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Big Brothers Big Sisters looking at expansion
West Kootenay may soon be offered mentoring for young people through the Cranbrook chapter SALLY MACDONALD Townsman Staff
Cranbrook’s successful Big Brothers Big Sisters is considering whether to expand its boundaries to include the West Kootenay. This year, the organization is conducting a feasibility study to assess if and how it could serve the West Kootenay from the Cranbrook office. “I have been getting quite a few phone calls from the West Kootenay,” said Dana Osiowy, executive director of the Cranbrook chapter. “Big
Brothers Big Sisters of Canada were also getting those phone calls.”
“There’s no lose: if we say we are thinking of coming into a community, everyone thinks that’s awesome.” Dana Osiowy Big Brothers Big Sisters matches volunteer mentors with young people across Canada. Currently, there are
more than 33,000 children matched with mentors across the country. The Cranbrook chapter launched in 1977, and today there are more than 100 matches. Now, Big Brothers Big Sisters wants to provide that service to young people in the West Kootenay, too. In this early stage, the charity is conducting a feasibility study to determine what that would look like.
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EK Performing Arts festival approaching East Kootenay performers ready themselves for annual 16-day festival in Cranbrook SALLY MACDONALD Townsman Staff
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THE RETURN OF CARA LUFT: One of Canada’s top musicians made Cranbrook’s mid-week a more pleasant one. Cara Luft played the first in a series of concerts to be held at Lotus Books in downtown Cranbrook on Wednesday, April 3, as part of her tour of B.C. and the U.S. Pacific Northwest. About 60 people took in the concert.
Singers, dancers, musicians and actors from all over the region are preparing for the annual East Kootenay Performing Arts Festival, which will be held April 10-26, 2013. Now running for more than 40 years, the festival brings performers young and old to compete in public contests that will provide weeks of entertainment in Cranbrook. “People who attend can expect polished performances, music, dance and poetry that they may be familiar with and some that they won’t know as well, but that will delight and entertain
them,” said Ellen Bailey, a member of the festival committee. “They may see some students who are stars of tomorrow.” The festival is divided into four categories, spread over 16 days. Speech and Dramatic Arts performances will be held at First Baptist Church on April 10 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Entrants will perform poems and dramatic scenes; among the highlights will be a performance from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar by Bud Abbott, as well as speech ensembles and choirs.
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