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stouflvillesuntmune fhursdayjuneliobi 7 roaming around with jim thomas 2003 musictown awardwinner eyes the pulpit 1 organist pianist choir leader chorus leader journalist dramatist vocalist composer and teacher these in brief describe only a few of the skills possessed by wanda stride whitchurchstouffvmes 2003 music town ontario award recipient the 36yearold mother of two will be honoured at the wthannual sacred music festival friday- june 27 in stouffville united church i the 8 pin concert is part of our towns strawberry festival weekend program participants include me40vcice niale chorus men of note codirected by dougwalker and jeff mcalobn with accompanist john mole and soloist susan brownjthe group hickory roots with wanda stride sharon baxter and gary burke and the duo kathi phillips and sharon baxter with accompanists tom puffin arid gary burke net proceeds from the event will goto the student music scholarship concert fund an organization established to assist music programs in whitchurchstouffville schools born and raised in etobicbke wanda graduat ed from thistletown collegiate then attended the university of toronto where she received her ba in addition she studied r conservatory piano conv- plettng grade 10 j it was while enrolled at u of t she met and later rhar- ried johrr futhey from thunder bay they have two children catie 4 and sam 2 following university wanda worked in public relations and at newspapers these extracurricular duties aside its been alove of music thafs made wanda so special within the congregation of stouffville united church music mania the bach to bliies company and more such a talent ann gage director of bach to blues enthus es she remembers hoyv when the company was first organ izedthey served as codirectors we were a team she recalls despite a multitude of involvements piano remains her specialty many selections are her own compositions but nothing wanda recalls can surpass the choirs christmas concert following the 91 1 terrorist attack on the twin towers in new york city while living in cannington she began taking organ lessons in orillia at canningtons trinity united church she played the organ and led the choir arole similar to what shes been doing at stouffville united since 1995 wanda readily admits shes not a professional choir direc tor this area of endeavour however has opened a new world of satisfying achievements including completion of the choirs first co as well as organizing and participating in a choral festival may25 that festival raised morethan 1800 for the parkview home building fund but nothing wanda recalls can surpass the choirs i christmas concert following thejjll terrorist attack on the twin towers in new york city everyones heart was in it she remembers a spirit pre vailed like nothing i can describe but an even greater challenge awaits wanda plans to enter the ministry a combined ministry of both sacred music and the spoken word this fall she begins studies for her masters of divinity degree its something thats been onmy mind since high school she says but i kept setting it asida then one sunday she attended service and heard rev bob nightingale deliver a message that touched her heart shes never looked back but for wanda an even higher priority exists that is her family our children are even more important theyve given me a whole new prospective as to my place in this world and eternity she says as for receiving the music town ontario award wanda has but one response knowing those whove gone before feel so undeservihg those same people would disagree jim thomas a stouffville resident who has written far local newspapers for more man 50 years is an organizer of the sacred music concert national honour for stouffville phaotadsauthpr farid wassef of houstons pharmacy in stouffville recently became a first- time recipient of a national drugstore outstanding service award he was honoured for his work in ojunselltojgpatientsathisphannacyand his efforts to 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