Grand River Enterprises rescues Six Nations language programs
April 7, 2021
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By Victoria Gray Writer Grand River Enterprises (GRE) is picking up the slack for Indigenous Languages that Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) has let fall by the wayside. GRE CEO Bryan Porter reached out to Karen Sandy, coordinator for the Six Nations Language Commission after reading about a $200,000 funding shortfall for the 2020-2021 fiscal year in the Turtle Island news hoping to help. “We were really grateful for them, to they seem to want to invest,” she said. “Supporting our adult immersion programs, is supporting our future,” Sandy said. Porter offered the commission the $200,000 they were short and even gave $250,000 for the 2021-2022 fiscal year which started in April. “In light of recent events where we unfortunately lost speakers (to COVID-19), I think it is more important…
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A Felgemaker Christmas: A Virtual Organ Concert.
The concert features Velda Bell, Sam Black, Sam Gray, Tom Hamilton, Rachael Kresha, Karen Sande, and David Tryggestad playing the music center’s Felgemaker Opus 664, two manuals and 26 ranks.
Initial broadcast was on Sunday, November 29, on Sacred Heart Music Center’s YouTube Channel (Youtube.com/sacredheartmusiccenterduluth). The concert remains on Sacred Heart’s YouTube channel for later viewing.
Like all music venues, Sacred Heart Music Center has been devasted by the COVID-19 pandemic because it can no longer host live performances, which are its main source of revenue. In an effort to remain vibrant, Sacred Heart Music Center installed high-speed cable to improve its capacity for live streaming and other video recording projects. It also established a new YouTube channel to facilitate the distribution of live and recorded performances.