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Talent Line-Up for
Summertime
Pops by the Sea(The hats are back – and the guy in the tie)
It’s
a top talent line-up for Summertime Pops by the Sea on Saturday, August 17 at 6 p.m. (rain or
shine) in Maffeo Sutton Park. Vancouver Island residents and visitors will be treated
to an exciting and entertaining full-surround-sound in a LIVE orchestral
event with special guests - and it’s FREE!
Calvin
Dyck
- is well known to Nanaimo and Island audiences for his virtuosic violin
playing as a soloist, as a member of outstanding musical productions and as the
well-loved concertmaster of the Vancouver Island Symphony (VIS). Calvin wears
many hats - musician, teacher, producer, director and adjudicator, not to
mention his community work and parenting. For Summertime Pops by the Sea Calvin
will be performing Vivaldi’s Four
Seasons ‘Summer’, Yankee Doodle Variations and Hot Canary.
And yes, he’ll be wearing a hat or two. (www.calvindyck.com)
Ken
Lavigne
- the guy in the tie - is Vancouver Island’s very popular contemporary
classical tenor. With a voice described as liquid gold, Ken has performed at
Carnegie Hall with the New York Pops Orchestra, with opera companies and
symphony orchestras across Canada and the US and toured with his own musicians.
Ken will not only wrap the audience with his beautiful voice, as he sings O
Sole Mio, Stand by Me, Hallelujah, You Raise Me Up, I’m
a Rover and his ever moving Danny Boy, he will entertain with his
delightful banter and amusing stories. (www.kenlavigne.com)
Sarah
M. Wood
– is a pianist-composer with a bend and pre-occupation for coastal waters and a
musical style that ranges from classical to jazz, theatrical and sacred. Her
works have been described as compositions with ‘a hint of Broadway meeting
Pacific-Northwest ocean and rainforest’. Happy to be back living in Nanaimo and
thrilled to be part of Summertime Pops by the Sea, Sarah will be
tickling the ivories for Sailing from Schooner Cove, an imaginary
musical sailing odyssey she composed in 2009 after a visit to the waterfront in
Nanoose. (www.myspace.com/sarahmariewood)
The
Skipping Sensations – is a group of dedicated rope jumpers from Abbotsford who
take the sport to new heights. These provincial and national champions have
performed across BC and Canada and this year in London, England. In this return
visit to Nanaimo they will amaze the audience with their unique and energetic
skipping precision while the orchestra plays the famous Can Can. (www.skippingsensations.blogspot.com)
The
Abbotsford Youth Orchestra – was formed 13 years ago to meet a growing need for young
string players to have a social and musical group experience at the highest
level. The orchestra has grown to include junior and senior levels, has been on
several tours and performed hundreds of concerts – choreographed! For Summertime
Pops by the Sea they will be joined by Pippa Williams (VIS principal oboe),
Marjorie Cullerne (VIS second violin), Samuel Tsui (VIS second violin) and
Ernie Kassian (VIS viola) for the swashbuckling theme of Pirates of the
Caribbean, toe-tapping Texas Swing and Maple Sugar Rag, the
rapturous Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, popular Palladio Theme, and much more.
(www.calvindyck.com/ayo.html and www.vancouverislandsymphony.com)
So
come on down by the sea – for fantastic LIVE music, family
entertainment - and surprise draws! Families, friends, all ages are
invited to bring along lawn chairs, blankets and picnics to Maffeo Sutton Park;
and, consider car-pooling and transit to avoid traffic congestion (parking
at Maffeo Sutton is limited). We expect the sun to be shining! That’s
Saturday, August 17, at 6 p.m. - rain or shine.
Summertime Pops by the Sea
The hats are back – and the guy in the tiePresenting: Ken Lavigne, Tenor; Calvin Dyck, Violin
With the Abbotsford Youth Orchestra
Members of the Vancouver Island Symphony
Sarah M. Wood, Piano
and the Skipping Sensations
Saturday, August 17, 6 p.m.
Maffeo Sutton Park, Nanaimo
A FREE Family Live Musical Event – RAIN OR SHINE!!!
