From Whitehorse Star, Nov. 8, 2007

Juno Award winner will perform at film screening of "River of Life"

On Nov. 18, Shari Ulrich, a Juno Award winner and inductee to the B.C. Entertainment Hall of Fame, will perform in conjunction with a showing of the River of Life, a National Film Board of Canada (NFB) film.

The film chronicles the arduous physical and emotional journey of one group of racers the determined women who make up the 2006 Paddlers Abreast team as they compete in the Yukon River Quest.

The film was conceived and produced by local film maker Werner Walcher and has been on tour at several national film festivals this summer/fall.

Ulrich, composer and performer of the soundtrack of River of Life, will perform for the Yukon audience prior to the film showing.

"The film has a great message and I'm pleased to be asked to perform in Whitehorse," she said in a statement.

"I'm also excited to finally have a chance to meet the women in the film."

She will be performing with her daughter, Julia Graff.

The film was initially released at the Yukon Arts Centre just prior to the 2007 Yukon River Quest getting underway, and it was a full-house crowd.

"The public has been asking for another viewing and we know that there were people that didn't get a chance to see it. Having Shari
performing along with the film will be really special," said Linda Rapp, team captain of Paddlers Abreast.

This fundraising event will take place at the arts centre with doors opening at 6:30 p.m. and the show beginning at 7 p.m. Tickets are available at the arts centre or Arts Underground.