Mid-West Arts Council Presents

Katelyn Dawn, a Canadian singer and songwriter, will be performing a solo acoustic show on Thursday, April 26, 2007 at 1:00 pm. We are offering this really exciting opportunity for more than 350 students from Hamiota, Kenton, Birtle, Rossburn and Russell to attend a mainstream pop-rock performance at the Hamiota Collegiate Gymnasium. The concert will be 60-75 minutes in length. Following the show a one hour Performance Workshop will be offered for students who are interested in writing music, playing guitar or pursuing a career in music.

Katelyn Dawn is a dynamic singer who knows how to give her audience an energetic power pop performance with powerful melodies and thought provoking lyrics. Katelyn began writing and performing music at the age of 14. Her early influences are artists such as Jewel, Sheryl Crow, Chantal Kreviazuk, Sarah McLachlan and Michelle Branch to name a few. Katelyn is a passionate, focused and determined musician whose desire is to have the world hear her music!

Listening with Paint

Listening with Paint is an intiative of the Arts Centre’s own Heritiage Chamber Players. This innovative program for school children has been developed in consultation with arts educator, Marilyn Schick. Listening with Paint is not only geared towards enriching the listening experience, but seeks to engage and encourage participants to join in with their own creative expression.

Students visit the Arts Centre as a class for an "up close" encounter with the building, its art, the musicians and their music. In turn they are guided in accessing their own creative response to this experience and expressing it through painting.

The next sessions of Listening with Paint are being offered in May to the Kindergarten through to Grade Four classes of the Hamiota Elementary School.

The MidWest Arts Council is very pleased to be able to offer Listening with Paint without cost to the school children and is grateful for the generous support of:

TransCanada Pipeline

The Whitehead Foundation

Hamiota Community School Initiative

School and Community Arts Program

Mid-West School of Dance

Another successful recital with over one hundred in attendance! The students danced beautifully and the guest dancers were wonderful.