Who’s behind the mask?
The Masquerade Ball serves as YSR’s big Saturday event. Major Funk and the Employment will provide entertainment for the evening, and there will be dancing and a prize for the best dressed.
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Major Funk and the Employment
Comin’ on down to The Funk is Tight
Dawsonites had a chance to “Get up with the get down and come on down” at Diamond Tooth Gertie’s...
Read MoreAre you feeling the love?
There hardly seems to be a local show these days without the presence of singer, musician, songwriter and enthusiast of all things tack, Paris Pick. In her six years of living in Whitehorse, Pick has gone from being the new kid...
Read MorePlay that funky music
Etienne Girard, bassist, songwriter and visionary for Major Funk and the Employment, is all enthusiasm as he lays out his plans for his band’s huge upcoming summer.“It’s been an impossible dream,” said Girard. “We’ve been...
Read MoreIt’ll be Hip
Special Olympics Yukon is about to introduce its public event of the season, presented by Goldcorp – and it’s looking hip!Yukon music lovers will be treated to a two-hour set of Tragically Hip tracks by Vancouver-based...
Read MoreThere’s a New Drummer in Town
Meet Lee Campese, Yukon’s most recent import and the latest addition to the groovy rhythmic assemblage, Major Funk and the Employment.Campese, who has been drumming for 18 years, is no stranger to the spotlight, but this summer...
Read MoreTravelling with Thomas
If you go by way of Laos and the U.S. East Coast, the journey from France to Yukon is anything but a straight line. But a brief reunion of two lifelong friends in Paris two summers ago proves you can get from there to...
Read MoreTantalizing Varietease Returns
Varietease VI: A Burlesque Carnival is the Yukon’s very own burlesque variety show.Varietease runs every second year. This is an on-year, Oct. 25 to 29 at the Yukon Arts Centre.This year’s theme is a repeat of the 2009 carnival...
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