Gibsons - Charlotte Wrinch

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After receiving a FACTOR grant
folk singer-songwriter
Charlotte Wrinch
is working on two full albums
of original music
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Just about to release her new
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her love of music by performing
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How to start a band:
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A certain magic
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a step-by-step guide to rockdom
Part II: Choose your genre
Paul De Leo
I
n my second instalment on how to start a band, I’m tackling the controversial topic of genre. Many artists despise
labels, but figuring out where you radiate in the vast
spectrum that is the music industry can help you focus your
energies and thus better your chances at achieving ROCKDOM. I will simply list the larger of the musical genres with
brief descriptions. Choose your own adventure!
Pop/top 40: If your goal in music is to become a celebrity, this
is the genre for you. Pop—or popular music—has changed
a lot in the last 60 years. Once merely a way of tracking the
favourite music of the day, pop music today is highly manufactured. Made by the music industry machine and generally
not by musicians (or you), it is the hardest nut to crack.
Top 40 music is produced (that is, written/recorded/mixed/
mastered) by very few people and promoted by even fewer
music industry/media conglomerates. Top 40 follows a very
specific formula, and if you don’t fit into that formula, “you
outta luck!” The formula does change but very slowly and
slightly in order to keep demand for product high and costs
low: ’N Sync to Justin Timberlake to Timbaland to ’N Sync
reunion, etc.
Niche band: This includes spiritual, death metal, noise bands,
Christian rock, Chicago house, avant-garde jazz, experimental, art rock, etc. The list is ENDLESS. If your musical tendencies are slightly left (or right) of centre, chances are you
fit into the category of niche band. Often a philosophy accompanies your musical taste. There is usually a good reason
for recording sometimes odd sounds into a microphone—let
alone wanting others to hear said sounds! The advantage to
this genre is that there is ALWAYS someone who will support
you, even if you totally suck.
Solo artist: This is the purest of genres. Heck, there’s nobody
to hide behind! And there’s no one else to blame if things go
wrong, so you’d better be good or at least confident. Often
solo artists are outcasts, misfits, or just hard to get along with.
Control is something you cherish.
Tribute/cover band: I’ve discussed this genre in previous
articles and so will not go into it here.
Rock ’n’ roll band: Ah, the nearest and dearest, and possibly
the closest to thing to utopia outside of the Bo Kong’s sweet
and sour pineapple deluxe! Everything you’ve read about
the rock ’n’ roll lifestyle is absolutely true. Every last detail.
Do you like to have fun? Do you have a LOT of energy? Do
you like your music louder than everyone you know? If you
answered yes to these questions, you fit firmly in the category
of rock ’n’ roll band.
These are just outlines and by no means are these descriptions written in stone. And I must reiterate that ROCKDOM is
less important than FUN! Paul De Leo is owner of MELOmania, the Sunshine Coast community
music centre in Roberts Creek.
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“I’m not a one-track lady” – Charlotte Wrinch
Susan Garnham
“T
here is a renaissance happening on the Sunshine
Coast,” says Charlotte
Wrinch. “It’s a great place to be
a musician.”
And she should know. Charlotte, who sings and plays guitar
and recorder, writes her own
music and mentors her four
children (aged 10–16) and their
friends in her Gibsons home,
which is full of instruments and
is the locale for frequent musical
gatherings.
The music industry expects
performers to name their genre,
and Charlotte has chosen folk
because it is such a broad category. However, she also plays
music from the ‘30s and some
heavy ’70s music, as well as a lot
of current songs so she can be in
tune with her children. What she
writes sometimes has an element
of jazz. And in a Celtic song, she
endeavours to be true to suitable
language and a certain timelessness. “I’m not a one-track lady,”
she says with a wide smile.
Charlotte has written music
since she was in her teens, and
her own compositions make up 85
per cent of what she plays. Even
when she offers familiar music,
which she does because people
like to hear it, she makes it hers
by the way it is presented—by the
feeling she puts into it.
“Spreading the joy of music—
that’s what it’s all about,” Charlotte says. “There’s a certain
magic. What I write is from
the heart—it’s genuine. I’m not
trying to become anything. I am
being who I am.” Her vibrancy is
infectious.
Charlotte writes charts for
other local musicians who
accompany her on drums, bass,
and keyboard, and she encourages them to draw on their own
abilities and preferences. She
finds that some of the musicians
are so talented they can evoke
exceptional feeling with their
instruments. She trusts their
choices and everyone ends up
having fun.
A philosopher, Charlotte writes
with humour and reality, playing with ideas and sometimes
writing instrumental music that
conveys meaning without words.
Her songs come from personal
inspiration and address real-life
issues.
The meaning of her lyrics is
available to the listener as Charlotte draws from experiences
most people can relate to. “Kiss
the Ground,” the title track of
her soon-to-be-released CD, is a
song about gratitude. “Time to
Kill” was written for her kids,
suggesting they look at the big
picture as they are growing up.
“Who Do You Think You Are?”
considers the plan to blow up an
asteroid heading toward Earth
and stems from her fascination
with humanity from a scientific
point of view. She has written
a Celtic song about a parent’s
worst nightmare—losing a child.
“Moving Me On” comes out of
Charlotte’s life-changing experiences negotiating difficult backpacking hikes in her late teens.
Using a grant from FACTOR
(the Federal Heritage Department), Charlotte has finished a
demo CD with technicians Ray
Fulber and Susann Richter of
StraitSound Recording Studio in
Gibsons. It now awaits a second
grant which will allow final production. “StraitSound is a fullfacility recording studio,” Charlotte says, “and they have been
very supportive.”
As for live performances,
Charlotte is a regular at Pack Rat
Louie’s Grill, a nurturing venue
for many local musicians as well
as visual artists. Check out her
website—www.charlottewrinch.
com—to find out more about
where and when you may see her
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Interview with Nikki Weber
Teoni
and I used to put on little shows
in the backyard and charge a
nickel! When I was nine I was
on the radio singing Shirley’s
song “Good Ship Lollipop.”
I
n this age of great tunes in
our ears from iPods, MP3
players, and cell phones, only
a small number of us can say we
have ever seen wind-up phonographs, let alone heard their
unique sound. Nikki Weber, an
81-year-old resident of Sechelt
and voice coach for the Mellowtones, grew up in the Netherlands in an era when radio performances were always live, and
playing 78 records on wind-up
phonographs was how you got
your music fix. Recently I had the
great pleasure of hearing about
some of Nikki’s life experiences.
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T: Do you come from a long line
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N: No. My dad was a magistrate
and my mother was a stayat-home mom. He played the
clarinet and she was very good
on the piano. They weren’t
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T: Has singing ever gotten you
Mellowtone Nikki Webber
professional musicians but they
were good, and our family sang
and played together. I started
singing with my sister when
I was five or six years old. Of
course, Shirley Temple was the
highlight of the world then, and
I was doomed to be headed for
the Shirley Temple image. Mom
put ringlets in my curly hair,
through challenging times in
your life?
N: Yes, definitely. During the
war we sang for food and not
money because there were times
when even if you had money
you couldn’t get food. At school
there was very little food and no
heat or lighting. My bike had no
tires, and I would roller skate
40 minutes in all weather with
my violin under one arm and
my music under the other. It was
very hard. We sang under the
Nazi occupation and we weren’t
allowed to sing any English
songs. We changed the English
words to Dutch or French. We
even made “Mary Had a Little
Lamb” into a good jazz piece
inside voices
with the Dutch big band we performed with. Singing pulled me
through those hard years.
T: What has been your most sat-
isfying experience as a singer?
N: We sang for CBC Radio in
Vancouver for six years during
the 1960s. Also for six months
our trio had our own weekly
program that featured us along
with guests. We were called
whatever they needed to call
us each week! The Weber Trio
was the one that lasted the
longest. We sang with great
orchestras like Lance Harrison,
Harry Price, and Bobby Reid.
You know, I can’t imagine why
a musician would ever need any
alcohol or anything else to boost
them up, because you get such a
high from the music itself!
T: Do you write songs?
N: Yes, I did for a while and
probably wrote about 40 songs.
Writing was not my main focus;
harmony was my main focus.
There are so many well-written songs that I found it hard
to equal the good writers. The
songs from the ’30s, ’40s, and
‘50s had fabulous melodies,
more so than today. Now songs
are quite different—basically a
lot of people write their stories and experiences out and
put music to them. Before, the
melody was what you caught
and you didn’t need a lot of
supporting lights or gimmicks.
The music was complete and
sounded gorgeous. All you
needed was a piano so you could
do the melody and the accompaniment at the same time. Put a
good singer and a piano together
with a few Gershwin tunes and
you can’t beat it!
T: Who is the most famous band
Nikki’s group, the Mellowtones, present
two big performances on the Coast every
year, and their CDs can be purchased at
these concerts. If you are interested in
voice coaching, Nikki can be reached at
604-740-0933.
Teoni Spathelfer is a journalist who has
called the Sunshine Coast home for the
last 17 years. She can be reached at
teonis _ [email protected].
T: Do you sing with the Mellow-
tones?
N: No, I never have. I am their
voice coach. I don’t direct them.
They have learned to perform
looking at the public and not
watching me. I have sung with
my trio, Ladybugs.
T: Do you remember the first
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N: It would have been a 78
record that my parents played
on our wind-up phonograph.
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T: Do you have any children, and
have they followed you into the
field of music?
N: Oh, yes! My oldest son has
been teaching at Douglas College for 30 years and is retiring
soon. He majored in piano and
taught harmony, music history,
and theory. Since he was a kid
he has loved classical music.
The college sends him on Mediterranean and Baltic Sea cruises
and he lectures on opera. My
youngest son sings in my most
active group, the Mellowtones,
here on the Coast. My granddaughter has a gorgeous voice
and sings in my youth group,
Metamorphosis.
scratch it, and it was difficult
because there was only one
song on each side of the record.
The Merry Macs quartet was
my inspiration then. Then the
33s and 45s came out much
later. During the war I loved
Glenn Miller recordings, and we
weren’t allowed to listen to them
so we had to sneak them in. you’ve performed with?
N: Tough decision. Probably
Lance Harrison. He was fabulous, and what a great band! He
did all the arranging. I used
to put the vocal arrangement
together, the lead lines, and the
chording and bring it to him. He
would then go into a room and
come out two hours later with
a complete score for the whole
orchestra. He was amazing! The
Mellowtones have performed
and done one recording with
Michael Creber from Vancouver
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Is there a reason not to have Riesling?
Tales of a misunderstood varietal
Kelly Woods
R
iesling
(pronounced
reece-ling) is one of the
great vine varieties hailing from Germany. It is a sumptuous grape varietal that produces
high calibre wines now made all
over the world. Unfortunately, it
has been misunderstood for far
too long due to the likes of wines
such as Black Tower and Blue
Nun. I intend to clear up that
impression and get you back on
track with this stellar delight.
If produced properly, Riesling
yields a wine of such tremendous
balance and flavour that it rivals
some of the world’s top Chardonnays. The range of wines it
produces run the gamut of bone
dry to intensely sweet. It is also
known to be one of the varietals
to produce some of the world’s
top icewines. Riesling has tremendous sugar levels, but when
vinifed correctly with a high
regard for balanced acidity, a
superior, well-balanced wine can
be produced that is suited to just
about any palate.
A typical nose and flavour
profile for Riesling includes such
qualities as steely, honeyed,
and flowery. “Drinking wine
behind a bus” is how some would
describe its consumption due
to a showy diesel characteristic
found in some Rieslings, which
may sound off-putting, but to an
aficionado it’s a real treat!
The elegant Rieslings from
the Mosel-Saar-Ruwer region of
Germany
are
particularly
favourable, but from anywhere
else in Germany this noble grape
is lovely, too. These vines are
also grown in Alsace, a Germaninfluenced area of France, as
well as in Australia, New Zealand, Washington State, Oregon,
and of course, BC and Ontario.
Its vines are cold hardy, which
makes it an excellent choice for
growing in cooler climates.
The labels on German products indicate a scale of ripeness,
which is usually an indication of
the sweetness of the final product. From driest to sweetest they
are Kabinett, Spätlese, Auslese,
Beerenauslese, and Trockenbeerenauslese. In other countries the terms dry and off-dry
are primarily used.
Do be aware that there are
some varietals such as Clare
Riesling and Welschriesling with
no connection to the actual Vitis
vinifera. However, there are
others such as Rhine, White, and
Johannisberg Riesling that bear
the same name and are, in fact,
descendants of the noble grape.
The possible food and wine
pairings are many. As mentioned
in previous articles, sweeter
wines are particularly good with
spicier foods, and Riesling has a
definite affinity for spicy Asian
cuisine. It can also be paired
with light appetizer fare—there
are some wonderful sparkling
Rieslings available that would
make an excellent cocktail party
partner. It pairs nicely with tuna
and gives a lovely lift to smoked
salmon. Avoid a dish with too
much acidity as Riesling is so
delicately balanced that too much
citrus or vinegar may leave your
wine tasting flabby. It is beautiful with barbecues, pork, ham,
and fowl and a natural match
with eastern European dishes.
An interesting note is that Riesling is often found to be lower in
alcohol content than other white
wines!
Try a few different Rieslings
and experience the incredible
variations from bottle to bottle.
Better yet, do a blind tasting with
some friends.
Here are suggestions for a few
to try that are all readily available on the Sunshine Coast:
Gehringer Late Harvest Riesling
British Columbia 17.99
An excellent wine with dessert that
isn’t as intense on the palate or
the pocketbook as an icewine.
Hawthorne Mountain
See Ya Later Ranch Riesling
British Columbia 16.99
Slightly off-dry. Great summer
sipper. Try with smoked salmon.
Stoneleigh Riesling
Marlborough
New Zealand 17.45
A dry Riesling from New Zealand.
Nice with smoked salmon pasta
with citrus cream sauce.
Dr. Loosen Riesling
Germany QbA $18.95
My absolute favourite. Try with
spicy Thai food or Szechwan.
Now I ask you once again, is
there a reason not to have
Riesling?
If you would like an in-home
wine tasting session or have any
other wine-related inquiries,
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Delicious vine-ripened, pesticide-free produce,
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restaurants
Cafes and tea rooms
Copper Sky Gallery and Cafe
Great place for home made soups,
custom sandwiches, salads and
desserts. Organic coffee and teas.
Take out or relax in the gallery lounge.
Internet access. Downtown Madeira
Park in Pender Harbour 604-883-0096
Gumboot Cafe Bakery
1057 Roberts Creek Rd., Roberts Creek,
604-885-4218
Local Loco’s Music and Arts Cafe
Healthy food, art, music. Hours: SunMon 11am-7pm. Thurs till 9pm, Wed,
Fri, Sat till midnight. 4692 Willingdon
Avenue, Powell River. 604-485-5626,
www.locallocos.com
Lotus Tea House
Bulk teas, gift items, breakfast and
lunch, dine in or take out. 5762 Cowrie
Street, Sechelt across from Claytons
Heritage Market, 604-885-0571
Mama’s
106-5580 Wharf St., Sechelt. 604-7419798. Gelato cakes. Paninis. Salads.
Espresso drinks. Eat-in. Take-out.
Mosaic Marketplace Tea Room
4780 Sunshine Coast Hwy, Davis Bay,
604-740-0047
Strait Coffee
Organic, shade grown and fair trade
coffees roasted here. Baking and
lunches made from scratch. 4330
Sunshine Coast Hwy, Wilson Creek,
604-885-9757
Wild Bistro
Coffee – comfort food – confections.
Fresh daily bread, soup, salads,
sandwiches, muffins, sweets. Exclusively
serving Milano Coffee. Enjoy lunch with
a view! Seaview place - 682 Gibsons
Way. 604.886.1917
Casual dining
Gumboot Restaurant
1041 Roberts Creek Rd., Roberts Creek,
604-885-4216
Local Loco’s Music and Arts Cafe
Healthy food, art, music. Hours: SunMon 11am-7pm. Thurs till 9pm, Wed,
Fri, Sat till midnight. 4692 Willingdon
Avenue, Powell River. 604-485-5626.
www.locallocos.com
Molly’s Reach
Open daily. Patio. Licensed. 647 School
Road, Gibsons. 604-886-9710
East Indian
Saffron
Experience multi-cultural cuisine.
Licensed. Take-out. Delivery. Hours:
Tues – Sat 8am – 10pm, Sun open
10am. Closed Monday. 5755 Cowrie St.,
Sechelt, Trail Bay Mall. 604-740-0660
Fine dining
The Blue Heron Inn
5591 Delta, Sechelt, 604-885-3847
Garden Bay Pub and Restaurant
4958 Lyons Rd., Garden Bay
604-883-9919
Georgia Strait Café
4349 Sunshine Coast Hwy., Wilson
Creek, 604-885-1997
Haus Uropa Restaurant
Slow food dining. Award winning
wine list. 426 Gower Pt. Rd., Gibsons
Landing. 604-886-8326
Marcia’s Entertainment Restaurant
Full service restaurant with live music.
Adventure, romance, amazing food,
fabulous cocktails, fierce friendship, and
did we say love? Let us enchant and
entertain you! 280 Gower Point Road.
Upstairs in the Pink House, Gibsons
Landing. 604-886-2024
Ruby Lake Resort and Spa
Award winning Italian Tratorria
Restaurant with waterfront patio.
Northern Italian cuisine, fresh produce,
locally gathered seafood, fine wines.
Supporting sustainable fishing and
organic food practices.
15426 Sunshine Coast Hwy., Madeira
Park, 604-883-2269, 1-800-717-6611
French
Haus Uropa Restaurant
Slow food dining. Award winning
wine list. 426 Gower Pt. Rd., Gibsons
Landing. 604-886-8326
Greek
Daphne’s
Authentic Greek cuisine in the heart of
Sechelt. Daily lunch and dinner specials.
Exquisite entrees. Relaxing atmosphere.
restaurants
Licensed. 5530 Wharf St.
604-885-2008
Saffron
Experience multi-cultural cuisine.
Licensed. Take-out. Delivery.
Hours: Tues – Sat 8am – 10pm, Sun
open 10am. Closed Monday. 5755
Cowrie St., Sechelt, Trail Bay Mall.
604-740-0660
Italian
Haus Uropa Restaurant
Slow food dining. Award winning
wine list. 426 Gower Pt. Rd., Gibsons
Landing. 604-886-8326
Ruby Lake Resort and Spa
Award winning Italian Tratorria
Restaurant with waterfront patio.
Northern Italian cuisine, fresh produce,
locally gathered seafood, fine wines.
Supporting sustainable fishing and
organic food practices. 15426 Sunshine
Coast Hwy., Madeira Park, 604-8832269, 1-800-717-6611
Pizza
Angelo’s Pizza and Donairs
Free delivery over $14. From Pt. Mellon
to Halfmoon Bay. 5653 Wharf Rd.,
Sechelt. 604-740-9949, 604-8864142
Saffron
Experience multi-cultural cuisine.
Licensed. Take-out. Delivery. Hours:
Tues – Sat 8am – 10pm, Sun open
10am. Closed Monday. 5755 Cowrie St.,
Sechelt, Trail Bay Mall. 604-740-0660
Patra
Free delivery. 2 for 1 pizza. Open 7 days
a week. 1-706 Hwy. 101., Gibsons.
604-886-7675, 604-886-7671
Pepper Creek Pizza and Pasta
Take and bake pizza now available in all
three IGAs, Claytons, Welcome Woods
Market and Secret Cove Marina. 4330
Sunshine Coast Hwy., Wilson Creek,
604-885-0321
Sergios Pizza
103-5685 Cowrie Street, Sechelt
604-885-7790, 604-885-3477
Free delivery.
Pubs
Backeddy Marine Pub
16660 Backeddy Rd., Egmont
604-883-3614, 1-800-626-0599
Blackfish Pub
966 Venture Way, Gibsons
604-886-6682
Gilligan’s Pub
Teredo St. Sechelt, 604-885-4148
The Grasshopper Pub
12671 Sunshine Coast Hwy. Pender
Harbour Hotel, Madeira Park,
604-883-9013
Irvines Landing Marine Pub
4142 Irvines Landing Rd., Garden Bay,
604-883-1145
Lighthouse Marine Pub
5764 Wharf St. Sechelt,
604-885-9494
Thai
O’Thai Restaurant
Hours: 11:30am – 9pm Tues to Sat.
Closed Sun and Mon. Take-out available.
103-5760 Teredo St. Sechelt. 604-7405999
Vegetarian
Saffron
Experience multi-cultural cuisine.
Licensed. Take-out. Delivery. Hours:
Tues – Sat 8am – 10pm, Sun open
10am. Closed Monday. 5755 Cowrie
St., Sechelt, Trail Bay Mall.
604-740-0660
Gumboot Restaurant
1041 Roberts Creek Rd., Roberts Creek,
604-885-4216
Vietnamese
Kien Giang Pho
101-5710 Teredo St. Sechelt
604-885-2363, free delivery Davis Bay
to West Sechelt, min. order $25
West Coast
Inlets Restaurant
West Coast Wilderness Lodge
Egmont 604-883-3667
1-877-988-3838
Pebbles Waterfront Restaurant
On the waterfront in downtown Sechelt.
5454 Trail Avenue, Sechelt.
604-885-5811
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604-885-9757 – Lunch & fresh baked goods
in Wilson Creek Plaza
604-885-3793 – Office and Warehouse
– Daily Lunch & Dinner Specials
– Exquisite Entrées
– Licenced & Air Conditioned
– Relaxing Atmosphere
5530 Wharf Rd. • 604-885-2008
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ongoing
Monday Night Jam at the Backeddy Pub
Mondays, 10pm, Backeddy Pub, Egmont.
Greg 604-883-2298
Live Music, Mondays, Georgia Strait
Cafe, Hwy 101 and Field Road, Wilson
Creek. 604-885-1997
John Tenbear Thompson Tuesdays,
6pm, Pack Rat Louie’s Grill , Gibsons.Live
acoustic ragtime hokam swinging country blues. Music, food, and drink. John
Tenbear Thompson 604-886-4919 or
604-886-1646
Karaoke Wednesdays, Garden Bay Pub Les Fowler Wednesdays, 6pm. Marcia’s
Entertainment Restaurant, top floor of the
Pink House, 280 Gower Pt in Gibsons.
604-886-2024
New Talent Night at the Augusta Grill
Thursdays, August Grill, Sechelt. Deb
Proby, 604-741-9844
Tapas and Tunes Thursdays, 6pm,
Georgia Strait Cafe, Wilson Creek. Local
musicians. Lisa Edginton, 604-885-1997
Live Jazz with Steve Giltrow and Friends
Thursdays and Sundays, 6:30pm, Molly’s
Reach.
Luci and Friends Live at Leo’s Saturdays,
7pm, Leo’s Tapas and Grill, Gibsons
Landing. No cover charge. 604-8869414
Into the Wild 2nd Saturday each month,
7pm, Wild Bistro, 682 Gibsons Way,
Gibsons. A showcase of unique and eclectic local and imported talent and creative
work. Check the website for performance
lineups each month: www.wildbistro.com
or [email protected]. Tix $10 at the
door with proceeds to artists.
The Song Butchers’ Sunday Jam
Sundays, 6pm, Pack Ratt Louie’s Grill.
Do you play a musical instrument?
Are you aching to perform with a great
bunch of local musicians? Then join us
every Sunday at Pack Ratt’s for the Song
Butchers’ Jam Session either before,
during, or after enjoying a great Sunday
dinner. Peter and Nicole, 604-886-1646
Coastal Connection for singles hosts
Singles Parties and activities on the
Sunshine Coast. coastal.connection@
hotmail.com or call 604-886-4292 for
free registration to be informed of upcoming events.
music
Karin Bergen Jazz Duo May 1, 8pm,
Marcia’s Entertainment Restaurant, 280
Gower Point Road, Gibsons Landing.
Featuring vocalist Karin Bergen, accompanied by Paul Steenhuis on guitar.
Reservations recommended. No cover.
604-886-2024
Roberts Creek Hall • May 2 • 8 pm
Tickets: Coast Books, MELOmania and Seaside Centre
$12 in store, $15 at the door
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EVENTS ON AND AROUND THE SUNSHINE COAST
Meredith Evan Bates May 2–4, Marcia’s
Entertainment Restaurant, 280 Gower
Point Road, Gibsons Landing. Friday,
Saturday, and Sunday.
Latif Bolat May 3, 8pm, Gumboot Garden
Cafe, Roberts Creek. Specializing in the
ancient Turkish mystic devotional music
genre, Latif Bolat has been received with
appreciation and enthusiasm throughout
the world as he provides a unique philosophy and approach to the performance of
traditional music. Tix $12 advance, $15
at the door, MELOmania, Roberts Creek.
Mark Crissinger May 8, Marcia’s
Entertainment Restaurant, 280 Gower
Point Road, Gibsons Landing. 604-8862024
Ron Thompson May 9, Marcia’s Entertainment Restaurant, 280 Gower Point Road,
Gibsons Landing. 604-886-2024
The Rakish Angles and Frazey Ford Band
May 10, 8pm, Gumboot Restaurant,
Roberts Creek. Local stringband The
Rakish Angles (Dan Richter—guitar,
Simon Hocking—mandolin, Boyd
Norman—stand-up bass, Serena
Eades—violin) will be playing a special
double bill with Frazey Ford (of The Be
Good Tanyas) and her new band. Tix $15,
MELOmania (Roberts Creek) and Gaia’s
Fair Trade (Gibsons). Serena Eades, 604886-0803 or 604-741-2935
Bernie Boulanger May 11, Marcia’s
Entertainment Restaurant, 280 Gower
Point Road, Gibsons Landing. From the
Colorifics. 604-886-2024
Rolf Kempf and Blaine Dunaway
May 15–17, Marcia’s Entertainment
Restaurant, 280 Gower Point Road,
Gibsons Landing. 604-886-2024
Christa Couture with Mary Kastle and
Jess Hill May 15, 7:30pm, Gumboot Cafe,
Roberts Creek. Christa Couture gives up
all her lovely and messy bits through a
blend of folk and rock, quirk and charm. A
formidable talent, Couture is armed with
an attention-grabbing mezzo-soprano
voice and a quick-witted, poignant turnof-phrase. Mary Kastle’s conceptual
approach of bridging the divide between
jazz and contemporary pop songwriting is
embodied in her latest album, “Another
Swing.” Like chapters in a sonic novel,
every song captures a different scenario
through sound, colour, and lyric. Anchored
in the tendencies of folk, blues, and jazz,
Jess Hill tells stories: cyclones and downpours, hovering birds, white skies. Tix
$15, under 12 free, MELOmania (Roberts
Creek), Gaia’s Fair Trade Gifts (Gibsons).
Serena Eades 604-741-2935
Norah Rendell and Brian Miller - Trad
Irish Songs and Dance Music Concert
May 16, 7:30pm, Gumboot Garden Café,
1057 Roberts Creek Road. “Brings sunlight into your heart and sets your feet aWe do all we can to ensure our listings
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dancing” --The Munster Express, Ireland.
Singer and wooden flute player Norah
Rendell teamed up with Minneapolisbased Irish guitar guru Brian Miller after
a chance meeting in Cork City, Ireland,
in 2005. They will be joined in this performance by Portland Irish fiddler Django
Amerson for the West Coast CD release
tour of the album, “Wait There Pretty
One.” Tix $10 at the door. www.norahrendell.com, Norah Rendell 651-497-1131
Maples and Music May 18, 2pm, Willow
Farm Nursery, 6739 Norwest Bay Road,
Sechelt. Listen to chamber group Salix
Strings while viewing 30 varieties of
Japanese Maples. Tea and coffee available. What better way to spend a Sunday
afternoon? Free. Janice Pentland-Smith
604-885-3989
Karen Graves and Anna Lumiere May
23, Marcia’s Entertainment Restaurant,
280 Gower Point Road, Gibsons Landing.
Piano and sax/flute. 604-886-2024
The Colorifics May 24, Marcia’s
Entertainment Restaurant, 280 Gower
Point Road, Gibsons Landing. 604-8862024
East Loves West— Sitar and Cello Duet
with Shubhendra and Saskia Rao May
24, 8pm, doors at 7:30pm, St. Bart’s
Church, Gibsons. Indian and Western
classical music traditions, folk traditions of
different parts of the world, and the exciting and unique world of rhythms are the
inspiration for this sublime duet, accompanied by tablas. Tix $20 advance, $23 at
the door, Gaia’s Fair Trade, MELOmania,
Ashley’s Books. Robert Benaroya 778886-8908
Bernie Boulanger May 25, Marcia’s
Entertainment Restaurant, 280 Gower
Point Road, Gibsons Landing. 604-8862024
Zapato Negro May 25, 2pm, Pender
Harbour School of Music. Hot sounds for
spring! Musicians from Cuba, Venezuela,
and Canada join forces to bring us an
afternoon of Afro-Caribbean rhythms and
jazz. Tix $20, Talewind Books, Harbour
Insurance, John Henry’s. Marg Penney,
604-883-0237
Larrie Cook May 29–Jun 1. Marcia’s
Entertainment Restaurant, 280 Gower
Point Road, Gibsons Landing. 604-8862024
Spring Concert May 31, 7:30pm,
Heritage Theatre, Gibsons. Come
and hear some great music with the
Symphony Orchestra, the Suncoast
Concert Band, the Tuesday Chamber
Players, and the Intermediate Orchestra.
Featured Soloist—the Coast’s own Neal
Andrews! Tix $10 adults, $5 children,
at the door. www.musicsuncoast.com.
Norah Lambkin, 604-885-0236
art events
Artist Reception—Harbour Gallery May
3, 1pm, Pender Harbour Cultural Centre,
Madeira Park. “Windows of the North”:
solo artist Nefri Lyske. Show runs May
1–14. Free admission. Nefri Lyske, 604885-4366
Gift of the Eagle grand opening in a new
location May 3, 5pm, 441 Marine Drive,
Gibsons Landing. Come celebrate our
new location featuring the artwork of Todd
Clark, Motoko, and more. Gallery open
daily from 10am. Carol Doyle, 604-8864899
Artist Reception—Gumboot Restaurant
May 4, 3pm, Gumboot Garden
Restaurant, Roberts Creek. Gerry Hills,
Shirley Longeran, and Terri Hanson—
three local Sunshine Coast Artists—will
be displaying their art during the month
of May. Opening May 4 at 3pm, everyone
welcome to enjoy entertainment and fine
food.Terri Hanson 604-741-7171
Docks and Wharves —Our Common
Connection May 10, 4pm, Westwind
Gallery, #14–292 Gower Point Road,
Gibsons Landing. This group show
includes 17 artists from the Sunshine
Joseph-Mark Cohen
Kabbalistic Astrologer
1-888-633-2214
Crystal Sound Healing • Alchemysteries Aromatics
Earth Mysteries Travel
www.treeoflifeschool.com
Egypt • Turkey • Morocco • Sedona
UK Crop Circles Ireland: Aug. 6-18
Crystal Dome Retreat Centre
Vacation Rentals by Lake Kootenay
Tree of Life Summer School: July 3-14
spotlight on events
Coast and Vancouver who, like the rest of
us, are impacted one way or another by
our proximity to the ocean and our access
to it. Artists include Kiff Holland, Greta
Guzek, Todd Clark, Andrew McDermott,
Gloria Masse, Cindy Riach, Bruce Woycik,
Pauline Lawson, Kim LaFave, Josefa Fritz
Barham, Nadina Tandy, Lenore Conacher,
and Morley Baker. 604-886-9213
Art Auction Preview Reception May 14,
7pm, Doris Crowston Gallery, Sunshine
Coast Arts Centre, Sechelt. View the work
that will be auctioned after the Art Auction
Gala—Illumination to be held on May 24.
604-885-5412
Art Auction Gala—Illumination Live
and Silent Auction May 24, 6pm, Doris
Crowston Gallery, Sunshine Coast Arts
Centre, Sechelt. Join us for catering by
Spencer Watts, executive chef, Spence
on the Coast. Tix $35, Sunshine Coast
Arts Center, Spence on the Coast, Gaia
Fair Trade, Copper Sky in Madeira Park.
Admission is free to live auction at 8pm.
film
Mystic Ball May 6, 7:30pm, Gibsons
Heritage Theatre. An uplifting documentary about one man’s physical and
spiritual quest. Simultaneously a thrilling
sports movie, an insightful journey to a
new world, and a lyrical personal story,
Mystic Ball follows Greg Hamilton, the
filmmaker, deep into the ancient and
little-known culture of Myanmar and its
traditional sport, chinlone. Part dance
and part meditation, chinlone is a team
sport without an opposing team—no
competition, no winners, and no losers.
It is backbreakingly difficult yet played by
almost all Burmese from young children
to octogenarians. Through chinlone, Greg
discovers things he didn’t even know he
was looking for: family, community, and
love. Tix $5 season members, $8 single
event, at the door or reserve at www.scfs.
ca or 604-886-1579.
special events
Gods, Demons and Yogis—A dance-theatre-music creation May 3, 8pm, doors
at 7:30pm, Heritage Playhouse, Gibsons.
Featuring South Indian dancer Anusha
Fernando, four musicians, a storyteller,
and a martial artist–dancer, this piece
depicts three ancient Indian legends with
gods and demons in a perpetual struggle for supremacy. Tix $18 adult, $12
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students, $5 children 8 and under, Gaia’s
Fair Trade, MELOmania, Ashley’s Books.
Robert Benaroya, 778-886-8908
The Chorister’s Chaos May 3,4,8,9,10,
7:30pm, Gibsons United Church Hall. A
musical comedy presented by Gibsons
United Church Players. Come and be
entertained by the hilarious struggle of
one incompetent angel over the duo
forces of evil for the soul of our unlikely
hero, Howard Little. A rowdy choir, a
secretary with attitude, and his delightful
wife round out the cast in this one act
play. This fundraiser which helps support
community outreach will guarantee to
have you
laughing, and humming it’s upbeat tunes
while a variety of sweets, treats, and
beverages tempt you. Tix $15 at Coast
Princess Books, Hallmark Cards, and
Monkeychips.
Sunshine Coast Festival of Performing
Arts Highlights Concert May 4, 2pm,
Raven’s Cry Theatre, Sechelt. Admission
by donation. www.coastfestival.com
Green Roof Workshop May 4, 10am2pm, Iris Griffith Centre, Pender Harbour.
Please bring a lunch and work gloves. Fee
$25, discount for members. 604-8839201
Reclaiming Mother’s Day with
Exuberance May 8, noon, Gibsons Art
Gallery. An exhibit narrating in visual
splendour 100 Years of women’s peacebuilding in Canada. Show runs until May
12. On May 11—Mother’s Day—meet
Golden Gate Bridge activists Alexandra
Taub and Hayfa Abichahine, the new generation of peace activists at 2pm. Expect
random acts of music-making and lots of
exuberance! By donation. Anita Couvrette
604-886-5854
Impressions of Nicaragua May 9,
7:30pm, Sunshine Coast Arts Centre. If
you are interested in travel or more information about Nicaragua you are welcome
to come to this evening presentation,
including photography and discussion
with Tella. All proceeds to the “I Can
Read” volunteer public library in Granada,
Nicaragua. By donation ($7 suggested).
Tella Sametz, 604-885-1091
Music Makers Coffeehouse May 10,
Sechelt Legion. Lynne, 604-885-3494 or
Sara, 604-885-9135
Body Love - An Interactive Workshop with
Diane Loebl and Ivy Michelle, May 11June 29, 4-5:30 pm, Yoga By The Sea,
Roberts Creek.
Nourish your natural rhythm with movement, dance, body-work, toning, creative
arts, and meditation. Drop-in or save a
spot for yourself and a friend by emailing
[email protected] or by calling 604-8852722. Space is limited to 13 people.
$13- 20 sliding scale per class. Drop-ins
welcome. yogabythesea.ca
Soup and Song May 15, 5pm, St
Andrew’s Anglican Church, Madeira Park.
Sing-a-long. By donation. 604-883-9927
Using Your Digital Camera May 21, 9am,
Spirit of Place Gallery, 459 Marine Dr.
Gibsons. An 8-hour lectures class. See
the workshops area of www.barryhaynes.
com for details of this class. Tix $99,
Spirit of Place Gallery. Pay ahead of time
at the gallery or by calling Barry, 604886-2214
Pamojo—Food, Friends, and Fun May 25,
11am, Roberts Creek Hall. A community
event celebrating cultural diversity with
food, entertainment, and fun. We are
inviting the community to come together
to cook, eat, and share stories of the food
of their cultures. Entertainment and stories will be provided by the multicultural
community on the Coast. There will be a
corner set aside for children to read stories to each other about children from different cultures and worlds. Embers Moore
604-741-8872
Green Drinks May 30, 5pm, Gumboot
Garden Cafe, Roberts Creek. An informal
social for people who care about our
environment. All welcome. Family-friendly.
Find out more about Green Drinks around
the world at www.greendrinks.org
Artesia Coffeehouse May 30, 8pm,
Sunshine Coast Arts Centre, Sechelt. The
last monthly coffeehouse of the season
featuring Bear Bay Trio, Chris Anderson
and Katherine Rowlands, Chris King and
Susan Dixon, and more. Watch slide show
of coffeehouse performers, enjoy yummy
treats by Trish, and view the latest artwork
on the walls of the Doris Crowston Gallery.
Tix $10–$8 at the door. Linda, 604-7405825
Sunshine Coast Wood Exposition May
31 and Jun 1, Seaside Centre, Sechelt.
Showcasing many forest and value-added
products created from our forests. 604885-7809
powell river
Spread the Word Tuesdays, 7pm, Local
Loco’s Music and Arts Café, Powell River.
Weekly poetry, spoken word, and storytelling. Sign up at the door. By donation.
604-485-5626
Open Mic Night in Powell River
Wednesdays, Local Loco’s Music and Arts
Café. 604-485-5626
Opening Reception—Ursula Medley May
5, 7pm, Bemused Bistro, 4623 Marine
Ave, Powell River. An original oil painting of
the pools at Eagle River will be offered in
silent auction as a fundraiser for Friends
of Eagle River. Show runs May 5—31.
saveeagleriver.blogspot.com. Ursula
Medley 604-487-4579
texada island
Dark Deeds at Swan’s Place May 29,
7pm, Texada Island Community Hall,
Gillies Bay. An old-fashioned melodrama
spoof. Family entertainment. Come prepared to boo the villain and cheer the
hero. Tix $9, students and seniors $6, at
the door. Peter Lock 604-486-7670
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GIBSONS DENTAL CENTRE
Zodiac oracles for May
• Holistic Dental Association
• Int’l Association of Mercury Free Dentists
• Int’l Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology
• Int’l Academy of Biological Dentistry and Medicine
Joseph-Mark Cohen
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(604) 886-4543 • Fax (604) 886-4557
Aries: Yes, it is time to get your bicycle, your motorbike, and your
Chinese kite out of storage. The winds will be wild and your
spirit of adventure is high. But do be aware of the cloaked radar.
No need to attract expensive speeding tickets.
EMOTIONAL FREEDOM TECHNIQUES
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EMOTIONAL FREEDOM TECHNIQUES
Awaken Holistic Therapies
Janna Shapero H.H.P. Certified
Herbalist and Thai Yoga Massage
Practitioner. Janna offers herbal therapy,
nutrition and supplement consulting,
cleanse programs and massage
packages – for a complete approach to
wellness. Your body is a temple – honour
it with deep relaxation, whole foods and
nature’s green gifts! Let’s meet for a free
consultation! Call Janna at office 604886-6687 or studio 604-886-0745,
[email protected]
www.awaken-thai-massage.com
The Feldenkrais Method®
Two Effective Paths to Health:
Awareness through Movement® –
Classes that change the way you move,
feel and think! Ingenious series of
movements, based on earliest childhood
development, suitable for all ages. Every
Tuesday at Davis Bay Hall, 5 - 6 pm.
Just drop in!
Functional Integration® – Intelligent
bodywork that empowers you to feel
truly whole! Customized individual
hands-on sessions for absolutely
everybody, from severely handicapped
to simply curious about body-mind-soul.
For more information call Silke Billig or
Brian Horback, Guild certified Feldenkrais
Practitioners®, 604-885-9064
The Garage - Private Personal
Training Studio
Helping you get fit for life! Personal fitness
consultation and evaluation. One-on-one
personal training. Partner training. Small
group training (3-4 people). Bodysculpt
classes, Yoga, and Parents and Kids
Classes. 537 Veterans Road, Gibsons.
604-886-3114, [email protected],
www.the-garage-fitness.com
Adventure Into Time
Hypnotherapy with Rifa Hodgson
Adventure Into Time. Hypnotherapy
with Rifa Hodgson. Rifa specializes in:
Regressions – experience memories
of past lives for curiosity, therapy or
empowerment. Progressions – explore
Future possibilities, the choices that are
available to you. Spiritual Regressions
– “Life Between Lives” remember your life
purpose, reunite with your soul mate and
soul family. Hypno-Fertility-Hypnotherapy
for fertility and childbirth. Helping nature
in a most gentle way. For more info
please contact Rifa @ 604-886-7446,
[email protected] or visit www.
lifebetweenlives.ca
Integrated Therapies
Sally Abraham BScR. Feel alive,
energized, while totally relaxed, pain/
stress free; at one with yourself and
Life! Sally offers Deep Tissue Massage,
Acupressure with Reflexology and Reiki
to her clients. Stress Management
included if desired. Please call 604-8854305 or email sajabraham021@yahoo.
com for an appointment.
Time and Space Design
The literal translation of feng shui is
wind and water. It is an individualized
study which analyzes the exterior,
interior directions, colours, forms and
architectural characteristics of a site in
relation to the elemental and astrological
make-up of a person or persons working
or living in the space. For more info
please contact Lindsay at 604-740-4533,
www.timeandspacedesign.com Dr. Evangelo Papoutsis
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(Registered Homeopath)
nutritional supplements
health foods
herbs
body care
specializing in homeopathy
#110 - 5530 Wharf Road, Sechelt • 604-885-7001
Taurus: The sun enters your sign on April 19. You have a big
project in mind this year that requires all that the once-andfuture planet Pluto can provide: passion, empowerment, persistence, patience, and portals of opportunity (not to mention
investment capital).
Gemini: You are entering a period of inner retreat to assess your
strengths and weaknesses, your assets and liabilities, what
promises to keep, and what apologies to offer for those who are
beyond you. Just be honest and speak from your heart.
Cancer: You are up in arms about something you may not be able
to change. You could get politically motivated, but that might just
burn out your adrenal gland. You could also turn inward, ingest
some holy basil, and birth a pearl out of the grit. Your choice.
Leo: It is time for you to get on your horse and ride! Letting go of
pride is the key to your great new foolish adventure. What others
think or feel about you should not matter to you in the least—
unless some leftover pride gets in the way.
Virgo: You are doing all the dishes for your housemates, are you
not? No need to be the domestic diva when spring is in the air.
Put on your gardening gloves, dig in the good earth, and mix
those heirloom seeds with your saliva. Plant your garden at
Taurus new moon.
Libra: Finally! The phone is ringing and lovers who disappeared
are getting back in touch and begging for your favours. You will
be invited to all the pot luck dinners, art openings, open houses,
networking gatherings, and media events. You will even be able
to pay off a credit card or two!
Scorpio: When spring comes, you tend to get a bit skittish. It is
quite an adjustment to throw off the cloak of melancholy, to let
go of the wounds of your soul, and to allow a new ray of light to
enter your cavernous soul! The water may still be cold, but go
swimming already.
Sagittarius: You are feeling much happier now that you have let
go of the ghosts that have been haunting you for some years, if
not lifetimes. You are free to travel to your heart’s content. The
hell with the price of gas, right? Hitchhiking, ridesharing, or lastminute surprise travel is way more fun.
Capricorn: That knock on the door of your heart from deathdefying Pluto has you thinking about the big picture. It is your
attitude and your energy that will allow you, like a spawning
salmon, to swim upstream and leap over the waterfalls. I want to
see the DVD to watch how you do it!
Aquarius: When big-earth changes to the coastlines are imminent, when your neighbours begin to ask you for herbal remedies
and raw food recipes, when passing strangers begin to ask about
your off-the-grid thin-film solar panels—then you know that all
that time in the transit lounge has just been an opportunity for
meditation and compassion.
Pisces: Have you remembered to water the rosemary, unplug your
housemate’s cell phone, return the calls you promised to return,
replenish what is missing in your pantry, and meditate on what
you, and only you, can do to bring the joy and beauty you long for
back to your core? If love is the answer, then what was the
question? Joseph-Mark Cohen is a kabbalistic astrologer, novelist, poet and sacred site
tour guide. You can book astrological consults via his email josephmarkcohen@
gmail.com or call 1-888-633-2214.
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The Art of Digital
August 21 to October 6, 2008
Deadline for submissions:
August 3, 2008
Reception: Saturday,
August 23, 2 to 4 pm
Art event
B
odhi Drope, acting curator of the Gibsons Public
Art Gallery, is proud to
announce that a prestigious and
educational exhibition of the
art of digital technology will be
taking place on the Coast from
August 21–October 6, 2008, with
the deadline for submissions
August 3. This art form includes
digital painting, computer-based
illustration, digitally manipulated photography, digital mon-
tages, and collages, but it does
not include photographic images
simply captured by a digital
camera or simply printed with a
digital printer. Submitted photographic images will have considerable degree of visual manipulation—a noticeable alteration of
the picture.
The exhibit will interest both
the artist considering the art
form’s potential and patrons
curious about the medium, which
is gaining momentum as it continues attracting artists with its
magical web of creative potential.
In fact, the Ontario College of Art
and Design and the Emily Carr
Institute both recently established million-dollar departments to meet the demands of
aspiring artists interested in
this medium.
Tricera Imaging, a fine art digital print house and authorized
dealer for Epson in Vancouver,
is the sponsor for this exhibition.
The president of the company
will officially open the exhibition on Saturday, August 23, at 2
p.m. The company is also offering first-, second-, and thirdplace awards as selected by the
jury. A viewers’ choice award
will be offered as selected by the
patrons in attendance leading up
to the opening ceremonies.
The exhibition is open to all
Sunshine Coast artists from
Howe Sound to Powell River,
including off-shore islands. All
submitted work must meet the
criteria of digital art as described
in the call-for-entry forms, and
the jury will have the final say
on which work is included. Each
piece must receive at least two
votes to be exhibited.
Members of the jury include
Marc Kougel (owner, Vancouver Photo Workshops), Michael
Levin (International Photographer of the Year, 2007), and Mau-
rice Spira (our own prominent
Sunshine Coast artist).
To have one’s work selected by
a professional jury for this prestigious event—at a time when
digital exhibitions are so rare
across Canada—is just what digital artists will want to include in
their curricula vitae. The call-forentry forms are available from
the Gibsons Public Art Gallery
website or at the gallery itself.
All entries and artwork must
be delivered to the gallery after
July 17 but no later than 4 p.m. on
August 3. For more information, please
contact either the gallery, info@
gibsonspublicartgallery.ca, or Bodhi
Drope, [email protected]
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All about mom and me
Thoughts on the unique relationship between mothers and daughters
Charlene SanJenko
A
nnually on Mother’s Day
we have the opportunity
to express appreciation,
love, and gratitude to the women
who are responsible for bringing
us into this fine world, who have
done everything in their power
to best prepare us for what it has
to offer. This year, besides cele-
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brating Mother’s Day on May 11,
women on the Coast can attend
a one-day event on May 25 especially for mothers and daughters.
The mother-daughter relationship is a very interesting one,
indeed. I don’t have a daughter of
my own (well, just a four- legged
one), so I can only comment with
any authority on one-half of this
relationship. And it’s taken me
38 years to fully understand and
appreciate this half! My relationship with my mother is what it is,
and I’m thankful for that. I’m
done trying to make it into something that it is not.
As I see it, the relationship
between mothers and daughters
is based on a delicate balance.
The first aspect of this is about
acceptance and understanding.
Coming to a place where you can
totally accept another person
exactly as she is—at face value—
only comes with one’s own selfacceptance and a true understanding of the other person’s
life experiences. To paraphrase
that old saying, don’t judge your
mother until you have walked
a mile in her shoes. Perhaps
you won’t get to a place of total
understanding until you yourself become a mother.
Recently I decided it was high
time to understand a little more
about my own mother’s journey.
I reasoned that perhaps once
I did, I’d be able to more fully
accept and appreciate our relationship. My mother, Ruth, had
her first child at the age of 22 and
continued to play the primary
role of mother over the next two
decades to five children of her
own and then 11 foster children.
At the age of 42 she returned to
the workforce and did what she
needed to do to help support her
large family. I respect the inner
strength and quiet resilience my
mother demonstrated throughout her life. No wonder her shoes
are well-worn!
The second aspect of the balance is about nature versus
nurture. As we strive to figure
out who we really are, at some
point the topic of nature versus
nurture typically arises. Which
character traits were we born
with, and which are a result
of our environment? This is a
debate that has been going on
for years.
I was born in 1969 and was
the 11th and final foster baby
bestowed upon my parents.
When I was four years old they
made it official and adopted me.
My mother did her best to instill
in me her deeply held values and
beliefs. At the same time she did
her best as I got older to allow
me to become the individual that
I am today, although in some
respects I am now quite different from how I was raised to be.
That’s the beauty of the relationship—the balance between
acceptance and understanding,
the dance between instilling
values and allowing individuality. It’s a unique relationship like
no other.
Mothers and daughters (along
with sisters, aunts, and grandmothers) will have the opportunity to celebrate and express
gratitude for this unique relationship at a special one-day
event, “All About Mom and Me,”
on Sunday, May 25.
A full morning of activities
(including yoga, Pilates, and
an outdoor scavenger hunt)
is planned for younger guests
along with a lighter afternoon
option that older guests can join
(a partner-Shiatsu workshop and
a group Nia class) after a buffet
lunch and a short film. It all ends
with sharing time and a group
meditation. The day is designed
as an opportunity to do what
mothers and daughters sometimes find hard to do—putting
aside time to spend together in a
fun-filled spiritual environment,
building memories. AFTER YOU HAVE
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CORRECTION
The photo of Lorraine
Proctor in the March/April
2008 issue of Sunstream
was taken by Jan DeGrass
The mom and daughter special for the
full day of activities, including lunch, is
$179. Additional guests are $69. For
lunch and afternoon-only activities, the
cost is $49. Prices do not include GST.
For full details or to purchase your gift
card in time for Mother’s Day, please
contact Charlene SanJenko at 604886-0745 or 604-741-7985, or send an
email to [email protected].
Limited spots are available, so call now
to reserve your spot.
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Dear Natasha:
I’m really ill. Can you give me a reading and tell me whether I’m
going to live or die?
Dear Life or Death:
W
e need to talk. My long-time friend Sandy’s normally
strong voice sounded faint on the phone. Though she is
a generous spirit, I had been warning her for years to
forgive the men in her life or she could become sick. Now she was
not only afflicted with myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune disorder that requires swallowing medications every four hours just to
keep the muscles functioning, but pneumonia was also burdening
her frail system.
“You tell me, Sandy,” I asked, “do you want to live or die? Whatever you choose, I will support you.”
There was a confused silence on the other end.
“It’s not the biology that keeps us here. It’s our will,” I added.
“Well . . ,” she muttered finally, “I want to live.”
“Do you?” I was looking for the sound of commitment. “At what
age do you want to die?”
She scoffed. “I don’t know!”
“Yes, you do. Just have a guess.”
“83.”
She was now 64. “Good. That’s what I see, too. I think you are
meant to experience real love—romantic love—for about 20 years.
You know, the kind that you, Sandy, studiously and stubbornly
avoid. And remember, I saw your future mate, a retired teacher
who is currently travelling.”
“Yes.” There was now a tiny smile in her voice.
“What we are most afraid of in this life,” I continued, “is the
very thing we are meant to overcome. You, Sandy, haven’t even
come close to romantic love.”
“I know.”
“So, do you want to live?”
“Yes,” she said finally, a trace of flinty determination in her
voice, “I do want to live.”
Good! Now we can begin the work.
For the next week I called Sandy every day and for an hour
coached her in forgiveness, affirmative prayer, healing visualizations, and renewed health affirmations. “The body will do what
the mind tells it to,” I reminded her, “so talk to your body and give
it permission to regenerate in a healthy way. Energy is always
moving, always renewing or destroying.”
Ten days later her daughter called me from the hospital, distraught. “It doesn’t look good.”
“I think this is a cleansing of old stuff,” I explained, praying
that I was right. “I feel she’s going to make it.”
“How do you know?” she asked, desperate to believe me.
“Because your mother has chosen to live . . . and love.”
Three days later the daughter called again. “She’s bossy. . . .
She’s back!”
Phew!
Six months later a healthier and back-at-work Sandy informed
me that a man from her past whom she had always loved, a
retired teacher, had called from abroad wanting to renew their
friendship.
The story continues, but I think we know where it’s going—
toward life and love. Dara Wyton
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enovating your ensuite
bathroom can transform
a utilitarian stop-off into
a tranquil retreat. Consider comfort and elegance, and you can
have the spa of your dreams.
Whether your budget is small
or unlimited, you can achieve
your oasis. Think outside the
box and try converting a piece of
furniture into a beautiful vanity.
Bring in gorgeous lighting such
as wall sconces, pot lights, or a
wonderful chandelier over an
unbelievably luxurious bathtub. Replace the huge yellowed,
plugged-with-goo fan that’s in
the middle of the ceiling. And for
an instant update, replace your
standard nondescript mirror
with a beautifully and uniquely
framed one.
Indulge in the best tiles you
can afford. Installing in-floor
heating under marble tiles is an
instant luxury. Add to the watery
spa feel with glass floor tiles
(yes, glass floor tiles!) to bring
the ocean right in. As an added
luxury, add an electric towel
warmer so you can wrap yourself
in warmth after a relaxing soak.
Now remember the small stuff.
Bring in sumptuous towels and
display everyday toiletries in
beautiful glass jars. Have oodles
of heavenly soaps and lotions on
hand.
Keep in mind the following don’ts: Don’t keep the nasty
carpet. Don’t get started without
a plan. Don’t buy the first thing
you see. And don’t do it yourself—hire help to have it done
properly.
Keep this room clutter-free
and well-organized, and you can
continue to indulge yourself in
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17 BC Coast Bestsellers
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The Blue Flames That Keep Us Warm
Mike McCardell
The Trail of 1858:
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Mark Forsythe and Greg Dickson
Slumach’s Gold
Rick Antonson, Mary Trainer, Brian Antonson
Dry Spring:
The Coming Water Crisis of North America
Chris Wood
The World is Flat:
A Brief History of the 21st Century
Thomas L. Friedman
Tales From the Galley:
Stories of a Working Waterfront
Doreen Armitage
Church of 80% Sincerity*
David Roche
Girl in Blue Bonnet:*
Salvation Army History – South Africa
Dot Scott
One With the Herd*
Liz Mitten Ryan
Vancouver Sun’s Best Plant Picks
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Death on a
Short Leash
Gwendolyn Southin
Touch Wood Editions
240 pages/$12.95 paperback
Available at Coast Books in Gibsons
and Talewind Books in Sechelt
f Maggie Spencer ever tried
to get into a school for detectives, she’d probably be
turned away for the very reasons
that help her to solve her cases:
her empathy and emotional
involvement. But as the main
character in author Gwen Southin’s third detective novel, Death
on a Short Leash (published by
Touchwood editions), it is Maggie’s comforting practicality and
thoughtfulness that carries this
multi-faceted plot forward. Readers are taken into a high-class
rest home, a movable puppy mill,
a vet’s office, a phony religious
commune, and a strip joint, all
of them in the Lower Mainland
of BC. Gradually we learn about
Maggie’s private life—in a state of
flux after having left her moneyobsessed lawyer husband three
years previously—and we are
privy to her unsettled but loving
relationship with her boss, private eye Nat Southby.
Where many detective novels
frustrate in their failure to provide reasons for their characters’
actions, Death on a Short Leash
satisfies throughout. It is certainly very well-paced, and the
customary false leads are never
blatantly so. The possibility of a
dementia-stricken senior changing her will as a result of pressure from a relative stranger can
and does exist, and Southin uses
such a fact and others like it to
pave the way for this fascinating
story.
Southin has researched her
mid–twentieth century plot well,
taking the reader into various
areas of Vancouver. In fact, following the advice of many a
detective, she has actually visited a few of the places she uses
in her book. During her book
launch and reading at the Sechelt
Arts Centre in March 2008, she
told the audience she discovered
that the address she had chosen
for Maggie and Nat’s office on
Broadway actually had been a
detective’s office in the 1950s.
Even the house that Maggie buys
at the beginning of this novel––
another twist in the sleuth’s personal life––existed then.
In keeping with the style of
the era, at the close of the final
chapter Southin makes use of
an earlier film or TV technique.
She provides the equivalent of
a “teaser” to whet her readers’
appetites for the fourth in her
series.
Gwen Southin and her husband left England for Montreal
in the 1950s, but on a quest for a
warmer winter they eventually
settled on the Sunshine Coast.
Once there she co-founded, with
Betty Keller, the Festival of the
Written Arts in 1983, and over
the years has been involved in
writers’ circles and workshops.
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Havens in a
Hectic World
Star Weiss
Touch Wood Editions
240 pages/$29.95 paperback
Available at Coast Books in Gibsons
and Talewind Books in Sechelt
hether we’re behind
the steering wheel,
at the keyboard, or
in the grocery line, the hectic
pace of our world leaves us little
time for reflection, and even less
time to nurture our spirits. Join
Star Weiss as she explores the
spiritual landscape of the West
Coast with a variety of people,
including prison inmates, nuns,
famous artists, and First Nations
elders. In words and stunning
colour photography, Weiss graciously uncovers and discusses
the diverse meaning of sanctuary in our society. From a mountain peak to an ancient village, a
waterfall to a labyrinth, from the
Ismaili Jamatkhana in Burnaby
to Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, some are familiar and some
are unlikely, but all of them lead
her to a deeper inquiry: How
can we find sanctuary in a world
Cruise the magnificent
BC coastline in the
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Following the
Curve of Time
The Legendary
M. Wylie Blanchet
Cathy Converse
Touch Wood Editions
192 pages/ $19.95 paperback
Available at Coast Books in Gibsons
and Talewind Books in Sechelt
uriel Wylie Blanchet,
better known as “Capi,”
was a woman ahead of
her time and writer of the Canadian classic The Curve of Time.
This account of a young widow
and her children who cruised
the beautiful islands and inlets
of the West Coast in a small boat
during the 1920s–30s has been
a bestseller since it was first
told. But little is known about
what inspired Capi’s spirit and
resilience. What tied Capi to the
West Coast, despite her upbringing and family ties in Eastern
Canada? What made her see possibility in traveling the course by
boat? In Following the Curve of
Time, Cathy Converse retraces
Capi’s travels to remote anchorages and First Nations villages
and along the unique BC coastline to learn more about the life
of this very private woman who
defined by efficiency? Where can
we seek refuge? How are our connections to the divine changing?
With Havens in a Hectic World,
Weiss finds powerful answers
that will invite you to find your
own sacred place. “Star Weiss
has put together an incredibly
well researched and engagingly
written exploration of what it
means for a place to be ’sacred.’
With the fresh eyes of a former
New Yorker who has long been
enchanted by her wild, mysterious chosen home on the West
Coast, Weiss takes the reader
on a thoughtful journey into the
heart of contemporary spirituality.” —Douglas Todd, Vancouver
Sun Star Weiss is an accomplished journalist,
educator and author. Her writing has
appeared in the Vancouver Sun, British
Columbia Magazine, The Georgia
Straight, and Harrowsmith.
This book is the culmination of her
evolving spiritual beliefs and her
lifelong interests in the outdoors and
multiculturalism. To learn more about
Star and her projects, visit www.
starweiss.ca. Star lives in Victoria, BC.
has kept readers and boaters
captivated for decades. Cathy Converse is the author of
MainStays: Women Who Shaped BC
and, with Beth Hill, The Remarkable
World of Frances Barkley. She has taught
sociology and criminology at Camosun
College and served as chairperson of the
Social Sciences Department.
Her passion is to tell the stories of
women who have always been at the
forefront of making history and involved
in the shaping of their communities. She
and her husband have cruised the west
coast for 20 summers, always with a
copy of The Curve of Time aboard. Cathy
lives in Victoria, BC.
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Peggy Wright
T
here is no pier. Instead,
we climb down the muddy
riverbank, navigate a
plank, and cross over a neighbouring vessel to reach ours.
We make ourselves comfortable
sitting on floor cushions. In a
former life this converted barge
plied the river hauling rice and
supplies, but today she makes
her living hauling the likes of
us—two robust adventurers from
British Columbia. We are on the
Mekong River in northern Laos,
embarking upon a two-day slowboat journey, bound for the world
heritage city of Luang Prabang.
Dodging pinnacle-like rocks
rising from the water, our boat
navigates endless rapids. Sand
bars—most planted in peanuts—
force our pilot to manoeuvre
from bank to bank. The vivid
green countryside is dotted with
bamboo dwellings, and at river’s
edge children play, dogs run,
women pan for gold, and water
buffalo luxuriate, half submerged—a glimpse of Lao life.
Teak and palm trees carpet the
nearby mountainsides, and low
mist hugs the tops of hills, creating an ethereal visual experience. It’s peaceful, lush, tropical,
mesmerizing. We are halfway
around the world among people
whose language we cannot
understand, yet I know this is
where I am meant to be—discovering the secrets of this mighty
river.
The 4,880-km-long Mekong
births in the Himalayas. The
11th longest river in the world,
it courses through China, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, and Cambodia before emptying into the
sea in Vietnam. For land-locked
Laos, a country with few roads, it
is a river highway.
Stopping downstream to register our boat, we see soldiers with
shoulder-slung rifles passing by
PHOTO CREDIT: PEGGY WRIGHT
Secrets of the Mekong
Rice barges coming in for overnight at Pakbeng Lodge
with three chow dogs. My sister’s camera lifts for a shot and I
quietly suggest, “Not such a good
idea.”
“Where are they going?” I ask
our guide.
“To the jungle,” he replies.
“To do what?”
“To catch snakes.”
“With rifles? To eat?”
“Yes.”
I wonder.
We are offered a Lao coffee—
dark, no transparency, perhaps
born of the river—and a Lao treat
of chili-marinated raw fish in
a plastic bag. “Good to eat with
beer,” we are told. We accept the
muddy coffee.
Big chunks of the riverbank
are torn away, and sand deposits, a source of building mate-
rial for local homes, create
small beaches. We meet a small
number of Khamu people, members of the largest of Laos’ many
ethnic tribes, in a village where
we watch men make knives. A
hand-propelled funnel of air
fans coals to generate heat high
enough to bend the steel. The
new knives are then sharpened
by hand, rubbed against stone,
and lubricated with water—
intensive labour with impressive
results.
Laughing children follow us,
many half-clothed, but we see
self-sufficiency. Ducks, chickens, chicks, pot bellied pigs, tiny
piglets, and dogs with puppies
are everywhere. A young woman
spreads rice to dry, constantly
having to shoo away opportun-
istic hens. A child pounds rice,
separating grains from hulls. It’s
a visit back in time, but as the
children call out “goodbye” and
“au revoir,” we know we have
been preceded by others.
As the evening wraps the river
in shadows, we witness an indescribable light show. We have
reached Pakbeng, the halfway
point. Our overnight stay at a
French colonial lodge, high on
the riverbank, delivers unexpected opulence. Here we meet
up with other river travellers,
mostly from Europe. Together,
from the open-air dining room
with its commanding views and
its bougainvilleas, we toast an
amazing journey and share our
secrets of the Mekong. NEW PROGRAMS in 2009
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outdoor highlight
Coastlongboarding.com presents
Attack of Danger Bay VII
The 7th annual international
downhill longboarding race
$5000 cash in prizes—the biggest
race in the world for our sport
Sunday, May 18 – Pender Harbour
A
n exhilarating and thrilling professional downhill longboarding race is
scheduled for Sunday, May 18,
on Francis Peninsula in Pender
Harbour. Festivities will start
Friday night with racer registration and creation of the longboarders’ campsite community.
Saturday morning the racers
will take part in Canada’s fourth
annual slide competition, which
will be judged by the legendary
Cliff Coleman. Next the racers
will ride in the 63rd annual
May Day parade followed by the
action-packed and comical longboard hockey tournament featuring the LHL AllStars. First thing
Sunday morning, the moment
we’ve all been waiting for, over
200 racers will race in heats until
all are eliminated but four. The
final heat will be a race for a
$2000 first prize, and with this
year’s prizes reaching $5000, you
know they’ll be racing hard and
showing the spectators what this
sport is all about.
As part of the All-Ages Awards
Show on Sunday evening at the
Madeira Park Community Hall,
an energetic live concert will
take place featuring some of the
best punk bands around. With
the likes of local favourites Loose
Tooth, Cambridge, Not Quite
Sober, Rebel Spell, and SIDESIXTYSEVEN, this show is not to
be missed. In the midst of it all,
a Mohawk stylist will be transforming those who are brave and
willing. Plus there will be endless giveaways, including up to
17 longboards this year and, best
of all, the opportunity to meet
the riders.
The Pender Harbour community is hosting, and Coast Longboarding and the volunteers
have been working hard to put
on the most entertaining event
yet! Helping to raise awareness of one of the fastest growing sports in history, this year’s
race is going to be even bigger
and better than last year’s event
Spin
Cycles
Gibsons
thanks in part to the local community’s support along with generous sponsors.
These sponsors include UHaul, Landyachtz, Skull Skates,
Oak Tree Market, Sector 9, Cannabis Culture, Triple B’s Burgers, Mission Springs Brewing
Company, Grasshopper Pub,
Rayne, Banana Slug Board Company, Concrete Wave, Garden
Bay Pub, SGS Racing, Pender
Harbour Hotel, Raven Skate
Shop, Wildflowers Aromatherapy, Akwa Industries, Curtis
Lumber, Pender Harbour Rotary,
Underworld, Ground Control,
Kamikaze, Trail Bay Source for
Sports, On Shore Boards, Timeship Racing, Ruby Lake Resort,
John Henry’s Marina, Longboard
Larry, La Vern’s Grill, Pepper
Creek Pizza, Pender Harbour
Aquatic Centre, Stiffy’s Board
Shop, Simon N Company, Chemistry Clothing, Method.X and
NUAC.
Attack of Danger Bay VII is
free and is an excellent event for
everyone in the community to
attend. The race will commence
at 9 a.m. on Sunday and will
provide hours of entertainment.
Everyone looks forward to hearing Bricin Lyons—pro racer and
creator of Danger Bay—who will
rip it up as the race announcer on
“carnage corner.” Tickets for the
All-Ages Awards Show will be
$10, available at the door starting
Sunday at 7:30 p.m. For more information, contact: Bricin Lyons
at Coast Longboarding British Columbia,
1-604-685-2373, coastlongboarding@
shaw.ca, www.coastlongboarding.com
Neal Andrews
plays at spring
concert
Saturday, March 15
Heritage Playhouse, Gibsons
T
he Sunshine Coast
Community Orchestra
Association presents a
spring concert at the Heritage Playhouse on Saturday,
May 31, at 7:30 p.m. The
Coast Symphony Orchestra,
Tuesday Chamber Players,
Thursday String Ensemble,
and SunCoast Concert Band
will perform, and the spotlight will be on long-time
member Neal Andrews, who
is leaving the Coast for university in the fall. Neal will
be soloist in the Concerto
for Trumpet by F. J. Haydn
and featured on piano in
the “Military” Septet by J.
N. Hummel. Tickets for this
event are $10 for adults and
$5 for children under the age
of 12. For information call
Valerie Anderson at 604885-6756. travel gear for wherever your journey takes you
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Grow Your Own Dinner
We’ll help get you started!
Ask us how!
Why Garden?
- Satisfaction of eating food you grow
- Control and know what is in the food you eat
- Gain helpful knowledge and abilities
- Exercise in a healthy way
- Save money
- Improve your plot of land
- Share with your neighbours
- Sequester carbon in your soil
- Encourage local biodiversity
- Reduce greenhouse gas emissions
- Become more sustainable
The aim of the Grow Your Own Dinner project is to empower
individuals and families to grow their own food in what ever
space they have – big or small. We hope to encourage our local
community to reclaim the art of backyard vegetable gardening
and to live a happier, ecological lifestyle, with greater food
security. Want to grow? Need some help?
community
Celebrate biodiversity at the
Sunshine Coast
BioBlitz
We live in a gardener’s paradise –
take advantage of it!
To get started contact Stephanie or Barb at:
604-886-2755 or 604-886-7277 or
e-mail [email protected]
space in the program may be limited
A community gardening mentorship program jointly sponsored by
One Straw Society and Vancouver Coastal Health
Iris Griffith Interpretive Centre, Pender Harbour
Event
C
ommunity members of all
ages are warmly invited
to explore and celebrate
local biodiversity at the first
ever Sunshine Coast BioBlitz.
Part contest, part festival, part
educational event, and part scientific enterprise, a BioBlitz is a
24-hour count of everything that
grows, creeps, crawls, hops, flies,
or slithers.
The Sunshine Coast BioBlitz
will bring together scientists,
naturalists, and community
members to count as many species of plants and animals as they
can in a 24-hour survey within a
5-km radius of the Iris Griffith
Centre in the Ruby Lake Lagoon
Nature Reserve. The event will
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take place the weekend of May
24/25, 2008, to dovetail with the
worldwide “International Day for
Biological Diversity” on May 22.
Community members will
have the opportunity to interact
with scientists at the Iris Griffith Centre “BioBlitz base camp”
and join scientists in the field as
they undertake a variety of field
sampling activities. In addition,
naturalists and scientists will
lead a variety of public interactive events such as “Herp Hunt,”
“Wonderful Wildflowers,” “Wildlife Night Hike,” “Pond Dipping,”
and much more. For more information about the
Sunshine Coast BioBlitz visit
www.lagoonsociety.com or call
604-883-9201
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HEMP HEARTS – best deal on
the Coast @ $10.00/lb. Call 604885-4305
Early Childhood
Program
Give your child a
beautiful, bright
beginning in their
education.
Sun Haven School offers a
nurturing yet empowering
early childhood program
Now taking registrations
for Pre-School and
Kindergarten classes
For more information please
call the school at
604-741-0949 and visit
www.sunhavenschool.ca
Rainbow Preschool
is taking registrations
for both its 3 and 4
year old class. Please
call for information.
Tess 604.885.0163
BODY LOVE An interactive
workshop with Diane Loebl and
Ivy Michelle. Nourish your natural
rhythm with movement, dance,
body-work, toning, creative arts,
and meditation. Sundays, starting
May 11 to June 29 from 4 to
5:30 pm. Space is limited to 13
people. $13-20 sliding scale per
class. Drop-ins welcome. Save
a spot for yourself and a friend
by emailing [email protected] or
by calling 604-885-2722. www.
yogabythesea.ca
We know it’s very difficult to meet
people here on the Sunshine
Coast. Distance, our busy lives
and lack of opportunity hinder us
from making new friends. Coastal
Connection is changing all this!
We provide an array of fun and
relaxing Singles Parties at various
venues up and down the coast.
Since we are not a matchmaker
or dating service, you do not need
to tell us your likes and dislikes!
All you need to do is register at
[email protected]
and you will be invited to every
Singles Party! YOU will choose
the events YOU attend based on
your personal interests. Don’t
leave your happiness to chance
this year. Come out and play!
CRAFT SALE Head, Heart and
Hands: Craft Sale - Handcrafted
items by Students, Parents,
Teachers and Friends of Sun
Haven School. A Fundraiser in
conjunction with an Open House,
Saturday May 10, 2008 1 to
4pm. Call Sun Haven School
for info: 604-741-0949. www.
sunhavenschool.ca
GLORIA’S FOOD CATERING
SERVICE In-house lunches and
dinners, afternoon teas, Sushi
parties, weddings, birthdays,
grads, and other occasions.
604-885-0571
A div. of Lotus Tea House
HOME SCHOOLING Info/
networking available for parents
wishing to meet others interested in Home schooling on the
Sunshine Coast. Please email
[email protected]
LA LECHE LEAGUE SUNSHINE
COAST holds monthly
breastfeeding support and
information meetings. We
alternate between the first
Thursday evening of the month
from 7 to 8:30 pm and the first
Friday morning of the month from 10 to 11:30. All women
interested in breastfeeding and
their little one(s) are welcome
to come. Please feel free to
call Karen 604-886-3698,
Patty 604-886-1318, Nadine
604-740-0595, or Susan 604886-8834 for more details or
information.
Fitness/personal training
HAVE GYM, WILL FOLLOW!
Do you want to get into shape
without leaving your house? Then
call Michelle with Fitfly Mobile
Personal Training at
989-3481, www.fitfly.com,
[email protected]
FOR SALE Half acre building site
20 minutes from Nelson, BC
(25 km. North Shore, Lk.
Kootenay) next to Crystal Dome
Retreat. Photos at:
www.treeoflifeschool.com 1-888-633-2214
MELOmania offers new, used and
consignment musical instruments
and supplies, rentals and lessons
in the heart of Roberts Creek.
604-885-3607
For rent
Magical Dome
Cottage
in forest sanctuary five
minutes from Lund Harbour
Full kitchen,
pristine well-water, hydro,
bathhouse with sauna
Truly, a magical experience
604-483-9160
www.magicaldome.com
STUDIOS FOR RENT in quiet
warehouse, centrally located in
upper Gibsons. Month to month
rental, long-term discounts
possible. Call 604-886-0333. Home and garden
GREENMAN GARDEN DESIGN
Create a low maintenance,
environmentally friendly garden
that you, your family and friends
will enjoy. Harry Hill, 604-8859769. www.greenman
gardendesign.ca
ABOVE GROUND LANDSCAPING John Clement 604-885-7883
SMARDON LANDSCAPE AND
GARDEN SERVICES
Certified Horticulturist. 25 years
exp. Free estimates. Robert 604740-6325 or 604-886-7036.
Email RobertSmardon@
dccnet.com
Music lessons
MUSIC LESSONS
Piano • Keyboards • Theory
• Conservatory exam
preparation on request
• Introductory course for preschoolers
• Over 25 years experience
Valerie Anderson
B.Mus., Member SCRMTA
604-885-6756
LOOKING FOR A
MUSIC TEACHER?
BC Registered Music Teachers
Sunshine Coast Branch
www.bcrmta.bc.ca
604-885-6756 or
604-886-0279 VOICE LESSONS
Find your own unique voice.
Viviane Houle has performed
with the Vancouver Opera and
the Vancouver International Jazz
Festival. She is also a songwriter.
Offering private lessons and
group classes. All ages, levels,
and styles welcome. Roberts
Creek 604-886-3811 viviane@
lotfive.ca
Robin at 604-885-4505 or see
www.ediblelandscapes.ca to learn
about products and classes. For
Permaculture classes and more,
see Edible Landscape’s new
Sustainable Living Arts School
featured on our site!
Real estate
ARE YOU BUYING OR
SELLING PROPERTY ON THE
SUNSHINE COAST? Need a
Real Estate Agent? Call Cary
Graham at 604-740-7572 or
604-886-8107
MELOmania offers professional
teachers in a professional and
inspirational studio space. Guitar,
drums, violin, etc. In the heart of
Roberts Creek.
604-885-3607
PIANO LESSONS All ages,
all styles. Live music for any
occasion. Luci Herder, B.A.
Pianist, Vocalist, Composer,
Teacher. Gibsons Landing, BC.
604-886-0281. [email protected]
PIANO LESSONS Michele Satanove, B.Mus., ARCT,
RMT. Roberts Creek, 604-7400423
BEATEE RIDDIMS Drumset and
rhythm instruction for all ages,
levels, and styles. Barry Taylor
604-740-5825
FLUTE LESSONS Learn to play
or pick up where you left off. All
ages. Chris Bernetchez. 604-886-9769
Music
Party or other
festive occasion?
Make it memorable
with music!
Val Anderson Ensemble
Phone 604-885-6756
Performing arts
STAGE SURVIVAL WITH ANNEMARIE LINDELL Private acting coaching to
prepare for auditions, creating
authenticity with characters, and
essential tools for maximising
your rehearsal process. 604-886-0742
Sustainable agriculture
PERMACULTURE PLANTS and
medicinal herbs grown using
organic standards in Roberts
Creek. Herb teas, hydrosols and
seeds are also available. Call
Shannon Kewley for prompt efficient service call
cell: 604 741 5495
office: 604 886 2670
toll free: 1 800 986 2670
www.shannonkewley.ca
Wanted
MELOmania wants your musical
instruments to buy or sell on
consignment. Any instrument,
any condition. Top dollar paid. In
the heart of Roberts Creek. 604885-3607.
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SUNSTREAM MAY 2008
23 sunstream outlets
GIBSONS
Banana Slug
Budget Video
Coast Books
Gaia’s Fair Trade Gifts
Gibsons Library
Gibsons Public Art Gallery
IGA
Molly’s Reach
Seaweeds Health Foods
Spin Cycles
Super Valu
The Swallow’s Nest
Visitors Info Centre
Wheatberries
Wild Bistro and Bakery
ROBERTS CREEK
Gumboot Bakery
Gumboot Restaurant
Integrated Therapies
Jean’s Organics
MELOmania
Roberts Creek General Store
Roberts Creek Health Food Store
WILSON CREEK
IGA
Georgia Strait Cafe
Strait Coffee
DAVIS BAY
Mosaic Market
Pier 17
SECHELT
420 Hemp Shop
Claytons Heritage Market
Daphne’s Restaurant
Driftwood Inn
Lotus Tea House
Sechelt Library
Nature’s Bounty Nutrition Centre
Raven’s Cry Theatre
Sunshine Coast Arts Centre
Tsain-Ko Gift Shop and Gallery
Visitors Info Centre
Wheatberries
Wind Song Gallery
HALFMOON BAY
Halfmoon Bay General Store
Upstairs Bakery
Welcome Woods Market
PENDER / GARDEN BAY /
MADEIRA PARK
Copper Sky Gallery and Cafe
FibreWorks Studio and Gallery
Oak Tree Market
EGMONT / RUBY LAKE / EARL’S COVE
Ruby Lake Resort
The Last Resort
POWELL RIVER
Local Locos Music and Art Cafe
Malaspina University-College
Visitors Info Centre
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