2014 Inductees

Keith Rempel

Graduated - 2003
Inducted - 2014

• Education and Training
  • 2003: Graduated from LTCHS
  • 2007:  The first totally blind graduate of MacEwan University
    
    
• LTCHS Grad 2003, played tuba and bass in band and was a vocalist in the choral program.
• 2007 was the first totally blind graduate of the MacEwan University music program, majored in upright bass performance.
• Since graduation from Lindsay Thurber Keith has become one of Alberta’s most successful bassists.
• Mr. Rempel has performed and recorded extensively with some of Canada’s finest musicians in a wide variety of genres including, Jazz, Celtic, Folk, Latin, and Country.
• Performance highlights include playing at Edmonton Folk Music Festival, Edmonton International Jazz Festival, Folk on the Rocks festival in Yellowknife, touring around North America with award winning song-writer Fiddler Lizzy Hoyt, touring Chile with Marco Claveria, playing with the Craig Moritz band opening for Dwight Yoakam
• Recording highlights to date include work with Lizzy Hoyt, Kayla Hotte, Vicky Berg, Daniel Gervais, Jesse Dollimont and the Osprey’s, Justine Vandergrift, Lauren Busheikin, and Ky Babyn.

Don Kjorven

Graduated - 1974
Inducted - 2014

• Education and Training
  • 1974: Graduated from LTCHS
• Competitive Highlights
  • Canadian Interski Team - Seto, Italy 1983, Banff, Canada 1987, St. Anton, Austria 1991
  • 1979 Alberta Amateur Freestyle Ski Champion
  • 1979 - Molson Team Pro Racing Alberta champion - canyon Team
  • Canadian Pro Feestyle Competitor 1974-76
• Professional Highlights
  • 38 year member of Canadian Ski Instructors alliance (CSIA)
  • CSIA Level 4 instructor and examiner, Level 2 coach
  • 14 year member of CSIA National Technical Committee
  • 2 years as Chairman of CSIA National Technical Committee
  • 2 years as Chairman of National CSIA Board of Directors
  • CSIA Central & Alberta Level 1 Co-ordinator since 2002
  • Course Conductor and Ski School Instructor trainer since 1993
  • 1972-1977 Cnayon Ski Area Pro
  • 1978-81 Marmot Basin ski Pro
  • 1980 Broken River, New Zealnad Ski Pro
  • 1982-89 Director of Skiing at Sunshine Village
  • 1989-91 Director Sales and Marketing Sunshine village
  • 1991-93 Director of Skiing and Marketing Nakiska