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Fiona Malena in Kelowna By Kristina Fedorov And Taria Soames
(Guitar), Baile (Dance), and Palmas provised and can never be replicat(handclaps). ed. Over the years many different styles of flamenco have formed. In total there are 151 styles of flamenco that are practiced all over the world. Andalucía was where flamenco was formed. The gypsies would sing, clap, dance, and play guitar. Over a number of years flamenco’s popularity spread out and beyond the gypsies. Many people all over Spain started dancing flamenco, and it became an actual dance style.
Fiona Malena, a Calgary-born Spanish Flamenco dancer was performing in Kelowna this past week. She started dancing Flamenco in her late teens, and moved to Spain at age nineteen for formal training. She now lives part-time in Spain, and part-time in Canada; or as Fiona puts it, “Wherever my work takes me.” Flamenco dancing is a beautiful art form practiced all over the world. It is a Spanish art form but many other cultures perform and practice it. Flamenco originated in Andalucía, and many of the gypsies practiced it before anyone else. Flamenco consists of Cante (singing), Toque
We asked Fiona what her favourite style of flamenco was and she replied, “Every year it is different.” This year though, it is the Peteneras. The Peteneras is a very mystical dance. It is claimed that the verses of the song are cursed and therefore it is rare to be performed. “The Peteneras is very flexible, it requires a lot of personal involvement and improvisation so many people find it very hard to work with,” Fiona said, “It is extremely deep.”
Solea, Alegria, Buleria, Tangos, and Fandangos are some of the more popular styles; They all have a 12 beat rhythm that’s a little confusing. Like I said, there are 151 styles of flamenco and these are only a few of the vast and beautiful styles of flamenco that are performed all over the world. The very unique thing about Flamenco is the fact that it is not just a dance, a song or a rhythm; it is an expression and contribution of many different people. Fiona describes it as a “multi-dimensional art, like a full relief painting… There are so many layers to it.” It is very rhythmic, extremely expressive and always different. Each show will be different because the “La Cueva” (The Caves) Fiona troupe works with each other so Malena’s current show, was creatclosely; half the performance is im- ed in the historic caves in Cap-
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padocia, Turkey. The caves are over 1,700 years old and the area has been declared a World Heritage Site. Christians hid in the caves during time of persecution and created an underground city for themselves. The caves are five stories deep underground and tunnels and ladders connect them all. Fiona said the inspiration for “La Cueva” was mainly the Turkish landscape and the music of Istanbul. She had “never experienced anything like it.”
and Mert, her percussionist, it made the whole experience much more meaningful. As audience members we could see the interactions between them, the power of the music, singing, and dance all bound together. It is impossible to describe the thrill of watching Fiona beat out a perfect rhythm with flying feet while maintaining a perfectly held upper body and beautifully articulated handwork. The passion that was conveyed throughout the entire performance brought us to tears many times. It Fiona says, “It is hard to be an was truly inspiring, and we can’t artist, these days you must do ev- wait for Fiona Malena to return to erything for yourself.” She is her Kelowna! own producer, publicist and manager. She controls every aspect of her work and it is very challenging. Funding is a challenge. For such a large performance it takes a lot of money to travel and pay the rest of the troupe. She has done well enough to live off her work since 2007. “The sacrifices are worth it.” Fiona said with a smile. When asked how these challenges have changed her Fiona said, “Well, I’ve become a lot more stressed out!” At the same time, she emphasized how much she has learned about her ability to give and how possiBy Megan Ferguson bilities are endless.
Bible Trivia
Hey guys! I found this cool quiz about the Old Testament on this site: http://www.religionresourcesonline.org /bible-quiz/printablebible-quiz-questions-and-answers/
b) 12 c) 39 d) 27 2.) What is the name commonly given to the first five books of the Old Testament? a) Pseudepigrapha b) Apocrypha c) Septuagint d) Pentateuch 3.) Who wrote the first five books of the Old Testament? a) Moses b) Noah c) Adam d) Abraham 4.) In what language was the Old Testament written? a) Assyrian b) Greek c) Latin d) Hebrew 5.) What time period does the Old Testament cover?
Since I’m too lazy to create my own a) The beginning of man to the quiz, I stole one off the site. ALL time of the Messiah's death CREDIT GOES TO THEM! The performance itself emphab) The building of the temple of sized just how much Fiona Malena 1.) How many books are there in Solomon to the time of its destrucloves her art. She lives and the Old Testament? tion breathes Flamenco just as her other performers do. With a chance to a) 66 c) The beginning of man to the get to know Alvalro, her guitarist, time of the Messiah
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d) The time of the Messiah to the b) Ecclesiastes time of His death c) Ruth 6.) Which of these books is NOT found in the Old Testament? d) Exodus a) Jude b) Hosea
Answers can be found at the back of the paper! Give the quiz a go before checking to see if you were right.
c) Amos
Citation: Clark, Dave. "Printable Bible Quiz Questions and d) Joel Answers." Religion Resources Online of All Types!. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 7.) Which of these books is NOT July 2014 found in the Old Testament? a) Deuteronomy b) Revelation c) Leviticus d) Numbers 8.) Which of these books is NOT found in the Old Testament? a) 3 Kings b) 2 Chronicles
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A Poem by Emily Pearson d) 2 Samuel I’d give anything to see you smile 9.) Which of these women is men- again tioned in the Old Testament? My dear, you’ve been hurt too many times a) Elisabeth I want to be the one to wipe you tears b) Anna I’ll anchor your heart when you come undone c) Rachel Give you all my love when you’ve felt like you’ve had enough d) Martha Your eyes, they sparkle beneath starlight 10.) Which of these books come I want to see that smile again, darfirst in order in the Old Testament? ling in your weakest moments, you’ll be made strong a) Lamentations I’ll anchor your heart when you come undone
Be the one to give you all the love even when you’ve had enough I’ll anchor your heart my dear I’m coming back for you, you’ll be my bride all dressed up in white The day is coming when I’ll take you home Up to the heavens where our wedding will be My love, I’m coming for you I’ll anchor your heart, when you come undone Give you all my love when you’ve had enough Don’t look back now, darling. I’m here now; so let me hold you close I’ll whisper to you when you’re hurt When your heart has been thrown into the dirt I’ll be the one, to anchor your heart when you come undone My dearest, don’t lose hope I’ll anchor heart, when the waves toss around I’ll be the one to catch, when you feel like you’re about to drown I’ll anchor your heart when your shaken and undone My love, the time will come when I will take you home Up to the heavens where you belong
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Life An IMO by Grace Kelly Let’s be honest for a second, life sucks. It’s seriously dreadful. Movies with happy endings and optimistic songs about the good life are misleading and even dangerous if you start to believe in them. I’m tired of Disney princesses that get the prince in the end, and I’m tired of feel-good vibes from music and movies that tell you you’re a beautiful snowflake even if your personality is worse than Joan Rivers’ (rest her soul) 500th nose-job. But most of all I’m tired of meeting older people that are depressed because of their wasted potential and their misconception that the world was a place where everything turned out in your favor if you only persevered long enough through the crushing pain and heartbreak to get to the other side. I’m not older than most of you, and I’m not half as experienced as less than half of you are, but I thought I’d share some things that I’ve come to realize are true after being alive for 18 years. 1. The world is not on your side. People are not standing in the wings waiting for you to achieve and cheering when you do, as soon as you leave home, that kind of support is gone. You have to learn to be your own motivation; you have to be your own cheer-leading squad. The world, or rather the people that it’s made up of, are only concerned about one thing: themselves. Eventually you’re going to have to start thinking like that too, or you’re bound to drown before you even get in the water.
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2. People aren’t kind. This point you can defy all you like, but you have to admit that the general population is bound to drive past a hitch-hiker, avoid giving a homeless person change, and ignore the food bank basket at the grocery store. To those few that do do these things, kudos. But people, just your everyday, run-of-the-mill person isn’t going to be kind or generous to you if you are A) A stranger, B) Can’t do anything for them or C) Seem like a deadweight.
3. Happy endings aren’t real. Happy endings aren’t real unless you’re looking forward to dying, in which case you’ll definitely have a happy ending. You’re probably going to get married young to a person that you’re sure you love, you’ll go on to mortgage a house that is far out of your price range, go into debt, stay at the same dead end job for years upon years, have a couple of kids and then realize that you really don’t like your partner at all. At this point you’ll either do one of two things: stay with them or divorce them. I’m going to leave the divorce option alone because you’ve all seen how that story plays out, but if you decide to stay and work things out with your spouse, your life will continue as normal, except it will be harder. Your children and money problems will cause stress to both you and your Mr. or Mrs., and eventually you will both get some kind of
heart condition or other disease, for which you’ll take medication that creates other problems. It’s all downhill from there. You’ll work a little bit past retirement age, and if you’re lucky you’ll die at home while gardening rather than in a hospital surrounded by people you don’t remember anymore. Bam. Life. I have been visiting elderly people in a care facility every single week for the last five years of my life. During the span of those thousands of visits I have heard different variations of the story that I wrote above from over a hundred different people. Every time an elderly person starts telling me about their life, they always have so much they regret. That’s probably the hardest thing to hear, that you’ve gotten to the end of your life and you regret almost everything. I don’t want to be one of those people. I want to have realistic expectations for what my life will be so that when I die I won’t be disappointed with myself. My mantra that I repeat to myself when life seems to be going right is this: life sucks and then you die. I still have hope for the little bits of happiness in-between the sucking and the dying, like graduating from post-secondary, getting married, and maybe having my first child. And of course if you’re a Christian there’s that awesome bit about going to heaven when you die. But otherwise life is just depressing and full of ups and downs, and from what I’ve seen, mostly downs. It’s all pretty horrible. As I see it you can either hold onto the bad things that happen in life and die a hard, cold-hearted bitter old lady or man, or you can let it all go and cling to the good things that hap-
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pen, the few things that brighten a day, or make you smile or give you hope, even if they’re tiny. That way when you’re (hopefully) old and dying, you’ll know that your life wasn’t completely wasted, it was only partially wasted. I cannot, in detail, report on every war on the planet, so instead I will Just so that we don’t leave on a give a paragraph on the most viodepressing note, here’s a quote lent war currently in progress. The from Rainer Marie Rilke, “Let ev- most violent war today is the Syrierything happen to you. Beauty an civil war, with over 30,000 and terror. Just keep going. No deaths this year. The Syrian war feeling is final.” has been described as a Proxy war, which means third parties are Tune in next issue for an IMO about fighting each other on behalf of why teenaged relationships are a more powerful parties. All in all it is great idea. a very complicated situation, which started with simple protesting against President Bashar al Assad. Bashar al Assad responded by attacking the protestors with his army. That conflict grew into a civil war, with Syria on one side against a number of armed opposition groups including the Free Syrian Army and the Islamic Front. In An Article by Adley Soames 2013, Hezbollah (a militant group based in Lebanon and funded by Before you read this article, I will Iran) joined the civil war on the warn you, it may leave you feeling side of the Syrian army. Around the depressed. However, I did not write same time, ISIS (Islamic State, this article to depress you, but to originally linked to Al-Qaeda) eninform you on the subject of con- tered the battle from the east and flict. As Canadians, we are very re- began conquering parts of Syria moved from the conflicts of the and Iraq for themselves. By July world, but that does not mean that 2014 ISIS had taken control of a these conflicts do not happen. In third of Syria’s territory and most fact, the total area of countries cur- of its oil and gas production. More rently dealing with conflict adds up recently, Russia and Iran began to almost half of the world. Al- strengthening their military supthough not all of these conflicts port of the Syrian government. The are extremely serious, they are still countries Qatar, Saudi Arabia, wars, which involve violence and Turkey and the United States redeath. So I start this article by say- sponded by transferring weapons ing this: half of our planet is cur- to the rebel groups in Syria. This is rently at war. but a brief description of all the powers involved in the Syrian civil war, which could be summed up as Russia and Iran verses Europe, U.S.A and a number of Arab states, all fighting over Syria, with ISIS
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fighting both sides while nudging their way into power. In the end, the large powers get a war; ISIS gets oil and gas, while Syria gets destroyed. As I stated at the beginning of the article, I did not write this to scare you, depress you, or make you join the army; I simply wrote this to inform you of the world’s current conflict situation, which is much larger, more complicated and more serious then is often understood by Canadians. If you wish to understand more of the world’s current conflicts, then I suggest researching in further detail, The Syrian Civil War, the Iraq Crisis, the Mexican drug war and the South Sudanese
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Civil War. Those four wars are the world’s most serious conflicts, however many other wars are beginning to overtake them in death tolls. I hope this article has inspired a few of you to further your investigation into the world’s current conflicts. Although we may never invent a solution to war, it is very beneficial for as many people as possible to be aware of war. Sometimes it’s easy for first-world country citizens to take peace and freedom for granted. Not only is it important for us to remember our own soldiers, but to take into consideration the lives of other countries’ men and women who have given their lives and continue to fight all across the world. Thank you for reading.
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Meet Kennedy MacInnis! defining moments in your life? When I got saved when I was 11 years old. 7. What is one of your pet peeves? One of my biggest pet peeves is people whistling through their nose! It drives me insane! 8. If you were invisible for a day, what would you do? I would get on a plane and go to Europe! Then I would get on the plane for free xD
An Interview By Jennica Wlodarczyk
9. Do you like strawberry jam or raspberry jam better? I like raspberry jam better!!!
1. Hello Kennedy! What are some interesting facts about yourself t h a t o u r r ea d e r s p r o ba b l y wouldn’t know? I have red hair and green eyes, and I enjoy curling as a sport :D
10. Thanks for allowing me to interview you! As a final question, what are your thoughts on the Ogopogo? My thoughts on the Ogopogo: I believe that they existed, but not that they exist 2. Do you have any pets? Yes, I anymore. I think that they have have a dog and a cat. My dog is a long since died out. Black Brindle purebred Cane Corso named Bella, and my cat is a black green-eyed cat name Izzie. 3. What is your favourite subject in school? My favourite subject in school is Social Studies. I LOVE learning about history. 4. What is your favourite song at the moment? My favourite song at the moment would have to be Laura Story and her song Blessings.
Random Facts about the HCOS Weekly Staff By Jennica Wlodarczyk
5. What is your job with the HCOS Weekly, and why do you enjoy it? I am a contributing writer for the HCOS Weekly. I enjoy my job because I can write about anything.
1. Deanna's family has chickenkilling days. 2. Grace is a ginger. 3. Jaleesa lives in Alberta and enjoys emoticon usage. 6. What was one of the most 4. Davin likes medieval weapons.
5. Amongst groups of little kids, Joshua is actually known as "Batman." 6. Megan actually gets out of her house five days a week. 7. Jazzannah is the second-oldest child out of five. 8. Genevieve's family is wonderfully creative; once they went as far as frying icing in a pan. 9. Kristina does not like puns. 10. Jubilee lives in the real world now. It's weird. 11. Jesse has a sweet YouTube channel. 12. Jennica likes making pointless lists. 13. Megan has a cool blog. 14. Jazzannah still has her bandana from CHEC. 15. Jesse once kissed a chicken. 16. Deanna's heritage is partially Russian. 17. Kristina's heritage is also partially Russian. 18. Once in a while, the HCOS Weekly staff will have fun little Skype party conversations. 19. These conversations usually end up being stopped by the editor, who reminds everyone that there is work to be done. 20. We appreciate all of our members - even the non-official ones. 21. Kennedy has cool story ideas. 22. Most of the members have met each other, which is super cool. 23. Jennica was very tired when she wrote this list. 24. Genevieve is really cool. This is partially because she has an awesome, Google-researched knowledge of the Belarusian language. 25. This edition of the HCOS Weekly is the longest one published (so far) in the 2014-2015 school year. 26. While we may not always be punctual or organized, we at the HCOS Weekly really do love giving you guys content to read every two weeks, and hope you enjoy the HCOS Weekly as much as we do!
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Super Comics
"Homeschool Mom" by Joshua Wlodarczyk
Bible Trivia Answers! For all of you who tested your Biblical knowledge on page 7, here's the answer sheet for you to assess your score. Answers:
Young Justice's "Nightwing" by Jazzannah Green
1. C. 2. D. 3. A. 4. D. 5. C. 6. A. 7. B. 8. A. 9. C. 10. D.
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Jesse's Art Galleria
Jazzannah Green
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Jesse's Art-Icle Hey all! This week's theme was "Middle Earth"! The three pictures are as follows: Jazzanah Green, Melody Brocke, and Megan Ferguson (try and guess their race)! As you may have noticed, we didn't get many GUYS in this week, so be sure to request yourself in the next issue! This upcoming theme will be SUPERHEROES! If you are interested, please message me with the superpower(s) you would like to weild in the upcoming edition, and I'll be happy to draw you from a superhero/heroine perspective! You can either message me on Skype ( jesseongkili) or email me at hcosweekly@outlook.com. I look forward to seeing YOU in the next edition! Jesse Ongkili, Artist
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