watch a short video of "the Ancestors "--Kumara and Nikolai's background is a mixture on East Indian, English ,
French and Native American (First Nations )
View from across the river
This is a view form the south shore of the St.Lawrence river ,of the bridge that goes over to Quebec city.
Here's a link that would be of interest if your'e thinking of visiting the beautiful city of Quebec. I've lived in a
lot of cities and this is my favorite.
This is my son
Nikolai, he is 23 - He played for the Huntsville Muskoka Otters, Junior A (Tier 2 )Ice hockey Team--previously for the Hawkesbury
Hawks 2003/2004 ,Huntsville Wildcats 2001-2003 and Fort Erie Meteors 2000-2001. He has played semi-pro and has played for
St.George in the LNAH and La Pocatiere in the Senior leagues, and for the Matane Castors of the LHSEQ.Nikolai has his own
fitness company and trains both athletes and just plain folks that want to get in shape, . My Daughter Kumara is 17 and is
a music student at the Conservatoire de Music de Quebec.uebec.She studies voice ( classical and popular),piano and clarinet;and
is in the process of recording a classical c.d .She won a bronze medal at the Sillery Classical music competition in Apr 2005.and
made it ti the provincial finals in the 20 years old category of the Canadian Music Competition.
Nikolai and his girlfiend Stephanie
going to Stephanie's graduation
Quebec is a great place to play and listen to music. The general population is very knowledgable and is very interested
in all different styles of music. I have played all over N.America and my favoorite audiences are the people of Quebec. Some
very popular quebec artists are, Celine Dion, Garou, Natasha St.Pier, Roch Voisine, La Bottine Souriante, Quartango, the Respectables,
Claude Dubois,Two faces, Sans Pression, Les Architeks, Taktika.
The people of Quebec speak French--if you speak English you already know lots of French words it's just theat they're
pronounced differently.
