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Chris Martin of the band Coldplay, surprised students of East Three earlier this year when he dialed into their class to tell them to pursue their passions, telling them to pursue their creative desires and talking about living life as a musician, with all the thorns in the rose.

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Martin spoke with a group of East Three School students in March as part of the Connected North program, which brings experts to remote areas. The talk was arranged as a celebration of Teacher Appreciation Week.

East Three Secondary School principal Krista Cudmore said Connect North reached out to the school and offered to present Martin to the class as a surprise. She added the East Three School has been a partner with Connected North for years.

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During the 45-minute talk, Martin asked the classroom of 15 questions about life in Inuvik and the North and heard their ambitions and dreams. It was during this emerging country music singer Trenyce Voudrach said she loved to play music, but was trying to focus her attention towards more realistic goals than being an artist. She also told him she would like to work in the medical field.

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Voudrach went on to perform at the Great Northern Arts Festival, Folk on the Rocks and the Midway Music festival.

Cudmore noted the school was limited in what they could release because of contract-requirements with the Connected North program.

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