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Home My WebLink AboutThe Times Advocate, 2007-09-19, Page 13Wednesday, September 19, 2007 Times—Advocate CD to showcase locals $5,600 donation to Relay for Life HURON — A new project is designed to show off the talents of local women. "Noted!" is a joint project between Huron United Way, Heritage and Culture Partnership and Women Today to develop and promote the female musi- cians of Huron County. The goal is to produce a compilation CD of top industry standard featuring 10 female artists from the coun- ty. "Participants will be selected to take part based on their sub- mitted demos with representation from all types of music, age levels and experience," says Louise Fagan, producer of Louise Fagan Productions. "There will be no cost to any of the women chosen to take part." —Noted!' aims to overcome the perceived barriers that living in a rural community has on reaching ones full potential." Says Huron United Way Executive Director Kimberley Payne. "By utilizing existing resources and facilities in Huron County, we aim to prove that the infra- structure and expertise does exist here to support the profes- sional aspirations of the local musical community." The `Noted!' project is broken down into three segments. The first of these will see the selected participants take part in a two- day training session of work- shops on a variety of music industry topics including song - writing, voice production and marketing. These education ses- sions will provide the musicians with skills and knowledge they can use in establishing them- selves as professional Canadian musicians. The next step, after the two-day educational component, will be to go into a local recording studio in early 2008 and record. Each woman will have the opportunity to record one song of their own and they will be provided the ser- vices of a professional producer, recording engineer and neces- sary studio musicians for the track. Once the recording is fin- ished the files will be sent to be professionally mastered and the final CD manufactured. "We are already rich in talent in Huron County; what's needed now is opportunity and the access to professional expertise to build a tool kit for success," says Payne. "The `Noted!' project provides the necessary experi- ences and skills development in order that our talented women can realize their dream of a suc- cessful career in the Canadian Music Industry from their home base of Huron County." The final phase of the project will revolve around the launch of the CD in the spring of 2008. The official launch will feature a con- cert with all of the musicians from the CD taking part and get- ting their chance to show what they can do live on stage. The ini- tial launch concert will be fol- lowed by several smaller con- certs throughout the county. To qualify to take part in this exciting venture you must be a female resident of Huron County and have reached the age of 16 by Dec. 31, 2007. Applicants are asked to submit a recorded song demo along with a bio by Nov. 1, 2007. For more information on `Noted!' and to obtain a full list of the eligibility qualifications, con- tact Payne at: 519-524-7900 or kpayne@huronunitedway.ca or pick up forms at Ernie Kings in Goderich. POLICE BRIEFS Impaired driver in wrong lane BLUEWATER — A Huron OPP officer stopped a northbound vehicle that was observed driving in the southbound lane at a very slow speed with no taillights Sept. 15. The vehicle drove into the ditch when stopped by police. The driver was arrested for impaired driving and pro- vided two breath samples at the Exeter OPP detachment. The blood alcohol level of the driver was confirmed to be nearly three times the legal limit of 80 milligrams. A 26 -year-old Staffa man was charged with impaired driving and driving with over 80 mgs in his system. He will appear in Exeter Court Nov. 29. Kitchener man caught in RIDE GRAND BEND — While conducting a RIDE Program north of Grand Bend Aug. 31, Huron OPP officers arrested and charged a 20 -year-old Kitchener man with possession of a controlled substance. He is sched- uled to attend Exeter Court Oct. 25. During a second unrelated stop, a 28 -year-old Kitchener man was also arrested and charged with posses- sion of a controlled substance. He is also scheduled to attend Exeter Court Oct. 25th. Cancer fundraiser —The Exeter branch Scotiabank recently made a $5,600 donation to the Relay for Life fundraiser for the Canadian Cancer Society.The bank entered a team in the Relay at South Huron District High School in June, raising $2,800; Scotiabank then matched the funds raised. 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