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Kamloops man has a new guitar design
Mike Miltimore of Lee’s Music in Kamloops, won first place in a B.C. contest for young people starting a new business.
Photo by Monica Miltimore, courtesy of Riversong Guitars
Adapted from The Vancouver Sun
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Mike Miltimore, 36, says he “was born
and made to work in the music industry”.
As a child, he took apart guitars for his father.
Miltimore’s father, Lee, was the owner of Lee’s Music in Kamloops.
As a teen, the youth worked in his father’s music store after school.
At night and on weekends, he worked on
sound and lighting for special events.
Mike says his first and only job has been as a sound engineer.
He loves this work.
He is co-owner of Lee’s Music, which is now a family business.
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Nelson Tagoona, hip hop artist from Nunavut, Canada
Inuit throat singers
Photo by Ansgar Walk, Wikimedia Commons
Adapted from The Vancouver Sun
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Nelson Tagoona is nineteen years old.
He is from Baker Lake, Nunavut.
Baker Lake has less than 2,000 people.
Nelson is a hip hop artist.
But he is a different hip hop artist.
Nelson learned something when he was little.
He learned throat singing.
(Please see the YouTube video of Nelson in the “Links” section below.)
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The sound of bells
Eileen, 7, is the youngest member of the Bells of Shaughnessy Handbell choir. Her mother, Shan Shan Chen is the leader of the choir in Vancouver, B.C.
Photo by Jason Lang, The Vancouver Courier
Adapted from The Vancouver Courier
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You can make music many ways.
The handbell is an old way to make music.
In the 1600s, two brothers made handbells in England.
People today use them, too.
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Hallelujah for K.D. Lang!
k.d. lang in concert,
Photo by EyeLine-Imagery (Sean Connors), Flickr
Adapted from The Vancouver Sun and CBC Radio One
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There is an award party on April 23, 2013.
The party is in Regina, Saskatchewan.
This party is called the Juno Awards.
The Junos are Canadian music awards.
On this night, a famous Canadian singer will be there. Her name is “k.d. lang”.
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MOO-SIC to their ears: a song contest judged by cows – Audio
Photo credit: Lars Pistas (Green Viking – Flickr)
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I belong on this stage – Audio
Photo: Vera Kratochvil (public domain)
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I belong on this stage
Vancouver singer/songwriter Wanting Qu
Photo by Siliang Ma
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Two years ago, Wanting Qu went home to China.
Wanting Qu is a beautiful young woman.
Her home is in Harbin.
Harbin is a city in the northeast of China.
The city is famous. Every year there is an Ice and Snow Festival.
In the winter it can be – 40 C in Harbin.
People come to make many things out of ice and snow.
They make very big buildings out of ice, too.
Now Wanting also makes Harbin famous.
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A musical gift
Friends visited Alexis Summers (middle) last week. Rick Summers, her father, is watching the video behind her. Casey, the video cameraman, sits beside her.
Photo courtesy of Abbotsford Christian School
Adapted from The Province
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Alexis Summers is 15 years old.
She is in Grade 10 at Abbotsford Christian School.
Alexis is sick.
For six weeks she has pains in her stomach.
Her doctor sends her to the B.C. Children’s Hospital.
This hospital is in Vancouver.
Rick Summers is Alexis’ father.
He drives far to visit her.
She feels very lonely.
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The kid and the pipeline
Photo by Wayne Leidenfrost, The Vancouver Sun
Ta’Kaiya Blaney
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Her name is Ta’Kaiya Blaney. She is 11 years old and in Grade 5.
Ta’Kaiya lives in North Vancouver. Del, her Dad, and her mother,
Anne live with her. Anne is a teacher. She teaches Ta’Kaiya at home.
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