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Unforgettable Elvis Artist hosts workshop Pete Paquette brings Elvis – The Moments to the ACT in Maple Ridge next week
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Pete Paquette brings Elvis Presley to life in his show Elvis - The Moments.
et ready to Shake, Rattle and Roll, and take out your Blue Suede Shoes for an evening with the King of Rock n’ Roll in Maple Ridge next week. Elvis - The Moments, featuring Pete Paquette, will take you through the musical career of one of the world’s most celebrated entertainers. This authentic and energetic show will showcase some of the most memorable moments of Elvis Presley’s live performances, from his early years of rock’n roll in the 1950s to his explosive return to the stage in Las Vegas during the 1970s. Paquette is highly regarded as being one of the top 50 professional Elvis impersonators in North America. Adding to his credit, he was twice crowned Canadian grand champion at the Collingwood festival, one of the largest Elvis gatherings in the world – a title never earned twice by any Elvis tribute artist before. It was in the summer of 2003 that Paquette entered his first contest at the Collingwood Elvis Festival. It was there that he left his first impressions on those who would later become his biggest fans. Since then, he has participated and won close to 20 major Elvis contests around North America, skyrocketing him to great success and recognition in the business. A teacher in real life, Paquette’s musical knowledge and talent for stage performance owes a great deal to the fact that he holds a bachelor’s degree in music. Paquette’s show is filled with energy, charisma, and passion. His raw talent and years of experience as an Elvis entertainer makes his performance very professional and authentic on stage. His energy, whether it is coming from his swivelling hips or from his vocals, never fails to shake up the crowd and leaving them wanting more. • Elvis – The Moments plays the ACT Tuesday, April 9 at 7:30 p.m. For tickets, call 604-476-2787 or visit actmapleridge.org.
Celebrated artist Keith Rice-Jones hosts a special hands-on clay workshop at the Maple Ridge art galley on Sunday exploring the possibilities of three-dimensional space. The workshop is part of A Life in The Day – a new installation of work featuring sculpture and ceramics by Keith Rice-Jones and his wife Celia. Originally from the U.K., where both developed a shared affinity for eastern and modernist aesthetics, the couple’s work has continued to evolve in captivating ways through their shared home practice at Wildrice Studio in Burnaby. Despite sharing the same clay, kiln and aesthetic sensibilities, their respective creative output is widely divergent in both scale and style. Celia Rice-Jones has gained acclaim in the ceramics community for her largely functional vessels, pots and plates that speak to the many years she has spent refining form, balance and surface treatments. While Keith Rice-Jones’ work is equally in tune with
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Ceramics from the exhibit A Life in The Day. this environment, his recent large-scale figurative and abstract pieces look more at home at any time of year in an outdoor setting such as the couple’s beautiful garden. While some are more humanoid in appearance and others more purely abstract, they clearly speak to Keith’s varied influences.
Workshop Keith Rice-Jones hosts Zen and the Art of Space Sunday April 7. The workshop costs $56. Register at the Maple Ridge Leisure Centre by calling 604-467-7322 or recreg4u.ca. Keith Rice-Jones will also offer a talk on the exhibition, A Life In The Day on Saturday, April 13 at 11 a.m.
Leave it to Cleavage Vancouver’s Original Desperate Housewives! Join us for a hilarious evening of comedic troupe Rock Paper Scissors’ uproarious improv, featuring problem solving for the modern woman with a perky attitude and matching satin party dresses.
“Improv actresses Ellie Harvie and Diana Frances had everyone rolling in the aisles.” catherine barr, westender
www.theactmapleridge.org
Saturday April 20, 2013 8pm | Main Theatre tickets: Adults $28 Students $15
11944 Haney Place Maple Ridge, BC V2X 6G1 tel 604.476.2787
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