A free meeting place where voluntary repairers with skills in sewing, carpentry, electrical and bikes can help fix your item on the spot. Plus knife sharpening and tech help with digital devices. For details and to volunteer: www.repaircafenorthsaanich.ca or email: repaircafenorthsaanich@gmail.com.

Former SJ Willis school building near Mayfair Mall (learning commons room)
923 Topaz Ave, Victoria (enter off Gillie Place)

McTavish Academy of Art
1720 McTavish Rd, North Saanich

Sooke Community Hall

Bach’s short Cantata BWV 61, Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, composed in 1714 for the first Sunday in Advent, consists of six movements for chorus and soloists, and a string orchestra with harpsichord, based in part on German chorale tunes decorated and harmonized by Bach.

The melody of Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy is strikingly similar to the Ode to Joy theme of his Symphony No. 9. This work features piano soloist Jillian Forster Fair as well as a solo vocal quartet. Also by Beethoven, Welten singen, Preiset ihn is a rousing “Hallelujah” chorus from his oratorio Christ on the Mount of Olives.

The concert ends with a number of seasonal songs and carols, including some in which the audience will be invited to sing along.

SOLOISTS

Jillian Forster Fair, piano, performs regularly with instrumentalists, vocalists, choirs, churches and schools in Victoria. 

Anna van der Hooft, soprano, is a graduate of UVic in Voice Performance and has performed a wide variety of opera and musical theatre roles.

Alana Hayes, alto, completed studies at the Victoria Conservatory and at UVic and has a repertoire that ranges from Baroque to avant-garde.

Jan van der Hooft, tenor, an Alberta native, is making a name for himself in Victoria singing early music as well as contemporary repertoire.

Louis Dillon, bass, originally from Halfmoon Bay, BC, performs regularly in Vancouver and Victoria.

See you on December 7^th at 2:30 PM at the Sooke Community Hall.

Tickets available here Eventbrite and Pharmasave in Sooke on Nov 17

Emmanuel Baptist Church
2121 Cedar Hill X Road, Victoria, BC

Admission $5.00 (Valid for both days). Credit Cards/Debit/Cash Accepted

Cordova Bay 55+
CORDOVA BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 5238 CORDOVA BAY ROAD

THE CRAFT FAIR WILL INCLUDE SEWN, CROCHETED AND KNITTED ITEMS INCLUDING AFGHANS, APRONS, TOYS, TOQUES, SCARVES, CHRISTMAS ARTICLES AND MANY MORE ITEMS.

THE ACCOMPANYING ART SHOW IS FROM 10 AM TO 3 PM AND WILL INCLUDE ORIGINAL ART IN A VARIETY OF MEDIUMS AS WELL AS ART CARDS, EARRINGS AND OTHER UNIQUE HANDCRAFTED CREATIONS.  ENTER THEIR FREE RAFFLE AND PERHAPS PICK UP A GIFT FOR SOMEONE SPECIAL.

Cordova Bay United Church
813 Claremont Ave, Victoria, BC

On Saturday, December 6th, 2025, 2PM at the Cordova Bay United Church the Victoria Arion Male Choir, whose heritage stretches back to 1893, will offer their Seasonal public performance entitled Holiday Harmonies IV.  In addition to traditional selections,  other serious and whimsical pieces composed or arranged by musicians such as Nanci Ahern, J. S. Bach, Stephen Hatfield, Tom Lehrer, Gordon Lightfoot, Trevor McLain, Robin Salkeld, Tchaikovsky, Mark Weston, and Brian Wilson( Beach Boys) will complement the concert.

Tickets at $25.00 are available in advance from our members, at the door and soon on Eventbrite.com. For more information check out our website at www.vamc.ca or info@vamc.ca.