager back in the day when David Hornell and Nick Phillips of Lumby won best actors at the Drama Festival in Kelowna and were offered a spot at the Kelowna Fringe Festival in 1996, the only high school invited to the Fringe. Ever since then Ted has wanted to act in the play. Phil ran into him at one of Ted’s musical performances at The Hub, (Ted is an awesome song writer), and they both started reminiscing about “The Dumb Waiter” and decided right then to do at the Hub first chance.
Tickets are $10 and available at the door and at the Bean Scene, across from The Hub, in down town Vernon, or through a member of The Tragically Comic Players. Reservations may be made by calling 250-547-6045. The Hub only seats about 50 people, but it is a perfect venue for this off-beat classic. The “black box” theatre feel of The Hub lends itself to the negative space set design for this play wherein two hit men “wait” in a mysterious room (with a dumbwaiter) for their next assignment.
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Tragically Comic Players: “The Dumb Waiter”
September 10, 2012
It’s Back.
The Tragically Comic Players will present Harold Pinter’s sensational comedy of menace “The Dumb Waiter” at The Hub in Vernon on September 27, 28 and 29 at 8 p.m. This wonderfully off-beat classic is perfect for this exciting new venue. Tickets are $10 at the door or in advance from members of The Tragically Comic Players or at The Bean Scene across from The Hub.
Nobel Prize winner Harold Pinter takes us into the minds of two hit men waiting for their next assignment. Creighton Valley resident Phillip Wagner is the Artistic Director of The Tragically Comic Players and he joins with Ted Fox, actor/musician/songwriter, for this special performance. They love it.
Rod MacDonald is Technical Director, and Annika Lauriston is stage manager. A minimal, negative-space set design is by Wagner. Sound effects play the part of the dumb-waiter.
When awarding the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2005, the highest honour available to any writer in the world, Horace Engdahl, Chairman of the Swedish academy, said that Pinter was an artist “who in his plays uncovers the precipice under everyday prattle and forces entry into oppression’s closed rooms.”
Pinter himself wrote, “There are no hard distinctions between what is real and what is unreal, nor between what is true and what is false. A thing is not necessarily either true or false; it can be both true and false. I believe that these assertions still make sense and do still apply to the exploration of reality through art. So as a writer I stand by them but as a citizen I cannot. As a citizen I must ask: What is true? What is false?”
The two characters in “The Dumb Waiter” are hit men who are ostensibly not too bright, but they deal with the absurd mystery that presents itself to test them in their “waiting room” with an arduous struggle of profound intensity. The resulting comedy is subtle and menacing.
For more information regarding this highly entertaining masterfully written play or for reservations, please call 1-250-547-6045.
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Back to Earth Community Harvest Fest
August 24th & 25th at Lavington Park in Coldstream
The Back to Earth Community Harvest Fest is taking place August 24th & 25th at Lavington Park in Coldstream.
The festival is supported by the North Okanagan Music Festival Society, a not-for-profit society and is spearheaded by a mother and daughter team. Kiley Routley, owner of Coldstream’s Back to Earth Enviro Products, and Kath Raeber, organizer and promoter of the Rarearth Music Fest and Our Kids Have Talent.
The festival is a community spirited, family event, honouring the ‘Harvest’ and the farmers, where ‘Green Street’ and a variety of Energy & Healing ‘free’ Workshops www.backtoearthenviroproducts.com blend together with fun at the ‘Kidz Zone’ with Kiki the Eco Elf (Tanya Lipscomb) & Face It, (Krystal Williams) – a public pool and kidz play area on site as well as a children’s felting workshop with Gail Vance, local Artisans, Multi-Cultural Food Vendors, Suds n’ Ciders, and a variety of music from pop to country, R&B and Blues, to create a 2 day, fun-filled event.
Performances will take place featuring Beamer Wigley, Gallon’s Corner, Megan Lauridsen, Better Than Average, Amistad, Olivia Penalva, Jesse Mast, Bjorn Kriel, Sister B & the Boyz, Solara, 4th Divide, Windfall, Kath & the Tomkats, Two Step Closer, and Jo Burt (Jo Burt – from the Legendary ‘Troggs’, bass player for Black Sabbath, has toured and recorded with Freddie Mercury, and Elton John www.joburt.co.uk)
With a mandate to ‘give back’, tickets are only $5 together with a non-perishable food item that will go to the local Food Bank and to those in need. ‘Give Freely – Take Freely’. Profits will go toward the support and mentorship workshops for musical children.
Friday night is ‘FREE’ to the public where local musicians will provide evening entertainment starting at 6:00 pm. Gates open on Saturday at 9:00 am – 9:00 pm.
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JAM CAMP SUMMER DANCE
Delhi2Dublin and Jeremy Fisher show in Lumby
Thursday August 16th - Vancouver based Punjabi-Celtic live Electronic music Group and Ottawa based two-time Juno Award nominee Jeremy Fisher headline Jam Camp Summer Dance at Mabel Lake Community Hall.
Jam Camp Society and the Monashee Council for the Arts is excited to announce the headliners for this summer’s Jam Camp Summer Dance: Delhi2Dublin and Jeremy Fisher.
Delhi2Dublin describe themselves as a ‘Mash-up’, a transcultural group of musicians creating the ultimate music for today’s Globalista. Fusing tabla, fiddle, dhol, Punjabi vocals and electric sitar with electronic beats, Delhi 2 Dublin takes listeners on a wild ride through global sounds and synchronicities. Jam Camp facilitator Tarun Nayar, Sanjay Seran, Andrew Kim and Ravi Binning, along with Sara Fitzpatrick, are diverse in both their backgrounds and musical influences.
This summer the band is releasing a new album, Turn Up the Stereo, which is both the title and the philosophy behind the release. “Sometimes we just need to drown out the noise of the world by making the music louder”, declares vocalist Sanjay Seran. The Delhi 2 Dublin crew is constantly touring. The road warriors feel that they plug directly into the world’s music and energy. The strong word-of-mouth for their live performances has enabled them to build a loyal and continent-wide fan base. The band has played several of the top festivals in Canada, the UK and the U.S. and, in 2011, expanded its horizons to include performances in the Pacific Rim and Europe. Described by one magazine as the “United Nations of rock ‘n’ roll”, they have become one of Canada’s most buzzed-about bands. Delhi2Dublin have been long time supporters of Jam Camp.
Sharing the stage with Delhi2Dublin will be two-time Juno Award nominee Jeremy Fisher, an Ottawa-based musician whose craft is deeply imbued with a modern insight that has made him a strong and enduring musical storyteller. It’s the genuine and instinctive showmanship of Jeremy Fisher’s live performance that he may be best known for. Fans are continually engaged by his effortless storytelling - he’s one man on a stage sharing a moment with those around him.
Jeremy Fisher has just released his fifth album, Mint Juleps. The acoustic-driven collection of 12 songs reunites Fisher with his folk-drenched musical roots and is a veritable throwback to the golden era of the singer-songwriter. Jeremy is excited to join Jam Camp this year, not only to play the annual Summer Dance show but also as a facilitator for the week-long camp.
"Inspiration comes from many places, but the common thread that runs through my music comes from a love for beautiful places and strong community. I'm looking forward to participating in Jam Camp and playing a show at the Mabel Lake Community Hall is sure to be a highlight of my summer," said Fisher.
The Jam Camp Summer Dance with Delhi 2 Dublin and Jeremy Fisher will be playing at the Mabel Lake Community Hall on Thursday, August 16th at 7 pm. The show will be supporting Jam Camp, an annual creative music camp for families. Tickets to the Summer Dance are $15/$7.50 and are sold in Lumby at Health Foods and Café Mezega, and in Vernon at the Bean Scene.
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Harlos: Templar book released on Amazon
July 2, 2012
Long time Mabel Lake Road resident Hermann Harlos has just had his epic novel published in English and it may prove to be a hit on Amazon. The book titled “Non nobis, Domine!” is a biography of the Knight Templar Arminius von Welterod.
The book is staged when Arminius von Welterod joins the order of the Temple in 1277. He has high expectations. Some of them are fulfilled, but the fall of the Holy Land in 1291 plunges him into a severe personal crisis. He overcomes the crisis, rises to new heights, penetrates the deepest esoteric secrets of the order, and decides to covertly expose them in a series of secret letters to the Beguines, who disseminate them into the public mainstream.
After the dissolution of the order in 1307 he is tried for heresy, barely escapes being burned at the stake, writes his memoirs and hides them in a cave. This novel is meticulously researched and as historically authentic as can be. Above and beyond its historical accuracy, it gives the reader rare and precious insights into the daily life, the religious practices, the spiritual and secular goals as well as the secret initiation rites of the order of the Temple.
The Harlos book is reviewed as being “vividly and compellingly written, as if the author himself had been there and experienced what he describes.”
Perhaps the source of the author's authoritative knowledge goes back to the Templar cave, which he himself excavated in the location described in this novel, and which inspired him to write the book? Or, perhaps, his own intuitive insights and mystical experiences enabled him to gain some glimpses into the inner workings of the mystical order of the Temple, inside knowledge that can be obtained only by direct mystical experience?
Hermann Harlos was born in the year 1940 in the city of Krakow, Poland. Near the end of the Second World War his parents fled from Poland to West Germany, where he grew up. Over the course of a richly varied life, which led him from Germany to Australia and from there to Canada, Hermann Harlos was first a blacksmith, then a farm machinery mechanic, later a fitter and welder, eventually a self employed farmer, and finally a mystic.
His mystical experiences compelled him to become a self-taught writer in his mature years, after his retirement from farming on Mabel Lake Road. He writes fiction, poetry, and non fiction, in both German and English. His first publishing success was the German language version of "Non nobis, Domine!" in 2004.
He now resides with his wife in the quiet rural community of Coldstream, where he currently works on his second novel, also in both languages.
You can purchase this book online at Amazon
Non nobis, Domine!:
The Biography of the Knight Templar Arminius von Welterod
Paperback: 528 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace (June 12, 2012)
Language: English
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Lumby Days Artist Workshop Showcase
May 29, 2012
The Monashee Arts Council is planning to offer a new series of art classes and workshops to area residents this coming fall. To promote this exciting new series, MAC will be hosting an Artist Workshop Showcase as part of MAC’s Lumby Days Festival of the Arts program which will take place June 8-10.
The Showcase will allow local artists & artisans to promote potential classes to a wide audience at a well-attended public event. MAC will have representatives circulating throughout the venue to gather feedback about the public's interest in specific workshops and to distribute brochures and flyers outlining potential courses.
“This opportunity for artists/instructors to connect face-to-face with the public will give us crucial information that we can use to tailor the classes’ content specifically to meet students' needs and interests,” announced Jennifer Greenwood, the Arts & Culture Program Coordinator for the Monashee Arts Council. “As well, the entire showcase will be invaluable as early publicity that will help make the fall art class program a success.”
For more information about the upcoming arts program please contact Jennifer Greenwood, Arts & Culture Program Coordinator for the Monashee Arts Council by phone at 778-473-3029, by email at monasheeartscouncil@gmail.com, or stop by the office at 1961 Vernon St. (formerly the Family Cafe) during office hours: Tuesday-Thursday 9am-2pm.
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Monashee Arts Council hires coordinator
May 18, 2012
Many years of persistence by the Monashee Arts Council have paid off in the form of a grant from NORD's White Valley Parks Recreation and Culture committee to implement the White Valley Arts and Culture Master Plan. This funding has allowed MAC to employ Jennifer Greenwood as their new Arts & Culture Program Coordinator.
“We are very pleased to have Jennifer provide much needed assistance to our organization, which has operated entirely with volunteers until now,” says Doug Jones, MAC treasurer. “To start, Jennifer’s primary focus as Arts & Culture Program Coordinator will be organizing and implementing MAC’s new program of art classes & workshops which is scheduled to begin this fall.”
Greenwood will be focusing on instructor recruitment, assisting in course planning/scheduling, and looking after publicity. “It’s a very exciting project!” she exclaims. “We are approaching local artists and artisans now to get their feedback on the structure of the program. It will be great for residents of Lumby, Area D, and Area E to be able to access a variety of art classes locally.”
In addition to this venture, Greenwood will also be responsible for researching and applying for additional funding to implement other programs in the coming year. “There’s definitely funding available to support arts and culture programs,” she confirms, “but the key is finding grants that are the right fit for the programs we would like to offer in the community.”
“It’s a really diverse position, being the Arts & Culture Program Coordinator for the Monashee Arts Council,” Jennifer reveals. “I’ll have to wear a lot of different hats! I love all aspects of the job so far, and I get to work with amazing people.”
The Monashee Arts Council now has office space within the Village of Lumby. They are sharing the space with Bee Safe (in the old Family Café) at 1961 Vernon Street. Regular office hours are Tuesday-Thursday from 9am-2pm. The telephone number is 778-473-3029, and email address for MAC is monasheeartscouncil@gmail.com.
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Award-winning Caetani film comes to Lumby
September 20, 2012
In 2005 a film about a former CBSS teacher screened to a tumultuous reception at the Vernon Performing Arts Centre. The film, then titled “Sveva, Prisoner of Vernon”, covered the agonizing life and work of an extraordinary artist, Sveva Caetani. Over the years it’s gone through several revisions, and was re-titled “Sveva Imprisoned” after acceptance by the Miami International Women’s Film Festival.
The feature-length film, already seen by 5,000 people, will be coming to the Charles Bloom Secondary School theatre on Wednesday, September 26th at 7pm.
Sveva, brought from Italy to Canada at the age of three by her aristocratic father Duke Leone Catani, was home schooled. She had virtually no friends, and under the harsh control of her mother Ophelia her life was one of misery. When her father died, Sveva, then 18, was virtually trapped by her mother in their Vernon home for the next twenty-five years. It wasn’t until her mother died when Sveva was 43, that she was finally set free.
After going to Victoria to get her teaching diploma, Sveva was offered her first job as an art teacher at CBSS in Lumby. There she achieved great success with students, and even now, staff members speak of her with great fondness.
She had by then established herself locally as a talented painter, and one morning while driving to the school she had a startling vision. She imagined, in great detail, an image for a painting which was to become the first of her signature 56 part series titled “Recapitulation”. The problem at that time, however, was that nobody in the established fine-arts world would agree to look at her work. She died, essentially unknown, in 1994.
The art department at Charles Bloom Secondary School is fortunate enough to have a collection of impressive work by her students.
The documentary screening is being hosted by the Monashee Arts Council, and filmmaker Jim Elderton will be there to speak and answer questions. His award-winning film career started at BBC Television, he’s had numerous public screenings, and in 2010 he won the Okanagan Arts Award for Media Arts.
Advance tickets for the screening are available through the Monasheee Arts Council office located at 1961 Vernon Street, Lumby, BC (shared with Bee Safe, formerly the Family Café) 778-473-3029. Tickets will also be on sale at the door on the night of the event (September 26th). Admission: $7 adults, $3 students, $20 Family Rate.
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The film “Sveva Imprisoned” Wednesday,
September 26 at 7pm at CBSS Theatre in Lumby
World Music, Culture and Dance comes to Lumby
Expression Collective at the CBSS Theatre
Thursday, November 1st at 7pm
Residents of the Monashee area will be treated to an exceptional evening of music and dance featuring Vernon’s Expression Collective, Lumby’s own Tribally Hipnotic belly dancers, and the local Community Collective drummers who are participating in the drumming workshop sponsored by the Monashee Arts Council.
This culturally super-charged performance will take place on Thursday, November 1, 2012 from 7-9pm at the Charles Bloom Secondary School theatre.
The Expression Collective perform French fusion songs and world music chants. Their music is blended with three part harmonies and upbeat musical arrangements. The collective offers an experience for audience members of all ages.
“The intention is to share indigenous music from around the globe with messages of peace, social-cultural acceptance and unity,” shares Angela Roy, founder and vocalist/percussionist with Expression Collective. “Each song both brings you new musical roots to experience, as well as the cultural origins from which the songs were born.”
The collective is known for their energetic performances at events such as Salmon Arm Roots and Blues, Komasket Music Festival, Parks Alive, Rainbow’s Roost and One Big Tree festival.
Joy Farr started the Tribally Hipnotic belly dance performing group in Lumby in 2007 shortly after moving to the area from California. The group dance together in sequence to rhythms and beats to express the beauty of tribal style belly dance.
“You’ll be entertained by the swirling colours of twirling skirts, hip hits and shimmys as the Tribally Hipnotic dancers perform this traditional form of belly dancing,” says Farr.
A very exciting aspect of the night will be the first performance by the local drumming group, Community Collective. A diverse mix of ages have come together to explore world music through rhythm, percussion and song through the month of October in the drumming workshop offered by Angela Roy through the Monashee Arts Council. The group, who range in age from elementary school children to seniors, have been building their skills and confidence using world percussion instruments and hand drums.
“It will be very exciting to see how the performance comes together,” says Jennifer Greenwood, Arts & Culture Program Coordinator for the Monashee Arts Council. “The energy levels at the drumming workshop have been phenomenal and with the Tribally Hipnotic dancers and Collective Expression performing on the same night I know it will be an amazing experience for the audience.”
Advance tickets for the performance are available through the Monasheee Arts Council office located at 1961 Vernon Street, Lumby, BC (shared with Bee Safe, formerly the Family Café) 778-473-3029 (monasheeartscouncil@gmail.com for more information), the Lumby Health Food Store, and Café Mazzega in Lumby. Tickets will also be on sale at the door on the night of the event (November 1, 2012). Admission: $7/adults, $3/students, $25 Family Rate.
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Monashee Arts Council Annual General Meeting
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
The Monashee Arts Council is holding its Annual General Meeting, Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at 7pm in the Whitevalley Community Hall in Lumby, BC. All current, past, and new members are welcome to attend.
“We’ve been working on some great projects since May of this year and I’m really looking forward to sharing our progress with everyone at the AGM,” states Jennifer Greenwood, Arts & Culture Program Coordinator for the Monashee Arts Council. “Our biggest initiative to date has been the launch of our series of art classes, workshops, and performances last month,” Greenwood continues. “We’ve had some great successes already and we’re starting to prepare now for our next session which is scheduled to start in January 2013.”
“As well, this year marks the first time the Monashee Arts Council has had office space open to the public. This has been a wonderful opportunity for both public exposure and sharing of information,” adds Greenwood. “I’ve had lots of people stop in to see me at the office and both phone and email enquiries are on the rise. Most contact has been with residents of Lumby and Areas D & E, but I’ve also been in touch with artists from small surrounding communities such as Enderby and Edgewood – they are very interested in our work as well.”
“At the AGM we will be addressing the election of both officers and directors. As the Arts & Culture Program Coordinator I’ve really come to appreciate how crucial these positions are to the organization,” states Greenwood. “We’ve got some amazing people participating and it will be wonderful to have some new members join us to give some fresh perspective and support to the Executive.”
Immediately following the AGM, where elections, financial reports, and a report on the Arts & Culture Program will happen, will be MAC’s regular monthly meeting. At this general meeting topics such as the 2012-2013 budget, grant initiatives, office location, the creation of a Co-op Gallery space, the 2013 Arts Workshop & Performing Arts Program, and volunteer recruitment will be discussed.
Everyone is invited to attend both these meetings on Tuesday, October 16th at 7pm. For more information, please contact Jennifer Greenwood by phone at 778-473-3029, by email at monasheeartscouncil@gmail.com or in person at the office during regular office hours, Wednesdays & Thursdays, 9am-2pm at 1961 Vernon Street in Lumby (formerly the Family Café).
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Murder Mystery fundraiser
features Cherry Creek murder
November 28, 2012
An 1882 murder mystery at Cherry Creek is coming alive on November 30th in Vernon.
Amateur detectives are being called to help solve the mysterious death of Cherry Creek’s Aeneas Dewar. The Greater Vernon Museum and Archives is hosting the event, which represents its annual Murder Mystery and will be held Nov. 30 at 7 p.m.
“That’s what makes it really unique, it’s based on an actual murder,” said Barbara Bell, museum archivist.
“Dewar was sent to collect taxes from the Chinese and he didn’t come back.”
Those taking part will meet characters such as Richard Rowatt, a pioneer gold miner, who may hold valuable information into the murder.
Amateur detectives interested in unraveling the threads of mystery can purchase tickets in advance at the museum.
Tickets are $5 and includes refreshments, but space is limited to 40 sleuths. Call 250-542-3142 for more information.
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“A Warm Night in November” with Paul Moore
November 21, 2012
Paul Moore has studied classical music and Opera at the highest levels possible in Montreal, Toronto, New York, Austria and Israel, yet he also sings, plays guitar, keyboard and saxophone in rock bands. He has sung Opera professionally with most opera companies and symphonies across Canada. At the beginning of a performance he tries to take the listeners’ minds off their normal need for control by being unpredictable.
“It’s all about trust” says Paul. “When I earn the audiences’ trust they go places they never knew they could. And so do I.”
The evening will open with two stunningly beautiful, very famous German songs written by Schubert. Then Paul has chosen two familiar English songs “Danny Boy” and “Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair”. Those are followed by arias written by Franz Lehar including Danillo’s song from the Merry Widow, where he tells of his after work exploits at Maxims with his favorite dancing girls. Paul includes some Frank Sinatra moments with “Almost Like Being in Love”, “Fly Me to the Moon”, and “That’s Amore”. His rendition of “What a Wonderful World” differs from Louis Armstrong but Paul doesn’t think Louis would mind.
Of course there will be the Italian songs. Paul loves to sing opera and he will explain and even demonstrate his fascination with the Operatic “Death Scene”, where a singer is covered in blood, having been stabbed or shot..... and sings for ten minutes ( or sometimes more and very beautifully!) But even singing a death scene, Paul says he likes to make people laugh.
“A Warm Night in November” is the fourth in a series of presentations by the Monashee Arts Council bringing a variety of cultural experiences to Lumby and area. This performance will be at the Charles Bloom Theater, Friday November 23rd at 7:00 pm. Doors open at 6:30. Café Mazzega will be providing refreshments.
Tickets are $20 adults, $5 youth or child, $42 for a family. Tickets are available at the Monashee Arts Council office (1961 Vernon Street, Lumby), the Café Mazzega and the Lumby Health Food Store. This performance is made possible by the Regional District of the North Okanagan. For more information please contact the Monashee Arts Council office at 778-473-3029 or monasheeartscouncil@gmail.com
