lorth Shore youth make summer music

By Layne Christensen
ommunity Reporter

ILE their friends
e spending the sum-
mer making money, 30
orth Shore youths
re making music.

g The teens are ‘musicians
ith the Summer Pops Youth
rchestra (SPYO), which

draws its members from
across the Lower Mainland
and other parts of the
province.

From July to September
each year, close to 100
youths sign on for a packed
roster of rehearsals and per-
formances.

The orchestra was found-
ed in 1986 by Garth
Williams, the group's con-

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ductor, Williams is aided by
assistant conductor Jim
Littleford and a number of
parent volunteers.

Rarely are youths turned
away, according to Roxie
Giles, chairman of the board

of directors, who notes that
musical ability is not as
important as a sense of
enthusiasm and willingness to
cooperate.

The orchestra typically
spends two weeks in rehearsal

Wednesday, August 21, 1996 ~ North Shore News — 1s

in Vancouver before embark-
ing on 4 major tour.

This summer, SPYO
toured Northern B.C., play-
ing for audiences in Prince
Rupert, Terrace, Smithers,
Burns Lake, Prince George
and Williams Lake.

At the end of June, the
orchestra returned to the

Lower Mainland to perform a: -
number of free’ concerts, —
including West  Vancouver’s
John Lawson Park, during
this month’s Harmony Arts
Festival,

Their final performance
on the North Shore this sum-
mer is Sunday, Aug. 25, 2
p.m., at Lonsdale Quay.

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