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Golden boys pg A21
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Tuesday, April 19, 2011
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Competition
We Buy
Fifteen acts on to finale
Gold
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Langley really does have talent and it was on display Saturday evening. by Heather Colpitts
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This could turn out to be a memorable year for ballerina Melissa Johnston. She’s one of the 15 acts going to the finals of the Langley Has Talent contest April 30. And she also has a chance to go to an elite dance program with the Boston Ballet starting this summer. The stumbling block for this dancer would be the cost of her art. She’s looking at sponsorship and fundraising ideas so she can continue to fund her dance training. “I’m so very thrilled and excited but sadly if I cannot One of these performers will be named the winner of find some sort of financial help the first Langley Has Talent to get there it contest. just won’t be • Kaitlan Allinger, singer pop possible,” she • Bop til You Drop, tap dance explained. group Peter Luongo, • Britt Bonshor, country/pop who chairs • Regan Clicetto, contemp. dancer the organizing • The Colours, rock band committee, said • Cory Risling Band, country the semifinals • Tiffany Desrosiers, singer pop were sold out, • Robyn and Ryleigh Gillespie, with 650 people pop/country attending. • Cassidy Hoflin,country “It was abso• Melissa Johnston, ballerina lutely outstand• Ron May, country/folk ing,” he said of • Ashley Park, singer soul the talent. • Lauren Tokiwa, jazz dancer The finals will • Sarah Tummon, singer/musician feature an array • Justin Vanloo, singer pop of “really good acts.” “Regardless of age, they are all really talented,” he noted. Shaw TV will be recording the finals to air on the community channel. The semifinals were held this past Saturday, and featured a judging panel and audience
The top 29 acts, including ballerina Melissa Johnston, performed at the semifinals April 16. She and 14 other acts were chosen for the finals April 30.
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voting to determine which of the 29 acts moved on to the finals. Luongo said the combined voting worked out well (votes were counted three times) and the audience was generally in sync with the judges but there were some acts that got through thanks to audience support. “It was obvious that in at least a couple of cases, the voters chose,” he said. Fifteen of those acts have a chance to shine again on April 30. The show, in the Christian Life Assembly church, starts at 6:30 p.m. Langley City Mayor Peter Fassbender and talent agency owner Lisa Lloyd will be judges. Organizers are still lining up a third judge from the entertainment industry. The performance lineup will be decided by organizers but there are some special attractions.
Aaron Pritchett, to show his support for a performing arts venue, will perform. The organizers are also looking at having a comic. The event is the work of the four Rotary clubs of Langley and is intended to create awareness of the need for a dedicated performing arts venue here as well as helping to fundraise for such a facility. Tickets are available online (www.langleyhastalent.com) for $20 each. Luongo said there were about 95 semifinal tickets sold at the door before Saturday’s show and any extra will be sold at the door for the finals but people may not want to take the chance. The grand prize winner receives $2,500 in cash as well as performance-related prizes such as eight hours with Blue Frog recording studio and a 30-minute studio and video package from Shaw TV.
Politics
Turkey farm owner joins mayor’s race
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A long-time Langley businessman has thrown his hat into the ring to run for Township mayor in November.
NOW IN CANADA!
by Matthew Claxton
SCION
The mayoral race in Langley Township is officially underway, as Jack Froese announced Friday he will enter the race. “I want to see good leadership in Langley,” Froese told the Langley Advance.
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A few people in the community had asked flared up into acrimonious arguments on Froese to consider taking a run at the job, several fronts over the past two years. currently held by Mayor Rick He said transportation Green, Froese said. issues for Langley residents “The biggest issue that’s got me This story first appeared will also be important, someas breaking news at fired up… is what’s happening at thing he knows about as a www.langleyadvance.com Township hall,” he said. former commuter. Ending the arguing around the Many issues will have to council table and getting back to be dealt with on a regional teamwork will be a priority, Froese said. basis, in partnership with groups like Metro “Langley really needs to have the respect Vancouver, TransLink, or neighbouring citbrought back to it,” he said. ies, Froese said. Froese was referring to the divide between “We can’t be an island,” he said. Green and the rest of the council, which has continued on page A7…