Average setlist for tour: Get Up! Tour            

Brandon Pride presents, "Winter Whiteout" at the Great Western Roadhouse on December 3rd from 9:00 pm to 2:00 am. Come out in support of Brandon Pride! Wearing white is not mandatory! Wear white colors if you can. The Great Western Roadhouse will generously donate all admission & proceeds from a drink special to support 2017's Pride Festival! Brandon Pride strives to create awareness and advocacy in promoting events in the community to encourage a safe, inclusive, and positive atmosphere for all. Buy your tickets in advance for $5 at Smitten, Sexuality Education Resource Centre Manitoba, SERC Brandon or by email at brandonmbpride@gmail.com OR you can purchase them at the door! You can also find Brandon Pride on Facebook.  

 "As a result of the Manitoba weather and road closures that prevented the Huron Carole cast and crew from arriving this past Tuesday, it has become a win-win for Westman!! Tom Jackson has offered to fly back from Calgary, at the conclusion of the tour, to perform for us here, in Brandon, on December 20th. This generosity means that the show will be a different one, but certainly a wonderful one! Our local artists are all still on board to delight us for the first half of the show. Then, we have Tom, all to ourselves, for a full, one man, up close and personal concert. Rather like having Tom Jackson singing to you in your living room!! This will be Tom Jackson as we have not had an opportunity to see him for many years! Please hang on to your tickets. If you don't have your tickets yet, please call the WMCA Box Office at 204-728-9510 or visit www.WMCA.ca. Brandon, let's get out and show our appreciation for this Officer of the Order of Canada and recipient of the Governor General's award for lifetime artistic achievement!"

Press Release YWCA Brandon Keeping Spirits Bright Fundraiser and Awareness Campaign for the 2016 Holiday Season Brandon, Canada – December 1st 2016 – The YWCA Brandon announces their Keeping Spirits Bright Campaign for the holiday season. Please help us spread the word about “Keeping Spirits Bright” this holiday season. Each year the YWCA Brandon Westman Women’s Shelter provides support and shelter to an average of 500 women and children who are fleeing family or domestic violence situations. When violence happens victims and their children will leave, often with no time to pack a bag or gather personal possessions. Help us to bring a little joy and cheer to families during this holiday season and light up our Tree of Safety – because we provide a safe place for women and children! As of the end of November the YWCA Westman Women’s Shelter provided over 4,000 nights to women, men and children who were victims of domestic violence. Our goal is to raise $5,250, this represents $10 for every woman and child who spent a night in our shelter in the past year. With each donation, our tree in the front yard at YWCA Meredith Place at 148- 11th Street, will light up a little more, with purple lights – purple lights for domestic violence. Donate through our webpage- ywcabrandon.com. or ywcabrandon on facebook or by mail at 148-11th Street, Brandon, Mb R7A 4J4, to support our  Keeping Spirits Bright Campaign during this holiday season. For more information please Contact BJ Kirouac & Lorna French Fund Development & Marketing Officers YWCA Brandon 204-571-3680 Email: ywca2@wcgwave.ca

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