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From Heaven On High
Trinity United Church 3300 Alexis Park Drive, Vernon, BC, CanadaMark your calendars to kick off the season with AURA’s two Christmas music programs!
At Saturday’s concert, starting at 6:30, they are holding a silent auction to raise money for their spring concert – Bach’s Passion according to St. John. Tons of event tickets on offer, gifts baskets, and so much more!
In addition to our instrumental guest performers, Laura McPheeters on cello and the Wind Jammers Wind Quintet, Lana O’Brien’s Seaton High School choir will perform with us in And Suddenly, a gospel piece declaring the appearance of the angels announcing the birth of Christ, in addition to performing a set on their own.
From Heaven On High
Trinity United Church 3300 Alexis Park Drive, Vernon, BC, CanadaMark your calendars to kick off the season with AURA’s two Christmas music programs!
At Saturday’s concert, starting at 6:30, they are holding a silent auction to raise money for their spring concert – Bach’s Passion according to St. John. Tons of event tickets on offer, gifts baskets, and so much more!
In addition to our instrumental guest performers, Laura McPheeters on cello and the Wind Jammers Wind Quintet, Lana O’Brien’s Seaton High School choir will perform with us in And Suddenly, a gospel piece declaring the appearance of the angels announcing the birth of Christ, in addition to performing a set on their own.
Mackie House: Home for the Holidays
Mackie Lake House 7804 Kidston Rd, Coldstream, British Columbia, CanadaTreat yourself to a delicious luncheon with friends and family as you celebrate the holiday season. We’ll have tea, wine, and seasonally inspired dishes for you to savour—as well as live music. Let this traditional Edwardian mansion capture your imagination, just in time for the holidays! Be sure to bring your slippers—these 113-year-old floors tend to get chilly.
The two-course luncheon includes: 1 glass of wine, tea, Christmas salad, herb buns, beef Tourtière, vegetable quiche, potatoes with herbed gremolata, and Christmas spice cake with warm caramel sauce and whipped cream.
Mackie House: Home for the Holidays
Mackie Lake House 7804 Kidston Rd, Coldstream, British Columbia, CanadaTreat yourself to a delicious luncheon with friends and family as you celebrate the holiday season. We’ll have tea, wine, and seasonally inspired dishes for you to savour—as well as live music. Let this traditional Edwardian mansion capture your imagination, just in time for the holidays! Be sure to bring your slippers—these 113-year-old floors tend to get chilly.
The two-course luncheon includes: 1 glass of wine, tea, Christmas salad, herb buns, beef Tourtière, vegetable quiche, potatoes with herbed gremolata, and Christmas spice cake with warm caramel sauce and whipped cream.
Soulidified
Vernon Jazz Club 3000 31st Street, Vernon, BC, CanadaJoe Auty returns to the VJC stage, this time, headlining a very exciting band.
Neo-soul is the fusion/crossover of the soulful sounds of Marvin Gaye or Curtis Mayfield with beautiful jazz harmonies and infectious high energy grooves. If you are a fan of Motown, soul, R&B, hip hop, and adjacent music and you are curious what it sounds like fused with jazz in an accessible way, this is a show not to be missed!
Joe has been a successful freelance trumpet player and soloist for many years now in both Canada and the US, and plays with a fiery, groove focused, and spunky sort of sound in the style of Roy Hargrove or Clifford Brown. To fulfill this dream and vision of Joe’s, he opted to collaborate with Campbell Ryga to add his exquisite taste, sensitivity, and beautiful harmonic expression to the sound of the band.
Campbell is a legendary saxophonist and is not only inarguably one of the most accomplished saxophonists in Canada, but in the world. He moved to Kamloops recently, so it seemed fitting for Joe and Campbell to collaborate with the goal to bring these new sounds and ideas to the Valley. Joe and Campbell are joined with some of the finest local rhythm section musicians in Stefan Bienz on bass, Loni Moger on guitar, and Will Freisen on drums.
Soulidified
Vernon Jazz Club 3000 31st Street, Vernon, BC, CanadaJoe Auty returns to the VJC stage, this time, headlining a very exciting band.
Neo-soul is the fusion/crossover of the soulful sounds of Marvin Gaye or Curtis Mayfield with beautiful jazz harmonies and infectious high energy grooves. If you are a fan of Motown, soul, R&B, hip hop, and adjacent music and you are curious what it sounds like fused with jazz in an accessible way, this is a show not to be missed!
Joe has been a successful freelance trumpet player and soloist for many years now in both Canada and the US, and plays with a fiery, groove focused, and spunky sort of sound in the style of Roy Hargrove or Clifford Brown. To fulfill this dream and vision of Joe’s, he opted to collaborate with Campbell Ryga to add his exquisite taste, sensitivity, and beautiful harmonic expression to the sound of the band.
Campbell is a legendary saxophonist and is not only inarguably one of the most accomplished saxophonists in Canada, but in the world. He moved to Kamloops recently, so it seemed fitting for Joe and Campbell to collaborate with the goal to bring these new sounds and ideas to the Valley. Joe and Campbell are joined with some of the finest local rhythm section musicians in Stefan Bienz on bass, Loni Moger on guitar, and Will Freisen on drums.
Mackie House: Home for the Holidays
Mackie Lake House 7804 Kidston Rd, Coldstream, British Columbia, CanadaTreat yourself to a delicious luncheon with friends and family as you celebrate the holiday season. We’ll have tea, wine, and seasonally inspired dishes for you to savour—as well as live music. Let this traditional Edwardian mansion capture your imagination, just in time for the holidays! Be sure to bring your slippers—these 113-year-old floors tend to get chilly.
The two-course luncheon includes: 1 glass of wine, tea, Christmas salad, herb buns, beef Tourtière, vegetable quiche, potatoes with herbed gremolata, and Christmas spice cake with warm caramel sauce and whipped cream.
Mackie House: Home for the Holidays
Mackie Lake House 7804 Kidston Rd, Coldstream, British Columbia, CanadaTreat yourself to a delicious luncheon with friends and family as you celebrate the holiday season. We’ll have tea, wine, and seasonally inspired dishes for you to savour—as well as live music. Let this traditional Edwardian mansion capture your imagination, just in time for the holidays! Be sure to bring your slippers—these 113-year-old floors tend to get chilly.
The two-course luncheon includes: 1 glass of wine, tea, Christmas salad, herb buns, beef Tourtière, vegetable quiche, potatoes with herbed gremolata, and Christmas spice cake with warm caramel sauce and whipped cream.
Yuletide Ukulele
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre 3800 - 33rd Street, Vernon, British Columbia, CanadaDescribed as a ‘dazzling live performer’, ukulele virtuoso James Hill strums in the season. Joined by his wife and song writing partner, cellist Anne Janelle, they celebrate the launch of their brand-new Christmas recording, The Midnight Clear, with this appearance. The perfect balance of new musical gifts and traditional favourites, this festive program will instill the holiday spirit into the whole family.
Yuletide Ukulele
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre 3800 - 33rd Street, Vernon, British Columbia, CanadaDescribed as a ‘dazzling live performer’, ukulele virtuoso James Hill strums in the season. Joined by his wife and song writing partner, cellist Anne Janelle, they celebrate the launch of their brand-new Christmas recording, The Midnight Clear, with this appearance. The perfect balance of new musical gifts and traditional favourites, this festive program will instill the holiday spirit into the whole family.
O Christmas Tea – A British Comedy
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre 3800 - 33rd Street, Vernon, British Columbia, CanadaFans of Monty Python, Mr. Bean, and Dr. Seuss… Grab your teacups!
Combining British propriety with an unabashed love for the unexpected, London’s 3-time Impresario Award-winning duo steep an outrageously funny and brilliantly inventive show reminiscent of classic British pantos.
Rich in wordplay, comic physicality, and cleverly crafted interactive elements, O Christmas Tea is uproarious fun, yet it is the duo’s boundless imagination and endearing chemistry that provide the real magic and heart of this play.
When catastrophe strikes at James and Jamesy’s Christmas tea party, flooding the world with tea, the duo conjure wildly funny solutions to stay afloat, and sweep the audience out to sea in this jolly holiday escapade.
O Christmas Tea – A British Comedy
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre 3800 - 33rd Street, Vernon, British Columbia, CanadaFans of Monty Python, Mr. Bean, and Dr. Seuss… Grab your teacups!
Combining British propriety with an unabashed love for the unexpected, London’s 3-time Impresario Award-winning duo steep an outrageously funny and brilliantly inventive show reminiscent of classic British pantos.
Rich in wordplay, comic physicality, and cleverly crafted interactive elements, O Christmas Tea is uproarious fun, yet it is the duo’s boundless imagination and endearing chemistry that provide the real magic and heart of this play.
When catastrophe strikes at James and Jamesy’s Christmas tea party, flooding the world with tea, the duo conjure wildly funny solutions to stay afloat, and sweep the audience out to sea in this jolly holiday escapade.