Music & Children are Our Future!

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Next week Angel is about to begin her tamborine/drum lessons and we are so excited that Nick Apivor http://nickapivor.blogspot.com is her instructor!!

Nick Apivor

He's Super Talented. My dreams are coming true. I always wanted to homeschool Angel and just have tutors that I know and trusted teach her. She's been doing dance(ballet & hip hop) and badminton and this is going to round things out so nicely. We want to go to Africa too!! and I really want to go to India, Angel really wants to go to China. We dream about seeing the world, and hearing music from around the world and seeing all the little children is so inspiring. Check out what Playing for Change is doing! They are AWESOME!!!

You know what else is super cool, is they did all this in four years. Sound familar, just like the goals and dreams of Four Years. Go http://www.fouryearsgo.org/

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Creating Positive Change

It has been four years since the Playing For Change Foundation was created. PFCF broke ground on its first school in Gugulethu, South Africa in the Spring of 2008. Today the foundation is operating seven programs in five countries!

All of this is made possible through your generous contributions. Thank you for your support. Click here to make a donation.

Vancouver City Approves Cultural and Theatre grants

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City approves cultural and theatre grants for 176 Organizations

March 17, 2011 - INFORMATION BULLETIN: Cultural organizations, including the Vancouver International Children’s Festival and the Vancouver East Cultural Centre, today received more than $7 million in cultural grants and $2.5 in theatre rental grants from the City of Vancouver.

Council approved

$2,984,600 in operating grants for 94 organizations and

5 major exhibiting organizations;

$2,583,300 in theatre rental grants for 21 organizations;

and $502,100 in project grants for 56 organizations.

Theatre rental grants will provide assistance for resident companies including the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company and Ballet B.C.

Grants provide assistance to develop, create, and produce cultural programs that enhance the quality of life for Vancouver residents and visitors. 

The funds support music, dance, visual and media arts, film screenings, theatre, festivals, multi-media exhibits and more.

Many of the organizations receiving grants will participate in Vancouver’s 125th anniversary celebrations, showcasing the city’s vibrant and diverse arts and culture.

Major institutions receiving grant support for permanent and temporary exhibitions include the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre, the Museum of Vancouver, Science World, the Vancouver Art Gallery and the Vancouver Maritime Museum. 

Artists and performers will benefit from mentorships and residencies hosted by the arts and cultural organizations receiving the grants.

Grant requests are evaluated on artistic merit, organizational competence, community impact, and alignment with and support for the City’s cultural vision and strategic cultural values.

This year’s grant funding is higher than last year’s total.
More information is available in the reports at: Cultural grants report and the theatre rental grant report.

Media contact:

City of Vancouver
Corporate Communications
604.871.6336
media@vancouver.ca

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