John Jules was a cultural leader of the Shuswap Nation.
Tk emlups Indian Band and the Shuswap Nation as a whole have lost a cultural luminary - a traditional knowledge keeper - with the death of John Jules.
That was how John s brother, former TIB chief Manny Jules, described his importance to the community as a wake continued in the elder s honour Tuesday.
John Jules, 56, died Saturday at RIH after battling inoperable cancer since he was diagnosed in June. As the two eldest siblings in a family of seven children, they shared many experiences growing up. What he excelled at was the cultural aspect, Manny said. We had lost the (Secwepemctsin) language because of residential schools. He earned a degree in archeology and he gathered knowledge from the elders.
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Eclectic and edifying sum up Kamloops Symphony s twin concerts in Kamloops and Salmon Arm over the weekend.
From musically obscure to popular, from sad lament to uplifting dance, the orchestra proved its mettle with a richly varied program in sharp contrast with September s Clearly Classical, the last KSO concert.
Eastern Echoes opened and closed with works by Czech-French-American composer Bohuslav Martinu and Hungarian composer Zoltan Kodaly, yet also drew upon Canadian content and a spectacular violin concerto featuring soloist Erika Raum.
The latter piece - Violin Concerto No. 1 by German composer Max Bruch - gave Raum ample opportunity to demonstrate her lyrical playing and range of tone colours. Bruch once drew high praise from none other than Mozart, who called him the father of classical music. He certainly knew how to hold an audience in rapture with a remarkable flow. Raum s per