Local students will help create a song for next Wake the Giant
Students will participate in a two-day workshop with artist DJ Shub to help create a song that will be featured at the music festival.
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Students will participate in a two-day workshop with artist DJ Shub to help create a song that will be featured at the music festival.
The fourth Wake the Giant music festival drew thousands to Thunder Bay’s waterfront on Saturday for an event that mixed world-beating headliners with local talent and a focus on welcoming Indigenous youth to the city.
The Wake the Giant initiative supports Indigenous students who travel to Thunder Bay to attend school. It's goal is to make the city a more welcoming place. Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School teacher Greg Chomut, who is one of the festival organizers, said 150 DFC students were among the attendees.
A new exhibit at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery mixes work by some of the country’s most celebrated Indigenous artists with pieces by students at Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School, and it’s not necessarily obvious at first glance which is which.
Students with the Dennis Franklin Cromarty high school media club landed a big interview Wednesday — actor Ryan Reynolds.