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| Wednesday, March 24 7:00-9:00 p.m. SASS Interschool Recital at Henry Street H.S. hosted by Jazmine Boumeester and Victor Fuke Simplified acoustic arrangements are appreciated for quickest set-ups All Ontario SASS schools & Durham Board students are welcome to participate. The evening will be limited to about 15 performances so please contact Artemis Chartier at sass@sasscanada.net a.s.a.p. to reserve your performance slot and to let them know a) your name (s) b) the name of your original song c) your school d) a description of your sound needs --how many vocal mics or instrumental pick-ups you require -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our next SASS Community Open-Mic. will be held on Friday night, March 26 at The Music Scene 1150 Champlain Court, Whitby (Head South on Hopkins to the 401. The Music Scene is located just West of the AMC Theatres) (Please follow interschool recital procedure above to sign up to reserve a place on stage at either our March 24 or this March 26 SASS recital in Whitby) _________________________________________________________________ Saturday, March 20, 2010 1 - 10 p.m. "ROCK THE HOUSE" a music event at the Durham College Athletic Centre, 2000 Simcoe St. N. Tickets available through SASS or at Long & McQuade for $10 All proceeds to benefit Habitat for Humanity SASS has recommended The Kardiak Kids, Viva Mars, He Said She Said Morgan Frederick, Nick Reynolds and Jerusalem Groves for this event. Please come out and enjoy these extraordinary artists while helping Habitat for Humanity ________________________________________________________________ 2010 Song Contest Theme Announced Our next original music contest, closing April 9, 2010 is on the theme of BULLYING or BUILDING SAFE SCHOOLS (Thanks to Gr. 9 student, Madison Kelly, for suggesting this theme) _________________________________________________________________ * Rising B.C. rock band, THE LATENCY * tours British Columbia and Ontario SASS schools in March -April, 2010 courtesy of their producer, Tommy Mac, Sound Grenade Management, SASS-BC, and SASS-BC President, Don McLeod Watch this space for details of this amazing upcoming cross- Canada school tour by The Latency _________________________________________________________________ Thursday, April 29 Interschool Recital at West Lynde P.S. 7 - 10 p.m. 270 Michael Boulevard, Whitby hosted by the SASS Club of Dave MacLean and Andrew Cohen Please contact sass@sasscanada.net to sign up to perform ________________________________________________________________ PAST EVENTS: Friday, February 26, 2010 7 - 10 p.m. was our last of over twenty-five monthly SASS Open-Mic at Isabella's Chocolate Café Simcoe St. just S. of Hwy 2 in Oshawa, ON, hosted by Giacomo and Rosanna Bruno Darlene Voogt, and a faithful group of volunteer parents Although Giacomo is leaving town, and our full group ultimately grew too large for this venue, we would encourage acoustic artists in future to continue to book their solo or small group shows through Isabella's new management. We will always cherish our many extraordinary memories of two years of SASS community open -mics at Isabella's. Many thanks to the Brunos and all the best in the future. ________________________________________________________________ A wonderful Interschool recital was hosted by Josh Raycroft's SASS club on Wednesday, March 3, 2010 7-9 p.m. at Vimy Ridge P.S. 40 Telford Street East, Ajax, ON --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Love Notes" Tuesday, February 16, 2010 7 - 9 p.m. at Donald Wilson Secondary School, 681 Rossland Road West, Whitby, Ontario in honour of Valentine's Day, the theme was "Love Songs & Dedications" A superb collection of musicians from Donald Wilson S.S., Ajax H.S., Paul Dwyer C.S.S., Stouffville S.S., Colonel Farewell P.S., Maxwell Heights S.S. and O'Neill C.V.I. put on a concert to benefit World Vision in Haiti. Special thanks to Brenda and Zack Power for their exceptional help on the lighting and decorating committee. ________________________________________________________________ Coffee House at Ajax H.S. Friday, December 4, 2009 featuring peformances from the Ajax SASS club from 3:15 - 5 p.m. in the library of AHS! This was a fundraiser 100% in support of their Ajax High School Christmas Toy Drive so admission is a non-perishable food item or a toonie __________________________________________________________________________ Our first interschool recital of the new season, "JUST DUET" Thursday, November 12, 7 p.m. at O'Neill Collegiate in Oshawa Thank you, Darlene Voogt, Emcee Matt Anness, and the seventeen performing pairs who made the evening a success ____________________________________________________________________ The SAC / SASS "Youth Power Songshop" at Chalk Lake, Ontario Saturday, October 24, 2009 32 young artistic leaders from 20 different schools took in a workshop on song structure, melody creation and chording led by Katherine Wheatley and Dale Russell, spent a fun afternoon creating songs with friends fuelled by delicious, healthy food provided by Pat Reynold's kitchen team, and performed their original material in a final recital attended by parents Thank you to The Songwriters Association of Canada, Don Quarles, Sandra Badali, and the SAC Board for sponsoring the professional songwriters to Artemis Chartier for organizing and supervising the event, to Pat Reynolds for preparing the food and to Tina Harvey, for sharing your beautiful, 100-acre property so that this camp experience could be free to the young writers and their families. For more about the Songwriters Association of Canada, visit www.songwriters.ca ___________________________________________________________________________ The SASS CD "SONGS THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE" Now Available at all events for $10.00 to support the continuation of free recordings for top SASS song contest winners Click Here ___________________________________________________________ World Peace Song Contest Winners Click The Trophies Congratulations to all of the World Peace Song Contest Finalists who performed their entries live in May, 2009 (listed in alphabetical order) Jordan Ali - from D.A. Wilson S.S., Whitby Damion Beaton - from Henry Street H.S., Whitby Victor Brumwell - from Ajax H.S., Ajax Morgan Frederick - from Attersley P.S., Oshawa Jerusalem Groves - from Dunbarton H.S., Pickering Devontée Grubb - from Donald Wilson S.S., Whitby Katie Hawley - from Frenchman's Bay P.S., Pickering Madison Kelly - from Lakewoods P.S., Oshawa Daniel Leforestier - from Sinclair S.S., Whitby Jennie Long - from West Lynde P.S., Whitby Sheresha McIntyre - from D.A. Wilson S.S., Whitby Adam Prokop - from Stouffville S.S., Stouffville Nick Reynolds - from G.L. Roberts C.V.I., Oshawa Chantal Rouette - from Donald Wilson S.S., Whitby __________________________________________________________________ SASS Summer Songwriting Workshop Thursday, August 20, 7-9 p.m. with 2006 Canadian Idol Top Four Finalist and emerging recording artist Chad Doucette, at Isabella's Chocolate Café in Oshawa, ON ___________________________________________ Are you more interested in visiting the BC-SASS page for the latest news and events for British Columbia SASS students? * Click here * More SASS events to be posted soon |
| Site of the October 24 Camp |
| Dale Russell, Katherine Wheatley, and Don Quarles |
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| Did you know that 40% of teens report being bullied on-line? Of that number, unfortunately only 10% tell their parents, and 60% of parents never check if their children are involved in unkind or even unsafe cyber-stituations. Remember to tell a caring adult if someone is intentionally and persistently hurting you, physically or emotionally, in person or in cyber-space. And let's use technology, like any other gift, to build each other up, not to hurt. |
Here are some possible approaches to the song contest topic: You might wish to tell a story showing how bullying hurts... Or talk about some of the many different types of bullying... (physical violence, psychological intimidation, exclusion, gossiping, etc.) Tell an inspiring story of a hero who stopped an incident of bullying... Describe what a safe school or community would feel like... |
J. Raycroft
D. Voogt