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Vitamin D deficiency has been linked to numerous health conditions, and maintaining optimal vitamin D levels is an important preventative approach.

In Canada, supplementation is largely necessary during the winter months, and testing is helpful to determine optimal individual dose recommendations.

VITAMIN D AND HEALTH

Vitamin D acts like a hormone in the body. It impacts many tissues including the heart, brain, reproductive organs and immune system. It has the ability to influence cellular expression of more than 200 genes! This is important in preventing cancer, inflammation and chronic immune conditions. It also plays a critical role in calcium absorption and metabolism for bone health.

Low vitamin D has been associated with the following conditions: • Osteoporosis, rickets • Poor immune function • Autoimmune disease • Multiple sclerosis • Cancers • Heart disease and hypertension • Diabetes (Type I and Type II) • Depression and anxiety • Cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease • Pregnancy: Gestational diabetes and pre-eclampsia

GETTING YOUR VITAMIN D

Vitamin D is called the sunshine vitamin because our body produces it in response to sunlight. In general, 15 minutes of direct sunlight is required at least twice per week in order to maintain levels. Darker skinned individuals may require up to six times this amount of sun. Using sunscreen can reduce production by 99%.

The best natural food source of vitamin D includes fatty fish and cod liver oil.

Other sources include beef liver, egg yolks, fortified dairy and infant formula.

CANADIANS ARE AT RISK FOR DEFICIENCY

Due to Canada’s northern latitude, Canadians do not produce enough vitamin D during the winter months. Other individuals that are at increased risk for deficiency include breastfed babies, older adults, people with dark skin, and individuals with impaired intestinal absorption or obesity.

SUPPLEMENTATION

Supplementation is recommended during the winter months. Most supplements contain vitamin D3 which is superior to D2 for long term dosing.

Different organizations recommend different daily intake of vitamin D. Health Canada is conservative with a RDA (Recommended Dietary Allowance) of 600 IU for adults (400 IU for babies). The Canadian Cancer Society recommends daily supplementation of 1,000 IU per day. There is research that suggests that these recommendations may be too low.

The National Institutes for Health sets a tolerable upper intake level for adults at 4,000 IU. This is important to note as too much vitamin D can be harmful. Dosing above this level may be necessary for some individuals to get their vitamin D levels into optimal range, but should be guided by testing.

For most adults living in Victoria I recommend 2,000 – 4,000 IU of vitamin D per day. Vitamin D is fat soluble and should be taken with food. Given that there are many factors that affect vitamin D production and absorption, testing is valuable to determine what your individual dose should be.

GET YOUR VITAMIN D LEVEL TESTED

Naturopathic Doctors offer testing for vitamin D. Serum concentration of 25(OH) vitamin D is the best indicator of vitamin D status. I recommend testing in March or April when vitamin D levels are typically at their lowest. The Canadian average 25(OH) vitamin D is 67.7 nmol/L. I like to see people in the range of 100-150 nmol/L.

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hile the East Coast says ‘Brrr’ the West Coast shouts ‘BLOOM!’ The annual Victoria Flower Count is a light-hearted promotion shared by partners Black Press, The Butchart Gardens, Tourism Victoria, UsedVictoria.com, the Chamber, The Ocean and CHEK. The goal is to bolster community pride and increase awareness of Greater Victoria as an attractive shoulder-season tourism destination. It brings national and international attention to the fact that Victoria, the City of Gardens, has the mildest climate in Canada. While the rest of Canada and much of the US is still in the cold clutches of winter weather, Victoria often enjoys spring temperatures of 10-15° Celsius. Count your blooms from March 5 to 11 and report them to flowercount.com.

Seedy Saturday Feb 21

Hosted by the James Bay Market Society, highlights include gardening talks, exhibitors, seeds for sale, a seed exchange, fertilizers, a used gardening book exchange and a seedy cafe. At the Victoria Conference Centre, 10am-4pm.

Annual Flower Count March 5 to 11

A lighthearted community challenge, this annual event promotes gardening culture and local pride in Greater Victoria by encouraging municipalities to count blooms in their community to determine who is “bloomingest” flowercount.com Be A Tourist In Your Own Hometown Feb 26 to March 01

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GottaCon celebrates science fiction and fantasy genres, covers many related hobbies and offers a one stop experience for the fans and enthusiasts of those genres. Victoria Conference Centre. gottacon.com Awards Gala and Black & White Party Feb 28

Community Recognition Awards Gala Black History Month 4:30pm to 8pm. Admission by donation

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MUSIC Pacific Baroque Festival 2015 Feb 19-22

Discover the scope of Handel’s music, from his grand works to some of rarely performed, more intimate cantatas and arias.

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Enjoy a medley of toe tapping, wildly rhythmical klezmer music, lovely Sephardic ballads, and traditional Hebrew, Yiddish and Ladino folk songs, performed by the Victoria quintet The Klez.

Desserts, coffee and tea will be served. Suggested donation of $10 for non-members. Jewish Community Centre of Victoria, 3636 Shelbourne St. 7:30pm.

Chance Lovett Quartet and Justin Carter Feb 23

Songstress Chance Lovett performs a soulful set of gospel, jazz, and blues in celebration of Black History Month. For more information call the Belfry Theatre at 250-385-6815.

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Fresh from sharing the stage with Yo-Yo Ma, superstar Jan Lisiecki returns to play Ravel’s Concerto in G, a piece influenced by jazz idioms and harmonies.

Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony, exquisitely telling the story of country life, concludes the concert. Royal Theatre at 8pm.

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Martyn Joseph is a performer like no other: Shades of Springsteen, John Mayer, Bruce Cockburn and Dave Matthews there may be - but he stands in his own right. At Hermann’s Jazz Club. hermannsjazz.com KRISTIAN BEZUIDENHOUT March 7

Early Music Society of the Islands presents Australian fortepiano player, harpsichordist and pianist Kristian Bezuidenhout at Oak Bay United Church, 8pm.

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NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL MARCH 7

Irish composer Gerald Berry will be celebrated in his first feature festival in North America.

Explore the unexpected and wacky genius of his music and delve into other works created to exhibit the lighter side of life. Alix Goolden Hall at 8pm. Tickets: $20 rmts.bc.ca ONE WORLD MARCH 7

160 Pearson College students from around the world showcase their talents through One World – an inspiring cumulation of dance, song and international collaboration.

This rare showcase brings the music, dance and stories of 80 countries to Victoria’s doorstep. March 6 at 2pm (Dress Rehearsal: tickets $10). March 7, 2pm & 8pm, tickets: $35. rmts. bc.ca

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Tickets: $59.50. rmts.bc.ca. Go to TheIrishRoversMusic.com for more information.

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BROADWAY LIGHTS MARCH 20-22

Welcome the amazingly talented young singers, dancers and performers of the Canadian College of Performing Arts in a tribute to the best of Broadway.

Don’t miss out on seeing these future stars! Tickets from $30. rmts.bc.ca

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CONCERTS FOR KIDS MARCH 8

Maestra Tania needs your help in trying to catch an imposter!

Can you help her catch the tricky Rascally Rhythm? At the Royal Theatre at 2:30pm. Tickets from $20. rmts.bc.ca BIG SUGAR MARCH 9

Got Pop? Productions presents The Acoustical Sounds Of Big Sugar at the Alix Goolden Hall at 7pm. Tickets: $41 rmts.bc.ca DANCES WITH WOLFGANG MARCH 10 & 11

The passion and drama of a musical genius rocks the stage with Amadeus. The music of Mozart and of Queen’s Freddie Mercury meet in this incredible balletic journey to stardom. Royal

Eleven gifted male dancers from the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, fuse hip-hop with capoeira, samba and acrobatics. Käfig Brasil is a unique rhythmic and muscular dance that’s packed with surprising imagery, tight unison and virtuosic movement.

Royal Theatre at 7:30pm Tickets from $29. rmts.bc.ca THE IRISH ROVERS MARCH 14

COLIN JAMES MARCH 25

Throughout the years, these international ambassadors of Irish music have maintained their timeless ability to deliver a rollicking, rousing performance of good cheer - one that will soon have you singing and clapping along. McPherson Playhouse 7pm. Tickets: $59.50. rmts.bc.ca

This Canadian has topped the charts as a pop vocalist, recorded an acclaimed blues album and led the swing revival with his Little Big Band. Tickets from $57. rmts.bc.ca AN AFTERNOON IN RUSSIA MARCH 28

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Canadian rockers Nickelback are one of the most commercially successful Canadian groups, having sold more than 50 million albums worldwide. Billboard ranks them the top rock group of the decade, and their hit song How You Remind Me was listed as the top rock song of the decade and the fourth song of the decade. Rogers Arena MAROON 5 MAR 29

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MARILYN MANSON MAR 29

Known for his outrageous outfits and on-stage antics, Marilyn Manson is an American goth-rock performer who is equally revered and reviled. Catch him with Deap Vally at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella is the Tony Award®-winning Broadway musical from the creators of South Pacific and The Sound of Music that’s delighting audiences with its contemporary take on the classic tale. This lush production features all the moments you love – the pumpkin, the glass slipper, the masked ball and more, plus some surprising new twists. Paramount Theatre, Seattle.

GALACTIC AND KUNG FU FEB 27

New Orleans, Lousiana based Galactic is an American jam band who combine jazz, R&B, rock, funk and rap into their music. The Showbox, Seattle C.S. LEWIS’ THE GREAT DIVORCE FEB 27,28

From the producers of the stage hit, The Screwtape Letters comes the highly anticipated theatrical adaptation of C.S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce. In this Dante-esque celestial journey, lost souls take a bus ride to Heaven. Will they choose to stay? Or will they return to a life divorced from it? This is C. S. Lewis at his imaginative best! Performance includes after-show talk back about the play with Max McLean. The Moore Theatre, Seattle.

SMOKEY ROBINSON MARCH 6

Acclaimed singer-songwriter Smokey Robinson’s career spans over four decades of hits. R&B, pop singer-songwriter, record producer, and former record executive, Robinson is the founder and front man of the Motown vocal group the Miracles.

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path unexplored. At St Mary’s The Virgin (Oak Bay) at 2:30pm.

Tickets: $25 rmts.bc.ca LA REVEUSE/THOMPSON MARCH 28

Early Music Society of the Islands presents La Reveuse/ Thompson with Henry Lawes: Songs of an English Cavalier, at the Alix Goolden Hall at 8pm.

Tickets: $30 rmts.bc.ca JAZZ AT THE GALLERY 2015 MARCH 29

The series draws on the great wealth of talented west coast musicians, presenting both familiar and fresh sounds in four jazz soirees. March 29 see From Brazil and Beyond featuring Jennifer Scott & Friends. Call the Gallery at 250-384-4171 ext 1.

DVORAKS SYMPHONY NO. 8 MARCH 28 AND 29

Cellist Zuill Bailey returns to enthrall audiences playing both Tchaikovsky’s engaging Rococo Variations and Bruch’s beautiful Kol Nidrei. Dvorak’s Symphony no. 8 provides an uplifting conclusion to this concert, conducted by debut guest conductor Michael Butterman. rmts.bc.ca

COMEDY JIM JEFFERIES MARCH 4 & 5

Stand-up comedian, Jim Jefferies has appeared on numerous TV shows and performed at festivals all over the world. March 4 at 8pm (March 5 sold out). Tickets: $49.25 rmts.bc.ca SIN CITY: SPACE TO MARCH 31

In the near future, a team of astronauts are on a mission to replace crew at an interstellar space station. Expect the unexpected as an original tale is improvised before your eyes in weekly installments.

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he second annual Victoria Beer Week returns March 7 to 15.

This year’s Beer Week highlights a broad selection of craft breweries and will educate the people of Victoria about craft beer.

“Victoria Beer Week is building off of what was a very successful launch last year by bringing back the best and most popular events from year one and adding several unique and exciting events in year two,” says Joe Wiebe, media coordinator.

New this year is Thunderdome, which will feature 10 new beers yet-to-be launched by 10 different craft breweries in BC. The outdoor event takes place under a heated tent dome at Wheelie's Motorcycle Cafe.

In addition, 18 other events will keep the city hopping. Beer Week opens with Cask Night at Victoria Public Market. It includes food vendors and a selection of cask-conditioned beers from up to 20 Vancouver Island breweries, as well as cider and mead.

Tickets for each event are available at victoriabeerweek. com or at Garrick's Head Pub, 1140 Government St. For more information, go to victoriabeerweek.com.

Canada’s finest playwrights.

Griffiths has created a magical text of story-telling in which the ghost of MacEwan visits a contemporary audience to tell tales of her life, work, inspiration – and death. theatreinconnu.com WAITING FOR GODOT MARCH 5-15

Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre mounts Waiting for Godot.

Featuring Peter Anderson, Scott Hylands, Brian Linds and Trevor Hinton. Ticketrocket.org

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Monday Magazine is proud to be a sponsor of the Victoria Women’s Show March 7-8 at Pearkes Recreation Centre. It’s two full days of the latest fashions, boutique shopping, educational seminars, and nonstop entertainment. Featuring speakers Jody Claman, of Vancouver Housewives &Top Chef judge; Meg McCormick, founder of Hooper Fit Fitness; Gabrielle Giet, psychic clairvoyant and more! March 7: 10am to 6pm. March 8: 11am to 5pm.

Adults $8/Students/Seniors $6 at the door. Jody Claman

STAGE LION IN THE STREETS TO FEB 21

Isobel, a nine-year-old Portuguese girl – lost, frightened and desperate to find her way home – finds herself on the dark side of human experience. (Ages 17+) Phoenix Theatre, UVic, 250721-7992.

AN EVENING WITH DAVID SEDARIS FEB 24

NPR humorist and best-selling author of Let’s Talk About Diabetes with Owls. Sedaris brings his sardonic wit and incisive social critiques to the local stage. Royal Theatre, 250386-6121 ALIEN CREATURE – A VISITATION FROM GWENDOLYN MACEWAN TO MARCH 7

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Visit artist Gillian Redwood’s show of 12 large canvases Energetic Universe. At the Martin Batchelor Gallery, 712 Cormorant St. 10am-5pm.

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Winchester Modern, 758 Humboldt St., presents previously unseen late work from Canadian artist Brian Fisher. winchestergalleriesltd.com

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Iolanthe is the seventh of the Gilbert and Sullivan collaborations and is their most charming with some of the best music Sir Arthur Sullivan ever wrote. It poses the question of what would happen if fairies intervened in our everyday lives.

At the McPherson Playhouse.

Tickets: $48. rmts.bc.ca

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The Oak Bay Art Club presents its winter show with featured artist Jacqueline Macdonald.

Jan 30-Feb. 25 (weekdays only) at Goward House, 2495 Arbutus Rd. The opening reception is on Feb. 1, 1:30-3:30pm.

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Stories so big they have to be sung!

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Jim McFarland’s approach to landscape is quite unconventional. Join Eclectic Gallery for an afternoon reception with Jim McFarland on March 7, 3-5pm.

DELUGE CONTEMPORARY ART TO MARCH 14

Mike Andrew McLean focuses on variant techniques that allow for reproduction of an image. Wed to Sat, 12 to 5pm, 636 Yates St. FAMILY SUNDAY MARCH 15

Join the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria 2-4pm for an afternoon of experimenting with art making and ideas, for the whole family.

Inspired by the exhibition Marimekko, With Love. aggv.ca

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thE bELFRy’S AnnuAL FEStivAL oF nEW PLAyS

2015

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SPARK AnitA mAjumdAR / Photo by mAX tELZERoW

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thRouGh thE GAZE oF A nAvEL

‘ ‘‘ ‘‘ created by Anita Rochon and Emelia Symington Fedy Performed by Emelia Symington Fedy

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yoga Satire. brilliant, brash, and wickedly wise. you will pee your yoga pants laughing so hard. dAniELLE LAPoRtE, AuthoR oF The Desire Map

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A live performance yoga class (you can take part in the show or just watch).

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boyS With cARS, LEt mE boRRoW thAt toP & FiSh EyES all use music and dance to tell the coming-of-age stories of three young women in small town canada. nightswimming theatre, toronto

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thRouGh thE GAZE oF A nAvEL is a performance in the form of a yoga class led by self-proclaimed pop psychology expert Emelia Symington Fedy, a woman who has consumed every new-age pop-psych medicine she could get her hands on. the chop theatre, vancouver

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The best way to experience the Spark Festival

plus – belfry 101 live SundAy, mARch 22, 8 pm belfry 101 Live is an exciting theatre event, collectively created by the remarkable high school students of our belfry 101 programme. themes and images from the plays in the belfry’s current season mix together with the students’ own ideas and concerns, generating an original, surprising, and always entertaining piece of theatre.

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An outrageous theatrical adventure into the red-lit underbelly of sex, violence, Greek myth and regret... it’s an experience not to be missed. thE chRonicLE hERALd, hALiFAX

catch a free miniplay before you see a show. this year’s miniplays are inspired by the work of theatre SKAm. creating these jewels this year are charles Ross (onE mAn StAR WARS), impulse theatre, Rebecca hass, barbara Poggemiller, youth from Kate Rubin’s theatre and drama School, and Zopyra theatre.

A Rock and Roll Cabaret starring Hawksley Workman

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thE God thAt comES is a wine-soaked rock & roll cabaret celebrating the god of wine and ecstasy. Part play, part concert, all bacchanalian. it is an invitation to raise a glass together, hear a story, and get lost in the music for a few hours.

mondAy, mARch 9, 7 pm Billy NoTHiN’ by Sean dixon

2b theatre company production, halifax

mondAy, mARch 16, 7 pm THE PRivATizATioN oF CPR by Gregor craigie

midway toga party!

SAtuRdAy, mARch 14 come as your favourite god, goddess or plebe. Fuelled by the grape we’ll celebrate SPARK with our midway toga Party featuring a dj (and dancing), chariot races, our version of the olympic Games and prizes. hail Zeus!

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THE BIG PERSONALITY

Burton Cummings in Your Backyard March 8 hightideconcerts.net

BURTON

CUMMINGS Last frontman standing

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conic Canadian rocker Burton Cummings still remembers being a gobsmacked kid. In fact, he remembers most everything about his storied life and career. From growing up in frigid Winnipeg, to a Los Angeles home with a wall full of gold records, Cummings plucks memories from his 67 years on the planet as easily as his fans pick favourite tunes from his long playlist of hits.

It’s his connection to the music and the people who love it that drives him to continue touring and continue expanding his repertoire of talents.

Cummings launches the Your Backyard tour in Victoria March 8 at the Alix Goolden Performance Hall. The tour will take Cummings and his band around the province, including a performance in Duncan March 9, the Okanagan, Lower Mainland and into parts of the US.

Bigger isn’t better

“We’re doing almost like a mini tour of British Columbia,” he says. “We were just in Nanaimo … people were just overwhelming as far as the response and I started realizing, I’ve been on the radio for over 40 years now and it’s a bit of event anywhere I can go, show up and sound like the records – the people just love it.”

He hasn’t been to many small towns recently and decided fans shouldn’t have to travel to take in a good show. “I don’t have to be in stadium to be happy, I love the theatres. We’ve been doing a lot of theatres lately, also casinos. Suddenly now, in 2015, there’s casinos on every corner so if you’re lucky enough to have a batch of hit records from a certain

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years it’s been hard drive – that’s how long we’ve era … there’s so many places that want me to come been at it and we’re finally getting it all together – it in with my band,” he says.

With his visit to the city, Cummings will be in his takes ages and ages to edit it all down and pick the own backyard as he still owns a home in Saanich nice pieces.” where he likes to come and “recharge,” spending The plan is a three-volume set, each one about 85 three to four months at a time. minutes to be released simultaneously.

He first came to the island in 1966 “It’ll cover the last 12 to 13 years and Burton with the Guess Who. “I had just actually some archival footage too.

Cummings turned 18. What I still remember to “Besides the touring and playing this day is the Victoria Airport, how and I’m playing semi-regularly in Las has 22 small it was. It seemed like the runVegas now. It’ll be my third time in a Canadian way was almost lined with beautiful, year-and-a-half in May back again at Gold Albums big fir trees. I’d never seen anything the Orleans – it’s phenomenal, it’s a like it. … city under a roof.”

“I like driving up to Cathedral Grove. That, to me, When he’s not on the road or choosing paper for is a very spiritual experience. Those trees have been his book of poetry – “We’re trying to make it look around for ever. I’ve sent a lot of people to see that. and feel special. There would be kind of a fake leath… I sound like I’m doing a commercial for the Island er cover and we picked some beautiful stock paper.

– I do like Vancouver Island very much,” he says.

We’re just trying to make it very, very special so that you can sit quietly and you can read the words and Las Vegas, DVD set and the Internet ponder the words.” – he’s online connecting with people via Facebook.

The former frontman for The Guess Who hasn’t “I for one, enjoy Facebook, other than the trolls spent as much time as he would like to enjoying his and the haters – which you’re gonna have that anyIsland paradise lately. He’s been on the road touring, where, especially as your numbers ascend and I have performing in Las Vegas, writing a book of poetry now somewhere between 90,000 to 100,000 foland working on a DVD series which chronicles his lowers that get alerted any time I do anything – and last decade of performances. that’s a lot of people really – I get a minimum of it.

“I just turned 67 on New Year’s Eve,” he says.

But you’re going to have haters no matter what you “I’m not going to be out doing 200 or 300 dates a say. They come on and they take time to berate you year anymore but do a lot of live playing. I’m busy and I just think it’s pretty sad if that’s what puts the in other ways too – I’m putting out a book of poetry big buzz in your day. this year. And have been madly working on a video “I do like the social media thing, because I’ve series called Ruff. reconnected with people that I might have known “My videographer Lillian has followed me for about 12 years with a camera. It goes back so long it like 40, 45 years ago – and that’s great for an entertainer, it’s really great.” used to be actually film and video, but the last many

Haters gonna hate

His followers come to his defense when his page in invaded by haters, he says.

“My cyber pals (tell) me, ‘We’ve got your back, man.’ It is kind of cool, but a bit soap opera-ish at times, but I do enjoy the interaction. I’m a very nocturnal guy and I write a lot of poetry late at night and that’s when I do a lot of talking to the fans – and I don’t even like the word fans, you know, it sounds condescending. They’re followers or cyber friends – and it’s cool. We get into some real-time conversations late at night. Before the Internet we didn’t have any of this. I remember the days, I mean hell, we were riding pretty high in the early ‘70s in the Guess Who days, and we had a fan club, sure, but here’s the difference: back then somebody might write in … and maybe in two-and-ahalf or three weeks, if they were lucky, they might get something mailed back to them with a fake signature on it that some secretary would sit and sign pictures.

“The difference now is, I’ll put up something at 2 in the morning and by 2:03am I’ve got responses from Germany and New Zealand – that’s what I like about it, how it’s really shrunk the globe for us.”

Live and lovin’ it

SPEAK TO ME

Twelve of Canada’s hottest spoken word artists hit Victoria with a weeklong celebration of poetry during the fifth annual Victoria Spoken Word Festival.

The Victoria Spoken Word Festival runs Feb. 23 to March 1 and features spoken word on the cutting edge. These all-stars poets will be featured in showcases and events, as well as collaborations with dancers, improvisers – even brewers.

“We’re pulling out all the stops this year,” says festival director Missie Peters.“We’re calling them all-stars for a reason – most of the poets in the ensemble have national titles under their belts. I’m excited to see what they will create together for the Festival Finale.”

The Festival Finale show is the culmination of the festival, and features a show that the All-Star Ensemble write and create in one day, plus a performance by Poet of Honour Brendan McLeod of The Fugitives. In addition to being a national slam champion, McLeod is a novelist, a playwright and a musician.

The Victoria Spoken Word Festival is happening in partnership with Intrepid Theatre. Tickets are $15 for adults and $12 for students. Festival passes are $45. victoriaspokenwordfestival.com.

Contrary to some performers. Cummings loves fans who take photos at his shows. “I encourage people to take all the photos you want and send them to us, we put them up. I’m getting great reaction from fans after the shows, they send us the pictures and it makes my (web) page more interesting.”

He has one goal during his live shows and that’s “knock ‘em out.” “(We) play all the famous songs people came to hear. I’m a stickler for vocals. I have a band where everybody sings besides me so that layer of vocals is always there. We really do try and sound like the records. That word spreads and I’ve noticed the crowds are getting bigger and people are loving it – so whatever we’re doing, I think we’re doing something right.”

His shows border on two hours and feature his best-known songs. “I’ve been lucky, touch wood. My goodness, I was a smoker for, I don’t even know how long. I smoked for 40 years, maybe 45 years. I finally quit that about four or five years ago. It’s not that my voice cleared up so much, as it became easier for me without tobacco. … I’m singing for that two hours, so I have to really pace myself,” Cummings says.

“Put it this way, I have a new set of heroes: Tony Bennett, Steve Miller, Gordon Lightfoot. Steve Miller, I met years ago at a California State Fair, the guy’s 72 and he came out and 13 or 14 year old kids were singing along and mouthing every word – that’s a rocker. He sounded great.”

Honouring the music

“I go to other people’s shows and if it moves me enough it’s an amazing emotional experience. If I’m at the centre of that and I can do that for audiences, then I’ve always tried to honour the music,” Cummings says.

“Every time I play that little piano intro to These Eyes a big cheer goes up. All I gotta do is, ‘bom, bom, duh, duh, duh, de, duh, duh,’” he sings, then mimics the sound of a crowd. “You know when you’re a little kid you dream of that. You dream about having one of those.”

Cummings has about 20 of those famous tunes. “We start up No Time and you hear that guitar riff and there’s a big cheer. American Woman, all you’ve gotta hear is ‘dun, dun, dunna, dunna, dun, da, dun,’” he sings. “A big cheer goes up. …

There’s a song of mine Break It To Them Gently, there’s a little guitar riff that starts it and once you hear ‘dow, dow,’ I hear the cheer go up, so I, I don’t try and hide the fact at all, that I really like that. I like being able to elicit that emotion from people and I think that’s why the music should be really honoured.”

In his show, he sticks to the classics, hits he wrote more than 30 years ago. “(I don’t play) so much new stuff of mine.

I’ve got too many hit records to do that. Once in a while we’ll do a tribute to Buddy Holly (or) J.J. Cale, or something by somebody else, maybe Marvin Gaye, somebody that I really like to sing their stuff, but I’m really past the point of shoving new stuff down people’s throats. I know why people are coming to our shows and I don’t mind singing the songs they came to hear. Albert Flasher gets them stomping their feet, we do My Own Way To Rock, people are up dancing, Star Baby, Clap for the Wolfman everybody’s clapping and singing along.

The famous songs are fun to do and it’s fun to have that recognition factor and everybody digging it along with you.” mondaymag.com MONDAY MAGAZINE MARCH 2015

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The 18 Annual Victoria French Fest is presented by:

at the mic C’est avec un immense plaisir qu’au nom de la communauté franMIKE DELAMONT cophone de Victoria, je vous souhaite la bienvenue au Festival de la francophonie de Victoria. Du 5 au 8 mars, c’est @mikedelamont avec les bras ouverts que nous vous accueillerons. Musique, arts, nourriture, activités familiales et pur plaisir vous y attendent.

Soxy lady

Socks. My wife says to write about socks.

I have been sitting at my computer pouting like a little child for hours because I can’t think of what to write for my column that I am 95 per cent sure nobody reads.

She says that writing about something mundane is the best way to get over writer’s block. I would like to say that she is wrong but, other than the time she was foolish enough to marry me, she hasn’t been wrong. In fact, she reads all of my columns before they go to the editor. She doesn’t edit them so much as reads and says … “are you sure you wanna say that?” And then I reread it and most of the time I agree with her.

Programme d’Immigration Every once in a francophone de la Colombie-Britanniquewhile I push it and say YES! I want to Samedi 7 mars de 16h00 à 20h30 that! And then th Saturday March 7 from 4pm to 8:30pmsay it goes to the editor who doesn’t let me. I don’t Soirée d’accueil pour les immigrants really have that lit-

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francophones et francophiles.

Evening reception for Francophone and Francophile immigrants.

Tout commence avec la langue, puis, viennent les cultures. Que tle voice in my head that says, ‘Maybe the back, leaving me alone like a fat, ce soit en provenance du Canada, de l’Europe, de l’Afrique ou de don’t do that,’ so I am thankful for the Italian Cinderella waiting for her prince. ladyl’Asie, tous rendent la francophonie canadienne encore plus riche in my life who keeps me safe.

When I saw him coming back into Anyway, where was I? Right! Socks. the room he shouted “Got them!” And et plus vibrante. Placez le tout dans une ville comme Victoria et I have a size 16 foot. This makes it I called back: “The right size?” He said: vous obtenez le multiculturalisme propre au Canada que nous aialmost impossible to find socks. I can “You bet! 12.” I left. mons - notre pays, notre dualité, notre identité! C’est ce que vous turnretrouverez pendant le festival. your average pair of knee socks I often lie about my height. I am just into ankle socks in one swift move. around 6’7” but on my acting resume Fortunately for my feet, we now live it says that I am 6’3”. People can’t Onfuture behalf of Victoria’s Francophone community, joinI in the where stores make shoes comprehend 6’7”I invite so I lie.you Oneto time th th us for our Festival March 5 to 8 .

We will have representatives my size. When I was a kid, most shoe went for an audition for a commercial from many oftown the Francophone willinoffer their music, stores in my small had only one cultures, and as Iwho waited the production office art and food to entertain and engage you and your family.

Come pair in my gigantic size. It’s hard to be I looked out over the sea of cubicles join us and andpick share a teenager up aour lady«joie whende vivre»! and all of a sudden a man popped out you are wearing track pants with men’s from the side of one. He was so short brown wingtip loafers.

I didn’t even see him walking through Au plaisir de vous y rencontrer!

The other day I was in a shoe store the room. For a visual, please picture andPauline told the man my size. He brought Gandalf and Frodo. I realized he didn’t Gobeil out Présidente du Conseil d’administration a box and I didn’t even check the expect me to be so tall and I knew right size. I could barely get my toes in. I away I didn’t get the role. “How would Chair of the Board of Directors asked what size they were and he said you even look on film? Like … next to 12. I repeated that I need a size 16 other people?” and he laughed and said he thought Tall. I would look tall. You shrimp I said 12. When the next box came I boat son of a bitch. Who says that to wasn’t able to get my foot in the shoe somebody? either. I asked if they were 16 and the “How would you look next to other man said, “no” they were a 12-wide. I people?” I’m next to other people repeated my shoe size a third time and RIGHT NOW you ass. How did I even he said he didn’t know why he kept end up talking about all this!? Oh right, getting it wrong. He puttered off into socks. I guess my wife was right.

TICKETS ON SALE ATCentre THE BOX OFFICE or ONLINE Victoria Events (1415 Broad Street)

Activité familiale – Entrée gratuite – sur inscription SVP Family activity FREE ENTRY – Please register

PROGRAMMATION – PROGRAM

16h00-17h30: Accueil, photos, bouchées servies, coin enfants, musiques francophones du monde. Greeting, photos, snacks, children’s corner, Francophone world music.

17h30-18h15: Discours et reconnaissance aux résidents permanents et immigrants francophones. Speeches and recognition to permanent residents and Francophone immigrants.

18h15-19h00: Kikeyambay: Musique de l’Afrique de l’Ouest West Africain/Electric Afro-fusion.

19h15-19h30: Spectacle de danse du ventre. Belly dance show.

19h45-20h30: Miguelito Valdes y Puro Son: trompettiste cubain de reLaunching the nationwide tour of his new album Heavy Blues nommé internationale, membre de AFRO CUBAN ALL STARS, il a joué avec BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB en 2003 et 2004. Miguelito Valdes y Puro Son: one of Cuba’s most highly regarded trumpet players, member of AFRO CUBAN ALL STARS, he played with BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB in 2003 & 2004. À partir de 20h30: ADULTES SEULEMENT: Ouverture de la piste de danse ADULTS ONLY: Dance floor opening 21h00-22h00: Cours de salsa bilingue. Bilingual salsa lesson.

22h00-22h45: Miguelito Valdes y Puro Son 22h45-minuit: DJ La communauté francophone est invitée à célébrer la diversité et la richesse que nous apportent les immigrants de toutes origines. Les résidents permanents ainsi que tous les immigrants francophones et francophiles sont cordialement bienvenus à cette célébration en leur honneur!

Sur présentation de leur carte de résident permanent, les immigrants pourront participer à plusieurs tirages au sort. Upon presentation of their permanent resident card, immigrants can enter a free draw to win various prizes.

Inscriptions avant le 6 mars / Register before March 6th xlondono@ffcb.ca (250) 800-16012243 Beacon Avenue, Sidney 250-656-0275

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LÉGENDE / LEGEND A. LA SOCIÉTÉ FRANCOPHONE DE VICTORIA B. SCÈNE ICI RADIO-CANADA / ICI RADIO-CANADA STAGE C. ARTISANS FRANCOPHONES / FRENCH ARTISANS D. ORGANISMES OFFRANT DES SERVICES EN FRANÇAIS ORGANIZATIONS OFFERING FRENCH SERVICES

E. NOURRITURE ET TIRE SUR LA NEIGE / FOOD AND MAPLE TAFFEE ON SNOW F. ZONE POUR ENFANTS / KIDS ZONE

18e FESTIVAL DE LA FRANCOPHONIE DE VICTORIA

SAMEDI 7 MARS / SATURDAY MARCH 7TH

JEUDI 5 MARS / THURSDAY MARCH 5TH

(CENTENNIAL SQUARE)

12h00 : Repas du midi de l’Agraff

12h00 : Sam Weber

Le comité de l’Agraff de la Société francophone de Victoria vous invite pour un repas de midi au Fireside Grill (4509 West Saanich Rd) dès 11h30.

31 $ non-membre / 20 $ membre RSVP obligatoire auprès de Régine Bérubé au (250) 598-1763 avant le 26 février.

Si vous avez réservé et ne vous présentez pas, vous serez facturé.

The Agraff lunch will be held at the Fireside Grill (4509 West Saanich Road) starting at 11:30am. $31 Non-members / $20 Members Book with Régine Bérubé (250) 598-1763 before February 26th.

17h00 : Lancement - Les beaux jeudis

Rendez-vous au Yates Street Taphouse & Grill (759 Yates Street) pour célébrer le lancement officiel de l’événement lors d’un 5 à 7 avec amuses-gueules gratuits.

Come and gather at Yates Street TapHouse & Grill to celebrate the official opening during a 5pm to 7pm Happy hour with complimentary appetizers.

19h30 : Concert du Bal à l’Huile

La SFV est fière de vous présenter en concert le groupe de musique traditionnelle Le Bal à l’Huile avec leur nouvel album T’en souviens-tu?

Le septuor de musique traditionnelle estrien a enregistré son plus récent opus dans la région de Lanaudière, berceau du folklore québécois.

Onze nouvelles pièces ont vu le jour et racontent l’histoire de personnages qui ont façonné notre imaginaire collectif, en passant de Jack Monoloy (Gilles Vigneault) à Daniel Boone ou à La rouge carotte (La Bolduc). Concert au Victoria Event Centre (1415 Broad Street). Billets en vente à la Société francophone de Victoria (250) 388-7350.

15 $ non-membre / 10 $ membre Kicking off the festival with traditional song from Quebec is musical group Le Bal à l’Huile. The septet of traditional music recorded his latest album in the Lanaudière region, the birthplace of Quebec folklore. Performing songs from their newest album T’en souviens-tu?, this special presentation is guaranteed to be an event worth attending! Victoria Event Centre (1415 Broad Street). Tickets for sale at La Société francophone de Victoria. $15 Non-members / $10 Members

VENDREDI 6 MARS / FRIDAY MARCH 6TH

18h00 : Repas du soir de l’Alliance française de Victoria

L’Alliance française de Victoria est heureuse de vous convier à un repas du soir spécial à l’Université Club (3800 Finnerty Road). Coût 30 $ par personne. Faites votre réservation rapidement car le nombre de places est limité. 60 places disponibles! Incrivez-vous avant le 27 février auprès de Monique Clébant (250) 217-8262.

L’Alliance française de Victoria is pleased to invite you to a special dinner at the University Club (3800 Finnerty Road). Cost is $30 per person. Book before February 27th, the number of places is limited. 60 places available! Book with Monique Clébant (250) 217-8262.

SCÈNE ICI RADIO-CANADA

Âgé seulement de 20 ans, Sam est un auteur-compositeur-interprète de Victoria ayant grandi dans un progamme d’immersion francophone.

En 2012, Sam était l’un des plus jeunes musiciens à être publié dans la revue Guitar Player. Sam ne fait que commencer sa carrière musicale et qui sait où il s’arrêtera!

Sam is a Victoria born 20-year old singer-songwriter and guitarist who attended French Immersion school. In 2012, Weber was one of the youngest people to ever be covered by the Guitar Player magazine. Weber’s journey is just beginning and it’s off to a truly inspiring start. Come check out this amazing talent during his “early era”!

13h00 : Kikeyambay

Kikeyambay est un groupe musical basé à Victoria, dirigé par le percussionniste/chanteur guinéen Michel Alseny Diallo avec le chanteur/ danseur N’Nato Camara. Leur passion et leur connaissance de la musique guinéenne à la fois traditionnelle et moderne les ont conduit à créer un groupe électrique Afro-fusion dynamique. Sur les rythmes envoûtants des solos de Djembé de Diallo, la danse de N`Nato Camara étonne le public avec grâce sans effort apparent.

Kikeyambay d’Afrique de l’Ouest est un mélange optimiste de reggae, hip hop et de musique soul qui réussit toujours à entraîner le public sur la piste de danse!

Kikeyambay is a Victoria based musical group led by Guinean percussionist and vocalist Alseny Michel Diallo and singer/dancer N’Nato Camara. Diallo and Camara’s passion for and knowledge of both traditional and modern Guinean music has inspired a group of Victoria musicians to create a dynamic Afro-fusion electric band. Alongside Diallo’s blistering djembe solos, N’Nato Camara’s vibrant dance moves astound audiences with their seemingly effortless grace and beauty. Kikeyambay’s upbeat blend of West African, reggae, hip hop, and soul music always gets people on the dance floor!

14h00 : Spectregates

Spectregates est une nouveau groupe électronique bilingue de Vancouver composé de la chanteuse francophone Maryse Bernard et des musiciens Solomon Krause-Imlach et Julia Kimberley. En 2014, leur chanson a été sélectionnée dans le top 10 du concours CBC Searchlight pour la région de Québec. Spectregates est sur le point de lancer son premier mini-album coproduit par le producteur français Loig Morin. Le groupe est heureux d’être de retour dans la ville où ses membres se sont rencontrés.

Spectregates is a new bilingual electronic group from Vancouver composed of the Francophone singer Maryse Bernard and musicians Julia Kimberley and Solomon Krause-Imlach. In 2014, their song was selected in the top ten of the CBC Searchlight competition for the Quebec region.

Spectregates is now on the cusp of releasing their first EP co-produced by the French producer Loig Morin. They can’t wait to play in Victoria, where they all met!

Du 7 au 8 mars /

From March 7th to 8th (Centennial Square)

Le samedi et le dimanche, le Centennial Square sera rempli d’activités pour toute la famille! Une zone pour enfants vous accueillera avec des jeux gonflables, un sculpteur de ballon nommé Ziggy, des maquillages gratuits et bien plus encore! De plus, le Centennial Square accueillera des organismes offrants des services en français dans la région, une bonne manière d’en connaître davantage sur la communauté francophone. Des artisans francophones et francophiles seront aussi présents pour vous offrir leurs différents produits passant des pâtisseries françaises aux peintures acryliques. Finalement, des groupes de musique performeront gratuitement de midi à 16h00 sur la scène ICI Radio-Canada.

On Saturday and Sunday, Centennial Square will be full of activities for the whole family! A kids zone will have an inflatable jumping castle, a talented balloon artist named Ziggy, free face painting and much more! In addition, Centennial Square will be hosting organizations within the region that offer ser vices in French, which is a good way to get to know the local Francophone community. Local Francophone and Francophile artisans will also be present to offer you their unique products from French pastries to acrylic paintings.

Lastly, complimentary musical performances will be held on the ICI Radio-Canada stage from noon to 4pm.

15h00 : DJ JK Swag

Jean Kwanda, aussi connu sous son nom de scène DJ JK Swag est un jeune francophone né en République démocratique du Congo. Il a commencé en tant que DJ professionnel il y a 4 ans pour différentes organisations, club, fêtes privées et aime partager son amour de la musique francophone avec tout le monde et vous invite à danser sur des rythmes toujours entraînants!

Jean Kwanda, also known by his stage name DJ JK Swag is a young Francophone born in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He started as a professional DJ 4 years ago for different organizations, clubs, private parties and enjoys sharing his love of French music with everyone and invites you to dance!

16h00 : Soirée d’accueil pour les immigrants francophones et francophiles Voir détails en page 4 See page 4 for more details

DIMANCHE 8 MARS / SUNDAY MARCH 8th C’EST LE PASSAGE À L’HEURE D’ÉTÉ ET AUSSI….

DON’T FORGET DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME AND… 10h30 : Brunch Cabane à sucre

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(CENTENNIAL SQUARE)

12h00 : Malahat SwingCats

La musique de Malahat SwingCats reflète des influences de sources multiples. Composé de guitares, de mandoline et d’accordéon, ce groupe de Victoria présente des arrangements uniques, modernes et charmants du jazz swing, latin et des classiques du Café Parisien. Les SwingCats vous invitent à danser!

Victoria’s Malahat SwingCats draw on a wide range of musical influences to perform a unique «mélange» of acoustic jazz with guitars, mandolin and accordion. The Cats blend tight, vocal and instrumental arrangements with improvisation to create a swinging, modern and charming take on French café classics, and Latin and Jazz standards.

En cette Journée internationale de la femme, Réseau-Femmes de la C.-B. et de Victoria remettront un certificat de reconnaissance à trois femmes de Victoria qui se dévouent pour la communauté depuis plusieurs années. Venez leur dire merci.

«Equality for Women is The Progress for All» On this International Women’s Day, Réseau-Femmes BC and Victoria will celebrate three women in Victoria who are dedicated for the community for several years. Come join us to thank them.

14h00 : Mimosa

Envoûtant! Tel la petite fleur jaune qui répand son arôme enivrant tout au long de la Côte d’Azur et de la Nouvelle Orléans, le groupe Mimosa exerce un charme inéluctable sur son public. Charme qui d’ailleurs nous rappelle bien ces régions du monde, car la musique du quatuor vancouvérois est un heureux mariage de jazz et de musique française, avec des influences brésiliennes.

Bewitching like the little yellow flower that spreads its aroma throughout the French Riviera and in New 13h00 : Wontanara Orleans, Mimosa group has an inescapable spell on Wontanara Drum & Dance est une compagnie et the audience. The music of this Vancouver quartet école de danse et de percussions africaine ba- reminds us of these regions because their sound sée à Victoria et qui a été fondée par le maître is a happy marriage of jazz and French music, with danseur et chorégraphe de la Guinée, Moha- influences of Brazilian. med André Duranteau. Ce groupe dynamique se spécialise dans l’enseignement et le partage des 15h00 : Olivier Clements danses traditionnelles, des rythmes et des chants originaires de la Guinée, en Afrique de l’Ouest. Décrire le trompettiste et compositeur Olivier Wontanara, qui signifie « Nous sommes unis » Clements comme un artiste ambitieux serait dans la langue Susu de Guinée est une véritable une sous-estimation. Membre du groupe Aidan Knight Band et travaillant définition de l’esprit de la culture de danse et de comme musicien à temps la musique traditionnelle de l’Afrique de l’Ouest. plein dans sa ville natale de C’est la force motrice qui fait de Wontanara une Victoria, Clements ne peut expérience inoubliable! se passer d’entreprendre de Wontanara Drum & Dance nouveaux projets. Un moment is a Victoria, BC, based musical audacieux entre le jazz, performance troupe and le hip-hop, l’indie-folk et la musique African dance school classique. A ne pas manquer! founded by Guinean MasCalling trumpeter and composer Olivier Clements ter Dancer and choreoambitious would be an understatement. While grapher Mohamed Andre being a full time member of the Aidan Knight Band Duranteau. This dynamic and being a gigging sideman in his hometown of group specializes in sharing and teaching traditioVictoria BC may sound like a lot for some, Clements nal dances, rhythms and songs originating from can’t seem to stop taking on new projects. A bold Guinea, West Africa. Wontanara, which means musical moment between jazz, hip-hop, indie-folk “We are united” or “Come together” in the Susu and classical music. Do not miss! language of Guinea is a true definition of the spirit of West African Drum & Dance culture and the driving force that makes Wontanara an unforgettable experience!

Un brunch sera offert dès 10h30 chez Ambrosia (638, Fisgard) et offrira un menu varié de cabane à sucre. Réjean et Myriam vous feront revivrent les souvenirs d’un Québec d’antan!

Le prix Henriette-Moreau sera remis pendant le repas. Billets en vente à la Société francophone de Victoria (250) 388-7350.

25 $ non-membre / 20 $ membre / 15 $ enfants (10 ans et moins) AUCUN BILLET DISPONIBLE À LA PORTE. The traditional maple syrup brunch will be complemented by a musical performance by Réjean and Myriam who will let you experience traditional mu- 13h45 : Prix pour la Journée sic from Quebec! The Henriette-Moreau prize will be handed out during the brunch. Tickets are being internationale de la femme pre-sold at La Société francophone de Victoria. « L’égalité pour les femmes, c’est le progrès $25 Non-members / $20 Members / $15 for child- pour toutes et tous » ren (10 years old and younger).

NO TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AT THE DOOR.

18e FESTIVAL DE LA FRANCOPHONIE DE VICTORIA

SAMEDI 7 MARS / SATURDAY MARCH 7TH

JEUDI 5 MARS / THURSDAY MARCH 5TH

(CENTENNIAL SQUARE)

12h00 : Repas du midi de l’Agraff

12h00 : Sam Weber

Le comité de l’Agraff de la Société francophone de Victoria vous invite pour un repas de midi au Fireside Grill (4509 West Saanich Rd) dès 11h30.

31 $ non-membre / 20 $ membre RSVP obligatoire auprès de Régine Bérubé au (250) 598-1763 avant le 26 février.

Si vous avez réservé et ne vous présentez pas, vous serez facturé.

The Agraff lunch will be held at the Fireside Grill (4509 West Saanich Road) starting at 11:30am. $31 Non-members / $20 Members Book with Régine Bérubé (250) 598-1763 before February 26th.

17h00 : Lancement - Les beaux jeudis

Rendez-vous au Yates Street Taphouse & Grill (759 Yates Street) pour célébrer le lancement officiel de l’événement lors d’un 5 à 7 avec amuses-gueules gratuits.

Come and gather at Yates Street TapHouse & Grill to celebrate the official opening during a 5pm to 7pm Happy hour with complimentary appetizers.

19h30 : Concert du Bal à l’Huile

La SFV est fière de vous présenter en concert le groupe de musique traditionnelle Le Bal à l’Huile avec leur nouvel album T’en souviens-tu?

Le septuor de musique traditionnelle estrien a enregistré son plus récent opus dans la région de Lanaudière, berceau du folklore québécois.

Onze nouvelles pièces ont vu le jour et racontent l’histoire de personnages qui ont façonné notre imaginaire collectif, en passant de Jack Monoloy (Gilles Vigneault) à Daniel Boone ou à La rouge carotte (La Bolduc). Concert au Victoria Event Centre (1415 Broad Street). Billets en vente à la Société francophone de Victoria (250) 388-7350.

15 $ non-membre / 10 $ membre Kicking off the festival with traditional song from Quebec is musical group Le Bal à l’Huile. The septet of traditional music recorded his latest album in the Lanaudière region, the birthplace of Quebec folklore. Performing songs from their newest album T’en souviens-tu?, this special presentation is guaranteed to be an event worth attending! Victoria Event Centre (1415 Broad Street). Tickets for sale at La Société francophone de Victoria. $15 Non-members / $10 Members

VENDREDI 6 MARS / FRIDAY MARCH 6TH

18h00 : Repas du soir de l’Alliance française de Victoria

L’Alliance française de Victoria est heureuse de vous convier à un repas du soir spécial à l’Université Club (3800 Finnerty Road). Coût 30 $ par personne. Faites votre réservation rapidement car le nombre de places est limité. 60 places disponibles! Incrivez-vous avant le 27 février auprès de Monique Clébant (250) 217-8262.

L’Alliance française de Victoria is pleased to invite you to a special dinner at the University Club (3800 Finnerty Road). Cost is $30 per person. Book before February 27th, the number of places is limited. 60 places available! Book with Monique Clébant (250) 217-8262.

SCÈNE ICI RADIO-CANADA

Âgé seulement de 20 ans, Sam est un auteur-compositeur-interprète de Victoria ayant grandi dans un progamme d’immersion francophone.

En 2012, Sam était l’un des plus jeunes musiciens à être publié dans la revue Guitar Player. Sam ne fait que commencer sa carrière musicale et qui sait où il s’arrêtera!

Sam is a Victoria born 20-year old singer-songwriter and guitarist who attended French Immersion school. In 2012, Weber was one of the youngest people to ever be covered by the Guitar Player magazine. Weber’s journey is just beginning and it’s off to a truly inspiring start. Come check out this amazing talent during his “early era”!

13h00 : Kikeyambay

Kikeyambay est un groupe musical basé à Victoria, dirigé par le percussionniste/chanteur guinéen Michel Alseny Diallo avec le chanteur/ danseur N’Nato Camara. Leur passion et leur connaissance de la musique guinéenne à la fois traditionnelle et moderne les ont conduit à créer un groupe électrique Afro-fusion dynamique. Sur les rythmes envoûtants des solos de Djembé de Diallo, la danse de N`Nato Camara étonne le public avec grâce sans effort apparent.

Kikeyambay d’Afrique de l’Ouest est un mélange optimiste de reggae, hip hop et de musique soul qui réussit toujours à entraîner le public sur la piste de danse!

Kikeyambay is a Victoria based musical group led by Guinean percussionist and vocalist Alseny Michel Diallo and singer/dancer N’Nato Camara. Diallo and Camara’s passion for and knowledge of both traditional and modern Guinean music has inspired a group of Victoria musicians to create a dynamic Afro-fusion electric band. Alongside Diallo’s blistering djembe solos, N’Nato Camara’s vibrant dance moves astound audiences with their seemingly effortless grace and beauty. Kikeyambay’s upbeat blend of West African, reggae, hip hop, and soul music always gets people on the dance floor!

14h00 : Spectregates

Spectregates est une nouveau groupe électronique bilingue de Vancouver composé de la chanteuse francophone Maryse Bernard et des musiciens Solomon Krause-Imlach et Julia Kimberley. En 2014, leur chanson a été sélectionnée dans le top 10 du concours CBC Searchlight pour la région de Québec. Spectregates est sur le point de lancer son premier mini-album coproduit par le producteur français Loig Morin. Le groupe est heureux d’être de retour dans la ville où ses membres se sont rencontrés.

Spectregates is a new bilingual electronic group from Vancouver composed of the Francophone singer Maryse Bernard and musicians Julia Kimberley and Solomon Krause-Imlach. In 2014, their song was selected in the top ten of the CBC Searchlight competition for the Quebec region.

Spectregates is now on the cusp of releasing their first EP co-produced by the French producer Loig Morin. They can’t wait to play in Victoria, where they all met!

Du 7 au 8 mars /

From March 7th to 8th (Centennial Square)

Le samedi et le dimanche, le Centennial Square sera rempli d’activités pour toute la famille! Une zone pour enfants vous accueillera avec des jeux gonflables, un sculpteur de ballon nommé Ziggy, des maquillages gratuits et bien plus encore! De plus, le Centennial Square accueillera des organismes offrants des services en français dans la région, une bonne manière d’en connaître davantage sur la communauté francophone. Des artisans francophones et francophiles seront aussi présents pour vous offrir leurs différents produits passant des pâtisseries françaises aux peintures acryliques. Finalement, des groupes de musique performeront gratuitement de midi à 16h00 sur la scène ICI Radio-Canada.

On Saturday and Sunday, Centennial Square will be full of activities for the whole family! A kids zone will have an inflatable jumping castle, a talented balloon artist named Ziggy, free face painting and much more! In addition, Centennial Square will be hosting organizations within the region that offer ser vices in French, which is a good way to get to know the local Francophone community. Local Francophone and Francophile artisans will also be present to offer you their unique products from French pastries to acrylic paintings.

Lastly, complimentary musical performances will be held on the ICI Radio-Canada stage from noon to 4pm.

15h00 : DJ JK Swag

Jean Kwanda, aussi connu sous son nom de scène DJ JK Swag est un jeune francophone né en République démocratique du Congo. Il a commencé en tant que DJ professionnel il y a 4 ans pour différentes organisations, club, fêtes privées et aime partager son amour de la musique francophone avec tout le monde et vous invite à danser sur des rythmes toujours entraînants!

Jean Kwanda, also known by his stage name DJ JK Swag is a young Francophone born in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He started as a professional DJ 4 years ago for different organizations, clubs, private parties and enjoys sharing his love of French music with everyone and invites you to dance!

16h00 : Soirée d’accueil pour les immigrants francophones et francophiles Voir détails en page 4 See page 4 for more details

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12h00 : Malahat SwingCats

La musique de Malahat SwingCats reflète des influences de sources multiples. Composé de guitares, de mandoline et d’accordéon, ce groupe de Victoria présente des arrangements uniques, modernes et charmants du jazz swing, latin et des classiques du Café Parisien. Les SwingCats vous invitent à danser!

Victoria’s Malahat SwingCats draw on a wide range of musical influences to perform a unique «mélange» of acoustic jazz with guitars, mandolin and accordion. The Cats blend tight, vocal and instrumental arrangements with improvisation to create a swinging, modern and charming take on French café classics, and Latin and Jazz standards.

En cette Journée internationale de la femme, Réseau-Femmes de la C.-B. et de Victoria remettront un certificat de reconnaissance à trois femmes de Victoria qui se dévouent pour la communauté depuis plusieurs années. Venez leur dire merci.

«Equality for Women is The Progress for All» On this International Women’s Day, Réseau-Femmes BC and Victoria will celebrate three women in Victoria who are dedicated for the community for several years. Come join us to thank them.

14h00 : Mimosa

Envoûtant! Tel la petite fleur jaune qui répand son arôme enivrant tout au long de la Côte d’Azur et de la Nouvelle Orléans, le groupe Mimosa exerce un charme inéluctable sur son public. Charme qui d’ailleurs nous rappelle bien ces régions du monde, car la musique du quatuor vancouvérois est un heureux mariage de jazz et de musique française, avec des influences brésiliennes.

Bewitching like the little yellow flower that spreads its aroma throughout the French Riviera and in New 13h00 : Wontanara Orleans, Mimosa group has an inescapable spell on Wontanara Drum & Dance est une compagnie et the audience. The music of this Vancouver quartet école de danse et de percussions africaine ba- reminds us of these regions because their sound sée à Victoria et qui a été fondée par le maître is a happy marriage of jazz and French music, with danseur et chorégraphe de la Guinée, Moha- influences of Brazilian. med André Duranteau. Ce groupe dynamique se spécialise dans l’enseignement et le partage des 15h00 : Olivier Clements danses traditionnelles, des rythmes et des chants originaires de la Guinée, en Afrique de l’Ouest. Décrire le trompettiste et compositeur Olivier Wontanara, qui signifie « Nous sommes unis » Clements comme un artiste ambitieux serait dans la langue Susu de Guinée est une véritable une sous-estimation. Membre du groupe Aidan Knight Band et travaillant définition de l’esprit de la culture de danse et de comme musicien à temps la musique traditionnelle de l’Afrique de l’Ouest. plein dans sa ville natale de C’est la force motrice qui fait de Wontanara une Victoria, Clements ne peut expérience inoubliable! se passer d’entreprendre de Wontanara Drum & Dance nouveaux projets. Un moment is a Victoria, BC, based musical audacieux entre le jazz, performance troupe and le hip-hop, l’indie-folk et la musique African dance school classique. A ne pas manquer! founded by Guinean MasCalling trumpeter and composer Olivier Clements ter Dancer and choreoambitious would be an understatement. While grapher Mohamed Andre being a full time member of the Aidan Knight Band Duranteau. This dynamic and being a gigging sideman in his hometown of group specializes in sharing and teaching traditioVictoria BC may sound like a lot for some, Clements nal dances, rhythms and songs originating from can’t seem to stop taking on new projects. A bold Guinea, West Africa. Wontanara, which means musical moment between jazz, hip-hop, indie-folk “We are united” or “Come together” in the Susu and classical music. Do not miss! language of Guinea is a true definition of the spirit of West African Drum & Dance culture and the driving force that makes Wontanara an unforgettable experience!

Un brunch sera offert dès 10h30 chez Ambrosia (638, Fisgard) et offrira un menu varié de cabane à sucre. Réjean et Myriam vous feront revivrent les souvenirs d’un Québec d’antan!

Le prix Henriette-Moreau sera remis pendant le repas. Billets en vente à la Société francophone de Victoria (250) 388-7350.

25 $ non-membre / 20 $ membre / 15 $ enfants (10 ans et moins) AUCUN BILLET DISPONIBLE À LA PORTE. The traditional maple syrup brunch will be complemented by a musical performance by Réjean and Myriam who will let you experience traditional mu- 13h45 : Prix pour la Journée sic from Quebec! The Henriette-Moreau prize will be handed out during the brunch. Tickets are being internationale de la femme pre-sold at La Société francophone de Victoria. « L’égalité pour les femmes, c’est le progrès $25 Non-members / $20 Members / $15 for child- pour toutes et tous » ren (10 years old and younger).

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The 18 Annual Victoria French Fest is presented by:

C’est avec un immense plaisir qu’au nom de la communauté francophone de Victoria, je vous souhaite la bienvenue au Festival de la francophonie de Victoria. Du 5 au 8 mars, c’est avec les bras ouverts que nous vous accueillerons. Musique, arts, nourriture, activités familiales et pur plaisir vous y attendent.

Tout commence avec la langue, puis, viennent les cultures. Que ce soit en provenance du Canada, de l’Europe, de l’Afrique ou de l’Asie, tous rendent la francophonie canadienne encore plus riche et plus vibrante. Placez le tout dans une ville comme Victoria et vous obtenez le multiculturalisme propre au Canada que nous aimons - notre pays, notre dualité, notre identité! C’est ce que vous retrouverez pendant le festival.

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On behalf of Victoria’s Francophone community, I invite you to join us for our Festival March 5th to 8th. We will have representatives from many of the Francophone cultures, who will offer their music, art and food to entertain and engage you and your family. Come join us and share our «joie de vivre»!

Au plaisir de vous y rencontrer!

Pauline Gobeil Présidente du Conseil d’administration

Chair of the Board of Directors

Programme d’Immigration francophone de la Colombie-Britannique

Samedi 7 mars de 16h00 à 20h30 Saturday March 7th from 4pm to 8:30pm Soirée d’accueil pour les immigrants francophones et francophiles.

Evening reception for Francophone and Francophile immigrants.

Victoria Events Centre (1415 Broad Street)

Activité familiale – Entrée gratuite – sur inscription SVP Family activity FREE ENTRY – Please register

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16h00-17h30: Accueil, photos, bouchées servies, coin enfants, musiques francophones du monde. Greeting, photos, snacks, children’s corner, Francophone world music.

17h30-18h15: Discours et reconnaissance aux résidents permanents et immigrants francophones. Speeches and recognition to permanent residents and Francophone immigrants.

18h15-19h00: Kikeyambay: Musique de l’Afrique de l’Ouest West Africain/Electric Afro-fusion.

19h15-19h30: Spectacle de danse du ventre. Belly dance show.

19h45-20h30: Miguelito Valdes y Puro Son: trompettiste cubain de renommé internationale, membre de AFRO CUBAN ALL STARS, il a joué avec BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB en 2003 et 2004. Miguelito Valdes y Puro Son: one of Cuba’s most highly regarded trumpet players, member of AFRO CUBAN ALL STARS, he played with BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB in 2003 & 2004. À partir de 20h30: ADULTES SEULEMENT: Ouverture de la piste de danse ADULTS ONLY: Dance floor opening 21h00-22h00: Cours de salsa bilingue. Bilingual salsa lesson.

22h00-22h45: Miguelito Valdes y Puro Son 22h45-minuit: DJ La communauté francophone est invitée à célébrer la diversité et la richesse que nous apportent les immigrants de toutes origines. Les résidents permanents ainsi que tous les immigrants francophones et francophiles sont cordialement bienvenus à cette célébration en leur honneur!

Sur présentation de leur carte de résident permanent, les immigrants pourront participer à plusieurs tirages au sort. Upon presentation of their permanent resident card, immigrants can enter a free draw to win various prizes.

Inscriptions avant le 6 mars / Register before March 6th xlondono@ffcb.ca (250) 800-1601

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Barbies in bloom Spring has sprung. Flowers are everywhere. But in Fairfield there’s a branch that’s sprouted an arm. It’s muscular, molded from plastic, and once belonged to an action figure.

Ida Wellwood found it on the bush near her front gate, after her neighbour attached it there in an attempt to be silly.

She smiles and laughs while remembering the moment. “It was a delightful discovery,” she says.

The experience was so delightful, she decided to grow the branch with an arm into a tree full of dolls.

And that’s what made the videographer and I gasp in unison as we were driving towards Ida’s front yard. After hours of searching for a suitable story for the end of the six o’clock news, we saw dozens of Barbie dolls hanging from a tree like acrobats at a circus.

Ida’s doll tree began with eight Barbies that once belonged to her friend’s daughter. Dolls donated because of a miscommunication. Dolls the daughter wanted her mom to keep. A mistake that nobody realized until Ida used her artistic talents to transform them.

Now the tree’s blooming Barbies have sprouted wings and wear hats made from tea-spoon strainers. There’s even one that’s emerging from the mouth of an alligator.

Ida did damage control by sending photographs of them to the daughter.

“So she knew people were delighted to see them. And she forgave her mother

for giving them to me.”

Those original ADAM SAWATSKY eight dolls @CTVNewsAdam inspired other people to donate their Barbies. Now Ida’s front yard is full of them. “It’s a creation of the absurd because people like to stop and look at things that are absurd.”

The videographer agrees. He smiles while spending way longer than usual capturing the intricacies of what Ida’s created. During that time, the artist reveals how her delightful childhood was undermined by a horrible, decade-long relationship. A relationship she’s grateful ended while she was still young enough to learn how to live again. When I ask how one keeps a broken spirit from dying, she says laughter: “By making someone laugh. And you can, even if they cry, they still laugh.”

Laughter is just one of the many responses from people passing by that keeps the Barbie tree blooming. “There’s no big message,” Ida says. “I’ve seen people (see the tree) and write down what does it mean? And it doesn’t mean anything. It’s just to delight.”

Adam Sawatsky is co-host of CTV News Vancouver Island at Five. On weekends, he hosts ‘Eye on the Arts’ on CFAX 1070.

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f you take aerobics classes, you probably think of them as enjoyable exercise, but caution will save you from serious injuries.

In 1984, Kaye Barnett was in an aerobics class on the Hawaiian island of Waikoloa. It was very warm, she says. ”We were going fast and furious.

My blood was pumping quickly and the instructor kept shouting, ‘You can do it!’ Then she had us cool down very quickly. I bent down to touch my toes then felt something explode in my head.”

When Barnett stood up she had a migraine headache and was blind in her right eye. Doctors did a cerebral arteriogram which showed the blood vessels behind the eye were constricted causing the blindness. After taking medication to dilate the blood vessels, her headache disappeared and sight returned.

She didn’t have permanent aftereffects but a neurologist told Barnett she should never do aerobics again.“Now I monitor my heart rate when doing

any kind of aerobic activity.”

Most aerobic injuries are not as serious as Barnett’s. Acute injuries, often to the ankle or knee, can result from a fall or twist. Overuse injuries develop slowly, from doing too much, too soon without recovery time. Shin pain, foot and knee overuse injuries are most common. And back injuries can result from or be made worse by aerobics. The good news is these can be prevented.

Today, most people think of aerobics as classes which combine dance with body movements such as skipping, walking running, jumping and toe-touching. These tone muscles and develop cardiovascular fitness.

People usually exercise to music in classes of different levels of intensity led by certified instructors.

The health benefits of aerobics classes include weight loss or management, conditioning the heart and lungs by increasing available oxygen and by helping the heart use oxygen efficiently.

They can also help manage stress and lower the risk of hypertension and stroke.

Before you start aerobic exercise, you should have a heart and lung assessment if you’re over 40. And have a musculoskeletal assessment by a sports medicine professional if you’ve been injured.

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Dr. Richard Backus, a sports and exercise medicine doctor at Rebalance MD, says warming up and cooling down are essential for preventing injuries.

“Choose a type of aerobics suitable

for your fitness level,” he says. “Cross training is good though most instructors won’t advise this. Try different types of classes that give you adequate recovery time.”

Jenny Lehmann, a kinesiologist from Parkway Physiotherapy, says you should start doing aerobics with a manageable exercise program.

“People often aren’t aware of posture and form. Injuries may be from overload, and not correcting movement patterns and adjusting imbalances before starting. You often don’t change these until you feel pain.”

She believes classes should be advertised as to age groups and abilities.

“Seniors may have osteoarthritis and are more likely to injure joints. People with chronic injuries should continue rehabilitation until after their pain is gone.”

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Omega-3’s are vital for cardiovascular health, nervous system function and brain development, immune health and fat loss. I’ve worked with individuals who have struggled with depression, anxiety, stress and chronic inflammation and Omega 3’s are a definite must. Look for a supplement that provides a minimum of two to three grams of EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) combined.

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a Société Francophone de Victoria began around a kitchen table in 1941, now it is a home away from home for some 300 French speaking individuals in Greater Victoria.

Some 30,000 people in the region say they speak French regularly.

“There are close to 11,000 children,” says Francophone Society president Pauline Gobeil.

“More than 20 per cent of children are in French Immersion in Victoria.”

A not-for-profit organization that promotes, represents and advocates for the French language and francophone culture in Greater Victoria, the society offers employment preparation, job search assistance and serves as a gathering place for the Francophone community. It also coordinates French-language events, including the popular French Fest March 5 to 8.

“Initially when the festival started it was mainly for Quebec French culture, as it went on – it’s in its 18th edition now – there has been more immigration and migration, so we’ve brought in performers from Africa,” says Gobeil.

The four-day festival attracts some 7,000 people to a variety of events including an opening night concert featuring the traditional Québécois music of Le Bal à l’huile, performing songs from their newest album T’en souviens-tu? at the Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad St, on March 5 at 7:30pm.

“It’s something we share with everybody, not only French speaking, it’s open,” says past president Christian Francey. “It’s something we want to give everybody through our culture and our language. … we party together.”

March 7 and 8 Centennial Square will be a hive of activity with performances by Victoria artist Sam Weber; African drum and dance project Kikeyambay; Wontanara Drum & Dance; the Malahat Swing Cats; Mimosa, a jazz-French quartet with Brazilian influence and trumpeter and composer Olivier Clements.

Free family activities will also be available including traditional French foods; Francophone artisans and information; a kids zone with a bouncy castle, balloons, face painting and more.

March 8 the celebration continues with a traditional Sugar Shack brunch at Ambrosia at 10:30am. The brunch offers a great opportunity to discover traditional French Canadian maple syrup-based dishes. In honour of International Women’s day, three women who have been committed to the community for many years, will be presented with awards on stage at Centennial Square.

“The French culture is not just from one county,” says Gobeil. “It’s very rich.

What we have in common is our language but we all have different cultures we attach to it – but we all like getting together and having a good time.”

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aniel Lanois is one of the most successful Canadians in the music industry.

Some know him from his solo albums and film scores, including the 1996 Billy Bob Thornton hit Sling Blade, but Lanois is also the man behind some of the most influential albums of the last 40 years.

“I started recording in the basement of my mother’s house when I was 12,” says Lanois, on the phone from his home in Los Angeles. “I just bought a tape recorder and I started recording my friends. Then I kept buying more equipment, and more equipment until I got very good at it. By 17 or 18, I was the best in the country.”

Lanois, now 63, say’s he’s not boasting, just that he applied his talent to a medium that interested him deeply.

“I liked to help people with their recordings. I was able to provide people with arranging their songs, I was good at harmony,” he says.

He started recording gospel quartets that would roll through his Hamilton, Ont. hometown. “I recorded hundreds of gospel quartets.

There was a Christian PHOTO CONTRIBUTED music organization that Daniel Lanois Daniel Lanois began his recording career in the basement of his mother’s home. would bring in these performs with gospel quartets from a dreamer, but as someone All That You Can’t Leave Behind and Rocco DeLuca around the world to How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, with a dream fulfilled.”

March 3. tour Canada and they along with several Brian Eno albums; He opened his own stuwould stop in and in dio with brother Bob Lanois Peter Gabriel’s Birdy, So and Us; Bob Ticketweb.ca two days we would do a Dylan’s Oh Mercy and Time Out of and high school friend Bob recording.”

Mind; and recordings by Dashboard Doidge in Hamilton – now the Although he served as an Confessional; Emmylou Harris; Scott legendary Grant Avenue Studio altar boy for several years, it’s the Weiland; Sinéad O’Connor and Neil – but he realized the best recordmusic of his father and grandfather, Young. ings were coming out of Detroit, not both violineux – fiddlers – that res“I recorded a lot of Canadian Toronto. “What did Detroit know that onates with him. “It was the French records people haven’t heard of Toronto didn’t know? The answer is Canadian culture, all my aunts and because they aren’t big names. But that Detroit had a sound,” he says. uncles would play. That was the first they’re some beautiful folk records: Studios there were set up. A musimusic I heard.” cian could enter and within minutes be W.P. Bennett, Dave Essig, young Bruce Lanois followed his instincts as a Coburn … four Raffi records. His recording. “They had house sound. … producer and musician. By 17, he was first record, I recorded in my mom’s I had to follow the Detroit way,” he a master editor and arranger. “I wasn’t says. “I was 19, in my studio people basement,” he says. “Some excellent a record producer – I never heard the Canadian folk music. I love them. I put could show up and we had sound. I word before.” every ounce of my blood into making was way ahead of Toronto.”

Being prepared for opportunity led those beautiful recordings – that is my His career as a producer him to recording bigger acts, he says. most significant work. My work done includes credits on U2 albums The “I was ready for the potential of in Canada.”

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His work with Martha and the Muffins, which included Lanois’ sister Jocelyne, Toronto’s avant garde Time Twins and Mama Quilla, which evolved into the Parachute Club, “was a conduit to the lesbian bands of the ’70s,” he says.

The Time Twins played Lanois’ recording of them for Eno, of Roxy Music fame, who was fascinated by his work.

“Brian Eno called me the next day – that started this whole thing. I did seven ambient albums with Brian Eno and those records got noticed by U2.”

Eno’s groundbreaking ambient sound and innovative production techniques meshed well with Lanois’ and the two collaborated on several recordings, including several U2 albums.

Lanois’ latest release as a performer, Juno nominated Flesh and Machine, harkens back to Eno’s ambient style.

“Flesh and Machine revisits those values, if not those specific sounds,” says Lanois. “Forest City is the most reminiscent. I’m still interested in textural work that has the capacity to raise the spirit. To change your life, even for a moment – that appeals to me.”

His website includes several films made to go along with tracks from Flesh and Machine. “We thought we’d try something. It was a lot of fun to invite filmmakers to submit films. We showed them at various film festivals. Contrary to popular belief we don’t show them on tour – we’ve abandoned all that now.”

What he hasn’t abandoned is his desire to share music on a personal level. “It’s not about entertainment, it’s about the power of soul. … Something that will stop you in your tracks.

Something that will provide you with a night of Bohemia. You can embrace the stillness and let your imagination be your magic carpet. Take your face out of the computer and look at the sky … or take drugs and look at the ceiling of your apartment, or have great sex with somebody you care about. Be an animal again – wouldn’t that be lovely?”

To see the Flesh and Machine videos go to daniellanois.com.

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beginner trails are limited, although the South Island Mountain Biking Society is trying to fix that with an improved beginners was a bit nervous about hitting the trails section at Hartland, which is one of the most on a mountain bike as I drove the long easily accessible and popular riding areas in and winding road out to Durrance Lake. Greater Victoria.

Biking has never really been my forte.

Fortunately, the early February morning is I didn’t learn to ride, or even own a dry and not too cold. The first thing we do bike until I was 12. I grew up in the city and after Nolan hands me a pair of riding gloves I guess, biking just wasn’t in my parent’s and a helmet, is go through a bike check. He genes, so wasn’t passed on to us kids. shows me the suspension and explains the I own a bike now and made sure my kids braking system, making sure the bike fits me both learned to ride safely at an early age. properly.

As soon as we moved to a rural area, my Then we head down to the trail by the son was riding trails, lake. Along the way discovering new short he shows me how to There are more than cuts around town position my hands and 86 riding trails in the and is now a regular how to shift. When we bike-commuter down arrive at the designatHartland area alone the decidedly not-bikeed spot, lesson No. 1 is friendly Jarvis Street in how to fall safely. Tuck Toronto. your arm in and try to roll I figure, if he can survive that, I can survive over your shoulder, says Nolan. Don’t stick this. your hand out and break your wrist.

In the past, I’ve enjoyed afternoons biking Got it. along the Lochside and Galloping Goose The pair have set up small cones on the trails, but mounting a different kind of bike trail and the first activity is braking. It’s and learning a new way to ride, I felt would important for me to learn the feel of the open up a new world of activity along with bike, how long it takes to stop and how presenting a new physical challenge, so – different the turning radius is from my usual nerves aside – I was eager to ride. road bike. On the mountain bike, the rear I meet up with Patrick Nolan, owner of brake slows you and the front brake stops Nolan Riding, and one of his instructors you completely. Learning how to use the pair David Lynch, in the parking lot of Durrance in unison helps have greater control over the Lake. The spot is not one Nolan would normachine. mally choose to take a novice rider, but for Next I learn position. In the ready position the convenience of myself and photographer your head is up, feet are even horizontally Don Denton’s schedule, Nolan picked the on the pedals, knees are flexed and elbows spot as reasonably quiet, safe and accessible, are bent and out like “chicken wings.” After along with being located a few passes through the cones, I get a not too far out of thumbs up on my ready position. town.

Next Lynch moves the cones into an arc so See a One of the I can practice my turns. Nolan teaches me to things he notes use my body, “steer with your bellybutton,” slideshow of is that local he says. photos online at

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“You know, like when you were a kid and you rode with no hands,” he calls as he rolls down the trail and turns his bike neatly, hands behind his back.

No. That’s not me, never will be.

On my first pass I am moving too slowly and turn the wheel too far. Before I know it, the ground is rushing up on my right side and instinctively I throw my right hand out. Luckily, Nolan’s fall lesson comes quickly to my rescue and I tuck my arm in and roll onto my back. I’m quickly back on my feet with Nolan and Lynch at my side making sure I’m OK. My fall was “perfectly executed” says Lynch. Unfortunately, my left thumb is telling me something went wrong somewhere else. I decide to push on, eager to learn more. But first, to defeat that right hand turn.

My next go at it is successful and after a few more passes I’m completely comfortable turning in both directions.

The next challenge is lifting the front wheel. This manoeuvre is not normally undertaken when one is new to the sport, but I’m game to try and see how it goes. Ready posi-

tion, chicken wings out … I try to turn my body into one giant spring – bike and all. After a few tries and a generous amount of bouncing about – which no one laughs at, thankfully. Nolan says this time, instead of constant springing up and down, do it once.

“Now,” he says.

I pedal, position and lift. I can actually feel the front tire leave the ground. Success!

He and Lynch are generous with their praise. I feel like I just won the lottery. Small victories are sometimes all it takes to make one forget the falls.

We end the lesson with a well-spotted attempt to lift the wheel over a log that is fixed to the ground. The two men do a great job of catching me as I miss the mark by a hair.

Nolan tells me I did a good job and have “natural athletic ability.”

I don’t know about that, but I do know it feels great to take on a new challenge and learn a new skill.

Nolan Riding offers several options for new riders, both young and not so young. Check it out at nolanriding.com.

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rowing everything from parsnips to persimmons, 10 Acres is the epitome of local eating. Billing itself as Bistro + Bar + Farm, that pretty much sums it up. Most of the menu is pulled out of North Saanich soil in the morning and on your plate by noon.

“Farm to table is such a popular catch phrase these days,” says Meat and Bread Chef Carmen Ingham. “People love to say it but … this place walks the walk.”

Ingham grew up in the kitchen beside his mother, enjoying food from his Italian heritage. “My mom is Italian, but she was born here. My family acts more Italian than we really are – big family suppers, that sort of thing.”

It was in his mother’s kitchen Ingham learned to appreciate home-grown, as well as home-cooked meals. “I got a part time job in a kitchen when I was going to community college and I fell in love with it right away … that’s 10 years now,” he says.

Originally from Burnaby, Ingham is a Red Seal Chef who spent years honing his skills at the prestigious Sonora Resort, north of Campbell River.

Ingham orders the Farmhand lunch which includes house-made char-

cuterie; locally sourced cheese; crostinis; food to come from as close as possible. pickled vegetables; house-made beer, onion, People are more realistic about their carbon mustard; candied salmon; pork paté and footprint and wasting resources.” That chicken liver parfait. change in attitude also changes the menu Torn between the Salt Spring Island which follows the harvest, he says. “It’s creMussels and the sustainable local fish tacos, ated more interesting regional cuisine.”

I opt for the former cooked It’s a sentiment shared in traditional garlic and white by 10 Acres owner Mike wine.

Murphy, who not only grows Waste not, I try a taste of the mustard most of the vegetables for want not at and share a few of the genthe restaurant, he also raises 10 Acres erous helping of mussels. The pigs, turkeys, rabbits and mustard is a delicious blend of chickens for their eggs. What flavours, as is the rest, Ingham he can’t provide from his 10 assures me. acres, comes from other area farms. “Local “Most people associate shellfish with farmers, you gotta support them,” says summer, but they’re much better in the Murphy, who also owns Pescatores and The winter, it has something to do with the Oyster Bar. “These days people will pay for colder water,” he says, taking a bite. local, especially for meat products.”

The mussels do taste fresh and firm, the The farm supplies meat and produce and large, yet thin, slice of garlic toast perched also takes back compost from the restauon top is perfect to soak up some of the rant, reusing it on the fields. flavourful broth.

“I read on their website they even reuse “This (chicken liver parfait) is brouléed the vegetable oil to power the farmer’s car,” with a torch, that’s a nice touch, I’ve never says Ingham. “It’s pretty interesting.” had that before. The pickles are really nice, 10 Acres, 611 Courtney St., is one of refreshing,” he says. dozens of local restaurants participating in As we eat, we talk about the local food Dine Around & Stay in Town, providing movement. “Before things were thought special price fixe menus Feb. 20 to March to be better if they were from further away, 9. Go to tourismvictoria.com for more informore luxurious. Now people want their mation.

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As cocktails are moving to lighter more aperitif style, Sake cocktails are trending in London, NY, LA and other cities outside of Japan. Now, of course, serious Sake creators and drinkers will turn up their noses but cocktail lovers certainly won’t.

Thinking that all Japanese restaurants would, of course, make Sake cocktails turned out to be very wrong headed on my part when I discovered that Azuma Sushi made only two – the, by now, classic Sakitini and the Manhattan East.

Azuma Sushi though, doesn’t forget its roots and offers instead cocktails with green tea, yuzu, and lemongrass.

On Mondays, the cocktails are $5. And bless their hearts the nigiri is just .99 and set atop beautifully done rice that’s not too heavy on the vinegar. First up was a GunPowder Old Fashioned with your choice of Gin or Bourbon with Silk Road Gunpowder Tea and a lemongrass stir stick, which unfortunately didn’t make it into the glass. I went for the bourbon and afterwards thought gin might have been more appropriate for the food but the words Old Fashioned and gin just seemed so wrong in the moment.

The big, smoky flavour of the gunpowder tea surprisingly didn’t come through as expected.

Next was the Azuma Saketini, a generously proportioned Sake forward cocktail that was refreshing and a lovely food match. I think an olive is an odd choice and would have preferred a lightly pickled onion but, quibbles. I look forward to a return trip, Neo Tokyo Yuzu Sour anyone?

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Fans of musical theatre are familiar with the Canadian College of Performing Arts in Oak Bay, and have come to know Gotta Getta Gimmick, the local company founded by alumni in 2002. They kick off 2015 with lucky Chorus Line Cabaret number 13 March 2 at the Belfry Theatre, celebrating the musicals of Charles Strouse.

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Theatre lovers eagerly await the Belfry Theatre SPARK Festival (March 10-22) for the exposure to cutting-edge experimentation from nationally-recognized and local talent. Anita Majumdar presents an audacious trio of dance-plays The Fish-Eyes Trilogy, The God That Comes features Hawksley Workman in a rock and roll cabaret, and in Through the Gaze of a Navel audience members will experience a performance yoga class. Theatre SKAM curates free miniplays. Belfry.bc.ca Explore the realm of contemporary voice at Open Space’s Voice++ 2015 Festival March 19-22. Performances include: Tomomi Adachi, Janice Jackson and Erik Bünger. voicefest2015.bpt.me/ Victoria audiences are fortunate to have an incredible emerging theatre eco-system, nurtured in part by Intrepid Theatre’s YOU Show, which this month presents Agency and Empathy (the journey of a Men’s Rights

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When it comes to dressing up denim, I always go for a darker wash, I find light-wash and distressed jeans always look more casual. A pair of dark, fitted men’s jeans is the equivalent to a pair of chinos in terms of versatility for menswear.

Every man should own a khaki pair of chinos and a dark-wash blue jeans to wear on casual Fridays or to dress down a shirt and tie. Depending on the occasion, there are several ways you can dress up a pair of men’s jeans, the first way is to pair them with a collared dress shirt, tie and a classic blazer. If you accessorize this look with a belt, pocket square and a pair of loafers, you will look effortlessly dressed up without being pretentious. If it feels too dressy with a blazer, you can always swap the blazer for denim jacket or skip the tie. Either way, jeans don’t have to be worn strictly on Sunday afternoons with a T-shirt and sneakers.

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It is really hard to find the perfect pair of jeans and when I find a style and cut that fits my body type, I tend to buy multiple pairs and washes in the same style. When I want to dress up my jeans I usually opt for a colourful printed silk blouse paired with a bold statement necklace. If I want to take my look up to the next level, I’ll complete it with a fitted blazer or cardigan on top. You can wear a T-shirt with jeans if you accessorize properly by adding a necklace, statement scarf and blazer.

The next time you’re thinking twice about wearing a pair of jeans, remember the darker the wash, the dressier – and don’t be afraid to pair it with a blazer and accessorize.

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Mila Kunis stars in the sci-fi stunner Jupiter Ascending.

Hodge podge ascending Although Lana and Andy Wachowski got noticed for their 1996 “lesbian noir” thriller Bound, it was The Matrix, with its visionary blend of trippy visuals, cutting-edge special effects, and mind-bending sci-fi plot, that propelled them into the upper

orbit of name-brand writer-directors.

That was 16 years ago, and they have been scrambling unsuccessfully to match that achievement ever since.

Although 2012’s Cloud Atlas had vast ambitions, its puzzle-within-a-puzzle era-hopping storylines became intellectually turgid. And now they have backtracked notably with the blockbuster silliness of Jupiter Ascending, a candy-coloured sci-fi extravaganza that starts on Earth before launching itself on an inter-galactic mission that’s an eye-popping pastiche of everything from Star Wars to Soylent Green.

Mila Kunis (Black Swan) stars as the improbably named Jupiter Jones, a Russian émigrée who scrubs

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toilets in Chicago. As it turns out, the unaware Jupiter is the “genetic reincarnation” of one of the leaders of the Abrasax clan, one of the most powerful and ruthless families in the entire universe. As such, she is heir to a staggeringly vast fortune – including the planet Earth, whose entire population is a crop due to be “harvested.”

Jupiter’s genetic original had three children, and they all have nefarious designs on Jupiter. Luckily, this resourceful gal has a protector in the form of Caine Wise (Channing Tatum), a “hunter” who was originally hired by one of the Abrasax siblings to find the missing heir but who now has fallen for Jupiter and become her hunky guardian.

Ascending is a sometimes-effective hodge-podge of hyper-kinetic chase scenes, creepy critters appropriate for an ambitious space opera, and visually lush set design (riffing on everything from Art Deco-informed Egyptian statuary to the paintings of Maxfield Parrish). But even stunning images of space ships breaching like whales as they emerge from beneath thick clouds of space dust can’t compensate for all the genre clichés, plotting contrivances, and hammy acting (particularly Eddie Redmayne, so great as Stephen Hawking, who may have just put his Oscar chances in peril). Kunis is cute as anything, and some of the spectacle works well on its own terms. But after two hours of synapse-jolting/ hell’s-a-poppin’ brain pummeling you’ll probably yearn for something slow-paced and thoughtful on PBS. JUPITER ASCENDING ★★ Stars Mila Kunis, Channing Tatum Written and Directed by Lana and Andy Wachowski

Lily James stars as Cinderella in Disney’s live action version of the classic fairy tale.

to do battle with a global tech threat. With Samuel L. Jackson, Mark Strong, and Michael Caine.

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Disney offers a particularly lush version of the classic fairy tale. Directed by Kenneth Branagh and starring Cate Blanchett, Helena Bonham Carter, and Lily James.

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A skilled conman begins grooming a young and attractive woman as his partner, but romance complicates things rather dangerously. With Will Smith and Margot Robbie (Wolf of Wall Street).

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The great Sean Penn stars in a gritty thriller about an international spy who struggles to clear his name before his employers bump him off. The superb cast includes Javier Bardem, Ray Winstone, and Idris Elba.

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The awards season is over.

The mother of all, the Academy Awards has played out, and now it’s time to catch films that are just making a stop in Victoria.

One that will be popping up by the end of February and early March, and not to be missed is Two Days, One Night by the Dardenne brothers, who have created a remarkably intriguing human dilemma.

Marion Cotillard (nominated for an Academy Award) plays Sandra, who, missing work too

often, is set to be laid off – the twist comes when her co-workers are asked to vote on whether to save Sandra’s job or receive a bonus.

Around town: Cinecenta is trying out late afternoon shows on Mondays. The Vic Theatre has brought on board Sunday matinees and may soon add Saturday.

De Vine Winery, in conjunction with the Victoria Film Festival, is planning outdoor films this summer and – rumor has it – to be accompanied by a pig roast.

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n the great land of television, we’re full swing into returning series and premieres of new favourites. I’d like to recommend a few here to try out.

First, a couple of old friends: House of Cards is back for a third season on Netflix on Feb. 27. I felt Season 2 was strong, with some unexpected twists and a continuation of the dark, disturbing world of politics we’ve come to know and reluctantly love on the show. I won’t spoil anything for those who haven’t caught up yet, but last season ended with a pretty substantial, well, promotion, and I’m looking forward to seeing where they take it from here.

Parks and Recreation is back on Feb 24, but its return is bittersweet as this will be the final season for what has consistently been one of the funniest and well written shows on the boob tube. Part of its success has been its phenomenal cast, including Amy Poehler, Aziz Ansari, Rashida Jones, Chris Pratt and Nick Offerman, all big names in their own right now. A couple of them have already left the show, but the rest are back for a last hurrah. I’m glad to have them back but will be sorry to see them go.

Now for some new series: If you are as enamoured by the truly weird and hilarious comedy styling of John C. Reilly as I am, you should be looking forward to Bagboy, airing on Feb. 20 (bit unclear as to what channel here in Canada, but on Comedy Central in the U.S.). This half-hour special sees Reilly returning as Dr. Steve Brule, only this time Brule is an actor playing a bag boy in a doomed sitcom. If you’re not familiar with Reilly or Brule, this special will seem incredibly strange. And it is. But it’s also hysterically funny.

Starting on Fox on March 1 is The Last Man on Earth, a new comedy created by, and starring, SNL alum Will Forte and involving superstar directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (22 Jump Street, The Lego Movie). I’d vouch for the show based on the talent alone, but the trailer also sets the stage for a quirky bit of fun about just what the title promises.

Another Netflix title sees the producers of 30 Rock, including Tina Fey, returning with Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, about a woman freed from the isolation of 15 years in an apocalypse-obsessed cult back into the real world. It’s a fish-out-of-water type story we’ve all seen before, but, come on, I mean, how good was 30 Rock?

Let’s hope this lives up to its pedigree.

Finally, from the creators of Breaking Bad and House, comes Battle Creek, a new comedy cop series starring Josh Duhamel, Dean Winters and Kal Penn, among others, premiering March 1 on Global. If Better Call Saul isn’t scratching your Breaking Bad itch, perhaps this show, about a small time detective paired with a top dog cop, will hit the spot.

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is the time to examine your life as a whole, to see if you’re going in the direction you want. ‘Second star to the right and straight on till morning.’

with others, especially authority figures. You have your ideas and they have theirs. Certain issues might come to a head now, which gives you clarity. Meanwhile, your sex drive is strong!

CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22)

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22)

This is an exciting time because the Sun is urging you to broaden your horizons through new experiences, ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19) Georgia Nicols study or travel. You want to break Your birthday is a month away, free from your everyday routine which means your personal year is ending. So and expand your experience of life. Embrace this is the perfect month to think about what you anything that stimulates your mind. Legal want in the coming year. Take time to define matters might be important. You might also have goals to guide you this year. When you give an increased interest in religious, spiritual and yourself a specific goal, you increase the odds metaphysical areas. Meanwhile, Venus and of achieving that goal. It beats going through life Mars, at the top of your chart will arouse your willy-nilly, management by crisis. Meanwhile, ambition and enhance relationships with auMars now energizes you, making you proactive thority figures. In fact, this ‘enhancement’ might and decisive, while Venus makes you charming, even lead to a romance with your boss. diplomatic and magically skilled at choosing wardrobe goodies.

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22)

TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20)

Your popularity will grow this month. Perhaps you will join a class or a group or become more involved with a friend? Whatever happens, you will become more aware of the value of friendships in your life, and how important they are to you. You will also be aware of the benefit of cooperating with others. You will see that others help you get what you want. Therefore, focus on team efforts. Form working units. Accept invitations from others.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20)

This month the Sun is at the top of your chart.

This is the only time all year this happens. This is a powerful phenomenon. It acts like a flattering spotlight on you, which is why everyone thinks you are fabulous and capable. This is why you will be approached to take on increased responsibilities. Just say yes, because you will dazzle everyone without doing anything special. This

Travel for pleasure will delight you now. You might surprise yourself by how keen you are to put energy into creative, intellectual study or anything that improves your mind. You want to explore beliefs, politics, religion and metaphysics. You want to ‘know’ more. You will enjoy debating new ideas. Because your appreciation of beauty is heightened, you will focus more on art, beautiful things and places. You might strike up a new relationship with someone from a different background. You want to be a new, improved Leo!

VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22)

The Sun is your source of energy, and this week it moves 180º opposite from your sign. Since this is as far away from you as it gets all – your energy will flag. You will need more sleep. It’s important to acknowledge this and accept it, instead of ignoring it. Take naps. This polarized position of the Sun can create problems dealing

You suddenly want to turn over a new leaf and pull your life together. You will make To Do lists so that you feel you are on top of your scene and being as productive and efficient as possible.

Not only will you focus on accomplishing tasks, you will also focus on improving your health.

(Since you’re on this kick – why not go for the whole enchilada?) However, fiery Mars will be opposite your sign, and this might create tension with friends and partners. You might even encounter an enemy. Fortunately, Venus will soften things.

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21)

A playful, creative time awaits you because this month is one of the most fun months of the year for you. Get out and have a good time! Accept invitations to party and attend sports events. You want a chance to express yourself and be free to be who you really are. Relations with children will be important. This is also a strong highlight on romance and love affairs. Some of you might have a work-related love affair. Meanwhile, all is not just fun and games because you will work hard at your job due to the fact that you take pride in what you’re doing right now.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21)

This month is a busy swirl of fun events with family members and playful times with children plus romantic dates, sports events, social occasions and even vacations. Yet, with all this focus on fun and creative times, your strongest focus will be on home, family and your personal life. Some might be involved with a parent. One thing is certain, you will give yourself a personal report card about the way you live your life, and

the choices you make. Examine how your past choices create your future. That’s the secret.

CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19)

This month is jam-packed with short trips, conversations with everyone, busy, daily errands, as well as increased reading, writing and study. You are ambitious about what you want to accomplish in your external world, your daily world, and even at home. In the midst of this busy pace, you might also redecorate or renovate where you live. Family conflicts, as well as loving family get-togethers, are both in the picture. It was ever thus. George Burns was right. ‘Happiness is a large, loving, close-knit family in another city.’

AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18)

Although you are focused on earnings, money, cash flow, assets and possessions, now more than any other time in the year, is the time to ask yourself if the things you own serve your needs.

In other words, do you own your stuff or does it own you? Are you a slave to your possessions?

What you need to do now is gain a better control over your life through what you own. Meanwhile, Mars makes you direct and forthright, while Venus, softens all your communications and helps you earn money. Ka-ching!

PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20)

The Sun has returned to your sign for the first time in 11 months giving you an opportunity to recharge your batteries for the coming year.

It attracts favourable circumstances and important people to you. Because the Sun is your source of energy, you will project yourself more forcefully than usual, and make a great impression on others. It also makes you want to talk to others and get your ideas out. Meanwhile, you’re working hard to earn money, and spend it!

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