No Strings Attached
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Sudbury
Ontario
Canada

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Dec. 18/11: The "NSA Woodwind Quartet," consisting of [left to right, below] Maggie Keller, Laura Hamilton, Linda Berger, and Brenda Roseborough, performed a Sunday afternoon Christmas concert at the main branch of the Sudbury Public Library.

Dec. 17/11: We held our annual evening Christmas concert at the Cambrian College auditorium. Proceeds of $380 from donations at the door went to support Genevra House. This concert also featured the NSA Woodwind Quartet [see pics below].

Nov. 27/11: With Linda conducting, we held a Sunday afternoon Christmas concert at the Sudbury Tax Centre for employees and their families. About 600 folks were in attendance to enjoy the food and music (photos below courtesy of Maxim Bedard).

Nov.10/11: We held a "Remembrance Day" concert at the Lockerby auditorium. There was a mix of music & readings, with donations of over $350 going towards the local chapter of the Military Family Support Groups [see photo below of group & supporters].

Photo above depicts participants in the Military Family Support Group's "Red Friday Awareness Walk," Sept. 23/11.

Note: a short but entertaining YouTube video depicting our trumpeter Rob Harrison performing "Last Post" during this Remembrance Day concert can be viewed by clicking on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HCzbtL1Acc&feature=youtu.be

Past News:

July 14/11: Thanks go out to the Sudbury Community Foundation for awarding No Strings with a grant of $150 to help us purchase a new timpani head & sheet music!!

The three recipients of our $100 student bursaries for the 2010/11 season are: Isabella Izumi (Lo-Ellen), Katrina Malinski (Lockerby), & Tanner Moroz (Lasalle)...Congrats!

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Note to Past Members: Please try hand in any old "original" sheet music that you may still have to Maggie, Sandra or Pam.

Note: Band members, as well as the general public, who wish to donate any digital pictures taken of our band, may e-mail them directly to the Webmaster. Band photos may also be posted at any time on our Facebook page.

Other Recent Concerts:

May 14/11: The No Strings "Ladies' Clarinet Trio," consisting of [left to right] Laura Hamilton, Brenda Roseborough, and Linda Berger, performed at the "Junction Creek Festival and Trout Release" celebration, held at the Adanac ski lodge. They went on later to perform at the Calvin Presbyterian Church's "Sharing the Love" concert on June 26th.

Dec. 19/10: The No Strings "Ladies' Clarinet Duo," consisting of Linda Berger and Laura Hamilton, performed a delightful free Sunday afternoon Christmas concert for patrons at the Sudbury Public Library, MacKenzie St. branch [see pic right].

Dec. 16/10: We performed at Lo-Ellen's annual Christmas concert, along with the Lo-Ellen stage/concert bands. As a finale, we performed in a massed band with the Lo-Ellen students for an arrangement of "C'est Noel."

Dec. 12/10: Despite the inclement weather, we held a Sunday afternoon Christmas concert for employees and family at the Sudbury Tax Centre [see pics below].

Nov. 11/10: We held a Remembrance Day evening concert, which included poetry readings, at the Lockerby Composite auditorium. Proceeds of $350 were donated towards the Military Families Fund.

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2009/10 Season's News:

June 6th, 2010: We held our 2009/10 season's final concert on June 6th ("D-Day") at the Jubilee Centre on Applegrove St. [see pic at left].

Admission was by voluntary donation at the door, with proceeds of $70 going towards the Joan Mantle Music Trust.

Trailer Update!

April 20/10: Our trailer, which we use for hauling our percussion equipment to venues, was recently renovated to include decals on its sides and back.

The purchase of this trailer back in Dec. of '08 was made possible through generous donations from the City of Greater Sudbury, as well as the local (Elizabeth Fry) Chapter of the IODE. Special thanks for their support should also go out to Jim's Automotive on Algonquin Rd.

More 2009/10 News:

Bursaries: On April 7th, Chantal Girard, an alto sax player in her 3rd year at Cambrian College, was awarded our band's annual $200 bursary, which was handed out at Cambrian's Annual Senior Awards Competition. Meanwhile, David Cai [at right], a grade 10 student and saxophonist at Lo-Ellen, was awarded our annual $100 Kiwanis Music Festival bursary.

March 4/10: Northern Ontario Music Festival (NomFest): We competed in NomFest again at Sudbury Secondary School; earning a silver standing. This was only our second time competing in the Festival (the first time was back in 2005). We performed three challenging selections: "Slavonic Dances," "Cajun Folk Songs," and "Sabre & Spurs."

Dec. 10/09: No Strings held its annual evening Christmas concert at the Cambrian amphitheatre. About $325 was raised at the door, which was donated to the Elgin St. Mission (the band itself added in an additional $75 to top up our donation to $400).

2008/09 Season News:

June 7/09: Outdoor Concert--Bell Park Gazebo Series. No Strings performed a free evening concert in front of about 100 or so folks at the Bell Park Gazebo [see pics below]. Thanks go out to Peter Schneider for helping to organize this event.

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May 7/09: No Strings performed as guests with the Lockerby jazz/concert bands for their '09 "Swing into Spring" concert.

April 26/09: Our "Kid's Concert" was held on a Sunday afternoon at Lockerby Composite high school [see pics below]. This concert featured a diverse mixture of family-oriented selections and movie medleys. Over $700 was raised at the door, which went directly to the "Northern Ontario Families of Children with Cancer."

April 8/09: Cambrian College held it's Senior Awards Concert in the Cambrian amphitheatre. During these ceremonies, the No Strings annual $200 bursary was awarded to Christopher Reid, a talented young trumpet player.

Dec. 16/08: Christmas Concert With the Lo-Ellen Bands. We played with the Lo-Ellen Park Secondary School senior/junior jazz & concert bands as part of Lo-Ellen's "Christmas Knight" concert.               

Dec. 6th/08: Our Christmas concert at the Cambrian amphitheatre was a great success, with 60 folks in attendance, that in spite of the near blizzard-like conditions that evening! [see pic at left]. This concert featured a stirring rendition of "Twas the night before Christmas," narrated by Marcus Schwabe.

About $325 was collected at the door, which was promptly donated by Geoffrey Lougheed to the Sudbury Food Bank.

Media Coverage: Check out the January '09 edition of the local Snap Sudbury magazine for a photo and caption featuring the No Strings band!

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2007/08 Season News: Our end-of-season (2007/'08) BBQ & AGM was held on June 19th, 2008 at Steph & Aaron's place in LoEllen [see pics below].

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May 25/08: We performed outside at the "Super City Walk for MS" on a windy Sunday afternoon at the MS Centre for Hope on Bancroft Drive.

Dec.11/07: The so-called "No Strings Impromptu Quartet," consisting of Linda, Maggie, Brenda, & Steph [see pics below], held a delightful concert at St. Andrew the Apostle church for the ladies of the Catholic Women's League.

Awards: Congratulations go out to our conductor, Sandra McMillan [see photo at right] for receiving the "Alumni Young Leader Award" from the LU Alumni Association at their Nov. 22nd, 2007 awards dinner. This award recognizes the accomplishments of our young LU grads. Congratulations Sandra!

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2006/07 Season News: 

June 21/07: The band's end-of-season pot-luck BBQ was held at Aaron & Steph's place (see group portrait & "No Strings" cake below!).

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Kid's Concert: Our concert for families on the afternoon of Sunday, April 15th, 2007 at Fraser auditorium was a great success! We raised over $1,200 for the Sudbury Action Centre for Youth.

Summary of Concert Events From Recent Seasons

Gallery Depicting Some of Our Past Concerts: 2003-'05

Photo shows No Strings playing at the YMCA Older Adult Centre, June 1/03 (after the regularly-scheduled Bell Park Gazebo outdoor concert had been rained out, and had to be moved indoors).

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Photo was taken in the Sheridan Auditorium on March 2/05, at the Northern Ontario Music Festival.

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Photo from the Fraser Auditorium Tsunami Benefit Concert, Jan. 30/05, which raised over $5,000.

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Photo of Sandra being interviewed; taken on the morning of Dec. 10/04, (at 6:12 am!) at the Shriner’s Hall, for the CBC Morning North remote Christmas special (photo courtesy of Mark Pitt).

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Photo of our April 27/05 evening concert at the Lively branch of the Sudbury Public Library.

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