Wednesday September 24, 2014 – 12pm
Posted Sep 24, 2014 12:45:48 PM.
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12:00- Kitchener Rangers open their season in Owen Sound
Troy Smith, Head Coach of the Kitchener Rangers
The good news for one of the league’s most faithfully followed franchises is it essentially lost only one regular, with captain Ben Fanelli aging out. Generally, a year older means a year wiser, especially when there’s a lot of continuity. Kitchener, which did not have a 30-goal or 50-point scorer last season, likely lacks a seasoned pure scorer who is at his peak in the league. That would suggest a lot of players will have to translate promise into production simultaneously. The odds are stacked against this, but the Rangers have several candidates to become leaders up front. MacInnis and Magyar have had a year to get settled into the OHL and should come back strongly after becoming second-round NHL picks. A full season from Bailey, along with Franzen getting up to speed, would also seem to be essential. Iafrate and new captain Liam Maaskant furnish Kitchener with two overage defenceman who do not mind being mean.
12:30- K-W Symphony Combines Contortionists and Concertos for First Pops Concert of the 2014/15 Season
Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser, Assistant Conductor of the KW Symphony
The Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony opens the 2014/15 Pops Series with a union of innovative mechanics, acrobatics and classical music favourites with Cirque Mechanics on September 26 at 8 pm and September 27 at 2:30 & 8 pm at Centre In The Square. Led by KWS Assistant Conductor Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser, the program will feature stunning acrobatic performances to classical favourites from Ravel, Mozart, Vivaldi and more! Called “the greatest contribution to the American circus since Cirque du Soleil” by Spectacle Magazine, Cirque Mechanics has a unique approach to circus performance that finds its roots in the mechanical. For this performance, the group will use an impressive moving machine on stage that brilliantly showcases aerialists, acrobats and contortionists.
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