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That is how pianist Harry Hermance is described by those who knew him. To commemorate his memory, The Beckett School of Music will host a benefit concert Sunday, Feb. 17 to support a scholarship fund being established to honor Herâ€" mance, who died tragically in the fall of 1990. _ Marjorie Beckett, director of the Beckett School of Music, hopes the fund will further his memory in the Kitchenerâ€"Waterioo area. ‘‘Harry was just fabulous. He could really project the music and his love for it,"‘ she says. Born in 1964, in Princeton, New Jersey, Herâ€" mance accomplished a great deal in his short lifetime. in 1977 he began studying piano with Marjorie and Garth Beckett at the school and he furthered his musical studies at Wilfrid Laurier University. By the age of 16, Hermance had already won several major competitions. He earned scholarship prizes in the Kiwanis Music Festival Competitions Elizabeth Eby of Cambridge has been named the 1991 Folk Artistâ€"inâ€"Residence _ for _ the Joseph Schneider Haus. She succeeds cabinetmaker Philippe Elsworthy of Kitchener. Eby is a Fraktur artist, following in the footsteps of several itinerâ€" ant calligraphers and school teachers who practiced this deâ€" corative manuscript writing in 19th century Waterico County. Fraktur is a combination of the broken or fractured style of Gothâ€" ic type script and Germanic folk art. Eby named Schneider Haus folk artist in residence By Michelle Lahn Scholarsfiip/concert to honor memory of Hermance Fun, loving and energetic. Dr. G. Elmore Reaman introâ€" BECKETT SCHOOL Erb Street West Admission: Waterloo, Ontario Students & Seniors: Knox Presbyterian Church W&ZPERTOO Presented in coâ€"operation with the University of Wateroo CDWs syoOw®" panc®" presents HARRY HERMANCE Benefitâ€"Memorial Concert Sunday, 4:00 p.m. February 17, 1991 duced Eby to Fraktur when she was 12 years old. She later accepted the task of folk artist at the age of 16 from the encouragâ€" ment of Lorna Bergey of the Pennsylvania German Historical Society. She went on to study University of Waterloo. Today Eby practices out of her Cambridge home, designing and lettering certificates and updating bibles and family trees. She has also. passed along her enthuâ€" siasm for this art through workâ€" shops and demonstrations she has conducted across Ontario. calligraphy and fraktur at $7.50 Adults "These multiâ€"talented buffoons ... have been putting children (and adults) in stitches ..." BELLEVILLE INTELLIGENCER ‘Tickets at the City of Waterloo Box Office, Waterloo City Centre (747â€"8765); Humanities Theatre Box Office (885â€"4280); or any and at 14 was the National Junior Winner of the Baldwin Piano and Organ Festival. Two years later he was the grand prize winner of the Gueiph Spring Festival Competition. Hermance also won the Young Artists Competition of the Ontario Registered Music Teachers Association in the spring of.1982. Hermance‘s friends and associates will gather to perform in the commemorative concert. Musicians include: Chris Sharpe, cello; Paul McNaughton, violin; John Thiessen, trumpet; Anita Noel, soprano; Beth Ann and Peter de Sousa, on piano. They will perform works by Torelli, J.S. Bach and Chopin. Hermance himself had been working on Bach‘s French Suites shortly before he died. His father writes that the Harry Hermance Prize has been established ‘‘In honor of Harry‘s strength KIDS‘ SERIES CONTINUES! THE SPHERE CLOWN of commitment to the development of his musical talent.‘‘ He hopes the prize will help to recognize other young people who demonstrate a similar commitment to music. The benefit concert will take place Feb. 17 at the Knox Presbyterian Church, Erb St., West, at 4 p.m. Admission is $15 for adults, $10 for students and EPCE Humanities Theatre, UW TICKETS $5.35 Kids/Students/ Seniors Sat., Feb. 16 at 1:00 p.m. $15.00 $10.00 In coming months, Eby will produce graphics for the upcomâ€" ing exhibit on Germanic Folk Art Adler to Zwilling. in conjunction with the display, she will also design and produce a Fraktur chapbook. A mini exhibit showcasing the work of Elizabeth Eby will begin Friday, Feb. 15 at the Joseph Schneider Haus. On Heritage Day, February 17 and 18, her workshops will include instrucâ€" tion on how to design a Haus Segan, or house blessing. Call 742â€"7752 to preâ€"register. 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