MUSIC

Strings:   Beginner solo - Dakota Browett
                       Top strings solo - Kurina Mueller

Instrumental:   Top Instrumental solo or duet:  Trevor Frankham (saxophone solo)
                                     Top Musical Ensemble:  Benjamin Blackmon, Eli Smith, Alex May

Piano:

Junior Adjudicators Award                                Allison Smith

Intermediate Adjudicators Award                      Wesley Kao Phan

Senior Adjudicators Award                                Shannon Dacanay

Duet Award                                                      Shiau Shan Kao Phan

                                                                        Wesley Kao Phan

Junior Popular Award                                       Amanda Koop

Int/Senior Popular Award                                  Shannon Dacanay

Junior 20^th Century Award                                Allison Smith

Intermediate/Senior Award                                Wesley Kao Phan

Canadian Award                                               Aleisha Kantz

Junior Romantic Award                                    Jordan Fairlie

Intermediate/Senior Romantic Award                Naomi Smith

Junior Classical Award                          Allison Smith

Intermediate Classical Award                Wesley Kao Phan

Senior Classical Award                          Shannon Dacanay

Junior Baroque Award                          Danielle Harder

Intermediate Baroque Award                 Wesley Kao Phan

Senior Baroque Award                          Sierra Koop

 
Dance:  Studios:  S2S - Studio 2 Stage, MDC - Move Dance Centre, GPCD - Gold Pan City Dance (Quesnel), ADC - Aurora Dance Centre (Fort Nelson), IND - Independent 

Musical Interp Ballet 12 & under R-U: Emma Murdock (S2S)
Musical Interp Ballet 12 & under: Madison Kaleta (GPCD)
Musical Inter Ballet 13 &  over R-U: Garrette Smith (S2S)
Musical Interp Ballet 13 & over: Shiau Shan Kao Phan (MDC)
Musical Interp Jazz 12 & under R-U: Madison Kaleta (GPCD)
Musical Interp Jazz 12 & under: Keily Stewart (MDC)
Musical Interp Jazz 13 & over R-U: Garrette Smith (S2S)
Musical Interp Jazz 13 & over: Ericka Kirby (IND)
 
Ballet Solo 12 & under R-U: Tenille Johnson (MDC)
Ballet Solo 12 & under: Keily Stewart (MDC)
Ballet Solo 13 & over R-U: Garrette Smith (S2S)
Ballet Solo 13 & over: Shannon May (S2S)
 
Jazz solo 12 & under R-U: Madison Kaleta (GPCD)
Jazz solo 12 & under: Keily Stewart (MDC)
Jazz solo 13 & over R-U: Amanda Frankham (S2S)
Jazz solo 13 & over: Garrette Smith (S2S)

Pointe Solo R-U: Garrette Smith (S2S)
Pointe Solo: Shannon May (S2S)
 
Tap Solo 12 & under R-U: Keily Stewart (MDC)
Tap Solo 12 & under: Madison Kaleta (GPCD)
Tap Solo 13 & over R-U: Shannon May (S2S)
Tap Solo 13 & over: Vivian Traber (IND)

Lyrical Solo 12 & under R-U: Madison Kaleta (GPCD)
Lyrical Solo 12 & under: Ericka Kirby (IND)
Lyrical Solo 13 & over R-U: Vivian Traber (IND)
Lyrical Solo 13 & over: Garrette Smith (S2S)

Interpretive Solo 11 & over R-U: Karleigh Smith (S2S)
Interpretive Solo 11 & over: Garrette Smith (S2S)
Contemporary Solo 13 & over R-U: Ericka Kirby (IND)
Contemporary Solo 13 & over: Garrette Smith (S2S)
 
Demi-Character Solo 12 & under R-U: Kelani Shuster (S2S)
Demi-Character Solo 12 & under: Keily Stewart (MDC)
Demi-Character Solo 13 & over R-U: Shiau Shan Kao Phan (MDC)
Demi-Character Solo 13 & over: Shannon May (S2S)
 
Hip Hop Solo 13 & over R-U: Garrette Smith (S2S)
Hip Hop Solo 13 & over: Vivian Traber (IND)  
Variety Solo 12 & under R-U: Lauren Hrab (S2S)
Variety Solo 12 & under: Desiree Brown (ADC)
Variety Solo 13 & over R-U: Karleigh Smith (S2S)
Variety Solo 13 & over: Kimberly Rutledge (GPCD)
 
Acro Solo 12 & under R-U: Morgon Mora (S2S)
Acro Solo 12 & under: Zahria Stokes (ADC)
Acro Solo 13 & over R-U: Cassie Douglas (S2S)
Acro Solo 13 & over: Garrette Smith (S2S)
 
Musical Theatre Solo: Karleigh Smith (S2S)
 
Demi-Character ALL Ages Trophy: Petites Filles (S2S)
Ballet Group 12 & under: Masquerade (GPCD)
Ballet Group 13 & over: Classique (MDC)
Hip Hop Group 12 & under: I Took the Night (GPCD)
Hip Hop Group 13 & over: Da Rock Iz In Da Billdin (MDC)
Jazz Group 12 & under: Lets Get Loud (MDC)
Jazz Group 13 & over: Fever (S2S)
Variety Group 12 & under: Philadelphia Chickens (S2S)
Variety Group 13 & over: Bend & Snap (GPCD)
Contemporarry/Interpretive Group ALL Ages: Shenanigan's (S2S)
Stage Group ALL Ages (Acro/Musical Theatre/Production): Circus (S2S)
Tap Group 12 & under: Big & Bad (MDC)
Tap Group 13 & over: Coffee in a Cardboard Cup (MDC)
Lyrical Group 12 & under: Its Gonna Rain Today (S2S)
Lyrical Group 13 & over: True Colors (MDC)
Adult Group: Hip 2 B Square (S2S)
 
Duo Excellence Ballet 13 & over: Garrette Smith & Karleigh Smith (S2S)
Duo Excellence Stage 12 & under: Lindsay Clarke & Robyn Serginson (ADC)
Duo Excellence Stage 13 & over: Ashtyn Lockyer & Nicole Schoepp (MDC)
 
Dancer's Own Solo 13 & over R-U: Sydney Gustafson (MDC)
Dancer's Own Solo 13 & over: Garrette Smith (S2S)
 
Most Promising Dancer 12 & under R-U: Madison Kaleta (GPCD)
Most Promising Dancer 12 & under: Keily Stewart (MDC)
Most Promising Dancer 13 & over R-U: Ericka Kirby (IND)
Most Promising Dancer 13 & over: Vivian Traber (IND)
For the Love of Dance: Sydney Gustafson (GPCD)
Cameraderie Award: Meagan Woodall (MDC) & Vivan Traber (IND)
Adjudicator's Award: Garrette Smith (S2S)
Most Entertaining Group Award: Coffee in a Cardboard Cup (MDC)
Best Overall Group Award: Big & Bad (MDC)

 

The following performers were selected to represent this region at the BC Festival of Performing Arts in Duncan.

Choral:  Northern Lights Youth Choir was recommended for the Provincial section of the National Music Festival.

Dance:
Level I (Age 10 to 12):  Ballet - No one qualified but Keily Stewart had previously been selected at the Quesnel Festival
                                                Stage:  Tenille Johnson (Alternate - Elan Miller Jeannotte)
Level II (Age 13 to 15):  Ballet - Shannon May (Alternate - Sonja Beale)
                                                 Stage - Shiau Shan Kao Phan (Alernate - Shianne Fairlie)
                                                 Modern - Karleigh Smith (Alternate - Shianne Fairlie)
Level III(Age 14 to 19):  Ballet - Tristen Jackman (No Alternate)
                                                   Stage - Ashtyn Lockyer (Alternate - Nicole Schoepp)
                                                  Modern - Garrette Smith (Alternate - Sydney Gustafson)

Patricia Robertson and Stevie Mazur will proudly represent Fort St. John and Western Canada at the 40^th annual Oireachtas Rince na Cruinne – World Irish Dance Championships – in Glasgow, Scotland this month.

These championships are more than just competitions. This celebration of Irish dance, heritage and culture binds together people in Europe, Asia, the Americas, Africa and Australia. It is the gathering of an extended family of dancers, teachers, parents, musicians, officials, families and lovers of Irish dance.

This cultural event attracts around 4 500 dancers accompanied by more than 15 000 supporters to cheer them on. These talented contestants are the best-of-the-best from Irish dance schools in 32 countries around the globe, and have progressed through the ranks of their perspective regions to the top in their age categories.

Patricia and Stevie are talented and fierce competitors who spend many hours each week polishing their skills, and have advanced to compete with the top Irish dancers in the world.  Winning both regional and North American national titles, these two will do their best to continue the tradition of excellence created by the past members of the Watt School of Irish Dance and make their presence known on the international stage.

April 22 – April 25

TERESSA BERNARD, SFCA - Back by popular demand!

9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

FLYING COLOURS is hosting a 3 day workshop

EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES WITH ACRYLIC –

Creating Abstracts with Elements of Realism

During this technique-oriented acrylic workshop, participants will be

guided through the complexities of layering and adding a variety of

media such as collage papers and texturing mediums.  Completed works

will build on photo transfers from photocopies of your own photos or

your original drawings or sketches. Photocopies of text may also be

used. 

Do you have an original poem to incorporate in a piece?  You

might consider shrinking or enlarging your photocopies.  For the print

makers in our midst, this is an excellent opportunity to incorporate

some of your favorite prints into a mixed media piece.  With plenty

of one-on-one guidance, personal development is encouraged while

creating abstracts with elements of realism into your paintings.

For more information contact Sandy Troudt:  (250) 785-3867

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7:30 pm, April 10, $15 at the door (all proceeds go to the musicians)

Retro Relics 10140 100 Ave FSJ

Echoes of Mississippi John Hurt and Reverend Gary Davis can be heard in the guitar, but this is no mere imitation. The sound of foot tapping and the intimate vocal brings the listener right inside the little cabin in the Kawartha Highlands, where a master storyteller spins yarns and plays guitar. 

Bring your instrument and after the show, join in the jam! They have been known to go until late! 

At 47, Rick Fines is a veteran of the folk and blues circuits in North America.
In October 2005 Rick went to Alabama where he took first place in the Sweetgum Bottom Acoustic Blues Competition. His song “Riley Wants His Life Back” won first place in the blues category of 2003 International Songwriting Competition, with B.B. King one of the judges! 

He won the MapleBlues Award for Songwriter of the Year last year, Acoustic Act Of The Year twice (98, 99), and has received eight additional nominations.
His work with Jackson Delta (for 15 years) brought nominations from both the Juno and the Handy Awards. He has played for legendary blues piano player Pinetop Perkins, songstress Colleen Peterson, folk icon Penny Lang and many others. 

He toured from the Gulf of Mexico to the Arctic, from B.C. to NYC last year alone, bringing his understanding of blues, finger-style and bottleneck guitar.

In addition to a busy touring schedule, Fines conducts classes and workshops. For several years now he has taught fingerstyle guitar at the Haliburton School of the Arts and blues guitar at Kincardine Summer Music Festival in Ontario and Hornby Island Blues Workshop in British Columbia. He also works with kids as part of the Blues In The Schools programs in Ottawa, Saskatoon, Toronto and Fredericton. 

House concert at Retro Relics are part of the Home Routes series.  For more information, please contact us at 250-787-8822.

North Peace Spinners and Weavers Guild

Our next meeting will be on Saturday March 20th @1:30 sharp at the Artspost. Everyone is welcome. Members will bring articles they have made for show and tell.The Guild is hosting a Workshop  March 26,27 and 28th with Michelle Boyd  a Masterspinner . She will teach spinning wool for sock knitting.

Stage North's I Claudia by Kristen Thomson and directed by Oliver Hachmeister has three performances on April 22, 23, 24. Tickets are now available at the North Peace Cultural Centre in Fort St. John, B.C. Limited seating is available. The uinique seating arrangement will bring the audience closer to the performance but reduces the number of potential tickets to only 100 per show. Do not wait to pruchase your tickets. 

I Claudia is performed with masks donned by a single young actress. Karleigh Smith, a well-known dancer in the community, is the only performer in the show playing many different roles. Karleigh is 15 years old and attends Bert Bowes School. She has been in a number of plays with Stage North and has won numerous awards in dance.

Original music for the show will be composed and recorded by Dayna Manning, one of Fort St. John's accomplished musicians. Director Hachmeister said, "We are fortunate to have such talent in Fort St. John. To have original music for a Stage North theatre performance is something new and exciting." Stage North is extending the reach of live theatre to include local musicians and combining two exciting art forms. "Three art forms when you include the masks," said Hachmeister.

“I Claudia” is about a precocious teenage girl, Claudia, who finds refuge from her parent’s recent divorce in the basement of her school. She relates her experiences, both hilarious and heartfelt on this difficult journey of discovery to adulthood. Along the way, we meet her absent-minded grandfather Douglas, who would not mind taking another spin around the block, her father’s new finance, Leslie, who wants everything just perrrrfect for her wedding day, and the immigrant school caretaker Drachman, former artistic director of the National Theatre of Bulgonia.

For further information: email   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  or phone Director Oliver Hachmeister at 261-1369.

STAGE NORTH GARAGE SALE APRIL 17

Saturday, April 17 is the date of a Huge Garage Sale at Stage North space 7524 100 Avenue. From 8am to 2pm, you can pick up some the many items that Stage North has discarded due to lack of room. Props, costumes and furniture which cannot be moved to the new rehearsal space at the end of April will to be sold at bargain basement prices.
Available is vintage clothing, an upright piano, sound system, antique settee, vintage shoes and many odd and wonderful items previously used as props.

Stage North is also accepting donations of garage sale items on April 10 to 16.
The Garage Sale is a fundraiser for Stage North and funds will go to help with the cost of renting space for rehearsals, set construction and costume storage.
 
Contact Executive Director Sue Popesku at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call 250-785-6214.