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(25:48) Vince Warry, singer-songwriter and tribute artist from Nanaimo, shares his remarkable journey from tribute bands honouring The Doors, Led Zeppelin, and The Cult to releasing his own EP "Like a Runaway Train" with Big Records. Teaching history and his custom History of Music and Pop Culture course by day, Warry is finding his authentic voice in Nanaimo's music scene.
(07:21) Geoff Ball from Milner Gardens reveals how their annual Christmas light display has exploded from a few thousand lights to an astounding 150,000-200,000 lights transforming over half a kilometre of gardens. Over 12,000 visitors attended last year. Ball Talks abou the special holiday glasses that turn every light into festive shapes, food trucks, choirs performing and a free RDN bus service on weekends from Qualicum Beach Civic Centre.
(14:17) Stevan Paranosic of Festive Brass discusses bringing professional holiday brass music to 10 Vancouver Island communities in December. Festive Brass will partner with local choirs including Village Voices in Parksville at Knox United Church. Tour details: https://www.festivebrass.com/
"The woman who had been in the picture with me was in stage four cancer, and all she wanted to do was see the Doors tribute before she passed away. That really hit me and I was glad that we had a good show." - Vince Warry
"We're just happy to take all these shows on the road to these wonderful locations and provide music for some of these people that maybe never get a chance to see it." - Stevan Paranosic, Festive Brass
"We have grown from a few thousand to, I'm estimating we're up around 150, 200,000 lights. Our volunteers started in September to hang them and we had a great team, probably 15 people out to every setup day." - Geoff Ball, Milner Gardens
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