LCMS and Fort Langley Jazz and Arts Festival join forces to support youth musicians

All levels of jazz instrumentalists and vocalists are welcome to register for the Fort Langley workshop, which will take place Langley Community Music School on Sunday, March 26 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Special to Langley Advance Times)
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Mia Brown and her son Anthony, 12, pose in this undated handout photo. The mother of a 12-year-old Indigenous boy who was handcuffed by police at B.C. Children’s Hospital in Vancouver says it should have been a safe place for her son, who has autism, but he was pinned to the floor and treated like an adult. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Mia Brown

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Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy answers questions during a press conference on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, after five fired Memphis Police Officers were charged in the murder of Black motorist Tyre Nichols. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian via AP)

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