Wendy Brook Bursary Concert in Time for Christmas

Wendy Brook Bursary Concert in Time for Christmas

Debbie Fedoruk -Submitted

Every year the Wendy Brook Music Festival awards bursaries to festival participants to attend music or drama camps.

In 2020, no bursaries were given out, due to COVID. However, in 2021 a few participants did manage to find camps to go to and were given bursaries. As a condition of the bursary, participants are required to perform at a bursary concert at a senior’s home in their area.

Pictured from L-R: Debbie Fedoruk, Wendy Brook representative, Shade Clark, Julia Dolejsi and Josie Lutzak.

(Larissa Bombak/Submitted Photo)

Just in time for Christmas, three bursary winners were allowed to perform at Heritage House seniors’ home to give a short concert on Dec. 17. Shade Clark played some fiddle tunes. Josie Lutzak and Julia Dolejsi sang several songs each.

The seniors then asked the participants to lead in singing a couple of Christmas carols. The bursaries were sponsored by Perogies and Jam, the Lions Club of Vegreville and Li Giebelhaus. The seniors were very appreciative that young people came and performed for them.

There were seven other bursary recipients: Arielle Turrett, Laura Vaters, Jasper Vaters, Alana Vaters, Caroline Parke, Susan Parke and Shirley Parke.

Their bursaries were sponsored by Woodwyn Farms, Drs. Tim and Elizabeth Nawrot and the Lions Club of Vegreville. They were fiddlers who had already performed at the Elk Point Heritage Lodge, so they were not part of the Heritage House concert.