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F.A.A. ARTS NEWS THE FREDERICTON ARTS ALLIANCE Serving the Arts in the Fredericton Region December 4, 2003, Volume 3, Issue 44 In This Issue 1. Fredericton Arts Alliance News 2. 2. Ray Fraser Book Signing At Westminster Bookstore 3. Bel Canto Singers Ring in the Season 4. ARTCONTACT To Open Christmas Show 5. A Winter Solstice: A Celtic Christmas Celebration 6. 'Christmas Choice' At The UNB Art Centre 7. Fredericton Chamber Players and Choral Society to Perform Messiah 8. Ardyth & Jennifer Bring Winter Fire To The Cathedral 9. Gaudete! Christmas Concert and CD Launch 10. Deleted Scene's Christmas Cover Show And Food Drive 11. The Gilbert & Sullivan Society Presents Spirits of Vaudeville 12. Goose Lane Editions To Host An Afternoon Of Christmas Stories 13. Christmas Carol Service At Christ Church Cathedral 14. Leo Hayes Holiday Showcase 15. Coming Up At the Fredericton Playhouse… Notices Congratulations to the Fredericton Playhouse Preview Symphony New Brunswick Joined by Dance Fredericton By Neil MacGill Reviews Dear Santa, by Norm Foster Theatre New Brunswick The Playhouse, November 29 - December 6 By Russ Hunt Museum, by Tina Howe UNB Theatre / English 2170 Memorial Hall, November 26-29 By Russ Hunt Galleries At A Glance 1. Fredericton Arts Alliance News Excellence in the Arts: A Panel Discussion Don’t forget to join the Fredericton Arts Alliance on Thursday, December 4th (that’s tonight) for a panel discussion on Excellence in the Arts. The discussion takes place at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery from 7 – 9 pm. There is no charge and all are welcome. Raffle: The FAA is raffling off a large framed watercolour painting by Brigid Toole Grant entitled “Pond and Sea - Late Summer.” Tickets are $5 each, 3 for $12 or 10 for $25. Draw date, January 30, 2004 to coincide with a benefit concert by Steven Peacock and friends. To purchase your membership or raffle tickets, you can find the FAA at one of the following locations: The Boyce Farmer’s Market on December 13 and 20 and at the Christmas Choice Craft Show at Memorial Hall on Sunday, December 7 from 12 – 4 pm. For more information, please call 443-9900. Christmas Hours: The Fredericton Arts Alliance will be closed between December 19 and January 5th. The Arts News will be issued on Thursday, December 18th (please have notices in by December 16th) and resuming in the New Year on Thursday, January 8th (please have notices in by January 6th). 2. Ray Fraser Book Signing At Westminster Bookstore If you were one of the unfortunates who missed out on the festive launching of Ray Fraser’s new book IN A CLOUD OF DUST AND SMOKE and would still like a personally inscribed copy for yourself or a friend or relative, take heart, all is not lost. He will be doing a signing session at Westminster Book Store from 2 - 3 PM, Saturday, December 6th. 3. Bel Canto Singers Ring in the Season The Bel Canto Singers of Fredericton will present their annual Wassail concert on Saturday December 6th, at 7:30 pm., at Saint Andrews Presbyterian Church, 512 Charlotte Street, Fredericton. Under the direction of Dr. Timothy G. Cooper, this auditioned choir has set a high standard of performance in the Maritimes. Their Christmas concert, which always includes punch, hot cider and home baking by the choir members - and, of course, the much-loved carol sing-a- long - has been a kickoff for the holiday season for over two decades. This year the choir will offer a very interesting pair of works. One is the familiar Ceremony of Carols by Benjamin Britten, a standard in the choral repertoire and a perennial favourite, particularly fitting as a celebration of Britten's 90 th birthday this past month. Britten created this work by weaving medieval texts and carol melodies into a narrative. Originally composed for children's voices, it gains in richness and power with the addition of the bass and tenor voices. The second major work Carols and Lullabies: Christmas in the Southwest was actually written to be performed with the Ceremony of Carols. Conrad Susa, a graduate of Juilliard, who has written scores for theatre, television and films, and has composed operas and a number of works for chorus, was challenged to write this work as an addition to a performance of the Ceremony. He says, "After several years of writhing in doubt, a friend, Gary Holt, showed me a collection of Spanish carols he had sung as a boy in Arizona. Excited, I juggled them around to form a narrative. I noted their many connections with Renaissance music along with their homey, artful simplicity. Finally, the overriding image of a Southwestern pinata party for the new baby led me to add guitar and marimba to Britten’s harp and to compose connective music and totally re-conceive the carols." The Bel Canto Singers will be joined by Mark Adam on marimba and Steven Peacock on guitar for this work. The group will be accompanied by Catherine Macdonald. Tickets are available at Westminster Books, Mazzuca's, through members of the choir and at the door. Adults $10, Students/Seniors $8, Family $25. For further information please contact Timothy Cooper ([email protected] or 453-4082 ) or Anne Hunt ([email protected] or 363-3891). 4. ARTCONTACT To Open Christmas Show ARTCONTACT invites you to celebrate the festive season on December 6 and 7 from 2 – 5 pm with smaller works by some of Atlantic Canada's leading artists. Priced for every budget we are presenting fine art by: Wayne Boucher, Ricke Burns, Gerard Collins, Carol Collicutt, Brigitte deNeuville, Alexandra Flood, George Fry, Toby Graser, Suzanne Hill, Kathy Hooper, Sarah Petite, Bill Rose,Anne Manuel Wills, emerging artists Adam Clowater and Caine Harris as well as equisite pottery by Judy Blake and Darren Emenau. ARTCONTACT wishes to congratulate Alexandra Flood on her recent nomination for the prestigious Sobey's award. Never before seen, new work by Alexandra can be viewed at ARTCONTACT as part of the Christmas show. For more information or to make an appointment until December 21st, please call 453-1856. 5. A Winter Solstice: A Celtic Christmas Celebration Fredericton's best Celtic musicians have joined forces to produce a Christmas show called "A Winter Solstice". This show will take place December 6th and 7th, 2003 at 7:30 pm at Le Centre Communautaire Sainte-Anne, Fredericton, NB. The show, featuring Celtic music from Ireland, Scotland, and Cape Breton, played to a sold out audience in December 2002 and received rave reviews from the local media. The Daily Gleaner stated in their review "that a new Christmas tradition has started in Fredericton." The "new tradition" continues in 2003 with a bigger and more elaborate production. With pipes, accordion, fiddle, harp, whistles, dancers, storytellers and singers the show creates a rich blend of the old and the new. Directed by Krista Touesnard and produced by Carolyn Holyoke, Helen Mórag McKinnon and Krista Touesnard, the shows takes you on a journey across time, beginning with immigrants landing and dancing off a boat after arriving in the new world to the final scene of a "gathering hall" where people are warming up with a rip roaring session set. This performance is sure to warm you up as we approach the Christmas season and leave you wanting for more. Tickets are on sale at Mazzuca's for $12.00. Rush Seating. 6. 'Christmas Choice' At The UNB Art Centre The holiday season is not too far off! If you're already thinking about gift ideas, don't miss out on the annual Christmas Choice Crafts 2003, our annual craft sale and open house. It will be held on Sunday December 7th, 2003, 12:00-4:00 pm at Memorial Hall. Handmade paper and books, basketry, pottery, jewelry, fabric, hooked rugs, natural decorations, are just a few of the types of handcrafted items available for sale by New Brunswick's finest artisans. Watch for Bev Rankin, Ardeth Maguire, Thea Visbach, Mary Ots Donaldson, Barbara McQueen and Nancy Blanchard-MacDonald to name a few. While you are here, the UNB Art Centre invites you to explore our exciting exhibition Dermis: Repertoire of Skins by Lucille Robichaud, which will be on display until December 12th, 2003. Everyone is welcome! The UNB Art Centre is located in Memorial Hall, Bailey Drive on the Fredericton campus. Gallery hours are Monday to Friday 9:00 am - 4:30 pm. Admission is free. For more information: 453-4623 7. Fredericton Chamber Players and Choral Society to Perform Messiah On Sunday, December 7th, 2003, 7:30 pm, at Wilmot United Church, the Fredericton Chamber Players conducted by David Adams, and the Fredericton Choral Society conducted by Michael Capon, will perform Handel’s Messiah. Soloists will be Helen Pridmore, soprano, Erin Crooks, alto, Cian Horrobin, tenor, and Paul Bustin, bass. Tickets are available at Mazzuca’a and Westminster Books, from choir members and at the door. Adults $12, Seniors & Students $10. 8. Ardyth & Jennifer Bring Winter Fire To The Cathedral Monday, December 8, at 7:30 In the fall of 2002 Ardyth & Jennifer released their long- awaited Christmas CD, entitled Winter Fire, which launched them on a hugely successful Maritime tour played to many sold-out crowds and standing ovations. Labled the "Angels of the East" on CBC's "Definitely Not The Opera" and dubbed "The Queens of Serene" by the Halifax Herald, Ardyth & Jennifer have played in many of the Maritimes' finest theatres and concert venues, including The Savoy in Glace Bay, The Imperial Theatre in Saint John, and the deCoste Centre in Pictou.