SaskTel Search For The Stars. (submitted photo/ Cara Stelmaschuk)

By Ian Gustafson

Young Talent

Cast announced for SaskTel Search For The Stars

Nov 14, 2019 | 3:31 PM

The SaskTel Search For The Stars cast was announced today for the upcoming talent contest on Jan. 26, 2020 at the E.A. Rawlinson Centre for the Arts.

After auditions last Saturday, the talent showcase will feature 15 voice soloists and four bands out of 29 soloists and eight bands who auditioned, according to Cara Stelmaschuk, marketing and event coordinator for the E.A. Rawlinson Centre.

The show will consist of the following artists: Tori Korczak, Atlanta Jane, Justine Sletten, Rebecca Strong, Relan Meeks, Jan Nikola Ribagorda, Nicolas Aiken, Levin Winterberger, Rebecca Schutte, Gracie Nelson, Hope Nelson, Mercy Glover, Taya Lebel, Cooper Loshack, and Leigha Dunn. It will also feature bands Method To Madness, Miscellaneous, Rose Petals, and Secure.

“It’s a hard decision for our judges to make but for all the people who either made it to the show or didn’t, we kind provided them with feedback from the judges with an invite to come back next year,” she said. “Lots of talented people in Prince Albert it’s always really impressive to see some of the ones we know through Broadway North.”

She said they had a lot of people come from out of the city such as Saskatoon, but the majority were from Prince Albert.

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SaskTel Search For The Stars judges Roland Corrigal, left, and Gabrielle Giroux, right, at the E.A. Rawlinson Centre. (submitted photo/Cara Stelmaschuk)

The two judges who decided who will compete were Roland Corrigal and Gabrielle Giroux. Corrigal is a country music artist and received his first Saskatchewan Country Music Association award in 2016 and Aboriginal Artist of the Year in 2017. Giroux is a former member of an all-female rock band, The Wolfe, and is most recently the director of a music festival called Pretty In Punk.

Stelmaschuk said in the decision-making process they wanted to make sure each age category was well represented.

“This is a showcase, people buy tickets to come and see all these people perform. We wanted to make sure the final showcase itself had a good cross section of talent, different styles, different kinds of music, really showing off the variety of musicianship we have in Prince Albert,” she explained.

On Jan. 12, the contestants will get the opportunity to attend a workshop put on by the judges to learn from experienced musicians.

“That really is one of the best parts of the whole competition. They get all of this advice from people who work in the industry,” she said.

The contestants are all competing for a cash prize and a singer or songwriter could win a recording credit note from Reservoir Recording.

The categories consist of age groups such as junior (seven to nine years old) they could win a trophy and a $200 cash prize. There is an intermediate category (10 to 12 years old), they get a trophy and $500 cash. The senior category (13 to 18 years old) members will compete for a trophy, $1,000, and the singer/songwriter recording credit.

Tickets are available now at the E.A. Rawlinson Centre for the Arts and on their website.

“There are some who have been doing it for quite a long time,” she added. “They’re prepared they’re ready they know what they’re doing but even more impressive is the people who come through for the first time.”

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Ian.gustafson@jpbg.ca

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