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40th Anniversary
Music 40th Anniversary
Events
June Recap
Athletics
AlumBits
Odds & Ends
40th Anniversary
Celebrations
Only two months left until our 40th Anniversary
Celebrations get officially underway. Come August,
Vanier will be a buzz with tons of exciting events.
Make sure you’re signed up with the VCAA to get all
the info and don’t forget to tell your alumni friends. Vanier Music Dept. @ 40
Here is a just a small sample of what the music
department is planning:
UPCOMING EVENTS
Vanier Alumni @ the Jazz
Fest!
Streetnix feat. Chris
Smith & Jim Doxas
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 @ 12:00
PM
More
Vanier College Stage
Band
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 @ 3:00 PM
More
Jocelyn Couture Plays
Alumni Concert Band, February 20th, 2011
This event will bring together alumni who play a
concert band instrument for two rehearsals in the
afternoon, followed by a dinner with fellow alumni,
and ending off with the Alumni concert in the evening
in the Vanier Auditorium. To participate in this
concert, please click here. Ticket information to attend
the dinner and concert will be announced in the fall.
Alumni Big Band, April 11th, 2011
The 13th Annual Big Band Benefit Concert will feature
the Vanier Alumni Big Band conducted by Christopher
Smith following the Vanier College Big Band (Jocelyn
Couture, Director) and the professional J.L. Big Band
(Christopher Smith, Director). There will be a
reception before the concert at 6:00 pm in the
Student Mall. Ticket information for the reception and
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Maynard Ferguson
Saturday, July 3, 2010 @ 3:00 PM
More
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concert will be announced in the fall.
40th Anniversary Choir Concert, May 6th,
2011
Former choir directors Jean Sult and Erica Phare will
join Philippe Bourque and the Vanier College Choir
for a celebratory concert in collaboration with the
Joseph-François Perrault Symphony Orchestra. The
concert will feature Robert F. Jones’ La Terra
Promessa, a symphonic anthology for soloists,
chorus, and orchestra commissioned for this event.
The concert will take place at at Église Saint Laurent
and a reception will be held after the concert in the
Student Mall. Part of the proceeds from the freewill
offerings will be used to establish a Vanier Music
Alumni Scholarship.
The Vanier College Big Band
June Recap
Habitat for Humanity
Several students in the Vanier College Architectural
Technology program travelled to New Orleans to
volunteer with the local Habitat for Humanity to help
rebuild homes destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. This is
the second such trip for Architectural Technology
students having travelled to Mexico the year before.
Read more. View more.
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Graduation Ceremony
A spring tradition on college and university campuses
around the world, Vanier celebrated its most recent
alumni at this year’s graduation ceremony held on
June 20th at Place Des Arts. Click here for more
photos.
Athletics
Athletics Awards Banquet
The Athletics Department held its annual Awards
Banquet a while back at the Days Inn Conference
Center in Saint Laurent. Among the hardware handed
out were trophies for male and female athlete of the
year. Read more.
Slam Dunk for Basketball Alums
A number of former Cheetah basketball players have
been making headlines both here in Canada and in
the States. From scholarship offers to coaching
appointments you can read more here.
Starting center Kazadi Nyanguila
AlumBits
BRIAN SMITH, DEC Social Science ’87, was
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recently honoured with one of seven CDN—NDG
Outstanding Citizen Awards, the borough's highest
honour, in the category of “Civic-Mindedness and
Social Involvement.” Here is an excerpt from his bio:
"Brian Smith has been working at the Carrefour
Jeunesse-emploi de Côte-des-Neiges since 1998,
directing the Monnaie-Money, Dollars Make Sense
project, which teaches young people about the
importance of sound financial management. Smith is
a model volunteer, working to promote the economic
development and social integration of youth and
visible minorities." During his stint at Vanier, Brian
was captain of the Bol d’Or winning Cheetahs football
team and voted MVP for defence.
Read more about Vanier alumni in the news. We’d
love to hear what you’ve been up to since Vanier.
Email your alumni profile to:
[email protected].
Odds & Ends
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