{"id":54465,"date":"2018-08-28T06:58:39","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T10:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=54465"},"modified":"2019-11-04T22:30:13","modified_gmt":"2019-11-05T03:30:13","slug":"this-years-bill-award-recipient-is-briar-summers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/this-years-bill-award-recipient-is-briar-summers\/","title":{"rendered":"This year’s ‘Bill Award’ recipient is Briar Summers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Briar Summers has been chosen as the 2017 The Bill<\/em> award recipient.<\/p>\n

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The Bill <\/em>was presented to Summers by Mayor Scott Aitchison at Huntsville Council’s August 27 meeting. While congratulating Summers, Aitchison said, \u201cIt is rewarding to acknowledge exemplary youth achievement in the arts in our community. Briar, you certainly have earned this recognition. I understand that you and I are to appear together on the Town Hall steps for the Culture Days 2018 opening ceremony on Friday, September 28 at noon. I invite everyone to join us,” he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s so nice to be recognized in my community and to have my hard work acknowledged. I\u2019m in Grade Eight Royal Conservatory classical piano, play alto sax in several school bands, competitive dance four to five days a week, figure skating, and that\u2019s on top of other things that come up (like playing the villain in Huntsville High School\u2019s \u201cRock of Ages\u201d last fall) \u2014 and schoolwork of course! I\u2019m so happy that the jury sees my musical potential and my dream of pursuing the performing arts as a career. Winning The Bill<\/em> award inspires me, and helps keep me going,” said Summers.<\/p>\n

“I have many people to thank: All my performing arts teachers at Huntsville High School, piano teachers Frank Berg and Sarah Spring, my music coaches over the years Joanne Lea, Amy Bridle and Sherisse Stevens, dance teachers at JJ Performing Arts Studio and the Huntsville Skating Club, my family and all my friends for their support! I feel lucky to be able to do what I love for a part-time job as a teenager, performing all around Muskoka, Orillia, Hamilton, Guelph, Waterloo and Montreal,” Summers continued.<\/p>\n

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“It is pretty cool that my work is playing music: busking, playing at concerts etc., and as the accompanist at a church, and things are only getting busier for me! Mr. Waterhouse did so much for art, sports and tourism in Huntsville and helped make this town an amazing place to live and visit. I will try to honour his love of the arts through my work in music and dance in the future! I have really big plans for 2019,” she said.<\/p>\n

The Bill<\/em> is an annual award<\/a><\/span><\/strong> presented to a local performing artist based on the applicant\u2019s work submitted to a jury. The award is open to individuals. Applicants can be any age, at any stage of their career and working in any genre, provided they have a local address. This is the second presentation of The Bill<\/em> annual award. The 2016 inaugural winner, announced in August 2017, was Jamie Bestwick<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Bill<\/em> award honours entertainment visionary and hospitality ambassador Maurice Willard \u201cBill\u201d Waterhouse, 1935-2015, long-time owner and operator of Deerhurst Resort. Bill was an avid supporter of live entertainment. Among his most notable ventures were end-of-summer concerts for teens held at Hidden Valley Ski Hill in the 1960s, The Second City Touring Company at Deerhurst\u2019s Four Winds Disco in the late 1970s, and production of Deerhurst\u2019s acclaimed live stage shows starting in1980, which continued uninterrupted to 2016.<\/p>\n

The Bill<\/em> award is decided via an application process and jury. The jury is composed of Carol Gibson, Jennifer Johns-Main, Ian McTavish and Louis Tusz. Jurors self-disclose and excuse themselves in the event of a conflict of interest with an applicant. Jennifer Johns-Main did not vote on the 2017 recipient. The Bill<\/em> award comes with a $500 cash prize.<\/p>\n

Applications for The Bill<\/em> award 2018, planned for presentation in 2019, will be available online in 2019. Previous applicants are encouraged to reapply in future years with an updated entry. Watch huntsville.ca for details.<\/p>\n

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