The evening’s entertainment will begin with a kid friendly
performance by:
Is a Vancouver based three-piece group of professional musicians performing original, pirate-laced, minstrel-flavoured, kid-centric music. Since forming in 2004, they have performed at various festivals, schools and clubs. www.rotnpotn.com
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Followed by
Tara MacLean migrated west from P.E.I. when she was fourteen. Awed by the unfathomable beauty of the giant trees on
Vancouver Island, she found herself compelled to fight against the logging of the Clayoquot Sound by lending her voice and her guitar to the blockades.
Since then she has gone to tour around the world and has made two full length albums as a solo artist (Nettwerk Records) and two more with a side project called ʽShayeʼ. She will be releasing her third solo album in the Spring. Tara
has two beautiful daughters, Sophia and Stella , both born with the strong and magical assistance of a midwife. She is honoured and excited to participate in this amazing celebration.
Ezeadi is an innovator, motivator and instigator in the African/World music scene who creates African spirituals with a contemporary dance twist. He performs with an 8 piece ensemble that includes two female singers and dancers. Ezeadi’s music, based on traditional Igbo rhythms, evokes the spirit of highlife and afro-beat with a splash of funk, jazz, blues and reggae. His unique mastery of the pennywhistle, other instruments and vocal styling will take you to beautiful new places. The
lyrics are prayers and appeals to universal consciousness and our conscience to make the world a better place for all. www.ezeadi.com
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Shelily is held together by the love of music shared by this talented family composed of midwife Denise Olson and her twin daughters, Angela and Miranda Sheppard. The songs they perform were written in the intensity of life's moments, spanning Denise's Simon Fraser University days and travels to India, to becoming a mother and losing her husband to cancer while practicing midwifery. Angela and Miranda began their violin studies at the age of five, long after their in utero vocal training. They carried on singing through high school choirs, competing internationally. "We hope the music brings as much joy to your lives as it does to ours."
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As well as...
Other attractions will include a birth inspired art show, a video and photography exhibit of the Ugandan and Zambian Midwifery Project, a raffle and an auction of amazing items, a wine and beer bar and food.
