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(of Festiva | of Arts: : With bands playing, banners waving, dancers dancing, and choirs singing, the B.C, Festival of the Arts opened officially Wednesday afterncen, Juno 2 at Riverside Park, in Kamloops, Billed as an informal family celebration (it was. anything but) and; slightly ‘dampened by,a threat of}rain (isn’t ‘it + always) the) Festival was. officially :opened),by, Premier Bennett, -who , saw., the. provincially-funded ‘artfest “asa ; forum for artist to. . communicate, not only with each other, ' but with their audience — not in an ivory. tower, but at; the dots of our province,” It into a supor- i community success which’ at'the ‘same. time managed to” embrace the entire province: And’ according‘ to ‘Doreen* Knutsen, immediate past i ‘of the’ West'Koo * Regional Arts Council, ‘present treasurer “and ‘all-time. ’ » promoter of the arts in this area: "The Kootenays, Just shone everywhere.” 4 This festival was a first forthe province and involved a, * wide kaleidoscope of groups including ‘The Assembly of B.C. | Arts Councils,’ made up of the nine regional provincial arts councils (of which the West Kootenay, Regional Arts Council is one), the Association of B.C, Drama Educators, the B.C. Music Festival Association,’ the Student Film’ Festival,’ Theatre B.C., B.C. Music Educators Association, over 1,000_ and’ many iT friends ‘of.‘the festival board. LEE Doreen, who attended the festival as an board: a family celebration E ‘own way as the host elty display.” It consists of 100 works ranging from the functional to the decorative and was ‘assembled over a period of two years for the NEC: by : nationally-known craftsman Beverly Reed from hundreds of ‘workshops and: craftspeoplie..in the towns, ‘villages and * backroads of! the’ Boundary/West Kootenay area. for. the “showing at the NEC last winter. It'remained on display in * Kamloops until June:80,°-: ' +For a first-time event’ the festival was'in spite ofa. ‘few minor ‘bugs’ —-a surprising success. One such ‘bug’ was ia limited number, ‘of hospitality. rooms where ‘participants ‘could’ meet‘and talk and compare disciplines,’ but‘ even this turned into ‘an advantage for:the Kootenays. My Toom was a big-one,".said Doreen, “and:we had intended it’ asi a:'meeting place’ for:our? 22) Kootenay representatives, However, since the ‘visual artists lacked a 3 place. to ‘meet: we: Invited them to.come to;‘ours,/As; a’ it bécame a gath place for artists from all West Kootena: negisnal® Arts: Council eel Harris wit! council pant-president Doreen Knut.; sen, he painters Alf Crossley | (Liberation’) and Sandor’ Tandory (‘In the Grip. of . Other Kootenays painters included Pat -Freshi of Trail, Ann Swanson Gross of Genelle; Dave Love of. *Slocan City; Gordon Mackie, and Dana Wardrop of Nelson; ‘Shirley and Kathleen Senay of Grand Forks; Joan Renold of Sk Les ick'of New Denver; Walter Wells of representative '~and Joel! ‘Harris,’ the. Regional’ Arta co-ordinator voiced the belief — long suspected by most of us i — that the and residents of the Lower think that) not only ae they. the only repositories of ‘know-how,’ but in company with Bill Vander Zalm, are convinced that civilization in B.C. ends: not far beyond Hope, : They think the rest of the pi is ied by Nakusp; ‘Ann Novak of South Bloctn and Scott Plear_ of Christina Lake. ‘Under the heading of Fibre/Fabrié Art, a hand-woven blanket by local weaving expert Ingeborg Thor-Larsen and a fabric picture by Uraula Le Foley of Genelle received critica! acclaim. Ben Thor-Larsen submitted some fine examples of Master . trolls and painted savages... “ As a consequence of this « ‘enlightened outlook, the West. | aoe z MUSHROOMS ae ha Wier ta. .sscesebeceees EMPRESS PEANUT BUTTER. ~ TOWN HOUSE TOMATO JUICE a _ DUNCAN Wap BL. OR WASHINGTON ee ea Canada No, 1 Grade. S272 ME oe eseeeee ee lb, regional arts councils and: Railway’ Museum’ of Cranbrook were ‘given’ no indication ‘until’ June’ that the : festival was being planned for the province. Whoever heard ; of artistic trolls? by dint of a dous amount of work and organization the people of the K were d-working. Anton -Skerbine of Pass: Creek,’ Weaver.» displayed a’ woven ‘wall hanging. ‘specially commissioned by B.C. Timber and displayed at the featival by special permission of the company. While many of the static exhibits were displayed in halls and galleries, there were demonstrations of crafts going on in malls and street corners all over town. Two: such were Dave ‘Lawson (Nelson): and “John able to.give a considerable, amount of ‘shine’ to this. part of the province. Such a one was Dorothy Miller-Tait. Thirty-eight “six-by-four-foot specially. repared banners were painted by of these was the:S! ‘I Never Saw ‘Anotl To focus attention on the creative’: process | of | over the province, many of ‘whom knew: the: work of ‘the others but were actually meeting for the first time. We had ‘as ‘many'as 70 a night and they’stayed until.three inithe - morning. We didn't gett much sleep, but it was tremendously exciting.” It was obvious that Premier Bill Bennett enjoyed it since he was there on two different days not only to open the festival but to view the exhibits; including-Kootenay Crafts "81, When asked if the $500,000 expenditure was justified in light of the worsening economy, he replied,:"There are those who would put a price tag on culture and art . ...The festival ~'will-bring artists ‘from: all over British Columbia together and they'll go back and enrich others.” There were other surprises, as, well. During the. four days ofthe festival, Doreen met the’ premier ‘several times, On the last time at ‘a reception given by, Mayor Mike Latta (formerly of Trail), the premier saw her and made a point of coming over to ‘speak to her. 2 “T'm nota member of his party,” she said smiling, “but I certainly found him-to be a most charming and pleasant man.” In his foreword to the festival handbook, Bennett states: (OF the on or Fontivel of the Arts) “without, the Beshan (Grand Forks) who showed the of Raku pottery firing. “The people of Kamloops just loved it,” said Doreen. The. Fashion Show of Wearable Art drew 89 entrants, five of them — Ingeborg Thor-Larsen (‘Battle-dress’); Jean Dobbs (“Red Jacket"); ° Hildegarde Langs. (Little Girls All the items in the\wearable art-show were judaed « on he basis’ of color,: ‘originality and: whether “the garment and, the cf 0 ae ‘a cultural the Festival would have remained just a good idea that was left on the drawing board. Instead, this unique concept has turned into the spectacplar celebration we see before us, “something British Columbians can be very proud of.” He then goes on'to note that thanks to the interest an talent of teachers and; students:of all ages, the arts are. ourishing. ‘I would like to say. that’ ‘this is particularly true. in the Kootenays thanks to its’ vigorous. art’ educatio programs’ in the schools,’ arts and crafts groups and the co-ordinating efforts of the West Kootenay Regional. Arts council, its tireless regional arts co-ordinator Joel Harris an “ A'comfortable sofa & matehin loveseat’at this tow price!’ Attractive modern sofa ‘set::; looks ‘terrific In living room, ‘ec, room:or den. Features - ~ flaired arms & contrast welts. . Upholstered in'a good-wearing “+ Nylon fabric. Brown colour. oveseat: 63'"Lx 33"D'x 31H. Sofa:.90"'L x 33"D x 31H. ture. 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