| Musici a stand- “up group

By DUSTIN

QUEZADA
A MONTREAL chamber
orchestra that’s played in
front of . 200,000 people
in the. city’s streets during
its annual jazz festival
is bringing its: strings” to

* Terrace.
I Musici De Montréal, the

world renowned _15-piece
string orchestra plays the

. Dr. REM Lee Theatre this

Friday, Nov. 25 at 8 p.m.
It’s one of just six B.C.
stops for the chamber or-

chestra that will perform -

works by Borodine, Tchai-

. kovsky and Moussorgsky.

The: group’s executive
director said its music is
unique.

“We've created a. round
idea of a string quartet, said
Davis Joachim, explaining
that the the group has con-
verted works that used to be
done by string quartets and

adapted them for. the 15- |

piece orchestra.

And when I Musici plays.

Terrace it will be the same
show it plays for any larger

~ venue.

A musician on his own,
Joachim said the orchestra
players. enjoy the . smaller

“houses” because of the in-

creased intimacy between

Legion notes

| Musici
first cellist and conductor,
Yuli Turovsky brings ‘his
energetic 15-piece string
orchestra to the REM Lee
Theatre Nov. 25.

“ay uli gets rid of
.the invisible — curtain
between performers and

the audience,” Joachim
said. “After the show,
the. musicians love to
meet the audience - it’s
not a closed shop.”

them and the audience.
“Musicians see

venues) so there’s more in-
teraction,” Joachim said.
I Musici, Italian for the

musicians, was formed in

1983- by the. group’s first

ho

Community

. CONTRIBUTED
By CMDE PETER —
. CROMPTON .
WHAT CAN one say about

-,our Remembrance Day?.

First the weather cooper-
ated, our parade was well at-

tended, as was the service in -

. the Tillicum Theatre. .

There are so many people
and organizations to thank,

it’s 'near. impossible to men-’
- tion everyone.

However, the response
to our Poppy and Wreath

campaign ‘does require we —
recognize those that contrib- ~.

uted; from our businesses to
our youth, our members and
veterans that worked so hard
to make this, the Year of the
Veteran, so memorable.

In excess of $20,000
raised has assured us that

‘our veterans and/or their

dependents in need will be
looked after.

We as Branch 13 will
only use that money given to
us in.trust by this great com-

_-munity as laid out by our na-
tional bylaws.

To “the communities of

_ Kitwanga, Hazelton, Stew-

art, to Dease Lake and the

, people of the Nass Camp,

many thanks for your con-
tribution.

To all the schools in the
Terrace area, along ‘with the
staff and students at the Git-

‘segukla Elementary School,

thank you for your support.
A big thank-you to.our

“local RCMP for their in-

volvement in the parade and
keeping our roads open dur-

: ing the procession.

’ Thanks also to the man-

agement of. the Tillicum -

Theatre, our local TV’station
and Charles F. Meek for his
commentary — the list goes

‘on and on.

Everyone out there:
thank you, it as been a spe-
cial year.

In the afternoon we were

treated to some great enter-
tainment, beginning with the. .

singing of the Sweet Ade-

_line’s (great show Ladies).

And what can be said

about ‘Doreen, who came
from down south to bring
to our stage the music of the
Mothballs — the late Com-
rade Jim Daniels would have
been proud of you all. .
' And last but by no means
least The Terrace Pipes and
Drums.

Finally, a great thank-

you to our Ladies Auxiliary.

and their helpers for a great
lunch and a dinner that will
be talked about for a long
time.

Yes and Les, your hot
drink was most welcomed
following the parade.

Anything else that hap-
pened, I missed because of
sleep.

On Tuesday, Nov. 8, 10
of our veterans met with a

deserves thanks

Terrace Scout group at the

arena banquet room. and.
from all accounts everyone —

enjoyed the visit. .
. Also, on Thursday, Nov.
10, our veterans were invit-

ed to attend Remembrance
Day ceremonies at Clarence...

Michiel, Cassie Hall, Kiti
K’Shan, Uplands, Thornhill

. Elementary and Veritas —

schools.

Thank you to both staff

and students for showing
that you do think so highly
of our veterans and our. free-
dom..."

Our’ next Veterans Din-
ner is on Nov. 23. This will
be a Christmas dinner served
at your table. There will be
no dinner in December.

A speedy recovery to vet-

erans Cmde Fern Gagnon
and Cmde Al Larson, who
both ended up in hospital
soon after Remembrance
Day.

On the sports scene, we
have ordinary and seniors
zone’ play downs here in

Terrace on Dec. 10. Our:

own bonspiel is now slated
for Jan, 20-22. Zone darts
playoffs are in Kitimat on
Jan. 21. 7

Keep your eyes on the

Notice boards for Sunday ~

cribbage and the dates for
zone cribbage in Smithers.

There is a. Friday night —

karaoke contest going. on,

with, the finals taking place .

on Dec. 2.

Saturday meat “draws
continue to be popular. and
hopefully the jam sessions
will start to bring in some
new talent throughout the
winter. ‘

Next Steak Night is Fri-
day, Dec. 2 from 5 to 7 p.m.
_. Next general meeting and
election of your 2006 execu-

tive takes place on Tuesday,

Dec. 13 at 8 p.m.

Let’s see you all out there,

come and vote for your new
executive. .

Ladies general meeting
and elections: are on Tues-
day, Dec. 6 at. 7:30 p.m.

The following — short
poem was handed to me on
Remembrance Day, written
by a young student named
Jessica Mailhot, who is the
great-great niece of Percival
A. Mulwain.

-Mulwain was killed in
the Second World War and
his name appears on our
cenotaph.

Thank you, Jessica ~

We gain peace at last,

From our fathers. of the
past.

They gave their lives, and
here we stand,

Thanking them for our
promise land.

WE WILL REMEMBER
THEM

more.
. of the audience (in smaller

‘cellist and conductor Yuli

Turovsky and half its mem-
bers are his former students
(his wife is the concertmas-

‘ter and his daughter plays

the viola).
Since then, the orchestra

_ has played an average of 100
concerts per year and has 43,

compact disc recordings. to

_its credit released world-
' wide.

The main thing that dis-

de Montréal’s. tinguishes I Musici onstage

is that the orchestra mem-
bers play standing while in a
semicircle,

The Terrace audience

will also be treated to a Fan-'

tasia-like display of music
synchronized to ‘animated
paintings by orchestra mem-
ber Natalya Turovsky.

Joachim adds the group
will bring an entertaining
package’ starting with its
leader.

“The energy of the perfor-
mance from Yuli...it’s very
rare today,” said Joachim

from Montreal.

“Yuli gets rid of the in-
visible curtain. between per-
formers and the audience,”

- Joachim said... °

“After the show, the

musicians love to meet the
_ audience —

it’s not a closed
shop.”

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Blaine Stensgaard, right, of the. Terrace Men's Emergency Shelter receives a knitted wool: |-blanket from
Kitsumkalum elder Winnifred Wesley at the shelter Nov. 7. Wesley knitted the blanket with wool donations
for National Homelessness Day Nov. 28. Wesley’s daughter Kathy j is on the right. .

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