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As further entertainment put on by The Fort St. John Community Arts Council the council would like to present "Raising Our Voices" as part of An Elves Christmas on Sunday, December 21 at 7:00 PM. The show will feature a variety of entertainers and is sure to be an engaging evening. All seats are $18.00 you can get yours on-line by following our Northern Groove link to the North Peace Cultural Centre on-line box office or at the North Peace Cultural Centre at the corner of 100th and 100th. You can also reach the box office and get more information about upcoming events at the North Peace Cultural Centre by phoning (250)785-1992 and of course by checking Northern Groove as often as possible! Help support The Fort St. John Community Arts Council as it is a non-profit organization that is working for a better community by supporting and developing arts and culture.  For more information about the Elves Christmas or the Raising our Voices event, checkout the Arts Council Website (www.fsjarts.org)

Facebook Event Info @ http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=37053918684

Congratulations to Jason Kouwenhoven and Dave of Five Six Switch for winning the grand prize at this years RocKIN the Peace concert. After performing infront of a sold out concert at the North Peace Cultural Centre, Jason walked out with a $1000 cheque and a ton of encouragement.

Second and Third place went to The Stacks, and Pulse respectively.

ALL of the bands this year were amazing, and should all be recognized! Thanks to Bad Dog Blues, Five Six Switch, Heather Haugan, Inroads Blues Band, Jaguar, Pulse, Richards and Fitch, The Stacks, as well as to Blair Johnson from the Kin Club of FSJ for putting on this event.

The Child Development Center (CDC) is hosting it's 34th annual talent show Friday, March 7, 2008 at the North Peace Cultural Centre, Fort St. John. This is a day of performances of musicians, dancers, comics, you name it. This is the major fundraising event of the CDC, and this year they are aiming at raising $100,000.

If anyone is interested in performing or volunteering time, contact Crystal at 785-3200.

It's not too often that you have the same concert happening twice in one city. This past weekend, on September 14th and 15th, there was that opportunity to catch two bands, Calgary's Belden's Wall and locals Last Chance Anna Pascal, for two nights in a row. Starting off at 8pm on Friday, Last Chance Anna Pascal took the stage in the North Peace Cultural Centre. While the seats weren't filled to the max, the anticipating fans made it sound as though it was. With seven songs, Last Chance Anna Pascal got the crowd going. Belden's Wall started off quickly afterwards and played for almost a full two hours. Not many bands have that much material that they can pull off as solid as Belden's Wall did. Both nights there were barely any mistakes to be found in the sets. All of the people in the seats were so glad to be there, and even though many of them didn't know who Belden's Wall was when they sat in their seats, they left as newly-converted fans. Belden's Wall had lots to offer their fans to remember by as well, such as hoodies and many different coloured t-shirts. For the show they even brought their own lighting crew to go that extra mile for their hometown. With a constant rock vibe throughout both nights, the only thing that could've made it better is if more people had been able to experience it.

There were many other shows that happened this weekend..look for more follow-ups soon!

It's finally almost here...RocKIN The Peace 2007 concludes on Saturday at around 10pm. The show starts at 7pm of course, and if you haven't got your tickets yet just go to the North Peace Cultural Center box office and mention RocKIN The Peace..I'm sure they'll get the hint. I would get your tickets before the day of the show...you never know how many people had the same idea as you. Tickets are $15 for Adults, $12 for Seniors and Students, and $9 for Children 12 and under. Now even if you can't make it to the RocKIN The Peace show, tell some of your friends and get them to go in your place. Just a refresher if you missed the earlier articles, the finalists that you'll get to see if you go on Saturday are Alysha Galbreath, Danmark, DCR, Grumpy Old Men, Inroads, Last Chance Anna Pascal, Mike Shaver, Richards & Fitch, Shannon Ingersoll, and Out of Reach. That's all for RocKIN The Peace for now, but you can bet that I'll be putting an article up on who wins as soon as I can. Hope to see you all there!

P.S. That's a picture of the many seats that YOU could be sitting in!

Taken from MooseFM -- Thank you to everyone who entered this years edition of RocKIN the Peace. We received more entries this year than ever before.

To see who made it on this year's CD and who will perform at this years concert click read more.

Remember to buy your tickets early for the concert on April 28th at the North Peace Cultural Centre. Last year the show sold out. During the contest the audience will decided who wins the grand prize of $1,000 CASH. Plus, the first place you'll be able to buy this years CD will be at the concert.

All proceeds from RocKIN the Peace go to benefit the KinClub of Fort St. John. Here are the top 10 bands or individuals who will be on the 2007 RocKIN the Peace CD and perform for the grand prize.

... Moose FM has the song clips for Rockin the Peace 2007 CD... click to go to Moose FM

Alysha Galbreath - Go
Danmark - Crashin'
DCR - How are you
Grumpy Old Men - Rainbow Moon
Inroads - Gypsy Blues
Last Chance Anna Pascal - 50 Dollar Phone Calls
Mike Shaver - Nightmares from the Patch
Richards and Fitch - Guitario

DAYNA MANNING-- Signed at the tender age of 16, EMI decided to pick up Dayna Manning’s first record, Volume 1. Released to national critical acclaim, the album scored Manning slots on Lilith Fair, a deal with Nettwerk in the States and Juno nod for Best New Artist. The Album included appearances by Melanie Doane and Sean Ono Lennon and her videos Half The Man and My Addiction were in heavy rotation on Much Music. The success of Volume 1 also kept Dayna touring with the likes of Radiohead, Burton Cummings, Lisa Loeb, Spirit of the West, 54:40 and countless others for almost two years. In 2002 Dayna released her second album with EMI entitled Shades. Recorded in Los Angles with dream producer Jim Scott, the record featured guest appearances from Chad Smith, drummer for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, long time Jackson Browne side man, Bob Glaub, and a slew of well known Toronto veterans, all attracted to her amazing songwriting talents. She followed up the release with national tours alongside Remy Shand, Holly McNarland and Joe Cocker, and a video for her hypnotizing single, Miracle.



Dayna has spent the last few months putting every aspect of her newest recording project "Folkyo" together. Folkyo is an uplifting and powerful collection of 12 folk-pop-rock songs, impeccably written and exquisitely produced by Dayna herself. Recording with the likes of Ian Browne (Matthew Good Band), Emm Gryner, Siegfried Meier and countless other Canadian music vets, she released Folkyo with a totally revamped interactive website and micro marketing campaign on August 22 2006. Folkyo is the first release on Dayna’s newly minted, self-owned and nationally distributed label, LeParc Records. Based on her track record, her breathtaking live show and the strength of her music, Dayna is poised to become a household name among Canada’s elite singer songwriters, such as Anne Murray, Gordon Lightfoot and Joni Mitchell. Please visit www.folkyo.com for information on Dayna's latest release.

Ok the votes are in; and the bands that will be on the RocKIN the Peace 2006 CD and invited to perform at the concert in the finals are. Big drum roll please……
 

The bands have been placed in alphabetical order by band name and the order doesn’t necessarily reflect the bands performance in the semi finals.

So now that the judges have picked the bands the rest is up to you. Keep listening to Moose FM for upcoming interviews with the bands to find out more about the featured bands. And come out to the North Peace Cultural Centre 7:00pm on March 24 and vote for your favourite band for the grand prize. The only place you can vote for your favourite band is at the concert so don’t be disappointed get your tickets before they are sold out.

RocKIN the Peace is back for 2006 and the deadline for song entries is fast approaching. First of all, if you don't know much about RocKIN the Peace here is a brief description: This March 28th at the North Peace Cultural Centre in Fort St. John, participating bands get the chance to duke it out for a grande prize. A battle of the bands of its type, all competing bands have to earn the chance to compete in this event by submitting their demo before the deadline of February 24th at 6:00PM. The cool part - all successful entries will have their song featured on the 2006 compolation CD. This is really a great opportunity for any local bands out there to get exposure and "get out there". There are even some pretty cool prizes for the winning band, but more info about that later... As for now check out the RocKIN the Peace website at www.rockinthepeace.com... Oh yeah, you can download an entry form by clicking here.