Pricing in effect MAY 26 - 30 1947 - 2017 StagShilo Shipping to WE WILL MATCH... ADVERTISED PRICES ON ELECTRONICS, CAMERAS, FREE CFB Shilo COMPUTERS & MAJOR APPLIANCES. DETAILS ARE 3635 Victoria Ave 204-727-4444 Your source for Army news in Manitoba AVAILABLE INSTORE OR ONLINE AT WWW.CANEX.CA Volume 56 Issue 10 Serving Shilo, Sprucewoods & Douglas since 1947 May 18, 2017 INSIDE This Issue Michelle Wright looks for- ward to Base visit. Page 2 Artist offers art classes at CANEX. Page 6 Day of Caring CFB Shilo participated in Brandon’s Day of Caring event in the downtown area. Along for the ride was the Ca- nadian Army’s mascot, Juno. The mascot was obliging on a number of occasions as indi- viduals working on Day of Caring asked for group photos or selfi es (above). A building be- ing renovated received a fresh coat of paint (left), while in a near- Lt Sao Miguel makes a by walk-in fridge Juno splash in pool. Page 12 helped with sorting of food, including a turkey. Photos by Sarah Francis 2 Shilo Stag May 18, 2017 Country artist here to celebrate Canadaʼs 150th Sarah Francis the Arms of Love. The next one would be a song called Shilo Stag Your Love. Gosh, what would be the next one?” She paused for a while over the phone, and refl ected on some of her fi rst hits, and then thought about her New music is on the way for Canadian country art- most recently released album, Strong. Part of which ist Michelle Wright as she prepares to perform at CFB was inspired by her travel to Afghanistan in 2006 to Shilo’s Canada D’eh. perform. Wright said the July 1 celebration is not her fi rst visit “It’s a song I wrote as a result from a business man- to this area. ager dyeing from ALS — a long struggle, and going “I’ve played every dump on every corner, and every to Afghanistan and Capt Nichola Goddard was killed stadium and every theatre. Brandon, Manitoba I had in combat when we were there performing,” she re- an experience there,” she recalled. “I’ll never forget called. playing the Brandon Inn. Probably about 1993 or [94] “We went to her ramp ceremony when they carried or something and it was a pretty rough spot. I toured her coffi n covered in the Canadian fl ag off to her fam- the clubs for about nine years before I got my record ily. Those kinds of things are very, very powerful. I deal. I’ve had the opportunity to travel the world in wrote a song called Strong, and that would be some- some of the most amazing circumstances since then.” thing that is very special to me.” She holds a great deal of respect for the Canadian Being in the business for so long, she said there have Armed Forces (CAF) and the job soldiers undertake. been a lot of changes. Wright takes any opportunity she can to work with Today, new musicians need to work hard and stick the military. with it. “I’ve been up to Alert. We did Christmas there a “There were times in the 90s when, as Canadians, couple of years ago,’ she told the Shilo Stag in a phone many of us were signed to record deals. That was a interview from Nashville. “It was just incredible. I result of many things. Country music was exploding, think we spent about 10 days up there.” there were 26 country labels in [Nashville]. Right now, She added, “I’m not from a military family, so you I think there might be three or four.” have no idea. I knew nothing about … and then you Wright said statistically Canadians were being em- go to Afghanistan. You experience that and experience braced nicely by the Nashville scene, but then the in- the time with the soldiers and you meet with the fami- dustry changed. lies afterwards and you realize it’s such a sacrifi ce. “I think you’ve just got to keep showing up and un- “Everyone involved is sacrifi cing for our country in derstand that there just isn’t the deals that there used ways that you just don’t really understand.” to be. And don’t take it personally I guess is what I’m According to Wright, her visits up north and over- trying to say.” seas have helped shine light on what families and sol- Music has been a family affair growing up for diers experience. Wright. Her mother and father were singers and per- “I have an idea, and I can only imagine what it must formers on a local level and both from small towns. be like.” Her mom’s town totalled 500 people and her father’s When not on the road touring, lately she’s been Michelle Wright will showcase her country music when village, a mere 50 people. writing and in the studio working on a new album. she visits CFB Shilo July 1 to help us celebrate Cana- “They both played in bands,” she recalled. “I saw This is something she said keeps her on her toes, and da’s birthday. Photo supplied my father dressed up in his rhinestone suit and guitar learning about her own style and skills. in hand off to some Moose Lodge, or the Kinsmen’s For Wright, creating music is a task best done with and Kinnettes or something like that, for some local no distractions, during a set time. nies. I was like, when did that start happening! I just ‘Trees in the weddings and dances … my mom did exactly the “I have to sit down and go, ‘Today I’m writing.’” think of the beginning of that verse to that. desert, castles to sand, when a penny costs a penny again. same thing. As for inspiration, it can come from just about any- Hand written letters, sent to a friend. Black and white, you “Music was a really big part of our lives. We had where. For instance, the now Nashville resident’s real- and I in the camera lens. If the world turned backward.’” a garage full of instruments and I use to go to band ization that she wouldn’t be getting her penny back at practice all the time.” a Tim Hortons when that small coin was discontinued Out of the songs she has recorded, there are a few personal favourites. Her top-fi ve would start with the She had her fi rst paid band at the age of 17 and went in Canada. on the road three years later. If the World tune Take it like a Man. “Another song I wrote recently is called, “I was in college, but I fi nished by fi rst year of col- Turned Backwards “That was my big break through single. My next ,” Wright explained, “because I went lege and went on the road and it took me down this to Tim Hortons and they didn’t give me back my pen- song I would say that’s been really impactful would be He Would be Sixteen. The next one would be Safe in journey,” she said. Pet of the Week Pet of the Week DAISYPet of the Week This is Daisy. She is aged six Pet of the Weekand loves to sit on the couch looking out the window. She is Veterinary services Pet of thethe middleWeek sister of our three focused on all aspects fur babies, and loves to beat up of your pets’ care on both of her siblings. 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