Fundraiser on Dec. 17th
You are invited to a fundraiser
for the documentary film “Street Sisters: First Person stories of survival & support from the Downtown Eastside”
Date: Thursday, December 17th, 2009
Time: 7:30 – 10 pm
Location: Rickshaw Theatre, 254 East Hastings (at Main)
Ticket Price: minimum $25 donation / each
Who Should Attend: Everyone! No alcohol will be served at this event.
If you can’t make it, please purchase a couple of tickets from those who can.
We are looking to sponsor at least 100 women from the downtown eastside to attend this fundraiser.
Tickets can be purchased from Film Crew
or online (for $27.62 including service charge) at
www.brownpapertickets.com/event/91706
More information: 604-313-0208
A fundraiser in support of “Street Sisters”
Featuring:
Leela Gilday
2007 Juno Award winner for Aboriginal Recording of the Year
Inez
4-time Aboriginal People’s Choice Music Award winner
Sheila Maracle
former member of M’Girl, 2007 Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards Best Group
Sandy Scofield
4-time Canadian Aboriginal Music Award winner
Rex Smallyboy
3-time Canadian Aboriginal Music Award winner
Curtis Ahenakew
more performers TBA
Why attend?: The filmmakers and participants of the documentary film “Street Sisters: First Person stories of survival & support from the Downtown Eastside” need your help. After 7 months of filming and with another 7 months to go, we need financial assistance to continue. All of the filmmakers’ time and all of the equipment is donated but we need money for stipends for the participants; meals and refreshments; bus tickets and transportation; field trips; crafts, hobbies and recreation; supplies such as video tapes, etc; and for providing other support and resources that the street sisters require. Please help us continue and complete this remarkable journey. For more information call 604-313-0208 or go to www.streetsisters.ca
Please help make a difference in the lives of 9 aboriginal women in Vancouver’s downtown eastside!
About the Performers
Leela Gilday
Known for music that is strong and clear, Juno Award winning singer-songwriter Leela Gilday's passionate, soulful perspective on being an urban Dene woman has garnered her numerous awards and recognition as one of Canada's most important Northern artists. In addition to the Juno, her album Sedze also won the Western Canadian Music Award in 2007, was nominated for a Canadian Folk Music Award, and won the Indian Summer Music Award for Best Folk. Gilday has been recognized at the Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards as Best Female Artist and Best Songwriter, and her CD, Spirit World, Solid Wood, was recognized as Best Folk Album. Up Here Magazine named Gilday Northerner of the Year in 2007.
www.myspace.com/leelagilday
Inez
Inez is a Sto:lo singer songwriter. As one of Canada’s top aboriginal musicians, her blending of traditional native sounds with a love for contemporary hip hop and R&B, brings the best of her culture to the mainstream world. Inez’s music transcends borders. Exploding onto the Canadian music scene in 2006 and releasing her hit album Singsoulgirl in 2008, this proud Sto:lo, Ojibway and Metis artist has been featured at myriad high profile events across the country including the 2009 Aboriginal Tourism BC Awards, “Native Rocks” at Winnipeg’s Pyramid Cabaret and a headlining performance at AMP Camp (Canada’s prestigious Aboriginal Music Program), not to mention feature spots on national television programs like “Beyond Words”. Despite all the attention, she maintains an endearing humility and commitment to inspiring youth. “I always tell fans that whatever their passion, they should go for it. But I don’t just paint a pretty picture. I let them know that achieving their dreams is all about hard work, determination, and asking for help when you need it. ”Inez grew up playing the fiddle with her Metis grandfather and learning the traditional Sto:lo dancing and singing from which her music has evolved. She was recognized in 2008 as a National Aboriginal Role Model by the National Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO) in Ottawa for her contribution s to the community. Inez’s lyrics speak of strength, cultural roots and pride in identity.
www.inezmusic.ca
Sheila Maracle
Sheila Maracle exudes cultural strength in her music and in her presence. A singer/songwriter, she is a former member of the popular musical ensemble known as M’Girl which won “Best Group” honours at the 2007 Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards. Sheila teaches in Vancouver’s inner city school system.
www.myspace.com/mgirlmusic
Sandy Scofield
Sandy Scofield is Metis/Cree/Saulteaux artist/composer based in Vancouver. She has been performing professionally since 1986 and hails from four generations of fiddlers and singers. She recently released her fourth album Nikawiy Askiy (Mother Earth in Cree) in April 2007 on Arbor Records/EMI Canada. Amongst her previous three recordings, she has won four Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards, received two consecutive Juno nominations and took home the 2003 Western Canadian Music Award for Ketwam, featuring songs by Sandy, Lisa Sazama and Shakti Hayes. She is described as "a complex artist who can effortlessly move from centuries old aboriginal vocal styles to satiny pop to robust rhythm & blues and rock. Like a transforming trickster, Sandy uses melody and beautiful harmonies to carry weighty messages. Her keen ear for original arrangements, her experience articulated in powerful lyrics, and her beautiful vocal instrument combine to form a growing body of incisive musical works which touch contemporary audiences of all cultures. She is also blessed with a sense of humour and a born theatricality, both of which find their way out on stage."
www.sandyscofield.com
Rex Smallboy
Rex is a 3 Time Canadian Aboriginal Music Award Winner and since the mid-90s he has been actively involved in the shaping and development of the Canadian Native Rap Music Scene. Rex Smallboy played an essential part in pioneering the market for positive native rap music concerts and workshops bringing entertainment and empowerment to First Nations communities all across Canada. Rex also inspired his peers by leading his group War Party to be the first native rap group to have a video on Much Music Canada. and to guest host Much Music's Rap City.
warparty.weebly.com
Curtis Ahenakew
To come.
About the Artists who have donated to our silent auction
Ivan Thomas (Haa ‘iitlikshiilth)
Ivan Thomas is a young North West Coast First nations artist known for his intricate carving work on sterling silver and gold jewelry. Ivan is a Nuu-chah-nulth native, born in the Tseshaht First Nation Territory in Port Alberni, on Vancouver Island, BC.
www.ivanthomas.ca
Alano Edzerza
Alano Edzerza belongs to the Raven clan of the Tahltan Nation. Recently Alano has been working and experimenting with glass and has been featured in 8 major shows. In October of 2007, Alano had his first solo show at Stonington Gallery in Seattle, where he featured new pieces in glass, jewelry, stone, steel and limited edition prints. In August of 2008, Alano celebrated the grand opening of Edzerza Gallery with Black Ice, a study in grayscale art of the Northwest Coast. Alano has also recently completed three twelve by four foot installations in the medium of steel for one building, and is currently working with two other large building projects.
www.edzerzagallery.com
Jude Norris
Multi-disciplinary Cree-Métis artist, Jude Norris, employs idiosyncratic combinations of 'Native' material, language, traditional creative practice, and iconography with elements of western technology, art practice, theory, and language. Grounded by a strong aesthetic sensibility, and often a subtle humour, her work is an exploration and expression of the oddness and challenges of contemporary colonized reality.
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