{"id":26058,"date":"2020-02-27T23:12:19","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T04:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=26058"},"modified":"2020-02-27T23:12:29","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T04:12:29","slug":"students-showcase-performances-at-mayors-celebration-of-youth-arts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/students-showcase-performances-at-mayors-celebration-of-youth-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"Students showcase performances at Mayor\u2019s Celebration of Youth Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Youth artistes from four Aurora high schools took the\nstage on Wednesday night to treat the audience to musical performances as part\nof the Mayor\u2019s Celebration of Youth Arts at the Aurora Cultural Centre. From\nGord Downie and Lewis Capaldi to Bill Evans and Jamiroquai, Brevik Hall\nresounded with famed lyrics as young voices displayed their talents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following a welcome address by Suzanne Haines, Executive Director\nof the Aurora Cultural Centre and greetings by Stephanie Lane from Geranium\nHomes, Mayor Mrakas emceed the event from start to finish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Mayor\u2019s Celebration of Youth Arts is an important\nevent, providing an opportunity for young people to come together, be creative,\nhave fun and experience something unique,\u201d he said, encouraging the youth to\nenjoy the evening. \u201cOur Aurora youth truly are amazing. Tonight, we celebrate\nthe vital role that the performing arts play in inspiring, empowering and\nsparking the imagination for our youth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe performing arts, be it music, dance, theatre or\nspoken word, help us understand each other and, through performance, we learn\nabout the world around us, inspire social change and express our creativity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYoung artists, you should be very proud of your hard\nwork, passion and dedication.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Performers belonged to four local schools \u2013 Ecole\nSecondaire Catholique Renaissance, St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic High School,\nAurora High School and St. Andrew\u2019s College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The group from Ecole Secondaire Catholique Renaissance\nperformed two songs, Premonition by Couer de Pirate and Virtual Insanity by\nJamiroquai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic High School choir\nbelted out Someone You Loved by Lewis Capaldi and Sweet Creature by Harry\nStyles. Katherine Haines from Aurora High School gave a solo performance on the\npiano while the boys from St Andrew\u2019s College enthralled the audience with\nAhead by a Century by Gord Downie and Waltz for Debby by Bill Evans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An enthusiasm and passion for the performing arts stood\nout through the course of the evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The group from St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic High School\nput together their performance in two weeks. \u201cI attended the art show earlier\nthis month and saw the sign for the performing arts night. I\u2019m a part of the\nschool choir so I wanted to get our school to be a part of it. I asked my\nprincipal and my friends if they wanted to do it, and everyone jumped in,\u201d said\nNia Hughes, one of the performers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe currently don\u2019t have a teacher, so it was all on our\nown merit to pull it together. We practised at lunch breaks and after school.\nMost of the work on the harmonies was done by Louisa,\u201d said Alexandra Pantorilla\nand Kayla Clotildes, who were also part of the performance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The camaraderie among all the school groups was evident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Louisa Barbosa, who also played the guitar in one of the\nsongs, said, \u201cMy role in the choir was to come up with arrangements; they sent\nme a song and I compartmentalise it into soprano, alto and tenor. Then I make a\nvideo of each part, send it to the group and then we reunite at school and try everything\nout,\u201d said the Grade 11 student, also thanking Christian Cameron, who\naccompanied them on the piano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Sarah Gangl pointed out, the dedication to hit the stage was what mattered. \u201cWe\u2019ve been through a lot as a choir with teachers coming in and out, but when we set our mind to something, we really want to pursue it, and that\u2019s what happened tonight.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Kinjal Dagli Shah <\/strong><\/p>\n\r\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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