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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2005-04-20, Page 88 - THE HURON EXPOSITOR, April 20, 2005. Canadian Societe Cancer canadienne Society du cancer Celebrating our volunteers during National Volunteer Week For all you do, Thank You! Let's Make Cancer History 1 888 939-3333 I www.cancer.ca -a,lp byre -owed eM eanw, What's Happening? This spring, people across Canada will gather pledges and then Hike to raise public awareness for hospice palliative care. This major fundraising initiative will help advance the hospice palliative care initiatives in your local community. What 11.*Pice Hcttpke' pa l at ve carr l phystsat, ,e e Sunday May 1, 200 oar Oo tt Euem.tacsda/alonah9,6 danteerEelvice toprvide_ • Palliative Care Support • Adult Grief Recovery Programs • Rainbows (Child's Bereavement Programs) All services are offered at no charge. Two Routes to Choose... • Boardwalk at St. Christopher's Beach • Menesetung Trail Check in at the Railway Station Sunday, May 1, 2005 11am - 2pm Huron Hospice Volunteer Service 519-527-0655 M 1111119110 e I Spend Night Together Canadian Cancer Society Relay For Life Are you a cancer survivor? Join us for a night to remember...register for the Survivors' Victory Lap at Relay For Life Friday, June 17, 7 p.m. GDCI Register online at www.cancer.ca or contact the Canadian Cancer Society at 1 800 294-0086 S Scotiabonk Group Expositor Htrron LUMINARY SPONSOR Canadian Socitte Cancer canadienne Society du anter MEDIA SPONSOR Jason Middleton photo Mitchell District High School student Meghan Weber, of RR 2 Staffa, poses with the number she received when applying for reality TV show Canadian Idol. Weber did not make it the next round but said it was a fun experience. Local singers try out for Canadian Idol's new season in London By Jason Middleton Expositor Staff With Southwestern Ontario hosting its first Canadian Idol auditions last month, some local singers took advantage of the proximity of the auditions. For Vanastra's Courtney Amoraal, a Grade 11 student at Central Huron Secondary School, the Canadian Idol audition in London was a good excuse to hang out with her older sisters. Amoraal's older sisters Naomi, 20, and Jolanda, 19, both decided they were going to try out for the show, so she decided to tag along. "I was like, hey when I go, I may as well try out," Amoraal said. When the trio arrived at 3 a.m. at the London Convention Centre for the March 9 tryouts, Amoraal said there were already a lot of people there. Amoraal said that she and her sisters were able to line up inside the convention centre. After that, she said, there were a lot of and Mitchell District High School student Meghan Weber, 17, of RR2 Staffa, said that she was surprised by how many people there at the auditions. "It was insane how many people there were," said Weber, adding she arrived at 7 a.m. and was still in the third group of people corralled at the auditions. Eventually Amoraal was asked to present two pieces o f identification when she registered. After she was registered, Amoraal said that she was given a registration number and with five other (tithed `It was insane how many people there were,' - RR 2 Staffa singer Meghan Weber waiting. lines We have it all for Great Casual Living • Outdoor t , • Pools • Garden Areas • Stutiroottt', PKC, nsttlt M MIK ftfitf1TtIHt !hc ultimate In Elegant thrtdtnw Meg A�"6\ ro&sCounter Benches, Shade accessodes GRAND BEND 238-211 i'M)I 83 E. 12 wilt /sn r..dw risme • auto sa. R • 1O SET'S ON DORM Mr�tific www.gxcesual.co Wt Al SO LIANUFAC TORE UMBRELLAS, REPLACEMENT CUSHIONS ti FOHNI t UHF COV! HS grouped singers. Show applicants were also asked to prepare two songs .a cappella (with no music accompaniment permitted). Weber said that for her two songs she chose If I Fall In Love and Bridge Over Troubled Water. Amoraal chose former American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson's song Beautiful Disaster as her first song to perform and didn't know what her second song would be. "I really wasn't sure of the second one," she said. "I was really just going to play it by ear." In the group of 50 people Weber was with, she said there was a guy who was playing guitar at 7 a.m. and everyone was singing along. "Everybody was singing along with him even though they were half asleep and in their pajamas," Weber said. Weber said that being part of Canadian Idol is a lot different than it is on television. She explained that contestants of the show must pass through two rounds of preliminary judges before they move on to see the celebrity judges made up of Farley Flex, Jake Gold, Sass Jordan and Zack Werner. Weber said that she sang well during the first round of judging but she had to face a girl who qualified for the reality show a few years ago. When she found out about her competition, Weber said she was nervous. "I was thinking, oh my goodness gracious. Then she sang before me and then my nerves were gone after that," said Weber, who didn't make it any further in the competition. Out of the group of five that Amoraal was in, only one of them went on to see the celebrity judges. Amoraal said that the judge she saw said that she had a pretty voice. "I guess a pretty voice isn't what they wanted," she said. She said that neither she or her two sisters qualified to go on further in the competition, but her sisters were thinking about trying out for the competition when it returns to Toronto, later this month. Along with her sister Naomi and her friend, Amoraal performs in a group called the Heavenly Quoted `I guess a pretty voice isn't what they wanted,'— Vanastra singer Courtney Amoraal Trio. Performing in nursing homes, at family events, wedding anniversaries and competitions, the group sings songs ranging from gospel, to hip hop and they even dance sometimes. Last year the group placed second when they competed at London's Western Fair. Since she was five years old, Weber said that she has been performing and has since performed in the music festivals in Mitchell and Stratford and at church. April 14 euchre results Results of the April 14 euchre held at the Van Egmond House were: ladies high, Kay Hesselwood: ladies lone hands, Verna Gibbings; ladies low, Edna Mitchell. Men's high, Ethel Walker; men's lone hands, Ken Preszcator; men's low, Mary Finlayson.