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FALL RIVER:<\/strong> A group of students at Georges P. Vanier Junior High in Fall River are working hard to fine tune their music, and are looking at letting the community hear their talents.<\/p>\n

The Treblemakers as they\u2019re called would like to put on shows within the Fall River and area community at any local venues on the weekends if possible. One upcoming gig is April 7 at the Turtleback Tap & Grill from 2-4 p.m. Donations are being accepted at the event so the band can get a new drum kit.<\/p>\n

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Having fun playing a passion he loves. (Healey photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Students who makeup the band include: Hope Campanis; Anna MacDonald; Kaitlyn McQuillan; Emma McCara; Oliver Webber; Isaac Lovett; Nash Pick; Mia Goedkoop; Keegan O\u2019Halloran; Ben Lush; Eduardo Labbe; Samuel McInnis; and Keegan Lane.<\/p>\n

Jennifer Bnaks, the Guidance Counsellor at GPV, is the band instructor. She said often in her career she\u2019s had students that could only be reached through their own language.<\/p>\n

\u201cMusic is often that language. There are so many benefits to playing music,\u201d said Banks. \u201cI have seen so many kids flourish in this kind of environment and, as a result, their confidence is built up.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs well, as a Guidance Counsellor, I don\u2019t get to play music as much as I would like to so this is a way for me to live vicariously through the kids. And who doesn\u2019t want to play Pink Floyd at lunchtime?\u201d<\/p>\n

What\u2019s her hope for The Treblemakers?<\/p>\n

\u201cMy hope is that the students will remember this year, will continue to play for years to come, and will continue to flourish,\u201d she said. \u201cI was in a band for many years. I learned about myself, not only as a musician, but as a person, including what I was capable of and what hard work and dedication looked like.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt taught me a lot of wonderful lessons.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Treblemakers as they\u2019re called would like to put on shows within the Fall River and area community at any local venues on the weekends if possible. One upcoming gig is April 7 at the Turtleback Tap & Grill from 2-4 p.m. Donations are being accepted at the event so the band can get a new drum kit. (Healey photos)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Banks said the band surprised her.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe amount of talent blew me away,\u201d said Banks. \u201cThey have been dedicated and have learned how to be respectful towards one another.\u201d<\/p>\n

The students say the band makes them shows that they all can share a love for music and to share a talent.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be in a band means to have a safe place to be yourself and to talk to each other,\u201d said Hope.<\/p>\n

Mia said it\u2019s fun to hang out with your friends.<\/p>\n

\u201cMusic runs in the family and it is fun,\u201d added Keegan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FALL RIVER: A group of students at Georges P. Vanier Junior High in Fall River are working hard to fine tune their music, and are looking at letting the community hear their talents. The Treblemakers as they\u2019re called would like to put on shows within the Fall River and area community at any local venues […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9673,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89,8],"tags":[2,28,297],"class_list":["post-9671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-entertainment","category-community","tag-fall-river","tag-gp-vanier","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}