Carol Sheehan

Gliding to a Strauss waltz, dancers John Burke and Doreen Thompson demonstrate the grace and agility required for ballroom waltz competitions.

Putting the ‘tea’ in waltz

As a prelude to Valentine's Day, the Strathcona Symphony's An Affair in the Afternoon is waltzing into the Comox Valley this Sunday

Gliding to a Strauss waltz, dancers John Burke and Doreen Thompson demonstrate the grace and agility required for ballroom waltz competitions.
Tuba player Josie Patterson rehearses for the SSO's first performance of 2014.

The Russians Are Coming to the Valley

It celebrates the titans of Russian composers who have become staples in the modern world’s classical music repertoire.

Tuba player Josie Patterson rehearses for the SSO's first performance of 2014.
VALERIE GRAHAM presents a cheque for $12,000 to Filberg Heritage Lodge and Park Association president Mo MacKendrick on behalf of the volunteer-run Filberg Lodge Gift Shop.

Banner year for Filberg Gift Shop

Filberg Gift Shop in Comox has had a banner year in 2011.

VALERIE GRAHAM presents a cheque for $12,000 to Filberg Heritage Lodge and Park Association president Mo MacKendrick on behalf of the volunteer-run Filberg Lodge Gift Shop.

SSO conductor raves about young Island pianist

Carter Johnson has returned home from the Canadian Federation of Music Teachers’ Associations’ National Piano Competition in Regina with arms full of awards.

LYNDA DRURY (left) and Kong Chim attend a Korea/Cambodia trade show in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

‘Cambodia has been written in my heart’

The Filberg Lodge Gift Shop will be transformed this Saturday by an exhibition of Cambodian silks from Lynda Drury, a local entrepreneur and fair trade importer of fine silk accessories.
Drury’s story has many dimensions. After years of teaching part time at North Island College and running a community development consulting business, Drury felt it was time for a change.

LYNDA DRURY (left) and Kong Chim attend a Korea/Cambodia trade show in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
BLAINE WALDBAUER (left) and Daniel Dowker will perform a Max Bruck concerto that has never been performed in the Comox Valley.

Pianist and violinist will perform concerto for first time in Comox Valley

Bach, Vivaldi, Kreisler, Chopin, Bruch.
Bringing them all together, Blaine Walbauer and Daniel Dowker have designed a stunning violin and piano recital that is both ambitious and delightful.

BLAINE WALDBAUER (left) and Daniel Dowker will perform a Max Bruck concerto that has never been performed in the Comox Valley.