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Team Canada Healing Hands – Haiti Fundraiser has Magic and Four Local Bands
On May 30th, 2010 Team Canada Healing Hands, a group of rehabilitation professionals, held a fundraiser at Greenfield’s Pub in Ottawa. The team was raising money to send medical teams to Haiti to provide services to the people of Haiti and provide training for local rehab professionals to help deal with the massive need since the January 2010 earthquake.
With the acute phase of earthquake relief over, attention is turning to the long term needs of the population devastated by the quake. Services such as prosthetics and orthotics along with specialized long term treatments for spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury are some of the services needed in the area. The benefit raised nearly $7000.00 with 100% of the proceeds going to support these teams and their important work.
OttawaTonite.com was pleased to cover this event and raise awareness of this team in Ottawa. The show featured Luc Leduc the Duke of Magic and music from local bands Shotgun in the Ambulance, Monday I Retire, EFARM and Ridin’ Shotgun. A great time was had by all and most importantly some much needed funds were raised to support rehab medicine in Haiti.
Special thanks go out to Karen Mallet, Dr. Scott Wiebe and David Nielen for their dedication and for the time they invest in raising money and awareness of these very unique and important needs. Thanks also go out to Greenfield’s Pub for hosting the event, they have an awesome venue for live music!
Mike Thompson is an enthusiastic amateur videographer and editor who loves to capture life, kids, music and art. More of Mike’s work can be found here.
“Expect the unexpected” at the 2010 Ottawa Fringe Festival
Drama. Comedy. Shakespeare. Burlesque. Improv. Dance rock-opera retellings of Inuit folk tales. Zombies.
This’s year’s 2010 Ottawa Fringe Festival — aptly titled “Fringe Feast” – promises to have something for everyone as 60 production companies ascend 16 stages across the city for over 370 performances June 17-27.
Sounds like a lot, doesn’t it? But it gets even better.
The festival’s executive director, Natalie Joy Quesnel, filled Ottawa Tonite in on some exciting initiatives the Fringe is launching this month. “Mini-Fringers Make A Scene” gives parents the opportunity to drop their kids off to take part in a mini drama camp hosted by the Orleans Young Players on Saturday afternoon, while parents get the freedom to enjoy several Fringe shows. In recognition of the festival’s first year as a registered charity (just like every year, 100 per cent of the ticket sales go back to the artists), the “Fringe it Forward” campaign will invite theatregoers to donate to the Fringe and its three charitable partners — Jer’s Vision, Big Brothers Big Sisters Ottawa, and Hopewell.
(more information available here: Ottawa Fringe Lunchtime Artists Series)
Theatregoers will also get the chance to meet and interact with Fringe actors and artists with the festival’s “Artists Series” happening every weekday from June 21-25 at noon in the Fringe courtyard. Heather Marie Scheerschmidt shares the details of each day’s unique events with Ottawa Tonite (more information available here: Ottawa Fringe Lunchtime Artists)
One of the best things about the Ottawa Fringe Festival is its ability to bring local and international theatre communities together — as local actor and playwright Sterling Lynch (who happens to be involved in three Fringe productions this summer) told Ottawa Tonite, “We get to play host to great talent from around the world and show off our own talent.”
Local director Teri Loretto agreed: “It’s a fabulous place for young, upcoming actors or people who have only been involved in community theatre to break into a huge audience that comes from all aspects of life.”
Both Ottawa thespians took the opportunity to share their Fringe experiences with Ottawa Tonite.
So how are they getting the word out about it all? Pat Gauthier, community manager for this year’s festival, tells Ottawa Tonite about FullyFringed.ca, where you’ll be able to find reviews for every Fringe performance, and more social media initiatives the festival is taking on to reach out to Ottawa audiences.
The 2010 Ottawa Fringe Festival officially kicks off on Thursday, June 17th. Tickets are available now via ottawafringe.com, along with more information about shows, venues, how to volunteer, and more.
(Emma Godmere is a local journalist and entertainment fanatic who believes the Ottawa arts scene is very much alive and well. She is the host of Now Playing on CHUO 89.1 FM every Wednesday at 1pm.)
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Capital City Comedy Night at the Pour House
Just when we thought it would be nice to have even one more venue to showcase great some of the comedic talent in Ottawa, Rachelle Todd provided us with just that. Last Tuesday night we checked out Capital City Comedy Night at the Pour House for their first night of fun and laughs. Hosted by Trevor Thompson, the lineup included Ed Gougeon , Dave McConnell, Peter Grunstra, Anto Chan, Rachelle Todd, Tommy Fitz and features Wafik Nasralla.
We met up with Rachelle and Wafik after the show to find out a little bit about Capital City Comedy Night.
For more information on Capital City Comedy Night, Rachelle Todd and Wafik Nasralla, check out the following links:
