Courtenay Market Day July 13 2011

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MARKET DAY 2011

WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 2011

COMOX VALLEY RECORD

41st Annual Saturday, July 16 from 9:00 am to 7:00 pm Downtown streets will be filled with wonderful things to do during the Downtown Courtenay Annual Market Day. You’ll find handmade, one-of-a-kind products along with some of the best deals from favourite downtown shops. The streets will be brimful with over 90 vendors; some of the Comox Valley’s very best. There is something for everyone to do and enjoy, and now it’s on the weekend!

Exciting things to do during Market Day and Local Colours Festival: Chilli Bowl Day

The Potter’s Place and Delicados Southwestern Deli Cafe are donating their efforts to raise money for Y.A.N.A. at their Chili Bowl Day. The Potters supply hand-made pottery bowls filled with chilli. The bowls will be displayed so that the customer can pick the bowl they like and then take it away full of chilli… all for just $15! You can find them at the Artisan’s Courtyard the corner of 5th Street and Cliffe Ave.

Bounce-a-rama!!

For more old-fashioned fun Kradles Baby Boutique and Whale’s Tale Toys presents a bouncer for kids to jump to their heart’s content. Expend some of that excess energy and help raise funds for the Comox Valley Dragon Boat Society – Hope Afloat. The bouncer is located on Duncan Avenue near Fifth Street.

Local Colours Festival – July 15 to 16 Come out and join your Community Arts Council when we present LOCAL COLOURS Arts and Culture Festival July 15th and 16th on the streets of downtown Courtenay. The 6th annual Local Colours combines the talents of local artists working in a variety of media creating works from July 15, 11- 4 pm –July 16, 9-5pm, 2011. On July 16, the artists will be joined by a variety of acts on two stages, our main ARTS COUNCIL STAGE at the corner of 5th & England as well as the Sid Williams Plaza, also surprise street performances and kids fun activities. A vendor fair of local crafts people, artisans and home-based businesses will integrate with the merchants of downtown merchants during the 41st annual Market Day to create a unique shopping experience. Help celebrate our community and experience the extraordinary talent that the Comox Valley has to offer.

The Comox Valley Community Arts Council greatly appreciates the amazing support from the downtown business community and from festival funders the Downtown Courtenay Business Improvement Association (BIA) and Canadian Heritage.

For more information please check out our website www.comoxvalleyarts.org Contact the Comox Valley Community Arts Council by email at info@ comoxvalleyarts.org or call 338-4417 ext 2.

Don’t Forget the Kids

From 9 am to 7 pm Fifth Street will be filled with bargains and the entertainment will be lively. However if the kids aren’t big on shopping there is plenty to do that will keep them interested.

Event Schedules

CVAG Plaza - Mix & Make Art Booth!

July 15, 11 to 4 pm and July 16, 9-5 - Spot a variety of artists working and interacting with the public on the streets and outside downtown businesses.

Come create, make a mess and have fun at the Comox Valley Art Gallery’s Mix & Make Art Booth! This kids’ zone will be jam packed with arts supplies and materials for you to make your own crazy creation to take home and show your friends! Emily Taylor, our CVAG Summer Student, will be there to help you tape, glue, glitter, chalk, cut and colour your masterpiece while your parents check out what’s going on at our Gift Shop gazebo!

At Market Day faces can be painted, goodies can be eaten, a bouncer can be bounced and everyone will love the clowns. Check out the Local Colours Festival entertainment line-up for great acts that all ages will love. Market Day is the perfect outing for the entire family.

There’s something for everyone!

July 16 from 10am to 7pm - Artists and Crafts people will join with the downtown merchants in providing a variety of stimulating shopping experiences at the 41st Annual Market Day!!

5TH Street is

CLOSED

to All Vehicle Traffic Saturday July 16 7am to 8pm

The Comox Valley Community Arts Council and the Downtown Business Improvement Association (BIA) are thrilled to collaborate on the Annual Local Colours Festival; culminating at the 41st Annual Market Day of Downtown Courtenay on July 16. Visit www.downtowncourtenay.com for more information.

$5 at the Florence Filberg Centre, upstairs in the Conference Hall

Day, 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Washrooms

Saturday 9am - noon Mural Unveiling

Jubilee Square beside the Sid Williams Theatre on Cliffe Ave. - The Royal Canadian Legion Branch #17 Courtenay welcomes Lieutenant Governor Steven Point and other dignitaries, gathering to unveil the murals honouring Canadian war veterans. The unveiling takes place at 11 am and everyone is welcome.

STAGE

ENGLAND AVE.

THRIFTY FOODS

The Potters Place and Delicado’s Southwestern Deli Café – Chilli Bowl Day fundraiser for Y.A.N.A. Buy a bowl of vegetarian chilli and take home the beautiful pottery bowl!

DUNCAN AVE.

PARKING COMOX VALLEY CENTRE FOR ARTS

All Day Saturday Bouncer

– sponsored by Kradles Baby Boutique and Whale’s Tale Toys – fundraiser for Comox Valley Dragon Boat Society

PARKING

CLIFFE AVE.

All Day Saturday 97.3 Eagle FM booth

PARKING

broadcasting live from Market Day!

CITY HALL

ARTISANS COURTYARD & MORE SHOPPING

SID WILLIAMS THEATRE

PARKING

MUSEUM

LIBRARY

All Day Saturday ‘Buy a bowl’ Fundraiser for YANA

PIERCY’S

FOURTH ST.

– bargains galore on merchandise from your favourite downtown shops and artisan booths – Fifth Street closed to traffic starting at 7 am

FITZGERALD

Shaded areas indicate streets that will be closed to

FIFTH ST.

All Day Saturday Hot Deals and Cool Finds

There are many places to park your vehicle: Fourth and Sixth Streets, City Hall, Fitzgerald Ave., parts of England Ave. and Duncan Ave, Cliffe Ave, the Filberg Centre, Harmston Ave. (Old Courtenay Junior site) and many nearby side-streets.

9:00 am to noon - Cliffe Ave. at 5th to 4th St. no parking in Jubilee Square parking lot until 12:30 pm.

SIXTH ST.

Friday July 15, 7:30 am – 11am Pancake Breakfast

July 16 from 10am to 7pm - Performers will enliven us on our stage at 5th street and England and in the streets of the Downtown Courtenay.

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250-338-8114

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supported by the Courtenay Recreational Association

MARKET DAY SUPER SPECIAL CASH & CARRY TENT SALE IL MIGLIORE

BOBBY CHAN

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AND MORE

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2 PC Sectional

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299

$

3 PC Sectional Reg. $4500

299 $ 699 $ 1599 $ 799 $ 499 $ 499 $ 999 $ 1299 $ 1299 $ 2999 $

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$

Reg. $999

La-Z-Boy Leather Recliner ………………………………

Reg. $1799 …………

Solid Oak 36x84" Bookcase ………………………………Reg. $499 ……………

La-Z-Boy Leather Sofa

Reg. $3199 ………

50" Office Desk …………………………………………………Reg. $1099 …………

Solid Wood Dining Table with 4 Chairs ……………………………………………………Reg. $349 ……………

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La-Z-Boy Fabric Recliner Sofa …………………………

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Reg. $1469 …………

Elite Loveseat …………………………………………………

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Reg. $1749 …………

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Jackson Fabric Sectional …………………………………

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Solid Wood Twin Headboards…………………………………………………………

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Reg. $3599 ………

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Brown All Leather Sectional al Reg. $4000

Sale $1499

Complete Bedroom 9 Piece Reg. $3999

Queen Bed

Reg. $1398

Sale

$

Solid Oak 36x45" Bookcase ………………………………Reg. $349 ………………

La-Z-Boy Chair …………………………………………………

Sale $1299

398

$

299

74" x 42" Table $

399

Chairs Each $

99

Recliner

$

Reg. $1199

699

$

NASA Memory Foam Set

14" thick mattress with EURO top Reg. $1599

498

$

Solid Oak Table & Chairs Reg. $1499

G&H

$

499

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In the Old Fletcher’s Building

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250.703.9516

320 5th Street, Downtown Courtenay • 250-334-2611

BUY ONE GET ONE

FREE or

30 off %

reg. priced items

GUESS PURSES

40 off %

July 15, 16 & 17

MARKET DAYS EVERYTHING

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Early.

SIDE OUT

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15% OFF All non-sale in stock merchandise... shoes, socks, hats, books, hydration and more. *some exceptions will apply

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Friday, July 15, 9am - 6pm Saturday, July 16, 9am - 6pm 436 - 5th Street, DOWNTOWN COURTENAY 250-703-9544

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Family Picnic Saturday July 16th, 2011 10am–3pm

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Proceeds raised will be donated to the

Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock 2011 THRIFTY FOODS COURTENAY • 660 England Avenue • 250.338.1383

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Panties regular to $69

$5.00 ea Super Sale Racks $2 and up

10% off all Regular Prices Fairy Wings & TUTU's $10 ea.

Hallowe'en

COSTUMES 50%OFF

SELECT SHOES Ballet • Jazz • Ballroom

$

20 FINAL SALE

BOLTS OF FABRIC Various Sizes & Prices

549 England Avenue • Downtown Courtenay Phone / Fax:

250-334-9219

danceshop@shaw.ca • www.silhouette-dance.com

All Handmade & Specialty Papers

50% off Regular Price Sale starts Friday, July 15th Guest Artists on-site: July 15 & 16 Arlene McLeod & Roberta Meilleur 218 – 5th Street, Downtown Courtenay

250 334-0221

& 30 Minute Relaxation Massage & Bright Eyes treatment for

Dresses & Separates up to 50% off Grad Samples from $25.00 Discounted Bras 30-50% off 25% off Regular Priced Items Fashion On 5th BRIDAL SELECTION is Closed on Market Day

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250 5th Street, Downtown Courtenay (250) 334-3178

Mon. - Sat., 9:30 - 5:30 pm , Fri. till 9:00 pm Mo

Serving the Comox Valley for over 80 years Searle’s for that hard to fit foot

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250-338-2624

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COMING THIS SUMMER to the 61 FILBERG ROAD, COMOX

www.filberg.com

Saturday July 16th

11 am to 2 pm

Featuring Performing at 12:30 on the Mainstage Sponsored by

Whales Tale Toys & Dr.Terry Blasco D.M.D. Inc.

A Musical Adventure Kind of Day Bobs & Lolo are dedicated to connecting kids to the natural world with music, movement and makebelieve. Sharing musical stories that engage, inspire and educate, they teach kids to care about themselves, their neighbours and the planet.

DOOR PRIZES

Heritage Games • Face Painting Crafts • Storytime Bubble Tank • Food and Fun Admission: $5 $5.00 00 per person (under 2 FREE) Tickets Available at: Comox

Courtenay

Benino Gelato Planet Kids Comox Rec Centre

Whale Tale Toys Podlings Planet Kids (downtown & Driftwood Mall)

Sponsored by:

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25TH ANNUAL GRAFFITI BASH 2011 Cruise Nite - Saturday, July 23rd Show & Shine - Sunday, July 24th article by Miguel Strother The Courtenay Classic Cruisers Car Club celebrates 25 years of good times and great rides this summer. As such, the Show and Shine Graffiti Bash in downtown Courtenay on July 24 and 25 is likely to once again bring out the best in classic cars from across the West Coast of North America.

The Show and Shine Graffiti Bash is an open event with all categories of vehicles represented, including classic motorcycles.

On display in the closed off downtown streets will be hot rods ranging from super charged Chevy Nova’s to tricked out Thunderbirds, mint condition MGs to restored Model As. Simply put there is something that everybody, car lover or not, can enjoy at the Show and Shine.

“I brought my grandson last year,” says Fred Orduno, a regular visitor to the Comox Valley. “He was only two years old at the time, but what an experience.

His eyes were as wide as saucers with all the chrome and colours on display.

Some people even let him sit in their cars, which surprised me a bit because they are for the most part immaculate. I am not much of a car buff but we’ll definitely be going back this year, mostly because

the little fella hasn’t stopped talking about it since!”

This year organizers say they are expecting more than 500 cars, up from a little over 400 last year, and are offering a bevy of coveted Show and Shine trophies.

“Our trophies this year are going to be totally unique, that’s the best way I can describe it,” says Fred Tutt, president of the Courtenay Classic Cruisers Car Club. “People will have never seen trophies like these before, ever.”

Tutt, a former resident of Richmond BC who still hosts a Lower Mainland radio show on AM 650, happily took on the title of club president during the quarter century anniversary but says he receives plenty of phone calls and good natured ribbing as a result of his new role.

“The running joke is whether I won or lost the election,” says Tutt. “But it is such an incredible group of people to be involved with.

We just love it and the Show and Shine is going to be great.”

According to Tutt and others involved with the Classic Cruisers, the group is definitely as much of an extended family as it is a car club.

“This is an absolutely amazing group of people with about 175 people involved,” says Tutt.

“I think it was best described by (member) Jim Hamilton as ‘more than a car club’.”

What Tutt and the rest of the Cruisers mean by more than a car club is perhaps best captured in community efforts such as the yearly calendar they create and what they do with the proceeds from that venture.

“We do a calendar every year and through that we’re able to give a good amount of money back to the community, including a $1,500 bursary to local high schools,” says Tutt.

“These are kids that

From classic cruisers to space-aged speedsters the Show and Shine has something for everyone.

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are going on to an automotive related field. It doesn’t matter as long as its automotive related. And giving that type of thing back to the community is a good feeling for everybody involved with the car club. That’s the kind of thing I got involved for.”

The bursary is far from the only thing that the Classic Cruisers bring to the Comox Valley.

The event itself is free to the public, although everybody is

encouraged to make a donation to the local food bank at the stations set up around the site. And perhaps the most amazing part about the show is the amount of money that is spent throughout the course of the weekend.

Tutt says conservative estimates of contributions to the local economy stretch into the hundreds of thousands.

“The dollar value last year looking at hotels overnight, restaurant food, and gas,

it amounts to a huge number. Easily over a quarter million over that weekend. It’s good for business.”

One of the reasons the Show and Shine Graffiti Bash is so popular is its relationship with downtown Courtenay and its business owners.

“We love having the event downtown. It is just an incredible setting and the downtown business group is just great to work with,” says Tutt.

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Meet the Artists...

TRACY KOBUS Mudsharks Tracy’s imaginative acrylic paintings have been exhibited in many group and solo exhibitions across the northwest. Since receiving her B.F.A. from the University of British Columbia, Tracy has participated in artists’ residencies at the Atlin Art Centre, the Banff Centre for the Arts and also at the Island Mountain Arts Centre in Wells. Tracy, also an art instructor, has been inspiring others to pursue their own creativity for over a decade.

Go to HYPERLINK “http://www. tracykobus.com” www.tracykobus. com to find out more about this colourful west coast artist.

JESSE DAVIDSON The Sid Williams W Will Theatre Plaza Jesse Davidson is a creative young artist who uses travel and personal experience as an influence for his multi media projects, recently learning from two brothers who are completing a totem pole in Haida Gwaii.

MARYANNE MOORE Arts Cou C Council Stage Area Mary-Anne Moore was born on the artists’ island, Salt Spring, grew up on Vancouver Island, and always loved to draw, paint, and be creative in any way. Her parents met in art school and her grandfathers were both painters so there was constant guidance and support given to her. In 2003, MaryAnne received a Diploma in Fine Arts after spending three years at the Victoria College of Art. She continues to create and show her work in galleries, shops, homes, and on her websites: Miablends. com and UpGuys.etsy.com. Mary-Anne enjoys working with children in schools and community centres, passing along encouragement to create their artwork.

CAREY ANDERSON

JENNA CHALMER

TERESA KNIGHT

Roaming Painter For two decades, Carey has divided his time between fine and commercial art endeavours.

Once his children were grown, he began to devote his time fully to fine art in a money-for-love trade many artists make. Primarily dry media is what he started with, honing his drawing skills for many years, then giving that up for paint as a better way to animate light and reflection.

“The colors are richer, more solid and the layers create a depth that can only be achieved with paint.” After spending a few transient years between Calgary and Vancouver, Carey recently settled here on Vancouver Island where he indulges his passion to paint all things wet and reflective. Since his first show in 1982, his work has been in several group and solo shows in Calgary, Vancouver and Victoria. Artworks are featured in the Alberta Art Foundation collection and several private collections.

The Muir Gallery I am currently attending the Fine Arts Program at North Island College. My artistic pursuits are mainly in ceramics and printmaking.

Renditions of the human figure express the internal states of existence and the emotional changes of an individual as a result of their experiences. I use clay as metaphor for the human spirit, as it is ever changing as a result of its contact with the human element and its touch. Printmaking allows me to deconstruct pre existing images in my imagination into individual segments and recreate them with some of my own personal history; a reconciliation of past, present and colour.

The Potter’s Place Teresa has been an artist for many years. She got started in art when she and her sisters would pass rainy days at the cottage by drawing and painting, and Teresa continued in art. She obtained her B.A. in Studio Arts and Bachelor of Education in Art from the University of British Columbia and now paints in her Union Bay studio and teaches painting as well.

Teresa exhibits her work at local and West Coast venues.

She hopes, to use her paintings to raise money to improve the lives of overlooked animals. www.teresaknight.com

ARLENE MCLEOD

ROBERTA MEILLEUR

SOFIE SKAPSKI

South Hollow Gallery & Leaphenhi Much of my life I’ve been drawn to and worked with glass and the light that comes through it. But before that, maybe as a result of a mechanic father and growing up around decaying cars, rusty patterns became an obsession. As a dancer, movement and line are critical to me. A stint with a creative-re-use organization cemented my love of found objects, reuse as way of life and a deep caring for the planet. I suppose all of the above is why I take such pleasure in creating window pieces from a 25-year-old collection of rusted metal and - my newest passion - vintage chandelier prisms. I love the alchemical shock of combining rust and crystals to create earth-friendly creations that dazzle. When sunlight plays on these pieces my heart sings. I so want to pass that on.

Th Potter’s P Pl The Place Sofie Skapski has lived in the Comox Valley since 2004, painting out of her studio in Courtenay. She works in water miscible oils on canvas, concentrating on the way branches transform light and shadow, leaf and sky, into a stained glass kaleidoscope mosaic as trees stretch up to catch the sky. Sofie Skapski received her art training at Capilano College, Douglas College, and the Instituto de Belles Artes in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. She is an active member of the Federation of Canadian Artists and Vice President of the Pearl Ellis Gallery in Comox. www.sofieskapskiart.com

RANDY FRANK CARVING & DESIGNS

GRACE WOLFF

MARGARET BURNS

Comox/Sechelt omox/Sechelt First Nation – Arts Council Stage Area Randy Frank was born in the Comox Valley in 1974. He is the son of Stan and Carol Frank with ancestors from both Comox and Sechelt. Randy began sketching and drawing designs at an early age, expanding his talents after graduation. He obtained his first formal carving training in 1997 and 1998; Randy first attended a Canoe Building Course with Mervin Childs and Calvin Hunt, and the following year he took a Mask Carving Course with Max Chickite. Randy was drawn into the carver’s world and has spent the years expanding his artistic talents carving masks, sculptures, Totems and Traditional Cedar Canoes. Randy Frank has been attending North Island College, working toward His Bachelor of Fine Arts. Although busy, he still makes time for local charities and schools. Randy has worked with high school students in the Northwest Territories and in the Comox Valley teaching basic carving techniques through school projects. Over the years, Randy’s artistic creations have been sold throughout the globe to private collectors and galleries.

Si Williams Sid Theatre Plaza Grace Wolff, a graduate from the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design is an interdisciplinary artist who utilizes many mediums to actualize projects. Her practice incorporates drawing, painting, sculpture, collage, photography and found objects. She patterns her creative process on the course of deterioration in the evolving landscape, and hopes to evoke in the viewer the mystery of time as embodied by changes and how our perception is altered by events beyond our control. Grace is concerned with the ethereal qualities of her subject matter and her works explores the mystery of life, in particular the elusiveness of the passing of time. When she is not in her studio creating or working on commissions this summer, Wolff can be found facilitating workshops for children as well as adults. Grace will be working in her exciting interdisciplinary techniques on site during the Local Colours Festival.

Mudsharks arks Coff Coffee ee Bar Her initial experience into the fine arts, namely water colour, was many years ago while living in Florida. After her husband passed away in 1985, Margaret purchased a motor home, to fill her lifelong dream to see as much of the country as possible, it gave her the chance to travel all over North America from Key West to Alaska, selling her Art in juried shows, solo shows, shopping malls, & fairs. Since moving to the Island, Margaret decided to try her hand at Printmaking, and for 4 years was enrolled in the Fine Arts printmaking Program at NIC, which included Etching, engraving, silk screen, collograph and mixed media. She then continued as an Independent student in the Printmaking program, experimenting with all she had studied, Now at 80yrs young Margaret is creating new forms of art, which she calls “Alcohol Ink Fantasy art”.

Painting at South Hollow Gallery & Leapenhi Arlene loves making paintings. She plays with colour, form and texture, primarily in the abstract/impressionistic style and incorporates a variety of media and techniques into her works. The making of these works is her favorite form of meditation. Her pieces are energetic and spontaneous and convey her joy of the process of making them.

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Roaming Photographer Sarah Kerr holds a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts (Photography) from Emily Carr Institute in 2004. She started Sarah Kerr Photography in 2007 and focuses on supporting the Business and Arts Community here in the Valley. Sarah is exited to be part of Local Colours festival again this year, as documentation of events is one of her favorite activities. She is an active member of the arts community and always finds the time to photograph and get to know the artist at work. She is an active member of the arts and environmental communities and a long-time resident of the Comox Valley. Sarah Kerr Photography offers a variety of services for businesses and individuals. Sarah can assist your business with images for corporate branding, advertising and website development. She can also provide private sector clients and businesses with documentation of arts and culture events and tourism recreation images. Sarah Kerr Photography is also available for special occasion photography, and studio lit portraits.

Courtenay Library Canadian born and artistically inclined since 1976, Benjamin Dunstan is a self-trained artist of diversity. Working partly as a publisher writer and commercial artist, Dunstan fuses the contrasting influences of life abroad and his west coast Canadian upbringing.

Originating specifically from Vancouver Island, Dunstan feels accustomed to nature and relating upon it everything he wishes to convey through his arts practice. Dunstan’s main body of study involves physics laws and philosophical ideas with very industrial patterns layered over organic folds of color. The community brings out another form of painting and for Dunstan it is one of color and shapes. His festival themes and family oriented imagery captures the moment in a simple stylistic way. www.pomfennworks.com

CYMC Musical Theatre CYMC Musical Theatre, is one of the most exciting and challenging musical theatre training programs in North America. Each year students from across the map come to the Comox Valley to prepare a full length musical in just under two weeks. This year CYMC MT’s productions of A Chorus Line and Glee Club will kick off on July 18, 2011. Here’s your chance to see highlights from both of our productions as well as sample solo performances from our talented students. The CYMC Musical Theatre Local Colours performance is a must see!

Meet the Musicians/Performers...

Shayne Stuchbery - MC

LARRY AYRE rming this year Larry Ayre will be performing at the Local Colours Festival. Larry has played just about every style of music on the guitar in the last 20 years of residence in the Comox Valley. Blues, swing and Rn’R have slowly given way to classical music and bossa novas played on the nylon string guitar.

He will sing and play jazz and latin standards, as well as some traditional and classical musical selections. www.backporchbanjo.com

BACKPORCH B AC BANJO

Zocalo Café and Gallery, The Grotto and Serious Coffee are not only providing a venue for the Arts, but contributing a big plus for pride and involvement in our community. Come on out and join us! We look forward to entertaining you!!!

SHAYNE STUCHBERY & FRIENDS haynee Stuchbery is a Shayne proud Husband and Dad, a decidedly average rugby player, an expat Kiwi, and a sometime singer, sometime songwriter. You can expect to hear some sad songs, some happy songs and plenty of over sentimental sappy songs - something for everyone as they say.

The members of Backporch Banjo hail from Courtenay and Qualicum Bay, and we found each other largely through the miracle of Craig’s List! Sometimes you find a person you just click with... that’s us. We’re inspired by old-timey sounds, traditional bluegrass, Doc Watson, and sweet folk & roots music. We hope you enjoy our unique double-banjo sound. www.backporchbanjo.com

AMY CUNNINGHAM

THINGS WITH STRINGS

BRODIE DAWSON

Comox x Valley Youth Music Centre Amy has been writing and performing for as long as she can remember. During her university years, Amy fronted a popular band in the Niagara region, playing sold out shows for audiences every week. Her band shared the stage with many talented musicians, opening for acts like Jeremy Fisher, Sam Roberts, and Craig Cardiff. “There’s a hold that her voice has on people” says former band-mate Rachel McBride.

“There’s something about its purity and soul that makes you want to listen and connect with her.”

Her album “To the stars we’ll return” produced by Vancouver Island local, Corwin Fox will be released in July, featuring the dobro stylings of Doug Cox along with a slew of other talented BC musicians.

Alan an Jossul & Leslie Eaton Alan Jossul, self-admitting guitar nerd is tuning up with his partner Leslie Eaton for a musical project they call “Things with Strings.”

Their music mainly consists of Alan’s tricky and sweet fingerstyle guitar compositions that he has spent his life writing. Leslie loves to add mandolin and button accordion to the mix creating a traditional feel to many of Alan’s pieces, which range from Celtic to bluegrass.

Alan and Leslie are avid fans of all kinds of music and perform some interesting covers as well. “I can’t pick a favourite genre of music, but I have a soft spot for old jazz standards,” says Alan. Alan also has a new CD entitled “Soli” which is a collection of instrumental guitar compositions.

er style a mix Brodie calls her of soulful ‘folky’ blues with a twist of pop and a twang of old-school country. True to all those genres she sings of life, love, searching and finding your way. Her vocals are strong, confident and soothing to listen to. Her words can almost be tasted as her stories make their way across your palette served up hot, smooth and rich on her own plate of originality. She’ll catch you at the door as the first notes of her voice seem to wrap you in a warm cloak made of sweet, earthy moodiness. Her long-awaited debut CD -“Closer to Ready”, to be released […soon?!] provides a personal and venerable window into her life that carries you through a musical journey that leaves you wanting more...

FIFTH BASS

LUKE BLU GUTHRIE

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In mixing the dark side of country blues with the light side of funk and pop, LBG’s sound and style conjure a meeting between Hank Williams and Curtis Mayfield.

Recorded mostly live and completed in thirty hours, the album Luke Blu Guthrie embraces these differences.

With unique musical insight and lyrical wisdom, LBG’s songs and stories blend the past with the present in what one fan calls “ …an undeniably charismatic style. Luke has the rare ability to write songs that appeal to all ages”.

Guthrie’s distinctive and eclectic style has found a home on cbc radio where Luke’s self titled demo recordings have seen considerable play.

See lukebluguthrie.com for upcoming dates and news.

10am to 7pm on the Sid Williams Plaza. The “Comox Valley Song Circle” was established by local performer Helen Austin six years ago for songwriters to share and critique their original music.

With the help of the CV Arts Council, they have been meeting Wednesday nights at the Muir Gallery for the past five years. Now the members of the Song Circle will showcase their music in front of live audiences. Perry Johnson, stepped forward as organizer and director of the Song Writer’s Showcase. Many members of the Comox Valley Song Circle have written, sung and performed their way through its doors of opportunity. This would never have happened if it weren’t for the vision and dedication of our very own Helen Austin!

An acoustic trio, Fifth Bass incorporates many different genres of music. Locals will recognize Brad Froese and Sean Sullivan as the guitars of Valley bands “Sixgun Buddha” and “The Relentless Couchmen”. Filling out the trio is a travelling troubadour, and long time friend and collaborator, Ari Rome. Ari is an extremely well travelled musician who has played East to West, North to South, and all points in between. The group features his unique lap steel and searing slide guitar stylings. Add to that the ferocious finger pickin of Froese and the vocals of Sullivan, this group will have you toe-tappin, like the sweet sound of a train rolling through a distant mountain pass...

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