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QQN News - October 2003

October 2003

Vancouver Island Symphony Season – Explore the Sound

This month the Vancouver Island Symphony in Nanaimo begins another exciting season “Explore the Sound” with guest artist Angela Cheung, one of Canada’s most distinguished and respected pianists. Maestro Marlin Wolfe will be opening the program with Brahms “Academic Festival Overture” – perfect for the beginning of a season designed to explore the sound of music.

Canada’s Secret

William Switzer and Roma

Tucked away in the back streets of Vancouver is a showroom and factory that produces high-end furniture that is featured in the top interior design showrooms across North America – William Switzer & Associates. I had the privilege of doing an interview with William Switzer to follow his career in design. I also got to tour the factory, and met son Allan, daughter Renee, and Roma the standard poodle. The article will be published in the November/December issue of Canadian Interiors magazine.

The Day the Wind Changed

After ten years of revisits and rewrites the children’s story “The Day the Wind Changed” has now found its voice. It’s so exciting when something finally speaks and says, “Yes, I’m ready!” The story (and song) is being given its inaugural performance with adults this month at a retreat in Chilliwack and will then be ready for production.

To celebrate this accomplishment I have included a Bite of The Month about a wind storm on Quadra Island a number of years ago. As I write this newsletter Halifax is recovering from power outages after the recent hurricane, and parts of British Columbia are repairing after the devastating affects of what wind can do with fire. The wind is a powerful force and can certainly change our lives.

Web site is now together

After several months of work this new-look site is now together with all the little details smoothed out. It’s been a mammoth task for my site manager who has been very patient with me and steered me through. Now we wait patiently for the new site and pages to settle into the search engines.

We would love to hear from you as to what you think of the site, if it provided you with the information you were looking for, and if it was easy for you to use. We are also open to suggestions and new ideas. So do contact us and say a few words.

Thank you for visiting.
Until November – cheers

Rosemary