Higher Ground, a Saskatchewan musical trio is coming to play the Chase Seniors Centre Friday, July 27, at 7:30 p.m.
Higher Ground is fiddler Tahnis Cunningham, guitarist Ray Bell, and fiddle maestro JJ Guy. Their music ranges from bluegrass to old time to Celtic.
Guitarist, composer, producer and guitar instructor, Ray Bell is best-known for his impressive flat picking and finger picking styles.
Tahnis started performing with her family as the Cunningham Family Band touring Canada and Europe. She has also played in Celtic punk and bluegrass bands. Her vocals are warm and intimate, covering a variety of styles.
Both Bell and Cunningham are instructors at Regina’s Music in the House. They have performed at the Regina and Moose Jaw casinos, the Ananda Arthouse music series in Forget, SK, and were featured on the CBC Living Room Sessions.
A stranger to none in the fiddle world, JJ Guy continues to make waves and inroads all across Canada. His performances, while steeped in tradition, have taken fiddle music to a new and exciting level.
Growing up in rural Saskatchewan surrounded by fiddle music, this tradition is now reflected in his own playing and his passion for the music.
Tickets will be available at the door for $10, with goodies available from the Chase Seniors Centre. For more information, contact Denise Ford at 250-577-385.
Chase council
Village of Chase council meetings have gone to the summer schedule with one meeting per month until October, when there will be once again two meetings, about two weeks apart. There are adjustment weeks necessary, occasionally making for a three week stretch between meetings.
A municipality will sometimes put out a request for feedback from citizens. Recently in the Village of Chase, one such request was issued in the local newspaper as well as on the village web site, on the subject of keeping backyard chickens.
A the last Village of Chase council meeting, it was decided the issue of backyard chickens should be deferred to next year when the official community plan review takes place. In the meantime, village administrators will continue to gather information not only from the citizens of Chase, but from other municipalities where chickens have been allowed in an urban setting.
The next Village of Chase meeting will be Aug. 14.
ALS Golfathon
During the month of June – ALS Awareness month, 80 golf pros and juniors, at 37 golf courses throughout B.C. participated in the PGA of BC Golfathon for ALS. They golfed from sunrise to sunset, raising awareness and funds for ALS.
Also referred to as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, ALS or Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, is a neurodegenerative disorder that affects the person’s motor neurons that carry messages to the muscles, resulting in weakness and wasting in arms, legs, mouth, throat and elsewhere. Typically, the person is immobilized or deceased within two to five years of the initial diagnosis.
On Tuesday, July 10, ALS Society of B.C. executive director Wendy Toyer presented golf pros Adam Blair, Frank Antoine and Mitch Buffalo at Talking Rock Golf Course with a certificate of appreciation. Toyer thanked them personally on behalf of the society for their efforts and support of the Golfathon for ALS.
On June 20, the trio managed to golf 342 holes for the cause. Donations are currently being accepted at the Pro Shop and online at www.golfathonforals.ca.
For more information contact Toyer at 1-778-999-6257.
Tournament
It was an enormous success.
On Saturday, July 14, the Chase Museum’s Heritage Classic Golf Tournament went on into the night with a dinner, auction and dance, all an enormous success.
Forty-eight golfers from Chase, Kamloops, Red Deer, Williams Lake, Burns Lake and Vancouver came together for a nine hole tournament at Sunshore Golf Club in Chase.
Monies raised will help complete the restoration of the Chase Museum.
Major prizes for the tournament were donated by golf clubs and other businesses in Kamloops, Salmon Arm and Chase.
An additional 84 guests joined the golfers at the Chase Community Hall for the dinner, auction and dance. Auctioneer Willie Dye from Williams Lake kept the audience entertained as he encouraged everyone to participate energetically in the bidding on such items as whitewater rafting trips, zipline packages, fine furniture, hockey and football collectors’ items, art, theatre and concert packages.
Several persons and groups who were unable to attend sent in proxy bids so that they too could contribute to the fundraising effort. Together, the live, silent and bucket auctions generated several thousands of dollars in revenue due to the generosity of the participants.
The fundraising effort received an additional boost when Linda Kynoch presented curator Damon Colgan with the final donation from Safety Mart Foods’ annual Community Rewards Program.
Music for the evening was provided by Jon Treichel and Kelly Spencer from Kamloops. This talented and versatile duo did an exceptional job of playing music to please the wide range of ages and tastes represented among the crowd.
Kelly and Jon can be heard again in Chase at the annual Cornstock Festival.