No Strings Attached
Community Band

Sudbury
Ontario
Canada

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Upcoming Events:

First Rehearsal: No Strings will be holding its first rehearsal of the 2010/11 season on Thursday, Sept. 16th at our usual time (7 pm) at Lo-Ellen. We hope to be seeing all of our last year's members back, plus a few new ones!

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June 6th, 2010: We held our season's last concert on June 6th ("D-Day") at the Jubilee Centre on Applegrove St. [see pics below]. Admission was by voluntary donation at the door, with proceeds ($70) going towards our upcoming NSA student bursaries.

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Trailer Update!

April 20/10: Our trailer, which we use for hauling our percussion equipment to venues, has recently been renovated to include decals on its sides and back. The purchase of this trailer back in Dec. of '08 was made possible through generous donations from the City of Greater Sudbury, as well as the local (Elizabeth Fry) Chapter of the IODE.

Other Recent News: 2009/10 Season

June 10th, 2010: Annual General Meeting. We held our end-of-season BBQ and Annual General Meeting (AGM) at a Laura's home in New Sudbury. Members brought their own food and beverages. During this AGM, Board positions were voted on.

Bursaries: On April 7th, Chantal Girard, an alto sax player in her 3rd year at Cambrian College, was awarded our band's annual $200 bursary, which was handed out at Cambrian's Annual Senior Awards Competition. Meanwhile, David Cai, a grade 10 student at Lo-Ellen, was awarded our annual $100 Kiwanis Music Festival bursary.

March 4/10: Northern Ontario Music Festival (NomFest): We competed in NomFest again at Sudbury Secondary School; earning a silver standing. This was only our second time competing in the Festival (the first time was in 2005). We performed three challenging selections: "Slavonic Dances," "Cajun Folk Songs," and "Sabre & Spurs."

Dec. 10/09: No Strings held its annual evening Christmas concert at the Cambrian amphitheatre. There was a small but appreciative audience present. About $325 was raised at the door, which was donated to the Elgin St. Mission (the band itself added in an additional $75 to top up our donation to $400).

Dec. 3/09: Christmas Concert With the Lo-Ellen Bands: We played with the Lo-Ellen Park Secondary School senior/junior jazz & concert bands as part of Lo-Ellen's "Christmas Knight" concert. We performed three of our own selections: "An Olde English Christmas," "Carmen," & "C'est Noel," as well as Handel's 'Hallelujah' with the Lo-Ellen music students.

2008/09 Season News

June 7/09: Outdoor Concert--Bell Park Gazebo Series. No Strings performed a free evening concert in front of about 100 or so folks at the Bell Park Gazebo [see pics below]. Thanks go out to Peter Schneider for helping to organize this event.

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May 7/09: No Strings performed as guests with the Lockerby jazz/concert bands for their '09 "Swing into Spring" concert.

April 26/09: Our "Kid's Concert" was held on a Sunday afternoon at Lockerby Composite high school (see pics below). This concert featured a diverse mixture of family-oriented selections and movie medleys. Over $700 was raised at the door, which went directly to the "Northern Ontario Families of Children with Cancer."

April 8/09: Cambrian College held it's Senior Awards Concert in the Cambrian amphitheatre. During these ceremonies, the No Strings annual $200 bursary was awarded to Christopher Reid, a talented young trumpet player.

Dec. 16/08: Christmas Concert With the Lo-Ellen Bands. We played with the Lo-Ellen Park Secondary School senior/junior jazz & concert bands as part of Lo-Ellen's "Christmas Knight" concert. We performed three selections: "Nutcracker Suite," "Pony Express," & "Sleigh Ride."                        

Dec. 6th/08: Our Christmas concert at the Cambrian amphitheatre was a great success, with 60 folks in attendance, that in spite of the near blizzard-like conditions that evening! [see pic at left]. This concert featured a stirring rendition of "Twas the night before Christmas," narrated by Marcus Schwabe. About $325 was collected at the door, which was promptly donated by Geoffrey Lougheed to the Sudbury Food Bank.

'09 Media Coverage: Check out the January '09 edition of the local Snap Sudbury magazine for a photo and caption featuring the No Strings band! Also, check out our band's page on Facebook.com.

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Note to Past Members : Please try to hand in any old sheet music that you may still have which you don't need to our librarians Matt and Steve.

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Previous Season's News (2007/08): The No Strings end-of-season (2007/'08) BBQ & AGM was held on June 19th, 2008 at Steph & Aaron's place in LoEllen [see pics below]. It was a fitting end to a sometimes tumultuous season!

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May 25/08: We performed outside at the "Super City Walk for MS" on a windy Sunday afternoon at the MS Centre for Hope on Bancroft Drive.

April 24/08: "A Musical Knight" Spring concert was held in the evening at Lo-Ellen Park Secondary School with the Lo-Ellen bands.

Dec.11/07: The so-called "No Strings Impromptu Quartet," consisting of Linda, Maggie, Brenda, & Steph [see pics below], held a delightful concert at St. Andrew the Apostle church for the ladies of the Catholic Women's League.

Awards: Congratulations go out to Sandra McMillan (see pic at right) for receiving the "Alumni Young Leader Award" from the LU Alumni Association at their Nov. 22nd, 2007 awards dinner. This award recognizes the accomplishments of our young LU grads. Congratulations Sandra!

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2006/07 Season News: 

June 21/07: The band's end-of-season pot-luck BBQ was held at Aaron & Steph's place (see group portrait & "No Strings" cake below!).

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Kid's Concert: Our concert for families on the afternoon of Sunday, April 15th, 2007 at Fraser auditorium was a great success! We raised over $1,200 for the Sudbury Action Centre for Youth.

Summary of Concert Events From Recent Seasons

Photo Gallery Depicting Some of Our Past Concerts: 2003-'05

Photo shows No Strings playing at the YMCA Older Adult Centre, June 1/03 (after the regularly-scheduled Bell Park Gazebo outdoor concert had been rained out, and had to be moved indoors).

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Photo was taken in the Sheridan Auditorium on March 2/05, at the Northern Ontario Music Festival.

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Photo from the Fraser Auditorium Tsunami Benefit Concert, Jan. 30/05, which raised over $5,000.

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Photo of Sandra being interviewed; taken on the morning of Dec. 10/04, (at 6:12 am!) at the Shriner’s Hall, for the CBC Morning North remote Christmas special (photo courtesy of Mark Pitt).

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Photo of our April 27/05 evening concert at the Lively branch of the Sudbury Public Library.

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