CONTESTS

We have tickets to the
LAUDATE Singers
first concert of the sea-
son on Sacurday, Sept.
27 at 8 p.m. at North
Vancouver’s St.
Andrew's United
Church. To win two
tickets tell us the name
of one of the IMAX.
films premiering at the
Humongous Film
Festival (the answer is
in our preview of the
fest last week).
We also have tickets to
the B.C. SKI AND
SNOWBOARD
SHOW at the PNE
Forum on Saturday,
Sept. 27 and Sunday,
Sept. 28. To win two
tickets tell us how many
. times the Grouse Grind
has been held (the
answer is in Andrew
McCredie’s Out &
About column).
Deadline for both con-
-, tests is Wednesday,
Sept. 24 at.5 p.m.
‘Send us your name
with the answer (by fax
or. by mail) to North
Shore News This
Week, 1139 Lonsdale
Ave., North
Vancouver,’ B.C. V7M
24. Or. fax.to us at -

By Lay yne Christensen
News Reporter
layne@nsnews.com
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says Lars Kaario, artistic director of

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LAUDATE Singers opens its third season with From Heaven and Earth Sept. 27.

tastic,” says Kaario.

As Kaario tells it, the “church
knew it had a hit on its hands.

“People would travel for miles
just to hear this music it was so fan-

yearly for the Easter service. .
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Allegri” 's_ masterpiece” until Mozart

came to hear it one day. The genius

composer returned home from ‘the

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Word travelled and so did the
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a. works included in the reper-

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Earth, Saturday, Sept. 27, 8°

p.m. at St. Andrews United
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unique combination’ . of
sacred and secular works and
a cross-section - of styles,

» from traditional ro modern,

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