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THIS MONTH’S POT O’ GOLD...4. Events Guide6. Editorial8. Songworks!9. Spring Cleaning10. Time is Running Out11. Feeding is Believing12. Ain’t no Chicks in the Barracudas15. This Is It!16. Venue Map17. Your Future; Your Plan18. Proof You Can Enjoy the Midwinter Blues19. Home Routes: Darcie Deaville20. A Great Song...22. Rockin’ the Peace24. Winter Wonderlands25. Where the Art Is26. More Than Meets the Eye27. Festival of the Arts28. Celebrating Great Design31. It’s all Happening at NPCC

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Every Monday 7:00 PM Open Mic, Remedies Lounge

First Tuesday of every month 7:00 PM Strawberry Jam Lido Theatre

Every Tuesday 8:00 PM Amateur Comedy Remedies Lounge

Every Wednesday 8:30 PM Open Mic Egan’s Pub

Third Thursday of every month 6:00 PM All Ages Open Mic Patch Java

Every Friday 8:00 PM Karaoke Remedies Lounge

March 01 7:00 PM Strawberry Jam w/ Naomi Shore, Ryan Hennessey & Mat Savard Lido Theatre

March 03 7:00 PM Valdy Demmitt Hall (Old Square dance hall)

March 04 6:00 PM Annual Child De-velopment Centre Talent Show North Peace Cultural Centre

March 04 8:00 PM Fourplay for V-Day Egan’s Pub

March 04 - 05 7:00 PM Darcy Bailey and Johnny Stone JD Fitzgeralds

March 05 12:00 PM JFD’s 4th Annual Snowgolf Jackfish Dundee’s

March 05 7:00 PM The Vagina Mono-logues North Peace Cultural Centre

March 07 7:00 PM Jason McCoy “Real Life, Real Laughs, Real McCoy” Lido Theatre

March 08 City of Fort St. John Inter-national Women’s Day

March 09 7:30 PM Home Routes Concert: Darcie Deaville The Rabbit Hole

March 11 8:00 PM Ryan Hennessey and his guitar and probably his friends Egan’s Pub

March 11 7:00 PM Nine Mile JD Fitzgerald’s

March 12 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM RocKIN the Peace 2011 North Peace Cultural Centre

March 12 7:00 PM Open Jam with Nine Mile JD Fitzgerald’s

March 13 7:30 PM Women in Fish North Peace Cultural Centre

March 14 7:00 PM Nine Mile Whole Wheat N Honey

March 15 7:00 PM Poet & Writer Open Mike The Rabbit Hole

March 17 6:00 PM St. Patrick’s Day Bash with Ryan Hennessey, Darcy D, Mike Strandberg, Mitch Guindon, Mat Savard, The Suspicious Egan’s Pub

March 17 6:00 PM Ben Goulding 9:00 PM Tone Doctors for St. Patrick’s Day JD Fitzgeralds

March 18 - March 19 7:00 PM The Ramblers JD Fitzgerald’s Pub

March 18 8:00 PM Hair of the Dog That Bit Ya with Steve Ryan Egan’s Pub

March 19 2:00 PM Face the Music with Fred Eaglesmith North Peace Cultural Centre

March 19 7:30 PM Fred Eaglesmith and the Fabulous Ginn Sisters North Peace Cultural Centre

March 25 7:00 PM Russell de Carle (Lead Singer of Prairie Oyster) Lido Theatre

March 25 8:00 PM The Barracudas Birthday Bash Egan’s Pub

March 25 - 26 7:00 PM Joel Mad-digan JD Fitzgeralds

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DEEPTHOUGHTSFROM ASHALLOW MINDeditorial musings: mark bodner

Every month as I sit down to layout this magazine, there are a few words that come to mind. And after I’m done using those words on Russell and Dave...I get to the word that matters most to me.

Inspiration.

I sit down in front of my trusty PC (yes, I must break every graphic designer rule and NOT use a Mac) to put this mag together and am inspired. Why? There is a lot going on in our community. Incred-ible musicians, painters, writers, quilters...the list is far too long to fit in this column. As much as getting a chance to see this monthly inspires me, I hope it inspires you. More importantly, I hope it inspires you to inspire others.

Why am I saying “inspire” over and over again? Here’s the long and short of it. Many years ago when I was an impressionable seven or eight year old (it was awhile ago...my memory does not serve me that well) my mother “forced” me to take piano lessons.

I say “forced” because I hated it. The last thing I wanted to do at that age was learn to play the piano. Seriously, I had a sandbox and bicycle that were way more fun than a piano. However, every week I went. For five years I hated piano lessons. I hated my piano recitals (hell, I even fell down the stairs at

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one BEFORE I played...talk about setting the mood and “inspiring” confidence). Finally when I was old enough to rationally, and with out fear, explain to my mother the phrase “I am quitting piano lessons”, she let me. Begrudgingly, she let me.

However, I turned nineteen. And I sat down at the piano again. On my own. Not forced. And I started to play. Bits and pieces of theory came back. I still couldn’t tell a G minor diminished seventh chord from a basketball hoop...but the point is that I was now enjoying playing. In fact I was “inspired” to play. Out of the blue. For no reason. To this day I thank my mother for ensuring I went to piano lessons everyday, even though I despised it at the time for cutting into serious Tonka time.

I’m now much older. I finally get to play the drums I never, ever got for Christmas because I have my own house (take that, mom), and I can hack my way around a few chords on a guitar when I need to. However, without being exposed to music (specifically piano) when I was younger, it’s hard to say if I would be playing any of these instruments today.

I encourage you to inspire others.

It doesn’t matter how young or how old. Your words of advice, of encouragement, even a wild suggestion could have the power to change someone’s life. Friends ask me if their son/daughter should learn an instrument, and I say “hell, yes”. They ask what they should learn first. I always say, “piano”.

But the point of this article goes way beyond simply keeping our fine piano teachers employed (you’re wel-come, Naomi). And it’s about more than music.

Encourage your children to paint, to draw, to write, to play piano, to try archery, bowling, basketball, pottery, knitting, crocheting...it doesn’t matter. And it doesn’t have to just be your children. It could a co-worker, your grandmother, a friend.

Through inspiration and your enthusiasm, you can expose someone to many, many great things they may never have considered. And the more things you expose them to, the more they may be inspired to try something that they truly love. Or it may uncover a hidden talent they may not even have thought lurked within.

Did I ever think I’d be laying out an arts and culture magazine? No. Did I ever think I’d ever be writing an editorial in an arts and culture magazine hoping to inspire others? No. Did I ever think I’d work from home in my pajamas most days? No.

It all started with a visit to open mic years ago. And that inspired me


The Songworks! songwriting workshop was an outstanding success this year. There was a great turn out of students who participated in songwriting in-struction sessions by Dayna Manning, Ken Kirschner, Dave Tolley, and Debbie Butler. Instructors focused on skills ranging from the “common make up” of a variety of hit songs, the Nashville number system, inspiration for songs, stage performance, and the qualities of great songs.

Songworks! was attended by students ranging in age from 9 to 17 years. Students attending found the event to be invaluable. Songworks! was very inspira-tional with its wide range of high quality instruction from professional songwriters. Students and instruc-tors left with new ideas and great excitement, having made valuable connections with other songwriters and musicians.

Some comments from students:

“It was an awesome experience! I look forward to coming back. I enjoyed meeting everyone here and [I] had fun writing songs.” - Marina

“I had a lot of fun. Everyone was inspiring and fun to learn from. I also enjoyed the song writing. Perform-ing was my favourite part. I wish [sic] it was longer. I want to do this again. I think it was worth it to come and I enjoyed it so much.” - Grant

“The best thing that happened was the song writing and going with Dave and Dayna to teach us” - Leigh and Tessa

There has been a huge positive response to Song-works!. The benefits of an event like this echo on indefinitely. It is especially powerful to be offering students something that they are so excited and “in to”. You never know, one thing the students have learned here could help them create something beauti-ful and enduring.

I wish to thank the generous sponsors of Songworks!: CCS; Systems, Sound Source of the North; Patch Java; Price Smart; Hamilton Stationers, Hamilton Copiers; Tim Horton’s; Aurora Theatre; Shane Nel-son; Rick Lee; and Domino’s Pizza. School District #60 as a major sponsor of the event.

SONGWORKS!words donna hedges | images russell eggleston

Close your eyes. Let your day slip away. Take a breath. Smell the crisp, clean scent of spring tickle your nostrils. Feel winter’s chill dissolve from your blood, its frost thaw from your bones. The sun has once again come out to play, disclosing itself from its ever-eluding game of hide-and-go-seek.

Take another breath...deep into your nose. Imagine you are sitting on the banks of the Peace River. Watch the frosty plates of ice drifting down the churning ribbon of frigid grey. Like the awakening river crawling through the valley, feel your breath flood into your lungs; bold and biting - powerful.

Turn your face up to the sun, feel its energy soak into the pores of your skin. Take another inhale. Feel the sun’s heat in this breath, as is radiates through your tissues. Feel this breath delivering tiny packets of life to each cell of your body.

Now, as you let out a long satisfying exhale, witness your discarded air as it wanders away to the trees freckling the hillside. Flirting with the tree bark, your exhale patiently waits for this giant to awake from its slumber. Upon arousal, the forest affectionately gath-ers your breath into its branches, a welcomed embrace between lovers.

SPRING CLEANING

The sun has returned from its hiding place to break Mother Nature’s arctic spell. As it

shines its rays of victory on our

noses and its nurtur-ing warmth on the

land, take time to breath it in. Use your breath to sweep

away the stale winter air from your own body, share your gift of bi-product breath to green-up your surroundings. Whether it be practicing Pranayama (breathing techniques) on your yoga mat, or five minutes while taking out the trash. Wherever, whenever – just breathe.

Randelle Under the Yoga Tree offers an extensive yoga sched-ule for all levels, with public yoga classes offered 7 days a week. For an up-to-date schedule visit www.undertheyogatree.ca

Private and Corporate sessions available

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TIME IS RUNNING OUT TO GET FAMOUS

The Peace has many fine writers but few places to show-case their writing. Retro Relics/The Rabbit Hole, as part of its monthly Spread the Word open mike for poets and writers, is hoping to change that unfortunate fact. We are looking for submissions for DiVerseCities 2, an anthol-ogy of writing from the Peace. Submissions can include poetry, short stories, memoirs, or any other form of short writing. Well, except ransom notes and bomb threats.

The first DiVerseCities, published in November 2009, was widely acclaimed. The Guardian Books (UK) said “Astonishing!”. The New York Review of Books called it a “trenchant voice from the gritty underbelly of the oil patch.” The Globe & Mail commented “Who knew they could write in northern BC?”

Entries will be selected by a group of editors com-prised of regulars of the Spread the Word open mike.

Entries should be submitted in electronic form by email to [email protected] by March 31, 2011.

For more information, contact Henry at (250) 787-8822.

Future dates for the Spread the Word open mike are Tuesday, March 15, April 12, and May 17 at 7:00 pm.

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To breastfeed or not to breastfeed? This is a ques-tion that many new mothers and mothers-to-be are ask-ing. I set out to discover the answer by hosting a candid breastfeeding discussion. I went straight to the experts. Moms spoke openly about what breastfeeding means to them, the struggles they have encountered and any advice to future moth-ers or mothers currently facing the challenges of breast feeding their babies.

Here are just a few of their com-ments: Breastfeeding “is about closeness and it’s about giving the best that I can as a parent. It’s cheap. It’s convenient.”

“I think it is coming to that point that we will start to talk about the risks of formula feeding rather than the benefits of breastfeed-ing.”

“As a culture we don’t pass breastfeeding knowledge on sister to sister, mother to mother like other cultures do, so we rely on people we don’t know to give us advice.”

“You can read as many books, and talk to as many people, and have as many kids, but until you are actually in there with that child, you don’t know how it is going go.”

“It is really easy to get discouraged. You feel like it’s not working, you’re not able to feed your child.”

“When there is a crisis, when a woman is having a really tough time, physically or emotionally and she is coming up against challenges with breastfeeding, there has to be help right away.”

“I guess I wish that all of the nurses and doctors and everyone would have said that you’re just going to

have to tough it out and don’t give up.”

“We all want to be discrete. But we want to be able to feed our children

when they need to be fed without wondering who might be look-ing or where we are.”

“Even the fact that we need to have things called “hooter hiders”. Like we need to be

ashamed of it.”

“Have confidence in yourselves. You have provided for your baby while it was

in utero and you can do it when they are born. Don’t be afraid to ask for help and ask for help early on.”

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FEEDING IS BELIEVING


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Mitch looks across the room at Ryan Sebastiano. Ryan is putting his new Strat through the licks. “Should we run through ‘Closer’ again?” Mitch asks. ‘Closer’ is one of Ryan’s new songs, the musings of a soldier in Iraq who has realised he is a pawn in their game. Ryan and the Strat start to sing. Mitch and Tony lock in to the rhythm.

The Barracudas are proud of their original material. They hope that half of their next show will be Ryan’s songs. “It’s one of the things that distinguishes us from some of the other groups in town,” insists their drummer. Another point they come back to several times during the discussion is that you won’t find the Barracudas playing every month. “We want every gig to be a new performance, with new songs. We want to surprise people.”

Their last show was months ago when they opened a second time for Daniel Wesley at On the Rocks.

Tonight’s rehearsal is in preparation for their next show at Egan’s on Friday, March 25.

Ryan has been a well-known performer at open mic on Wednesday nights. A year ago, local media mogul Russell Eggleston approached Ryan about opening for Daniel Wesley at his first On The Rocks show. The catch? Ryan needed a band. He had been jamming with Tony. Mitch had recently moved next door, and the two of them had started jamming, much to the delight of Ryan’s townhouse neighbour with whom he shares a wall. Not. So Ryan knew who he wanted. They were so well received at that first show, they

were invited back when Daniel Wesley returned, but with Jason Butler joining them for that gig on lead guitar.

They quickly discovered that they shared March birthdays because they formed in March. Riffing on the Pisces theme, they swam with the fishes and de-cided to go with “Barracudas” because it’s a cool fish. And while they bill themselves as Ryan Sebastiano and the Barracudas, Ryan isn’t an add-on. He is a full-fledged Barracuda himself. “We would love to be a back-up band for other people,” says Mitch. “Ryan could step back and play guitar.”

“That would be great!” chimes in Ryan. “I wouldn’t have to sing. I could just concentrate on guitar!”

There are a number of local performers they would love to play with such as Steve Ryan, Jason Butler, and Dayna Manning to name a few.

For a new group, the Barracudas have a lot of experi-ence behind them. Ryan has been playing and writing songs since high school.

Some of you might remember Ryan’s first song, “Cin-derella”. I can see Ryan blush as he reads this. If he could erase it from his CV, he probably would... but, hey, everyone has to start somewhere. Better to have started working on your chops in high school.

“It’s a good song!” insists Mitch. Ryan isn’t so sure.

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It’s all smiles as I enter. “We’re a rhythm section!” drummer Mitch Guin-don says to bassist Tony Frattura as the song ends. Tony smiles and nods. It’s a big smile. Tony is relatively new to the bass. Known among aficiona-dos for his shredding capabilities on the guitar, he moved to bass a year ago when he became a Barracuda. A year in, he is in the pocket. You can see it on his face as he closes his eyes, leans back, and lets his fingers find the groove.


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What he is sure of; you shouldn’t expect to find it on a Barracudas set list any time in the future.

What you will find are Ryan’s recent songs, but no love songs. “I just can’t do it,” says Ryan with great feeling. It’s the ills of the world that leave their mark on him.

Tony has also been playing music for years. Ryan and Tony were making music with Rus-sell Eggleston in school, before Eggleston opted for the cigar and limo set.

Mitch, who finds himself the elder statesman of the group, is a seasoned veteran of the Canadian scene. While he comes across as a mild-mannered guy, don’t get him started on other drummers in FSJ. His cutting remarks about a colleague, although Mitch would cringe to use the term, who currently plays drums for Suspicious and formerly played with local supergroup, Anytown (until the drummer’s ego brought it down -- isn’t that always the case!), won’t be repeated here in a family magazine. Let’s just say he was thor-oughly Mitch-slapped!

Ryan cites the Black Keys and John Mayer as big influences. He says “Mayer actually changed my way of making music.” Band of Skulls is a new one. But they don’t want to get pigeonholed. Tony and Ryan are constantly listening to new bands. Tony loves daytrotter.com as a place to find new stuff. “They blow my mind” with some of the songs they come up with is Mitch’s response.

“It’s about the groove, playing in the pocket. Being tight,” says Mitch, who, as the evening goes on, is becoming the spokesperson for the band. Ryan and Tony nod in agreement. “We want to be musically interesting as well as crowd-pleasing.” He continues. “We want to prove we’ve got the chops, but that we’re tasty. No ego.”

He looks over to Tony. “Every time we practice, I am blown away by how much he has improved. We’re a rhythm section!” Mitch repeats with great glee.

Often they will rehearse songs with unusual or changing time signatures just to push themselves musically, even if they have no intention of adding it to the set list. Ryan practices when he is home for lunch. “I start-ed playing when I was 12. I hope to have my 10,000 hours in by the time I’m 35!”

Mitch, who is slightly beyond the 35 year mark, has already put in his 10,000 hours, but is happy to be in a band where he can push himself and get out of the classic rock

rut. He is pleased that he is being challenged again. Soul. Funk. Rock.

The Barracudas are planning their future with great care. By limiting appearances to just a few every year, they intend to make each show remarkable, with new songs and stage shows. With each new show, they want to impress upon their audience how much they have grown and tightened up since the previous. And while they are working hard on their appearance at Egan’s, they have already begun plotting the show after that.

Asked if they are planning on recording an album, discussion moves to the changes in the music industry, with international heavyweights such as Elvis Costello and Dayna Manning declaring they aren’t going to be making any new albums.

What the Barracudas know is that when they start laying down some tracks, they want to capture their sound live. “Well, maybe I’ll do the guitar live and add the vocals later,” muses Ryan. But they don’t want to fall into the pit of soulless recording where each track is recorded separately.

“It’s about the energy, the joy of playing together,” said no one in particular, but I could tell they were all thinking it.

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Vegetarian...Vegan...HCG...Atkins... The Zone...Eat Right 4 Your Blood Type...South Beach...Raw Food, it’s an endless list of dieting options and there has to be one perfect diet that works for everybody, right? You bet there is!

Of all the questions I get asked as a Health Coach this is hands down the one I am most often asked. To be perfectly hon-est, there hasn’t been a day since opening Fines’ Organic that I haven’t been asked this question by at least one customer. We are all in search of a “magic formula”, some withheld secret that holds the key to easy weight loss and energy. Well, perhaps we are all looking just a little too hard!

This perfect diet that exists for everyone is also dif-ferent for everyone. Huh? Think of it this way. Are the nutritional needs of a 12 year old girl the same as they are for a 35 year old woman? Or a 50 year old woman? Or a 28 year old man? Of course not!

While we all need a solid nutritional foundation and need to be wise with respect to the choices we make about what exactly we are putting into our body, what our body needs and that amount varies from person to person. If this has you confused it shouldn’t. Please

stop making this difficult because it doesn’t have to be. But hey, if you are still wanting a magic formula here it is.

The perfect diet is a diet that meets all your

nutritional needs. How do you measure this? Well,

how do you feel day to day? If you are able to get through your day

feeling like you have plenty of energy, you are able to fall asleep easily and you wake up feeling rested, your thinking is clear and you are mentally “on”. If your moods are relatively stable and you are not going day to day feeling deprived or hungry all the time, chances are you are already on your perfect diet.

That’s it...this is the secret! And one last thing, just in case you missed it.

If you read between the lines here what you will see is not really a diet at all, but a LIFESTYLE!

Cheers!

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At Northern Groove we think this is really exciting. It’s a great opportunity to get your thoughts heard about where Fort St. John is going, what our city needs and what we want our community to look like in the future. It’s time for the City to listen to us, so speak up, attend, and be heard. It’s time to get involved in shaping your community Fort St. John! The City of Fort St. John is hard at work creating a planning tool to shape the future of our community and they need your help.

The City’s Official Community Plan guides how City Council and staff make decisions about future uses and development in Fort St. John. This means it’s time to get out there and get your voice heard. What do you want arts and culture to look like? What do you want public transit to offer? Everything can be discussed. This plan makes a bold statement about what local residents want our community to be like in 5, 10, and 20 years, and sets guiding principles and priorities for staff and Council to follow when working day to day on behalf of residents. We, the people of Fort St John can get our voice heard. So let’s talk.

We aren’t starting at the beginning. The City undertook an extensive consultation project in January 2009 to begin creating a strategic plan that reflects citizen priorities. You may remember the 2020 Vision Project. Staff will be using this information as a base to build from when working with the community to move forward and update our visions for the future. Let’s build Fort St. John together. Get your voice heard!

Join us on April 16 at the North Peace Cultural Centre to have your say! There will be three separate 2 hour sessions to participate in, so it can fit into any busy sched-ule! Come down for 9am, 2pm, or 7pm and put your ‘two cents in’! Discussion will be focused around 8 topic areas - Recreation & Culture, Environment, Infrastructure, Economic Development, Food Security, Land Use, Transportation, and Affordable Housing. During one 2 hour session you can “weigh-in” on up to three of these topics!

There will be free transit during the day and free childcare for potty-trained youngsters aged 2 years to 12 years will be provided by the artSpace.

The City will compile feedback from these sessions and report back to residents at an open house to be held May 25th at Centennial Park during Municipal Government Day.

For more information contact [email protected] or call 3-1-1.


It was a treat to sit in a room of 20 people and learn the blues. Now, as a drummer being surrounded by 20 guitar players (and a freaking accordion of all things), it was a bit scary. It kind of reminded me of those recurring musician dreams I had as a kid growing up. But I digress. It was great to see so many guitar players, songwriters, and other musicians come out to learn the blues from a master.

Guy Davis, New York city based blues musician, had the room playing a full blues song within an hour. Everyone contributed, every guitar player shared their own piece of music, and together a song was built. Face the Music is an arts education program funded by the City of FSJ to create an opportunity for all of us to share knowledge and experience and to further establish Fort St. John as the Music Capital of

Northern BC.

The Face the Music workshop series is in full swing. We welcome ideas for more workshops. Do you know someone in town, or coming to town that could lend their special knowledge to the community? Let us know by emailing [email protected]

PROOF YOU CAN ACTUALLY ENJOY THE MIDWINTER BLUES

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Darcie Deaville was in London in February playing in the show “Woody Sez” about the life of Woody Guth-rie. The Toronto-born, Austin-based musician, will be leaving London and arriving in Fort St. John as part of the Home Routes House Concert series down at Retro Relics/The Rabbit Hole. In other words, Darcie will be going from playing to packed theatres to play-ing for a couple of dozen people in the intimacy of a small store.

How cool is that?

Darcie plays fiddle. And guitar. And mandolin. And probably a bunch of other instruments. She gives music workshops to adults and kids. She does theatre.

She also has a twin sister/evil alter ego who some-times accompanies her on her tours, Marcie. She says “Darcie’s the dreamer; Marcie’s the screamer.”

She is also a member of the Austin Lounge Lizards, well-known for their musical satire.

None other than Jethro Burns, of the famed team of Homer & Jethro has said “Multi-talented Darcie Deaville is the perfect combination of great musician-ship and personality ...” Hear that, Nick?

Darcie Deaville plays at Retro Relics/The Rabbit Hole on Wednesday, March 9 at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $15.

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Hi folks, Brian MacMillan here. Welcome back to the second installment of the MacHenny songwriting forum. In last month’s Northern Groove, Ryan Hennessey and I touched on the creative process behind songwriting, some of the tools we use and how and why we approach the craft.

This month, we figured it might be good to list some inspiring songs and songwriters, and even put an assignment of sorts out there. We’d love to see what you folks are writing these days. Feel free to send us a song you’re really proud of. We were thinking it would be cool to feature a local song in the mag one of these days (that’s a whole other project we’ll get into soon).

So, right off the bat, I have a handful of songwriters on the tip of my tongue that really move me every time, and I recommend you check them out. Who knows, they may inspire you!

Randy Newman - I Think It’s Gonna Rain Today: This song kills me! The moment is captured and the sentiment of the lyric is perfectly aligned.

Tom Waits - Hold On: He has so many great songs so picking one is a little hard, but this one in particular is really something. Check it out.

Richard Julian - Alexander’s Black GT: Richard Julian is a New York cat in the Norah Jones camp. A bit of an unknown but loved by his peers. This tune in particular captures a feeling of nostalgia and mortality that we can all relate to. He does it so well too.

Thanks Brian...hello everyone...Ryan here at the keyboard. I was pretty excited when B suggested we list some of our fave songs. I started going through my mental list...and realized that I have favorite songs for some pretty extreme reasons. Which isn’t a bad thing. Music should be an extreme endeavour; thats where the passion comes from. Alright here goes. And remember, this list (and yours), will and should evolve. Check these out: D’yer Mak’er - Led Zeppelin: Listen to this once and you’ll be humming it to yourself all day. I promise. It’s so catchy it’s almost a pop song, but it’s a very involved piece musically. That’s the beauty of Zeppelin. They give substance without even trying.

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Last Tear - ILVoz: A brilliant, melodic little gem from this dude I found on YouTube while I was searching for online guitar les-sons. As a guitarist, he absolutely inspires me. His music is all instrumental, but this song in particular assures me that you don’t have to be singing words to be able to say something. The Fence - Peter Katz: A fantastic example of what happens when you take the perfect chords and put them with brilliantly crafted lyrics. This song gets me everytime. It’s stark (one voice, one guitar, some strings), which makes it almost brutal in its honesty. Peter wrote about a very sad subject, but the lyrics don’t make you feel like you just rubber-necked as you drove past an accident scene. Genius.

I’d better cut it short, there’s so much further I could go. If you’d like, find me on Facebook. I love talking tunes. And please start thinking about and writing down, your song ideas.

We’re cooking something up here at Northern Groove. And we need you to share. See ya next month for part three!

Ryan Hennessey is a local singer/songwriter who can be found hosting Egan’s Open Mic Wednesdays as well as playing in the local band Big Night Out. | myspace.com/fairwage

Brian MacMillan (Bmac, B) is a singer/songwriter/guitarist from Toronto. His latest CD “Shine” is available locally at Retro Relics. Brian can also be found performing live with the likes of John McDermott and Nine Mile. brianmacmillanmusic.com

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The response to this year’s RocKIN the Peace was incredible, which made narrowing things down to only eight finalists incredibly challenging.

There is some tremendous talent in the Peace region and the eight finalists who have been chosen to grace the North Peace Cultural Centre stage are:

Beards of Grey, Christ’s Sindicate, Jenna Loren, and Sunset Sympathy all from Fort St. John; Danmark from Dawson Creek; Reject and State Name from Grande Prairie, and Teigan Gayse from Chetwynd.

The grand prize winner will be determined by audi-ence voting and a panel of secret judges during the live concert at North Peace Cultural Centre, Satur-day March 12 with the winner taking home $1500

All finalists will have their winning song submis-sion on the 2011 RocKIN The Peace CD.

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On February 19th, the North Peace Cultural Centre bustled with good vibes and sweet sounds. “Winter Wonderlands”, hosted by the Welcoming & Inclusive Communities & Workplaces Program, brought together performers from all over the world who have made Fort St. John their home. Audiences enjoyed performances from Mexico, India, Philippines, Scot-land, Zimbabwe, Germany, South Korea, and China. In the foyer, children with painted faces clutched onto Chinese dragons and Mexican flowers made with the help of artSpace instructors. Tamales, Jamaican patties, and Jamaican rum cakes were devoured by hungry guests as they gazed upon big, bright paper flowers and piñatas. Facilitators and youth from Ris-ing Spirit Aboriginal Youth Centre displayed the good work that they do, while making dream-catchers. Photos were taken in the Northern Groove Photo Booth. Journal entries from SWIS, CONNECT, and Northern Lights College students were presented on giant banners throughout the foyer. The good folks at

the Fort St. John Lion’s Club were on hand to tempt everyone with freshly popped popcorn.

Even the annoying buzz of two fire alarms and two subsequent visits by the Fort St. John Fire Department could not dampen the energy in the building. In fact, Wenzel Frind decided to entertain cold and patient participants with his excellent accordion playing.

The event could not have happened without the tireless effort of some incredible volunteers: Olivia Kabat, Sazi Mhlanga, Oliver Mott, Terence Maguire, Cory Goodwin, Ron Laurentin, Susie Furman, Leslie Oliver, Jane Drew, Sharon Irving, Lorna Nyffler, Dionne Sanderson, LJ Lawson, Joan Blake, Manon Joice, Paola Banks, Emily Goodman, Moji Jai-yesimi, Chris Wagner, Laura and Eric Sehn, Ambika Adhikari, Wenzel Frind, David Kim, Abigail Park, Jinny Whang, Niko Fang, Tukeni Obasi, Elizabeth, Ethel, Amarachi, Ihinosen, Catherine, Funke, Phyllis, Bryan, LJ’s niece, and many more.

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WINTER WONDERLANDS

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Amy Te Bulte is a great example of what people can expect to discover when they visit Fort St John. She is a painter, a musician, a teacher and a mother of two. Like many young families, Amy and her husband Joseph, were initially drawn to Fort St John for work, and were thrilled to discover, and subsequently become part of the thriving, exciting and supportive arts community that exists in the city.

Amy’s story as an artist living in Fort St. John has been put together as a short movie, and is first feature filmed presented in the “Where The Art Is” project. After months of hard work the movie is available online now! Checkout www.wheretheartis.ca for all the details!

Combining her love for creativity and community, Amy works part time as the Music & Arts Director at Evangel Chapel, often painting live on stage Sunday mornings as the house band pounds their way through a thunder-ous set of energetic pop-rock tunes. Amy also creates interior set designs and curates a small gallery at Evangel Chapel. Working primarily in acrylics Amy loves paint-ing portraits and is drawn to the energy and intimacy of human form.

Amy’s artwork will be filling the walls walls and halls of Whole Wheat & Honey for a special gallery exhibit this month -- be sure to take a moment and checkout her work in person to appreciate the colour and emotional move-ment of her paintings and portraits.

There has been tremendous support from people and lo-cal business, including the City of Fort St. John who sees this project as a tremendous opportunity to showcase the real “personality” of the city, and not just infrastructure, numbers and statistics.

There are so many things to love about living in Fort St John. Next month’s featured movie will be on local musi-cian, Mat Savard.

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The house lights go down and the stage lights go up. The action begins, the story evolves and it all looks so easy. The easier it looks only means that people be-hind the scenes have been working for many months to make the production a seamless work of art. The actors on stage rely on the dedicated volunteers backstage to have the props in the right place, the lights and sound tuned to the exact cues, and quick costumes and set changes prepared.

Hidden from the audience is the action behind the scenes, which must be as well rehearsed as the action on the stage. Once the performances begin onstage, the Director gives up total control of the show to the Stage Manager. Attached by earphones to the tech booth, which is behind the audience, the Stage Manager calls the show from stage right. The Stage Manager is like the conductor of an orchestra. All the instruments have to play the right note at precisely the right time in order for the music to come out properly.

With a large cast, such as Stage North’s recent production of The Pink Panther Strikes Again, an Assistant Stage Manager is on earphones stage left making sure all the actors are cued properly from that side of the stage. The unsung heroes in The Pink Pan-ther Strikes Again were Rob Laventure as Director, Tony Atkins as Stage Manager and Melanie Truscott as Assistant Stage Manager.

STAGE NORTH: MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE

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The actors know that each role, large and small, and each person, on stage and off stage, is a vital element in making a production a success. As one long-time lighting technician once told me with a chuckle, “I am the most important person in this play. If the lights don’t go on, neither do they.”

Long before the production moves into the Cultural Centre, the set, costumes and props are designed, con-structed and painted. Safety of the actors, particularly in an action-packed play like The Pink Panther, is foremost in the design of the show. Specific set pieces have to break easily, and then be put back together again. Costumes can not impede the action or get snagged unexpectedly. Props have to look realisti-cally dangerous but relatively harmless for the actors. Costumes and props were designed and orchestrated by Lisa Marie Sturt and Jasmine Large. The Producer of the show, Twyla Jordan, choreo-graphs the volunteers behind the scenes. As the Direc-tor rehearses the cast, the Producer is making sure that each crew position is filled and that a time schedule is in place to have all the bits and pieces come together accordingly. A successful show is truly a team effort on stage and off stage.

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There is a lot of activity among young performing artists in Fort St. John these days, as preparations for the Peace River North Festival of the Arts are getting into high gear. Months of hard work go into the event that will be held April 3rd to 10th at the North Peace Cultural Centre.

Artists of all ages will perform for professional adjudicators and receive valuable feedback along with the satisfaction of a performance to be proud of , cel-ebrating the end of all the hard work. Whenever time allows, once competitive classes are done, the adjudi-cators offer workshops in their various specialties.

The Festival Association is pleased to welcome ac-claimed pianist Sarah Hagen back to Fort St. John to adjudicate the piano classes and share her expertise with local piano students.

All performances are open to the public and the Festival schedule is as follows:

-For a sample of the talent that the Festival has to offer, the best performances of the week in each disci-pline, as selected by the adjudicators, will be featured at the “Best of the Fest” Honours Concert Sunday, April 10 at 7:00pm at the North Peace Cultural Cen-tre. This evening is truly a celebration of the young talent in Fort St. John. Special awards as well as the Provincial Delegates for 2011 will be announced on Sunday evening.

The Festival would not happen without the support of the community. Heartfelt thanks go out to all of the sponsors who contribute to the Festival. For informa-tion about the Festival, contact the Festival Associa-tion president, Margaret May at [email protected], and join us in celebrating the remarkable accomplishments of our young performing artists.

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• Piano: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday (morning), April 3, 4 and 5• Strings: Tuesday, April 5• Voice and Choir: Tuesday, April 5 (evening)• Instruments: Wednesday, April 6 (morning)• Band: Wednesday, April 6 (afternoon)• Speech Arts: Thursday, April 7 (morning)• Dance: Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, April 7, 8, 9 and 10

Aaron Platzer performs a violin solo at the 2010 Festival

Dance Adjudicator’s Award winner, Garrette Smith, performing at the 2010 Festival


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CELEBRATING GREAT DESIGN.

Northern Health managers and staff working on the Fort St. John Hospital and Residential Care Project were saluted at this special event that signalled the end of the design phase of the project.

In partnership with Northern Health, ISL Health held an End of Design Celebration Day on February 1, which allowed Northern Health staff and guests to drop in and look at the design of the new hospital and residential care facilities and listen to informative presentations.

An overflow crowd heard representatives of the project’s P3 partnership give glowing reviews to the design input provided by clinicians and staff from the hospital and the North Peace Care Centre. Cathy Ulrich, Northern Health President and CEO, thanked all staff for their efforts in creating the new health care facilities, an op-portunity she described as a “once-in-a-lifetime experience.”Ulrich particularly singled out the

Northern Health leadership team of Betty Morris, Chief Operating Officer for the Northeast Health Ser-vices Delivery Area; Angela De Smit, Health Service Administrator in Fort St. John; and Viva Swanson, Clinical Lead for Acute Care Planning and Transition. Ulrich said the exhaustive work done by the team “will allow us to deliver high-quality health services.”

Gareth Hurlbut, General Manager for ISL Health, the consortium of private sector companies that has part-nered with Northern Health, added that the hospital and residential care project is unique.Hurlbut thanked Mike Bebbington, Senior Project Manager, who is leading the construction team, and Glen Kelsey, Design Manager from the Acciona/

“IT’S BEEN DESIGNED BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE,” SAID HURLBUT. “THE MANAGERS AND STAFF HERE ARE THE BEST, MOST CONSULTATIVE DESIGN USER GROUP THAT I HAVE EVER WORKED WITH.”

The $297.9 million Fort St. John Hospital & Residential Care Facility is on track to open in the summer of 2012.

Stuart Olson builders, for all their hard work during the design phase as well as Tom Spar-row, Northern Health’s Project Director, was also recognized for all his support and help in facilitating the process.

Also on on hand for the celebrations were Sarah Clark, CEO of Partnerships British Columbia; Roger Howarth, Executive Vice-President, Acciona Infrastructure Canada Inc.; Don Bourgeois, President and CEO, HCP Canada; Ron McIntyre, Principal, Can-non Design; and Ron McFee, Senior Project Director, Stuart Olson Dominion.The project partners also visited the North Peace Care Centre, where they spoke to a gathering of residents and staff. Clark noted that the project is progressing well largely

End of Design Celebration at Fort St. John Hospital: Cathy Ulrich, Northern Health President and CEO (far right) celebrates the end of the design process for the new hospital with Northern Health Leadership Team members (left to right) Viva Swanson, Angela De Smit and Betty Morris.

due to what she called “a dream relationship” between the project partners.

“We appreciate the opportunity to work with everyone on this facility,” said Clark.

Reflecting on the project to date, Acciona’s Roger Howarth said in an interview that the attitude of the client, Northern Health, has been fundamental to ensuring the success of the new facility.

“Any contactor can build and most designers can design to ensure that the end product is satisfactory to the client. However, when building a complex facility such as a hospital, it is essential to involve all the ex-pert specialist available at the hospital to ensure that the building is fit for purpose and meets the needs of the local community. I think this has been achieved on this project and that is why we are celebrating today.” said Howarth.

“THIS REALLY IS A COMMUNITY PROJECT AND YOU’VE GOT TO LISTEN TO THE END USERS BECAUSE THIS IS A PART OF THEIR COMMUNITY. IT’S NOT JUST A PLACE OF WORK FOR THEM. IT’S A FOCAL POINT OF THE COMMUNITY, AS WELL.”

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IT’S ALL HAPPENINGAT THE NPCC!

I was pretty sure I had moves…so I have to say I was a bit surprised when my reflection in the dance room mirrors at my first African Dance class said other-wise! The only thing between me and the door were the smiling words of encouragement from African dance master Kufre, assuring me that I’ll be grooving smoothly by the end of his session. Ok, I’ll stick with it, but I’m holding you to that Kufre! (at least I’ll be in shape for that new spring dress)

African Dance is one of the many great artSpace classes. Others, such as, Authentic Mexican cooking, Daddy and Me, Mad Sci-ence and Bollywood dance are becoming recurring favorites! For the upcom-ing spring break check out “Planet Kids”. It’s the total fun package, where kids can make their own percussion instruments in pro drummer Dave Tolley’s Recycle Rock Band and perform for par-ents and friends at a lunch-time gig in the concourse, along with other special projects and guests each day that make Planet Kids the best spring break camp ever. Lunches and snacks are in-cluded! Check out all the exciting things lined up for creative minds and bodies of all ages.

While you’re there, drop into the Gallery and see the latest art exhibit featuring the amazing work of Canadian Federation artist, Karl Musgrove. His opening drew a capacity crowd and runs til mid March. I confess I’m a daily Gallery browser now and always leave inspired by the amazing art, jewelry, pottery, books, carvings and other beautiful things. And a visit with Shar, the gallery’s colorful curator, is in itself, time well spent!

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The Theatre has hosted some great shows in the past few months. Seeing a capacity crowd on their feet - arms in the air at the Memeza Africa performance was pretty amazing… and you’ve told us the Guy Davis blues show and his Face the Music Workshop have

set the bar for coming events. Thanks Fort St John for your full-on support! We’re glad you’re enjoying the shows. There’s more to come!

March shows include the CDC Talent Show (4th), Vagina Monologues (5th), RocKin’ the Peace (12th) North Peace Music Teacher’s Association Recital (20th), Garry Oker CD Release show (25th) and…hang onto your

shorts fred-heads: Fred Eaglesmith and the Fabulous Ginn Sisters are coming March 19th at 7:30.

Fred Eaglesmith is the ultimate music troubadour...think Tom Waits meets Pink Floyd meets Hank Williams…“aching country and barroom rock” and a “mixture of hard-edged honky-tonk balanced be-tween rock’n’roll and early ‘60s country music.” Backed by the sexy Fabulous Ginn Sisters from Texas, this is one of the coolest shows ever to hit Fort St John.

GET FACE TO FACE WITH FRED...

Face the Music with Fred Eaglesmith takes place at 2pm Saturday March 19 in another City of Fort St John sponsored music workshop. Log onto www.npcc.bc.ca for details on this and other upcoming Face the Music workshops.

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