Friday, July 17, 2020
6:30 to 8:00 pm
Cedar Hill Park
Lekwungen welcome by TEALIYE/Brianna Bear
Poetry by Jeremy Loveday
Music by Shima Takeda (violin) and Maria Wang (cello)
Watch a recording of the concert here.
6:30 to 8:00 pm
Cedar Hill Park
Lekwungen welcome by TEALIYE/Brianna Bear
Poetry by Jeremy Loveday
Music by Shima Takeda (violin) and Maria Wang (cello)
Watch a recording of the concert here.
This event took place in Lekwungen Territory.
TEALIYE (ta-a-th-le-ut) is an Indigenous youth from the Songhees/Lekwungen Nation in Victoria through her father’s side with roots to the Namgis Kwakwaka’wakw people in Alert Bay through her mother’s side. She is the oldest of eight siblings from four parents whose backgrounds are Lekwungen, Kwakwaka’wakw, Mowachaht/Muchalaht & Nuu chah nulth. TEALIYE was brought up around her father’s territory of the Lekwungen people, learning many of the teachings from her grandfather Skip Dick and family members. Within the past six years she has taken on the role of Welcoming people to the territory and opening for events in the ways that her grandfather Skip Dick and her Uncle Bradley Dick have taught her. TEALIYE is a community knowledge keeper, an artists who has worked on murals, logo designs and more. www.facebook.com/BriannaBearArt
Jeremy Loveday is an award winning performance poet and 2X Victoria Poetry Slam Champion. Jeremy speaks his truth powerfully on social and environmental justice issues, gender violence, love, manhood, and leadership. His work has been featured on Upworthy, Huffington Post, CBC, and in Claudia; one of Brazil`s largest magazines. His videopoem Masks Off – A Challenge to Men has been viewed over a million times, has been translated into 6 languages and is taught in Universities and High School classrooms around the world. Jeremy is the Founder and Director of Victorious Voices youth spoken word festival and he has served as a Victoria City Councillor since 2014. www.facebook.com/JeremyLovedaySpeaks
Shima Takeda (violin) and Maria Wang (cello) met in 2014 while playing in the pit for Les Miserables in Chemainus. Since then, the two have become quick friends and have been playing together as a duo for weddings, and providing background music for events. Maria and Shima also form half of the Breakwater Quartet, a string quartet founded by Shima that features classical and popular music which are arranged for string quartet by the members themselves. www.facebook.com/BreakwaterQuartet
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