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CBC
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- CBC
Charlottetown high school's rock concert puts musical talent and Canadian pride on display
Social Sharing Students at Charlottetown Rural High School are preparing to take the stage at the P.E.I. Brewing Company on Friday for their School of Rock 2025 Showcase. This year's theme — "Elbows Up!" — will pay tribute to Canadian musicians, with students performing songs by artists like Alanis Morissette, Bryan Adams and Serena Ryder. "We're all different grades from 10 to 12. It's pretty fantastic that we can all work together," said Livia Harris, a Grade 10 student and singer. "It's really showing that Canadians — we're our own people, we're our own country…. We're not American." Rocking out The showcase is part of a special music class taught at the high school that brings together students from different grades to play and perform all styles of music, with a focus on contemporary songs. The course focuses on popular music and performance — two things that appealed to Abby Krauss, a Grade 10 student who plays the keyboard, acoustic and electric guitar, and sings. "It's my favourite thing in the whole world," Krauss said. "I get to play music every single day for like almost two hours just with my best friends and just rock out. It's awesome." Krauss said the weeks leading up to the showcase performance have been a "rush." "I've seen so many people get so much better at their instruments," she said. When it came time to decide on a theme, Krauss said she liked the idea of a Canadian-inspired showcase. "I'm very politically involved because I took a civics class and it was really, really interesting to me," she said. "Getting to explore that and then play music that relates to what I'm thinking is a big thing for me." 'Much bigger feeling' When Emmett Pollard first heard about the "Elbows Up!" theme, he knew what he wanted to play. "First thing's first, please let me play Bryan Adams, which we did get to do," said Pollard, a Grade 11 student who plays guitar and drums. Pollard said the theme is awesome given that Canada produces some of the best rock music in the world. Taking inspiration from Canadian musicians is also timely and relevant given the tense relationship between Canada and the United States in recent months, he said. "Most people think that teenagers aren't exactly concerned about politics and this sort of thing, but I mean it's our future that we're thinking about here," he said. To be playing at P.E.I. Brewing Company gives the performance a "much bigger feeling," Pollard said. "I've seen plenty of good shows there and just the fact that I'm going to be playing where they played, it's pretty cool to me," he said. "You feel like you have to perform a lot better." Seeing them in the past few weeks really dig into the songs and really take ownership of the show is just so awesome to see. — Andrew Waite, music teacher As the performance draws nearer, Pollard said the group has taken a "no-nonsense" approach to practicing. "We can't really be sitting around doing nothing. We always have to be playing, noticing little mistakes and fixing them, perfecting them and then making sure we can run through the entire song — no mistakes." P.E.I. Brewing Company is a bigger venue than the Old Triangle, where last year's performance took place. That's because the Old Triangle reached full capacity, meaning 60 people had to be turned away at the door, said musician Andrew Waite, the teacher of the music class. "I think it's important for the students to get an experience playing an actual stage, like a real stage with a proper sound check and lights and the whole bit," he said. After seeing music classes like this one offered at other high schools across the Island, Waite said he's really happy to be leading the program at Charlottetown Rural. "I just love it. There's so many different skills that students get from learning music and coming together as an ensemble — a sense of identity, a sense of confidence — that I think is so important in education," he said. "Seeing them in the past few weeks really dig into the songs and really take ownership of the show is just so awesome to see." Tickets for the showcase have been going fast, Waite said, noting that all proceeds from sales will go back into the school's music program.
Buzz Feed
03-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
Finally An Explanation For This White Lotus Mystery
It might have taken over three months to get here, but we finally have an answer to one of The White Lotus season three's most perplexing mysteries. Back in episode two of the award-winning satirical comedy-drama's latest series, there was an awkward exchange between Parker Posey and Leslie Bibb's characters at breakfast. When Kate introduced herself to Victoria, revealing that they'd spent the weekend together at a baby shower years earlier, the latter totally brushed her off in a curious scene that led some to speculate there could be more to the pair's prior relationship to be revealed as the series wore on. In the end… this proved not to be the case, with some White Lotus fans curious about why the scene was featured at all – and if there was originally supposed to be more that wound up on the cutting room floor. This included US comedian Sarah Silverman, who, fortunately, is friends with The White Lotus ' creator Mike White, so was able to ask him herself (in fact, the pair played a couple in the 2003 comedy School Of Rock, which Mike also wrote). During an appearance on Live With Kelly And Mark last week, Sarah revealed: 'I loathe doing [this] because I feel like everyone must be asking him. But I did – I emailed him, and I said, 'What's up with Leslie Bibb – how come we didn't find out why Parker Posey iced Leslie Bibb? Why did she pretend not to know her? Is it something you didn't get to [include], that got cut out, or like, what's the answer?'.' The Emmy winner's response? 'I was just showing that she's a bitch.' And fair play, Mike, mission accomplished.
CBS News
10-05-2025
- Business
- CBS News
Swimming school gives new life to Sacramento building with history of vandalism
SACRAMENTO — A new swimming school had its grand opening in a building on Sacramento's Broadway that's been sitting vacant for years and has been the victim of vandalism. An old vacant bank building in the Land Park neighborhood has been converted into a custom-built indoor swimming pool. "It's 25 feet wide by 50 feet long," said Anya Hall, owner of Little Whale Swim School. Hall hopes her new business will help bring a boost to the boulevard. "It's really an important thoroughfare of Sacramento," she said. "A lot of history on this street." Broadway, most famous for being the home of the Tower Theater, is one of Sacramento's oldest commercial corridors. But over the last few years, a number of businesses like Walgreens and Starbucks have closed. The area's also been impacted by crime and homelessness, with some property owners putting up boulders to prevent people from setting up tents. "I think it's important that the city let folks know that Broadway is safe," said City Councilmember Phil Pluckebaum. Pluckebaum represents the neighborhood. "There's still a lot of work to do, but we're very glad to have businesses like this investing in the corridor," he said. Another youth-oriented business, the School of Rock, is also opening along Broadway later this year. People who live nearby are glad to see new shops fill the vacant and boarded-up buildings. "We can now walk or ride bikes here," Land Park resident Brian King said. "We're very, very happy to have this in the neighborhood." The neighborhood is banking on a new business as a way to help this commercial district bounce back. "I'm excited about the potential of bringing Broadway back to life," Hall said. Little Whale Swim School also offers lessons for adults and says they hope to get up to 2,000 students a week.
