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Shelby Newkirk is breaking records in the pool. (Photo supplied by Brian Findley.)

Shelby Newkirk taking the swimming world by storm

By Courtney Smith Saskatoon Express n Oct. 3, Saskatoon-born Shelby Newkirk set the world record in the 100-metre backstroke.

The milestone came during the Paraswimming Canadian Open at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre. But it isn’t the only record held by the 21-year-old: She currently holds seven Canadian records and two American records.

In addition, she has also won six medals at the Canada Summer Games, four of which were gold, the two others silver.

Things weren’t always world records and gold medals for Shelby. At age 13, she was diagnosed with dystonia, a neurological movement disorder. This left her without the use of her right foot.

Shelby states that when she was diagnosed she felt lost, as she could no longer participate in many of the sports she had always enjoyed.

“It was definitely rough,” said Newkirk in an interview last week. “Growing up

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I had never really known anyone with a physical disability. I didn’t know what was going on. … Even though it’s the third most common movement disorder, it’s not very well talked about; not a lot of people know about it.”

While living in Manitoba, Shelby’s mother, Kathy-Jo Newkirk, came into contact with Karen Williams, a coach at the Para Storm Swim Club. Karen suggested that Shelby try swimming, and the rest is record-breaking history.

Currently, she is working towards qualifying for the 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo.

Before that, she’ll be busy attending other events, such as the World Series, Para Pan Am and Para Pan Pacs, as well as continuing to coach and train.

Outside of swimming, Shelby is working towards other goals, as well. She is currently attending the University of Saskatchewan for Early Childhood Education (ECE, or Early Years Education).

She said that she may not be able to teach full time, because she can get tired easily,

but she is aiming to become an education consultant.

“I love working with kids, I always have,” she said. “I used to work at a daycare for years, and loved it.”

Shelby emphasizes the importance of making schools accessible to everyone; especially Phys Ed programs.

“We have people that are joining Parasports when they are older and they never learned how to throw a ball — because they’ve never done it in gym class before.”

When asked what she attributes her success to, Shelby lists a few key factors. She first references growing up in a competitive athletic family. Before being diagnosed with dystonia, she participated in basketball, volleyball, dance, gymnastics and synchronized swimming.

She also credits the support of her parents, Rex and Kathy-Jo Newkirk, as a factor in her success.

Shelby credits two of her coaches, Eric Kramer (current) and Karen Williams

(former), stating that they have both been amazing to work with.

Shelby also coaches swimming classes, as well as doing volunteer work.

Recently, Shelby was given a grant

by Petro-Canada, giving both her and her coach the opportunity to travel to the World Series games in Europe.

Through Petro-Canada, she was also given the opportunity to speak in front of the students at Silverspring School. Since then, she’s visited two more schools on her own time. She puts an emphasis on how much she loves speaking to and educating kids about the world of Parasports.

“I love being able to give speeches to kids, they ask some of the most inquisitive questions, and they really just ask whatever is on their mind. They also just have really good questions, because kids are naturally curious; they want to know the answers.”

Despite being quite superhuman at the age of 21, there is also a human side to (Continued on page 6)

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Meet Shelby Newkirk, who can do whatever she wants

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ave you heard of Saskatoon. She represented Shelby Newkirk? the province at the Canada There is no shame in Summer Games and brought saying you haven’t. I hadn’t home four gold medals and until a couple of months ago two silver ones. She was the when a news release entered flag-bearer for our province. the inbox of my computer.

She said most of the swimThat’s a big advantage. mers were younger, but they Shelby Newkirk has been might have taken her lightly taking the Parasport swimwhen they saw her going to ming world by storm. Her the starting blocks in a wheelscorecard includes seven chair.

Canadian records, two North Shelby said she is happy to Editor American records and a world share her story with students. record. She set the world re“They ask some of the cord this fall when she pushed her body most inquisitive questions, and they rebeyond what a human body is supposed ally just ask whatever is on their mind . . to do. . I love teaching about Parasports. When Courtney Smith — a work education I was a kid I didn’t know what Parasport student from Clavet — and I got to meet was until I was about 15.”

Shelby and her mother Kathy-Jo last Parasports seldom capture the eyes week at a Tim Hortons. Shelby broke of the media. The Paralympic Games ranks from her training program and had that follow the Olympic Games are all a medium hot chocolate, and appeared to but an afterthought. Reporters sign off love every sip of it. their computers and head home, leaving We talked mostly about the last eight wonderful athletes in their wake. years, many of which were spent in WinPeople need to know people with nipeg before returning to Saskatoon, her physical disabilities “can do whatever city of birth. they want,” she said.

Shelby faced the devastation of losing “Although we may need to change the use of her right foot to a disorder some things and we may need to adapt called dystonia when she was 13, to some stuff, we can still do it. Just don’t becoming a world record-holder eight put limits on us.” years later. She didn’t start swimming Shelby was open to talking about her competitively until she was 15. feelings when she was 13 and lost the The 2020 Paralympic Games in use of her foot. She was, at the time, Tokyo are now in her sights, but so are playing multiple sports and carrying teaching school, continuing to coach great athletic genes from her mother and young athletes, and to be an inspiration her father Rex. Her brother Cole is an for those with disabilities as well as for outstanding basketball player. those fortunate to be able-bodied.

“It was really hard, I didn’t have Shelby trains at the Lasers club in anything; I was lost. Growing up I had

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never really known anyone with a physical disability. I didn’t know what was going on, and even the doctors didn’t really know what was going on.

“Even though it’s the third most common movement disorder, it’s not talked about; not a lot of people know about it.

It was definitely hard, but swimming has definitely helped with that.”

It will never replace the loss of her foot, but she has travelled the world gathering medals and records.

“Looking at all the kids I’ve been able to coach, all the kids I’ve been able to get into para swimming, I’m so happy that I’ve been able to do that.

“I’ve met a couple people with dystonia that live here in Saskatoon, so now I’m trying to help them and their journey, too, and finding their way. So I’m really thankful that I get to do that for other people now.”

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There’s more to seeing a doctor than death avoidance

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he annual physical and said doctors should adopt checkup is under attack. those periodic checkups based New research from the on the particular patient’s health Canadian Task Force on Prerisks. These should be about ventive Health Care suggests three to five years apart, and that an average healthy person come with some of the tests that does not benefit from an annual are usually done annually. visit to the doctor.

The report also argues that According to the paper, over-testing comes with its “investigators have studied the own issues, such as false posivalue of general health checks tives. in primary care using large “You can find things that Columnist randomized controlled trials actually aren’t important to (RCTs) since the 1960s and patients’ health, end up with none has shown clear benefit. more testing anxiety, and potentially [lead “A 2012 Cochrane systematic review to] treatment of unnecessary things,” Birt(note: whatever that is) assessed 14 trials, whistle told CBC. which included 182,880 patients. Patients And, of course, we want to “streamline” who received general health checks did not the system, even if it doesn’t save any have reduced total mortality.” money. Streamlining is good, if it doesn’t Apparently, physicians have been affect my health. against the annual physical for a long time, If I read the rest of this report cordating back decades; and that view was rectly, though, along with the Cochrane repeated “more recently.” trials quote above, it sounds as if the focus “More recently, the College of Famwas on mortality: that, essentially, regular ily Physicians of Canada in association annual visits to the doctor do not prevent with Choosing Wisely Canada similarly death. I’m certainly all for death prevenrecommended that family physicians tion, and if annual visits don’t help, well, not do annual physical examinations but fine. instead provide periodic preventive health To be clear, the report is not suggesting checks,” said the report. the elimination of screening tests such as for The lead author, Dr. Richard Birtwhistle, cervical, breast or bowel cancer, and does was interviewed by CBC Calgary last week, suggest we do visit the doc occasionally.

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It’s important to note, though, that various kinds of cancer have widely different advancement rates. Someone has to be on top of when screening should be done, hopefully before people actually get symptoms from a disease that could have been caught early. Who decides on such screening? Maybe your doctor should be in charge of that. Maybe a regular visit to the office will keep that protocol rolling, yes?

I’m going to argue that regular visits to the doctor have significant other benefits, as well as the drawback of the financial and resources strains on the health care system. These visits do create relationships, allow the physician to know the patient as a whole human being instead of a collection of possibly-diseased parts, and can also help address the non-life-threatening issues that affect our quality of life. Is health not as much about quality of life, as about potential end of life?

Besides, maybe your doctor can persuade you to eat a healthier diet, stop smoking, give up excessive booze or recreational drugs, get more exercise, or offer other advice to avoid the aforementioned potential early end of life. Just a thought.

The other thing that worries me about this report is that people may misunderstand its points. That’s not the fault of its authors, of course. However, some folk

may assume that they can just avoid their doctors, and the system, with the system’s blessing. Some education and clarity would be very, very useful.

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Instead, don’t eat carbohydrates! Especially if you want to lose weight. Oh, wait.

Our bodies need carbs. Just don’t eat white bread, any kind of sugar, baked goods, crackers, cookies, or anything else that tastes good. Got it.

I don’t want to hear, five years out, that annual or maybe biannual health checks are actually good for people, early mortality notwithstanding. We are bombarded with health advice — such as the diet generalities above, which are sometimes, if not regularly, debunked. While that’s not the fault of our physicians, it does point to the need to be specific, to update people on health advice/advances, and to appropriately educate people on how to manage their contact with the health care system.

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a week later he was set up at the lake.

“People were so happy out there. We just used the trailer, the little five-by-eight trailer.”

Turner pursued the ice cream business a little deeper.

“I saw on Kijiji that this guy had a Dickie Dee bike. And I thought, ‘Wouldn’t that be cool as a promo item or something like that — an old 1972 Dickie Dee bike?’

I bought it for 200 bucks and was going to have my nephew ride it around.”

Turner had a change of heart. If he was going to sell ice cream from a bike, Turner thought he should test drive it. He had the bike rebranded to Jt’s Tasty Treats and off he went.

“I finished work, put on my little uniform, filled (the bike’s freezer) with ice cream and went around the block. People were slamming on their brakes on the street and people were running out of their houses. I saw big grown men with beards turn into little kids as soon as they heard the music.

“I knew right there, instantly, that this was coming back and I need to bring it back. I purchased a couple more bikes.

Unfortunately all this happened at the very end of July so I had four weeks of ice cream selling, then it was done. Now we’re chomping at the bit to get ready for the spring season.”

The bike Turner rode this past summer had a single gear so hills weren’t easy.

“I built up my legs pretty strong,” he said with a laugh. “In everything I have ever done, I think it’s important for the owner to do every role.

“I want to be able to say I was on that bike and I hustled just as hard as you did.

I was out there when it was hot with the single gear. I want to set standards that way, too.”

Turner will have 10 bikes on the streets in 2018. He will own five and rent five.

Turner’s company will handle the mainte-

This is what the concession stand at Blackstrap should look like this summer.

(Photo Supplied) nance, licensing, logos and advertising.

“People can come and get the ice cream on a Friday if they are riding on the weekends and we will take care of everything.

They rent the bike from me and purchase the ice cream from me.”

He hopes to boost the total to 30 bikes at some point down the road.

Dickie Dee once had 3,500 riders. The company disbanded in 2002.

“We’re going to be bringing that back,” Turner said.

The ice cream business will be higher tech than it was in the Dickie Dee days.

“We’re working on a phone app. All the bikes will be GPS tracked for safety and for Josh Turner has turned the ice cream trailer he bought in Calgary into this app as well. People will be able to sign a business. (Photo Supplied) up to our app and find out where a Jt’s Tasty Treats bike is in the city. We’ll have schedules, so people know on the weekends that charitable. Wilson said he put his logo on this driver is in Willowgrove or this rider is everything and did it for the right reasons. in Stonebridge or whatever.”

Turner is planning to have a bigger Turner said the Wilson pitch party was presence at Blackstrap next summer. He’s an amazing experience. He learned some working on a sea container that folds down interesting things about marketing from and has a deck on the top.

Wilson. Turner had set up shop at a couple “That’s going to be amazing. We’re of charitable events this fall where he sold talking with a couple of different companies popcorn and cotton candy, but wasn’t sure if here to see what the cost will be to do that. there is a line between charity and promo- It looks really, really neat. We’re going to tion that shouldn’t be crossed. do some pretty cool stuff.”

Wilson made Turner realize that marketThere is no doubt those burly guys with ing is never a bad thing, even when it’s beards will love it.

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Cam Hutchinson Saskatoon Express osh Turner can thank burly bearded men, at least in part, for his new business.

As Turner pedalled his 1972 rebranded Dickie Dee bike along city streets late last summer, people would slam on the brakes of their vehicles to greet him or come running out of their homes when they heard the bells ringing. Some of them were big bearded fellows.

It seemed like forever ago when Dickie Dee bikes were on city streets, but the sounds of their ringing bells have stuck in the minds of many.

Turner, who recently participated in the Brett Wilson Pitch Party, got into the ice cream business quite by accident.

He was at the Calgary Stampede doing a trade show for his Essential Bracelet company, when some new shipments of product arrived.

He needed a way to haul the new stuff back to Saskatoon, so he decided to buy a trailer.

“I was looking at renting one and couldn’t rent one,” Turner said, laughing at the memory. “I was looking around and had a couple of Kijiji problems — you know how those go. All of a sudden a guy was selling an ice cream trailer, fully decked out. It had the sirens on it, the music and it had the freezers in it.”

Turner was running out of time to get back to Saskatoon so he bought it.

“It was 1,500 bucks. I thought I would get here and flip it.”

Something happened before the flipping.

“I brought it home and we’d get honks and waves and all this stuff with the ice cream trailer.”

Being business savvy, Turner saw an opportunity.

“I had heard the concession stand was torn down at Blackstrap.”

He made a call, did some paperwork and

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We are finding our way home from the scoop

hey did not go peacefully. ment have to come and get her?

Many of the parents I was about 11 years old and fought as they watched by then my mom was a single their children being hauled parent. away. “Mommy” was the last There was only her, my word many mothers would older sister and my two hear. The last vision this mother younger brothers still at home. would see was her children We were living on a reserve looking through the back winand by then First Nations youth dow of the car as it rolled over were allowed to be bused into the hill. the closest town for school.

The mom was told by govWhen the school bus ernment workers her children stopped on the driveway into Columnist needed medical attention and our place one day, I noticed a would be returning home as new vehicle by the house. At soon as they got healthy. Weeks, months first I thought maybe Debbie had returned, and then years would go by and every day so I ran as fast as I could. When I walked the mother would look out the window. into the house everyone was looking at me.

Day after day she tried to find out what I was introduced to a woman who happened to her children. Each time she claimed I wasn’t doing well enough in was assured they were fine and well looked school and I would have to be placed into after. Finally, she was told her children had a home where I could improve my grades. been placed into foster care and there was I couldn’t understand this because I was no way she could contact them. doing just fine. Sure, I still had a problem This is what happened in the early grasping the English language, but I was 1960s and early 1970s. This is what hapcoming along. I asked my mother, in Cree, pened during what is now known as The what was going on and she told me to Scoop Years. listen and listen very carefully.

This is what happened to my family.

“They’re going to put you into a home,” My baby sister was the first to be taken. she said. “Every chance you get, you find I vividly recall my mom crying and tellyour way home.” ing me Debbie was sick and she needed It was silent as I packed what little medical attention. My mother didn’t speak clothing I had. The woman who came to English, fluent only in Cree. pick me up tried to be nice, but I could tell In my young mind I was wondering if the smile was phony. In fact everything she Debbie was sick, and why she hadn’t come said and did wasn’t real. There started my home by now. And, why did the governjourney into so many homes I lost count.

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Even though I ended up with good people, I remembered my mother’s words to find my way home every chance I had.

Sometimes I would stay for a couple of weeks and off I would go. Sometimes I would hitchhike, sometimes I would hide at a friend’s place.

Once, my foster brother helped by keeping me fed and arranging for a ride.

That was more than 45 years ago.

In one home I was told by the social worker I was an Italian as I was going to an Italian home, even though I spoke fluent Cree.

As I hit my teens, I didn’t bother going back to what I used to call home because it was so easy to find me and take me into another place.

I not only ended up in private homes, but I also ended up in youth centres and group homes. By then, I was skilled at surviving and headed towards big cities.

Eventually I turned 16 and legally became an adult.

Finally, I was able to go home and not worry about being sent off to another home. I found it wasn’t only me and my sister, but my brothers were also sent to temporary foster homes.

I asked about my sister Debbie, but was told people had lost track of her. I would learn later that one of my brothers ended up in a home in Greece and Debbie ended up in a home in the United States. My youngest brother, as an adult, found his way back but committed suicide in his mid-20s.

As I grew into an adult, I found out this

was all sanctioned by the federal government as First Nations children were the responsibility of the government.

Debbie would eventually find us. We did try and look for her, but the process requires that both parties have to be looking for each other.

It just so happened I had filed all the paperwork the year before she did. After more than 35 years, we were finally able to meet. She completed high school and went on to be a school teacher. She was married with two beautiful children.

These days we keep in close contact, but we never did find our younger brother, Dwayne, who was sent to live in Greece.

But with all the social networking that is possible, I still have faith one day we will meet again.

My family members were among the thousands of First Nations children who were sent all over the world.

Wars, famine, diseases and the residential school couldn’t break the spirit of the North American Indian. A new approach had been taken to send the children all over the world so they wouldn’t learn their proud history.

It all backfired on the government because those children are now educated, many with post-secondary degrees, and are finding their way home.

And, like the parents who fought when the children were taken away, the children are now fighting to get back the most painful loss: identity.

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Newkirk uses platform to educate about Parasports (Continued from page 1) Shelby Newkirk, who devoted 15 minutes of her interview to her brother, Cole Newkirk, currently attending Notre Dame and making news on the basketball court.

She also recounted how it felt to have finished her first 50 metres, and see that she was on pace to set a world record.

You can kind of see the big screen there and I couldn’t quite see what it said, but I was pretty sure it that it said about 39 seconds; which is my pace time for 50s. I’m thinking, ‘Oh, I’m on track, I just need to really push it now.’

“So I went into that race, and I just knew that I was going to leave it all in the water. I just pushed as hard as I could; I left absolutely everything in the water, and I hit the wall and I was so exhausted I couldn’t really see what was going on and so I didn’t actually know if I got the record or not.

“Everybody came up and started shak-

ing my hand. They’re like, ‘congratulations, you got the record’. So it was really exciting to be able to find that out.”

During that race, Shelby was up against two other people who were in a higher class.

“It’s always exciting to beat able-bodied kids or beat people of higher classes.”

She noted she is sometimes underestimated by her able-bodied peers, and so it is extra rewarding when she can demonstrate her skills and abilities.

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They may be powerful people, et’s start with a few facts but that’s not nearly the amount I think we can all agree of corporate influence she needs on: and frankly, it’s stunning.

Money is integral to the elecWyant’s overall ratio of toral process; campaigning to corporate to individual donations reach voters requires resources is high, but far more balanced that aren’t free. within the details. He definitely Equality – fairness – is intehas two big donors padding his gral to democracy. coffers, but they don’t comprise To reconcile those two facts, the majority like Cheveldayoff’s solid, effective legislation is and Koch’s. Further, Wyant is required to create a level playColumnist the only candidate to not have ing field. received cash from out-ofLegislation which caps the amount of money, and therefore influence, province donors, which is A-okay by my standards. Wyant also received the largest any person can impose upon any candidate or party. Legislation which prohibits single donation from a sitting MLA, who corporate political donations, because the also happens to be a cabinet minister — $2,000 from Agriculture Minister Lyle sole reason a corporation donates is to Stewart. purchase political access and favourable Like Koch’s, much of Cheveldaypolicy and legislation development.

In Alberta, donors can only contribute off’s support is compressed within a few $4,000 per year combined between parties corporations, namely five which donated and candidates. Donors must be residents $10,000 each. However, I’ve got to give of Alberta. Corporations or non-profit cor- credit where it’s due — I was surprised and porations or organizations are not allowed impressed by the number and variety of Saskatchewan industries donating to Chevto donate. However, unlike Sask. Party leadership candidates who are limited to a eldayoff’s campaign.

There is a nice mix of Saskatchewanpaltry quarter million bucks, there are no limits on leadership campaign spending in owned and operated small businesses Alberta. For example, recent Progressive ranging from agriculture, financial services, trucking and wildlife outfitters to doctors, Conservative leadership contest winner Jason Kenney spent $1.5 million, or seven lawyers and blue-collar businesses. There’s some oil money, but it’s not dominant, and times as much on his campaign as the there’s some out-of-province money, but other three Alberta PC candidates comnot nearly as much as I thought there would bined. be.

In Manitoba, only individuals who are As for Moe, his donations from indiresidents of that province may contribute to a leadership contestant. No contributions viduals reflect the same pattern as Koch’s are allowed from organizations or corpora- — one big lump sum is skewing the overall tions. There are no limits on spending, but picture. Forty-one per cent of Moe’s individual donations came from one guy. As current Premier Brian Pallister only spent $152,000 to win his leadership bid in 2011. for those 22 MLAs that are endorsing Moe, Which brings us to a third, indisputable only two have put their money where their fact: legislation creating an equal political mouth is: Jim Reiter and Fred Bradshaw playing field exists everywhere in Canada have each pitched in $1,000.

The bottom line is every candidate’s except Saskatchewan, and, as a result, the Saskatchewan political playing field is not funding is skewed by a tight concentration of funding from one or two backers to the equal.

Without legislation, or even the will to tune of tens of thousands of dollars, every regulate this Wild West scenario, political single one of which has a significant interest to boost or protect. Are we seriously candidates in Saskatchewan are not just players. Instead, they are at risk of becom- okay with this? The only candidate to come ing pawns who can be bought and sold to out against this practice, out of eight leadership candidates from the NDP and Sask. the highest bidder.

With that in mind, let’s look at the Sask. Party, is Ryan Meili of the NDP. It’s no secret that today’s Sask. Party is a Party leadership candidate’s first round of party that is at least perceived to be driven financial disclosures, shall we? largely by corporate interests. It’s indisputKen Cheveldayoff’s piggybank is a bit able after looking at their donor rolls, and fuller than Scott Moe’s. Moe has more it’s become normalized in Saskatchewan, so than Alanna Koch, who has slightly more the fact that the majority of each leadership than Gord Wyant. Just under half of Tina candidate’s donations come from corporaBeaudry-Mellor’s total funds are her own (well, on paper they’re from her husband), tions is no surprise.

However, this is a bit extreme, beand most of the rest appears to come from her friends and family, so that’s really all I cause based on the first round of financial disclosures, the fact is a grand total of 10 have to say about that. No one has a combusinessmen (they’re all men) — nine from manding financial edge.

Saskatchewan and one from Ontario — are Things get more interesting when we currently responsible for more than 50 per begin to break down where the cash is cent of the corporate funding of the race for coming from for the top four candidates.

Of Koch’s 29 corporate donors, at least 12 the next premier of Saskatchewan.

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nspired by a Saskatoon they must start with ballet. The performance by the Royal possibilities are wide open in Winnipeg Ballet when she any other dance form if you was 13, Juliette Perrey-Perez are strong in ballet. Then you has fulfilled a dream of working can dance and improvise, be in dance for almost 58 years. free with your imagination and She sold her company, Jumake the special choices you liette’s Dance Centre, in January, like.

2017, allowing the new owners “Dance gives students the to keep the name; she still retains transferable traits they can carownership of the building on ry into future careers, whether Second Avenue, and stays active it is dance or some other in dance as an examiner and profession. I’m talking about People mentor to young teachers. poise, confidence, balance, Soon to be 75, Perrey-Perez strength, improvisation, friendtaught her first dance classes when she was ship, self-discipline, musicality, imagina16. She trained with Brian MacDonald at tion and team work. If you stay in dance, the Banff Centre of the Arts and the Royal it’s like an invitation and appreciation of Winnipeg Ballet. She danced, sang and acted the human body, music and movement.” in Toronto and New York. She toured in She clearly remembers her first glimpse Canada and Europe. She danced and taught of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. in France for 19 years. She came back to “My dad, Leon, was a stage hand at the Saskatoon to re-establish her roots in 1987. Centennial Auditorium and was work“I always taught my students, some ing when the Royal Winnipeg came to times as many as 650 in a year, that if they the building. He arranged tickets for my learned to dance, it was something they mother, Alma, and me. I was 13 years old could do from the age of three until they and was telling my mother I wanted to be died. The body is a machine and if you a dancer. Some will say 13 was too old to keep it well-exercised, it will last as long start but I proved them wrong. as you like,” said Perrey-Perez.

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Perrey-Perez feasted on challenges.

“Getting to work with Brian MacDonald in Winnipeg and getting that first scholarship to Banff changed my life. I remember a few years later, I was attending Luigi’s dance centre in New York.

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A view at dusk of the National Capitol Building in Havana, which was the seat of government until after the Cuban Revolution in 1959. It is now home to the Cuban Academy of Sciences. (Photo by Peter Wilson)

Cuba’s appeal goes beyond sea, sand and sunshine

Peter Wilson Saskatoon Express CUBA — Gazing off toward the still ocean, golden sand squeezing between my toes and the comforting sense that a fresh bottle of Crystal beer is within easy reach, triggers the feel-good endorphins at the speed of light.

Did I mention the sunlight here? It’s a key part of the Cuban equation that makes everything seem so complete to a winterweary Canadian.

My day on the beach was a welcome change after the Cuban history tour I’d just completed. The journey included travelling to Havana, about a 90-minute bus ride from Varadero. There, I’d taken in Ernest Hemingway’s favourite watering holes and looked over the Museum of the Revolution. I also checked out the carefully preserved boat that carried Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and the rest of the young fighters from their Mexican base to Cuba in 1956.

While Varadero and other resort communities along the island’s 5,000-kilometre coastline are targeted by heat-seeking Canucks, Cuba has many other attractions.

A side trip to Havana is a must.

The city is not picture perfect. Many of its beautiful Spanish colonial structures have deteriorated and are in urgent need of repair. But ongoing renovations are bringing Havana back to its glory days.

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The area’s appeal pre-dated the revolution for the well-heeled. In the 1920s, wealthy American industrialist Irénée du Pont built a holiday home here and called it Xanadu. The name might have been a touch pretentious, but there was no arguing with the timing of his purchase. He picked up the bulk of his real estate for his winter playground for just a few dollars an acre.

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Exercise for Stress Relief

tress is an inevitable part of our modern existence and with the holidays on the horizon, this is one of the most stressful times of the year. Whether you’re the CEO of a large company, a Kindergarten teacher or a construction worker, we all have stress.

You’ve probably heard that in addition to the other good things exercise does for your body, it is also very effective for reducing your stress levels. But you’re too busy and too stressed out to consider starting an exercise program!

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In addition to increasing your overall health and sense of well-being, exercise contributes directly to stress relief by: Increasing your body’s production of endorphins – chemicals in the brain that are the body’s natural painkillers and mood elevators. You may have heard this referred to as a “runner’s high.” The good news is, you don’t have to be a runner to get it.

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Whatever you do, please try not to think of exercise as another item to check off your to-do list. Think of it as an enjoyable activity that will help you to unwind and live a better, less stressful life!

(Continued from page 8) I knew Luigi’s work and I put myself in the front row. It wasn’t customary to be in the front row without Luigi knowing you. He came over to me, asked where I came from and who taught me.

When I mentioned Brian MacDonald’s name, all was well.”

Before heading to do summer stock in New York, she worked in many productions for Rainbow Theatre in Winnipeg and at the Royal Alex Theatre in Toronto. In Winnipeg, some of the showstoppers were Guys ‘n Dolls, Flower Drum Song, Annie Get Your Gun and Lido and Can-Can. Toronto productions included The King and I, Oklahoma, My Pal Joey and Brigadoon. Among the celebrities in Toronto casts were Jane Russell, the voluptuous star of Hollywood westerns, and Sal Mineo, soon to be a star opposite James Dean in Rebel Without A Cause.

“Sal, who appeared in What Makes Sammy Run, couldn’t dance when he came to Toronto. I taught him. We went to discos a couple of times.”

One of her great joys in New York was in the summer of 1966 where she was in the dance team at New Jersey’s Circus in The Round. The performing guests included the stars of the day, like The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Louis Armstrong, Liberace and The Four Seasons, many of whom she met.

An important step in her career was working with Les Feux Follets, the national folk dance troupe which toured Canada, and once got an appearance on the Ed Sullivan TV Show and then toured in France.

Content provided by Shelley Turk, certified Func“When we finished in France, I stayed. Everyone else went tional Aging Specialist back to Canada, with no jobs waiting for them. One of the first things I did was to go across to London. I auditioned for a Swan Lake sequence in the movie, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, and I got the job.”’

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Shannon Boklaschuk Saskatoon Express he new artistic director of Gordon Tootoosis Nīkānīwin Theatre (GTNT) is keeping a holiday tradition alive by directing this year’s offering in the Rez Christmas series.

At 32, Jennifer Dawn Bishop became one of the country’s youngest artistic directors when she took on the role at GTNT earlier this year. Now she is making her solo directing debut for GTNT with the comedic play Vegas Vacation, which features the beloved kohkom characters Zula, Claire Bear and Sihkos.

Bishop said she is gaining a different perspective from directing a Rez Christmas show rather than appearing on stage.

“I get a really big delight out of it — especially when you know the series and then having it come from a different point of view,” she said.

“It’s definitely a step that I never thought I would take in my career. So I’m very thrilled to have this as my first go-around.”

Bishop is certainly no stranger to GTNT and the Rez Christmas series, which was penned by former GTNT artistic director and playwright Curtis Peeteetuce. Bishop started in the Circle of Voices program in 1999 with GTNT’s predecessor, Saskatchewan Native Theatre Company (SNTC), and became hooked on theatre at the age of 13.

Today, as artistic director, she wants to continue GTNT’s legacy of high-quality theatre.

“You get all sorts of emotions taking on this different role, but I’m proud to still be here with the company and (it’s) interesting to be in the position I am now — because I never thought I’d see myself in that position at all,” Bishop said, noting she previously served as the Circle of Voices co-ordinator before moving on to artistic associate and then artistic director.

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“Even though I’ve been with the company for years, I’m still learning new things along the way,” she said.

The Rez Christmas shows date back to 2001, when a group of alumni from the Circle of Voices program came together to write a Christmas play that was set on a reserve and featured Cree characters. They aimed to change the classic Charles Dickens novel, A Christmas Carol, into a one-act play, with a female band manager named Purdy Parsimonias in the infamous Ebenezer Scrooge role.

Each member of the collective contributed to the first draft of the script. However, just 11 days before rehearsals were set to begin, the draft was lost in a computer crash. Peeteetuce, drawing from his memory and a few notes, rewrote the script. After the first staging of the show, Ms. Purdy Parsimonias: A Rez Christmas Carol, Peeteetuce became the official playwright of the Rez Christmas series.

“Cree culture, elements of the language, elements of history, are all infused into the series,” he said in an interview with the Saskatoon Express in 2016.

There have been 10 separate shows in the series, although several remounts have also taken place over the years. The shows have been set in the fictional community of Kiwetinohk and have featured the popular kohkom characters of Clare Bear, Zula Merasty and Sihkos Sinclare (“kohkom” is the Cree word for “grandmother”).

The show titles have included Miracle on 20th Street, Vegas Vacation, Life is Wonderful, Luff Actually, Kohkoms in Toyland, Mekiwin: The Gift and Nicimos, the 10th and final installment from 2014.

Bishop said Vegas Vacation is a remount, having first been staged more than a decade ago in 2006. The story begins when the three kohkoms receive their residential school settlements early and decide to do something different at Christmastime. They pack their backs and head to Las Vegas, where they can gamble and meet their hero, Tom Jones.

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Jennifer Dawn Bishop “It’s hilarious, because the ladies don’t travel out a lot.

So there’s always mischief along the way and uncertainties and personalities that clash,” said Bishop.

Peeteetuce has updated the Vegas Vacation script for the latest production. Bishop said she is getting a laugh out of the show as she watches the actors in rehearsals, and she expects “the audience will receive it well, too.”

“Laughter is good medicine, and everyone enjoys having the kohkoms around this time of year to remind them about family and just enjoying each other’s company,” she said.

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By Joanne Paulson Saskatoon Express askatoon and area pops with theatrical productions all year long, but December is particularly packed with plays, puppetry and even gustatory delights.

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Farmer Joe and the Money Trees Dancing Sky Theatre, Dec. 1 to 17 The original prairie panto returns to Dancing Sky Theatre in Meacham, by popular demand.

James O’Shea, now living in Vancouver, returns to Dancing Sky to take on two roles in Farmer Joe and the Money Trees, 13 years after its first staging in 2004.

“It was an audience favourite,” said O’Shea in an interview last week. “This is their 20th anniversary, so they just asked the audience which shows from our checkered past would you like to see again.

“They wanted to see Dogbarked, which I was a fan of . . . and they wanted to see the first pantomime again.

“I can tell you, it was a lot easier to do it 13 years ago,” he added, laughing. “It’s a physically demanding show. If I’m not on stage currently speaking, I’m backstage changing or working a puppet or racing around to the other side of the stage or moving furniture.

“The first act is an entirely doable thing.

But the second act, I’m just not sure how we ever did it. We must have done it because we wrote it down.”

Based on Jack and the Beanstalk, the story begins with Jack getting tricked out of his land by a crooked schemer, Monty, who pays him a lousy loonie.

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(Photo by Naz Afsahi, Official Publicity Choice). they are, he and his mom, who is a widow,” added O’Shea. “I play Monty and the Widow Spriggins. I’m quite busy changing all the time.”

Kent Allen plays Farmer Joe; Crispi Lord, who played the original Jack, reprises the role; and Caitlin Vancoughnett provides music. And, there are puppets.

“We need other people to live in our little town, but we only had so many actors,” said O’Shea.

“We’re all huge fans of the Muppets and Crispi is one of the founding members of Wide Open. We’ve got a chicken; we have some newscasters as well . . . and Fred and Ed who sit in a coffee shop and comment on what’s going on in the show or their own weird takes on the world.

“I’m going to propose next year we just do a Fred and Ed. A Christmas special.”

O’Shea is finding himself drawn to the puppets, as, he says, most people are.

“There’s something about it. It’s almost a joke within a joke. We know it’s not alive, but it’s almost better than an actor. There’s a real magic to it I had forgotten about. Kids love it, adults love it.”

O’Shea is also happy to be home for a while, especially while it’s “pouring in Vancouver.” He still does juggling with Flying Bob at festivals (remember Flying Debris?), usually during the summer.

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The cast and crew behind Farmer Joe and the Money Trees are (front, left to right) Caitlin Vancoughnett, director Angus Ferguson, Emma Thorpe and (back, left to right) Crispi Lord, James O’Shea and Kent Allen. (Photo supplied.)

Sky), actually. And it’s really fun to come back to Saskatoon. It’s nice to recharge my Saskatoon batteries, visit family.

“As soon as I landed back in Saskatoon I started writing again. It’s like a reflex, just coming here. Something about the place brings out the creativity in me.”

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Shannon Boklaschuk Saskatoon Express bout 11,000 people are expected to attend the 43rd annual Sundog Arts and Entertainment Faire, scheduled for Dec. 1-3 at SaskTel Centre.

The event offers a unique consumer experience, with more than 200 artisans and specialty food producers setting up shop from across Canada. This year will feature 45 new exhibitors in addition to the show’s regulars, said co-ordinator Diane Boyko.

“We sort of go across all mediums in the art world,” she said, noting attendees can expect to see paintings, jewelry, clay pieces, wood, fibre, glass and metal items and more.

Boyko added that successful artisans are always reinventing and perfecting “what they know,” which means Sundog visitors will see new things every year.

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Boyko added that the show’s longevity is attributed to its content and its predictability. Sundog has always been held during the first weekend of December, so people often budget around it and use it as an opportunity to purchase unique gifts for the holiday season.

“I think there’s a whole combination of things that speak to why Sundog has lasted as long as it has,” she said.

One of the new businesses to be featured at Sundog this year is Rust on the Prairies, which was started in January by Troy Hudson and Jacquie Cawthray. The duo set up shop after realizing they both love antiques and the history that goes along with them. Rather than just collecting antiques, however, they wanted to bring some functionality and life back to the pieces. They are now selling handcrafted creative lighting options, and have been pleased with the response to the pieces from the public.

“We hope to appeal to people that have been holding onto the treasures of their grandfathers, whether it be an old piece of farm equipment they regularly used such as a pulley, or great-grandmother’s

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Hudson and Cawthray are excited to have Rust on the Prairies included at Sundog, which Hudson referred to as “a collection of Saskatchewan’s best artisans.”

“Since the launch (of our business) we have met so many great people and been encouraged by their support and interest in Rust on the Prairies. We hope to meet more people who enjoy what we do. Our lamps tend to bring back many memories of growing up and we love hearing those stories. This is what inspires us and we look forward to hearing more stories and more ‘I remember that!’ ” Twisted Trees is another new booth to be featured at this year’s Sundog. The business, which is owned by Amanda Coode and Amy Henbury, sells wire tree sculptures. Some are mounted to materials such as rocks or wood, while others are placed in frames to be hung on walls.

Coode and Henbury hope to get more exposure for their unique wire sculptures at Sundog, which they have attended as patrons for years.

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What my tactics usually involved were Underpants” and eagerly signed up for a high expectations (mine) and minor shame lunch bag book review to demonstrate his (theirs). Appealing to the kids’ most basic love for the timeless Dav Pilkey character.

I’ll never forget trying to stifle my attachments, I would ask “How would laughter as Travis pulled out a stunningly your mom feel about what you did?” or “What do you think about me calling your humongous pair of plaid boxer shorts out of his bag along with the remote control mother over this?” Mostly, though, my management style was about mutual trust. to the family television set. To this day, I wonder if his mother knew.

It would be reasonable for you to Recently a friend was Skype-ing with assume that I might be delusional about my abilities and that I might have an ego her grandson who is currently living in Scotland and who is building himself a issue. Yet, a couple of weeks ago, I was rabbit hutch. He wanted some advice on dragging my swim-bedraggled hair and body through the grocery store in search what rabbits like to eat, and his grandmother suggested that lettuce might work. of flat rice noodles (harder than you’d His immediate reply, “Could you please think) when someone tapped me on the email me some lettuce, Grandma?” shoulder and asked if I was Mrs. L who How the world has changed. had taught at St. Pat’s.

If I could wave a sparkly wand over This was a bit of a shock, as that was young children today, I would wish for well over a decade ago and a whole province away. This woman immediately them a less scripted life with plenty of space to develop character and personal introduced me to her companion while adding that I was her children’s favourite responsibility for their unique choices and decisions. I would vote for less screen time teacher (and she had four). She shared for both the parents and the children, more some of the things I had done with her kids, when suddenly her friend grasped sidewalk chalk and less hand sanitizer. I’d my arm and said, “Thank you, thank you also probably ban those giant strollers with the capacity for holding a five-year-old. for your service.”

While I’d never suggest a return to To say the least, I was a bit nonplussed but did return home with both the the free-wheeling, free-range childhood my siblings and I experienced (I used to noodles and a warm fuzzy glow. make up my own curfews in dicey situHowever, today as I watch the world and am exposed to young kids in all kinds ations), and which featured both quality and quantity time in the ER, I would wish of environments, I often experience a for children today to be exposed to agesense of unease as I note the uber adult appropriate levels of risk. concentration that is directed towards By doing so, children learn problemyoung children everywhere. In North solving skills and confidence, and yes, America, we call it helicopter parenting.

Across the pond it is called snowplowing self-esteem without stickers or prizes. It could be something like learning to manas parents push ahead and clear an easy age a personal allowance with no strings path for their young ones. Sometimes, attached — splurge or save and then face it’s all the way through post-secondary the consequences. Or what about some education.

While I have no problem with pictures incremental exposure to public transit?

We live in anxious times exacerbated of children being privately shared, I really by a constant flood of instant information. do not like the phenomenon of so many kid pictures posted to the purgatory of so- It’s naturally built in to want to protect the cial media. The children are too young to wonderful children and grandchildren that consent and in some cases over-exposure we adore.

But, we must also give them the tools to picture-taking causes children to regard themselves as “special.” So cats yes, and to emerge with strength from the cocoon of childhood to become the high-functionkids no, until the children can determine ing adults we all need to make this planet their own digital destiny.

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t is that time of year again. dog-eared pages that advertised The yuletide treasures their Christmas wishes. Parents are being hauled out, the could fill out a form or pick up eggnog is chilling, and gift the phone, place an order and lists are being made. With have the items delivered to their each passing year, subtle homes – without shipping and changes are introduced into handling charges. holiday planning to accomIf you lived in a city, you modate grown children and could pick up your order at the their families. local store and return it there New traditions are brought if it didn’t meet your standards into the mix to reflect and and there was rarely a problem Columnist respect extended family with returns. The only differmembers, which means some ence today is that your online old standbys are left by the wayside. But “catalogue” is massive and includes there are some elements to the whole manufacturers, not just distributors; shipseasonal shebang that are simply recycled ping and handling charges apply for both concepts. delivery and return of goods and you may My kids tell me to get with the proor may not be satisfied with the return gram, that online shopping is the way to policy if a return is necessary. go. Their gift list suggestions come in the I’ve done a bit of online shopping. form of a website link displaying that spe- Items like books and toys turned out well. cial item they desire that leaves nothing to And there are times, but not always, that chance. You get the size, colour and shape the item you want to purchase is cheaper right. What they don’t realize is that their online than in a retail outlet. It stands parents grew up with the prototype of to reason, because the online distributor online shopping – the catalogue! reaches the global market and doesn’t Back in the day, if you grew up in a have the costly leasing or purchasing of small community that didn’t have ready expensive retail space to display goods, or access to expansive retail outlets, constaffing and meeting the labour requiresumers relied on catalogues for shopments of any particular jurisdiction. ping. At one time or another, Eaton’s, And they have easy access to the global The Bay and Sears department stores all market. issued annual and holiday catalogues for My best example of a global market the convenience of shoppers. Kids, who was purchasing a pair of shoes as a gift weren’t indoctrinated by television com- for my sister. A year earlier, while we mercials telling them what they wanted, were on a shopping binge, she found a thumbed through the catalogue and pair of shoes that fit her problem feet.

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She hemmed and hawed over that purchase because they were so expensive.

Being a good sister, I convinced her that she deserved the shoes and having comfortable footwear was worth the price.

Later she told me she had wished she had bought another pair because she had literally worn the shoes out.

With Christmas on the horizon I called the point of purchase shoe store about getting her another pair. No luck. So, I went online. The shoes were made in Portugal, ordered through Amazon, and shipped to me from Germany, and they cost half the price the retail store charged.

When I ordered them, I was advised that the shipping time was about 10 business days. They arrived four days later. I was stunned because I had just mailed a parcel to Calgary, which cost substantially more than the shipping and handling I was charged through Amazon, and told by Canada Post that delivery on that parcel would be five or more business days.

How in hell can you ship a pair of shoes from Germany and have it arrive in less time than Canada Post can deliver a parcel to Calgary?

Not all of my online purchases have been successful. When it comes to clothing and new shoes (not replacement footwear) I still like to see the quality of the goods before I open my wallet. Given the disparity between manufacturers’ sizing and the colour differential between the online picture and what you actually get is discouraging. It is off to the local merchants for those items.

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However, on a recent excursion to the Midtown Plaza I was shocked at how few people were in the stores given the time of year. Sears was having its closing out sale (which is a joke) and the Bay was in full swing on a Bay Day 40 per cent off sale to kick off holiday shopping.

But there are problems shopping in the department stores. Retail cost efficiencies have led to reduced staffing which means finding a clerk to help you locate items is difficult and there is limited availability of advertised goods. Signage seemed deceptive and staff seemed ambivalent.

Gone were the crushing crowds, rude shoppers, long lineups, and parking dilemmas. As much as I professed to hate the shopping aspect of Christmas, it was part of the holiday experience and now I sort of miss it, perhaps because it seems like the end of an era.

When the department stores go, small franchises and independent small businesses will eventually follow. Consumers will be restricted to the big box stores and online purchasing. Christmas may become an exchange of cheques and gift cards. Will children experience the joy and excitement of opening brightly wrapped parcels from Santa when the contents prove to be a gift card? Ah, the magic of Christmas!

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NOVEMBER 30 Michael Bernard Fitzgerald is a Calgary troubadourguitarist who has worked theatres, clubs and festivals across North America. 8 p.m. The Bassment, 202 4th Avenue North. Tickets $18 for SJS members, $23 for non-members.

DECEMBER 1 Randy Woods, probably best-known for his leadership role with Absofunklinlutely, has stepped out in a new direction, introducing the New Orleans blues and funk with his new band on its first album release. His experience as a recording producer and engineer adds to the musical soul he fashions. 9 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets $20 and $25.

DECEMBER 1-2 Saskatoon Children’s Choir presents Sing Choirs of Angels concert. 7:30 p.m. Knox United Church. Tickets $30 ($15 for limited sight lines). Available at McNally Robinson Booksellers and at the door. Reserved seating.

DECEMBER 1-3 Skye Sterling invites you to Cherished Christmas Memories, featuring a Heavenly Angel choir and a 25-piece orchestra. Guest vocalists are Jessica Black, Tina Hancock, Tim Grummett and Ramona Logan. Third Avenue Church.

Dec. 1 at 7 p.m.; Dec. 2 at 2:30 and 7 p.m.; Dec. 3 at 2:30. Tickets $25 and are available at the Persephone Theatre box office (100 Spadina Cres. East) or by calling 306-384-7727. All proceeds in support of Alzheimer’s research. For more information contact Skye Sterling at 306-341-2699.

DECEMBER 2 Jazz vocalist-pianist Champian Fulton is one of the brilliant catches in this year’s Saskatoon Jazz Society programming. In 2015, she won Downbeat magazine’s Rising Star award. Her most recent albums include Champian Sings and Swings, Change Partners and After Dark.

Blessed with a strong family background in jazz, she has a swinging and charismatic style. 8 p.m. The Bassment.

Tickets $40 and $50. ****** Back by popular demand, the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra joins with the Dean McNeill and the players from the Saskatoon Jazz Orchestra for a night of The Nutcracker meets Duke Ellington. The musicians will play Nutcracker, Tchaikovsky style, and follow up with Nutcracker a la Ellington. 7:30 p.m. TCU Place. Tickets $73 to $53. ****** Pianist Maurice Drouin takes his Jazzy Christmas to a new setting, with dinner service and more space. Drouin relies on his regular cast of stars, including Tatrina Tai, and dresses up the holiday music in fine fashion. Dinner at 6 p.m., first show at 8 p.m. Dakota Dunes Casino, Tickets $60.

DECEMBER 3 Martin Janovsky, the seasoned pro on the piano, teams up with vocalist Trevor Wingerter for a wide range of Christmas classics, just about everything from Winter Wonderland to Silent Night. 2 p.m. The Bassment. Tickets $20 and $25. ****** Kids of Note and The Notations, two vocal groups with integrated talent, serve up their 13th annual Christmas concert. Special guest will be jazz vocalist-saxophonist Grant Currie. 2 p.m. Grosvenor Park United Church.

Advance tickets are $10 through Picatic, $15 at the door, children under six are free. ****** St. Anne’s Music Ministry and Friends will present “Dominica Hurricane Maria Benefit Concert” at 3 p.m. at St. Anne’s Church ( 217 Lenore Drive). Tickets can be purchased by cash or cheque, at St. Anne’s Church office (306-931-4700) on Monday to Friday between 8:30 to noon and 1 p.m. and 4 p.m., as well as at the Saskatoon Academy of Music (629 Sixth Avenue North, 306-9342424). Tickets are $15 per adult, or $35 for a family. Donations made to the Red Cross will kindly be accepted. ***** St. Martin’s Church presents the Sounds of Season. Doors open 6:15 p.m. Admission is $10. Refreshments to follow.

Proceeds support the Fellowship Bell Choir and Band Together.

DECEMBER 10 The Saskatoon Auxiliary Concert Band ’Tis the Season at Grace-Westminster Church. Under the direction of Nick Todd, the band will be playing selections written by Richard Wagner, Gustav Holst, and Serge Prokofieff, themes from The King and I, seasonal music, and marches. The concert starts at 7:30 p.m. Adults $15, Seniors and Students $10 and Children under 8 - free.

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EVERY TUESDAY

SECOND and FOURTH TUESDAY

Love to Sing? The Saskatoon Choral Society welcomes new members. No auditions. We meet each Tuesday at NOVember 28 to DECember 1 7 p.m. at Grace Westminster Church, beginning Sept. 5.

The Marr Residence Presents A Christmas Carol at 7:30 For more information, please contact: janinasaskatoonp.m. each evening. (Doors open at 7 p.m.) Enjoy a cozy choralsociety@gmail.com or phone Janina: 306-229evening with Mr. Dickens at this Victorian House Concert.

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Seasonal refreshments will be served at intermission. ***** Tickets $25 are payable in advance. Phone 306-652-1201 Magic City Chorus (women’s 4 part a cappella harmony) or order by email at marrresidence@gmail.com. The Marr rehearsals are held on Tuesday evenings at St. Paul’s Residence is located at 326 11th St. East.

United Church, Egbert Avenue, in Sutherland at 7 p.m.

NOVEMBER 30 New members welcome! Check out magiccitychorus.ca for more information. Contact y.jaspar@shaw.ca.

The Saskatoon Pregnancy Options Centre is hosting a ***** “Come and See” Open House from 2 – 6 p.m. at #231006 8th Street East. The Centre offers free education Spirit of the West Toastmasters Club. Want to become plus emotional and material support to women and more confident in your personal life and in your work? families with pregnancy and parenting needs. Snacks and We help each other develop oral communication and refreshments will be served. Donations of cash or baby leadership skills by providing instant feedback. Guests supplies are always welcome. Call 306-665-7550 for are always welcome. We meet every Tuesday from 7 more information. Check us out on Facebook or visit us at p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Saskatchewan Polytechnic, 1130 www.saskatoonpregnancy.com.

Idydwyld Drive, room number 129-C or 150. ***** December 1-3 Truth Research Circle of Friends at 7 p.m. If you are The Sundog Arts and Entertainment Faire goes this comconcerned about the trouble in our world, researching its ing weekend at SaskTel Centre. Admission is $10 for a roots, feeling grief and confusion, and wondering what single day, $15 for a two day pass. Children 12 and under to do with what you’re learning, you are welcome to join get in free when accompanied by an adult. The event goes our circle. Call Patti at 306-229-1978 for more informaCT112701 Carol from 5 to 10 p.m. on Dec. 1, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Dec. 2, tion and the location. and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Dec. 3.

DECEMBER 2

Junior Achievement Jingle Bell Luncheon. Travelodge Hotel. Student Tradeshow at 11 a.m.; Meal & Program begin at 11:45 a.m. Tickets: www.picatic.com/SaskatoonJBL2017. More information on the event is also available by calling 306-955-5267.

DECEMBER 9 Christmas Yarmarok Bazaar and Pyrohy Dinner. St. Joseph’s Home (33 Valens Drive). 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free Admission. Ukrainian Food, Icons, Crafts and Raffles.

Contact Betty at 306-230-1131 or at bazpress@shaw.ca for more information.

Columbian Seniors (55+) pot luck supper at Holy Spirit Parish Hall (114 Kingsmere Place.) Doors open at 5 p.m., with dinner at 6 p.m.

FIRST AND THIRD SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH Pet Loss Support Group offers support and comfort to people who are struggling with the loss of a beloved companion animal due to old age, sickness or other reasons. The noobligation support group meets at 2 p.m. at the W.A. Edwards Centre, 333 4th Avenue North, Saskatoon. For more information or telephone support, call 306-343-5322.

SECOND MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH Renters of Saskatoon and area meet. 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. St Thomas Wesley United Church, Lower Hall (808 20th St. West).

ROSA supports renters and shares information to work towards better, affordable, and safe rental housing for all. Child-minding available. Ring doorbell for elevator access. For further information contact: 306-657-6100, or email renters@classiclaw.ca.

Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at 7:00 p.m.

Grace Westminster United Church 505 10th Street East, Saskatoon, SK Prelude Music at 6:30 p.m.

For more information please call 306-244-5577

DECEMBER 1-17 Dancing Sky Theatre Presents: Farmer Joe and the Money Trees. 8:30 p.m. each night. Dancing Sky Theatre – Meacham. Tickets $56: Show and dinner; $30 show only.

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DECEMBER 3 The Saskatoon SPCA auxiliary is hosting its open house from noon to 4 p.m. at the SPCA animal shelter. There will be baking, crafts, coffee, dainties and a silent auction.

People are invited to visit the animals and buy a raffle ticket. If anyone would like to donate baking or crafts items, they can be dropped off at the SPCA before noon on Dec. 3. For more information, please contact Janet at 306 242-2823 or Bev at 306 384-6078.

THIRD WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH

You, your family and friends are invited to join others for this free community event; a memorial gathering where everyone will be given the opportunity to place the name of their loved one on the Tree of Remembrance A time of fellowship and refreshments will follow.

DECEMBER 7

Christmas tea & bake sale from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Saints Peter & Paul Church Auditorium (1202 – 11th St. East) Kolachi breads, cabbage rolls, perogies, wheat, home baking and raffles. Adults $3; 6-12 years: $2; Pre-school: free. The event is sponsored by Saints Peter & Paul Ukrainian Catholic Women’s League of Canada.

The Saskatoon Pattern Dance Club dances, starting Oct. 10. at All Saints Anglican Church (1801 Lorne Avenue). Dance times are from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. We dance to cued oldtime music such as polkas, waltzes and two steps and cha cha. Beginners are welcome. For further information, call 306-382-5107or 306-374-9383.

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You, your family and friends are invited to join others for this free community event; a memorial gathering where everyone will be given Exhibit closing Dec. 15thto place the name of their loved one the opportunity on the Tree of Remembrance A time of fellowship and refreshments will follow.

An exhibit produced by the Diefenbaker Canada Centre

DECEMBER 6-10 Gordon Tootoosis Nīkānīwin Theatre Presents: Vegas Vacation - A Rez Christmas Story. 8 p.m. each night. Broadway Theatre. Tickets $15 - $20.

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DECEMBER 31 New Years Eve Dance/Late Lunch. England performing hits from 50s, 60s and 70s, featuring Elvis and Buddy Holly. Tickets $45.00 plus taxes. German Cultural Centre (160 Cartwright Street East). Call 306-244-6869 Ext 203 for tickets.

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The Lest We Forget Project, an exhibition of Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. student works from a U of S History 256 class.

Grace Westminster United Church th Exhibit Dec. 10 505 10th Street East,closing Saskatoon, SK Prelude Music at 6:30 p.m.

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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Track & Field - Volunteer Training. Volunteers are needed for track and field events this winter at the Saskatoon Field House. By attending a two-hour session you will become a valuable member of the volunteer officiating team. Clinics will be held Jan 12, 13, 26, 27 and March 2. Inquire and register with the Sask Athletics Office by email admin@saskathletics.ca

EVERY THIRD WEDNESDAY La Leche League Canada - Saskatoon Daytime Meeting from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Emmanuel Anglican Church (609 Dufferin Avenue.) Dec. 21, Jan. 18, Feb. 22, March 22 and April 19. For more information or to get breastfeeding help, contact a leader by phone (306655-4805) or email lllcsaskatoon@gmail.com or www. facebook.com/LLLCSaskatoon.

DECEMBER 11

SECOND SATURDAY EVERY MONTH

Station Singers presents Have You Heard the Story?

Christmas with John Rutter. 7:30 p.m. Station Arts Centre, Rosthern. Tickets available from Station Arts Centre: 306232-5332. Adults $20, Students $10, Under 12 $5.

Memory Writers — September to June, 10 a.m. to noon at the Edwards Centre, 333 Fourth Avenue. Share the events and memories of your life in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. For more information, call Hilda at 306-382-2446.

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December pops with theatre, puppetry, hilarity (Continued from page 15) very small people — aged just three to six.

What she has learned, however, is that the children’s “grown-ups” are just as enthralled.

The table-top puppet play, based on a story by Thomas Morgan Jones, is presented in a style close to the Japanese “bunraku” wherein all the puppeteers are cloaked in black. These puppeteers, however, have more of a front-and-centre role.

The children in the audience are “equally fascinated by the choreography and the puppeteers and their characters. We created it with three to six-year-olds in mind, wanting to get to that developmental stage,” said Hill.

“But it’s an intergenerational experience; parents and grandparents are thrilled, not just with the theme of friendship but also the cycle of life.”

There are no words; just a “beautiful” score by Nicky Phillips, said Hill.

“The story itself is about a very grumpy old man who needs a friend, who needs to rediscover joy and play. The magic comes into play and a beautiful colourful fairy emerges from the river.

“It has lots and lots of layers. We’re really happy with that; it’s not just a piece for early years, it’s a piece for all ages.”

The show itself is 30 minutes long, but is accompanied by pre and post-show interaction with the audience. The interaction “takes kids through the symbols on the stage, and actions and feelings the character goes through and prepares them for the notion of storytelling without words.”

While the main characters are the old man and the river fairy, all the forces of nature are also characters. The river sings and sparkles; a dragonfly, the moon and the sun come to visit the old man; a leaf wants to get inside his house to keep warm; the trees giggle, said Hill.

All of that emerged from a short story written by Jones, which was not originally meant for children.

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“It was a study or meditation on age and loneliness. I really wanted to make it come to life, but I just couldn’t find the right ‘in’,” said Hill.

At the same time, the company had been doing a lot of work in classrooms around Toronto and she had become versed in the language of four and five-year-olds.

“One day I said to Tom, I think this story could be told with puppets and I think it’s a story for children. We got into a room with some fine puppeteers and starting improvising. Tom gave me huge freedom.

“We developed the choreography, tested it in front of child audiences. I wanted to do it because I wanted a piece that didn’t pander to children, that wasn’t loud and obnoxious.

For me the most joyous aspect at Theatre Direct is proving how complex children are and how capable they are in engaging.”

Several performances are planned for school groups. Two family public shows go Sat., Dec. 9 at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. at the BackStage Stage, Remai Arts Centre. Tickets $15 available at the Persephone Theatre Box Office 306-384-7727 or purchase on line at www.persephonetheatre.org.

In other news at Persephone Theatre…

Treasure Island was a hit before it hit the stage. The show has been extended for a second time until Dec. 17. It is indeed based on the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, with a huge cast. Tickets for the regular run (Nov. 22 to Dec. 6) are $26 to $46; for the extension run (from Dec. 7 to 17) $31-$53.Tickets are available at the Persephone Box Office 306-384-7727 or online at www.persephonetheatre.org.

Sean Kapell, Terry Schroell and Dawn Bell go zany in Every Christmas Story Ever Told. (Photo Supplied) time-honoured, classic tale. who performed it but Terry took a step “We’re supposed to be putting on a play, outside and cast me in the one role.” (The Dickens’ Christmas Carol, and things go playwrights are Michael Carleton, James awry from there,” explained Dawn Hall, one FitzGerald and John K. Alvarez.) of the three, in an interview.

How’s it being received, so far, by the “Two of the three characters want to go ticket-buying public? in a different direction, and here we go. We “I think well,” said Hall, noting two dates look at all sorts of different Christmas stories, had already sold out. “They’ve already sold ones people know and love from their child- as many tickets now as they did for the first hood; Christmas around the world traditions show. And it’s a pretty long run. We’re hopand foods; Christmas songs. It’s got it all. ing to draw some of those people who want “Zany, silly, goofy. We’re hoping something fun to do at Christmas.” people will laugh; we do.”

Hall is a businessperson by day (she Bell plays the “sane” one of the three, works in finance) and an amateur actor by and stars with “two fellows going off on night. She has been performing for years, different tangents.” In a way, they play including at least 10 seasons with Gateway themselves, as well as others.

Players; and for the past two or three years, “I’m Dawn (in the play); we all play quite with Warman’s Scared Scriptless. a few characters – too many to list. We all “Lots of people are surprised when I tell take on different roles at different times.” them I do theatre on the side,” said Hall. “It’s She is joined on the stage by Terry Schro- fulfilling that other part of my ego.”

The dinner theatre show goes Dec. 14 to Every Christmas Story ell, who also directs, and Sean Kapell.

Ever Told (and then some) “I’ve never acted with either one of them 16 and 19 to 23 at the German Cultural Centre at Lorne Ave. and Cartwright St. Dinner 6 Mini Fridge Theatre Co. before, but it’s going really well. We have p.m., Show 7:30 p.m. Matinee Dec. 17, lunch It’s going to be funny. good chemistry and it’s one of those things In Every Christmas Story Every Told (and where it was a natural for me to be the seri- 12:30 p.m., show 2 p.m. Tickets and prices available by calling 306-244-6869 Ext. 203. then some), Christmas goes off the rails as a ous one with the two zany guys.

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