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The Kamala Youth Choir and Battlefords Children’s Prepatory Choir performed at the Dekker Centre for the Performing Arts Sunday evening for an event titled Keys and Chorales. The choirs are under the direction of Dianne Gryba and JoAnne Kasper. A major part of the presentation was a piano duo performance by Gryba and Bonnie Nicholson who, together, are Les Quatres Mains. Nicholson is a respected teacher in Saskatoon and at the University of Saskatchewan music department. They have been playing piano duets and two-piano works for more than 30 years. Also taking part was cello player Zaide Masich and special guest Cathy Richardson, city councillor and Battlefords Kiwanis Music Festival volunteer, who led the final performance as soloist as part of Choral Week in Saskatchewan. Running Feb. 8 – 14, Choral Week in Saskatchewan is a week to celebrate and advocate choirs and choral singing in Saskatchewan. A photo was taken at the end of the concert with special guest Richards, a “person of influence,” as Gryba said, to submit to the Saskatchewan Choral Federation for a chance to win new music. Gifts were also presented to long term singers as well as graduating singers Katrina McKinnon, Johanna York, Pilar Bernal, Danova Dickson and Kayla Schmidt.Gryba and Kasper also announced the children’s choir will be staging a performance of the Wizard of Oz this spring. Photo by Jayne FosterPhoto by Jayne Foster
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