2018 Performing Arts Awards Gala at the National Arts Centre
Her Excellency attended the National Arts Centre Gala in Ottawa to celebrate of the 2018 Governor General's Performing Arts Awards recipients.
The Gala started with the national anthem sang by Kellylee Evans.
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Tegan and Sara are the 2018 recipients of the National Arts Centre Award.
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Her Excellency talked about the importance of the arts in our lives.
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Eric Friesen presented the tribute to pianist Angela Hewitt.
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Angela Hewitt is one of the recipients of the 2018 Governor General's Performing Arts Awards. She performed French Suite No. 5 in G major (Loure et Gigue) by J.S. Bach.
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Colin Mochrie and Debra McGrath presented the tribute to Andrew Alexander. They gave a personal interpretation of a medley inspired by A Chorus Line.
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Andrew Alexander is one of the recipients of the 2018 Governor General's Performing Arts Awards.
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Dancer Chi Long performed an excerpt from luna choreographed by Ginette Laurin.
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Ginette Laurin is one of the recipients of the 2018 Governor General's Performing Arts Awards.
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Jeremy Dutcher interpreted Sakomawit to pay tribute to Peter Herrndorf.
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The singer Lights interpreted "I was a Fool".
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Heather Gibson, from the National Arts Centre, was the presenter of the tribute to Tegan and Sara.
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Traditional dance and music followed the national anthem. The music was interpreted by the Royal Canadian Air Force Pipes and Drums.
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On the occasion of the 2018 Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards, Governor General Julie Payette attended the National Arts Centre's Gala in Ottawa on June 2.
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Actor James Cromwell presented the tribute to Geneviève Bujold.
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Geneviève Bujold (third from the left) is one of the 2018 recipients of the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards.
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CBC News Network Anchor Heather Hiscox was the host of the evening.
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Murray McLauchlan took the stage with the group Blackie and the Rodeo Kings to sing Down by the Henry Moore.
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Harpsichordist Geneviève Soly was the presenter of the tribute to Florence Junca Adenot, recipient of the Ramon John Hnatyshyn Award for Voluntarism in the Performing Arts.
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Geneviève Soly, harpsicordist, Vincent Lauzer, recorder and Odéi Bilodeau, soprano, interpreted Silvia's aria, "Taci amor" from the pastoral drama La costanza vince l'inganno (1719 version) by Christoph Graupner.
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Florence Junca Adenot, recipient of the Ramon John Hnatyshyn Award for Voluntarism in the Performing Arts.
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Peter Herrndorf is the recipient of a Special Lifetime Achievement Award as part of the 2018 Governor General's Performing Arts Awards.
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