Abilities Arts Festival A Celebration of Disability Arts and Culture  
Students, teachers and aides describe the festival in their own words


I think that this festival was amazing. The performances were fantastic and most importantly the message of celebrating differences, courage and hard work was really educational. I like that the children were invited to participate in the dancing and singing. Well done!! ~E.V.

Moving, motivating and inspiring ... BRAVO!!! Merci to all of the very talented artists, students, staff and volunteers that made this possible. The arts truly are an equalizer! ~ C.C.


Martin Deschamps. Best experience on a school trip ever! ~ D.S.S.
I love Martin Deschamps. He is a good rock and roll player. He is cute!. ~ W.C.
image of Martin Dechamps performance
Great to see everyone interacting with each other. It was also great to show the students that disabilities shouldn’t stop you from doing what you enjoy. ~ L.L.
image of Martin Dechamps performance
Excellent!! What a positive message for our students. It was wonderful to see our students shining in ways we don’t normally see. ~M.R.


I love Max Fomitchev. He was funny! He made me happy!! ~ W.G.
Keep up the great job! Our children need to continue to have this type of support. ~ N.D.
image 1 of Max Fomitchev in performance
We all really enjoyed Max. The storyline was terrific, there was a great beat to the music and he was very animated and funny. ~ D.D.
image 2 of Max Fomitchev in performance
I like Max because he is funny guy and good mime and he talk to me in Russian and I talked back. He is good. I love Max Fomitchev. ~ D.H.


I like Justin Hines. My favourite song is “ShadowGirl”. ~ D.H.
Last year was great. This year was even better. ~ G.J.M.S.
image 1 of Justin Hines in performance
It was a wonderful experience for all our students. It helps to give them a broader view of what they can aspire to be. ~ S.C.
image 2 of Justin Hines in performance
I had so much fun. I danced and laughed a lot. ~E.C.H.


“LazyLegz" Patuelli was out of this world ~ A.A
It is so cool and the most performance is the dance by Luca Patuelli ~ S.S.
image 1 of LazyLegz performance
Excellent because I love to meet awesome person who are role model to youth people. ~ D.A.
image 2 of LazyLegz performance
My favourite was Luca “LazyLegz”!! Because he was the one who told people to never give up. ~ S.M.


It was a great day for the children but also a great lesson for the adults in terms of helping each of our students to reach their potential and recognize their dreams ~ E.M.

When you see how happy and engaged all the kids were it is clear to see what a success this event is. Thank you! ~ K.A.

Amazing!!!! Incredible performers, very inspiring to adults, as well as students. Very well organized. A HUGE success. Thank-you! ~ E.P.

An incredible experience for both myself and the students. Extremely entertaining and educating for all. Great motivational messages at age appropriate levels. ~S.G.

One of the best days the students in my class have had in a long time ... great performers, great food, great friends ... Keep up the tremendous work!! Overall a wonderful, beautiful day!!! ~B.K.

Can we do this forever? ~ W.G.



  2008 PERFORMERS:

Martin Dschamps portrait

Martin Deschamps
Max Fomitchev portrait
Max Fomitchev
Justin Hines portrait
Justin Hines
LazyLegz portrait
“LazyLegz”
Luca Patuelli