February 18, 2011 - Colebrook Chronicle

stage in Saint-Camille: Jorane performs to an appreciative audience
On
with two-hours of music drawn from her career now span-
12 years and many popular recordings. A portion of her concerning
appears in the Video News of the Week. Thomas Jordan photo.
past week the Chronicle
This
to the village of Saint-
travelled
Que., population 500,
Camille,
see the recording artist cur-
to
with the top-selling
rently
CD in Quebec.
Francophone
name is Jorane and her
Her
CD, released Feb. 1, is en-
new
“Une sorciere comme les
titled
autres.”
first saw Jorane perform
We
summer at the Fete du Lac
last
Nations in Sherbrooke (see
des
July 23, 2010, issue of the
the
That proved to be
Chronicle.)
introduction to this creative
our
native who has been
Quebec
cutting edge albums
producing
1999.
since
appearance at P’tit
Jorane’s
music hall in Saint-
Bonheur
last Saturday night
Camille
sold out quite a while ago,
was
on the heels of her best-
coming
CD release. The P’tit
selling
is housed in a former
Bonheur
store and adjacent
grocery
which have was recon-
house
to a performing arts centeverted
in 1988. It was named after
song by well-known French-
a
singer-songwriter
Canadian
Leclerc, “P’tit Bonheur.”
Felix
member Karen-Ann
Committee
told us that the center,
Page
seats 120, puts on about
which
shows a year and is made
15
by local volunteers.
possible
some of the best performers
Here
of Quebec are in the spot-
(You can find out more
light.
P’tit Bonheur at
about
www.ptitbonheur.org.)
this cold February eve-
On
Jorane held the audience
ning,
for two hours per-
enraptured
as a solo artist. Jorane
forming
an accomplished cello player
is
defies the norms of the
who
She not only plays
category.
standing up, sometime in
cello
evening gown and barefoot,
cut
also sings as she plays selections.
but
For this performance,
also treated the audience to
she
on harp and ukulele.
selections
years of composing a
After
of popular songs and film
string
her new album features
scores,
songs made popular by
“covers,”
recording artists which
other
her unmistakable treat-
receive
These include songs like
ment.
et John” made popu-
“Marilyn
in the ’80s by Vanessa Paradilar
(wife of Johnny Depp) to the
“Suzanne” written by fellow
song
Canadian Leonard Cohen.
spoke with Jorane just
We
last Saturday’s concert
before
the upstairs art gallery at
in
P’tit Bonheur, where she
the
us the idea behind the CD.
told
is a totally new ap-
“This
she said. “This is my
proach,”
real album of just voice
first
cello.” She explained that it
and
a bit of a challenge to do
was
made famous by others
songs
12 years of composing her
after
songs. She said that her
own
for songs on her new
criteria
is that “the lyrics had to be
CD
moving.”
such song is “Suzanne,”
One
is internationally known
which
in its English version.
largely
are two versions of it,”
“There
told us. “One is a translation,
she
but this is an adaptation”
there—it is so touching.”
still
many years of experi-
After
with sounds, including
menting
popular “16 mm” (2000),
her
included largely instrumentation
which
and vocal sounds
words, she said that it
without
something new for her to put
is
lyrics into the forefront,
the
it “a new way to experi-
calling
the power of
ment—with
words.”
Jorane has recorded
While
both in English and
songs
including her all-
French,
album “The You and
English
Now” (2004), she said that
the
feels most comfortable sing-
she
in her native tongue. “When
ing
sing in our first language, it
we
so personal,” she said.
is
continues to evolve as
Jorane
performer, as she introduces
a
sounds and instruments to
new
recordings. She began on
her
when she was only four,
piano
played guitar. When she
then
cello at the age of 18,
learned
incorporated much of the
she
rhythm she used on
strumming
making for the distinctive
guitar,
manner in which she plays
strumming as well
cello—often
bowing to accompany her-
as
As for adding harp and
self.
to her current reper-
ukulele
she laughs and says that
toire,
she’s played both in-
although
for years, it was
struments
in my living room, not for
“only
audience,” until now.
an
now, Jorane will be busy
For
her new CD, with
promoting
next appearance in our re-
her
being at the Granada
gion
in Sherbrooke next fall,
Theatre
Oct. 7. But she says that
on
are still doors to open.”
“there
explained that she has
She
putting her classical cello
been
to use by performing
training
occasion with a full sym-
on
saying that playing in
phony,
of an assembled classical
front
is “like having the
orchestra
behind you.” She would
ocean
to record an album in the
like
with a symphonic or-
future
chestra.
crowd gathered in the
The
music hall on
Saint-Camille
night fell under her
this
spell as she introduced
“sorciere”
songs from her new al-
ending by giving her three
bum,
ovations.
standing
note: You can see
(Editor’s
of our interview, as well
more
highlights of Jorane’s concert
as
the Video News of the Week
in
www.colebrookchronicle.com
at
can learn more about Jo-
You
at her website,
rane
www.jorane.com.)
former grocery store in Saint-Camille, Que., has been turned into an arts and cultural center
This
Le P’tit Bonheur. Here is where Jorane performed last Saturday after finding that her latest
called
will be the state Site
there
Committee, the
Evaluation
and the EPA; this is
USDA
that’s not going to
something
tomorrow,” said the
happen
“I may submit
Congressman.
own comments during the
my
public hearing process,”
DOE
said. he
also endeavoring to find
“I’m
how the agreement that is
out
proposed is actually
being
Who are the key
structured.
makers here? I’m try-
decision
to figure out the justificatioing
or criteria on how this
was developed. Why was
route
selected, what were the alter-
it
why were they eliminated?natives,
he said. “I think this
is conceptual, it hasn’t
line
been finalized. I want to
really
out where Hydro-Quebec is
find
this issue. How set in stone
on
they on their current plans?
are
are the other options;
What
are the alternatives?
what
other types of transmis-
What
could be used or other locationsion
for this? As I figure all
out, I want to try to come
this
with a plan to try to resolve
up
from a standpoint for the
this
Country to determine if
North
power is needed,” said Congressman
the
Bass.
has talked, he said, with
He
Independent System Opera-
the
(ISO) which controls the
tors
of power throughout New
flow
“I also hope to communicate
England.
with the Federal En-
Regulatory Commission
ergy
This is why there is so
(FERC).
information to be determined
much
here,” he said
DOE review and the
“The
Evaluation Committee
Site
in New Hampshire,
(SEC)
upon what I know now,
based
be the critical forums,” he
will
“I’m not at the point here
said.
I can speak intelligently
where
the scope of options avail-
about
added the Congressman.
able”
of what came out of the
“Part
with North Country
meetings
is that, no one could
citizens
any of the questions I
answer
posing—they didn’t know
was
about the science of putting
much
up power lines, the costs
such. So I need to understand
and
everything before I move
this,” he said, assuring residents
on
that he would make sure
are aware of public meetings
they
and opportunities to speak
on the project.
out
can assure constituents
“I
I am concerned about issues
that
associated with the North-
Pass. I think that the North
ern
is a fragile part of my
Country
both economically and
district,
We have
environmentally.
as public policy makers,
spent,
lot of time trying to protect
a
economy and trying to build
the
new economy, both in manu-
a
and tourism. I don’t
facturing
to be a part of a process
want
turns that clock back. On
that
other hand, I can not make
the
decision based on incomplete
a
I will be involved
information.
this project, but the number
in
goal is to make sure the
one
Country’s interests are
North
ignored. If I feel the North-
not
Pass project is not adequatelern
addressing the goals
I will not support it. But I
try,
not at that point yet,” he
am
“The fact finding side is
said.
to take another few
going
and I will work with the
weeks,
of the delegation, perhaps
rest
with them in March, to
meeting
if the three of us (Senator
see
and Senator Ayotte)
Shaheen
move together as a team,”
can
suggested.
he
Congressman said he
The
like to plan another district-wide
would
tour to the state in
next week or so, and may
the
consider hosting a town
even
meeting to try to gain
hall-style
information from the pub-
more
regarding the Northern Pass
lic
proposal.
the brakes and lost control
applied
and went into the snow
No injuries reported and
bank.
was driven from the
vehicle
PARALLEL EMS
45TH
following is the activity
The
for the 45th Parallel EMS
report
Feb. 6-12.
from
Feb. 6, at 6:48 a.m., the department
On
responded to Coos County
Hospital in West Stewartstown
Nursing
NH for a medical emergency.
patient was transported to
The
UCVH.
Feb. 8, at 6:31 a.m., the department
On
responded to Colebrook
a medical emergency. The patient
for
was transported to UCVH. At
a.m. the department responded
10:51
to Colebrook for a medical
The patient was transported
emergency.
to UCVH. At 11:04 a.m. the
responded to Pittsburg
department
a medical emergency. The pa-
for
was transported to UCVH. At
tient
p.m. the department re-
7:50
to UCVH for a transfer to
sponded
Valley Hospital.
Androscoggin
Feb. 9, at 12:40 p.m. the
On
responded to Pittsburg
department
a medical emergency. The patient
for
was transported to UCVH. At
p.m. the department responded
1:06
to Colebrook for a medical
The patient was transported
emergency.
to UCVH. At 3:46 p.m. the
responded to Colebrook
department
a motor vehicle accident. One
for
was transported to UCVH.
patient
Feb. 10, at 2:21 a.m. the
On
responded to UCVH for
department
transfer to DHMC. At 2:58 a.m.
a
department responded to Colebrook
the
for a medical emergency. The
was transported to UCVH.
patient
7:40 a.m. the department re-
At
to Canaan, Vt., for a medicasponded
emergency. The patient was
to UCVH. At 11:03 a.m.
transported
department responded to Nor-
the
Vt., for a medical emergency.
ton,
patient was transported to
The
Country Hospital. At 3:18
North
the department responded to
p.m.
Country Hospital to transport
North
a patient to their home in Nor-
Vt. At 6:21 p.m. the departmenton,
responded to Dixville for a
emergency. The patient
medical
transported to UCVH. At 7:20
was
the department responded to
p.m.
for a medical alarm. The
Pittsburg
was canceled while en
ambulance
route.
Feb. 11 at 10:15 a.m. the
On
responded to Pittsburg
department
a medical alarm. The ambulance
for
canceled while en route.
was
Feb. 12 at 3:51 p.m. the department
On
responded to Pittsburg
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scene.
on the CD, “so all the poetry is
for a medical emergency.
Four
patients refused transport.
and needs of the North Coun-
CD had been named the top-selling Francophone album in Quebec. Charles Jordan photo.