SEPTEMBER, 2004 |
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CONGRATULATIONS, CANTERBURY!
The article in Maclean's Magazine,
showing Canterbury as the BEST ARTS
SCHOOL in the country came out in August.
You can read the text here: http://www.macleans.ca/webspecials/ |
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JAMIE DEE FRANKLIN's movie is playing in theatres
as of Sept 24. Jamie plays a zombie in Shaun of the Dead. |
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JESSICA HOLMES' new season of the Air
Farce begins airing Sept. 24, on CBC. |
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JIM McNABB and JUDY KIRSH announce
that plans for a Canterbury High School TWENTY-FIFTH Reunion
in 2008 are in the works!
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MATT OUIMET and JEHAN KHOORSHED
play the Rent Show!
From their promo:
The Super Great Rent Show will feature two of the brightest minds
in the Maison
DaHousen! (Excluding the old yogurt in the back of the fridge.)
Included in the Studded Cast:
-Hyulp
-Jehan & the Put Downs
-THE BEATLES!
Sunday, October 3, The Bayou, 1077 Bank Street,
Ottawa. 8 p.m. $5 at the door.
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RAOUL BHANEJA: the new season of Train48
starts Monday, Sept 20! Raoul, (Pete), starts
the season on Tuesday, Sept 21. |
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The video for Raoul and the Big Time,
Baby Don't Stop is ready! See it on BRAVO
soon. |
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VIK SAHAY plays Rosencrantz - or is that Guildenstern?
in Soulpepper's Hamlet, playing now at Harbourfront
Centre.
Tickets, 416-973-4000.
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VIK SAHAY plays a lawyer in a recurring role in
Wonderland this season. Congratulations! |
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MATTHEW EDISON is acting in Kilt,
in Peterborough, in October. |
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Jason Miller is acting producer of the Stratford
Festival this season. |
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Congratulations to PAUL HOPKINS who has been selected
to attend the Stratford Conservatory! |
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Jim McNabb says there are seven CHS Drama grads
at The Stratford Festival this year. |
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SURPRISE!!! Oh yes,
it really was!!!
So many people! THANK you SOOOOOOO much if you came to the surprise
( huge!) birthday party for JANE MOORE, August 29,
at The Marble Works in Ottawa - thank you so to all
the wonderful and much-loved people who came, some from so far, and
who created so much joy.
And thank you especially to Stephanie and Kevin,
Jim, Jacquie, Hamza,
Martin, and everyone who helped arrange it.
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Cube Zero, written and directed by Ernie
Barbarash, screened on Sept 2 at the Varsity movie
theatre in Toronto with STEPHANIE MOORE as one of
the three leads. It was REALLY good!!! Yea, Steph! |
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DEREK CARKNER, Special Presentations Coordinator,
is busy again at the Toronto International Film Festival
as he helps out these actors and directors: Al Pacino,
Jeremy Irons, Joseph Fiennes, Charlize Theron, Penelope Cruz, Susan
Sarandon, Joan Allen, Chris Cooper, Orlando Bloom, Bill Paxton, Topher
Grace, Don Cheadle, Sandra Bullock, Sean Penn, John Sayles, Chazz
Palminteri, Todd Solondz, Alexander Payne, Matt Dillon, Brendan Fraser,
Thandie Newton, John Waters, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Tracey Ullman,
Sandran Oh and Don McKellar … amongst
others…
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Congratulations
to DUANE KEOGH and The Town Pants
- They are holding an exclusive CD release, in Ottawa, of their
third CD, Weight of Water… Sept 1, 9 p.m.,
Grace O'Malley's, Merivale Rd.
The Town Pants play in Quebec and New York from
Sept. 5 - Sept. 18.
See their poster and all their news at
http://www.thetownpants.com/1.htm
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• Ahhh. RAD HAJDA had a nasty biking accident
on the bike path in Ottawa a few days ago. He is suffering from a
broken thumb, and a broken knee, and he has also lost part of his
thumb. He is recuperating at his mum's in Ottawa. Call him! |
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Congratulations to
DAVID SHEA and Holly Bruns who have
just bought their own home in Ottawa! |
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Congratulations to
JAN DITCHFIELD who married Chris Loumanis
on August 21, in Westport, Ontario!
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Congratulations to
DENNIS VAN STAALDUINEN and his wife, Jeanette,
who are expecting a baby December 28! |
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Congratulations
to NATHAN TAYLOR and Sarah Bezanson
who have become engaged!
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Best of luck to the latest Bofa grads going away to new schools
- ROBIN TOLLER who is off to LAMDA
in London, England, CHRIS COCHRANE who is starting
Studio 58 in Vancouver, RAE-ANNA MAITLAND (Concordia)
and TRISHA HAMILTON (Les Ateliers de Danse Moderne
de Montréal Inc.) in Montreal, and NEIL SMITH,
York University in Toronto. And to JAMIE DEE FRANKLIN,
starting at Rose Buford in London, England. |
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HAMZA ADAM is dancing with Qwod Skwod
- and is dancing in Montreal, Sept 6.
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BRIAN FROMMER - Brian and Marilyn ARE Theatre
Kingston. Theatre Kingston's new season includes: Copenhagen,
The Winter's Tale and Meltdown.
For
all the details, http://theatrekingston.com/
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TYLER WESTERLUND and White Cowbell Oklahoma
will be playing Sudbury and Hamilton in September on their Cencerro
Blanco tour: Sept. 11 - Townehouse - Sudbury ON
Sept. 17 - Underground - Hamilton ON
http://www.whitecowbell.com/gigs.htm
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NICOLE EADY is back at home after her stroke
in June.
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MATTHEW EDISON is acting in Kilt,
in October! Details later!
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DAVID NUGENT is Assistant Director for
Yale Repertory Theatre's second play of the season, The
Intelligent Design of Jenny Chung by Rolin Jones.
October 22 -November 13, 2004
http://www.yale.edu/yalerep/jennychow.html
Dave is in the last year of his Master's Playwriting
programme at Yale, and his play goes up at the end of March 2005.
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DAVID SHEA has been finishing a short film,
Goodnight Irene, by Holly Bruns. Dave
is director of photography, editor and music composer.
DAVID goes into production on his own short film,
News, in November, and will be casting
then. |
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MARTIN GERO has written more episodes for Stargate:
Atlantis, to be aired soon. Watch for The
Storm on Sept.20, and The Eye
on Sept 27, TMN, Mondays at 9 pm. |
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AMY RUTHERFORD stars in the short film Elliott
Smelliott , showing at the Toronto Film Festival,
Tuesday, Sept. 14, at 8:45 pm., at Cumberland 3,
and Thursday, Sept. 16, 9:45 a.m. at Varsity
7. |
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Train 48, starring RAOUL BHANEJA
is back for a new season, Sept 20, on Global TV!
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PAUL HOPKINS plays in The Stratford Festival's
Henry VIII, running until October 29.
Dorian Foley, CHS,'96, also appears in this production. |
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SARAH McVIE plays Lady MacDuff in The Stratford
Festival's Macbeth, at The
Festival Theatre, until Oct. 30.
She also appears in Timon of Athens, playing until Sept. 25
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TYLEY ROSS is off to study music in England |
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JEN GOODHUE is back for a second season with Comedy
Inc. on CTV. |
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JEHAN KHOORSHED plays at the Cock'n'Bull
in Montreal Sept.16, 23 and 30. |
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LEVON HENDERSON is writing - JAN DITCHFIELD
is writing, and has finished a novel! Way to go! |
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STILL HAPPENING:
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CBC Television's six o'clock news sees
NEIL HERLAND reporting, sometimes, from Toronto, and TERI
LORETTO doing weather in Ottawa. |
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RAOUL BHANEJA, Train 48,
Global weekdays |
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VIK SAHAY, Radio Active, YTV. |
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JESSICA HOLMES on CBC's Royal Canadian
Air Farce. |
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STEPHANIE MOORE, Queer as Folk, Mondays, SHOWCASE
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JENNIFER GOODHUE, Comedy Inc, CTV
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KURT SMEATON, improvises at Clinton's,
Toronto, Monday nights. Mondays. STEVE FISHER is
providing music.
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MARTIN GERO is in Vancouver working as editor and
writer on Stargate: Atlantis. |
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Canterbury calling…
If you haven't done so yet, please check out JUDY KIRSH's
new website for Canterbury grads. www.cacda.com
Go to the site to register
as a grad, donate, buy tickets, get information, join the Alumni
Association, and just check it all out!
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New CD's to buy:
Duane Keogh: The Town Pants, Weight
of Words
Tyler Westerlund:
White Cowbell Oklahoma, Cencerro
Blanco
Tyley Ross: East Village Opera Company, La Donna
Raoul Bhaneja: Raoul
and The Big Time, Cold Outside
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