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~ Barrie Arts Awards Handed Out ~

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2011 Barrie Arts Award winners:
Excellence in the Arts – Curley Bridges
Other nominees: Glenn Coulson, Roy Hicking, John Hartman, Heather Kirk, Steve Winfield and Shayna Osborne.

Contribution to the Community – Carla Tucker
Damian Lopes, Sarah Lochhead, Steve Winfield, Jennifer Klementti and Marshall Green.

Business Award – Scott Elliott
Other nominees: Chad Ballantyne and Charles Mady.

Most Promising Youth – Abigail Johnson
Other nominees: Melanie Kappell, Liam Campbell, Erica Fletcher, Darren McGill, Olivia Syed and William Bedmead.

Emerging Artist – Sarah Melody
Other nominees: Johnathan Merchant, Johnathan Eskedjian, Cassandra Fox, and Sarah Lochhead.

BARRIE - It was a packed house at the Mady Centre for the Performing Arts Tuesday night for the annual Barrie Arts Awards.

Five local arts community members were honoured with awards statues, which were designed by local artist Don Stuart.

Among those honoured were Sarah Melody, who received the Emerging Artist Award, and Scott Elliott who was honoured with the first Business Award.

Abigail Johnson was shocked to hear her name called for the Most Promising Youth Award. “My heart started beating like crazy,” said the Grade 12 Bear Creek student. “It’s unbelievable.” Among her accomplishments, Johnson has completed her RC Grade 10 Piano examination with a First Class Honours mark of 88 per cent. She also completed her RCM Elementary Piano Pedagogy and RCM Grade 8 Flute and she was runner up in the 2011 Ontario Music Teachers Provincials in Grade 10 piano.

Blues legend Curley Bridges received the Excellence in the Arts Award.  Bridges got his start with blues band Motley Crew in the 1940s. He later formed the Rounders, played on Jackie Shane’s album Jackie Shane Live! and established his own band, Bridge Crossing. Bridges moved to Barrie in 1981, but he continues to play a number of shows in Toronto each year.

The final award of the night, Contribution to the Community, went to Carla Tucker.  Tucker has been teaching dance in Barrie for more than 30 years and is the owner and founder to Moving Art, a performance art and education centre. She has also worked with the Kempenfelt Community Players, Theatre by the Bay and choreographed a number of musicals, all while working as a teacher with the Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board.

The evening also included live performances from magician Gerry Frenette, Kreative Urban Tribe Performing Arts Centre, musician Brittney Fulton, singer Leigh-Anne Martin accompanied by Johnson, pianist Tabitha Johnson and a poem by Barrie Poet Laureate Bruce Meyer.

For more information, visit www.barrieartsawards.com.

http://www.simcoe.com/what's%20on/article/1254206--barrie-arts-awards-handed-out

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New Mady Centre For The Performing Arts ~ Barrie, Ontario

Mady Centre For The Performing Arts

Barrie’s new Mady Centre For The Performing Arts is a world class facility conveniently located in Barrie’s downtown at the historic Five Points intersection, 1 Dunlop Street West and is managed by the Department of Culture.

This new state of the art Theatre will be home to many professional and amateur cultural productions, film screenings, theatrical plays, concerts, dance recitals and other performances.

http://www.barrie.ca/Culture/Pages/DowntownCommunityTheatre.aspx

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2011 Barrie Arts Award Nominations Due October 28th

Do You Know Someone Worthy of an Arts Award?

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Barrie’s best will be recognized once again at the upcoming annual Barrie Arts Awards. Nominations are now open, and the City of Barrie is encouraging you to nominate that special artist from the community who deserves this recognition.

There are four categories for artists and one for businesses to be nominated in.  New this year is the Business Award which recognizes a local business that has consistently and significantly supported the arts through either financial and/or in-kind means.  This award may be granted to a business that has made a concerted effort to build capacity in the arts.

~ Piano Sale ~

UpcomingYamaha Piano Sale In Barrie

One Week Only ~ Apr. 25 - May 1, 2011

Bayfield Mall (Barrie)

Yamaha Grand, Upright and Digital Pianos

New and Used Pianos

Special Truckload Pricing Extended To You

Pianos and Pricing For Every Skill Level and Budget

For Additional Information, Please Contact: 

Jared Fast

The Piano Studio

905-895-1844

 

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Support The Arts... Help Raise Funds For Young Musicians!

Help Raise Funds For Young Musicians! 

Third Annual Barrie Kiwanis Music Festival Golf Tournament

Friday, June 24, 2011

If You Know:

• Anyone who loves to golf
• Anyone who has a business who might have contacts

Would You Like To:

• Sponsor a hole
• Give an item for the Silent Auction Table
• Contribute golf ballls, tees, or other items for the welcome bags
• Take advantage of other Sponsorship opportunities



For Additional Details Contact

Barrie Kiwanis Music Festival

email:  info@barriemsucifestival.com

705-726-1764

http://www.barriemusicfestival.com/indexmusicfestival.htm

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