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About

Objectives of the Festival

to support and foster music education through scholarships
to give participants the benefit of expert criticism from an unbiased adjudicator
to help participants acquire self-confidence by playing before an audience
to provide performance opportunties for participants both at the festival and in the community
throughout the year
to encourage participation by keeping entrance fees low

History

The Kiwanis Fraser Valley Music Festival Society was founded in the Spring of 1999, becoming a non-profit society and registered charity in 2001. The Society is a system partner of Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s Music Department. The Kiwanis Fraser Valley International Music Festival is held at Kwantlen’s Langley campus as well as other Langley venues. We are a project of the Kiwanis Clubs of White Rock, Langley and Clearbrook. We are members of Performing Arts BC, the Federation of National Music Festivals and MusicFest Canada.

Over the past twelve years, the number of entries has steadily increased. We host more than 6,000 participants, more than 10,000 unique visitors and record more than 20,000 person visits each year. For several years, we have been one of the largest annual events in the Langleys and are now the second largest educational music festival in the Province.

In 2011, the Society started the Kiwanis Fraser Valley Speech & Drama Festival in White Rock with Christopher Gaze, Artistic Director of Bard on the Beach adjudicating. This year’s festival will be held May 10-12. Adjudicating the sessions will be Edward Daranyi, Resident Teaching Artist at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival.

Kiwanis International

Kiwanis International spans the globe, with more than 600,000 members in more than 13,000 clubs in more than 70 countries. Kiwanis clubs alone give on average $70 million and 6.5 million volunteer hours for community service each year.

The six permanent Objects of Kiwanis International were approved by Kiwanis club delegates at the 1924 Convention in Denver, Colorado. Through the succeeding decades, they have remained unchanged.

SIX PERMANENT OBJECTS OF KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL

To give primacy to the human and spiritual rather than to the material values of life.
To encourage the daily living of the Golden Rule in all human relationships.
To promote the adoption and the application of higher social, business, and professional standards.
To develop, by precept and example, a more intelligent, aggressive, and serviceable citizenship.
To provide, through Kiwanis clubs, a practical means to form enduring friendships, to render altruistic service, and to build better communities.
To cooperate in creating and maintaining that sound public opinion and high idealism which make possible the increase of righteousness, justice, patriotism, and goodwill.

The Kiwanis International Music Festival is affiliated with:

Performing Arts BC, the Federation of National Music Festivals and MusicFest Canada. Ensembles receiving a mark of 85% or higher at our regional festival will be invited to perform at MusicFest Canada. Since 2001, we have been affiliated with Performing Arts BC (formerly the BC Association of Performing Arts Festivals) and send our participants to compete Provincially.

The Kiwanis Club of White Rock

The Kiwanis Club of White Rock recently celebrated its 40th Anniversary. Our club has been involved in many projects over the years.

One of the largest undertakings was the construction of Kiwanis Village which is a housing project for adults on assisted incomes. The club administers the running of the complex and is presently in the process of expansion.

Other important ongoing projects are the Kiwanis Fraser Valley International Music Festival, endowment funds for two local community colleges, scholarships for three local secondary schools, The South Surrey Learning Centre and grants to Boundary Health Women's Place to name a few.

We are always looking for people who are interested in community service to join our club. For membership information call: Heather Woolley at 604-535-0947.

The Kiwanis Club of Langley '100'

The goal of the Kiwanis Club of Langley '100' members is to have a positive impact on our community. We support Kiwanis International but the projects closest to our heart are those within our own community, where we serve and support a wide variety of causes requiring funding and assistance.

We provide for the Kiwanis Fraser Valley International Music Festival, Langley Child Development Centre, infant safety projects sponsored by the Langley Fire Department, St. John's Ambulance - Langley Branch, Youth Transition House, Langley Seniors' Lodge, Langley Food Bank, City of Langley 'Spot' Youth Drop-in Centre, local school projects such as Youth Sports, Literacy Programs, Breakfast Programs, Douglas Park Elementary's 'Train Club' as Langley Secondary School's 'Apex Program'.

We support disabled athlete activities, local wildlife refuges and the M2W2 Prison Program. We also help send underprivileged children to summer camps, provide food and clothing for street people, provide bikes and uniforms for the Langley RCMP Community Policing Force and are involved in numerous other programs.

For membership information please call: Don Fenske at 604-841-5721.

The Kiwanis Club of Clearbrook

Meeting times: 12 noon, Crossroads Restaurant Abbotsford, Sumas Way
Contact: Club Secretary - Manfred Franz - (604) 309-2034