2023
Vol. LXXIII, No. 20 48 Pages
April 8, 2025
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Synonymous with spring is the annual Camrose Music Festival. This year the Festival runs from April 7 to 10 and 15. Admission is FREE. It is a week of musical and speech arts performances by local, mostly amateur, children and adults, plus a final Grand Concert. Enjoy voice and piano, strings and guitar, school and community choirs, school and community bands, elementary school classes, and instrumental including percussion.
Photo by Ron Pilger
This year, Adah Stamp (right) and Tova Olson (Adah’s instruction and music mentor) will be among the dozens of performers. They will perform together on Djemba African hand drums. These unique hardwood and rawhide instruments are popular with African healers and are frequently used in special ceremonies. The Grand Concert is at 7 p.m. on April 15, at the Lougheed Performing Arts Centre. For the detailed schedule/ program visit https://www. camrosemusicfestival.ca/. Printed programs are available at the Lougheed Performing Arts Centre box office for $5.
Inside Who Can I Count On? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Out and About . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 and 13 City of Camrose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 On the Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 and 21 Obituaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 to 25 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 to 30 Central Agencies Realty Inc. . . 31 and 32
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News
Hospital adds shower chair . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Reflections by Bonnie Hutchinson . . . . . 4 Just Sayin' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 LaGrange tours St. Mary's Hospital . . 14 City approves contract for EPR . . . . . . . 15 Habitat awards two longtime volunteers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21