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PAGE 2 JULY 2016 HOW TO CONTACT US OWNER/PUBLISHER/EDITOR of First Nations Voice Trevor Greyeyes (204.282-6341) All Rights Reserved. Phone 204.282-6341 Toll free 1-800-542-8900 E-mail tgreyeyes@shaw.ca 100-per-cent First Nations owned — Distribution: 100,000 copies No material in First Nations Voice may be reproduced without permission of the copyright owner. First Nations Voice is published monthly by the First Nations Voice. All payments for advertisements in the First Nations Voice should be directed through the Winnipeg Free Press office. No out of office sales rep will collect cash outside of this office. Please direct questions to Trevor Greyeyes 204.282-6341. 1355 Mountain Avenue, Winnipeg, MB Canada, R2X 3B6 Advertising Sales Laurie Finley, VP Sales and Marketing / laurie.finley@freepress.mb.ca Barb Borden, Manager Niche Publishing 204.697.7389 / barb.borden@freepress.mb.ca Subscriptions $26.25 annually, payable to First Nations Voice c/o Winnipeg Free Press 1355 Mountain Avenue, Winnipeg, MB Canada, R2X 3B6 Stirring performances at the Manitoba Indigenous Sounds with the WSO It was a who's-who of Indigenous enter- tainers performing at Club Regent with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (WSO). The show featured Indian City with Jay Bodner, Sierra Noble, Ray St. Germain, Don Amero, Errol Ranville with Clint Dutiame and Rhonda Head. Veteran Metis performer Ray St. Ger- main opened the show. Now in his mid 70's Germain displayed the true marks of a veteran performer. His rendition of It's Now or Never just about brought the house down. Rhonda Head is an award winning opera singer lives in The Pas in Northern Manitoba. "The first song I wrote and composed got scored for the symphony," said Head to the crowd before her performance. Errol Ranville, aka C Weed, performed one of his originals I Wanna Fly. "I'm glad I took a grant and paid the 4500 bucks to score one song," said Ranville. When asked about his days playing on Main Street back when he started, he never envisioned getting off the strip. Now, his music has taken him to Europe and as far away as China to perform. Juno nominated musician Don Amero took his turn performing a couple of songs with "the band" as many performers called the WSO. "Yah, this is the dream gig right here ev- erybody wants to have," said Amero. "And I've been lucky enough to perform with them a couple of times now." He credited Mike Jansen with scoring his songs to play with the orchestra com- plimenting him with having a "good ear." And you'll be able to catch Amero on Canada Day where he gets to do it again. Sierra Noble now lives in Nashville, Tennessee pursuing her dreams. Hap- py to be back in Manitoba, she started off by playing "Possibility" to the roar of the crowd. She then followed that up by playing traditional fiddle tunes loved by the Metis here in Manitoba including Big John McNeil. Vince Fontaine's all star band Indian City closed out the show after a brief in- termission playing several cuts from their first album. Of course, with Fontaine playing a nod to Eagle and Hawk included a perfor- mance of Sun Dancer. Jay Bodner, an Eagle and Hawk alum, joined the band for the final song of the night that was a top of the hat to Keith Secola's Indian Car song. Bodner was joined by another alum Ray "Coco" Stevenson to lead the audience on the pow wow like call and response in the song. The WSO members even got in the act standing up and giving out their own yell. By First Nations Voice Staff Don Amero takes time to pose with a fan after performing with WSO. ADVERTISING MATERIAL SPECIFICATIONS First Nations Voice creates an opportunity for advertisers, businesses and all levels of government to reach First Nations audiences in Saskatchewan, Manitoba andt Ontario. With a focus on training, education and employment opportunities, this publication serves to showcase opportunities available to First Nations and all Aboriginal people. All digital advertising files, whether on disk or delivered electronically, should be Mac compatible. Please include all files necessary for output. Call the Winnipeg Free Press pre-press department, 204-697-7020, for more information about file types accepted. The Free Press can also build your ad. Please contact your First Nations Voice ad sales rep for details. NEXT ISSUE: AUGUST 3, 2016 The advertising deadline is July 19, 2016 For your ad placement and contents CONTACT TREVOR GREYEYES (204-282-6341) tgreyeyes@shaw.ca