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Artscene 17 | Friday, July 5, 2013 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com "Connected to your Community" Young performers battle cancer, eating disorder by Mary Lynn O'Shea Special to the Beaver The Glow, featuring members Anthony Zhura (bass), Kevin Krouglow (singer/songwriter and guitar), Justin Bell (drums), and Luke Nishihama (lead guitar), is performing at the Vans Warped Tour concert tonight (Friday). Submitted photo The Glow plays Vans Warped Tour at the Amphitheatre I'm definitely excited about this. The opportunity just kind of all of a sudden popped up and we jumped on it. by Dominik Kurek Oakville Beaver Staff Local indie pop-rock group The Glow will be playing at the Vans Warped Tour concert in Toronto tonight (Friday). The concert will be at the Molson Canadian Amphitheatre, and the Oakville band will play on the Lemmon stage. "It's pretty exciting," said band frontman Kevin Krouglow who has played the concert once before with a previous band. "I'm definitely excited about this. The opportunity just kind of all of a sudden popped up and we jumped on it." The Glow frontman Kevin Krouglow The Glow earned its spot to play at the sole Canadian stop of the summertime concert series through the Supernova Battle of the Bands competition, which took place at the Sound Academy in Toronto recently. The Glow released an album last summer, titled Try. The five-song EP has a music range from pop to pop-punk and dance to alternative-rock to blue-rock and folk-rock. "Every song on the album has a little bit of a different style-istic spin on it," Krouglow said. "I like that because it left it open ended and to see which songs people resonated with more and what the fans like more and what we like playing more," Krouglow said. I'm pretty excited about the new stuff. It's been two years since I started recording this album, I definitely feel like I've learned as a songwriter." see Band on p.18 While battling an eating disorder, Kim Campbell also lost her mother, Linda, to breast cancer in 2010. "I want to share my story in the hope that it will help someone else," says Campbell. "For the past 10 years, I have used my eating disorder to cope, thinkKim Campbell ing it gave me control. After my mom died it all got worse. In the depths of my eating disorder, I lost touch with reality. But now I can say that recovery is possible." Tonight (Friday), Campbell is hosting Songs for Hope, a concert that will benefit the National Eating Disorders Association and the Canadian Cancer Society. The event will be held at Glen Abbey United Church beginning at 7 p.m. A reception with refreshments will follow to give people a chance to chat and connect. Free will donations will be divided equally between the two charities. Campbell attended Abbey Park High School and then graduated from St. Lawrence College in music theatre. She is enlisting fellow grads to provide much of the music, along with other talented friends. Oakville's My Pop Choir will also perform. The evening will include Campbell's story. "I want to give a realistic look at life with an eating disorder," she says. "For the rest of my life I will see Show on p.18 Some things are just better together. #itsbettertogether facebook.com/flyerland.ca @flyerland