VOL. 68 NO. 7
T H E PA P E R T H AT ’ S G O I N G P L A C E S !
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2015
Wendy Brook delivers fresh skills to students
Frechette and Thomsen freshen up Train Station Clinicians-Maddy Knight and Arielle Ballance are with the grades 3-12 students who participated in the Wendy Brook Musical Theatre Workshop on February 5. “This workshop was offered to give students a chance to have the exposure to a course with professionals who have different points of view and skills.” Caroline Knowles, President for Wendy Brook committee. (Rosanne Fortier/Photo)
Rosanne Fortier It was a day to have unabashed fun while kids practiced for the upcoming Wendy Brook Festival. Through innovative means, clinicians Maddy Knight and Arielle Ballance enticed the students to refine their skills and develop new ones at the Wendy Brook first Musical Theatre Workshop on February 5 at Vegreville United Church. “This workshop was offered to give students a chance to have the exposure to a course with professionals who have different points of view and skills. “The Committee has put on vocal workshops for several years now. At the
start they were put on in order to help some of the students who wanted to enter the vocal classes at the Festival, but they were not restricted to potential entrants in the Festival. Then the committee decided to add other varieties. Last year for the first time an Improv Workshop was offered. This year another aspect of theatre - Musical Theatre - was tried with great success. Eighteen budding performers from Grades 3 to 12 had a very active and fun day learning songs and movements to the tune of some very popular long running Broadway hits: ‘Let’s go fly a kite’ from Mary Poppins, ‘Sit Down You’re Rockin’ the Boat’ from CONTINUED TO PAGE 10
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