EVENTS
OF GENERAL INTEREST
TO THE REGION
September 16-24. 2004-2005 Two-Play Tour by:
Geordie Productions is a Montreal-based theatre for young people
dedicated to challenging and inspiring audiences with plays about social
issues of interest to today’s youth. This year marks the 24th
anniversary of Geordie's Two-Play Tour to elementary and high schools
throughout Quebec and the Maritimes.
This season’s elementary school play, Gremlin, is a
musical comedy about self-esteem. Angela is just like any other kid. She
lives in a complicated world, and sometimes she feels bad about herself.
Watch what happens when Angela’s inner self comes to life in the form of
a mischievous, hilarious gremlin who lives in her mirror. Angela denies
it, fights it, but eventually learns to love and accept that “gross
thing” in the mirror. Winner of the 2001 Betty Lambert Memorial Prize.
Recommended for grades K-7.
Find out more!
No Sweat is a drama for high-school audiences about
the reality of child labour
in developing countries. A group of Canadian teens takes action when
they discover their favorite brand-name clothes are made by young
people in terrible working conditions in third world sweatshops. But
they learn there is more to the issue than meets the eye, leading to
some difficult decisions. Recommended for grades 7-11.
Find out more
Teacher's guides are available for both shows. We are currently booking
schools and libraries in the Hull/Gatineau and Western Quebec area
between September 16 - 24.
If you would like to learn more about these plays, contact Charlotte
Scott or Jennifer MacDonald at Geordie Productions. Call: (514)
845-9810, e-mail
tours@geordie.ca or visit Geordie
online at
www.geordie.ca.
September
18.
Ron Moores’s show Back 40 radio program gives a preview of the 2004
Ottawa Valley Country Music Hall of Fame Awards Show, on CKCU 93.1 FM,
in
Ottawa beginning at
noon. The new members who are to be inducted into the Hall of Fame are
Doug and Shirley Sinclair, Art Jamieson, the late Eddie Pigeon and Joe
Teevens. Joe Teevens has been mentioned in our Cultural Bulletin in
connection with performances of his Country Band at Quyon and Ladysmith.
The Awards Show will be held on
September 26,
at the Centrepointe Theatre, 101 Centrepointe Drive, Ottawa, at 7:00
pm. Gail Gavan, also well known in country music circles on both sides
of the river, will be the host. Many other performers will also be
present.
September 30. Ron Moores’ Back 40 Band hosts the Back 40
Stage at Rasputin’s with guest Keith Glass. At Rasputin’s,
696 Bronson Avenue, Ottawa. 7:30 pm.
Admission: $5.00 This small cover charge gets you in and proceeds
are split between the featured band/artist and the CKCU-FM 93.1 Funding
Drive. Every last Thursday of the month (except in July, August and
December) Ron Moores and the Back 40 Band host the Back 40 Stage at
Rasputin’s.
The musicians of Back 40 come from both
Quebec and Ontario. Ron Moores resides in Cantley. He regularly introduces at the Black
Sheep Inn in
Wakefield. The Band broadcasts are on CKCU-FM
Community Radio (93.1) at
noon on Saturdays.
For information call Rasputin’s at:(613) 230 - 5102 or email:
dean.verger@rasputins.ca). Call Ron
Moores at (819) 827 - 0068 or email:
ron.moores@back40.ca
