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Local News

Local stars compete in national songwriting competition as last

hurrah in competitive music

Breanne Doyle / May 5, 2014

Hannah Cummings and Jake Freeze for the cover of their song on CBC Radio, “Something About You”

(Freeze/Cummings/CBC)

Jake Freeze, Sussex High golden boy, can add Nashville Songwriting Winner of 2013 to his long list of

accomplishments of his grad year. Phillip O'Donnell, an international songwriter, chose Freeze from 60

other submitted artists of New Brunswick to work with for his “youthful yet old-fashioned approach”

to song-writing. The song lead Freeze to a song-writing workshop in Nashville along with a recording

session. This is just one of the honors Freeze has picked up this year.

Norah Jones and Brooke Fraser enthusiast Hannah Cummings from Hampton High School is the

winner of the 2011 FM New Song competition. From there, she has become the sweetheart of her

drama department, landing the last three leads of her school's productions, and is a favorite performer

in church services and community events.

For Cummings and Freeze to befriend and work together now seems like a song-writing dream.

The couple, who have been dating for the past year, are notorious for putting one-hundred percent into

everything they do. They are both honors students and both leads of the drama productions at their

schools. Freeze balances these with football and rugby, and Cummings with her church work. Whatever

they are doing, they are giving it their all.

Entering CBC's national Searchlight competition was no different.

With neither one planning on focusing on music full time once they graduate this spring, Searchlight

seemed like Cummings and Freezes' final hurrah of competitive music.

“The hunt for Canada's best new artist.” is the tag-line for CBC Music and CBC Radio One's

Searchlight Competition. The station, determined to bring fresh, new, lively Canadian content across

the country started this competition to dig through Canada's crop of aspiring talent to find a handful of

truly talented people who deserve radio play. The first prize includes $20, 000 worth of music

equipment from Yamaha Canada, a professional recording session from CBC Radio and one opening

spot on a high-profile music showcase.

As per usual, the competition ranges from acoustic Maritime gals with sultry voices and long hair, to

the urban beats of Ontario rap-styles. The one thing most competitors had in common, was their desire

to make a living off the music they make.

For Hannah Cummings and Jake Freeze to enter this competition was a pretty big deal.

No strangers to competition, Cummings says, they “weren't really intimidated.... but (they) definitely

did not expect to make top ten.”

Upon entering the national competition, they “immediately recognized the mature talent in the

competition,” and instantly upped their game. The two got to work, writing “three or so (songs) to

choose from” before submitting them to the radio station.

For Freeze, he admits to being a bit of a perfectionist, and looks to his favorite musical icon, Mark

Knopfler, as inspiration. “His songwriting, composition, and guitar playing has always been top notch

which is a combination I strive for.”

Having made it to the top ten of their region, they believe the support of their friends and family is

mostly to thank. “They have always been really encouraging,” Cummings says, “Our parents are the

ones who push us to do a lot of competitions.” In fact, for Searchlight, Hannah says, “My dad heard

about it on the radio and bugged me about it until we entered.”

Though it is not for their parents they compete and strive so hard for perfection for. Freeze says it is

more for to challenge them musically, and what better way than to compete in a national competition.

He says, “I think we just take whatever opportunities are presented to us.... It's a very good way to push

yourself to put out the best possible final product you can.”

Although the two continue to push themselves in their academics and extra-curricular activities,

Hannah admits they will “not be taking as much time” focusing on competitive music at the moment.

However, this fall the two are planning on attending Crandall and studying arts, and the two are looking

forward to the tiny ways they can work on their music in the future. Hannah says, “Taking a certificate

in worship ministries would include a lot of music courses in our program... so you never know!”

Jake adds, “Songwriting, especially, is coming to the forefront of my thoughts a lot lately. I will

definitely keep writing throughout my undergraduate degree, and I'll see where it goes from there.”

News and Sports

Local Dance School Travels to Halifax for a Dance Competition

Step In Time dancers traveled to Dartmouth for Millennium Dance Festival

Miranda Dalling / May 5, 2014

Emily Kincade performing her contemporary solo, earning 1st place and a gold medal.

Step In Time dancers traveled to Dartmouth for Millennium Dance Festival, a 5 day dance competition.

There is around 1000 dances entered and performed.

One of the soloists for S.I.T, Emily Kincade received a 1st place award and a gold medal for her

contemporary dance. She says “I have worked so hard on my solo for such a long amount of time. I

think I deserved my first place award.”

When asked if she enjoys traveling to Dartmouth for this dance competition she responds “Millennium

is the best competition. The judges are so fun, the adjudications are enjoyable and all of the dancers are

so nice. I make a lot of amazing friends and meet a lot of great people when I‟m at millennium.”

Step In Time received an award for every dance they entered. Some troupes received trophies and some

made it into the Millennium Cup, to dance for the winner of Millennium Dance Festival 2014.

It is a fun weekend full of hard work and dedication, congratulations to all dancers and instructors!

Profile

Lois King, the Driving Force Behind the Sussex Sharing Club

Elizabeth Allaby/ May 5, 2014

Lois King stands in front of stock shelf in the Sussex Sharing Club at 26 Everleigh St. on May 4, 2014. (Elizabeth

Allaby/ Sonic Voice)

SUSSEX - The Sharing Club, which recently moved locations, provides up to 6000 meals

a month to struggling families, children and seniors.

They not only provide hot meals they also give grocery packages to 200 families a month.

Hunger often isn’t something we consider as a large problem in Canada but director of

the Sharing Club, Lois King, said “There are people all around you who might be going

hungry or children who might be going without lunches; everyone just needs to be aware

of that.”

Lois King, said one of her favorite programs is the “Recess Treats” they provide for

elementary students. They recently started to continue the program into the summer

when they discovered how disappointed the children were when the snacks stopped.

King, who started directing the club in 2010, said the biggest surprise to her was she

“didn’t realize that there were so many people out there in our little town that were so

hungry, I was totally oblivious to all that.”

In June 2010 King saw an ad in the newspaper saying that unless the Sharing Club

found a new director it would have to close. She immediately responded. “I like to be

doing something… I went there and I really had no idea what it was about, it was a real

eye-opener.”

Since they have moved to their new location their impact has grown exponentially. Much

of this is due to King’s dedication. “They needed somebody for four days a month, well

that’s what they said, it ended up I was just being there all the time.”

She didn’t know what she was signing up for but it has become more than just volunteer

work. For her, it is rewarding and life-changing “I love doing it, it serves a purpose.”

King finds that for certain people, pride often keeps them from going to the club. “For

some people it’s so hard for them to come in.” She tries to arrange alternate times for

them to go to the club. King finds it is often the seniors who struggle. “They are hesitant

about coming in and you don’t judge where they are at or why they are there and it’s

rewarding when they are so happy with what you’ve done for them.”

King hopes to expand programs offered at the club such as cooking classes and life

coaching. She hopes the club can reach out to people in more ways.

Celebrity opinion

Is a good this Canadian Celebrity really influence?

Canadian star Justin Bieber repeatedly arrested in the beginning of year 2014.

Megen Smith / May 5, 2014

Justin posed for a smiley mug shot moments after the arrest - while sporting a jail-issued orange jumpsuit (TMZ).

Known all across the globe, Canadian musician, Justin Bieber has become incredibly popular in the last

six years, being discovered in 2008 on YouTube and immediately coming out with his hit single One

Love at only the age of fourteen.

Obviously, getting famous from his good singing voice and good looks, it has taken him a long way.

Two movies, eight albums being sold a total of 12,800,000 times, over 70 songs, playing 88 shows

worldwide, 67 of them being completely sold out, selling out Madison Square Garden in 22 minutes,

3.75 billion YouTube views, 51.2 million followers on twitter as of April 29th

2014, he has become a

huge part of our society‟s music industry.

Bieber has done amazing things in his life such as fundraisers and making children‟s wishes come true

and meeting with multiple sick children, one at a time, through the Children‟s Wish Foundation and a

show to each child, singing one song for them, he has done lots to make the world a better place, even

though he has done some bad lately.

Claiming to be „retired‟ as of December 2013, he has been arrested for a DUI, drag racing, possession

of drugs, resisting arrest without violence, driving under an expired license, and has had his home

searched.

Many of us are wondering what has gotten into him. He‟s definitely not worried about what others have

to say during any of these situations.

With many fans supporting him throughout each arrest, many have supported him on twitter. There are

many different tweets coming in all over the world, the most popular one would have been “I‟m always

going to be here. Here to support Justin no matter how bad the drama is. I‟m never leaving his side.”

From a good fan, @bieberslaysxo.

Even though Justin is getting his support from family, friends, and fans, there are many celebrity

reaction tweets as well. “Who amongst us hasn‟t drag-raced a Lambo in Miami on pills?” from actor

Zach Braff. There were many some funny, but inappropriate tweets as well from many other celebs.

Coming from fame off of youtube, making it big incredibly fast, having many number one hit singles

he has definitely changed his ways from then to now. Bieber is very lucky to have each and every one

of his fans by his side to support him through all of these bad events taking place in his life.

What Bieber is doing is not good, even though it is his life, his decisions have done downhill. Although

many bad things have been going on we still cannot forget the good things he has done and will

hopefully someday come back to.

News and Entertainment

One Sick Tagline

Kelsey Doyle/ May 4, 2014

Stars of the film "The Fault in Our Stars" actors Shailene Woodley (as Hazel Grace Lancaster) and Ansel Elgort (as

Augustus Waters). Appears in theatres June 6, 2014. (Temple Hill/ 20th

Century Fox)

With the movie premiere of The Fault in Our Stars less than a month away, old discussions are

becoming new again, including the debate over the controversial tagline of its poster: “One Sick Love

Story.”

This bold choice of phrase sent the internet reeling upon the poster's release this past December. For

avid reader, Rachel Friars, the tagline was not what she was expecting.

“I was sort of uncomfortable with the tagline,” she confessed. Friars had seen the poster before having

read the book and it struck her “as kind of offensive.”

“[It] diminishes the purpose of the story by trivializing it and making it about 'CANCER CANCER

CANCER.'... and skews the point of the story.”

Friars is not alone in her assessment. Among the countless fans who share her opinion is the star of the

movie, Shailene Woodley.

The 22 year-old actress revealed her doubts in an interview with Entertainment Weekly shortly after the

poster's release. “It's not a tagline that I probably would have chosen by any means.... I had a really

strong response to it.”

That being said, Woodley also admitted that “there's so many people who are so passionate about this

book that there's nothing that will ever satisfy everyone.”

And with all of the drama surrounding the tagline, it was only a matter of time before the author of the

award-winning book stepped forward and had his two-cents. And, the author being John Green, his

opinion, of course, was expressed through his blog.

“I did not write the tag line,” he started of by saying. “These things are not my decision. It‟s not my

movie, or my poster.”

Having shifted the blame from himself, Green did next what any strongly opinionated author would

have done and told the truth about how he felt.

“I like the tag line,” he professed. “I found it dark and angry in the same way that Hazel is (at least at

times)... It says, literally, the sick can also have love stories.”

The book does not dance around the subject of illness and pain, and one of Green's fears was the

tagline ruining that virtue.

“I mostly wanted something that said, 'This is hopefully not going to be a gauzy, sentimental love story

that romanticizes illness and further spreads the lie that the only reason sick people exist is so that

healthy people can learn lessons'” because to Green, “love and joy and romance are not just things

reserved for the well.”

With all of that being said, Green concluded by stating what mattered most to him was “seeing

Shailene as Hazel and Ansel as Gus for the first time.”

“I might be wrong,” he conceded. “I‟m wrong all the time.”

To Friars though, the subject of cancer is just too sensitive and dark to treat as a joke. “There could

have been about 23456 other taglines they could have used.” To her, 'One Sick Love Story' is a failed

attempt to make light of a plot which is not light at all.

Interview and Entertainment

Interview with Jamie Lee Curtis

Jamie Taete, 28, is the West Coast Editor of VICE.com. Here is a collection of his written

work: http://www.vice.com/en_uk/tag/jamie+taete.

Brody SV / May 5, 2014

Logo of Vice Media

Q: How did your career at VICE begin?

A: My career started at VICE after some photos I took (I used to be a photographer) were seen by one

of the editors at the time.

Q: What were the photos of?

A: I worked as a counselor at a summer camp. They were photos I took with the kids.

Q: What was your first position at Vice?

A: Staff Photographer

Q: How did you make the transition from staff photographer to writer/editor?

A: I found photography to be quite embarrassing. I got flown to LA by VICE to exhibit some photos at

a gallery, and it caused me to have a freakout. I was totally in over my head. When I say I found it

embarrassing, I mean like, having to justify my photos. I always just took pictures of stuff I thought

was funny or interesting, but I got sucked into some artsy hole where everything had to have a meaning

and I felt like a pretentious dick all the time. I also wasn't very good at photography, so I constantly felt

anxious. Anyway, one of the editors asked me to try writing something about a metal festival. I did, and

people seemed to like it, so I started writing more and more, and now I'm one of the editors. Though I

don't find writing easy at all. I'm not a natural writer. I was hoping it would become easier with time,

but it's a constant struggle.

Q: Who do you pitch story ideas to, and how often are they given the green light?

A: It depends. If it's a written piece for the website, I don't pitch it to anyone. If it's a video piece, I

have to pitch it to our video team in NYC.

Q: What about for the magazine?

A: I don't often write for the magazine, but when I do it goes through Rocco Castoro (the editor in

chief.)

Q: Are there any perks of having your work in the magazine/video ideas produced besides the

exposure?

A: Video stuff, generally, has a bigger budget. Which is good. Though I definitely prefer writing for

online than print.

Q: Do you have a lot of creative freedom at your work? Have any of your publications been deemed

too risqué?

A: I do have a lot of creative freedom, yeah. I'm pretty much just allowed to write whatever I want. I

can't, off the top of my head, think of anything I've been told is too risqué, no.

Q: What has been your favorite piece thus far?

A: That I've written? I'm not really a fan of my own stuff, TBH. I guess the whole Corey Feldman thing

was pretty funny.

* Jamie was invited to attend Corey Feldman's birthday party under the condition that Feldman had the

final edit of his piece (which can be viewed here: http://www.vice.com/en_ca/read/i-went-to-corey-

feldmans-birthday-party). Despite approving the piece, Corey was upset at how he was portrayed and

went on several rants which prompted Jamie to write this second entitled “I‟m Being Cyber Bullied By

Corey Feldman *

Q: Didn't you do something with the Westboto Baptist Church? I liked that.

A: I did "What Do Hate Groups Think Of Jennifer Lawrence" and "We Got Members Of the Westboro

Baptist Church To Do Buzzfeed Quizzes"

Q: Yeah, that's it.

A: Love those guys.

Q: Vice is known for its immersion journalism. Are you a fan of it?

A: Yup, I like to read it and it's fun to do (though I don't do it as often as I'd like.)

* Immersion journalism is when a writer immerses themselves in a situation, often a negative one, and

with the people involved. The goal is to have the piece focused on the experience rather than the writer.

Critics of this type of journalism say "writers are just "playing tourist" in the lives (and often tragedies)

of other people." *

Q: What's next in your career? Do you enjoy editing, or is there another avenue you plan to go down?

A: I'm not totally sure, honestly. I never really plan ahead. I'm trying to move away from editing and

more towards writing, currently.

Movie Review

Why is Disney’s film “Frozen” so successful?

Kaley Smith/ May 5, 2014

It‟s easy to say that Disney outdid themselves with their new record-setting movie, Frozen. The film

had earned over $655.2 million dollars after being released and played in theatres for a little under two

months. Not only is the film itself fun-loving and enchanting, but Frozen’s soundtrack is just as

captivating. It was already a given that this heart-warming movie would make big money in the box

office, but why has it remained a favorite movie for all?

Is it the atmosphere of the village of Arendelle? Maybe it‟s the plot twist for the true villain of the

whole story? Or maybe, it‟s simply how loveable the characters are. The main characters, Anna and

Elsa, have captured the hearts of millions worldwide for their deep bond as sisters. The movie also

offers the idea that true love does not always have to be in the form of romance but can also be the love

of family.

On her travels to find Elsa who has buried herself behind ice walls up in the mountains, Anna

meets Kristoff and his reindeer friend, Sven, who assist her with her travels to bring her sister back

home. Along the way, the two meet up with a little snowman named Olaf, who was created by Elsa‟s

ice powers, and wants nothing but warm summertime weather to fall over Arendelle.

Prince Hans, who is initially introduced as a lively and likeable character, takes turns out to be the

complete opposite of the standard Prince Charming and attempts to kill Queen Elsa so that he may rule

The DVD cover for Disney‟s Frozen, Walt Disney

Studio Motion Pictures

the kingdom. This is not to mention the fact that he also led Princess Anna into believing that he truly

loved her.

This is not to mention the fact that he also led Princess Anna into believing that he truly loved her for

his own selfish gain, proving that the only frozen heart was his.

Each of the characters and their unique personalities come together to create a very dynamic Disney

movie unlike any other.

Book Review

The Bone Season (The Bone Season #1) by Samantha Shannon

Rachel Friars / May 5, 2014

RATING:

The Bone Season original cover (Bloomsbury USA)

Published: August 20th

, 2013

Publisher: Bloomsbury USA

Format: Hardcover, 1st Edition

Pages: 480

Genre: Fantasy

ISBN: 9781408836422

Series: The Bone Season (#1)

Quotes: “Knowledge is

dangerous. Once you know

something, you can't get rid of it.

You have to carry it. Always.”

“Nothing’s worse than a story

without an end.”

“I like to imagine there were more

of us in the beginning. Not many, I

suppose. But more than there are

now.”

Summary: The year is 2059. Nineteen-year-old Paige Mahoney is working in the criminal underworld

of Scion London, based at Seven Dials, employed by a man named Jaxon Hall. Her job: to scout for

information by breaking into people‟s minds. For Paige is a dreamwalker, a clairvoyant and, in the

world of Scion, she commits treason simply by breathing.

It is raining the day her life changes for ever. Attacked, drugged and kidnapped, Paige is

transported to Oxford – a city kept secret for two hundred years, controlled by a powerful, otherworldly

race. Paige is assigned to Warden, a Rephaite with mysterious motives. He is her master. Her trainer.

Her natural enemy. But if Paige wants to regain her freedom she must allow herself to be nurtured in

this prison where she is meant to die. (Bloomsbury USA)

About the Author: Samantha Shannon was born in west London in 1991. She started writing at the

age of fifteen. Between 2010 and 2013 she studied English Language and Literature at St Anne‟s

College, Oxford.

In 2012 the Women of the Future Awards shortlisted her for The Young Star Award. She has

been nominated for a FutureBook Innovation Award and won the Red magazine Red Hot Woman

award of 'Woman to Watch' in 2013.

The Bone Season was picked as a Book of the Year by the Daily Mail, Stylist and Huffington

Post and was named one of Amazon's 2013 Best Books of the Year in Science Fiction and Fantasy. The

Bone Season has been translated into twenty-seven languages. (Bloomsbury USA)

Thoughts: The summary for The Bone Season presents an interesting premise and a world full of

intrigue and well as action. I picked this up as an Ebook because I was desperate for a decent adult

fantasy, and that‟s exactly what I got and more.

Shannon starts out the novel following Paige as she works in the criminal underground in the

heart of the Scion, lying to her father and to herself. The novel eases you into the world that is so

drastically different from our own, rather than loading information on the reader within the first few

chapters. Shannon does a fantastic job of progressing and developing characters over the course of this

novel.

Once the plot is fully developed we see that Paige herself is a woman not commonly found in

novels today, she relies on her love interest Warden for nothing at all, especially in a world that is so

unfamiliar to her. Her relationship with Warden is almost secondary, and develops slowly, like an

afterthought. She is cautious and questionable but covers herself in a blanket of sarcasm that lightens

the story.

Shannon‟s world building tactics are stellar, as she builds the world around the reader without

the reader being conscious of it. I was fully immersed in this world by the end of the novel because

Shannon provides small details of politics and customs that strengthen the reality of the setting. Her

descriptions are gripping and provide a clear picture of several of the recurring settings throughout the

novel. The rich details of Oxford, Scion and several other places are captivating as well as repulsive.

The bare premise of the novel is interesting but predictable. A seemingly inescapable society

that persecutes a specific group of people with abilities, and one girl who is special above all the rest,

however Shannon thrusts a new and refreshing twist with her plot of criminals and creatures and

distrust in a world so smothering coupled with her groundbreaking and dynamic characters.

The Bone Season earned a 5/5 star rating for me because it was exactly what I was looking for,

and what I always look for in a novel. The sequel, The Mime Order (The Bone Season #2) is out in

hardcover & Ebook format on October 21st, 2014.

Television Review

Sing Along With Something Beautiful

When it comes to reality television shows, It Takes A Choir is very different from what

people may be used to seeing

Jessica Raven / May 5, 2014

Choirmaster Gareth Malone conducts the military spouses‟ choir in the series premier.

(Jessica Healey, POST.)

The program features choirmaster Gareth Malone from London, England. In each episode he travels to

a different American state with the same goal; to bring unlikely groups of people together in a choir.

He then works with them for a week and gives them the opportunity to perform in front of an audience.

While the majority of reality television shows in this day and age are full of nothing but nonsense and

filth, It Takes A Choir ventures away from the norm and is something special; it is a reality show with

heart.

Many of the groups featured in the show consist of people who would not have met without Gareth

Malone pulling them together as a choir. In the pilot episode, which aired on April 26th

, 2014 in

Canada, the choir was made up of military spouses struggling with being away from their husbands and

wives. Most of these people were lonely and closed off, feeling as though they had to face the world

alone. The choir gave them the chance to meet people in the same situation, and provided them with

plenty of friends to lean on.

The episode which aired on May 3rd

had more of a Breakfast Club dynamic. In it, Gareth travelled to a

Pittsburgh high school where tensions were high; two rival schools were being forced to coexist in the

same building after one of their schools shut down. Fights went on constantly, and the separation

among the students was evident. So, Gareth ventured though the cafeteria and the hallways to find

students that would be willing to join the choir.

Once the choirs are formed, viewers get the chance to learn a bit more about some of the members.

This gives the show a more emotional undertone, which most fluffy reality series lack, because many

of these stories aren‟t happy ones. However, it provides the viewers with more of a personal connection

to what they are watching, and it makes the conclusion of every show all the more powerful.

Each episode ends with the featured choir performing. Gareth is always careful to select songs that

mean something, and even more careful to select soloists who can convey just that.

It‟s a very emotional experience to watch them pour their hearts into what they are singing, especially

once you‟ve learned their background; a military wife singing to her husband, a high school girl

singing to the little sister who she lost to illness.

It Takes A Choir is truly something beautiful, and deserves endless amounts of praise. Gareth Malone

uses his love of singing to show people that you are never alone, no matter how alone you feel.

You can join Gareth and watch him conduct people toward a brighter future on Saturday evenings at

9:00pm, only on M3.