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Coats for kids C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
Marilyn Jolie of East Kootenay Realty reports a great response to her request for donations to the Coats for Kids campaign. “We received a lot of really high quality coats,” she said. “But we are missing one age group and that’s boys seven to 11.” If you have any winter wear that would fit boys of that age, please drop it by the Kimberley Royal LePage East Kootenay Realty office. Jolie will take care of getting it to the Food Bank. Also, boots, scarves and snow pants for all ages are still needed.
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Every year the students at KIS visit Fort Steele Farms to plant and harvest veggies. This year Miss Laura’s Kindergarten Class and Miss Jill’s grade two had fun playing in the dirt, picking veggies and pumpkins.
Selkirk to present ‘Rent’ in April 2016 C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
For the past seven years, Kimberley students, primarily from Selkirk but oftentimes with an assist from McKim students, have presented a musical theater performance. Past shows have included old standards such as Oklahoma!, Broadway musicals like Les Miserables and musical comedy such as Legally Blond. After a successful production of Beauty and the Beast last year, music teacher Sven Heyde wanted to try something different this year. And he has chosen a play with a different sort of appeal, the musical Rent. Rent tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists struggling to survive and create a life in New York City’s East Village in th elate 1980s under the shadow of
HIV/AIDS. It debuted in 1996 off Broadway. It moved on to Broadway and won a Tony for Best Musical during its 12 year run. “It is definitely the most provocative show we’ve done,” said Heyde. “But it’s a hugely powerful musical and we do try to go in different directions each year. The show is all music, there may be six spoken lines in the entire performance, so it’s very challenging for
the kids.” Selkirk will present the school edition of rent; shorter, and rated PG-13 rather than R. Heyde says his cast, which he describes as very strong, are all excited about the play. The cast of 20 is entirely Selkirk Students. “AIDS is quite literally a character in this play. We talked about it together and saw how it still relates to certain prejudices today. For
instance, Prime Minister Delegate Trudeau has promised to look into the law that gay men can’t donate blood. The kids were appalled to hear that something not based in science but prejudice still exists. I hope Rent will make us look at our own issues that continue to plague us.” Heyde says there could be some blow back on the choice of plays, but he hopes not. “I don’t know. It’s always interesting to see what people complain about. But I do think Rent is well enough known that people won’t be surprised to find mature content. I hope it challenges people a little to look at our own selves, at our own city and our own prejudices.” See RENT, page 3 “I think all art should cause people to think and be moved.” This will be quite different from
Legendary disc jockey recalls the beginning of an era B A R R Y CO U LT E R
At the moment John Lennon swore at Red Robinson on a stage in Vancouver, the Beatles and all involved with their first ever Canadian show in 1964 were facing chaos, riot and tumult the like of which had never seen before. But by that time, Red was used to that kind of situation. Red Robinson, the legendary Vancouver DJ, spoke to the Cranbrook Daily Townsman in advance the Arts Club production of Red Rock Diner, the musical revue based on his groundbreaking 1950s radio show, playing at the Key City Theatre Nov. Robinson is credited with being the first disc jockey to play the new music of Rock ‘n Roll in Canada. Along the way, he became associated with some of the giants of that era. Radio was a whole different animal from today, when Red broke into the business as a teenager, and started bringing R&B sounds to the Vancouver airwaves. “There was a station in Seattle, called KJR, and they played a lot what we called R&B before it morphed into Rock n’ Roll — artists like Ruth Brown, Clyde McPhatter — and I started playing it.”
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