HOW TO BECOME A KALS INSIDER
For over 21 years, KALS has been offering the community an array of low-cost, high-interest courses. This volunteer organization is fostering your intellectual and social well being. If you have taken at least a few courses with us, you might wonder how we do it. What goes on behind the scenes?
Please attend our Annual General Meeting on Friday, October 16 from 10:00- 11:30 AM at the Kamloops Sports Council to find out more. Refreshments provided.
The AGM includes board elections, so you will also have the opportunity to join us as
- KALS program committee member: join the insiders who decide what courses are offered;
- KALS Zoom class manager: help run classes lead by experts from across the country and beyond;
- KALS all-round technical person: put your computer knowledge to work;
Note: these positions come with some free courses!
Meantime, please contact
President Nadine Fort at nadinerfort@gmail.com
with any questions about the AGM or these insider opportunities.
REGISTRATION REMINDERS
KALS memberships expired June 30, 2026. If you have not yet done so, please register in our new system as soon as possible. Use the Subscribe button on our website to ensure your membership is current.
SOME FALL OFFERINGS
- Field trips to the McAbee Fossil Beds, the Secwépemc Museum, and more;
- Livestreams from The Guardian on Art in Wartime Ukraine and End Times Fascism;
- Our “classics” like News and Views and Come to the Concert;
- New courses from perennial favourites like Dave McKinnon, Bruce Baugh, Ila Crawford, and Ginny Ratsoy;
- New instructors on topics as diverse as Improv for Fun and Community, Law and Policy in our New Space Age, and Attention, Working Memory, and the Aging Brain.
Register starting August 27 at www.kals.ca
A NOTE ABOUT “Come to the Concert” FROM INSTRUCTOR ROD MICHELL
Come to the Concert is a group of KALS courses based on the current (2026-27) Kamloops Symphony Orchestra season. The aim of each class is to prepare for an upcoming Symphony concert (orchestral or chamber), in this, the orchestra’s 50th Anniversary Season, as well as to increase our familiarity with all aspects of classical music. We listen to recorded excerpts of the concert works, and explore background to the composers, their times and to the works that will be performed. There is opportunity to ask questions, express opinions, discuss previous concerts, and explore aspects of classical music performance in Kamloops and across Canada.
Those who have been to these classes before will know that they are usually held on the Thursday before the Saturday’s Symphony concert itself. This remains true for this fall’
s series of Come to the Concert classes WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE VERY FIRST CLASS—WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 23.
LOCATION: Bruce Dunn Hall in KELSON HALL, 330 St. Paul St.
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