FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2011 | WWW.PGCITIZEN.CA Arts 19 Paul Brandt at CN Centre March 4 Christine HINZMANN-SKOREPA Citizen staff [email protected] Fresh from his fall tour, Alberta-born country superstar Paul has added dates, including Prince George and Dawson Creek, to promote his latest release Give It Away. This latest CD showcases his explora- tion into new musical and lyrical territory, while remaining true to the sound and voice his fans have come to love. Give It Away is a diverse collection of songs exploring passion, loss, humour and, of course, love. The album also features revisited SUBMITTED PHOTO versions of Brandt’s international Jeff Rainmaker Rainville, left, Ryan The Wigger Latchman, Robin The Hood Miller, and Max Tri-Tone smash hits I Do and My Heart Has Jones are Foam Mesh Press and will perform next week. A History. Brandt is the most-awarded, male, Canadian country artist in history. Born in Calgary, Alberta, his first Reggae band off ers two dates, big break was in 1996 with the sin- gle My Heart Has a History, which hit number one in Canada, made him the first Canadian male country mellow beats and Frosty Beats artist to reach the Billboard Top Ten in the US since Hank Snow in 1974. Brandt has nine successful albums Christine HINZMANN-SKOREPA hitting a couple of music festivals The band is hoping to get a tour to date. Citizen staff and playing in town twice a month. going this summer that will take In addition to his music, Brandt [email protected] Ryan Latchman, vocals and them into the Okanagan. also has a strong passion for help- BRANDT rhythm guitar, Jeff Rainville, lead In the meantime Prince George ing people, working with a number guitar and vocals, Robin Miller, can party with them at Nancy O’s of charities, including his own foundation, The Priceless Gift of Hope Local reggae band Foam Mesh bass and Max Jones, drums and Dec. 22 at 9 p.m. $10 at the door. Foundation, and being involved with humanitarian pursuits around Press will perform double duty vocals, are Foam Mesh Press. On Dec. 23 Foam Mesh Press the globe. next Thursday and Friday, per- “We do mostly originals and we Foam Mesh Press will be perform- Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. at all Ticketmaster outlets and forming at Nancy O’s and Art Space reggae-fy some covers – you know, ing at Art Space at 10 p.m. with Rogers Wireless Box Office for the March 4 concert. respectively. turn a cover into a reggae song,” Frosty Beats opening the show at 8 The band has been together for Jones explained. p.m. Tickets in advance at Books & a decade but only started perform- “I think we’ve got a pretty good Co., 1685 Third Avenue, $15, $20 ing regularly a couple of years sound. People seem to like it – at the door. ago. They seem to be on a roll young people and old people. It’s a Check the band out on Facebook lately, touring during the summer, mellow vibe and danceable.” or Twitter to get all the details. Pearl Harbor survivors not Young author happy with Hawaii Five-O living the dream The Associated Press Kevin SWAYZE The Canadian Press HONOLULU — A group of Pearl Harbor survivors CAMBRIDGE, Ont. — Rebecca Carrigan is liv- say they were disrespected by the crew of the CBS ing the advice she’d give any teenager: follow your crime drama Hawaii Five-O during a visit to Hono- dreams. lulu’s National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. Eight years ago, she started writing a dark, su- The Denver-based Greatest Generations Founda- pernatural-themed novel about young people and tion took 23 veterans to the Punchbowl cemetery their guardian angels. Think Twilight with bent last week to commemorate the 70th anniversary of halos, instead of conflicted teens hanging around the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor. The veter- with vampires. ans found it offensive that the crew members didn’t “It’s a story about getting self-awareness in life. stop production while the national anthem and taps Everything is not what is seems. The only person were played and that they were walking on graves, who can change you is yourself,” she said. said Steffan Tubbs, a foundation board member and Now, the Cambridge woman is planning to turn co-host of KOA-AM’s morning news show in Denver. All I Need, for which she put up $4,000 of her own Tubbs visited the cemetery with the group, which money to get the book printed, into a book trilogy. conducted a small ceremony there. She’s also bankrolling the production of an inde- The crew was filming a scene involving a lead char- pendent movie telling the first episode of the story. acter visiting his father’s grave, “which in reality was “I have a creative vision. I know I always wanted surrounded by the real graves of WWII heroes,” Tubbs to create,” she said. said Tuesday. “It didn’t seem right.” In her high school years, she sang, acted and Cemetery Director Gene Castagnetti said the film- danced in school productions, including writing ing was approved beforehand. He added walking on lyrics and music. graves is unavoidable and not considered disrespect- The 30-year-old studied at the Vancouver Acad- ful if done carefully. emy of Dramatic Arts, had bit parts in television It came as a surprise that the veterans would be lay- shows, travelled to Japan and worked in a hotel in ing roses during their ceremony, taking them to lo- northern Alberta oil country. cations in the cemetery where the crew was filming, Now she’s home with plans to create her own Castagnetti told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. success by latching onto the next hot supernatural While payment is not required for filming at the story theme: angels among us. cemetery, Hawaii Five-O donated $1,000, KHON-TV Carrigan grew up Catholic, but that’s not why she reported. The show has filmed there several times wrote the book. It’s more romance and adventure previously. than theology. “We were surprised to hear this report and are “I don’t think it’s religious... you never know, looking into the matter,” CBS said in a statement. there could be guardian angels out there,” she said. “Our veterans deserve the highest level of respect Shooting scenes for the movie started in Septem- and reverence for their service, particularly during ber, in and around Cambridge. It’s expected to be a ceremony honouring those who paid the ultimate completed by the middle of 2012. sacrifice.” The show’s executive producer Peter Lenkov apolo- gized in a statement posted online to Hawaii News Now. 01705849 ENTER ENTER TOTO WINWIN 44 TICKETSTICKETS Name: Address: Phone: *Email: Simply fill out this entry form and return it to the Prince George Citizen, 150 Brunswick St. Contest not open to employees of the Citizen, their immediate families or dependent contractors. 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