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Season's Greetings from Left Right Minds!

administrator — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:46:30 PST

Healthy Mind, Healthy Business Conference & Tradeshow Happens Today!

Shane Birley — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 09:56:44 PST

We are taking part in a new venture! It is the H.E.R.O.'s Healthy Mind, Healthy Business Conference! Shane will be speaking about social media and we will have a booth set up to chat with anyone working in the health industry. Hope to see you there!

Here is a bit of information about the event:

H.E.R.O's Business Solutions and Brio Integrative Health Centre invite you to participate in the "Healthy Mind... Healthy Business" Conference and Tradeshow.

Across Canada, 50,000 health, wellness, sport and recreation facilitators and practitioners dedicate their time and expertise in supporting the mental and physical health of others. As entrepreneurs, they learn from experience and in so many cases, do not achieve the levels of success needed to sustain a healthy business. The bottom line is, "they cannot help their patients / clients, if they can't stay in business."

About the "Healthy Mind" Conference

The "Healthy Mind" Conference focuses on providing support and resources to these entrepreneurs as they begin their journey into self employment and/or are wanting to hone and develop their skills as business professionals.

The Business Round Table, featuring successful health, wellness, sport and recreation experts, will provide attendees with examples on how to plan for and overcome everyday challenges before they effect the bottom line of their business. The attendees will then have the chance to participate in six (6) unique break-out sessions in areas of social media, growing your business on a shoe-string budget, tools for managing your business, and more.

This event is perfect for Naturopaths, Acupuncturists, Chiropractors, Optometrists, Massage Therapists, Counsellors, Personal Trainers, Fitness Instructors, Yoga and Dance Professionals, Martial Arts Trainers and so many others!

In the afternoon, the Healthy Business Tradeshow will showcase twenty-six (26) diverse products and services that will enable any business professional to develop a healthy mind, body and in turn, create a healthy business. This event is open to the public.

To end the day, the Richmond Chamber of Commerce and Make It Business Magazine will co-host a B2B networking mixer with food beverages and great door prizes.

We would ask that all participants to the B2B Networking event bring a non-perishable food item or make a minimum $5.00 donation at the door. All proceeds will be going to the local Food Bank.

Compaigni V'ni Dansi: Aboriginal Dance Festival

Shane Birley — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:22:56 PDT

What
Announcing Come and Dance: an Aboriginal Dance Festival, featuring the Annual Louis Riel Day Celebration!

When
November 16 - 19

Where
The ScotiaBank Dance Centre (677 Davie Street)
and the Aboriginal Friendship Centre located at 1607 East Hastings Street.

Single day tickets: $20 (non-members: $15 and members/students: $5.)
Three-day pass: $49 non-members; $33 members.
Free membership and tickets available from www.vnidansi.ca

Come and Dance: an Aboriginal Dance Festival

Bringing Traditional & Contemporary Dance to Vancouver’s 125th Celebrations.

Compaigni V'ni Dansi (CVD) Society is thrilled to announce Come and Dance: an Aboriginal Dance Festival, taking place in Vancouver November 16-19, 2011.

Vancouver is located in the heart of traditional Aboriginal territory and as the city celebrates the 125th year of its founding, Come and Dance honours the traditional and contemporary dance of our Aboriginal communities.

Dance is a vital component of spiritual and creative expression for many Aboriginal cultures. As Métis performers, CVD believes that dance can communicate profound emotions and ideas. The Festival, which invites participants to “come and dance”, will build connections between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal dance communities as well as the wider communities that make up contemporary Vancouver.

The event is an expansion of CVD’s successful Louis Riel Day Celebration, held each year in mid-November. This year, we mark Louis Riel Day on November 16th with a free community event at the Aboriginal Friendship Centre. Everyone is invited as we celebrate Louis Riel and start the Festival.

The Festival then moves to the Scotiabank Dance Centre for two days featuring programs that celebrate West Coast to Contemporary Dance (on November 17th) and Plains to Contemporary Dance (on November 18th). Among the artists featured are Bob Baker and the Eagle Song Dancers, Raven Spirit Dance and Nyla Carpentier. Both events at the Dance Centre will be hosted by Greg Coyes.

The Festival concludes on November 19th with an evening of Métis dance and performance. Among the featured performers will be Andrea Menard and the Louis Riel Métis Dancers.

More information on the Festival, including a full list of artists participating, will be available shortly.

Come join us for Come and Dance and celebrate the multi-faceted Aboriginal heritage that is a vital part of Vancouver's cultural identity today.

Orkestra Futura: Phoenix Rising!

Shane Birley — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 09:18:09 PDT

November 12, 2011 at 8pm
The Roundhouse Community Centre
Pacific and Davie St. in Vancouver

Director
Coat Cooke

Special Guests
Joane Hétu & Rainer Wiens

Orkestra Futura’s Phoenix Rising will be an inspirational evening of sound and stories illuminating the human spirit’s infinite capability to overcome adversity and to shine and flourish despite the challenges that we all face in our lives.

We welcome Montréal composers Joane Hétu on saxophone and Rainer Wiens on guitar for this one-time evening of music. The concert will feature ten of Vancouver’s most inspiring improvisational musicians for a magnificent night of music as we premiere commissioned work from Ms. Hétu and Mr. Wiens.

Our ensemble will feature horns (Coat Cooke/reeds, JP Carter/trumpet, Brad Muirhead/bass trombone), strings (Chad MacQuarrie/electric guitar, Tommy Babin/bass), voice (DB Boyko/voice), electronics (Chris Gestrin/keyboards, Lee Hutzulak/electronics) and percussion (Skye Brooks/drums).

Tickets information over here.

Holiday Hours & Happy Holidays!

Shane Birley — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 12:14:40 PST

Another year is coming to and end and Left Right Minds is heading into a birthday!

As a quick reminder, we are closed from December 23rd to January 3rd, 2011. We will reopen on January 4th, 2011.

For emergencies, call (604) 873-6373 and dial extension 410. You can also e-mail info@leftrightminds.com - we look forward to seeing you in the New Year.