Event: Evergreen JazZ'd
Date: Saturday, November 21st, 2009
Time: 6:00PM - 12:00AM

*In Support of Youth Arts Education Programming at the RCA

To celebrate its 10th year, Evergreen has expanded to include 326 guests and a colourful New Orleans twist. This year, we've decided to put an extra helping of "Fun" into the celebrations, with a focus on formal with lots of flair!

Commenting on the new format, Executive Director, Tracie Ward said, "This year we've really jazzed up the event with a fun New Orleans feel. Various rooms throughout the building will be transformed into the French Quarter, where guests can enjoy a variety of delicious gourmet menu items, smooth jazz, and show-stopping burlesque."

The French Quarter design will take guests through a New Orleans journey to places such as the Preservation Jazz Hall, Mermaid Lounge, and the Funky Butt at Congo Square, each filled with authentic New Orleans entertainment.

The evening will also feature a progressive-style gourmet dinner, world class wines, the Evergreen Art Gallery, fantastic silent auction packages, the always exciting live auction, and a full evening of high-energy Louisiana Blues entertainment, including performances by John Lee Sanders, the Anna Jacysyzn Trio and the Kinshira Fire Troupe!

Tickets for Evergreen JazZ'd are $200 per person and are available for purchase by calling (250) 717-5304. With the new format, there's no need to worry about having too many in your group, so call today!

To learn more about Evergreen JazZ'd and to view the invitation online, please visit www.RotaryCentrefortheArts.com. For sponsorship opportunities, please contact Tracie Ward at (250) 717-5304 ext 109.

The Rotary Centre for the Arts is teaming up with the Prestige Hotel Kelowna to offer guests a special package, tailored for music and theatre lovers.

In addition to supporting the Rotary Centre for the Arts with a room sponsorship for our traveling performers, the Prestige is offering a special "Stay with the Stars" package offer for only $120 per person (based on double occupancy). The package includes:

• One night accommodation in a Deluxe Guest Room
• $25 Industry Restaurant & Lounge Voucher (min. $50 purchase)
• $5 off any RCA Spotlight Series Performance or Sunshine Theatre Presentation

To redeem this package, guests are asked to book their stay with Prestige Hotel Kelowna, indicating the "Stay with the Stars" getaway package. Also inquire about an upgrade to a Designer Suite.

To receive the $5 discount on any RCA Spotlight Performance or Sunshine Theatre Presentation, guests must present their Prestige confirmation number to the Rotary Centre for the Arts Box Office at the time of purchase.

The Rotary Centre for the Arts would like to thank the Prestige Hotel Kelowna for their generous support. For more information on how you can "Stay with the Stars" at the Prestige please visit www.prestigeinn.com.

If you love the blues, mixed with a dash of classical Indian ragas, then you won't want to miss Harry Manx perform at the Rotary Centre for the Arts on October 1st at 7:30 p.m.

It's the live setting, Manx says, that the bridge between "heavenly" India and "earthy" American blues is most effectively built.

"I love to see Indian and Western music working together and its effect on the audience" explains Manx. "My goal has always been to draw the audience as deep as possible into the music."

A successful touring performer, Manx has brought his "breathtaking" solo shows across Canada and into the US, Australia, and Europe. Playing the Mohan Veena, lap steel, harmonica, stomp box, and banjo, Manx never fails to envelop audiences with his warm vocals and hauntingly beautiful melodies.

A prolific artist, Manx released his ninth album "Bread and Buddha" earlier this week. Two years in the making, the album was self produced with help from Juno-award winning engineer John "Beetle" Bailey. "Bread and Buddha" includes ample use of piano, organ, scored strings, drums and bass, giving the songs a lushness and maturity, much like seasoned wine.

With several esteemed awards under his belt, Manx new album has already received favourable reviews. In support of the new album, CBC Canada Live will be taping Manx's performance at the Rotary Centre for the Arts. We look forward to seeing you at this exciting event!

Tickets can be purchased online at Select Your Tickets, by visiting the RCA Box Office, or by calling (250) 717- 5304. Don't forget to check out the hot new getaway package at www.prestigeinn.com where visitors can "Stay with the Stars."

Visitors are also encouraged to catch the FREE Local Artist Pre-show featuring Wild Rose in the Atrium at 6:30 p.m. before the concert.

Fans of Juno Award winner Greg Sczebel will not want to miss his upcoming performance at the Rotary Centre for the Arts on Saturday, October 10th at 7:30 p.m.

With his new album, set to hit retail stores in February 2010, Greg will feature new music from his upcoming release "Love & The Lack Thereof," as well as some favourites from his debut album, "Here to Stay."

Already receiving praise from the industry and fans alike for its fresh sound, the new album features a wide range of sounds from a New Orleans-type jam to a BeeGees-esque Pop song with a nod to the 70's. The new album is available for pre-order exclusively at the Spotlight Series performance and by visiting www.gregsczebel.com.

To celebrate his new release, Greg has just launched a contest where he will be driving to one fan's house next August, playing a private concert at their house, and as a parting gift, will be giving them the keys to his 2009 Nissan Cube. For a list of all the different ways you can win Greg's car and the private concert, go to www.WinGregsCar.com.

Greg is joined on stage by a 4-piece band comprised of Calgary bassist, Hank Insell, Vernon Drummer, Dan Oldfield, Keyboardist and B3 player, Darius Wilson from Moose Jaw, SK and guitarist Steve Davis from Langley, BC.

The show features moments of high energy Pop, Rock, Funk and Soul, and more intimate moments where Greg shares the emotive ballads he has received critical acclaim for (Sczebel was named a Grand Prize Winner in the international John Lennon Songwriting Contest for his song, "Homeland").

And... don't forget WAM! will also be taking place throughout the building on the evening of the concert from 9-11 p.m. Visitors are welcome to take in a live performance by the Michael Garding Group and meet arists in person at this FREE event.

Tickets to Greg Sczebel can be purchased online at Select Your Tickets, by visiting the RCA Box Office, or by calling (250) 717- 5304. Don't forget to check out the hot new getaway package at www.prestigeinn.com where visitors can "Stay with the Stars."

Visitors are encouraged to catch the FREE Local Artist Pre- show featuring Michael Fredrick in the Atrium at 6:30 p.m. before the concert.

Finish off this year's Okanagan Fall Wine Festival with WAM! on Saturday, October 10th from 9-11 p.m. Featuring live music, fabulous artwork and a vibrant atmosphere, WAM! is the only FREE late-night event following wine fest.

Guests can enjoy a fantastic live performance by the Michael Garding Group, visit participating artist studios and meet local artists in person.

Tasty treats, specialty drinks, local wine and delicious artisan gelato will be available for purchase during the event at Staccatos Bistro.

And don't forget... before WAM! kicks off, guests are encouraged to visit the RCA early to catch the FREE Spotlight Series pre-show featuring Michael Fredrick at 6:30 p.m. in the Atrium. Following the pre-show, Greg Sczebel will perform in the Mary Irwin Theatre at 7:30 p.m.

Event: Light and Metal
Date: October 16th at 7:30PM
Price: $30 adult / $10 student / Pick a 4-Pak $100

Free Preshow: Mission Dance Company at 6:30PM

Light and Metal is on the road with Made in BC and is coming to the Rotary Centre for the Arts!

Featuring SURGE, presented by MovEnt and bANGER, presented by Tara Cheyenne Performance, Light and Metal is a powerful double bill of innovative dance/theatre performances.

Choreographed by Day Helesic, SURGE is a construct of bold movement, industrial sounscape and electric emotion that scrutinizes the power of physical industry.

Moving hard and intensely in a constant current of fierce physicality, five dancers discover what powers them and what gives them power. Through dogged determination and enduring effort, SURGE discovers the costs and rewards of that power in all of its incarnations.

Joining MovEnt, the Tara Cheyenne Performance presents bANGER: The Power Hour, an examination of social alienation as perceived through the lens of a head banging teenager. A dance/theatre hybrid performance, bANGER sheds light on the social reject and reconciles the differences between us and him.

In 2005, bANGER was the winner of the People's Choice Award at the Dancing on the Edge Festival. It was also listed as one of the Vancouver Sun's best shows of 2006 and represented Canada at the London International Festival of Theatre in 2008. Audiences of all ages and backgrounds don't need to know about metal to be blown away by bANGER.

Tickets can be purchased online at Select Your Tickets, by visiting the RCA Box Office, or by calling (250) 717-5304. For more info on Light and Metal visit www.movent.ca or www.taracheyenne.com

So You Think You Can Dance?
Find out on Thursday, October 15th when you join Vancouver's MovEnt Choreographer, Day Helesic, onstage for a Repertoire Master Class from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Helesic's Repertoire Master Class will give students an opportunity to learn sections of the MovEnt choreography SURGE - a construct of bold movement, industrial soundscape, electric emotion and a collision of people and power.

Helesic will offer information about the creative process, the concept of power within the piece, and the energy of the movement. Class is given on stage, with stage lighting, so that students progress to dancing the choreography in an actual performance setting.

The Master Class is free to those with a ticket to MovEnt's evening performance on Friday, October 16th. Please call the RCA Box Office to register, or visit www.RotaryCentrefortheArts.com to reserve your spot online.

If you haven't already visited the fabulous ladies upstairs in the Jewellery Workshop (Studio 203), may we suggest you round-up a group of your best friends for a class with glass artist Fay Wolfenden?

With over 30 years of experience working with glass, Fay honed her craft in Montreal and Toronto where she specialized in commissioned pieces and teaching others the wonder of glass.

Each of Fay's pieces are created and designed from an initial sketch, ending with a finely polished piece of art. Over the years her work has expanded to include glass bead-making and glass fusing, as well designing and constructing glass panels and lamps.

Participants can choose from a variety of specialty glass courses taught by Fay, including Pendant Making using Dichroic Glass, Stained Glass Wind- chimes and Lampworking (glass bead making).

Lampworking, one of Fay's latest passions, involves using glass imported from Venice, Italy. Each bead is made in a torch, one at a time, and then carefully annealed in a kiln. One-of-a-kind bracelets, earrings and necklaces are then designed using the beads.

To learn more about Fay, her glass workshops and the Jewellery Workshop click here.

This month in the Galleria...
FCA - Central Okanagan Chapter (Oct. 7 - 25th)

Following on the success of last year's Art Visions 2008, the Central Okanagan Chapter of The Federation of Canadian Artists is proud to bring a National Show of Quality Current Art to Kelowna.

Art Visions 2009 is an exhibition and sale of up to 90 original pictures that have been assembled from Federation of Canadian Artists nation wide. It's an awesome opportunity to purchase high quality original art. The paintings range in style, medium, size and prices range from as low as $250 to $10,000.

The top prize of $2009, is awarded to the Artists whose work is selected for the Founding Patron's Gold Award and the total awards package for entering artists is valued at over $6500.

Mayor Sharon Shepherd will officially open the show at the Opening Reception and Award Ceremonies at the Rotary Centre for the Art on Friday, October 9th from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.

This month in the Atrium...
Various works by Cyndee Banister (Oct. 1st - Nov. 7th)

This month in the Mezzanine & Display Case...
Various works by Cherie Hanson (Oct. 1st - Nov. 7th)

There are still spaces available to join the Kelowna Sculptors Network Society and Gyptek Inc. for a special one-day 'How-To' seminar - The Basics of Mold Making & Casting.

The seminar will take place on Saturday, October 3rd from 10am - 2 pm, and is only $5 to register.

Instructed by Rick Hand of Gyptek Inc., the seminar will teach you the basics of how to make a rubber mold, allowing you to make reproductions of an original model. Click here to register online.

Come take a peek at this year's Homes for the Holidays event, happening Nov. 13-15th. A series of designer's dreams will come to life inside six of Kelowna's finest homes, each decked out for the holiday season!

The Rotary Centre for the Arts would like to thank Kentland Homes, Sonoma Pines, Waterfront, Bellamy Homes, Kelowna Mountain, Easton Homes, and the Martin Lofts for generously coming onboard for this year's event.

Join us for this wonderful opportunity to see some of the city's most beautiful homes come alive this holiday season! All proceeds raised at Homes for the Holidays are used in support of Community Programming at the Rotary Centre for the Arts.

Tickets to the event are $30 per person and can be purchased online, at the Rotary Centre for the Arts Box Office, or by calling (250) 717-5304. For more info on Homes for the Holidays click here.

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