The fourth performance in the Lakes District Arts Council’s ‘Joy of Six’ season takes place at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 23 at the First Mennonite Church.
Montreal based soprano Marie-Josée Lord, a rising star on the Canadian music scene, will perform a recital of various works from the classical soprano repertoire, as well as songs from Broadway and the movies.
Marie-Josée stood regally before 100,000 revelers in Ottawa on Canada Day 2010, to sing “God Save the Queen” for Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip.
Her first CD, recorded with Montreal’s Orchestre Métropolitain, has sold more than 25,000 copies.
She is proud to present the Lakes District her recital: Jambalaya. Jambalaya is a comforting meal created from vegetables, meat, seafood, bones and good stock.
Marie-Josée’s Jambalaya is a melting pot of popular and classical melodies from Gilles Vigneault to Verdi, from Broadway to opera, from Bizet to Gershwin.
All flavoured by a unique kind of stock: her voice. Bon appétit. Tickets for this performance are available at Process 4 circle arts Gallery phone, 250-692-3434, or at the door the evening of the recital.
Watch for our posters around town, and our ads in the Lakes District News.
For more information about Marie-Josée Lord, go to www.mariejoseelord.com.
The Lakes District Secondary School (LDSS) senior drama class presents: Treasure Island, from Feb. 1 to 4, 2012. Based on the masterful adventure novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island is a stunning yarn of piracy on the tropical seas.
The story begins at an inn on the Devon coast of England in 1775 and quickly becomes an unforgettable tale of treachery and mayhem featuring a host of legendary swashbucklers. At the center of it all are Jim Hawkins, a 14 year old boy who longs for adventure and the infamous Long John Silver, who is a complex study of good and evil, perhaps the most famous hero-villain of all time.
Jim Hawkins will be played by Riley Coulson amd Chelsea Davies, Long John Silver by Ekaterina Rohrer, Dr. Livesly by Kyle Luggi and Squire Trelawney by Ashley Saul.
Tickets will be on sale at the door.
Show time is 7 p.m. each night, on the LDSS mainstage.
Don’t miss this performance produced and directed by Rayanne Charlie with the help of numerous volunteers, the senior drama class winter production is always the highlight of the LDSS performing arts season.
