Performers on Parade features professional performers in the areas of music, dance, theatre and more! Each week, a different performer will visit each library in the city.
Born and raised in Saskatoon, Lawrence Roy has been hoop dancing since 1989. His first teacher, Delvin Kennedy, taught Lawrence the style of 21 hoops in the St. Mary’s Hoop Dance Troupe. Entering high school, his second teacher, Patrick Nippi, taught Lawrence the style of 17 hoops. Today, he dances with 30. Lawrence has passed on his teachings to his children who have all taught others on their own. He loves to teach anyone that wants to learn. Some of the many places you will find Lawrence are Wanuskewin, White Buffalo Youth Lodge, Friendship Centre and numerous schools in and around Saskatoon. Lawrence brings many teachings of the hoop, its origin and humour in his performance and stories.
The Alice Turner Library replaced the smaller Sutherland Branch in December 1998. It was named after Alice Turner McFarland who was a library employee for 37 years and Saskatoon Public Library's chief librarian from 1981 to 1989. The first library in Canada to be built to the standards of C-2000 construction, Canada's environmental building code, the Alice Turner Library was expanded to double its original size in 2013.
