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Calming the chaos with music

A father-son duo are bringing smiles in a tense time to evacuees in Prince George
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The reception centre for evacuees in Prince George is everything youB次元官网网址檇 imagine it to be: busy, a little hectic and just as tense as you would expect.

But where the parking lot meets the College of New Caledonia campus, father-and-son-duo Dale and Aaron Trenholm are bringing a bit of joy and colourful energy to tired evacuees in the best way they know how: through song.

The pair B次元官网网址 two members in a four-part local band B次元官网网址 along with other family members have been visiting the centre almost daily since it opened, playing cover songs on their banjo and guitar.

The pair, who describe themselves as best friends, have always relied on playing music to gain a sense of closure in times of struggle and hardship.

B次元官网网址淔irst thing we do is we go to our musical instruments and sing a couple of songs, and no matter how bad your day was itB次元官网网址檚 just better,B次元官网网址 Dale said. said.

And now, theyB次元官网网址檙e hoping to provide a bit of that for the 8,000 evacuees whoB次元官网网址檝e been displaced in their community.

While the two sing, dance and strum their guitars, the rest of the Trenholm family offer free fruit and water to anyone who passes by.

The food and beverages are provided by Guru Nanaks Free Food Langer B次元官网网址 an organization run by Waheguru ji, that feeds roughly 300 community members in need.

B次元官网网址淲hatB次元官网网址檚 a few more people [to feed],B次元官网网址 Dale said.

B次元官网网址淲eB次元官网网址檙e gonna get some great friends out of this B次元官网网址 and thatB次元官网网址檚 kinda selfish, but I want to add to my friend list, and so does Aaron.B次元官网网址



About the Author: Ashley Wadhwani-Smith

I began my journalistic journey at Black Press Media as a community reporter in my hometown of Maple Ridge, B.C.
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