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April 5, 2018
Lovefest
Canton to host special performance
Plymouth Canton student radio station honored
Cruise raffle tickets on sale
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Kiran Ahluwalia will present
“LOVEfest: Welcome the Stranger,” bring-
ing performances of both traditional and
modern arts from the Sikh and Muslim
cultures at The Village Theater at Cherry
Hill inCanton at 7 p.m. Sunday, April 15.
Ahluwalia's LOVEfest combines the
talents of sacred and secular artists from
both Muslim and Sikh traditions, two
communities currently experiencing an
alarming rise in hate crimes. Featuring
vocals of Ahluwalia from India and
Arabic songwriting of Souad Massi of
Algeria, combined with traditional Sikh
temple singers and the colorful whirling
of Egyptian Tanoura Sufi dancers,
LOVEfest illuminates a diverse world of
cultural artistic expression offering per-
formers and audiences alike an opportu-
nity to “Welcome the Stranger”.
Ahluwalia said her inspiration to
develop LOVEfest: Welcome the Stranger
came fromher personal life story.
“The idea of LOVEfest arose from my
personal interest in exploring aspects of
cultural intolerance - the loss of 'brother-
hood' in mankind. It is a theme close to
my personal experience. My story is that
of an immigrant born in India and raised
in Canada. As an immigrant child, the
hardshipswe facedwere touted as tempo-
rary - the effectswere permanent.”
LOVEfest opens doors into two reli-
gions and cultures that, at the very least,
remain mysterious to the general public.
It includes performances of both tradi-
tional and modern arts from the Sikh and
Muslim cultures in an effort to create a
positive curiosity.
Tickets for the 7 p.m. show are $28 and
are available online at
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lagetheater.org or by calling (734) 394-5300.
Tickets can also be purchased at The
Village Theater Box Office one hour prior
to show time.
The Village Theater at Cherry Hill is
located at 50400 Cherry Hill Road,
Canton.
For the seventh time since 2001,
WSDP-FM (88.1) has been chosen as the
High School Station of the Year by the
Michigan Association of Broadcasters
Foundation.
The students from the Plymouth
Canton Educational Park station were
awarded the honor March 7 during the
Great Lakes Broadcasting Conference in
Lansing.
In the high school radio category,
Plymouth-Canton students won first-
place awards in 10 categories and
received 12 of the 29 awards presented.
First-place award winners included:
On Air Personality or Team: Fiona
Hughes (Canton junior); Sports Public
Service Announcement: Saba Mangla
(Plymouth senior); Sports Public Service
Announcement: Rebekah McBride
(Canton senior); Sports Public Service
Announcement: Sam Badger (Canton
junior); Sports Public Service
Announcement: Maxim Jenkins
(Plymouth senior); Current Events
Program: Serafine Hinz (Salem senior)
and Talk Show: Maxim Jenkins
(Plymouth senior).
Second place awards went to: Sports
Public Service Announcement: Serafine
Hinz (Salem senior); Sports Announcing
Team: Jack Krumm (Canton junior);
Sports Announcing Team: Max
Mulvaney (Canton senior); Current
Events Program: Emma Menebroker
(Plymouth senior); Current Events
Program: Jack Krumm (Canton junior);
Current Events Program: Katie Rapai
(Plymouth freshman); Current Events
Program: Rohan Ghantasala (Plymouth
sophomore) and Public Service
Announcement: Serafine Hinz (Salem
senior).
Honorable mentions went to: Sports
Public Service Announcement: Emma
Menebroker (Plymouth senior);
Innovations in Digital Media: Serafine
Hinz (Salem senior); Innovations in
Digital Media: Fiona Hughes (Canton
junior); Current Events Program: Emma
Menebroker (Plymouth senior) and Talk
Show: Rebekah McBride (Canton sen-
ior).
More than 410 entries were received
from 19 schools in the radio and televi-
sion competition.
Yasser Darwish performs a dance as part of LOVEfest.
Two lucky people will cruise the
British Isles for 12 days for the grand total
of only $50.
The Michigan Philharmonic will sell
400 raffle tickets at $50 each for the cruise,
which includes round trip airfare for two.
The drawing for the winner of the cruise
is planned for April 14 at the Plymouth
Arts and Recreation Complex. Ticket
holders need not be present at the draw-
ing to win. For tickets or information, call
(734) 451-2112.
manage and operate both facilities. PARC
will continue to run Central Middle
School as a landlord that leases space to
anybody who is a nonprofit. Don Soenen
will get his orchestra hall at taxpayer
expense,” the post continues.
Soenen said the robocall claims were
completely misleading and full of false
information.
“This is crazy stuff. All of this is unsub-
stantiated information. It's a bunch of
nonsense. These robocalls calls are a
deliberate attempt tomislead the public,”
he said.
Conzelman has also been critical of
the proposed pension plan settlement
with the city and claims that Heise has
plans to sell the golf course to developers.
She also claimed that proper procedures
were not followed in the adoption of the
townshipbudget in January.
Starting last year, shortly after the
2016 election, Conzelman and a group of
supporters commenced a barrage of
Freedom of Information Act requests
from the township offices. Recently
Conzelman requested all of Heise's
emails regarding conversations sur-
rounding the topic of the Hilltop Golf
Course which is undergoing a citizens'
advisory review process to determine its
viability.
“Those who are responsible for the
robocalls know they are lying and they
want to scare you. They think you are stu-
pid. It speaks volumes about their charac-
ter and sense of community.
“These robo-calls are being put out by
people who lost the 2016 township elec-
tions and still can't deal with their loss.
“I hope they will find closure and get
onwith their lives,” he concluded.
Staff Writer Don Howard contributed to
this story.
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