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‘hink the appeal of Celtic music is its primitive background, the ancient influences of Middle and Eastern Europe. It‘s very rhythmic, ‘mbal and it s very easy to get caught up in that, especially when you «now ‘me the incredible history of the music explains McKennitt Ince again | appreciate the response to this column, the support you nave given me, and I| look forward to serving the community as your Waterioo Region Separate School Board Trustee. fou can hear it in her voice â€" the soft occasional lilt when she pronounces certain words like someone born in County Cork instead ot a small town in Manitoba â€" a lilt that becomes more pronounced wnen sne talks about herself and the direction her music is taking her And then there‘s her music: the hauntingly beautiful notes of the Celtic harp pertectly complementing the achingly sweet soprano as McKennitt sings one of the traditional Celtic ballads she has painstakingly researched and recomposed * s one of those things that just can t be easily explained, and I‘ve ceased trying to find an answer It‘s like love at first sight, we don‘t smow why or how it happens but it does and we just accept it, sxplains McKennitt from her hotel room in Halifax, where she‘s creparing for an evening performance McKennitts current Canadian tour will bring her to Waterioo Region on Nov 2. for a performance at the University of Waterloo‘s ~umanities Theatre Amile the source of her kinship with ancient musical traditions may emain a mystery, its not hard to imagine that when Loreena McKennitt was born 34 years ago, the Queen of the Fairies must have Joxed down from her perch in the Ceitic heavens and recognized a iOumate McKennitt has a deep, abiding love for the ancient Celtic lore and ‘‘acitions and her ability to translate that love into her music is the key *o ner success She is. quite simply, a storyteller. And like the ancient tradition of storyteilers of years gone by, she weaves her tales througn music, adowing the notes, tones, sounds and inflections to say just as much as the words. The listeners don‘t just hear the music, they experience The committee member who vav a teacher, asked the s ‘students how well they mg~ emembered the curncuilum > is 1at was faught to them â€" pecifically on sex education and chastity, in particular. The sÂ¥ cXâ€"students spoke quite 9 cloquently that they did not n ‘., " remember that chastity had ® cen taught to them. The , 4 eacher reminded the w "> % presenters that she had been, in “, y j act. their teacher and offered ' give them the opportunity to r eview the whole curriculum and aiso to see that only ten , percent of the Family Life ""' Dr 'g.'J[Y'. s on sex L‘duC‘“Un, ‘ The rest of the committee nembers also asked questions t the presenters | noted that the presenters , were accompanied by people Ano are running for election in a block against the present encumbent ‘trustees. The Family Life program has been in transition and is being updated. Every month new material is reviewed for content and usefulness he Board. As well, the content is judged for age level and appropriateness for the classroom. The new program will be reviewed by ne committee, parents, trustees, and administrators before it goes back izain to the committee to be finalized. Any member of the community and iny parent would be more than welcome to join this committee Whose responsibility? As a parent, what would you have done? A rustee, hearing from a concerned parent, would have initiated an vestigation and discussion with the various people involved. The Family Life Advisory Committee, comprised of consultants, parents, teachers, libramians, trustees, and members of the community, juestioned these young people. The committee member who was a parent, inked if anyone in their family knew of these incidents. Was the principal © a {rustee informed at the time? She gave the presenters her view that some positive action would have occurred had her children been involved. W ho should take the responsibility for action when your teenager comes home and tells you about something disturbing his/her teacher has said or «bout a disturbing incident that has happened at school? A few weeks ago, at ine regular meeting of the Family Life Advisory Committee, a group of s atudents presented their views of incidents that happened to them while Ney were in our system. The group was comprised of five young people Ano toid the committee of incidents and related third party stories of cucher‘s remarks that were derogatory to the system and the Catholic faith. Loreena McKennitt brings ancient musical past to life PAGE A26 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1991 Loreena McKennitt has no idea where her love of Celtic lore and tradition came from. All she knows is she‘s now thoroughly and completely addicted By Keren Adderiey Whose Responsibility? TRUSTEE TALKS % By Jacqueline Papke BETTER COMMUNICATION "‘With this album, | let myself be inspired by the very early eastern influences on the Celtic culture. It‘s believed that they (the Celts) came from as far as India originally, before being driven to Europe and the British Isles and those early influences appear throughout their music,‘‘ says McKennitt Her latest album, The Visit, released this fall, is McKennitt‘s fourth. In it, she has continued her exploration of Celtic music but this time she has gone even further into the historical, adding influences from the very early roots of the Celtic tradition. She has been compared to Kate Bush and Irish singer Enya, comparisons she finds flattering. But McKennitt detfinitely has her own style and her own sound, a mixture of the ancient with the modern that makes even the most traditional piece seem new and distinctive McKennitt makes an annual "pilgrimage‘ to Ireland, where she spends most of her time seeking out new pieces. She spends hours meticulously researching Celtic songs, poems and stories and translates ‘ them, adding her own distinctive touches to make each piece her own ‘I was in a hospital in England and friends came to visit me and told me that there was a harp in the window of a store across the street. When | got out of the hospital. the first thing | did was go buy that harp, ‘ says McKennitt, ‘"even though | didn‘t know how to play it and some would say | still don‘t." REâ€"ELECT JANE MIT C H EL L She moved to Stratford in 1981, where she performed and wrote music for the Stratford Festival. She had already begun writing and performing Celtic music and, after the release of her first album and some work on National Film Board projects, she decided to go to England to research more songs. It was on that trip in 1984 when she finally found her harp. | heard that recording and something just clicked for me. | knew this was the music | was meant to play,"‘ says McKennitt. McKennitt started in music at the age of 5, when she began piano and vocal lessons, but her interest in Celtic music came much later. 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