Striking Life Balance Between Film, Voice & Yoga

Did you know that Alumni Notes is by far the most popular section of the magazine? Send us your update today so that we can continue to fill this section with interesting content! [email protected] Brad Howard ’04 married Lesley-Anne BLYTHE HUBBARD ’07 Carroll at the Royal Canadian Yacht Club on August 8, 2015. Striking Life Among the 2004 CDS grads in his wedding Balance Between party were Pete Elmhirst, Michael Film, Voice & Yoga Pott, Eric Shulist, AJ De Marco, and Sam Arlow. Brad is Blythe Hubbard ’07 is an up-and-coming a lawyer practicing in Canadian actress and musician who has the area of securities and corporate/commer- been singing and performing since she was cial law in downtown Toronto. nine years old. Her classmates will surely remember her performance as the eldest sister, Tzeitel, in the 2006 CDS production Kyle Hubbard ’05 obtained his BA of Fiddler on the Roof. in Psychology and Political Science 05 Blythe majored in Drama with a minor in from McGill University in 2009 and his MA in Educational Psychology from Classical Voice at Queen’s University where McGill in 2013. In between his BA and MA, she also starred in several dramatic and he taught English as a second language in musical roles, including Janet in Rocky Hor- South Korea for one year. Kyle is currently ror Picture Show, Carla Hayward in City of back at McGill in his third year of his PhD in Angels, the Opera Dido and Aeneas, as a member of the Queen’s Players (Comedy/Musical Educational Psychology in the Learning show), and in a number of fashion shows. Sciences stream of the Department of Since graduating from Queen’s, Blythe has studied all over Toronto with various voice Educational and Counselling Psychology. His program is predominantly research-based (as coaches. In particular, she enjoys singing Italian arias and playing the guitar, piano and ukulele. opposed to the more applied counselling or A year ago, Blythe was cast in the role of Rachel Moore alongside the famous Bollywood school psychology programs), and he works Cinema actress, Jacqueline Fernandez, in a feature thriller/horror film. Due out in 2016, Defini- with the Achievement Motivation and tion of Fear was produced by Christopher Branch, known for producing the Academy Award Emotion Research Group. Kyle’s dissertation winning The Lady in No. 6. Blythe has also appeared on television, most recently in the role of is focused on class- and learning-related Bree Wilson in an episode of Rookie Blue that aired on Global TV last spring. student boredom and boredom coping. She is now working with an agent and just finished a role in a short film in Toronto. Blythe has also recently acquired her yoga instructor certification and plans on moving to Vancouver in February to explore opportunities on the west coast. After pursuing a hunter career that included stiff competition at the CSI4*-W Winter championship titles at the Winter Equestrian Equestrian Festival Week IX in Wellington, Festival, the Devon Horse Show and the FL. Her partner was Lapacco, an experienced Washington International Horse Show, where Holsteiner gelding. she claimed the 2012 Grand Amateur-Owner Wesley also competes in the grand prix Championship riding Pure Abundance, divisions with Wieminka B and Evita van de Wesley now concentrates fully on her Veldbalie, a mare that represented Italy at the international show jumping career. 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games Training under two-time U.S. Olym- under Lorenzo de Luca. She studied fashion pic gold medalist Beezie Madden and her marketing at The Art Institute of Toronto and Wesley Newlands ’06 is an husband, John, Wesley has had the oppor- while her athletic pursuits have not allowed 06 amateur Canadian Show Jumper tunity to compete at top international show her to pursue a full-time position in the who began her equestrian career jumping tournaments both in North America fashion industry, she enjoys being a personal training as a junior under Wayne McClellan and Europe. In 2014, she won the $15,000 shopper for some of her closest friends. before making her way south of the border. SJHOF High Amateur-Owner Classic against 44 | FALL 2015 THE LINK.

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