Welcome back! Carnegie Village Rehearsals start September 27

Thanks to the support of The Heart of the City Festival, Community Arts Council of Vancouver Creative Pathways, and Carnegie Community Centre, we will be starting regular weekly rehearsals again on Mondays from 1-3 pm starting September 27, every Monday until November 1 in the Carnegie Theatre leading up to a remounting of our Feb. show on November 5. As well, we have been asked to perform for several other Heart of the City events. Following is the complete list:

Indoors

Wednesday Oct 27, Opening Ceremonies

Carnegie Theatre

2pm-3:30pm, reception to follow – exact performance time to be determined



Outdoors

Sunday Oct 31, Street Performance Market

Pigeon Park & Carrall Street

1pm-5pm, 2 sets - exact performance times to be determined



Outdoors

Monday Nov 1?, Street Performance

Cruising, possibly to Chinatown

Following rehearsal at 3pm? 2 sets - exact performance times to be determined



Indoors

Friday Nov 5, Carnegie Village Concert

Carnegie Theatre

8pm – 10pm





Outdoors

Saturday Nov 6, House Post Ceremony

Oppenheimer Park

11am-2pm, 2 sets - exact performance times to be determined



Outdoors

Saturday Nov 6, Four Corners

Main & Hastings

8pm-9:30pm, 2 sets – exact performance times to be determined

I hope that you are available and able to participate. I so look forward to seeing you and singing with you on September 27th.

Please respond to this email regarding your interest and participation.


Beverly

A peek inside a Carnegie Village rehearsal

Our upcoming performances on February 5th and 6th will feature many uplifting, dignified and emotion-stirring songs. And this one too.

From Carnegie Village

Meeting schedule leading up to performance dates

Monday November 30, 1-3 pm

Monday December 14, 1-3 pm

All Mondays in January 2010 starting January 4, 1-3pm

Monday January 11, 1-3 pm - Aboriginal song workshop with guest artist elder Gerry Oleman

All Saturdays in January 2010 starting January 9, 1-3 pm

Monday February 1, 1-3 pm

Friday February 5, show 8 pm/call time 5 pm

Saturday February 6, show 4 pm/call time 3pm/maybe earlier

Wishing you all a great long weekend, and a meaningful Thanksgiving!

A reminder that we will not be meeting this Monday, October 12 to observe the Thanksgiving holiday. But the next week,October 19, we will be back in the Carnegie Theatre with special guest artist, Dalannah Gail Bowen coming in to teach us a song or two from her roots.

See you soon,
Beverly

Fall Update

After our summer break in July, we had a really successful summer voice intensive in August with up to 20 people in attendance. We have started up our regular meetings every Monday at 1 – 3 pm, either in the Carnegie Theatre or Classroom 2 on the 3rd floor. Check the poster on the daily events board near the front desk to check for that day’s location. We are busy learning new songs that different community singers have brought in , as well as learning songs for the Heart of the City Festival Musical Theatre Showcase. The Musical Theatre Showcase performances are on October 28, and 30 at 6:30-10-30 pm at the Russian Hall, 600 Campbell Ave. It is an opportunity to hear over 30 songs which have been performed and created in a variety of musical theatre productions in the downtown eastside since 2002, songs from, “I Love the Downtown Eastside; In the Heart of the City: the DTES Community Play; The Shadows Project; Condemned-the Opera; A DTES Romeo and Juliet; and Bruce the Musical.

The Heart of the City Festival also offers us the opportunity to sing at the outdoor “Illuminating the Four Corners” event at Main and Hastings on November 7 at 8 pm, and in the gala closing concert at the Ukrainian Hall , 800 E. Pender the next afternoon, November 8 at 3 pm followed by a community dinner and dance. Click the link for more information. http://www.heartofthecityfestival.com/

We are looking forward to an upcoming workshop with local guest artist , Dalannah Gail Bowen, who will be teaching us a song or two from her roots on October 19, 1- 3 pm in the Carnegie Theatre. Dalannah Gail Bowen is a versatile high-energy vocalist whose experience as a performer ranges from intimate nightclub and café shows to fronting big bands and concert tours. Gail started her musical career working in an all-female band out of Winnipeg, Manitoba opening for The Guess Who and The Monkees. Since then, Dalannah's career has given her the opportunity to play with many of the greats in the jazz and blues industry. Besides her work as an accomplished singer, she is also a songwriter, actor, playwright, published poet and musical activist. Since her early years, Dalannah, then known as Gail Bowen, was active in the movement to influence change. Currently, Dalannah has taken the lead on an initiative to develop the Downtown Eastside Centre For The Arts. This initiative will afford the opportunity for everyone who wants to experience art in a supportive environment the opportunity to do so. We very much look forward to this opportunity to learn and sing with her!

CARNEGIE VILLAGE PROJECT UPCOMING SUMMER INTENSIVE

We have just wrapped up our spring gatherings last Saturday and will be pausing for a summer break throughout July.

In our gatherings we have been learning songs from our different ethnic and family roots: English, Goan, Japanese, and Ukrainian, as well as the Rolling Stones’ song, “As Tears Go By”, a rock ballad from the 60’s. So far we have been singing in English, Japanese, Ukrainian and Goan in unison and 2 part harmony. We have listened to a variety of songs generously offered by several participating singers with First Nations, German, musical theatre, sea shanty, English folk and 60’s rock classic roots.

We will resume REGULAR WEEKLY MEETINGS EVERY MONDAY from 1-3 pm. from SEPTEMBER 14, mostly in the Carnegie Theatre. Check the poster for any change in location. In the fall sessions, we will also be learning a Chinese folksong, a German lullaby, a Japanese-Canadian song, a First Nations song, Afro-Canadian song and a labour song; as well as any new songs offered by Carnegie villagers. I have invited guest artists to teach and share their songs—Dalannah Bowen/Afro-Canadian song; Olivier Wong/Chinese folksong, and Matthew Sheena/First Nations.

In the summer, I will be offering 3 WORKSHOPS on consecutive Mondays, AUGUST 17, 24 and 31 from 1- 3 pm in the Carnegie Theatre. In these workshops we will focus on building healthy voice production, in tune singing, deep listening and improvisational skills.

I look forward to the opportunity to present our Carnegie Village songs, stories and poetry as a work in progress during the Heart of the City Festival in October or November. Our final performance will be either later this year or early in 2010.

I look forward to a continuing relationship.

Beverly Dobrinsky
Carnegie Artist in Residence