Two young New Westminster performers will be taking to the stage when The Nylons’ farewell tour comes to North Vancouver.
Emma Ciprian (a.k.a. Miss New Westminster) and Bronwyn Williams are part of the ShowStoppers performance group, which is joining The Nylons onstage for their farewell concert at Centennial Theatre on Thursday, Nov. 3.
Now, if you haven’t already started singing The Lion Sleeps Tonight to yourself, allow me to enlighten you: The Nylons, for the uninitiated, are the Canadian a cappella sensations who have been touring the world for 35 years. Their hits have included such favourites as the above-mentioned Lion Sleeps Tonight, plus Silhouettes, Up The Ladder To the Roof, Kiss Him Goodbye and more.
It’s fitting they’re being joined by ShowStoppers – a young, Glee-style troupe whose members have all taken part in the Gotta Sing! Gotta Dance! musical theatre summer program.
“We are looking forward to the upcoming farewell shows,” said Nylons’ founding member Claude Morrison in a press release. “We are going to make the most of it. It will be a celebration and we will go out with a bang!”
The concert is set for 7:30 p.m., and tickets are $45.50 regular or $39.50 for students and seniors. Call 604-984-4484 to reserve.
PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL IN NEW WEST
If you’re interested in photography, you’ll want to make the time to visit the Anvil Centre next weekend.
The downtown centre is playing host to PHOTOGraphie 2016, a festival produced by the Professional Photographers of Canada, from Nov. 4 to 6.
“Community members and B.C. youth, along with amateur and professional photographers, are invited to participate in this interactive event,” a press release says.
The weekend includes a host of different photography-related workshops and sessions, plus a public gallery exhibition, a photography competition, an industry expo and a keynote speech by Nino Rakichevich, an advertising and fine art photographer based in Malibu, California.
Sessions include such diverse topics as DIY Fine Art Printing, Finding Your Authentic Voice, Pet Photography, Shooting Cinematic Stills and more.
Check out www.photographiefestival.ca for all the details.
KICK IN THE EYE FOR HALLOWEEN
Just in time for Halloween, New West-based band Kick in the Eye is back.
The band has just released a four-song EP of original Halloween-themed songs.
The band is the husband-and-wife duo of Donnie Lochrie (guitar, keys, vocals) and Marian Lochrie (bass, vocals), who have been releasing independent CDs since the mid-1990s. Their Halloween-themed EP, Zombie Attack, celebrates pulp fiction stories in song – with zombies (Zombie Attack), a bounty hunter (Bounty Killer Blues), an alien invasion (Alien Invasion) and a murder (Graveyard Waltz) all making the cut.
Their indie rock/alt-country sound has been described as “the Ronettes meet the Rolling Stones,” and they draw influences from artists as diverse as the Rheostatics, Sloan, Neil Young and Stompin’ Tom.
Check it out at www.kickintheeye.ca, or find them at kickintheeye.bandcamp.com/album/zombie-attack.
VAUDEVILLIANS HELP DOUGLAS STUDENTS
The Vaudevillians are back in the spotlight raising money to help Douglas College students.
The Vaudevillians, who bill themselves as “B.C.’s Number 1 Seniors’ Entertainment Troupe,” are taking to the stage at the Surrey Arts Centre for Reflections of Vaudeville.
The show runs Nov. 12 and 13 at 2 p.m.
The show offers a look back at the world of vaudeville, with some of the most popular numbers from previous years’ shows alongside new numbers.
“It offers songs you will remember, toe-tapping dances and lots of humour, all in amazing costumes,” a press release says.
The Vaudevillians have raised more than $100,500 to date in support of a bursary for performing arts students at Douglas College, which is invested in a perpetual fund with the Vancouver Foundation. They have so far supported more than 30 students with the money.
The Surrey Arts Centre is at 88th Avenue and Bear Creek Park. All tickets for their newest fundraiser are $22, and you can book them at the box office at 604-501-5566. Check out www.thevaudevillians.com for more on the group.
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