CAMS Music Festival is a non-competitive celebration of the strong music tradition in our Mennonite Schools. Participating schools are sending their choirs and bands to a central location in Winnipeg to socialize, sing, and perform together. This event happens generally every 4 years, though the last one was hosted here at RJC in 2005 as part of our centennial celebrations.
The choir's weekend schedule looks somewhat like this:
Thursday, April 7
- travel day
- evening concert for the participants by local music groups
- Winnipeg Wind Ensemble
- Winnipeg Boys Choir
- Prairie Voices
- ice cream social
Friday, April 8
- full day of rehearsals
- evening inter-school performances (each school performs pieces for each other.)
- NOTE: due to space, this performance is not open to the public. Sorry.
Saturday, April 9
- afternoon dress rehearsal
- evening hockey game at MTS Centre - the Manitoba Moose
Sunday, April 10
- CAMS Worship Service with Jon Buller and Nathan Koslowskyk (morning)
- CAMS Music Festival Concert
- 3:00 pm
- North Kildonan Mennonite Brethren Church (1315 Gateway Rd)
- Free Admission
- RJC supper out after the concert
Monday, April 11
- travel day
- evening program at North Star Mennonite Church, Drake, SK
Participating CAMS Schools this year:
- Rosthern Junior College, Rosthern, SK
- Mennonite Educational Institute, Abbotsford, BC
- Menno Simons Christian School, Calgary, AB
- Mennonite Brethren Collegiate Institute, Winnipeg, MB
- Westgate Mennonite Collegiate, Winnipeg, MB
- Winnipeg Elementary & Middle Schools, Winnipeg, MB
- Steinbach Christian High School, Steinbach, MB
- Mennonite Collegiate Institute, Gretna, MB
