SoundON has announced its summer concert lineup plus intimate, exclusive performances by BC artists. This province-wide campaign and resilience fund aims to help bring British Columbia’s music community, providing desperately needed support to those connected to the sector, including artists, presenters, production staff and venues.
SoundON Announces Concerts to Support BC’s Music Community
When: July and August, 2020 Where: Live on SoundOn.ca
The first project of its kind in Canada, it is the ultimate in community and collaboration as it brings together industry members from across the province with one common goal – to bring the province’s vibrant music industry back to life.
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (“VSO”) and the Vancouver Pride Society (“VPS”) present Symphonic PRIDE, a virtual concert celebrating BIPOC LGBTQ performers, composers, and dancers on stage with members of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.
Symphonic PRIDE
The concert will be freely broadcast on VSO and VPS #VanVirtualPride social media channels on Friday, July 31, 2020 at 7:00pm.
“It’s going to be a great night of music and art.” ~ Curator Andrew Crust
Curated by VSO Assistant Conductor Andrew Crust, Symphonic Pride is hosted by Chelsea Johnson from Old Soul Rebel and features guest performances by Old Soul Rebel, The Darlings, Rabbit Richards, Ralph Escamillan along with LGBTQ and ally members of the VSO.
The program includes music from ABBA, Lizzo, The Righteous Brothers, Nina Simone, and Schubert, as well as a brief History of Queer Musicians in a medley featuring music from Handel to Freddie Mercury to Janelle Monáe.
The second collaboration of the VSO and VPS features two themes: a spotlight on Vancouver-based BIPOC LGBTQ artists and a look at queer composers throughout history.
Curator Andrew Crust explains, “This will be a celebration that highlights queer musicians and allies throughout history, many of whom were forced to hide their true nature during their lifetimes, and also celebrate BIPOC LGBTQ artists, who for far too long have been underrepresented or excluded from our stages. These two themes come together perfectly in Symphonic PRIDE.”
Old Soul Rebel
Andrea Arnot, Executive Director of PRIDE Society of Vancouver, says, “We are thrilled to partner for the second time with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. When COVID-19 put our originally scheduled June live concert on hold, I invited the VSO to consider creating a virtual version of Symphonic Pride. I’m thrilled that Andrew and the team at the VSO have created a show that highlights the intersectionality of our community with some of the most fantastic artists in our city today.”
The is monthly series features the latest updates and news from Covenant House Vancouver. Miss604 is proud to be their Official Blog Partner. This month’s post has been written by Jason Bosher of Covenant House Vancouver.
On Friday, July 10, Covenant House Vancouver hosted their first-ever Sleep Out: Home Edition. Through this virtual event, they challenged families and individuals to give up their bed for one night (choosing instead to sleep somewhere uncomfortable like their backyard, deck, or living room floor) as an act of awareness and solidarity for homeless and at-risk youth.
Covenant House Vancouver Sleep Out Home Edition A Success
Over 150 individuals, families, and businesses rose to the challenge and came together to show support for the hundreds of young people who experience homelessness on Vancouver’s streets, and to raise funds for Covenant House’s Street Outreach Program.
At the event, an online panel consisting of Covenant House youth and staff shared their knowledge and experience about youth homelessness, mental health care, and addictions support. They also shared how the organization is supporting youth during the COVID-19 pandemic, opioid crisis, and housing crisis.
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If one were to sum up Tofino in only a single sentence, the words raw, pristine, and boundless would, without a doubt, come to mind. Having lived here my whole life, I still find myself in awe of the intense beauty of it all every time I step out my front door.
Tin Wis from the Beach – Jaiden George
Even in activities that I’ve repeated hundreds, if not thousands of times – biking along Mackenzie Beach, for example (pictured here) – I find that there are always new things to appreciate. No two trips are ever really the same, and simply existing on the land affords an unparalleled and wholly consuming sense of calmness.
Bike the Beach – Jaiden George
Taking a moment to think about it, a great deal of my most cherished memories are of being on the land with friends – hiking, climbing trees, scaling rockfaces, taking out the canoe or the paddleboards – memories of the ilk are physically and spiritually impossible to create in the abrasive, fast-paced dissonance of cities.
SUP – Jaiden George
Sure, there aren’t any large shopping hubs, and you’ll find virtually no chain stores (Tofino consists predominantly of local businesses – Chocolate Tofino pictured here) – but that’s not inherently a bad thing. We all have a tendency to build up clutter in our minds – to overcomplicate things – and it’s beneficial, necessary even, to scale things back. To remember what is essential – food, water, shelter, community and land – and what is supplementary – convenience, technology and material objects.
Chocolate Tofino – Jaiden George
When it really comes down to it, the supplementary things in life are never what allow for long-lasting memories. There is no substitute for sitting around a fire and sharing a meal with friends. It’s at the intersection between the immaterial and the essentials that special moments are cultivated, and Tofino offers an abundance of both to those willing to look.
When staying in Tofino, stay indigenous and know that your support goes towards protecting these ancient sacred gardens where we can all go to get re-energized and soak up the beauty of the forests and ocean.
After their gala events were cancelled this spring due to COVID-19, these charities are coming together in this exciting, fun, and unprecedented live online charity auction event hosted by AbleAuctions.ca.
Live BC Charity Auction Returns
When: Wednesday, July 22, 2020 at 6:00pm Where: Online! Sign up as a bidder through AbleAuctions.ca by 4:00pm on Tuesday, July 21, 2020 in order to register for the live auction. You will also be able to preview the exciting items up for auction in advance.
This exciting fundraising event brings seven important and diverse organizations under one umbrella for one night, united in one cause – to raise awareness and funding during this unprecedented pandemic.
John Tietz, Dr. Peter AIDS CEO said, “We are so delighted to be back for round II and look forward to another very successful auction.” Tietz continued “Working with these organizations, Able Auctions, and Point Blank Shows has been such an inspiring experience for me and our team.”
There is absolutely no cost to the charitable organizations and no buyer or credit card fees to the successful bidders. Jeremy Dodd and his team at Able Auctions have donated their time, talent and financial costs for these auctions. Howard Blank & Diana Zoppa, (Point Blank Shows) Rebecca Bollwitt (Miss604), Laura Balance, (LBMG Media Group), Tracey Wade and their teams have also donated all costs to ensure that this auction maximizes revenues for these important organizations.
This auction will be upbeat, fun and fast-paced with a live audio auction online supporting each of the seven charities involved and hosted by Howard Blank. Guests can bid in real time after viewing the pictures and descriptions of each lot. A special fund a need option for straight tax receipting will also be offered.
There is no registration fee for guests and no costs for the seven charities involved, and 100 per cent of proceeds go to directly to them. I’ll see you online on July 22nd for the event!
