This is an opportunity to hear a renowned Welsh Choir here in Vancouver on September 10th at Shaughnessy Heights United Church. The concert begins at 7:30 pm and you can order your tickets on this page.
Côr Godre’r Aran is based in the village of Llanuwchllyn (Church above the lake) at the western end of Llyn Tegid (Lake Bala) in the old county of Merioneth, North Wales.
Over the years Côr Godre’r Aran has successfully competed at National and International levels and won principal awards at the National Eisteddfod of Wales and four male voice championships at the International Eisteddfod at Llangollen. In 2005 the Choir won the BBC Radio Cymru competition for Male Voice Choirs.
Prices: Adult $25.00 + 3.75 service fee Senior/Student $20.00 + 3.75 service fee
The Dance Centre presents Discover Dance! 2010/2011
The Discover Dance! series is a great opportunity to sample the diversity of BC’s dance scene. Entertaining, informative and suitable for all ages, each show combines performance with artist talkbacks.
Performances take place at 12 noon and last one hour, including the artist talkback.
Price: Adult $10.00 Student/Senior/Dance Centre Member $8.00
If you’re crazy about comedy, it doesn’t get any crazier than Stand Up For Mental Health (SMH). People say you have to be nuts to go anywhere near stand-up comedy. This show features cutting edge humour from comics who have schizophrenia, depression, bipolar and other mental health issues, including the legendary Mike MacDonald and SMH Founder David Granirer.
The word legendary certainly applies to Lydia Pense and Cold Blood (www.myspace.com/coldbloodmusic) who have forged their own specific brand of funk, soul and R&B, which has come to be known as East Bay Grease. Pense who pioneered the women’s rock movement will be joined by Cold Blood, the seven-piece ensemble for a much anticipated appearance at The Yale on Sunday, September 19.
Deemed a better vocalist than Janis Joplin, Pense can still shout like a 60’s soul diva and purr a slow blues tune with spine-tingling subtlety. Cold Blood features veteran San Francisco Bay Area musicians who have performed together for approximately 20 years including Steve Dunne (guitar), Steve Salinas (keyboards), Rich Armstrong (horns), Rob Zuckerman (horns), Evan Palmerston (bass), and Donny Baldwin (drums). These stellar performers have shared the stage with music greats such as Boz Skaggs, Elvin Bishop, Starship, Thomas Dolby, Eddie Money, Michelle Shocked, and Albert Collins. Together, Lydia Pense and Cold Blood continues to mesh old and new school R&B into something unique that doesn’t have a label.
Pense maintains the chops with the patina of a seasoned veteran who’s seen and done it all. On any given night, Lydia Pense and Cold Blood power through historic essentials such as “You Got Me Hummin’,” “I Just Want To Make Love To You,” “I’m A Good Woman,” and “Down to the Bone.” The band’s 2008 recording LIVE BLOOD shows the world that Pense is a force to be reckoned with. This live album captures the band in mid-tour perfection during the Sunbanks Rhythm and Blues Festival in Washington State. This raucous recording features Lydia Pense and Cold Blood powering through some of their most recognized tunes including the R&B masterpiece “Can’t Take It (Don’t Give A Damn),” written by the great Lavelle White.
