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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2012-06-21, Page 18PAGE 18. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 2012. Continued from page 17 artistic, folk and yodel music. During the grand concert “Sounds of Switzerland” on Saturday, June 30 at 7:30 p.m. an astounding 300 singers will combine their voices to perform many traditional and con- temporary Swiss songs. Other high- lights will include contributions by smaller groups and typical Swiss elements such as the alphorn, cow- bells, and whip cracking. In addi- tion, a medley of German folk songs, commissioned especially for this event to honour the cultural her- itage of the Kitchener/Waterloo area, will be presented to the public for the very first time. These two exciting events are part of Saengerfest 2012, a singing and yodeling festival, held every three years by the North American Swiss Singing Alliance (NASSA) and alternately hosted by one of its indi- vidual member choirs. This wonder- ful tradition dates back over 120 years. NASSA was formed in the late 1800s and the first singing festi- val took place in 1897 in Cleveland, Ohio. Saengerfest 2012 is being organ- ized by the Swiss Choir Thames Valley, a group of enthusiastic singers with Swiss roots living in the southwestern Ontario counties of Huron, Perth and Wellington. The mixed choir of 25 active members is conducted by Anne Loeffler of New Hamburg, who will also be conduct- ing the massed choir at the Grand Concert on June 30. “This is a unique opportunity to experience Swiss folk music, per- formed by 300 singers in traditional Swiss dress” said Kathy Eigenheer. Tickets range from $17.50 to $27.50 and are now available from the box office at the Centre in the Square. www.centre-square.com For more information visit www.saengerfest2012.ca or call 519-578-1570 Locals’ Swiss music coming to Kitchener Moore begins as intern at ACWFor Hannah Moore, a TrentUniversity student in BusinessAdministration and CanadianStudies entering her second year, anintern position at Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh Township(ACW) is another experience in run-ning organizations.The Colborne Ward resident, whois entering her second year at Trent,is a former student of St. Anne’s Catholic Secondary School and Clinton and District Christian School and has been involved in governance for quite some time. “I was always involved in the stu- dent councils at school,” she said. “It got me interesting in making decisions in an organization.” She said that, while she is study- ing business administration at school, she plans on getting her diploma for municipal administra- tion and get into the running of a municipality. Previously Moore worked at Culbert’s Bakery in Goderich as well as helping out on her family’s cash crop farm, owned by her par- ents John and Helene.Moore began in her position withthe municipality earlier this monthand since has got a taste of manydifferent aspects of working for themunicipality.“I’ve helped with reception, han-dled customers and made agendasfor meetings,” she said. “I’ve donebasic filing, helped the various departments when people were onvacation and I’ve worked on theclerical jobs that need to be done.”She said she’s also got somehands-on experience processing taxpayments and assisting the account-ing clerk with the financial tasks forthe municipality.“Really I just go wherever I’mneeded,” she said. Graduation Levi Cook, son of Paul and Karen Cook, has successfully completed his apprenticeship as a licensed electrician and he is currently employed at Paul Cook Electric. Congratulations Levi Love, from your family Graduation On Tuesday, June 12, Sean Cook, son of Paul and Karen Cook, graduated from Conestoga College in the Construction Engineering Technology-Architecture Program on the Dean’s Honour List. He has accepted a full-time position at CSL in Cambridge. Congratulations Sean Love, from your family The spattered table is covered with a strange variety of objects – electric fry pans, paint stripper guns, knives, wires, brushes, soldering irons, screwdrivers, exhaust fans, blow- torches, blocks of wax and paint tubes. This isn’t the scenery from a 1960’s horror film, but the art studio in Anna Koot’s country home near St. Mary’s. Koot works in the medium of encaustic painting, which requires artists to mix paint with hot wax and then apply it to boards to create the images they wish to convey. The result of this ancient technique is striking. The translucency of the wax makes the colours brilliant, and the multiple layers give the works a very tactile surface. It’s very hard to resist touching the paintings. Koot is one of three artists pre- senting “An Encaustic Viewpoint”, an exhibition running from June 22 to July 18 at the Blyth Festival Art Gallery. Her partners are Wendy Orr and Wendy O’Brien and all are members of the Stratford art collec- tive, Gallery 96. In keeping with the Blyth Theatre Festival’s 2012 coun- try theme, the show will have a rural flavour, ranging from Wendy Orr’s pastoral landscapes to Anna’s geo- metric trellises to details of antique barn hardware by Wendy O’Brien. The artists have all studied a variety of styles, ranging from illustration, architectural rendering, fashion design and commercial art, but it was the influence of encaustic teacher, Andrea Bird, that drew them to work together in this unusual medium. And it’s a very successful partner- ship. Viewers will find this show approachable and warm, both for the unique painting technique and the familiar subject matter. This is the first of three seasonal exhibitions presented each year by the gallery. It is curated by Greg Sherwood and co-sponsored by Ron and Bev Walker and Duncan and Lynda McGregor. The public is invited to meet the artists at the opening reception of “An Encaustic Viewpoint” on Friday, June 22 at 6 p.m. The exhibition continues until July 18. All exhibitions are mounted in the Bainton Gallery of the Blyth Memorial Hall, next to the Blyth Festival box office, open Monday to Saturday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. For more information, contact Robert Tetu at 519-345-2184 or e- mail gallery@blythfestival.com The CitizenBlyth 519-523-4792 Brussels 519-887-9114 We have these and other great recipe books at... 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