Meet the Mayor’s Gala for the Arts Song Writing Contest é | WINNERS!! SING IT LOUD, SING IT PROUD, the Scugog Council for the Arts (SCA)has selected three winners for its Scugog Tribute Song Contest. The contest was announced in the summer with entries due by the end of September, justin time for their world premiere at the Mayor’s Gala for the Arts on November 5th. The three winners are Elsa Tne Richard MacMillan and Carol Salamone. Each winn« will receive a $500 prize. The contest asked singer song-writers to “show us what you love and enjoy about Scugog. It must be un- mistakeably about Scugog”. The numerous entries were judged by local historian and Port Perry booster Peter Hvidsten and award-winning songwriter Katherine Wheatley. Katherine is a professional songwriter who is in high demand for her music and songwriting work- shops. She’s written and recorded over 200 songs with kids through her Youthsongs program and has produced over 30 CDs with schools across North America. “THANGINGFAGES MOVED - DLS Enterprises, cleaning supplies, safety supplies and safety apparel, have moved from 167 North Port Road, Unit ve to 16121 Island Rd., well known to all, as the former home of Shaggs. In addition to the supplies, Debbie Brown and Scott Logan are offering a selection of home décor items. NEW - Pharmacy Associates of Port Perryis now open at 11 Water St., next door to Monte Carlo Hair. Lead pharmacist, Doug Brown is thrilled to announce this full service pharmacy will offer prescriptions, as well as travel medicine including consultations and vaccines, flu shots and so much more. CLOSED - Crabby Joes closed their doors anently on Thanksgiving weekend, according to anote in the window. All signage had been removed. 10 FOCUS - NOVEMBER 2015 Three top entries were selected. Here’s your chance to get to know our winners. Elsa Jayne is a First Nation singer-song- writer from Kitchener, Ontario. A member of Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation, Elsa says she is proud to represent her cultural heritage in the Scugog Tribute Song Contest. Elsa isn’t new to the spot- light. CBC Music dubs Elsa Jayne’s music “anthemic, dreamy synth-pop that gets stuck in your head for days.” This year has been an eventful year for Elsa Jayne. Along with winning one of the top spots in the SCA contest, she has released her second album, “Heart” as well as a music video for her song, “Fourteen Days”. Richard MacMillan is a Pickering resi- dent who started playing the trumpet at age eight and picked up his first guitar at fifteen. Right out of high school he worked as a musician in various bands, travelling across North America. Marriage and family prompted him to switch to com- puter programming but the music never left him. When he retired he was able to reconnect with the local music scene. Amazingly, he had never written a complete song before the SCA contest. “The hook line came to me immediately, and the rest just unfolded through some trial and error with the lyr- ics and phrasing. I am extremely thrilled to hear that my song was one of the selected winning entries.” Carol Salamone is well-known to the lo- cal music and theatre scene for the past thirty years. She is the founder and musi- cal director of Cadenza Productions and since retiring from the Durham District School Board she hasn’t stopped. In 2016 she'll be working with Theatre 3 x 60 as well as another Cadenza musical production. INTERESTED TO LEARN MORE? The world premiere of the three winning songs will take place as part of this year’s Mayor’s Gala for the Arts on Thursday, November 5th. This is the SCA’s major fundraiser and tickets are now available online at www.scugogarts.ca or by phone at 905-982-2121. one great package for one great price WINTER SAFE TW PACKAGE from $999 plus taxes* 2/1565 Hwy. 7A, Port Perry y 905-985-3655 (Beside Walmart) ‘www.taylorfordsales.com Monday to Friday: 8 -6; Saturday: 8 - 4