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The Grade 11 and 12 English classes at Villa Française des Jeunes (VFJ) will be hosting a virtual concert ‘Mieux Ensemble – Better Together’ on Thursday, Feb. 4 at 7 p.m. The concert will be broadcast on Eastlink’s Channel 10, as well as on VFJ’s Facebook page. It will run a second time on Eastlink’s Channel 10 on Saturday at 7 p.m. VFJ principal Christian Giroux says the students were unable to hold a Christmas concert in December because of the COVID-19 pandemic, so they opted to hold a virtual concert this week. Dominique Jean, VFJ’s Grades 11 and 12 English teacher as well as her integrated arts class, says the concert will have students performing from Junior Kindergarten through Grade 12. The JK to Grade 2 students will do a dance number; the Grades 3 to 5 students will do an African dance; the Grades 6 to 8 will perform a skit that they wrote and is called ‘Better Together.’ They will also perform ‘bucket beats’ percussion music an
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Publishing date: Dec 30, 2020 • December 30, 2020 • 11 minute read • The Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre will be hosting a Canadian-themed New Year s Eve webcast live on Dec. 31. Nashville recording artist Joanne Pollack (JoPo) will join Francophone singer-songwriter Stef Maquette and blues/rock musician Johnny Williams from 5 to 7 p.m., following the COVID-19 guidelines for concert venues and broadcast events. To access the livestream and view the menus of the participating establishments, viewers are encouraged to visit the museum s website at www.normhc.ca/newyears, or follow the links on the museum s Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages @normhc67. Supplied photo SunMedia
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The Northern Ontario Railroad Museum and Heritage Centre will be hosting a Canadian-themed New Year’s Eve webcast live on Dec. 31.
Francophone singer-songwriter Stef Paquette, blues/rock musician Johnny Williams and the Nashville recording artist Joanne Pollack (JoPo) will perform from 5 to 7 p.m., following the COVID-19 guidelines for concert venues and broadcast events.
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“Every year, (the railroad museum) invites the public to celebrate Canada Day at the museum on July 1st,” Stu Thomas, president of the museum, said in a release. “(The museum) receives funding from Heritage Canada but with social distancing protocols in place this summer, a large gathering was not going to happen.