Peace Peace Arch Arch News News Tuesday, July 12, 2011
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wizard and vocalist Bruce ‘Sunpie’ Barnes – who impressed local fans in a previous appearance with Mojo Zydeco several years ago – is back, joined by longtime friend Leroy Etienne on drums. Etienne, a veteran drummer, has played with many of the greats of Zydeco, and is credited with defining the rudiments of the style. Joining them onstage will be Mojo members Randy Schultz (guitar and vocals), Jane Carnahan (rub-board), Dave Clairmont (bass) and Tom ‘Solid’ Gould (sax). The result, according to Mojo leader Schultz, will be “the authentic sounds of Zydeco and rocking blues, served up southern-style.” Tickets ($15 advance) are available at the legion; for more information, call 604-721-0872.
Max Tell In a departure from his trademark storytelling for kids, White Rock’s award-winning Max Tell brings a new work for teens and adults to Small Ritual Coffee Society, 1237 Johnston Rd. The Enforcer – to be presented in three parts on consecutive Wednesdays, July 13, 20 27 – is a gripping rite-of-passage story about Rock Rogers, a bully and hockey ‘enforcer’ who comes faceto-face with the realities of life and death during a white-water rafting trip. The new story comes with a warning: there is some coarse language in the telling of the vividly imagined piece. Each segment consists of a 30-minute readers’ theatre presentation, followed by an optional workshop in which Tell – whose Monkey Mumbo Jumbo was just chosen best book for kids and teens by the Canadian Children’s Book Centre – will share some of the secrets of his trade with would-be storytellers. The July 13 workshop will discuss creative writing, while the July 20 workshop will focus on creative performance. On July 27, Tell will conduct a question and answer on both creative writing and storytelling. Admission is free for teens, by donation for adults. For more information, call 604538-9466, email robert@maxtell. ca or visit www.maxtell.ca
Adrian Michael Adrian Michael, a 16-year-old jazz piano prodigy, will play at Iguana’s on Marine Drive with his trio every Thursday at 6:30 p.m. through the summer. Currently students of Semiahmoo Secondary’s jazz program, Michael and regular bassist Abby David, who usually works with drummer Matt Skepasts (unavailable for the gigs), will be playing with subs – most likely Natalie Yergatian or Michael’s brother Julian. The Thursday night gigs mark an interesting return to Iguana’s for Michael, who first sat in there with keyboardist Willie McCalder – from whom he learned more than a few blues licks – when he was only nine years old.
Nunsense Vancouver-based community theatre company Fighting Chance Productions, responsible for recent critically acclaimed versions of Sweeney Todd, Forbidden Broadway, Rent and The Musical of Musicals: The Musical, is partnering with the White Rock
Red Beans & Rice
Sounds of the south
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Mojo Zydeco, along with two special guests from Louisiana, Leroy Etienne and Bruce ‘Sunpie’ Barnes (below), will bring some southern flair to the Royal Canadian Legion Crescent Branch 240 July 16. For more information, call 604-721-0872.
Players Club to present Nunsense, running until July 23 at Coast Capital Playhouse, 1532 Johnston Rd. An irreverent off-Broadway hit, with book, music and lyrics by Dan Goggin, Nunsense shows what happens when five of the remaining 19 Little Sisters of Hoboken decide to put on a variety show to raise money for the burial of four lately deceased members of their order. Featured in the daffy goings-on are a tightrope-walking Mother Superior, the stardom-seeking Sister Robert Anne, the ballet obsessed Sister Mary Leo, the straight-shooting Sister Mary Hubert and the forgetful Sister Mary Amnesia. The cast features five of the Lower Mainland’s top musical theatre performers: White Rock resident Nicole Stevens; CTC and Ovation award winner Cathy Wilmot; Janet Glassford, Keri Smith and Celia Reid. Director is Ryan Mooney. Performances are Wednesdays through Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. Tickets can be reserved by calling 604-536-7535 or visiting www.whiterockplayers. ca
Spirit Stage Summer Music at the Spirit Stage, a concert series masterminded by Phil Q. Davey
Ed Malewsky (guitar and vocals) of Q Sound, in collaboration with the Semiahmoo First Nation, will and Brian Larson (bass). continue July 16, 3 p.m. - 8:30 All ages are welcome, and the p.m. in Semiahmoo cost for the live Park (on Marine show is $10 (usual Drive) with an allsession price is star show featuring $5). Net proceeds Louisiana-style benefit the Metro dance band Mojo Kids Society. Zydeco with For more, visit Sunpie Barnes and jumpjointswing. Leroy Etienne, plus com or call 778Jason Mitchell, 867-1457 Token Rhyme and Live music Canada Day by the The Wednesday Bay headliner Ben night series Rogers. continues at The On July 23 the Sandpiper on series will present a Marine Drive, showcase of young Contributed photo with 8:30 p.m. and emerging Bruce ‘Sunpie’ Barnes will performances, artists, including play with Mojo Zydeco. including Indigo, local favourites July 13; The Sutton Their There. Brothers, July 20; Rick Poltaruk, Tickets for series events are July 27. available from the Surrey Arts Thomas MacKay, also known Centre box office, 604-501-5566. as The One Man Band, will play For more, call 604-538-2951. ’50s, ’60s and ’70s-style dance Swing dancing music – and more – Friday, July The weekly swing dance session 15, 7:30 to 11 p.m. at the White presented by South Surrey’s Marie Rock Elks Club, 1469 George St. and Peter Welton, of Jump Joint Zydeco at the Legion Swing, has switched days from Mojo Zydeco will present a Sundays to every Wednesday sizzling summer dance with (during July and August) 7 to 11 two very special guests from p.m. at 110-12332 Pattullo Place. Louisiana, July 16, 9 p.m. at Royal This week (July 13) Jump Joint presents its first live swing band, Canadian Legion Crescent Branch The Midnight Eagles, featuring 240, 2643 128 St. George Kauffmann (keyboards), Accordion master, harmonica
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The house band for the White Rock Traditional Jazz Society, Red Beans & Rice, featuring Rice Honeywell, is keeping the danceable sounds of Dixieland jazz going during the society’s summer hiatus. The band continues to play most Sundays from 3 to 6 p.m., at the Royal Canadian Legion Crescent Branch 240, 2643 128 St. Admission is $10 (age 19 and over, only) or $8 for society or Legion members. Confirmed and revised dates are July 17 and 24 and August 7, 14, and 28.
Femme Fusion There’s still a chance to catch the mother-daughter show and sale by painter-photographer and multimedia artist Katherine Siemens and painter-photographer Savannah Chanel, Femme Fusion, which runs until July 18 at Laura’s Coffee on the Corner (formerly Coffee With Attitude), 10-15208 Pacific Ave. (at Five Corners at the foot of Johnston Road). A re-examination of female archetypes from different cultures, the show will feature the pair’s most recent acrylics and mixedmedia pieces, watercolours, and evocative retro-style photography. Siemens has a passion for faces, intense colour and exotic detail developed through travel and her years in fashion design and illustration. Chanel, who has previously collaborated in shows with her mother, is currently refining her individualistic painting and illustration style. For more information, call 604538-6600.