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The Festival isn't simply about getting people to soak up the music and the ambience. It's also about getting visitors to support Beach retailers, restaurants, coffee bars and other establishments, while enjoying the Festival and its entertainment at the same time. http://www.beachesbia.com/Events.asp?opt=2&sopt=july
For the month of July, all retail establishments in and around the Beach are invited to "jazz up their windows" in celebration of the Beaches International Jazz Festival - http://www.beachesbia.com/Events.asp?opt=1
Certificates and prizes are offered for the "best dressed windows".
The Festival and the BIA would like to congratulate all of the retailers who participated in the 2007 "Jazz Up Your Windows" Contest. And the winners are ...
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- 1st place goes to Wisteria Way located at 1978 Queen E for their inventive Beatles display of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Life-size Beatles, dressed in full military costumes with their instruments, was the centrepiece, designed by Danielle Ward, store manager, and Cathy Norman, owner.
- 2nd place goes to Incurable Collector located at 1945 Queen E with a great display of jazz art in posters and prints.
- 3rd place goes to Winexpert located at 2208 Queen E with its display to jazz great, Archie Alleyne and his band, Kollage, along with musical drawings by school kids.
- 4th place goes to Beach Kids Kutz located at 1826A Queen E with its colourful, kid-friendly hanging objects that celebrated music.
- 5th place goes to Mendocino located at 2020 Queen E with its graphic display of mannequins.
- 6th place goes to Midoco located at 1964 Queen E for its great jazzy art work.
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OTF funding announcement at Woodbine Park by OTF reps and MPP Michael Prue to BIJF staff.
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The BIJF engages new generation musicians and youth as audience members, music students and performers.
Our Youth and New Generation Stages at Woodbine Park and the Main Stage at Kew Gardens feature up and coming jazz musicians and aspiring artists as young as 14! Some of these artists are students at Canada's best college level jazz and music schools and some are still in high school. All aspire to offer some of the best new sounds in jazz around. Some of our young artists include; vocalist Sophia Perlman, Brandi Disterheft, (a recent Juno winning bassist), Bill King's Young Divas, the Toronto All-Star Big Band, (which features the best high school age jazz musicians from the Toronto area), Alex and Anthony Toth, (two high school age brothers who are causing a buzz everywhere they perform, and 17 year old guitarist Lucian Gray, who is off to Berklee college of Music in the Fall of 2008 on a full scholarship.
Also new this year at Streetfest is the Nu Funk corner, featuring 3 Nu Funk bands; God Made Me Funky, Planet Earth and King Sunshine – featuring some of TO's best up and coming performers highlighting hip hop, funk, jazz, r&b and rock. Streetfest is also featuring musician Rob Christian, now a seasoned 18 year old veteran at the Festival, on sax and flute, with his quartet - the Quintessential Boys. Newcomer jazz pianist Quincy Bullen, aged 16, brings his jazz trio to Streetfest with his jazz/funk band – Dr. Payne and the Disease.
We’re happy to annouce that we've received Ontario Trillium Foundation multi-year funding which enables our Festival to jump-start a year round Youth in Jazz Initiatives Program designed to increase performance opportunities for young up and coming jazz artists from across the GTA.
We'd like this next generation to be equipped to carry forward the legacy of jazz! This can be helped along by young artists receiving a high level of training and education in jazz music; participating in live music performances, master classes, workshops, mentorships, recording projects, volunteer opportunities and music promotion activities.
Contact our Youth in Jazz Initiatives Program Co-ordinator, Julie Christian at beachesjazzyouth@gmail.com to get more info regarding how you'll be able to participate.
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