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Lyndsey Hoff returns with 5-song release

Lyndsey Hoff has released a five track CD after three years of soul searching, writing and recording. It is available at iTunes, CD Baby and Soundcloud.

Lyndsey Hoff has a voice that is raw, powerful and immediately recognizable.
    While many have appreciated and enjoyed it since she was a teenager, or even earlier, it is interesting that in some ways she may just be finding her voice for herself.
    “So for the past three years I have been working on writing, and developing my style and sound. After so many years I found my niche and feel like I am finally really singing for me,” Hoff tells The Mail.
    This year she released her latest CD “I’m Worth It.” The 5- song release contains much more than Lyndsey’s pretty voice, but it is the fruit of hard work and collaboration.
    “I co-wrote all songs except for “Payphone” with my producers/co-writers Denny Hemingson and Blue Miller. Denny is Tim McGraw’s musical director and Blue is India Arie’s musical director, so I have two amazing talents to work with. They are like my family and I am so extremely blessed to work with them,” she said.
    And it was done in the heart of country music. She took a trip to Nashville; she brought the spark, and together they worked it in to the finished product.
    “It’s kind of a magical moment when you get something that works. Writing “Move” was probably the craziest because we literally had one line, one small melody of the chorus and it just morphed into this beautiful song,” she said. “We kind of pinched ourselves in the studio, because honestly every time we sit down to write it just works. We have written 12 songs, and I love all of them.”
    It has taken much work to get to this point in her career, but it doesn’t stop there. She is working on getting radio play and would like to get out on the road with her songs. Her enthusiasm is leading the way.
    “I am just really excited to finally have my own music, and have people connect to it and be blessed by it. There is nothing more rewarding than someone telling you your music got them through a hard time, or it’s their power anthem, or they can relate to your experiences,” she said.
    Hoff’s “I’m Worth It” is available at iTunes,CD Baby and Soundcloud.


...and the winner is...

   

The mining dinosaur was the clear favourite in the Dino Arts Committee survey, gathering several hundred votes.
Drawing courtesy Dino Arts Committee.

  Residents have overwhelmingly chosen the mining dinosaur in a coal car as their clear favourite for Drumheller’s newest prehistoric friend.
    John Shoff of the Dino Arts Committee said the mining dinosaur received several hundred votes in the committee’s online survey.
    Residents had three dinosaurs to choose from: the mining dinosaur, a dinosaur pulling a hand plow, and an adult and baby dinosaur on a raft.
    Shoff said the plan is to install the dinosaur around the end of May or early June.
    The mining dinosaur replaces the crumbling and damaged fifty to sixty year old statue near Country Road R.V.
    The Dino Arts Committee are the guardians and caretakers of Drumheller’s collection of dinosaurs.
    The committee held it’s Annual General Meeting Tuesday February 25.
    At the meeting, the committee added a couple of new board members, discussed what worked and didn’t work for their fund raising activities, and looked at further involvement and partnership with Dinofest.

Encana affirms commitment to Tyrrell Science Camps

 

On Wednesday March 5, Vineeta Maguire, right, vice president operations services  for Encnaa was at the Royal Tyrrell Museum to deliver a cheque for $75,000, the most recent installment of its commitment to the Encana Science Camps. Jason Martin, director of operations and finance for the Tyrrell accepts the cheque.

   The partnership between Encana and The Royal Tyrrell Museum in delivering Science Camp is moving into its ninth season.
   Vice  president, Operations Services for Encana Vineeta Maguire was at the Royal Tyrrell Museum on Wednesday, March 5, to present the museum with a $75,000 installment of its most recent three- year commitment, totaling $250,000.
    “Our focus is on the community we operate in and making it real for all of us is part of Encana’s values,” said Maguire.
     Of the 10 years the science camp has been in existence, Encana has been with them for nine of those seasons, and each summer about 250 youth participate in the possibly the only residential palaeontology camp. What makes the camp special is the hands on component.
    Morgan Syvertsen, who operates the camps, says this year the students will be participating in real science from fieldwork to lab work.
    “This year our older kids will be going to two quarries and actually work the quarry and assist collecting stuff and hauling it out. They will bring it back here and wash it and do everything from finding it in the ground, right to placing it on the scientist’s desk,” said Syvertsen.
    “That is the biggest change in the science camp is the emphasis on participation on the work being done in the museum. So we are actually assisting researchers in the research they are doing.”
    Jason Martin, director of operations and finance for the Tyrrell Museum says the sponsorship enhances the students’ experiences.
    “We purchased a dozen microscopes this year so the kids get to sort through the matrix and figure out what is a fossil and where it came from,” said Martin. “They do measurement and data collection, they are really into it.”
    Luigi Vescarelli, community Relations advisor for Encana adds there is a natural connection between Encana, the Tyrrell and science camps.
    “The kids get a connection between oil and gas, fossil fuels and dinosaurs, so it is a good mix,” he said.


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