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THE first Lucille Little
Memorial award was
presented to a music
student Sunday.

Inaugurated by the North
Shore branch of the British
Columbia Registered Music
Teachers Association (BCRM-
TA) in the name of a col-
league who died earlier this
year, the new award recog:
nizes a senior-level student
with high standing in the
Royal Conservatory of Music
examinations. Lucille Lirtle
taught piano for many years
on the North Shore before
succumbing to illness in May.

Yuki Sugiyama, 14, is the
award’s first recipient. The
Grade 9 Windsor student was
awarded First Class Honours
in his Grade 9 piano studies
last June. His piano teacher is
Joyce Jackson of North
Vancouver.

Sugiyama was presented
with the memorial trophy
Sunday at St. Andrews
Church in North Vancouver,
following a recital of scholar-
ship winners.

Also recognized for receiv-
ing the top scores in their
grade level on the North
Shore were piano students:
Benjamin Woo (Grade 1),
Jessica Chan (Grade 4) and
Rozalyn Chok (Grade 5), all
students of Dizaa Marr; Sasha
Nielsen (Grade 2) and
Michael Harris (Grade 10),
students of Aline Banno;
Maya Nesbit (Grade 3), who
studies with Kimberley
Haniey-Senyshyn; _ Kristin

ERINA Nesbitt  per-
formed An _ Austrian
Dance by Burgmulier at
“the Lucilie Little
Memorial Award Recital,
held last Sunday at St
Andrews Church in
North Vancouver.

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Greinacher (Grade 7), a stu-
dent of Patricia Holme and
Laura Lam (Grade 8), who
studies with Helen Hsia.

Voice = student = Emily
Cheung, who studies with
Patricia Hoebig, was recog:
nized for her Grade 6 exami-
nation results.

This is the fifth year for the

nours piane teacher

awards.

The BCRMTA counts 114
music teachers on the North
Shore as members.

All are fully qualified with
a degree or diploma i in music
and offer classical training in a
variety instruments as weil as
voice.

— Layne Christensen

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