It's a long way to Montreal Thornhill Jr.’s award- -winning bands set at sights ¢ on the nationals WHAT do you do if you're an award-winning junior _ high school band and you’ve been invited to compete. at the nationals for a seventh time? Easy — you start rehear- sals us’ soon as school . Starts. And you start fun- draising right away, so everyone who wants to can make. the trip. But what if your major source of revenue — charit- able bingo money — unex- pectedly dries up because the rules have changed? That’s when you regro- up and figure out Plan B, as band students and sup- porters at Thornhill Junior Secondary have done, ac- cording to band leader and instructor Michael Wen - who’s taking as many as 45 students all the way to Montreal this May for Mu- sicfest 2004. ; Fortunately, the band has been approyed for a cultural exchange through _ Sevec, a federal program Wen heard about through Reynolds Secondary, the ~ school that participated in a band exchange with Thomhill Fr, last year. Sevee will finance the exchange that twins From B1 Changes are a challenge The play takes place’in front of an inn, in a forest clearing, at the |: ball and in a manor just to name a BOYS IN THE BAND: Thornhill Jr. students take part in a recent rehearsal. Thornhill with a-school in Ontario that will come to Terrace’s Pacific Nerth- west Music Festival in April, Thornhill Jr. will head east at the end of May, bringing ‘students close en- ough to Montreal to take in the nationals, too. The exchange money is great news, but the school still has to raise about $25,000 to reduce travel few scene settings — it's a big task [4m for the 10 plus backstage workers to - make the changes. “We have to manipulate all this so that it all comes together seamlessly,” says Stone, “This is perhaps one of the big- gest challenges for the director and the set designer.” ace SnOND ERUNNCEMENT SIGE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Wednesday, Noveniber 26 at 7:30 p.m. ~ Best Western Terrace Inn, Skeena Room Guest Speaker Ivan Winther, Fisheries Biologist ~ Fisheries and Oceans, Canada 4a Chris Stone -will be mmaile mailing address. Assessment Of MOVING? 2004 Prope rly Assessment Notices to all pro ae owners in British Columbia December 31, 2003 If you still own property and have recently moved, please ensure that BC Assessment has your new Please contact your local ee Phone ' 250-638-1116 or 1-800-990- 1116 Fax 250-638-0156 100-4545 Lazelle Avenue Terrace, B.C. ¥V8G 4E1 BC Assessment “the return of the G'pszolox pole expenses so everyone who wants to go on to Montreal can afford to go. : Wen says Thornhill’s band program enjoys the strong support of parents, who organize fundraising efforts for travel and other expenses. Parents can also take credit for lining up a Ca- nadian Tire gift card fun- draising program for the school’s bands. 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