Mike McFarland
McDonald receive Manitoba Arts Council Award
A long-standing and dedicated member of The Pas Arts Council was recognized for their efforts in promoting and bringing the arts to the community. Jan McDonald has been involved with The Pas Arts Council for 40 years and continues to volunteer with it because she loves it.
“I joined The Pas Arts Council in 1985 as their coordinator and since 1987, I have been the treasurer,” said McDonald. “I was always interested in arts events and when the position of coordinator was posted, I thought it was a position I would love working at.
“After a couple of years, I went to work at Keewatin Community College as the bookstore manager and stayed on The Pas Arts Council board as a volunteer. The position has seen an increase in duties over the years, as so much of our programming depends on grants; applying for grants and grant reports are what I spend most of my volunteer time on.”
MBCI band concert wraps up school year
MBCI band students held their spring concert last week, a culmination of music work since January. Performing for friends and familky were students from grade 9-12 in the concert band, as well as the jazzed band and experienced guitar class.
While the band program held a virtual winter concert before Christmas, this was the first time the students performed in person this academic year. In addition to the evening concert, the students also performed shortened versions of the concert for the grade 5 students from Kelsey and Opasquia Schools as well as the 6, 7, and 8 grades from Scott Batment School.
Fashion and fun make tea and fashiow show great
The MBCI gymnasium was beautifully decorated and filled with graduates, family, friends and community members the afternoon of Saturday, May 14th for this year’s Grad Class of 2022 Tea & Fashion show.
The room was bustling with graduates who were busy serving tea, coffee and juice and replenishing the delicious dainties and sandwiches made in the cafeteria by a great group of parents and graduates, while the audience was treated to a fantastic fashion show featuring 16 students from the MBCI Grad Class of 2022.
The models had a lot of fun, showcasing the variety of fashions, kindly loaned by our local businesses and home businesses, ranging from sleepwear to work wear to summer wear to casual wear to a night out and for a grand finale, we had a Blast from the Past where the models raided their family members closets to get some older fashions – some old MBCI jackets were even modelled. The variety of clothing was appreciated by the audience and showed everyone that The Pas, OCN & area can meet all of your fashion needs.