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“The Eighth Fire” An Aboriginal Festival
The Hobbit
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4 Visual Arts Dawn Lyons – Something for everyone at Studio Tour
6 Spotlight Kym Wolfe – Wally Duffi eld
8 On Stage Susan Scott – Magic and wonder at the Grand
12 Jazz, Blues & Pop Bob Klanac – At home with Shad
14 Feature Jill Ellis – Aboriginal culture burns bright
16 Industry Silence Genti – Salthaven on the Row
18 Classical Beat Nicole Laidler – One month, two Requiems
22 Pegg’s World Robert Pegg – What fl oats my boat
23 Final Frame Ronny D’Haene – London through the lens
24 Calendar Listings April Attractions
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off ers a unique vision of the eyes of cats, and Machan’s mixed media works are oft en mistaken as a form of graffi ti.
“People think it is [graffi ti] because I use spray paint, but it is diff erent because I use paper and canvas,” says Machan, who is excited to be a participant. He has previously exhibited his work at Museum London and in London’s Art Fusion events and has wanted to participate in the tour for a few years.
“Th ere are only so many places to display your art in London, so I wanted to try it out,” Machan says, adding that the inclusion of his work may attract a younger demographic to the tour as well as broaden the exposure of his own work.
Machan is hopeful that the weather will cooperate to allow some of his larger-scale works to be exhibited outdoors. He plans to display more than 200 pieces, and notes that each needs to be viewed in its entirety, as opposed to a stacked canvas fl ip-through.
Stewart says participation in the tour allows artists to obtain valuable feedback from both the public as well as other artists. “Th e ability to get public exposure is important. Th e artists benefi t from interaction with the tour-goers, as well as reaction to their work, and that is priceless,” she says.
Brochures for the London Artists’ Studio Tour are available now at all library branches as well as numerous other arts-friendly places.
Dawn Lyons is a fr eelance writer with a strong appreciation for the arts. She writes to inform, engage and inspire. Visit her online at www.linesbylyons.com.
The diversity of London’s visual arts community is on display during the 2011 London Artists’ Studio Tour.
Celebrating its 18th year, the tour has 24 artists opening their studios to the public on April 15, 16 and 17. A fi ve-person jury – all artists themselves – evaluate submissions each year and select participants based upon excellence in the quality of the work. All media and techniques are considered and the jury selects varied participants to help the tour appeal to all artistic tastes and to accurately refl ect the wide variety of art that is created in London.
Artists returning to the tour again this year include Beth Turnbull Morrish with pottery that is both whimsical and functional and Carol Clark with watercolour paintings and cards. Fluid metal sculptures by Richard Sturgeon, landscapes by Kevin Bice and colourful woven pillows and scarves by Shirley Clement are also back.
Something for everyone at Studio TourBy Dawn Lyons
Some artists are returning to the tour following an absence of least one year. John Van Kessel is returning with his functional pieces created from local wood, and Diana Tamblyn will exhibit her comic book art in addition to landscape pieces and depictions of iconic London landmarks created with pen, ink or oil pastels. Angela Lorenzen, Annemarie Plint
and Christine Davis-Amyot will also be returning to the tour following an absence to display their acrylic and gouache paintings.
Beth Stewart, a member of the tour’s organizing committee and selection jury, is also returning following an absence. Stewart uses dry media – coloured and graphite pencil – to portray a variety of nature-based subjects.
She says visitors can expect to see something diff erent from each artist regardless of whether they have been absent from the tour or are returning for a consecutive year.
“Artists change their approach all the time. Anyone who attends each year will see that, which is interesting,” says Stewart, adding that the work displayed is fresh each year. “People won’t see the same work over and over again.”
Th is year’s tour also features two new artists: Ryan Machan and Amanda Rowe. Rowe
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Wally Duffi eld – A life of volunteering in the artsBy Kym Wolfe
“If you have your ticket, I will take it here please!” If you’ve been to a show at Aeolian Hall, you likely heard these words upon arrival. And you may have recognized the person who said them – Wally Duffi eld, a fi xture at many of the city’s cultural venues for more than 50 years.
Th e next time you see Duffi eld, be sure to say hello and let him know how much you appreciate his decades-long devotion to local arts and culture. But don’t wait until aft er the show, because he turned 90 last summer and is the fi rst to admit he tires more easily these days and sometimes leaves early.
Aside from being the offi cial greeter at the Aeolian, Duffi eld ushers at the Grand Th eatre, the Palace Th eatre, and at the Fringe Festival, where he has ushered since the event fi rst started and has taken in pretty much every show. His presence has prompted more than one person to say “my gosh, you are everywhere around town!”
Even before he retired from EMCO in 1985, Duffi eld was heavily involved in the arts.
When he moved to London in 1957 he turned his volunteer talents to the London Little Th eatre both on and off stage; he had been involved in amateur theatre for years, including acting alongside William Hutt in the early 1950s. Th e two remained good friends until Hutt’s death in 2007.
In 1957 Duffi eld also bought season’s tickets to Orchestra London – and he still does 54 years later. As a proponent of the importance of music to the development of individuals, he volunteered for more than a decade with the Orchestra when they performed in elementary schools across Th ames Valley District School Board.
“It was the only thing that could get me up that early in the morning,” says Duffi eld. It was fun to watch the kids – some of them were absolutely fascinated!”
Th ere are pictures and posters in Duffi eld’s apartment that capture his lifelong love aff air with music and theatre, and a few awards, including the Governor General’s Caring Canadian award and the 50-year pin he received from the Ontario Arts Council.
More important to Duffi eld are the people he’s met and worked alongside over the years. Clearly he’s important to them too. “We love Wally,” says the Grand Th eatre’s executive director, Deb Harvey. “He is an amazing person and a really important part of us.”
Kym Wolfe is a fr eelance writer based in London and an avid supporter of the local arts community. Get in touch at [email protected].
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Magic and wonder at The GrandBy Susan Scott
The magic of Middle-earth comes to London this April when Th e Grand Th eatre presents J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy Th e Hobbit as the season’s fi nal performance.
While the fi nale has typically been a musical or large-scale production, Th e Grand’s artistic director Susan Ferley decided to stage a play this year that the entire family can enjoy.
“We were looking to mix it up but still off er something that had some spectacle to it,” she says. “I’m always intrigued by classic stories that continue to speak to us in a profound way. Th e Hobbit is one that has become for so many people a part of life’s journey.”
First published in 1937, Tolkien tells the tale of a humble Hobbit named Bilbo Baggins. Gandalf the Wizard and a group of dwarves recruit him to help them reclaim the dwarves’
lost kingdom and win a share of the treasure guarded by a fi erce dragon. Bilbo’s journey leads him from a cheerful rural setting into the darker, deeper territory of Middle-earth.
Th e story takes the form of an episodic quest as Bilbo learns to survive a series of ordeals by using his wits and common sense.
During his travels, he discovers a magical ring and encounters strange beings and scary creatures, including elves, trolls, giants, goblins, gigantic spiders, heroic eagles, and evil wolves. Th e saga reaches its climax in the Battle of Five Armies, which will decide Bilbo’s success and his fate.
“I love this story because this unassuming Hobbit discovers great strengths within himself and others learn to appreciate him for those strengths as well,” says Ferley, who is directing the play. “I fi nd it inspiring.”
Th e Grand’s production of Th e Hobbit is the Canadian premier of an English adaptation that closely follows Tolkien’s plot, although it streamlines some scenes. By all measures, it is going to be an elaborate production.
Th e stage will have two revolves, one inside the other, which allows two distinct sets to move together or in opposite directions, or for one to stay still while the other moves. A bridge-like unit spans the two, and the various facades will conjure up the many landscapes and locations Bilbo traverses.
“Anyone who knows Tolkien’s work knows that it’s very organic and otherworldly in terms of the imagery,” explains Ferley. “Th e set will defi nitely evoke this as well.”
Th e costumes for the 13 cast members – many of whom play multiple roles – also support the fantasy. Weird and wonderful outfi ts, masks, and makeup will create the wildly diff erent beings and creatures.
Bilbo Baggins undertakes his epicjourney in Th e Grand Th eatre’sproduction of Th e Hobbit.
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Puppetry will give life to the dragon and giant spiders. In addition, a special fi ght choreographer has devised the fi ght scenes and battles in the show.
While the play will appeal to young and old, it isn’t suitable for very young children. “If the child knows the story or can understand that it’s make-believe, then it’s fi ne,” says Ferley. “But there are some scary bits in it.”
By a happy accident of timing, another play oriented to children will appear at the McManus Th eatre during Th e Hobbit’s run.
Carousel Players, a St. Catharines-based theatrical group that develops new works for young audiences, is presenting Peg and the Yeti for three days in May. Th is play is an adaptation of a children’s book by the award-winning writer Kenneth Oppel.
Th e story features Peg, a brave young girl who sets out on a great adventure to climb Mount
Everest. She travels across the world by boat, train, and water buff alo until reaching the Himalayas. Aft er dodging an avalanche, Peg befriends a mysterious Yeti who off ers to help her achieve her goal.
“Th eatre can be magical both literally and fi guratively,” Ferley says. “And these two plays, in very diff erent ways, bring these elements together.”
Susan Scott is an arts writer and visual artist. View her work at www.londonartists.ca.
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When Shad hits the London Music Hall stage April 7 for what should be a triumphant return to his hometown, it will be only his second visit to the venue. His fi rst was when he picked up an award at the Jack Richardson Music Awards almost fi ve years ago. A few things have changed since then.
His Th e Old Prince disc picked up a nomination for 2008 Juno Rap Record of the Year and was tapped as one of the 10 fi nalists for that year’s Polaris Music Prize. His most recent disc TSOL saw him pick up another of the 10 fi nalist slots for last year’s Polaris.
In the past few months Shad has been collaborating with other musicians, most recently Th e Sadies’ Dallas Taylor. “It’s fun for both artists to do something that’s a little bit diff erent from what they usually do,” the Kenya-born, London-raised hip-hopper says.
More recently he’s been fi nishing up his studies at Simon Fraser University and prepping for the tour that brings him back to London.
“I’m looking forward to it for sure, just to come home,” he says. “On one level to see some friends that I haven’t seen for a while. Some have had kids that I haven’t met yet. And also it’s always real great to play at home. It’s real special.”
Shad is one of a number of widely diverse Canadian musical talents that have been nudging themselves onto the international stage of late, the most dramatic example being Arcade Fire elbowing aside the usual pop stars to take a top prize at the Grammy Awards. Shad says he’s noticed the surge of activity
from, and interest in, the musical north and is glad to be a part of it.
“I don’t know exactly when something actually changed but Canadian music has just developed an incredible reputation in the world,” he comments.
When it’s suggested to Shad that London itself developed a healthy music scene with himself as one of the early successes, he murmurs agreement.
“When I was playing my fi rst shows in London I was really surprised at how people could support what I was doing without having any kind of top down marketing going on,” he recalls. “People just decided that ‘hey I like this; its local and I think it’s good.’”
Bob Klanac has been scribbling about music since he was young enough to know better. For more, go to klanac.blogspot.com
What: Shad with Two Crown KingWhere: London Music Hall (178 Dundas St.)When: April 4 @ 9:00 pmContact: www.londonmusichall.com
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a greater respect for the earth and greater understanding among social classes.
Dan Smoke, native spirituality teacher at Th e University of Western Ontario, says, “In the Anishinaabeg (Ojibwe) belief system, we have passed through seven fi res in the process of evolution and will reclaim our relationships with ourselves, each other, nature and the higher power in the Eighth Fire.”
“We have to reclaim them to survive and come together with people from all four directions of the globe to understand that we have a choice or we’ll see a time of purifi cation, or what some call Armageddon – other cultures have diff erent names for it. We are trying to educate people about this.”
Bryan, Aeolian Hall general manager, had wanted to bring this type of event to London for a long time. Inspired by Buff y Sainte-Marie’s many performances at the venue over the years, he became strongly committed to
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Aboriginal culture burns brightBy Jill Ellis
Clark Bryan wants to light a fi re under Londoners and make them more conscious of the cultural and spiritual importance of Aboriginal peoples.
Th e Eighth Fire is a fi ve-month celebration of Native culture, music and spirituality presented at Aeolian Hall, in conjunction with the Th ames Valley Board of Education, Native leaders Dan and Mary-Lou Smoke, and Sunfest.
From performances by well-known artists like Buff y Sainte-Marie to dramatic performances by groups like Red Sky to presentations by the Kaha:wi Dance Th eatre, Londoners will be treated to a full-sensory spectrum of information and entertainment.
For First Nations people, the Eighth Fire is a prophesy of a time when people turn away from materialism and toward spiritualism, and a time when people of diverse cultures and races share mutual respect. It foresees
continuing to present Aboriginal culture at the Aeolian. “Th ere are so many challenges facing the Aboriginal community,” Bryan says. “If more people understand the culture and contemporary issues, it [would be] easier to solve the problems facing the [Aboriginal] community.”
According to Bryan, the Eighth Fire festival presents traditional native values through a contemporary lens and is already achieving its goals of greater understanding and respect for First Nations people.
Th e genesis of the event was a dinner and talking circle held last summer. Smoke says, “We invited people of all diff erent faiths to sit in the circle and say some words that come from the specifi c and cultural interpretation of how they see the world is going and how we can spiritually coexist as mankind and the sisterhood.”
“In a talking circle, each person talks as long as they hold the eagle feather,” he explains.
Representatives from many communities answered the invitation, including Baha’i, African/ Caribbean, South Asian, East Indian, Lebanese, Scottish, Native Spiritual leaders and youth leaders.
Smoke feels that the dinner and circle’s goal of “culturally bridging diff erent world views” was achieved.
Th e multifaceted celebration kicked off with the fi rst of three weekend events. On Friday, February 4, Th e Red Sky theatre troupe led workshops for high school and grade school students.
“We got great feedback from this,” says Bryan. “Some of the students that are Aboriginal but didn’t identify themselves so, now do. Teachers report that the respect toward Aboriginal students is higher and their [Native students’] self esteem is higher.” (When registering within the school system, First Nations students can self-identify or not, as they choose.)
Smoke is especially pleased that the Eighth Fire celebration is reaching so many children. “Young people are going to be our future
generation of leaders and decision makers. Th ey don’t get a lot of history in the [school] curriculum of this land and what they do get is stereotyped, white-washed history. We want to decolonize the curriculum and refl ect the true history of the land instead of a Eurocentric one that is wrong.”
Th ree major weekend events were planned over a 12-week period. Th e fi rst was in February. Th e next two are in April and June and celebrate the coming of the Eighth Fire in a multisensory fashion.
Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq will lead workshops for school students and perform at Aeolian Hall on April 8 and 9, while the Kaha:wi Dance Th eatre will do likewise on June 3 and 4. Both weekends will wrap up with fi lm presentations and discussion groups. Th e performances and fi lm presentations are open to the public.
Bryan thinks this scenario is a winning combination to maximize audience penetration and meet the sponsors’ goals.
From inspiration to presentation, the Eighth Fire will come full circle on May 10 when Buff y Sainte-Marie performs at Aeolian Hall.
Bryan is especially looking forward to the culminating event on June 5 when Ignite London presents the Eighth Fire. Ignite London hosts evenings of speakers with fi ve-minute PowerPoint presentations meant to inform and make people think. Th e June session at Aeolian Hall will share information on “Aboriginal teachings within a modern, personal context,” says Bryan.
Jill Ellis is a London-based fr eelance writer and chief communicator for Write.On Communications International (www.writedoton.com).
Inuit throat singer, Tanya Tagaq, performs as part of Aeolian Hall’s Eighth Fire festival.
What: “The Eighth Fire” An Aboriginal FestivalWhere: Aeolian Hall (795 Dundas St. East)When: Until June 5Contact: www.aeolianhall.ca
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new centre will enhance Salthaven’s capacity, which currently relies on 100 volunteers to give round-the-clock care.
“We get about 40 calls a day and can only handle 50 per cent of those calls,” explained Salt. “With a larger centre we can attend to more animals. Th ere is a need there … the new centre we are hoping to build will be part of an ecopark. It will allow people to see the healing process and visit the centre.”
Framing & Art owner Sara White is happy to lend a hand to Salt and his team by hosting the exhibition and sale. “My aunt [photographer Sue Bradnam] approached me with the idea,” said White, who is also donating frames for the event.
Silence Genti is a Zimbabwean-born fr eelance writer, web designer and lover of all things London. He can be contacted at [email protected].
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A group of beautiful birds is descending on Richmond Row. Well kind of. Images of Salthaven, an exhibition of photographs taken by Sue Bradnam, Blanka Jodanov and others, sets down this month at London’s Framing & Art Centre.
“Pictures on display will be representative of what we do at Salthaven,” said Brian Salt, founder and director of rehabilitation at the Salthaven Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre.
Located in Mount Brydges, Salthaven cares for and rehabilitates injured, orphaned or otherwise compromised wildlife, with the goal of returning healthy animals to their native habitat. “A lot of the animals are beautiful in their own right,” Salt said. “We have some talented photographers who took pictures of them and we thought we could showcase that.”
Jodanov and Bradman took the bulk of the photography that will be on display. Both photographers have a great love and reverence for nature that shines through in their work. Several Salthaven volunteers also contributed photographs to the exhibition.
From snapshots of rescued birds and mammals to nature portraits, Images of Salthaven will provide a unique view of one of South-western Ontario’s leading environmental organizations. Last year, the non-profi t facility admitted more than 860 animals. Most are released aft er healing.
Salthaven recently found a new home for Freeway. Th e red-tailed hawk is blind in her left eye and has 30 per cent vision in the right eye. Not being able to fend for herself, Freeway would normally have been put down. Th anks to Salthaven, she now has a home at another centre’s education program.
Th e photography exhibit is part of an awareness campaign to raise funds for new facilities. Th e
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One month, two Requiems By Nicole Laidler
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Easter season seems to be Requiem season in the choral music world. Th is spring is no exception, as two London ensembles wrap up their concert year with a Mass for the dead. Th at’s where the similarity between the two programs ends.Paul Merritt, music director at First St. Andrew’s United Church, brings Howard Goodall’s Eternal Light: A Requiem to the Forest City on April 10.
Composed in 2008 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of England’s London Musici, reviewers have called Eternal Light the Requiem for the 21-st century. In it, Goodall intertwines text from the traditional Latin Requiem Mass, Th e Book of Revelation and English poetry on themes of death, grief and solace.
“I really do think this is a quality piece,” says Merritt, who was looking for something “a little edgy” to wrap up the First St. Andrew’s music season.
Fans of British television comedy might recognize Goodall from his work writing scores for popular series like Th e Vicar of Dibley, Blackadder, Mr Bean and Red Dwarf. Goodall’s setting of Psalm 23 for Th e Vicar of Dibley, and another work called Love Divine, will also be performed on the April concert.
“His music has a populist touch,” Merritt comments. “However the Requiem has some darker areas too. I know people will fi nd it very moving.”
Th e composer himself has said of the work: “... a modern Requiem is one that acknowledges the unbearable loss and emptiness that accompanies the death of loved ones, a loss that is not easily ameliorated with platitudes about the joy awaiting us in the aft erlife.
Th is, like Brahms’, is a Requiem for the living, addressing their suff ering and endurance, a
Requiem focussing on the consequences of interrupted lives.”
Th e FSAU choir will be joined by soloists soprano Sonja Gustafson, alto Th erese Sirek-Ng, tenor Daryl Edwards and bass Ross Doddington, and string players from Orchestra London for the aft ernoon performance.
Another slightly unconventional Requiem wraps up the Fanshawe Chorus London winter season, April 22 at Centennial Hall.
Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem was fi rst performed in Milan’s St. Mark’s Church in 1874. Since the choir included female singers, special permission had to be obtained, and the ladies were allowed to sing
Sonja Gustafson joins Th erese Sirek-Ng, Daryl Edwards and Ross Doddington for “the Requiem for the 21st-century.”
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behind a screen clad in black dresses and mourning veils.
Th at put a bit of a damper on the occasion, but a second performance a few days later at La Scala opera house secured the work’s place in the choral repertoire.
Commonly described as an ‘operatic Requiem,’ conductor Gerald Fagan concedes: “It’s a biggie. Verdi wrote it exactly as he would have written an opera, except it is on a sacred text.”
Th at makes the work a favourite of both audiences and singers. “Th ose who have heard it before understand its amazing impact,” says Fagan, who was recently appointed a Member of the Order of Ontario in recognition of his contribution to the arts.
Verdi’s Requiem is also one of Fagan’s favourite pieces to conduct. “For me, it grows and grows and grows. At this time in my career there are many things that I see in it that I didn’t see before.”
What: Fanshawe Chorus London, Requiem – VerdiWhere: Centennial Hall (609 Wellington St.)When: April 22 @ 7:00 pmContact: www.lfscgfs.com
Fanshawe Chorus London, Gerald Fagan Singers and Concert Players Orchestra will be joined by husband-and- wife Christine Riel (soprano) and John Avey (bass), and alto Sandra Graham and tenor Kurt Lehmann for the Good Friday performance.
“I think I have an all-star cast of soloists for this one,” says Fagan with a laugh.
Nicole Laidler is editor of Th e Beat – Arts in London and a local fr eelance writer and business communicator. Visit her at www.spilledink.ca
What: Music at FSA, Eternal Light: A RequiemWhere: First St. Andrew’s United Church (350 Queens Ave.)When: April 10 @ 2:30 pmContact: www.fsaunited.com
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22 April, 2011 23pegg’s world
The thought of climbing into what is essentially a large enclosed bathtub and fl oating eff ortlessly in warm dark silence – and 10 inches of water and about 800 pounds of dissolved Epson salt – admittedly may not be for everyone.
But 30 years ago it was right up my alley.
I went for my fi rst “tanking” experience at a place called Tranquility Tanks in downtown Toronto. Th ere had been lots of press about how fl oating for an hour was a good way to reduce stress, or meditate and reach nirvana. But being in my early 20s, I was far more intrigued by what I had learned about it in Paddy Chayefsky’s 1978 novel Altered States and the subsequent Ken Russell fi lm adaptation of the same name starring William Hurt as a scientist who uses a similar tank as a means to explore hidden long-dormant areas of the mankind’s “brain” – and while doing so experiences mind-blowing hallucinations.
What fl oats my boatBy Robert Pegg
What’s not to like? Take a trip and never leave the tub.
Needless to say, Altered States was just the fi rst of my misconceptions of tanking. When I emerged from my fi rst fl oat, unlike William Hurt, I had not de-evolved into prehistoric Primate Man. And I had not seen God. Or had I? Quite frankly, on my second fl oat, I believe I had. Or maybe I was just so relaxed that I had fallen asleep and dreamed it.
Th ese days, I book fl oats at Salt Th erapy, a “Health and Wellness Centre” at 585 Oxford Street East for an entirely diff erent reason. Not for kicks but as an aid in sleep therapy.
As someone who has worked the midnight shift for the past quarter century, getting a good solid sleep is my main concern these days – and I can attest that a one-hour fl oat is the equivalent of at least four hours of really deep sleep. And then some. Aft er fl oating in space, you emerge ultra-relaxed with a warm almost post-coital glow which far outlasts the real thing.
Th ey don’t call them isolation tanks anymore. Or sensory-deprivation tanks. Now it’s “fl oatation tank.” Salt Th erapy downplays tanking’s past reputation and promotes the relief it provides for fi bromyalgia, joint pain, muscle tension, stress, anxiety and depression.
Just the same, they also point out that “another purpose is to achieve a meditation-like state. Th e experience is commonly described as a transcendental experience.”
Oh, and for the best results, it’s recommended that you do it nude.
Robert Pegg is a published author, currently working on his autobiography, Living in the Past. Visit www.sonnydrysdalepresents.blogspot.com for more of his musings.
Th ey don’t call them isolation tanks anymore.
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Snapped in the middle of a 99-acre wildlife project in Lambton County, photographer Ronny D’Haene calls this his “lucky shot.” Contact Ron’s Wild Life at [email protected].
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Mar. 22-Apr.9 Shirley Valentine; Apr. 27-May 26 The Hobbit
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Apr. 7-9 Brush & Palette Club: 39th Annual Spring Show & Sale
ELSIE PERRIN WILLIAMS ESTATE, 101 Windemere Rd.
Apr. 15-16 Heritage London Foundation: Spring Arts & Crafts Sale
FRAMING & ART CENTRE, 188 Kent St., www.framingandart.ca, 519 438-2534
Mar. 28-Apr.23 Images of Salthaven, reception/ fundraiser Apr. 1, 5-9
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Apr. 2 Anne Lindsay; Apr. 6 Jill Barker; Apr. 9 Eighth Fire Aboriginal Festival; Apr. 16 Michael Gabriel; Apr. 23 Chris-tine Fellows wsg Shotgun Jimmie; Apr. 29 Michael Kaeshammer
BYRON UNITED CHURCH, 420 Boler Rd., 519 471-1250
Apr.13 The Plumbing Factory Brass Band, 7:30 pm
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Apr. 9 Vivola Trio, 8 pm; Apr. 30 Love & Laughter at the Opera, 3 pm
CENTENNIAL HALL, 609 Wellington St., www.orchestralondon.ca, 519 679-8778
Apr. 3 Orchestra London Pops: Piano Pops; Apr. 22 Fanshawe Chorus London/ Gerald Fagan Singers/ Concert Play-ers Orchestra, Verdi: Requiem, 7 pm; May 1 Orchestra London Pops: A Heart That’s Free: Music for the Heroine
DUNDAS ST. UNITED CHURCH, 482 Dundas at Maitland, http://Lco-on.ca
May 1 London Community Orchestra presents Schumann & Bruch Concert, 3 pm
EASTSIDE BAR & GRILL, 750 Hamilton Rd., 519 455-2292
Apr. 17 Street Connection presents: Valerie Maxwell Memorial Beat the Blues Benefi t, 3-7 pm
FIRST-ST. ANDREW’S, 350 Queens Ave., www.fsaunited.com, 519 679-8182
Apr. 1 Paul Merrit, organ, noon; Apr. 8 Bellissima Ringers, noon; Apr. 10 Eternal Light, 2:30
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Apr. 26 An evening of top Canadian comedy supporting Foundation Fighting Blindness, 6:30 pm
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May 7-8 Garden Club of London presents: Joie de Vivre Flower Show
ELDON HOUSE, 481 Ridout St., www.eldonhouse.ca, 519 661-0333
Apr. 9 Guided House Tours: Changing Technologies – Servants & the Nature of “Work”
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Apr. 11-15 Canadian Museums Association Conference: Evolve or Die!
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Apr. 5 Sheila Martindale reads from “Here, There, & Somewhere Beyond”
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