A few artistic students from - or representing - the Tri-Cities scored well at last month's Performing Arts of BC festival.
Hannah Gee, of Burnaby, who was the intermediate representative in classical voice for the Coquitlam District Music Festival (CDMF), placed first in the provincials in the intermediate Canadian classical voice class.
She also took the runner-up title in the same category overall.
Port Moody's Tiana Jung, 15, representing CDMF in senior musical theatre, took third prize at her session - "a huge accomplishment," her mother, Elisa, said, given the Grade 9 PoMo secondary student was up against more mature competitors.
The provincials saw hundreds of young creative talent from around B.C. descend on Chilliwack to compete in their respective fields.
PAINTING
A new six-week painting class has been added to the summer program at Coquitlam's Dogwood Pavilion.
Painting: Exploring Acrylics will be offered from July 1 to Aug. 6, from 12:30 to 3 p.m. at the seniors' centre on Poirier Street.
Instructor Eileen Harder will give demonstrations and one-on-one instruction. Call 604-927-4386 to sign up.
JAPAN ART
The deadline is next Wednesday for young Tri-City artists wanting to have their work entered into a permanent exhibit in Japan.
Youth aged five to 15 are invited to submit their pieces to visual artist Diane Moran, who is a guest curator of the Hamada Children's Museum of Art in Japan.
She is looking for kids to enter a two-dimentional piece in any media, including paintings, drawings, collage and mixed media on paper or canvas.
There is an open theme and Moran will decide what will go up on the walls at the Hamada Children's Independants Exhibition in Japan next February.
Winners will receive a certificate of appreciation from Japan and a DVD that features the entire 2014 exhibition from across the globe.
Email [email protected] for more information and to enter artwork by Wednesday, June 12 by 5 p.m.
LIBRARY ART
Artists, craftspeople and historical groups in the Tri-Cities wanting to show their skill are invited to apply to the Coquitlam Public Library.
Display cases are available at the two branches - Poirier and City Centre - for a month. For more information and to download an application form, visit www.library.coquitlam.bc.ca.
For information about the Poirier display case, contact Janet Cooper at 604-937-4144 or email [email protected]; for the City Centre display case, call Lisa Hansen at 604-554-7330 or email [email protected].
Tri-City secondary students will toot their horns and sing up a storm for the annual Big Band Night on Friday.
The event, hosted by the Coquitlam District Music Teachers, will feature jazz bands and choirs performing in the courtyard at Centennial secondary (570 Poirier St., Coquitlam) from 7 to 10:30 p.m.
Admission is $5. Call 604-936-7205 for more information.
GIDDYUP!
A Port Moody boy saddled first place in a talent contest at last month's Cloverdale Rodeo.
Jazz singer Elias Tyson Venegas, age seven, won the pre-teen category in the 2013 BC Junior Talent Search finals at the annual fair on Victoria Day, May 20.
ROCK FOR CREDIT
A Rockschool examiner will speak to music teachers and students in Port Coquitlam on Saturday about his company and how to gain high school credit.
The talk by Andy Robertson will happen at 2 p.m. at Lindsay Music (1320 Kingsway Ave.).
Email Noel Wentworth at [email protected] for more information.
