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Prince Albert
Daily Herald
Thursday, November 30, 2006
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MUSICAL
ARTS LISTINGS
Menard’s
future paved
on Velvet
In the galleries
The collected works of George
Glenn are on display at the Red
Door Gallery in the Bison Café until
Jan. 15.
Living Earth and Sky is the first
art show at the WEE Café on Central
Avenue. The land and skyscape
photographs of Frances Buchan and
Maureen Logue are on display until
Dec. 31.
Artwork by John McDonald is at
the Grace Campbell Gallery in the
Cuelenaere Public Library until Dec.
27. He will have a show opening
and book signing Saturday from 2-4
p.m. The collection of artwork represents what McDonald calls neotribal art.
The Northern Forests at Amy’s on
Second restaurant features works
by Rigmor Clarke. Clarke, from Shell
Lake, paints impressionistic renderings of the forest and lake regions
of the North.
You Are Here is the two-person
exhibition featuring the installation
work of Hugh Henry and the photographs of Ken Jeannotte at the
Prince Albert Arts Centre in January.
Fred Bahr and Jackie Guedo will
show their work as part of the new
show at Turk’s Coffee Shop in
December and January.
On the town
The Carlton Comprehensive High
School band and choir will host a
concert Dec. 12 at 7:30 p.m. in the
school’s cafetorium. There will be a
collection at the door.
The Prince Albert Raiders will
host a Santa Shaker for the club’s
Education Fund Dec. 8 at 10 p.m.
Men Without Shame will perform in
the Ches Leach Lounge for the
event. Season-ticket holders and
those who attend the Raiders’ Dec.
8 game can buy tickets for $10. Tickets for the dance only are $15 and
are available at the Raider office.
The Prince Albert Country Music
Association presents its annual
Country Christmas Concert Sunday
at 2 p.m. in the Union Centre on
Eighth Street East. Admission is $5.
Proceeds go to the Salvation Army.
Playbill
Odyssey Productions will stage its
first presentation of its new season,
The Sunshine Boys, on Friday and
Saturday.
Gone with the Pie is the latest
dinner theatre, interactive comedy
presented by ShortStuff Theatre.
The show runs Friday and Saturday
at Midtown Hall. Shows start at 7:30
p.m. and tickets are $30, available at
Harold’s IGA.
Broadway North’s Christmas
Musical Annie will start on Friday at
7:30 p.m., with shows from Dec. 2-9.
Crossroads is presenting the
Christmas Story in Outdoor Living
Nativity Dec. 16-17 from 7-9 p.m. at
Crossroads Pentecostal Assembly.
Features a local cast of more than
60 people plus live animals. No
admission fee.
Rawlinson Centre shows
Michelle Wright will bring her
Christmas special to the stage Dec.
17 with two shows scheduled at
4 and 8 p.m.
John Diefenbaker School will
have its Christmas concert Dec. 18.
It’s a night of comedy with Don
Burnstick Dec. 19 at 8 p.m.
Tickets to Rawlinson events are
available by calling the box office at
765-1270 or toll-free at 1-866-700arts. People can also drop by the
box office, 142 12th St. W.
If you have news about the arts, call city
editor Holly Wiberg at 764-2083. Deadline
for submission is Tuesday at noon for the
following Thursday.
BY TIMOTHY SCHAFER
HERALD STAFF
Andrea Menard, a former Prince Albert resident, in performance. Herald photo by Timothy Schafer
The secret is out
The rest of Canada discovers the talent of former
Prince Albert resident Andrea Menard
BY TIMOTHY SCHAFER
HERALD STAFF
Prince Albert citizens always knew
how talented Andrea Menard was.
Now the rest of the country
knows.
The former city resident was a
multiple winner at the Canadian
Aboriginal Music Awards handed
out last Friday in Toronto.
Singer and actress Menard was
honoured with three awards,
including best folk album and
album of the year for Simple Steps
and best single for 100 Years.
The awards come one month
after Menard won for outstanding
aboriginal recording at the Western
Canadian Music Awards in Winnipeg.
In collecting the most awards of
anyone
nominated,
Menard
stunned everyone at the CAMA
event, including herself.
“Three awards? I was hoping I
might walk away with one, but
when I walked away with the album
of the year I was absolutely and
utterly stunned,” she said. “And
everybody went, ‘Boy, I’m not used
to seeing Andrea Menard speechless.’”
Not only did Menard clean up at
the awards ceremony; she was also
the host.
With a huge presence of women
at the event, the timing couldn’t be
more appropriate to have Menard
as the sole host, said Ron Robert,
Canadian Aboriginal Festival coordinator.
“We chose her based on her talent and her overall ability as hostess,” he said.
“Andrea has been involved with
our festival and music awards for
some years and we hold her in high
esteem.”
Menard’s esteem was created
through hard work. Along with cowriter and producer of the album,
Robert Walsh of Edmonton,
Menard worked long hours to put
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HERALD STAFF
the album together.
Walsh was on hand in Toronto for
the awards ceremony and it made
the honours even more significant.
“We were both incredibly proud
of what we’ve created,” she said. “It
was nice to be recognized by your
peers and your community.”
However, Menard lost the title of
CAMA best female artist to Toronto-based singer and actress Tamara
Podemski, who also won for best
songwriter.
Menard’s acting credits include
Moccasin Flats and the one-woman
stage play The Velvet Devil.
Andrea Menard has been involved
in some noteworthy projects
already in her young career.
She sang at the 2005 Celebration of the Arts, performing for
Saskatchewan residents and
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince
Phillip with Joni Mitchell, Buffy
Ste. Marie, Leslie Nielson, Art Linkletter and Colin James.
Menard was the voice behind
Saskatchewan’s centennial jingle
as well. She has performed for the
Earl of Wessex at Regina’s Globe
Theatre in 2003 and for the Prince
of Wales at the Saskatchewan premier’s community luncheon in
Saskatoon in 2001.
She has also performed for former prime minister Jean Chretien, the Senate and the former
Saskatchewan Lt.-Gov. Linda
Haverstock.
Andrea was featured in the government’s Only in Saskatchewan
campaign and received the
Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal for
her performance in the arts.
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Robert Walsh, left, and Andrea Menard
put together the best aboriginal album in
Canada last year. Menard won the award
at the Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards
in Toronto. Herald photo by Timothy Schafer
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Menard in
performance
SOPHOMORE SUCCESS
Simple Steps is Andrea Menard’s
second album and features 12
original songs, co-written by
Menard and producer Robert
Walsh, her collaborator on her
first album, Velvet Devil.
“The songs all come from my
experience and reflection of my
place in the world as a proud
Métis woman,” Menard said
about her album. “Robert Walsh
helped mine the songs from my
soul. We are a great team and it’s
been wonderful to work with him
again on this album.”
Andrea Menard’s launching pad
to celebrity status is The Velvet
Devil.
A one-woman theatrical musical (she wrote the book and cowrote the music and lyrics) was
staged on CBC’s Opening Night
and was seen in theatres across
the country.
Menard performed the onewoman show at the National Arts
Centre, Regina’s Globe Theatre,
Saskatchewan Native Theatre in
Saskatoon), Northern Arts & Cultural Centre in Yellowknife,
Moose Jaw Cultural Centre and
on a national broadcast on CBC
Radio One.
Beyond the Velvet Devil,
Menard’s acting credits are extensive, including a role as Const.
Strongeagle on Moccasin Flats,
seasons 1 and 2 (Showcase and
APTN).
Other on-screen roles include: I
Accuse (John Ketchum Productions), Betrayed (Barna-Alper
Productions), The Impossible Elephant (Edge Entertainment),
Skipped Parts (Trimark Productions) and Harold & Katja (Westwind Pictures).
Menard’s live theatre is alive as
well with several companies,
including Saskatchewan Native
Theatre, Stuck in a Snowbank
Theatre, Persephone Theatre,
Prairie Theatre Exchange, Globe
Theatre and Dancing Sky Theatre.
Menard’s debut CD, The Velvet
Devil, won for Best Aboriginal
Recording at the 2003 Western
Canadian Music Awards, Best
Female Artist and Best Folk
Album at the 2003 Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards.
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