Although our spring temperatures have been hit and miss—mostly miss—at the time of this writing, the calendar assures us that summer is just around the corner.

The older a person gets, the harder it is to break out of established patterns and follow their dreams. Young people, though, often have the opportunity to pursue those dreams before the pressures of life bear down on them. So many young people in our communities are doing exactly that—following their passions by working hard to develop themselves as artists—and this month we’ll be highlighting some of these extraordinary youth.

The older a person gets, the harder it is to break out of established patterns and follow their dreams. Young people, though, often have the opportunity to pursue those dreams before the pressures of life bear down on them. So many young people in our communities are doing exactly that—following their passions by working hard to develop themselves as artists—and this month we’ll be highlighting some of these extraordinary youth.

Prairie Soul Dance Studio recently participated in the Southeastern Manitoba Festival (SEMF), a month-long arts festival held in Steinbach.

Niverville’s Old Tyme Country Fair has announced that the James Barker Band will headline this year’s fair, scheduled to open June 7–8. The James Barker Band will hit the mainstage Saturday night.

Clint and Angie Masse of A Maze in Corn say it’s official, they’ve got the Guinness World Record certificate to prove it. Upon completion, the maze near St. Adolphe measured 2,789.11 square meters, beating the previous recordholders in Thunder Bay by more than 1,000 square meters.