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Canada Music Week concert to benefit Majestic Theatre Show this Tuesday A celebration of music will benefit the Majestic Theatre this Tuesday evening, as Biggar and area helps celebrate Canada Music Week. Honouring the nation’s composers, local musicians, singers and choirs will take the the Majestic Theatre stage at 7 p.m. for the unique fund raising event. This year’s lineup will feature performers from Biggar, Asquith, Plenty and Saskatoon. It is a showcase of eclectic performances and musical styles from various singers, instrumentalists, composers and storytellers. Hitting the stage will be Jeff Gosselin, performing his new classical guitar composition, ‘Lament’. The MacIntyre Brothers - Phil on steel guitar, and John on acoustic and vocals - will be making two selections, accompanied by Ian Gilchrist on bass. They’ll perform some Stan Rogers and Humphrey and the Dumptrucks. The New Musettes, a group of six teens, directed and accompanied by Louise Souillet Hawkins, will perform ‘I Dream of Rain’. Kelsey Hammond and
Kathryn Aldridge will perform vocal solos, while Brock Thomson will play his original piano composition that won the Saskatchewan Registered Music Teachers’ Association (SRMTA) music writing competition. Prairie Notes, directed by Cathy Donahue and accompanied by Peggy L’Hoir and Lauren Epp, will be performing two Angie Tysseland pieces: ‘Heart Song’, lyrics by John Oldham, and ‘Refiner’s Fire’, the title song from Tysseland’s oratorio of the same name. Daughter/Father duos, Destiny and Bill Hammel (two guitars/vocal), and Jessi and Ian Gilchrist (sax and double bass), will also thrill. Piano trio Alexis Epp, Kelsey Hammond and Destiny Hammel will also provide some virtuosity. The wee-ones will also impress - Tiny Tots Nursery will put a smile on every face. These 4-year-olds will sing ‘I am a Pizza’, a Charlotte Diamond song, and ‘Boogers’, a poem from Biggar’s own, Susan Lehnert. St. Gabriel School Grade 1 class,
Remember . . . Biggar Cadet, Natalie Wong hands a wreath, at the Community Hall, November 11. Residents in Biggar, Perdue, Landis, Asquith, and across the country,
took time to remember those who sacrificed during times of war and conflict, all for the freedoms we have today.
directed by teacher Karen Jiricka will sing Angie Tysseland’s ‘The River’, and ‘Spider on the Floor’ by children’s entertainer, Raffi. ‘The Group’ - a combined 200 years of musical experience - brings their love of music and a sense of adventure for trying something new to the stage. Gerri Angelopoulos, Terry and Kathy Epp, John MacIntyre, Liam Mair, Ian Gilchrist, Susan and Graham Lehnert, and Peggy L’Hoir, will perform ‘Heart of Gold’,
are often about getting along in this world with one another, with nature or even monsters under your bed - humorous tales (Logan loves to laugh), adventuresome tales (she likes to travel), and gross stories (she has
Woody’s a Hollerin’ . . . Woody Holler and his Orchestra hit the Biggar Community Hall, November 12, for the third concert of the Biggar and District Arts Council season. The yodelling performer mixed some shuffling beats with a fantastic stage show - a big hit with the full house. (Independent Photo by Daryl Hasein)
‘Four Strong Winds’, ‘If I Had A Million Dollars’. Completing the lineup, Saskatoon storyteller, Bonnie Logan will take people on a journey using folk tales, cantefables, literary and original stories. Logan’s stories
(Independent Photo by Daryl Hasein)
a strong stomach), her tales are something you don’t want to miss. The Canada Music Week celebrations, a fund raiser for the theatre, is this Tuesday, 7 p.m. at the Majestic Theatre.
Landmark report released on Compassionate Care L a s t T h u r s d a y, t h e Parliamentary Committee on Palliative and Compassionate Care (PCPCC), involving over 55 Members of Parliament, released a historical report urging specific policy action on disability issues, elder abuse, suicide prevention and palliative care. Saskatoon-RosetownBiggar MP, Kelly Block played a key role in the report’s findings. The report titled “Not to be Forgotten” is the product of a culmination of a series of consultations, discussions, and extensive research with medical stakeholders and constituents across the country. It aims to promote awareness, while effectively proposing policies with a constructive framework that deals with
long-term health issues in Canada. “We have a responsibility t o c a r e f o r C a n a d a ’s vulnerable citizens of all ages,” Block explained. “Statistics surrounding Canadians’ access to palliative care and the rising issues of suicide and elder abuse are very concerning, but we have an opportunity to make positive change.” The report is divided into three sections: the first highlights research, education and eldercare training, as well as innovative program training for medical students in the area of palliative care. The second illuminates facts on suicide rates in Canada and proposes a comprehensive national
suicide strategy. The third outlines how Canada can establish a coherent system of intervention of elder abuse. “Members of Parliament from across party lines have stepped up to better the lives of Canadians for a healthier and stronger future. I am honoured to be one of them,” Block added. Founded in 2010 by co-chairs, Kelly Block, Joe Comartin, MP for W i n d s o r- Te c u m s e h , Harold Albrecht, MP for Kitchener-Conestoga, Michelle Simson, MP for Scarborough Southwest, and Frank Valeriote, MP for Guelph, the PCPCC is a cross-partisan, ad-hoc committee of the House of Commons.