Rick Miller co-hosts "We Are Pan Am" one-year countdown

July 11-12 2014: 20K co-creator Rick Miller joins co-hosts Amanda Martinez and Nicole Brooks to launch the official one year countdown to the Toronto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games in July 2015. It's called WE ARE PAN AM, an amazing two-day festival of art and athletics at Toronto's Nathan Phillips Square.

From the TO2015 website: "Come down to Nathan Phillips Square for free live music from headline artists as part of PANAMANIA, presented by CIBC.
But that’s not all. With world-class athlete appearances, the unveiling of the Cisco TORONTO 2015 Countdown Clock, amazing fireworks and a delicious selection of Pan American foods — WE ARE PAN AM will get you excited about the Games."

This is Rick's third job hosting with Pan Am since his co-creation with Craig Francis "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea" (20kshow.com) was awarded a commission by PANAMANIA, the Arts & Culture component of the Toronto 2015 Games.

Twenty Thousand Leagues Behind The Scenes: Itai Erdal

Itai Erdal : Lighting Designer

Itai has designed over 150 shows for theatre and dance companies in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Tel Aviv, Berlin, London and New York. Some of the companies he worked with include The Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Vancouver Playhouse, Actor's Repertory Company, Alberta Theatre Project, Modern Baroque Opera, and The Jerusalem Lab.

Itai has been nominated for seventeen theatre awards:
Winner of the Sam Paine award 2003
Winner of the ADC's Jack King award 2005
Winner of a Dora Mavor Moore award 2007
Winner of Jessie Richardson awards 2009 and 2011.

Happy Canada Day, eh!

KDOONS Network celebrates Canada Day! July 1st marks the joining of the British North American colonies of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the Province of Canada into a single country called Canada within the British Empire with four provinces (the Province of Canada was split into Ontario and Quebec).

The new KDOONS Theatrical Production "BOOM" features Rick Miller's impressions of several great moments in Canadian history: see a short segment about the Maple Leaf flag and the year 1965, as well as other moments, on HeritageMoment.com

Dominion Day, and later Canada Day, was the date set for a number of important events through the history of the country:

• the flooding of the Saint Lawrence Seaway (1958)
• the first colour television transmission in Canada (1966)
• the inauguration of the Order of Canada (1967)
• the establishment of "O Canada" as the country's national anthem (1980)

to name a few.

People across the country organize celebrations for Canada Day, usually outdoor events like parades, carnivals, festivals, barbecues, fireworks, and free shows or musical concerts.
So to all our friends in Canada, get outside enjoy the sun, and Happy Canada Day, eh!

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