BSIC-Event-Report Rideau roots
McDonalds Corners Ag Hall Fall Fair – Event Report
Matt Dickson and friends at the McDonald’s Corners Fair
Hi BSIC and Live Wire folks-
It was a fine time at Granite Ridge Education Centre today. It started with Teilhard Frost doing a 40 minute “musical instruments from stuff you find” concert to about 200 kindergarten to grade 4 pupils, most from GREC and some bused in from Land O Lakes. They were spellbound.
Then there were four 50 minute sessions for grade 5 –8 students from GREC and Prince Charles PS that went for the rest of the day as the kids rotated through:
1) Teilhard demonstrating how to make music with anything at all.
2) Lily Legacy making hand drums from sonotubes and tape – brilliant! Each pupil got to make and decorate one.
3) Two tech teachers in the woodshop who had the kids each make a very playable flute out of abs tubing. They even learned to use power drills to drill the finger holes.
4) Grandmother Judi who taught the kids indigenous songs that they then sang accompanied by the drums that they had made.
The whole day was magic.
Thanks to BSIC and Live Wire for helping to keep the music alive in our schools!
Al Rankin
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A Thank You Note …
Good morning,
Thank you for your kindness and generosity. Our family appreciates this bursary very much. It is not something we would usually apply for as we are aware of other families in need, however due to our circumstances this year, this is a wonderful gift.
Thank you for taking the time to review our application. Deb is an anazing teacher and I’m so happy that Avalon has this opportunity with her.
Thank you!
Sincerely,
Barbara Wubbolt
Bloom Artisan Goat Milk Soap
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BSIC Music Projects 2018
January 19
James Hill
Ukulele Workshop and Concert
Centennial PS, Kingston
Al Rankin, Livewire Series
Sponsor Teacher – Skot Caldwell
March 3
Tusgegee Golden Voices Choir of Alabama
Workshop and Concert
Kingston
Tom Mawhinney, tour organizer
March 20
Edwin Huizinga and Bill Coulter
Two workshops and a concert
Cardinal Café, Sharbot Lake
Jonas Bonnetta, Port William Sound, sponsor
February 10, April 7, May 12
Christine Graves
Beginners Ukulele Workshop
Killaloe, ON
Katherine Bloomquist/Wendy Simmons contacts
March 28, 29, 2018
Jacob Moon, guitarist
GREC, Sharbot Lake, Prince Charles PS, Verona, KCVI, Kingston
Live Wire Music Series, sponsor
June 6, 2018
Open Voices Community Choir
Children’s Concert 1 pm, Grand Theatre, Kingston
Ticketed Concert 7 pm, Grand Theatre, Kingston
In collaboration with the Limestone District School Board
August 18, 19, 2018
Roots on the Clyde Country/Folk Music Festival
Lanark, Ontario
October 14, 2018
Battersea Pumpkin Festival
Entertainment by local musicians
Several festival sites in Battersea
“…. If you hadn’t recently considered the incredible impact that Live Wire in the Schools has had in our community lo these many years, soak it up here in the “concert” portion of this video! James Hill, one of the world’s great virtuosos on this instrument, providing rich instruction and inspiration to our kids. We are so lucky! ….”
Scot Caldwell
BSIC Approved Music Projects to date, 2017
Jan. 19, 20, 2017
Ariana Gillis, singer/songwriter
Concert/workshop LCVI, Kingston; Prince Charles PS, Verona; GREC, Sharbot Lake
April 7, 2017
Ariana Gillis, singer/songwriter
Loughborough PS Sydenham High School
April, 2017
Spring Session continuation of ukulele lessons for two students
Madoc Township Public School
May, 2017
Juvenis Festival, Kingston
A) Battle of the Bands May 5
B) Musiikki Mentorship April 30 – May 4
May 11, 12, 13
Wider Circles – Hoop Dancing with Meghan Robinson and Laurie Clark, Clarendon Central Public School, Plevna
May 11, 2017
Slocan Ramblers
Perth Road Public School; Storrington Public School
June, 2017
Kyle Mitchell – Songwriter/musician
Madoc Township Public School
June 30, 2017
Celtic Rathskallions concert/workshop
Land O’ Lakes Public School, Mountain Grove
July 11, 2017
Lily Legacy Zier Pilot Project for Bucket Drumming
Sharbot Lake,Central Frontenac Township
August 19, 2017
Magoo – workshop/performance
Parham Fairgrounds, Parham
August 24, 2017
Eight musicians perform
Kingston Night Market, Kingston Memorial Centre
September 22, 2017
Meghan Robinson, Wider Circles
Drummond Central Public School, Perth
October 6, 2017
Corin Raymond Concert
Snow Road Village Community Centre
October 6, 2017
Celtic Rathscallions tin whistle and ukulele workshop
Clarendon Central Public School, Plevna
October, 2017
Leo Brooks Bucket Drumming Workshop
Naismith Memorial PS, Almonte, ON
November 29, 2017
Jeremy Fisher concert/question and answer session
Rideau Heights Public School, Kingston, ON
December, 2017
Music Lessons Bursary
Madoc Township Public School, Madoc, ON