SEPTEMBER, 2004
 
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/


JAMIE DEE FRANKLIN's movie is playing in theatres as of Sept 24. Jamie plays a zombie in Shaun of the Dead.

JESSICA HOLMES' new season of the Air Farce begins airing Sept. 24, on CBC.

JIM McNABB and JUDY KIRSH announce that plans for a Canterbury High School TWENTY-FIFTH Reunion in 2008 are in the works!


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.


RAOUL BHANEJA: the new season of Train48 starts Monday, Sept 20!
Raoul, (Pete), starts the season on Tuesday, Sept 21.

The video for Raoul and the Big Time, Baby Don't Stop is ready! See it on BRAVO soon.

VIK SAHAY plays Rosencrantz - or is that Guildenstern? in Soulpepper's Hamlet, playing now at Harbourfront Centre.
Tickets, 416-973-4000.

VIK SAHAY plays a lawyer in a recurring role in Wonderland this season. Congratulations!

MATTHEW EDISON is acting in Kilt, in Peterborough, in October.

Jason Miller is acting producer of the Stratford Festival this season.

Congratulations to PAUL HOPKINS who has been selected to attend the Stratford Conservatory!

Jim McNabb says there are seven CHS Drama grads at The Stratford Festival this year.

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.

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!

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…

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


• 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!

Congratulations to DAVID SHEA and Holly Bruns who have just bought their own home in Ottawa!

Congratulations to JAN DITCHFIELD who married Chris Loumanis on August 21, in Westport, Ontario!

Congratulations to DENNIS VAN STAALDUINEN and his wife, Jeanette, who are expecting a baby December 28!

Congratulations to NATHAN TAYLOR and Sarah Bezanson who have become engaged!


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.

HAMZA ADAM is dancing with Qwod Skwod - and is dancing in Montreal, Sept 6.


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/

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


NICOLE EADY is back at home after her stroke in June.

 


MATTHEW EDISON is acting in Kilt, in October! Details later!


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.



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.


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.

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.

Train 48, starring RAOUL BHANEJA is back for a new season, Sept 20, on Global TV!


PAUL HOPKINS plays in The Stratford Festival's Henry VIII, running until October 29. Dorian Foley, CHS,'96, also appears in this production.

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

TYLEY ROSS is off to study music in England

JEN GOODHUE is back for a second season with Comedy Inc. on CTV.

JEHAN KHOORSHED plays at the Cock'n'Bull in Montreal Sept.16, 23 and 30.

LEVON HENDERSON is writing - JAN DITCHFIELD is writing, and has finished a novel! Way to go!

STILL HAPPENING:

 
CBC Television's six o'clock news sees NEIL HERLAND reporting, sometimes, from Toronto, and TERI LORETTO doing weather in Ottawa.
 
RAOUL BHANEJA, Train 48, Global weekdays
 

VIK SAHAY, Radio Active, YTV.
 
JESSICA HOLMES on CBC's Royal Canadian Air Farce.
 

STEPHANIE MOORE, Queer as Folk, Mondays, SHOWCASE

 

JENNIFER GOODHUE, Comedy Inc, CTV

 

KURT SMEATON, improvises at Clinton's, Toronto, Monday nights. Mondays. STEVE FISHER is providing music.

 
MARTIN GERO is in Vancouver working as editor and writer on Stargate: Atlantis.
 

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!


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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