The final performance for the Stars for Saskatchewan this season featured the Wheatland Band at the Sturgis Community Hall on March 17.
The Preeceville Art Group had a visual art display and the St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church had a display from their Klothees for Kids project.
They are called The Wheatland Band and Lewis and Royal are still alive and well, but they have added a third member, Travis Friesen and are open for business, says their promotional material.
“We’ve always been vocally-based musicians,” says Royal. “Now we’ve got our third harmony and a whole new sound. We are very excited about this new group.”
Travis (T-Freze) is no stranger to performing. He cut his teeth on the theatre stage, and has performed as a singer for the past 10 years. He brings a silky smooth baritone in the style of Dan Fogelberg. His voice blends seamlessly with Lewis and Royal. Add in that he is a bit of a heart-throb, and you’ve got a new band that everybody is talking about, the promotional material said.
Lewis and Royal met in 1993 when Lewis was a student at the Rosebud Theatre where Royal was a full-time actor. They found that their styles and voices blended well, and they soon began composing and arranging music together. Their first project was composing music for the run-away musical Hitchickens, a combo of blues, bluegrass, and old time rock.
