Entertainment

Submitted by Deborah Wood to Cashbox Canada:

For the many who know me – you know that my charity of choice is Shelter from the Storm.  February 18^th, 2006, my life changed forever and on April 26^th, 2006 I took back my life – I was one of the lucky ones.  Violence against women and children is perhaps the most shameful human rights violation, and it is perhaps the most pervasive.  It knows no boundaries of geography, culture, race, religion, age, social or economic.  51% of women in Canada have experienced at least one incident of physical or sexual violence since the age of 16.  One to two women are murdered by a current or former partner each week in Canada.

The Canadian Women’s Foundation, in partnership with Rogers Media, Winners, Homesense and GoodLife Fitness have launched its Shelter from the Storm campaign.  By going to Winners and HomeSense, tuning into a radiothon in your community, texting SHELTER to 45678 or by visiting www.shelterfromthestorm.ca you can make a donation to help support community violence prevention programs and for the more than 400 shelters for abused women across Canada. 

RADIOTHONS

THURSDAY, MAY 5^TH 

KROCK (105.7) – Kingston, Ont – 8am – 6pm

CHFI (98.1) – Toronto, Ont – 6am – 10am

EZ ROCK (105.3) – Sudbury, Ont – 2pm – 6pm

The River (107.7) – Lethbridge, Alta – 1pm -5pm

“So bring it on my friend, stronger I’ll be

Just don’t forget I was born on the lone prairie”

NEW THIS WEEK TEAGAN LITTLECHIEF RELEASES

NEW SINGLE “BRING IT ON”

WRITTEN BY: DEAN C. BELLEGARDE

Teagan Littlechief is from the White Bear First Nations. Her ability to sing was noticed by her play school teacher Joan McDonald. Joan recommended Teagan be put in voice lessons. Teagan started when she was 6 years old. Since then she has come along way. At age15 Teagan became the GX94 Star Search Champion winning a recording for 2 songs. Recording more singles when she won the CKRM & Dauphine Country Fest Star Search Competitions, She recorded another single when coming 2^nd in the North American Bear Traxx competition.

She recorded her 1^st album Rising Above in 2008. From this album her songs are played on international radio. Her 4^th single “Wild Girl” was released in July 2010. When downloading “Wild Girl” from Itunes 50% goes to Safe Homes for Battered Women in Canada. Her 5^th single “Mama”s Brown Eyes” or “Bring It On” will b released in the New Year. 

Canada Sings coming to a flat screen near you.

The people who brought you Canadian Idol and Battle of the Blades are back at it again with ”CANADA SINGS!” a modern day twist on the glee club! This one-hour original series challenges ordinary Canadians to form extraordinary singing groups with their co-workers and compete in a head-to-head battle against a team from another workplace. From firemen to nurses, chefs to CEOs – gleeful Canadians are everywhere and Canada Sings! is on the move.

With the help of world class Choreographers, Musical Directors and Vocal Coaches, each group will prepare for the musical performance of their lives and battle each other for high-stakes in front of a live audience and a panel of celebrity judges. Vanilla Ice, Jann Arden and Simple Plan singer Pierre Bouvier are the trio recruited to pass judgment on wannabe crooners on the upcoming Global TV series Canada Sings!

It's a gig that Arden says she was initially reluctant to take on, noting she declined an offer to judge Canadian Idol years ago because she just couldn't get behind the premise.

EDMONTON, ALBERTA:  Canadian rock band ONE SOUL THRUST has achieved Platinum status with their debut CD, 1ST.  For most bands, this would be a very good thing—especially on a debut release.

The problem with this Platinum status…is that it’s unofficial.  Actually, it’s more than unofficial.  It’s illegal.

The Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) states that, to achieve Platinum status, an album must achieve sales of 100,000 copies/downloads of an album.  Sales…that’s the key.  A random polling of several torrent site’s downloads—ILLEGAL downloads—has shown that 1ST, the debut cd by ONE SOUL THRUST has been downloaded over 100,000 times.

“We’re flattered that people could love our music that much, but this is really tough to take,” says ONE SOUL THRUST’S lead-vocalist Salem Jones. “While I question the exact precision of these numbers- pirates are dishonest by nature- it appears they reflect a strong enough version of reality to bring a serious issue to light. We paid to create that album totally out of our own pockets. People think of illegal downloading not hurting anyone, but we’re real people too- with real mortgages, real family to feed and real bills to pay.  By downloading our album from pirate sites, people have stolen from us, our families, everyone involved in the production of our album, and their families.”