MUSICAL THEATRE

On the 22nd January a press conference was held in order to launch to the general public, as an official event of the 400^th anniversary of the City of Quebec, the “Musical  Dina”, both words and music by Mr Louis-Martin Lanthier.

The announcement was made with the words “It's official, Dina Bélanger will be the star of a musical play for the 400^th Festival. It was on the occasion of the 49^th International Eucharistic Congress that the play would be first presented, from the 12^th to the 22^nd of June 2008, to be later repeated from the 25^th September to the 5^th October, all in the Dina Bélanger Hall of the Jesus and Mary College of Sillery.

The producer, Bruno Marquis, was responsible for the completion of the project, which included twenty or more singers and actors, accompanied by an orchestra of ten members  and with Myriam Brousseau in the role of Dina Bélanger”.

The Dress Rehearsal of the musical play Dina took place on the 12^th June in the presence of His Emminence  Cardinal Marc Ouellet and Bishops Mgr. Maurice Couture and Mgr. Pierre André Fournier, as well as dozens of priests, the civil authorities and a large audience.

The opening night was on the 14^th! The play was performed to capacity audiences for a total of 15 performances, to the enthusiastic applause of about 6000 delighted  spectators : adults – young people – religious – seminarians – priests - bishops         

MUSICAL ALBUM

On the 10^th November 1997 in the Dina Bélanger Hall of the Jesus and Mary College in Sillery, the CD of the musical works of Dine Bélanger was launched; Ricordanza, The Bells of the Abbey, Dream on the Saguenay, Cantique of Thanksgiving as well as the Mass 'Ricordanza', the work of Sr Cecile Kirouac RJM (a former piano pupil of Dina) on the theme of the piano piece of the same name, in  praise of the Adorable Trinity - this work was in homage to Dina on the occasion of the Beatification in 1993.  These pieces were played by Sr Rachel Fournier RJM, Pianist – Sr Annette Haché RJM, Soprano  - Sr Cécile Kirouac RJM,  Organist – Veronica Mathieu, Violin and the Jesus and Mary choir of Lauzon,

On the 22^nd May 2005, in the Dina Bélanger HaLL of the Jesus and Mary College at Sillery a musical album, entitled “The Courage to Love” was launched,  both the words and music being the work of Mr Louis- Martin Lanthier and provides an agreable account of Dina's life.

DINA BELANGER YOUTH FESTIVALS

 On the 2 November 2003, from 9h00 to 22h00, at the Jesus and Mary College at Sillery, the first “Dina Bélanger” Youth Festival was celebrated for young people from 16 to 30 years of age. 

This activity was jointly organised by the Pastoral Youth Commission of the Diocese of Quebec and the Pastoral Committee of the College. The object was to promote christian music with a programme of youth music and religious songs in French and in Quebecoise: “Let us sing to God in every tone”.

In the following years, every November until 2008, the festival was repeated in the Dina Belanger Hall in the College, and greatly  praised  for its aim to evangelise and bear witness in song.