B12 Terrace Review — Wednesday, June 19, 1991 THE NORTHWEST SINGERS, Showcase Performers at the B.C. Festival of the Arts in Vancouver. Northwest Singers crowning honour A crowning achievement for the Northwest Singers of Terrace was their invitation to sing as Showcase Performers at the B.C. Festival of the Arts in Vancouver, May 22 to 26. In former years the Northwest Singers has won acclaim at the Pacific Northwest Music Festival and have been chosen to go to the B.C. Festival as contestants. How- ever, they have only been able to. send tapes as it was too costly in ‘ time and money for them all, as an adult group, to attend. It was, therefore, a very special honour to be invited by the Festi- . val board to attend as performers; to have their expenses paid by the Pacific Coast Festival Association and the B.C. Festival of the Arts; to receive the invitation last year in time to make preparation, and to -have the privilege of being able to plan and practice all winter for the event. They sang in the sunshine at Lonsdale Quay. They sang in the _arena in North Vancouver in con- cert with other groups. They sang in a tent, in a cafeteria, and in the gym. And they even sang an impromptu concert for guests at the hotel where they staycd. "And to cap it all, they sang at the Sunday morning musical service at ‘the Canadian Memorial Church in Vancouver and again in the same church in the afternoon at a con- cert featuring the Canadian Mem- orial Choir with the Vancouver City Singers and the Northwest Singers. "The trip was a wonderful exper- icnce," said Marilyn Brodie, direc- tor. "Performing six limes a day really helped pull us together as a group. We were encouraged by the enthusiastic response we received and felt privileged to be one of the two groups to be performing in the Showcase who came from beyond the lower mainland. "We attended interesting work- shops too — one on motivating performers and one on how to take care of your voice. As well, we had choral speaking workshops with two well-known Vancouver choral conductors: John Tripp and Cortland Hultberg." At the Sunday concert, several people from Terrace were in the audience, including former mem- pers of the choir, such as Jean and Neville Hope, who had come over from Nanaimo to hear them. Bonnie MacNeill is the accom- panist for the choir, with Marilyn Brodie as director. Members of the choir are Terry Anderson, Krista Bottyan, Andy Brodie, Becky Brookhart, Betty Gcier, Laura MacGregor, Alexis Maikapar, Darrel] O’Bryne, Geoff Parr, Michelle Pederson, Sherri Webber, Mike Wen, Gisela Wil- liamson, Liz Williamson and Ruth Wright. The Northwest Singers are now planning their 1991-1992 season and as 1992 is the 10th anniver- sary of the choir, il will surely be something special. ‘Leave your card with 5,600 ee ~The Business Guide | Chip praised at Mainstage _ A Chip. in the Sugar, the Terrace Little Theatre entry, was honoured with the Burnaby Centennial Chal- - lenge trophy as runner-up to The- atre Kelowna’s Orphans at Main- stage “91 held in Nelson this month and sponsored by Theatre -BC. The trophy, carved by native artist Ellen Neil as a commissioned work by Burnaby city council in 1958, will be displayed in Ter- race's McColl Playhouse for the next year. Directed by Merry Hall- sor and acted by Alan Weston, Chip was praised, by adjudicator Martin Kinch for. set design, act- ing, directing, and the tightness of the show. Kinch said, "I loved the detailed precision." Chip was used as a yardstick during coffee critiques of each of the 10 Mainstage presentations. Weston said the honour of doing Allan Bennett’s A Chip in the Sugar was the highlight of his life. He commended all the plays at Mainstage as quality productions with incredible variety, wonderful actors and actresses. He judged it to be an excellent festival overall. The other Skeena Zone Drama Festival entry to Mainstage °91, Prince Rupert Harbour - Players’ production of The Brute by Chekov, received a certificate of merit for scene development work from their adjudicator Peter Elliot Wiess. At the annual general meeting of Theatre BC, Merry Hallsor of the Terrace Little Theatre was re- elected president, Sharon Lynch, also of TLT, was elected onto the ACHIP IN THE SUGAR honoured at Mainstage with the Burnaby Trophy. Congratulations to actor Alan Weston and director Merry Halisor. board as zone representative, and The Brute) was elected recording Ralph Troschke of the Harbour secretary. Players (and the leading man in R.E.M. Lee Theatre Northwest Arts and Entertainment Calendar «June 19, 7:30 p.m. -—— Skeena Junior Secondary School Band Concert eJune 21, 8 p.m. — Caledonia Senior Secondary School graduation ceremonies eJune 23, 1 p.m. — Northwest Academy of the Performing Arts recital «June 25, 7 p.m. — Caledonia Senior Secondary School awards night sJuly 28, 8 p.m. — Miss Terrace Pageant The Terrace Inn *Gigi’s — Hall of Fame Northern Motor Inn *George’s Pub — Loose Change, June 17—July 6 Kitimat Centennial Museum «June 25—July 28 — Instruments from our home lands and musical performances during the exhibition period. Guest curator, Anne Sluyter. Local collections. Mount Elizabeth Theatre, Kitimat «June 25 and 26, 7 p.m. — Awards and Scholarship Awards evenings at Mount Elizabeth Secondary School Prince Rupert Performing Arts Centre «June 22, 7:30 p.m. — Dance Festival ’91 «June 26, 7:00 p.m. — Booth Memorial Junior High School Awards Ceremony This Column Sponsored By: ph. 698-0321 A Fa