Arts Scene

BY WENDY ELLIOTT

welliott@kentvilleadvertiser.ca

NovaNewsNow.com

Barbershopping

The Valley Voices chorus invites the public to attend the Atlantic Region Area Chorus Contest this coming weekend. The area convention and contest will take place at Acadia University.

The chorus is ready to host their area event June 5-8 in Wolfville. Six quartets will compete at 12:30 p.m. and eight choruses perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 6 at Convocation Hall.

“The chorus is hoping folks in the area will come out and cheer them on and enjoy the a cappella, four-part harmony, barbershop-style singing of all the participants,” said Gail Symonds.

Admission is $10. Tickets can be obtained from the Acadia box office or at the door of Convocation Hall at the Acadia campus.

Valley Voices is a women’s chorus that meets in Kentville under the direction of Theresa Weatherbee. Valley Voices is a chapter of Harmony, Inc. This chapter has been meeting weekly for the past 27 years.

Over the past year, the chorus has participated in about 12 performances.

Morgan Davis in concert

Popular performer Morgan Davis is giving a concert Saturday, June 7 at 8 p.m. in East Margaretsville. Tickets are $15. Reserve at evergreentheatre@gmail.com or 902-825-6834.

The Margaretsville Community Hall Society is offering a lobster dinner the same evening from 5-7 p.m. Reservations are a must: 825-3290 or 825-2251.

Summer season

Fundy Film's summer fare began June 1 and continues every week with one screening each Sunday evening at 8 p.m.

All tickets are $8. The popular Six-Packs will be available again in September for the autumn series.

The film society will screen The Bank Job: set in 1971 London, this film is a true story of a heist gone wrong that starts as a gritty, hole-in-the-wall affair. What the break-in blokes don’t realize is the targeted safety deposit boxes contain a treasure trove of dirty secrets that touch every sector of British society, right up to the Royal Family.

It will screen at the Al Whittle Theatre, Wolfville, Sunday, June 8 at 8 p.m. Tickets ($8) are available 30 minutes before screening. www.fundyfilm.ca, or 542-5157.

Angel author here

Do you believe in angels? According to a 2007 IPSOS-Reid survey of 1,000 Canadian adults, 66 per cent believe in angels.

Angels of the Maritimes: By Your Side, published by Pottersfield Press, sold out its first printing in just three weeks and went into second print. Angels of the Maritimes is an array of heart-warming angel stories from people across the Maritime Provinces.

The book, which is written in a down-to-earth way by Karen Forrest, shares her spiritual journey from carrying a C-7 rifle as a soldier in the Canadian Armed Forces to working with a shield of light.

Forrest has received extensive spiritual training. With a background as a retired mental health nursing officer in the Canadian Armed Forces, Forrest counsels and has now become a popular author.

Forrest will offer a book signing at The Inside Story at Greenwood Mall Saturday, June 14 from 2–6 p.m. and at Coles in New Minas Saturday, June 28 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Visit Karen’s website: www.karenforrest.com

Night Kitchen

Andy Flinn is promising an outrageous musical event for Night Kitchen coming up Saturday, June 7.

After this Night Kitchen, the popular event will take a break until August. Tickets are $8 and the show starts at 8 p.m.

Carew in concert

Stan Carew and the Magpies will be in concert Sunday June 8 at 3 p.m. in Hall's Harbour.

It will take place at the Fundy View Community Centre.

Tickets are $18 and will be available at: R.D. Chisholm, Kentville; Absolutely Fabulous, New Minas; Al's Fireside Cafe, Canning; and the Acadia Cinema, Wolfville.

Coming up

June 7

Night Kitchen, Al Whittle Theatre, Wolfville 8 p.m.

June 8

Jan Coates, Heather Price & Julie Heyer, Irving Centre, Wolfville 3 p.m.

Until June 22

Tony Myers’ exhibition, Ross Creek Centre for the Arts near Canning

Until June 30

Acadia Print Series from the permanent collection, Acadia Art Gallery, Wolfville

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