INSPIRE SONG – NORTH FOR 90 AWARD HONOURS MEMORY OF AYLIE SPARKES, YUKON MUSICIAN
Four Yukon youth will be receiving $675 each from the Inspire Song – North for 90 Award to help them write original music. Yukon musician, Gordie Tentrees, established the award to honour the memory of Aylie Sparkes, a fellow Yukon musician who passed away from cancer in 2005 at the age of 38. Born Peter Thiessen in Steinbach, MB, Sparkes arrived in the Yukon in 2001 with a truck full of guitars and $5 to his name. In the first year he made his presence felt performing an u