COCA Notes 2009

Transcription

COCA Notes 2009

COCA NOTES
COCA NOTES
2009 - 2010 Issue 3
May 2010
Photo: ierkof on Flickr
In This Issue:
COCA NOTES
National Conference Report 2
Associates Directors Report 3
Showvision AD
3
School Submissions
4-8
The P.A. Shop AD
5
Festival Promotions AD
9
Associate Submissions
10- 18
COCA Leadership
19
COCA NOTES
The Memorial University of Newfoundland Students' Union: The Breezeway
Conestoga Students Jump for the Cause!
Matthew Power
Director of Student Life- MUNSU
Tara Herriot
Event Coordinator for Conestoga
Students Inc.
W
ith MUNSU going through a
huge transition this year, there
has been a notable change of pace with
regards to the MUNSU student bar,
The Breezeway. The Breezeway hit a
rough patch in the Fall of the year, with
low attendance and skewed perceptions of its purpose.
night with the best drink specials in
the city. These very simplistic concepts
were heavily backed by a dynamic marketing campaign and numerous hype
generating gimmicks. Each ‘Breezeday’
had a series of conceptually based posters, dedicated to establishing that event
as an element of campus life. Each
event had a host, and each host was a
structured component in the ‘Breezeweek’ branding strategy.
In the winter semester The Breezeway programming attacked back with
an aggressive, grass roots approach to
the bar nightlife. The idea was simple,
make The Breezeway a fun place to be.
The strategy was to steer away from big
shows, and focus on branding the week
days as Breezeway exclusive events.
By making his/her name synonymous
with the good times that were associated with that evening, we could take
advantage of relatively cheap guerilla
marketing tactics. (i.e. DJ Nu Rock
T
professionally shot profile pictures
was enough to get some people out. A
strong graphic design team with solid
creative marketing made for visually
appealing advertising that created buzz
in itself. This coupled with a heavy
he 29th annual Conestoga Students Inc. Polar Plunge was held
on Wednesday February 3rd. While
some students have been trying to
stay warm this cold season, many
took part in this years frigid plunge.
Despite the warm temperatures of the
previous week, the ponds surface was
a foot thick with -8 degree temperatures leading up to the event. Each
plunger made the icy walk from the
college cafeteria doors (approximately 50 feet) to the pond, and jumped
into six feet of water.
Each year Conestoga Student Inc.
(the student government) selects different charities for the Polar Plunge,
and this years charity of choice was
The Canadian Cancer Society, chosen by the C.S.I. student board of directors. 87 registered students raised
money for a great cause, while 53
took the plunge. Pledges were collected at the event and over $4,600.00
Breezeway Tuesday was Beer Pong,
Breezeway Wednesday was Open Mic,
and Breezeway Thursday was a club
Hundreds of spectators watched the
event, enjoying the various costumes
worn by the jolly jumpers. Conestoga
Students Inc. presented cash prizes to
Nadir Chaudhry who raised the most
money, $1,355, as well as to Matt
Winter, for the best jump and Rachel
Ford for best costume.
This event has grown over the years
with more spectators and participants getting involved. Compared
to last years numbers, the registered
participants doubled. Conestoga students look forward to this event every
year, and the turnout is always positive! Students have their hearts in the
right place when coming together for
a worthy cause - the Canadian Cancer Society!
Special Thanks to Brad Kueneman
and student volunteers, Matt Bloom,
Justin Wingrove, Chris Hering and
Mike Mota for all the hard work
clearing the ice from the Pond, along
with St. Johns Ambulance for assisting, and radio station 91.5 The Beat
for supporting the event.
COCA NATIONAL CONFERENCE 2010
hosting a surprise performance for the
entire Res dining hall). We also took
pictures every step of the way. Event
photography was a easy way to generate Facebook traffic, and also cross promote the event. The hype of having a
Monday June 21 - Friday June 25, 2010
Get Registered Now!
push from social media tools resulted
in a turnaround for The Breezeway.
With a little tender love and care and
some unique marketing campaigns,
The Breezeway is now on a steady
climb back to its previous glory.
2009 - 2010, Issue 3
was raised with students continuing
to bring in more donations!
CANADIAN ORGANIZATION OF CAMPUS ACTIVITIES • 5
Go to: coca.org for more details
Four Points Sheraton
London, Ontario
2009 - 2010, ISSUE 3
Thank You COCA!
All the content you will find in this issue of COCA NOTES is 100% Canadian made and
produced. The schools who reported have done an amazing job. The Associates offer a
wide range of services, products and programming ideas. Please take the time to read what
they have to offer. Finally we look forward to seeing you in London, Ontario for the COCA
National Conference June 21 - 25.
2009 - 2010, ISSUE 3
COCA NOTES
National Conference Chair Report: London Here We Come!
Chuck Erman
National Conference Chair
H
ey everyone,
The Countdown is on for this year’s
COCA National 2010 in London,
Ontario.
I would like to point out a few of
the highlights. Kicking off this year’s
Conference opening keynote presentation will be Rob Dyer the founder
of Skate for Cancer. You can find more
info at http://www.skate4cancer.com.
We are introducing a new music
showcase featuring some of Canada’s
top DJ’s. You will also be invited to a
sneak peak preview of the Biz Hall on
the Thursday of the Conference.
The singer/songwriter session will include Rex Goudie from Canadian
Idol along with 2 more special guests
artists which we will be announcing
this week. The Awards Show will be
hosted by BIF NAKED. Finally, we
have an amazing line up of Education
sessions and education session presenters. We are set to make this another great COCA National.
Chuck Erman
I am excited to see all of the new and
familiar faces to share knowledge,
ideas, and have all delegates leaving
feeling ready to have an amazing year
of events and programming on their
campuses.
For all information about the National Conference please visit:
www.coca.org and I hope to see you
in London.
IMPORTANT DATES
Deadline: Reserve Ad Space in Conference Manual
Thursday May 6th
Deadline: Award Nominations
Monday May 10th
Deadline: Submit Ad Files for Conference Manual
Thursday May 13th
Hotel Special Rate Guaranteed
Thursday May 20th
Conference Arrival Dates
June 21st
Conference
June 21st - 25th
Departure Date
June 26th
Four Points by Sheraton London
1150 Wellington Road, London, Ontario N6E 1M3
Phone: 519-681-0600 – direct line to Four Points London
•
•
•
2009 - 2010, ISSUE 3
$135 + taxes for single/double room
Price guaranteed until May 20th or until all COCA rooms are booked
Check-in Time: 3:00 pm. Check-out Time: 1:00 pm
COCA NOTES
Associate Director’s Report
Nathalie Carrier
President - Kismet Agency
Tel: 613-864-8762
I
t’s been an incredible year on the
Board! As you know, this was a
unique year where the alternate Associate Director, Adam Countryman,
became the Co-Associate Director
while I was on maternity leave. From
my heart I thank you (again) Adam!
It’s been amazing working with you!
We’ve worked hard to make lots of
changes this year to benefit Associate and School members. Some of the
changes you’ll see at the conference this
year are a “BIZ HALL PREVIEW” on
the Thursday night to allow delegates
to familiarize themselves with what
Associates have to offer BEFORE the
Friday morning BLOCK BOOKING
MEETINGS! The comedy showcase
will be on Wednesday evening this
year so comics can perform in front of
a more “natural” audience and we’ve
added more free time so Associates
can spend more time with delegates.
Adam has created an amazing partnership with North By North East
(NXNE) that allows COCA members
discounts to this amazing festival and
helps grow COCA’s reputation within
the music industry. He’s also put together a panel of COCA members as
part of NXNE educational programming that will deal with the importance of the campus market in talent
development.
We are working on Associate and
sponsor retention to determine how
to better serve our valuable Associate members. One of the ways we feel
Associates could be best represented
would be to add another Associate Director to the COCA Board. Adam and
I were really happy with how things
worked this year and think this could
be a good way to move forward.
It has been a pleasure and an honour
to represent Associates this year! I
can’t wait to see you all at the conference in June. To any new Assoicates
please feel free to contact me if you
have any questions about your first
National Conference in London Ontario! As always, If any of you can
think of ways we can better serve you
please feel free to contact me.
416.944.0469
showvisiontalent.com
Special event audio & lighting,
Theme decor, Circus acts,
Steel pan music &
Caribbean shows, Celebrity
impersonators, Psychics,
Comedians, Fire shows, Dance
bands, Tribute acts, Family
shows, Brazilian & Latin shows,
and Magicians.
SHOWVISION ENTERTAINMENT
TORONTO
2009 - 2010, ISSUE 3 ShowVision.indd
1
CANADIAN ORGANIZATION OF
CAMPUS ACTIVITIES • 3
3/18/09 11:46:46 AM
COCA NOTES
Conestoga Students Jump for the Cause!
Tara Herriot
Event Coordinator for Conestoga
Students Inc.
T
he 29th annual Conestoga Students Inc. Polar Plunge was held
on Wednesday February 3rd. While
some students have been trying to
stay warm this cold season, many
took part in this years frigid plunge.
Despite the warm temperatures of the
previous week, the ponds surface was
a foot thick with -8 degree temperatures leading up to the event. Each
plunger made the icy walk from the
college cafeteria doors (approximately 50 feet) to the pond, and jumped
into six feet of water.
Each year Conestoga Student Inc.
(the student government) selects different charities for the Polar Plunge,
and this years charity of choice was
The Canadian Cancer Society, chosen by the C.S.I. student board of directors. 87 registered students raised
money for a great cause, while 53
took the plunge. Pledges were collected at the event and over $4,600.00
was raised with students continuing
to bring in more donations!
Hundreds of spectators watched the
event, enjoying the various costumes
worn by the jolly jumpers. Conestoga
Students Inc. presented cash prizes to
Nadir Chaudhry who raised the most
money, $1,355, as well as to Matt
Winter, for the best jump and Rachel
Ford for best costume.
This event has grown over the years
with more spectators and participants getting involved. Compared
to last years numbers, the registered
participants doubled. Conestoga students look forward to this event every
year, and the turnout is always positive! Students have their hearts in the
right place when coming together for
a worthy cause - the Canadian Cancer Society!
Special Thanks to Brad Kueneman
and student volunteers, Matt Bloom,
Justin Wingrove, Chris Hering and
Mike Mota for all the hard work
clearing the ice from the Pond, along
with St. Johns Ambulance for assisting, and radio station 91.5 The Beat
for supporting the event.
Get Registered Now!
London, Ontario
2009 - 2010, ISSUE 3
production solutions
COCA NOTES
canada
audio video lighting staging backline
concerts
2009 - 2010, ISSUE 3
www.pashop.com
corporate
festivals
fashion
[email protected]
1 (877) 740-SHOP
COCA NOTES
McMaster University Is The Happening Place
Christina Burns
McMaster Students Union
G
reetings from McMaster! We’ve
had a successful second semester. We held acoustic nights every
Tuesday, poker nights, and hosted
breakdancer Luca ‘Lazylegz’ Patuelli. We had sold out concerts with
Classified and Marianas Trench and
brought in the Disband judges for our
Battle of the Bands finals. Finally, we
hosted the Central Campus Music
Explosion.
Our signature event, the annual MSU
Charity Ball, held in February, had
over 1400 students in attendance. We
raised over $26,500 for the McMaster
Children’s Hospital, Big Brothers Big
2009 - 2010, ISSUE 3
Sisters of Hamilton and the McMaster Alumni Senior Class Gift Campaign. The event, entitled The Curse
of Amun Ra, was Egyptian themed.
We brought in dancers from Habeebas Dance Studio in Toronto to do
a pharonic dance, and belly dance.
Dave Rapelje, a COCA Alumni,
helped us secure an aerial silk artist
who wowed the crowd from the centre of the truss pyramid. It's going to
be tough to top this one!
We also did something new this
year, which wasn’t an event per say.
We started a Formal Wear Drive on
campus. It started with me cleaning
out my closet and wanting to get rid
of some dresses. It resulted in over 3
car loads of dresses, shoes, jewellery,
purses, suits and more being taken
to a high school in the east end of
Hamilton. Underpriviledged students
from across Hamilton came and visited to get formal attire for their prom
or grad. We collected over 100 dresses, and inspired Mohawk College to
get involved as well and do the same.
Should you be interested in starting
this on your campus next year, please
contact me!
COCA NOTES
Memorial University of Newfoundland Students' Union: The Breezeway
Matthew Power
Director of Student Life- MUNSU
W
ith MUNSU going through a
huge transition this year, there
has been a notable change of pace with
regards to the MUNSU student bar,
The Breezeway. The Breezeway hit a
rough patch in the Fall of the year, with
low attendance and skewed perceptions of its purpose.
night with the best drink specials in
the city. These very simplistic concepts
were heavily backed by a dynamic marketing campaign and numerous hype
generating gimmicks. Each ‘Breezeday’
had a series of conceptually based posters, dedicated to establishing that event
as an element of campus life. Each
event had a host, and each host was a
structured component in the ‘Breezeweek’ branding strategy.
In the winter semester The Breezeway programming attacked back with
an aggressive, grass roots approach to
the bar nightlife. The idea was simple,
make The Breezeway a fun place to be.
The strategy was to steer away from big
shows, and focus on branding the week
days as Breezeway exclusive events.
By making his/her name synonymous
with the good times that were associated with that evening, we could take
advantage of relatively cheap guerilla
marketing tactics. (i.e. DJ Nu Rock
professionally shot profile pictures
was enough to get some people out. A
strong graphic design team with solid
creative marketing made for visually
appealing advertising that created buzz
in itself. This coupled with a heavy
push from social media tools resulted
Breezeway Tuesday was Beer Pong,
Breezeway Wednesday was Open Mic,
and Breezeway Thursday was a club
hosting a surprise performance for the
entire Res dining hall). We also took
pictures every step of the way. Event
photography was a easy way to generate Facebook traffic, and also cross promote the event. The hype of having a
in a turnaround for The Breezeway.
With a little tender love and care and
some unique marketing campaigns,
The Breezeway is now on a steady
climb back to its previous glory.
2009 - 2010, ISSUE 3
COCA NOTES
Sheridan Student Union Events Highlights A Busy Year:
Chuck Erman
Events and Programming Manager
SheridanStudent Union Inc
Concerts:
The Stills and Constantines, Social
Code, Down with Webster, Arkells
Hail The Villian: was a special event
for Sheridan students as well as alumni. The band had decided to have their
website and first video animated by
Ruine Entertainment Studio which
was started and founded by a Sheridan alumni. Just before the band hit
the stage, Sheridan students were
treated to the world premiere of the
video "Taking Back The Fear", which
will be aired on Much Music and
MTV starting in June 2010. To top
that all off, the live video of “Taking
Back The Fear” that will be released as
a bonus on their debut CD was filmed
on that night.
About 250 Sheridan students came
out and attended the concert filled
with hard hitting riffs and kick drums.
They all became fans of the band who,
as of April 12, has been picked up in
heavy rotation on 250 radio stations
in the United States.
MTV PUB Trafalgar/ MTV Bash @
Davis: This years Frosh wash wrapped
up with MTV co-hosting the pub
night at Trafalgar and Bash @ Davis.
The events were hosted by Paul the Intern and Nicole Holness from MTV
Live. A special part of the evening was
Nicole performing her new single that
was released the week of the events.
Sheridan's frosh was then highlighted
in a segment on MTV LIVE.
2009 - 2010, ISSUE 3
Speaker Series: This year we introduced a speaker series to the event
programming to bring topics related
issues that are relevant to our students
and student life.
Raine Maida: We were fortunate to
have the lead singer of one of Canada’s iconic rock bands to come talk to
Sheridan about respect, War Child,
and his music career. Raine captivated
the audience, some of whom were sad
that he didn’t perform, with such ease
that students asked him questions
during the noon event.
However that wasn’t all in the presentation. We had arranged to have
Raine spend 90 minutes with third
year media arts recording students to
get the inside scoop on the producing
and recording industry. 15 third year
students were able to openly and intimately ask him questions on how the
industry really works.
K’naan: In between tour dates with
Lenny Kravitz, Sheridan students
were treated to Canada’s hottest hip
hop sensation K’naan. He talked to
the students about respect, his life
growing up in Somalia, moving to
Canada, his career and his family. He
gave students advice and encouragement on how they can do anything
with their lives if the believe in themselves and in their talents. K’naan
captivated the audience for a noon
event that was standing room only.
The “Bash” Series @ REC ROOM:
This was a series of monthly concerts/
events that featured a headlining DJ
or entertainer. Performers this year
included Karl Wolf, Classified, 4Korners DJ's, Starting From Scratch,
and Scratch, Scratch , Scratch.
So You Think You Can Dance: The
2nd annual SYTYCD was held this
year to a sold out audience. This year
we bigged it up by bringing in a fire
dancer to kick off the night before the
doors opened. We had the A2D2 Cirpque company come in and open the
night with acrobats and a silk routine
from the rafters. As well, we had none
other than Blake Mcgrath from the
first ever SYTYCD on FOX, and judge
on the Canadian show. The night was
filmed and captured to a DVD. This
included pre interviews with our own
Sheridan TV and media students and
was executed by SSUI VP’s and coordinators who all did an amazing job
that night.
During the day we added a special
treat for the 3rd year performing arts
students who are in the dance program. Blake ran a private 90 minute bootcamp session where he gave
about 30 students his undivided attention and expertise to our students.
Check Out the trailer for the dvd
w w w . y o u t u b e . c o m /
watch?v=gCipetk1j7A
Kids Christmas Party: This year we
ran a children's Christmas party at
The Davis Campus. We had an inflatable Jumpy Castle, wood crafts from
Home Depot, cookie decorating and
coloring. We also had free pizza and
of course Santa Claus came and every child received a present. We had
around 75 kids come for the party and
each one left with a smile.
COCA NOTES
2009 - 2010, ISSUE 3
COCA NOTES
Kismet Agency And Diamonfield Entertainment: A Powerful Partnership
Nathalie Carrier
Kismet Agency
Email: [email protected]
T
hings have been amazing around
here! We have so many great
things to report. First off, we are incredibly proud to announce our partnership with Diamondfield Entertainment! We now proudly represent
the incredible Diamondfield comedic
roster on Canadian campuses! The
Diamondfield Roster includes comedians such as Adam Growe (see
below), Sean Cullen, Simon B Cotter, The Doo Wops, Perry Perlmutar, Ron Sparks, Winston Spear,
sketch troupe The Imponderables
and Much Music’s Trevor Boris as a
Speaker.
K’NAAN’s: summer looks a little like
this: Killer World Tour, Young Artists for Haiti have now raised over 1
MILLION DOLLARS, he has become
a world-wide sensation and Wavin’
Flag is theme song to this summer’s
are a hit wherever they go!
Jason Mewes: The King of “Snootch”
was so busy this year! He’s just finished 2 new TV shows (out in 2011)
and a movie with Harvey Keitel. He’ll
be back to campuses this year to tell it
like no one else does!
K'NAAN
main event the WORLD CUP!!! This,
of course, means another trip for him
to lovely South Africa… NOT TOO
SHABBY! This year, 3 very lucky
schools got to host him amidst his
insane schedule. Let us know now if
you’re interested in being one of the
few next year!
Here’s what some of our extraordinary clients have been up to:
Rob Dyer - Skate4Cancer (S4C): We
are SO happy to announce that Rob
is finally home safe and recovering!
Rob was sideswiped by a truck in the
middle of the Australian Outback
while completing the NZ/AU S4C.
As difficult as it was, Rob flew home
in hopes of returning to Australian
soon. Kismet is INCREDIBLY happy
to be presenting Rob as the Opening Keynote at the COCA National!
We can’t wait for you all to hear his
AMAZING story! Book soon because
his calendar is almost full!
2009 - 2010, ISSUE 3
New to the roster…
The Adam Growe Comedy and Quiz
Show: A comedy and a quiz show all
in one, with the stand-up comedy of
Adam Growe and a University / College specific comedy quiz show. Win
money right out of Adam’s pocket in
a unique and uproarious stand-up
comedy quiz show, where people in
the audience participate as contestants, become the stars of the show
and win cash prizes live on stage!
Trevor Boris: Acclaimed comedian
and Much Music’s own video roaster,
Trevor shares the hilarious and not so
hilarious moments in his life. With
his new comedy DVD "Over Easy"
out soon, he’s the perfect fit for many
of your speaking events.
Dan and Jessi
Dan and Jessi: MTV’s most popular
hosts will be back and ready for another year of dishing out the goods on
campuses across the country. Their
witty repartee, hilarious behind the
scenes stories and outrageous antics
A special thanks to all of you who
were so great to us at Kismet this year
as we welcomed our newest addition
– Freddy. We are so blessed to work
with incredible people like you! Can’t
wait to see you all at COCA and work
with you in 2010-11!
COCA NOTES
Showvision: Live Shows, Music Groups, Tribute Acts, Celebrity Impersonators
Nick Georgopoulos
Showvision Entertainment Tel: 416-944-0469 email: [email protected]
web: showvisiontalent.blogspot.com
web: showvisiontalent.com
S
howvision Entertainment is a
Toronto based entertainment
agency presenting live entertainment
for events. Fire-eaters, fire dance
shows, Caribbean and limbo shows,
contortionists and aerial acts, human
statues, psychics and mentalists,
casino games, comedians, celebrity
impersonators, music tribute acts,
street magic and stilters, Hawaiian
and Latin dancers, dance bands, and
many more types of entertainment.
Showvision Entertainment represents
some of the most current and entertaining talent available in Canada.
National Speakers Bureau Brings The Best To Campuses
Jeff Lohnes
NSB - Tel: 1800-360-1073, ext 24
email: [email protected]
H
ello everyone! Welcome to all
the new programmers, student
executives and event staff. This is going to be an amazing year of your life
running events and creating experiences for your fellow students. NSB
is really excited to be here to help out
and offer the best speakers, celebrities and educational entertainment
for your campuses. NSB is proud to
continue servicing the great COCA
schools. We like to follow trends,
while keeping up with the latest and
greatest in order to provide you with
educational entertainment that motivate and inspire. Constantly updating our roster ensures we bring you
the most popular experts of our time
who speak on the pressing issues and
topics of today.
This past year proved to be a great
2009 - 2010, ISSUE 3
one, noteworthy highlights included,
Sue Johanson's Sex and Education
Tour; talks on tough Canadian and
Global issues by former UN Ambassador, Stephen Lewis; inspiration to
'Go Green' on campus with Chris
Turner; as well as the signings of human rights activist and philanthropist, Nazanin Afshin-Jam; and the
ever-popular and beloved musician,
Bif Naked.
We are thrilled for the coming year.
Sue Johanson's tour is set to kick off
once again, so be in touch to secure
your date as they will go fast. For flare,
great insight and a big draw to your
event, consider current MTV host,
Aliya-Jasmine Sovani. An affordable
speaker on the many environmental
issues we encounter today, check out
Chris Turner. And if you'd like to
impact your audience with an inspiring message to get everyone thinking, look into Lieutenant General,
Romeo Dallaire; War Child Canada
Founder, Dr. Samantha Nutt; or Free
the Children Activists, Craig and
Marc Kielburger. For added excitement we've already secured Bif Naked to host the awards banquet at
COCA National this June. Can't wait
to see you all there!
As always, if you ever have a questions
about speaker ideas for any topic or
regarding availability and fees for any
specific speaker, don't hesitate to contact me.
COCA NOTES
From The Desk of 411:
Tamara Dawit
Executive Director The 411 Initiative For Change
Tel: 416-473-3595
Web: whatsthe411.ca
I
n the 2009-2010 school year 411
has presented in over 100 schools
across Canada plus a string of nightclub dates. We are now gearing up
with new content for Fall 2010.
Dopey & Rochester’s Excellent Adventure: MTV Canada’s DJ Dopey & HipHop Artist Rochester’s Mash Up Video
Dance Party
Fresh off their one-month tour of
Western Canada during April 2010
(from Toronto to Victoria and all
places in between), DJ Dopey and
Rochester are gearing up to collabo-
sical hits from countless era’s with
their genreless themed music mash
up. “We’re mixing hits from all era’s
and genera’s,” explains Rochester.
“This isn’t a hip-hop or top 40 party
or a rock jam. This is a music event
and is for music lovers. This is about
blending stuff like Queen and Jay-Z
with Nirvana and Bob Marley. Plus
we’ve got Dopey doing his turntablism thing, and me hosting - getting
the party live.”
“This is a great opportunity to dress
up as your favourite music icon,”
comments Dj Dopey. “It will be a
most excellent adventure. ”
Dopey & Rochester’s new show will
be touring from Sept – October 2010.
Learn more at:
youtube.com/user/DopeyandRochester
Valkos Says Thank You
G
reetings everyone. First of
all, I want to thank all of you
for having me this winter. I was
able to help a lot of students make
some good choices and prevent a
few from making some bad ones.
This year, I feel, is going to have
some very interesting and positive
changes for COCA and I am glad
to be part of it.
I am looking forward to seeing
all of you again in London and if
you ask nicely, I may even answer
a question or two about your future.
Dan Valkos
Psychic Entertainer
Get The 411:
DJ Dopey: Dopey has won the most
prestigious titles available to a DJ:
the 2003 World DMC Champion,
2002-2003 Vestax Canadian Champ
and 2001 Allies All star Beat-Down
Challenge Champion among others.
Currently Dopey can be seen daily
on MTV Canada’s flagship program
“MTV Live” spinning music videos.
Dopey is also a member of Toronto
based rap group Notes To Self.
rate again on a video dance party
themed tour. Invoking the spirit of
“Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure”
Dopey and Rochester will travel
through time, bringing together mu2009 - 2010, ISSUE 3
Rochester: Leader of the new school,
Rochester has established a new cool
by breaking down musical barriers
in his upcoming release “Genreless”.
His hit reggae inspired single “Pull
Up” took home gold at the Stylus DJ
Awards winning the 2008 Hip-Hop
single of the year. With 5 music videos under his belt and national tours
with G-Unit, Obie Trice and Kardinal Offishal. Rochester is Canada’s
next hip-hop star. With Rochester’s
new singles “What’s It Gonna Be”
and “One Night” just released this
spring, and a new album in the works
for release later this year.
FarBeyond 2010
Pete Munro
FarBeyond
2010 is shaping up to be a great year
for FarBeyond and our artists. Loads
of new music is in the works across
the board. Some awesome tours have
gone down already. Our cheers will be
the loudest in the crowd for our ten
artists nominated at this year’s Stylus
Awards. We’ve got some friendly new
faces on our roster, and this year’s
COCA conference is going to be killer! Round of applause for Mr. Chuck
Erman taking the reins on this one.
We’re in for a treat ;-)
You’ll have to excuse me for ‘gushing’ like this but I have to say it. Hello
Beautiful’s new record is SO GOOD!
I’ve been driving the long way home
just to give myself more time to listen
to it over and over again… “I Wanna
Die Like This!” was recorded at Vespa
studios, who’s client list includes Billy
Talent, Muse, and Three Day’s Grace
to name a few. It's mastered by ‘Big
Bass Brian’ who’s polished off albums
for artists like 2pac, The Beastie
Boys, Black Eyed Peas, Blink 182…
I have’t even gotten through the “B’s”
yet! Needless to say the record sounds
like a million bucks and worth every
penny. I dare you to listen to it and
not get the songs stuck in your head.
There’s no official release date yet, but
you can count on it exploding onto
the scene.
Speaking of explosions, Antoine Dufour blows my mind. His new record
Convergences was just released on
April 27th, and he somehow continues to get better at playing guitar.
He recently toured out East and performed some of the new tracks live.
The response was usually something
along the lines of “wow”, drooling,
2009 - 2010, ISSUE 3
temporary disbelief in reality, or very
loud cheering. He has past 20 million
views on YouTube and it continues
to climb steadily. He’s off to Japan
in June, then back home until going
across the pond again for a European
tour in October.
Hey, who’s that in the studio with
Grammy nominated producers Boi1da and Tonemason? It’s the KID!
Famous is working on his first full
length album to follow up his I RAP
NOW ep that made him the first Canadian solo artist in history to be
nominated for a JUNO and an MMVA
off a debut ep. He’s been to five countries in the last 3 months working on
this album, and 2 of the videos have
already been shot and are ready to air
on MuchMusic this summer.
So apparently the best party of the
year so far was on four wheels and
had bunk beds… The Stables hopped
on the bus with USS in March and
opened up their shows for a tour out
West starting in Ontario. If you’ve
ever seen either of those bands perform you can imagine how they party.
If you’ve seen both of those bands,
you can imagine how they’d party
together! They’ve since recovered,
and The Stables are getting ready to
hit the studio to start recording their
sophomore album.
COCA NOTES
Famous
Urban Music. This year’s awards are
being held on May 31st at the Queen
Elizabeth Theatre in Toronto, and
we’re happy to say that ten of our artists have been nominated. Famous,
Shaun Boothe, Wristpect, 4 Korners, P-Plus, Jason Chambers, Lissa
Monet, Agile, Suppa Natty, and Ritz
are all up for awards in their respective categories. If there’s anywhere
to go for Canada’s best DJ’s, it’s right
here: www.farbeyond.ca You’ll get
to see some of this talent for yourself
when FUSION hits the stage at the DJ
Showcase at COCA this year.
The Stylus Awards celebrate the
achievements of talent in Canadian
From border-breaking rock music, to
instrumental acoustic guitar virtuosos, to bluegrass-punk, to headstrong
Canadian hip-hop, FarBeyond covers a lot of bases. What’s next? Electro! The Tapedeckbros are a dj duo
from Toronto that, I’m happy to say,
are ready to rock the Canadian music scene. Within two seconds of their
songs starting I’m powerless against
the rhythm, and my body’s moving,
every time. Their sets include a combination of some bangin’ originals
and really creative remixes. I’m definitely looking forward to seeing these
guys take off.
The Stables
The list goes on, but we’ll save some
good news for this year’s COCA conference. We’re amped up to see everyone again and welcome any and all
new faces to the scene. I don’t think
that London will be offering too
many Puffin Boat Tours, but I imagine there’s a few surprises in store for
us. See you all soon.
COCA NOTES
90210 To Get A Touch Of Canada In Darrelle London
Darrelle London
www.myspace.com/darrellelondon
www.darrellelondon.com
Toronto, ON (April 8, 2010) - America’s most scandalous zip code will
soon get a visit from one of Canada’s
most promising up-and-coming musical talents, Darrelle London. London’s song “Understand” will be featured in an upcoming episode of the
popular television drama 90210. The
episode is slated to air on Tuesday,
May 4th on the CW in the US and on
Thursday, May 6th on Global Television in Canada.
“I’m very excited. I’m a fan of both
incarnations of this show, so hearing my music in an episode will be
surreal.” says the Toronto-based performer. “Understand” is also on the
official 90210 soundtrack alongside
tracks by Owl City, The All-American Rejects, and Adele.
London herself will soon be venturing to California for shows at Hotel
Café (May 11) and Troubadour with
VV Brown (May 12).
About Darrelle London
Darrelle London’s story is one of following your heart over your head,
taking a bold step and beating the
odds. With the smarts to get accepted
to law school, London chose to instead take a chance on her music. So
far, so good. In a short while, she has
packed venues in her hometown of
Toronto and across eastern Canada.
She has also wowed audiences at several festivals, including NXNE, IndieWeek Canada and International
Pop Overthrow . London’s loyal Canadian fanbase is growing rapidly,
with her songs in regular rotation
on CBC radio and campus radio nationwide. Virgin Radio Vancouver DJ
Buzz Bishop has blogged about Lon-
don being one of his new favourite
discoveries. With rave reviews and a
rapidly growing fan base, London is
now ready to take the next steps in
her burgeoning career with her debut
album Edible Word Parade, a collection of delightfully catchy, quirky,
piano-driven tunes. Look for Darrelle London’s music on iTunes later
this month!
Sanitizements Media Launches on Campuses Across Canada This Fall!
Daniel Warner, Managing Partner
Campus Marketing Agency Inc.
Tel: 416-540-7373
Sanitizements is an exciting new campus health solution that makes your
campus a cleaner and more sanitary
place by providing student areas with
100% free hand sanitizer while creating a new, responsible revenue stream
for your student union! Recently
featured in Marketing Magazine and
Media In Canada and recognized as
one of the most innovative media
platforms of 2010 by the CMDC, the
2009 - 2010, ISSUE 3
Sanitizements network includes campuses, fitness and yoga centres, restobars and walk-in clinics.
We are currently working with over
20 campuses across Canada and we
look forward to the opportunity of
partnering with your student union
on this free, revenue generating campus health program! Please contact
us for more information by email or
phone. and we look forward to seeing
you at COCA '10 in London!
COCA NOTES
Major Names On The Roster Of The Pilot Agency
Joel Baskin
The Pilot Agency
Tel: 416-703-5073
Web: www.thepilotagency.com
T
he Pilot Agency congratulates all
graduating students as well as all
event programmers for a very successful 2009-2010 school year. This
year saw us bring the likes of Snoop
Dogg, Chevelle, JFK, the stars of Jersey Shore & The Hills, Fall & Divide,
Billy The Kid, Exit This Side and
TIME to campuses across Canada.
Founder and President of The Pilot
Agency Joel Baskin also made multiple appearances at campus conferences and events across Ontario giving his “Rockonomics 101” lecture
that explains how he started The Pilot
Agency, his thoughts on the current
music landscape, entrepreneurship,
and how students can find their way
into the music industry.
2010 saw the debut of The Pilot
Agency’s CMW Showcase, which
took place at the Hard Rock Café in
downtown Toronto. Both CP24 and
CTV News covered the event dubbing
The Pilot Agency “Canada’s Premier
Booking Agency”. The Pilot Agency
also produced an artist lounge at the
Junos that celebrated the launch of the
Pepsi Refresh campaign, and featured
a performance by Rex Goudie.
The Pilot Agency has made some great
additions over the last few months
including: Rex Goudie, Andrew Allen, Iyaz, Fozzy, Whale Tooth and
Dine Alone Records Recording Artist
Songs From A Room.
Rex Goudie is one of only two platinum artists to emanate from Newfoundland, and had a 1# hit with
2009 - 2010, ISSUE 3
“Run”. Most Recently, Rex had a Top
30# Active Rock hit with “Undone”
and appeared at many major events
surrounding the Junos. Rex is heading into the studio this month to record his new album “One Hundred
Pages Later” and will be showcasing
at the COCA National Conference in
London, ON. Andrew Allen raced
to the airwaves with the Jeff Dawson
produced radio hit “Not Loving You”,
with comparisons to Jason Mraz, and
John Mayer. Andrew Allen closed
out the Paralympics with his song
“Amazing”. Iyaz was discovered by
Sean Kingston and is a pop phenomenon with the 1# hit “Replay” with the
follow-up “Solo” just cracking the Top
20#. Fozzy is the hard rock brainchild
of WWE superstar (and fellow Canadian) Chris Jericho. Whale Tooth
is an indie-dance-pop outfit that will
also be showcasing at the COCA National this June. Songs From A Room
is a straight-up rock act from Dine
Alone Records with shows this summer scheduled with Buckcherry,
Papa Roach, Danko Jones, and Ray
& Robby Krieger Play The Doors.
Billy the Kid
Billy The Kid is having her busiest
year yet with over 40 shows to date
including performances at Mount
Royal College, Algonquin College and
showcases at CMW, and SXSW. Billy
also appeared in Billboard and Spin
Magazine. Billy had the Earshot radio
single “These City Lights”. In May,
Billy will tape 2 songs and an interview to be featured in George Stromboulopolos’s CBC program “The
Hour”. This summer will see Billy
showcase at NXNE, COCA National
Conference, followed by a summer
tour of clubs and festivals.
Pilot has often been the bridge between many campuses and US based
acts including the stars of Jersey
Shore, The Hills, and other TV, film,
reality programs. Please inquire about
a celebrity or speaker for your campus.
The Pilot Agency has teamed up with
Yael Latner from MTV’s “The AfterShow” for an intimate and interactive
experience with Stars From The Hills
that includes an interview, a Q & A,
followed by a meet and greet photo/
autograph session. 40 OZ To Freedom
– A Tribute To Sublime, have quickly
become one of North America’s most
popular Sublime tribute bands. From
San Diego, the band will be touring
Ontario in September 2010.
Pilot has signed Saliesh whom MTV
called “The World’s Best Hypnotist” and will be bringing LMFAO
amongst other US based acts to many
campuses across Canada this fall. We
look forward to hearing from you and
assisting you with programming next
year’s events. See you in London.
•
•
NEWS
TAG band Arkells were featured in a
new television ad promoting tourism
to their home province of Ontario. The
ad features all five members of Arkells
singing "There's No Place Like This,"
the theme from the series of Ontario
Tourism commercials featuring some
of the province's musical artists.
The East Coast Music Association
Awards were held on March 7, in
Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Congratulations to TAG winners:
•
•
•
Group Recording of the Year: InFlight Safety – We Are an Empire,
My Dear
Alternative Recording of the
Year: In-Flight Safety – We Are
an Empire, My Dear
Sirius Satellite Radio Rock Recording of the Year: The Novaks
– Things Fall Apart
Toronto was buzzing March 10 to 14
for Canadian Music Week, with extensive showcases, conferences and
events. Over the course of five days,
the festival managed to pack 700 artists
into 55 different venues. The festival
was packed full of stellar performances
from TAG talent, many of whom were
also honored at one or more of the
several awards ceremonies that took
place. TAG award winners are:
2010 Canadian Radio Music Awards
•
•
•
Best Rock Group: Metric, “Help
I'm Alive”
Contemporary Hit Radio: Stereos, “Summer Girl”
Songwriter of the Year: Carly Rae
2009 - 2010, ISSUE 3
•
•
•
•
•
•
Jepsen and Ryan Stewart for “Tug
of War”
Chart Topper: Nickelback
Factor Emerging Artist Award:
Arkells
2010 Indie Awards Favourite Live
Group: Arkells Galaxie Rising
Stars: Rural Alberta Advantage
Favourite World Artist: Alex*Cuba
Favourite Group: Constantines
Favourite Single: Marianas Trench,
“Cross My Heart”
Favourite Video: Marianas Trench,
“Cross My Heart”
Favourite Album: Metric, Fantasies
Also, The Agency Group took home
the Booking Agency of the Year Award
at the Canadian Music & Broadcast
Industry Awards! The Rural Alberta
Advantage at the Indie Awards.
COCA NOTES
NEW SIGNINGS
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Abandon All Ships
Barn Burner
Brandi Disterheft
Carly Rae Jepsen
Collin Raye
Daniel, Fred & Julie
Dean Brody
Grant Lawrence
High Valley
Jason McCoy
Kyrie Kristmanson
Melissa Auf Der Maur
Michou
Rich Aucoin
Shuttle
The Beauties
The Stan
The Tabla Guy
The Treasures
The Juno Awards took place in St.
John’s, Newfoundland on Sunday April
18. Congratulations to TAG winners:
•
•
•
•
•
Group Of The Year: Metric
Rock Album Of The Year: Billy
Talent (III)
New Group Of The Year: Arkells
Alternative Album Of The Year:
Metric (Fantasies)
Contemporary Jazz Album Of
The Year: Charles Spearin (The
Happiness Project)
TAG performances at Junofest were:
Arkells, Metric, Carly Rae Jepsen,
Hollerado, Bahamas, Amy Millan,
Jully Black, The Road Hammers,
Stereos, Alexisonfire, The Novaks,
Wintersleep, Most Serene Republic, Alex*Cuba, Rich Aucoin, Down
With Webster, and Hey Rosetta!
And finally, congratulations to Carol
Welsman, who won the Female Vocalist of the Year award at The Canadian Smooth Jazz Awards that took
place on April 23 at the Living Arts
Centre in Mississauga, Ontario.
The Rural Alberta Advantage
COCA NOTES
Incredible Boris Puts On An Incredible Show
Hypnotist The Incredible Boris
www.incredibelboris.com
H
ello Everyone! The year is winding down and I hope you had a
great school year. I would like give
a huge thanks to all the schools that
hosted my show this year. It has been
an unprecedented year. Big hello to all
the schools I got to visit and hope to
see more of you soon.
I recorded several campus shows
and put highlights on my Youtube
channel http://www.YouTube.com/
incredibleboris , where you can watch
your students partake in the hypnosis
routines. You can also view many of
my TV appearances.
I have been a regular on the Maury
show for the past 4 years, helping eliminate extreme and unusual fears and
phobias. The response has been phenomenal and it always gives me great
pleasure to help others. This is why, at
the conclusion of all my comedy hypnosis shows, I always include positive
suggestions for the audience and the
participants. Other TV appearances
this year have included CBC News
Now and several appearances on
Much Music’s Much on Demand.
Here are some career and travel highlights from 2009:
•
•
•
I was nominated for Entertainer
of the Year in Las Vegas by Event
Solutions Magazine, and won Entertainer of the Year by Canadian
Event Perspectives Magazine.
I have consulted and took part in
two movies, currently in post production.
My international travels took me
to incredible places like Dubai and
Bermuda.
I am active in the COCA, NACA,
APCA circuits in Canada and US. I
find it exciting being able to entertain
and leave a positive message and a lasting impression. I have built a vast repertoire. The shows are changed daily,
so you will never see the same show
twice, and if you do – the people participating make it different and more
exciting. I am constantly writing new
routines and improvise to put on the
best show for the moment, crowd and
venue.
My performance venues range from
college and universities campuses to
theater and casino showrooms. This
year I got a chance to visit many of you
across this beautiful country. I feed off
the audience, while they in turn feed
off my twisted logic.
Have a great summer and hope to see
you on your campus soon.
Get Registered Now!
London, Ontario
2009 - 2010, ISSUE 3
COCA NOTES
TOUR UPDATES FROM EDH PRODUCTIONS
Elaine Huras
EDH Productions – 416-258-4733
"I’ll be at the COCA National in London this year, so come by for a visit, check out
the dvd video’s of all these guys and listen to some tunes. Let’s chat and catch up"
S
tevie Starr: the ultimate professional regurgitator is touring Canada two times this upcoming school
year. The Fall 2010 Tour will run from
November 1-4 and the tour is in South
Central Ontario. Please email or call
if you are interested.
The Spring 2011 tour runs from
March 28-31. This tour will concentrate in Eastern Ontario and Quebec.
However, South Central Ontrario can
still get dates!
The Return: These guys are amazing!!! My newest band will soon be
the best Beatles Tribute band in North
America. They are based in Griffin,
GA but don’t let these southern guys
fool you. Once they put on their black
suits, and wigs, and step out on that
stage, you are transported back to the
1964 stage of the Beatles. Eight Days A
Week, Twist and Shout, I Wanna Hold
Your Hand. The tunes are endless with
a few surprises too. These guys would
be PERFECT for your Orientation
program. The price is right, the music
is right and the crowd will love them !
1964 The Tribute: is the best Beatles Tribute band in the world! They
played sold out shows this Fall at the
Orillia Opera House and performed
three sold out shows in Ottawa at
Centrepointe Theatre. Sony Centre is
already on sale for March 2011! And
they are returning to Carnegie Hall in
NYC for un unprecedented 11th time
in January! There are amazing deals for
Colleges & Universities for November
& December 2010 only. OVER 50%
off their usual asking price. Call or
email me asap for details. Their price
will never be this low again!
COCA Notes
COCA Notes is published on-line three times per academic year by the Canadian Organization of Campus Activities (COCA) and is distributed to all school
members, associate members and alumni of record. Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of COCA or the COCA Board of Directors. Submissions,
letters and opinion pieces are welcome but must be signed by the author and submitted with the author’s phone number and email address. Submissions
will be published as space allows and at the discretion of the editor. Submissons become the property of COCA. All content and rights reserved. Please send
submissions via email.
Policy on Spam
To help fight spam, we are trying to eliminate email addresses from COCA’s website. Some addresses may be replaced by: (Email thru COCA Directory) which
refers to the on-line directory. You must be logged in to the COCA website to access the Directory. Other email addresses may altered by replacing the “@”
symbol with something like: (att s-y-m-b-o-l).
Send submissions to:
Bill Mahon
John Abbott College
Editor, COCA Notes
cocanotes"att"gmail.com
2009 - 2010, ISSUE 3
Canadian Organization of Campus Activities
509 Commissioners Road West, Suite 202
London, Ontario N6J 1Y5
Tel: 519-690-0207
Fax: 519-681-4328
cocaoffice"att"coca.org
www.coca.org
Ad Prices - COCA Notes (Each Issue):
Full Page:
Half Page (horizontal)
Quarter Page (vertical)
$125
$75
$45
COCA NOTES
Canadian Organization of Campus Activities Board of Directors & Office 2009 - 2010
EX-OFFICIO DIRECTORS
COCA Chair
Chair, National Conference Committee
Shea Dahl, Programming & Events Manager
AMS, University of British Columbia
Tel: 604-822-5336
Fax: 604-822-9019
Chuck Erman
Events Programmer, Students Union, Sheridan College
Tel: 905-845-9430, x1-2302 Fax: 905-815-4030
ELECTED DIRECTORS
Eastern Region Director
Kenney Fitzpatrick
General Manager,
Mount St. Vincent University
Tel: 902-457-6579 Central Region Director
Steve Kosh
Marketing & Special Events Coordinator,
Students' Association, Mohawk College
Tel: 905-575-2182 Fax: 905-575-2385
Fax: 902-457-0444
Western Region Director
Associate Members’ Director
Marc Thususka
Events & Programming Manager,
Students' Association, SAIT
Tel: 403-210-4378 Fax: 403-284-8037
Nathalie Carrier,
President
Kismet Agency
Tel: 613-864-8762
National Student Director
Bradley Russell
Director of Student Life
Students' Union, Memorial Unive. of Newfoundland
Tel: 709-737-7633, x205 Fax: 709-737-4743
COCA OFFICE
Executive Director
Earle Taylor
Canadian Organization of Campus Activities
509 Commissioners Road West, Suite 202, London, Ontario N6J 1Y5
Tel: 519-690-0207
Fax: 519-681-4328 Web: www.coca.org
To send email directly to individual directors via the COCA Website, go to: www,coca.org. Login using your “contact” username and password. Click on:
Governance – Directors & Staff. See Email at the bottom of the page for direct access director profiles in the on-line membership Directory.
COMMITTEE CHAIRS, CONFERENCE HOST, & EDITOR
EDUCATION COMMITTEE
AWARDS COMMITTEE
Marc Thususka
Events & Programming Manager
Students' Association, SAIT
Tel: 403-210-4378 Fax: 403-284-8037
Kenney Fitzpatrick
General Manager
Tel: 902-457-6579 CHAIR, NATIONAL CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
Chuck Erman
Events Programmer
Students Union, Sheridan College
Tel: 905-845-9430, x1-2302 Fax: 905-815-4030
EDITOR, COCA NOTES
Bill Mahon
Student Activities Department
John Abbott College
Tel: 514-457-6610, 5320
Fax: 514-457-6091
Fax: 902-457-0444
NOMINATING COMMITTEE
Kenney Fitzpatrick
General Manager
Tel: 902-457-6579 Fax: 902-457-0444
COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE
Steve Kosh
Marketing & Special Events Coordinator
Students' Association, Mohawk College
Tel: 905-575-2182 Fax: 905-575-2385
Email may be sent to committee chairs via the COCA Website – go to: www.coca.org. Login us-ing your “contact” username & password. Click on:
Directory – Simple Search. Choose Associate Contacts or School Contacts under Use a Saved Search. Find the person you want under their School or Company/Artist name. Or, click on: Contact. Messages will be forwarded from the COCA Office to the individual your email is addressed to.
2009 - 2010, ISSUE 3

COCA Notes 2009

Transcription

Similar documents

COCA Notes 2010

COMRADERY FROM COAST-TO

COCA Notes 2007

Heading to go here heading to go here

Druze panel Sep 29 REGISTER

COCA Notes v19 Issue 2

Vital Signs week 2 - Love God

Unseen Cinema 2016 - End Credits Film Club

Coca Cola headquarters

List of Canadian bi#161AC38