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SUMMARY:Tomson Highway Fundraising Concert brought to you by RBC - IN PERSO
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DESCRIPTION:Canadian icon Tomson Highway performs an evening of music and s
 torytelling with charm and wit in support of the Glooscap First Nation. Th
 is year’s opening night hosts returns to Devour! for a second night with
  an intimate concert at Devour! Studios exploring his life as an iconic\, 
 Governor General award-winning playwright\, author\, musician\, and racont
 eur.\n\nSponsored by: Royal Bank of Canada\n\nTomson Highway\n\nTomson Hig
 hway was born in a snowbank on the Manitoba/Nunavut border to a family of 
 nomadic caribou hunters. He was raised off-reserve\, in the spectacularly 
 beautiful natural landscape that is Canada’s subarctic. He had the great
  privilege of growing up in two languages\, neither of which were French o
 r English\; but Cree\, his mother tongue\, and Dene\, the language of the 
 neighbouring nation—a people with whom they roamed and hunted. \n\nFoll
 owing an education where he earned both a Bachelor of Music and the equiva
 lent of a Bachelor of Arts with an English major\, he spent seven years im
 mersed in the field of Native social work. He then combined his education 
 and training\, and poured himself into writing. \n\nToday\, Tomson enjoys
  an international career as playwright\, novelist\, pianist\, composer\, a
 nd songwriter. Tomson is best known for universal hits such as The Rez Sis
 ters\, Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing\, Rose\, Ernestine Shuswap Gets
  her Trout\, and the best-selling novel Kiss of the Fur Queen. He has also
  published a number of children’s books\, namely Caribou Song\, Dragon F
 ly Kites\, and Fox on the Ice. His work has been translated into 11 langua
 ges. \n\nFor many years\, Tomson was Artistic Director of Canada’s prem
 iere aboriginal theatre company\, Toronto-based Native Earth Performing Ar
 ts\, from which has emerged an entire generation of playwrights and theatr
 e artists. \n\nTomson is the recipient of 10  honorary doctorates and is
  a member of the Order of Canada. His awards and nominations include Dora 
 Mavor Moore Awards\, Governor General’s Literary Award\, Floyd S. Chalme
 rs Canadian Play Award\, Toronto Arts Award\, and National Aboriginal Achi
 evement Award. \n\nFluent in Cree\, French\, and English\, he continues t
 o write\, teach\, lecture\, and perform across Canada and around the world
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