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Mother's Day Concert
Performances of poetry and music, by poet Robert Priest, Tongues of Fire Slam Poets, Carol Ann Sokoloff, Miles Lowry, and the band Light Sweet Crude playing songs based on poetry, will be held in Centennial Square Sunday May 10 from 2-4 in the afternoon. This is a Poet Laureate sponsored Mother’s Day concert and families are welcome to enjoy free music, poetry and refreshments. Bring a chair or blanket.
Robert Priest
Robert
Priest is the author of fifteen books of poetry. His most recent book is Reading
the Bible Backwards. He won the Acorn People’s Poetry Award for his now
classic Mad Hand (1988). In his alias as Dr. Poetry he wrote and performed
thirteen segments for CBC radio’s spoken-word show Wordbeat.
As a songwriter, he co-wrote the number one hit, "Song Instead of a Kiss,"
for Alannah Myles. His Aphorisms have already appeared in The Farmer’s
Almanac, and Colombo’s Canadian Quotations. His musical
play Minibugs and Microchips received a $25,000.00 Chalmer’s
Award. Both of his books of poems for children, Daysongs Nightsongs
and The Secret Invasion of Bananas are on the CBC’s recommended
reading list. As a teacher/workshop leader he has been described as “Ontario’s
most popular poet in the schools” by Today’s Parent Magazine.
He is also a highly respected journalist for Toronto’s weekly Now
magazine.Check out: http://www.poempainter.com/
Carol Ann Sokoloff
Carol
Ann Sokoloff is a writer, editor and songwriter and performer. As a composer
she has created theme songs for CBC radio, choral pieces, music for theatrical
productions and the words and music to dozens of songs in the pop, children's
and jazz genre. She currently performs as a vocalist with the jazz trio Trio
Espresso. She is also a performer and instructor of middle eastern belly dance
and founder of the Oasis Dance studio and ensemble. She is the author of Eternal
Lake O'Hara, poetry and history of the Canadian Rockies; New Sufi Songs and
Dances, an exploration of Sufism through original songs and meditative circle
dances; Colours Everywhere You Go, a picture book (Tineke Visser, illustration)
for the kindergarten set and a forthcoming picture book, Anything You Want to
Be, for children 6-9 years of age. She has edited fiction, non-fiction, poetry,
metaphysical and children's titles in her work with Ekstasis Editions, a Victoria,
BC based publisher now entering its 25th year. Miles Lowry
Miles
Lowry lives and works in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada where he is Artistic
Co-Director for Suddenly Dance Theatre. Lowry’s cinematic poem Opium,
based on French poet Jean Cocteau, was produced for Canadian television and
selected for the 2007 Dance on Camera Festival at Lincoln Center in New York
City. A short film, Aisling - We Saw a Vision, was recently produced
for Bravo!fact. Author of five previous books of poetry, he is also known as
a painter, sculptor, photographer and theatrical designer. His work is seen
in a wide variety of exhibitions, performances and publications. Check out: http://www.mileslowry.ca/
Light Sweet Crude
Light
Sweet Crude is a folk rock band who perform songs written by Canadian poets
Leonard Cohen and Linda Rogers. Their new album Ruin and Beauty features
songs with lyrics by Linda Rogers, music by Chris Trygg. Band members are Chris
Trygg, vocals, Jake Glabraith, bass and pedal steel, Rick van Krugel, mandolin,
Andy Graffiti, drums, and Richard Baker, lead guitar.Tongues of Fire
Tongues of Fire is a Victoria-based poetry collective committed to the art of spoken word/performance poetry among other forms of literature. They are diverse in background, writing style and lifestyle. As a collective they strive to make poetry more accessible, inclusive and entertaining. Check out http://www.tonguesoffire.ca/index.html
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