Saturday March 24th, 2018

(Rudy Blair Entertainment Media rudyblairmedia.com  is in Vancouver to cover the 2018 Juno Awards)

Canada’s biggest night in music The Juno Awards junoawards.ca/  is taking place Sunday March 25th, 2018 at Vancouver Rogers Arena .  Its will also be broadcast on CBC www.cbc.ca/music/junos   .  Some of this years nominees include Arcade Fire and R&B star Daniel Caesar, both lead with five Juno Award nominations, Arkells .  Jessie Reyez tie for second most nominations with four apiece and Tragically Hip frontman  the late Gord Downie, along with singer-songwriters Ruth B and Scott Helman, each earned three nominations. Another special award that was handed out during Juno weekend is the MusiCounts Teacher of the Year Award  https://www.musicounts.ca/programs-overview/musicounts-teacher-of-the-year-award/   .  The award pays tribute to the accomplishments of one exceptional music teacher.  This years winner is Laura Lee Matthie  https://twitter.com/lauraleematthie?lang=en  of Orillia Secondary School  oss.scdsb.on.ca/ in Orillia .  Rudy Blair Entertainment Media rudyblairmedia.com Chats with Laura about her honour, her passion for teaching music to kids and some of the other music programs she supports.

(This interview is also on SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/rudy-blair/chat-w-laura-lee-matthie-on  )