The Caravan
The Carol Project
Tom Roschkov is Bob Cratchit in the
Christmas Carol Project. Since its inception in 1996, the Christmas Carol Project has seen more than 60 performances, three tours, a CD, and an award winning television special. The cast, Bill Bourne, Maria Dunn, Kevin Cook, Tom Roschkov, Terry Morrison, Al Brant, Dale Ladouceur and Bill Hobson, have all composed songs based from the perspective of their rich Dickensian characters. This intriguing collection of melodies and rhythms has been bound together by a strong narrative: Richard Winnick first held the position (1996 & 1997), followed by Kenneth Brown (1998 – 2009); today the wildly energetic Dave Clarke joins the ensemble. Where is Tom Roschkov performing? Johnny Quazar and the Swingbots will be at the East Coulee Spring Festival, Saturday, May 12. – dig that crazy beat! |
Read Tom's article about the Swan Hills grizzly bears.
Fifty years ago Alberta's boreal forest was nearly pristine. Today it is vastly depleted, altered and polluted. Because of stampeding industrial interests – with the tarsands as its gaseous centerpiece – the situation is not likely to improve. The Swan Hills, representing an earlier example of mass exploitation, should have provided more than enough fuel for change. Instead it has been buried beneath a mountain of misinformation and denial. Now in the form underground coal gasification and carbon capture and storage, all nicely packaged as "clean coal," the onslaught is set to continue. ............................................................... click to visit OCCUPY EDMONTON "To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men." Abraham Lincoln One of the fundamental pillars of democracy is the right to assemble, gather, protest, demonstrate – call it what you will. Solidarity in its basic form is an effective tool and at times essential. If such pivotal rights are denied, then words like freedom and liberty, for instance, loose there meaning and become nothing more than empty slogans. A long and rich history of protest has profoundly shaped the modern world, thus giving a significant portion of humanity the chance to enjoy a healthy and dignified existence. If a society does not permit or even encourage public demonstrations, then it should not be considered a complete democracy (should it even care to call itself one). Which begs the question, how can a partial democracy even exist?: it either strives to be fair and egalitarian or not. People everywhere should be concerned if their ability to informally congregate is suppressed, because without it, the direction of power can shift insidiously away from them, germinating the conditions through which repression will propagate. |
