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Minister's on a music mission: Rev. Hides returns to port
In an interview with the amiable minister, over coffee at a local Port cafe, Hides explained that in 1995 he exchanged ministries with the then Minister of Central United Church in Port Colborne, Rev. Orville James. He'd enjoyed his stay in Port so much that when Hides and his family:wife Sara, and their three sons, Gareth, Owen and Huw, heard in 1997, that James was moving on to Burlington, they seized the opportunity to move back to Canada, and Hides took over the ministering position from James. He became Central United Church's minister for seven years, from 1997-2004. Concern for his, and Sara's, aging parents brought them back to Britain in 2004. It's a hobby he's remained faithful to, and wherever he hangs his hat and calls home, Hides finds an orchestra to perform with. Currently, Hides performs with the Wolverhampton Symphony Orchestra in England. While ministering in Port Colborne he played cello for Mercredi Musique, a St. Catharines based chamber orchestra under the direction of Paul VanDongen. Before moving back to England in 2003, he'd written a symphony entitled: String Expressions, and gave it to then-Mercredi Musique director, David Holler. Musical talent runs in Hides' family, and he proudly related that his 18-year-old son, Gareth - who'd starred in the lead role of Central United's 2004 production of Godspell - is also a music composer, perhaps even more prolific than his father. Gareth focuses his energies writing Christian rock; \"about a song a week,\" [Hides] said. Owen continues to study trumpet, and Huw is following in his father's footsteps with the cello.
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Into the mood of abstraction: Jazz helps Bob Twidle develop his skill
[Bob Twidle] admitted that what helped him get into the mood of abstraction was jazz music. \"A lot of (my) energy comes from my habit of listening to jazz music the same time as I paint and if I'm listening to a good, hot piece, my paintings will come out that way.\" Describing his musical tastes as \"post-bop\" jazz, there are jazz references found even in the titles of Twidle's work; one humorous painting of a line of young men standing in front of a row of urinals in a public washroom during intermission at a concert in Buffalo at Kleinhan's Music Hall titled: Intermission Riff, Stan Kenton's popular jazz classic. \"Most women won't have had the joy of seeing this scene,\" he chuckled. \"The zipping up, and wondering who's around, and jostling for position.\"
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Showboat's 20th season opens with Ivanka: 2006 theatre season opens May 31
PORT COLBORNE - Showboat Theatre is launching its 20th season of professional summer theatre with the return of Ivanka - that fun- loving matriarch of comedy who's tickled Showboat audiences in the past with Ivanka Chews the Fat, and Ivanka Delivers the Goods. This year, actor and playwright Jo-Anne Waytowich brings the popular comedy back to stage with Ivanka Returns, set to open this Wednesday. \"Jo-Anne said that people are always curious about how the character of Ivanka came into being, and where the idea came from,\" [David Savoy] explained. \"Jo-Anne's turned that conversation into the opening of her play, and starts as Jo-Anne, and ends up as Ivanka before your very eyes.\" \"Come Fly With Me, is more than just a Frank Sinatra impersonator getting up and doing Frank's songs,\" Savoy explained. \"Frank is in the show but it revolves around the story about a young man and woman from Port Colborne in the 1950s. She is in love with Frank Sinatra, and he is in love with her. They can't get tickets to see Sinatra when he's performing at Shea's in Buffalo so they sneak into his dressing room and get discovered by Frank. She's a singer and he's a piano player and they get together - it ends with them doing a concert with Frank in Buffalo.\"
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Bogner wins prestigious award
PPOC executive director Tanya Thompson praised [Thies Bogner]'s work, and in an interview described it as \"consistently well above the bar\" in terms of its professional calibre. \"It's quite an accomplishment,\" she said of Bogner winning the Karsh award. \"Thies isn't just a few print merit points ahead of the next in line. There's a very small, very select group of members who really stand out above the crowd and Thies is one of the four most highly decorated (professional photographers) we have.\" Bogner candidly discussed the problem of competing with the new generation of photographers who successfully use digital imagery, of which his son [Kristian] is a successful competitor - whose two prints were chosen as two of the annual top 40 images archived by the PPOC. \"Almost all the winners (in the competition) now, have been digitally enhanced ... and any photographer that enters photographs straight off the camera definitely has a tough time trying to compete against these type of digital images,\" Bogner explained. Five years ago both Thies and Kristian were in contention for the national photographer of the year award. Although neither photographer won the award, Bogner said that it was \"fun to be in competition together.\" Now Kristian is consistently in the top 5 category and I'm lagging behind because I haven't mastered the digital yet but I'm working away at it and I expect to have some digital submissions next year at the convention,\" he said.
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Lynn's Page
A little bit of rain wasn't going to stop the Port Colborne Conservation Club (PCCC) from planting 200 white pine trees along the Friendship Trail last Wednesday evening. Some PCCC members, led by PCCC president Alfred Marinelli, were already busy digging 200 holes even though I arrived a half hour early for the event. We both agreed we adored PCAC president, Susan Bellhouse's Walk on the Beach. Artwork that was for sale went for very reasonable prices, and proceeds from the tea luncheon supported the PCAC. It was a lovely afternoon. While my daughter and I were there, we ran into some of our favourite people and artists. The tea was superb and the artwork fabulous. What more can I say? PCAC's annual tea and art show is my cup of tea! Photo: Planting white pine trees along the Friendship Trail are, from left to right: Port Colborne Girl Guides: Bailey Videcak, Kylie Defazio, Alicia Pinelli, Elizabeth Buck, Stephanie Harrietha, Madeline Taylor, Ashley Puttick, Destiny Murtaugh, and Port Colborne Conservation Club secretary, [Dara Richardson].; Photo: Port Colborne Art Club president, Susan Bellhouse beside her painting Walk on the Beach on exhibit during the art club's annual tea and art show held at Bethel Community Centre last Thursday.; Photo: McKay Grade 7 and 8 students presented Rock: A History of Rock 'N Roll last Thursday. From left, Carlie Davies, Katie Robinson, Jason Danch, Dakota LaMarre, (in front of Dakota) Sam Bilodeau, Vinh Le, Tiffany Zarb and Amanda Larocque.
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