Vancouver this summer. A featured
soloist in Bermuda's May Heritage
Concert, he has been accepted into
Toronto's Royal Conservatory Artist
Diploma Program starting this fall.
Erica A. Parsons ('09), daughter of
Upper Primary Director Tracy Renaud,
will graduate from Dalhousie Univer-
sity, Halifax this spring with a Bachelor
of Commerce degree.
John Barnes ('10), a volunteer direc-
tor for the Make A Wish Foundation's
Eastern Ontario Queen's University
branch, had his head shaved to raise
more than $1,800 for a "HaiRaiser"
campaign. Some of the charity's
beneficiary families turned out for the
event. "It was very touching to see
their gratitude," he says.
London Paralympics athlete Jessica
Lewis ('11) received an Achievement
Award at the Annual Sports Awards
ceremony at the Fairmont Southamp-
ton this spring. She was one of five
athletes to win the prize. Jessica also
participated in the 12th Walk and Roll
charity fundraiser at Clearwater
Beach; the event, which draws run-
ners, walkers, bikers and wheelchair
users, promotes awareness of exer-
cise and accessibility for all.
Former head boy Nic Barton ('12)
enjoyed freshman year at Princeton
University with excellent academic
results. He's a member of the varsity
squash team recently crowned 2012
13 Ivy League champions, and enjoys
playing both indoor and outdoor intra-
mural soccer. Nic is participating in a
training programme that allows him to
lead one of Princeton's Freshman
Outdoor Action five-day hiking trips
along the Appalachian Trail in
September. He has also been
accepted into Princeton's 2013
summer marine biology programme,
to be held in Bermuda this June.
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Calling alumni
Are you a Saltus
alumnus? We'd love
to hear from you!
Please send any
updates and photos
(high-resolution
only) for our future
issues to
alumni@saltus.bm
Jonathan Hopwood
(2009), centre, who plans to pursue a PhD in Chemistry,
and filmmaker
Christopher Frith
('09), right, stopped by with
Gianluca
Gibbons
(2009) to chat with Alumni Relations Director
Jon Beard
.
Gianluca, a music technology and marketing student at La Sierra University,
a liberal arts Seventh Day Adventist institution in Riverside, CA, produced
US rapper Turbo T. Double's latest release, Insomniac. "I wanted to work
with him, because we both share a very similar outlook towards music,"
Gianluca told The Royal Gazette. "We like to put out positive
messages and speak about real things rather than the mainstream,
commercial music you usually hear on the radio. Our interest in using
actual instruments in the studio rather than electronic instruments is also
something we share." Gianluca has been playing the saxophone since
age eight and played with the National Youth Jazz Ensemble with Wendell
(Shine) Hayward. While at boarding school in Valencia, Spain, he played
in a Christian contemporary group, En Tus Manos, and helped record a
CD, Enthusiasmo, now available on iTunes. He also has a fusion band,
Heritage (HTG).
William J. Brewer ('45)
Condolences
To the families of
Owen Darrell
(1938),
whom we profiled in the Fall 2012 edition
of Saltus magazine; Captain
Kenneth
Gilbert Ross Hallam
, RN ('44), profiled in
the Spring 2011 issue; and
Alec W. Bourne
(1989). We also send condolences to fami-
lies of
William J. Brewer
('45), father of
Barry
('76),
Jeff
('78) and
Tim
('87);
Ernest
Llewellyn "Lou" Petty
('41), father of
Steven
('70),
Kevin
('73) and
Timothy
('76);
and
C. L. "Jimmy" Vallis
.