Artist of the Week

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June-08-18 1:10 PM
Artist of the Week

Using the Tragically Hip as a jumping off point, our students will be taking a brief look at a variety of other influential Canadian artists/groups including, but not limited to:
-Guess Who
-Arcade Fire
-Feist
-Corb Lund
-Diana Krall

Ms. Thomas

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