Lacroix Raymond

Article by Lise Laverdière
Le Journal de Cornwall
26 October 2011

Raymond Lacroix is a music teacher. He has taught music for seven years at l'École La Citadelle and three years at the St-Laurent school. Since he retired, he is very involved in the community. For four years he has been the director of the Harmonie Seaway Winds where 40 musicians play the flute, piccolo, tuba and percussion. Two years ago the Trillium organization paid $ 28,000 to the organization. Now for four months, Mr. Lacroix is a member of Trillium organization to replace Mr. Gerald Samson who had completed a six year term in April 2011. Mr. Lacroix is also Chairman of the CHOD FM radio board since 18 months. It is also a facilitator for the Ministry of Health with Wood Land Villa, a home for the elderleys. He is the founding coordinator of Audiapason Échecs in Cornwall and Secretary of the Caravan Camp Morrisburg. Finally, Mr. Lacroix has developed the Web design company which produces websites at competitive prices to help small businesses, cultural centers, artists, etc.

Clarinettist , the artist is releasing a second album with pianist Vivianne Panizzon on 27 November 2011. Clarpian Duo-good will present French folklore. The event will be held at the Centre Culturel de Cornwall.

1. Are you a morning person or night? Morning.
2. What is your favourite day of the week? Sunday because I'm a church guy, I play the organ and sing in church; after I go to breakfast with my wife. It's a quiet day, soothing.
3. What do you do when you return from work? I take a nap or read.
4. Do you keep a diary? I have a calendar on the computer, but in high school and college, I kept a diary. I was writing in phonetic character so nobody could read it.
5. What is your motto? If it does not move, I'm gone.
6. What is your childhood dream? Become a mechanic, repairing things, help people.
7. If you could change the world, what would you change? The interaction between people, the understanding so we could learn from each other.
8. A talent you wish you had? I wish I could be a great pianist.
9. What is your favourite topic of discussion? It is the passion or the others' specialty that interests me when I talk to a person.
10. A business that you admire? Medicine.
11. You greatest pride? My three daughters, Milène, Mélanie, France and my grand-son Jacob.
12. When it comes time be informed are you the radio, TV, - Internet or newspapers type? Internet.
13. What puts your nerves in a bind? Insincerity, hypocrisy and those who listen to themselves o talking.
14. Would there a reason why you would give your shirt off your back? The Francophonie.
15. Your greatest folly made by love? I wanted to feel the hair of a girl when I was six. I approached too closely, I hit my nose on her head and I bled.
16. The finest quality a person can have? Transparency
17. What country would you like to visit? Canada from one end to the other; I would like to spend six months in each place.
18. White wine or red wine? Red.
19. What would you like people to say about you? I had a positive influence on the lives of many people.
20. Do you have a collection? I have two. I collect old clarinets dating from the 1800s; I have one that dates from the First World War, it is metal. I also have a Boehm, name after the person who invented it. I also have chess sets made by hand and from other countries.
21. What you always procrastinate? Nothing.
22. What is your greatest fear? Losing a child.
23. It's Saturday night, you have nothing planned, what do you do? I'll relax with a good movie or sit with my wife to share.
24. A highlight of your life? My visit to Haiti in 1974. I visited places where Haitians had never seen white laïque people.
25. Your favourite song? Take a child by the hand.
26. How do you see Cornwall in ten years? The established Francophonie, respected and appreciated.
27. What you like in Cornwall? It is a city not too small nor too large; it is right in the middle.
28. What you hate in Cornwall? The lack of security for those who ride a bicyc1es. There is not enough roads for bicyc1es.
29. Friendship is ? Confidence.
30. Love is? The intimacy in all its dimensions; I am speaking of love for art, objects, not just for humans.
31. What animal represents you the most? The horse.
32. Your biggest lie? It was a lie to protect someone.
33. The most important person in your life? My wife.
34. Your reason for living? The joy of living and contribute to the community.
35. In a word the child you were? A child like any other.
36. The teen you were in two words? Hard worker.
37. And the adult in three words? Dedicated, responsible and conscientious.
38. What heaven looks like for you? I could do anything I could not do on earth like running huge choirs.
39. Are you afraid of death? Not at all. I do like St. Therese of Lisieux. In the morning I say, "One day closer to you Lord."
40. Are you superstitious? No.
41. Your favourite drink? Cointreau with ice.
42. A trade or profession would you like to attempt? Grand orchestra director, the style of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra with Mozart or Beethoven.
43. Do you have a pet project you expect to achieve early or late? I want the CHOD FM Radio to shine everywhere.
    44- Your favourite animal? The dog.
44. Favourite Movies: love, action, war, etc.? Action
45. How do you see yourself? As a private person, I listen in silence.
46. How do others see you? As a respected individual. When I was teaching, young people paid attention to their language around me.
47. Zodiac sign? Do you read the horoscope? Cancer. No, I do
    not read the horoscope.
48. The greatest gift that we can offer you? A book or an art object.
49. If you could get into the skin of a celebrity or a known public figure, who would it be time for a day? David Suzuki. He's a genius in Canada, a great thinker on the environment. He is known internationally.
50. What would you do if you were in the shoes of that person? I would do what he is doing, promoting respect for the environment.