WHAT A day! If you missed
the '60s, long hair and tie-dyes
then the Under the Volcano
Festival at Cates Park last
Sunday was the place to be.

It included everything from a
herb walk and vegetarian kitchen to
live music and poetry readings.

By Allison Poirier
ZAP! Contributor

People of every age, race and
color attended to celebrate the fifth
annual festival of art and social
change.

Many focal bands, such as Itch
and Big Tall Garden, played on the
main stage a$ children had their
faces painted and played on the
swings. Workshops on prisoners’
tights and Wen-Li-Do (women’s
self-defence) were popular as well

_as a fire demonstration and juggler.

In addition to providing fun and
entertainment, the festival offered a
contrasting view to the legacy of
the “colonizing of the world.”
Many political booths such as NO
Casinos, Temperate Rainforests,
Defend Abortion Clinics, Budapest
Meditation provided alternative
information from that which can be
found in the local libraries and
book stores.

First Nations speakers Jeannette
Armstrong and Frank Deaver added
to the theme by providing serious
words about native sovereignty and
the effects of colonialism,

Everyone seemed to enjoy them-
selves, from the RCMP, who said
they were there only as a precaution
and there has never been a problem
before, to the volunteers, who said
it wes hard work but lots of fun.

Gina, who voluntecred to sell
shirts, said: “The only stupid thing
was they (the coordinators)

couldn't get the permit to stay later
than 10 (p.m.).”

Tim, a local resident, said it was
his first time at something like this
and that at first he was a fitde taken
aback by the “alternative” crowd.
However, he thought it was great
and said he would definitely attend
next year.

Joyce, a Victoria student, appar-
ently came all the way here just for
the festival. “I love the bands and
you don't get to hear them much,
being on the Island.”

Another lady laughed as she
commented that it was like they
had gone through her old wardrobe.
She said the festival was like some-
thing out of the ’60s, only more
political.

Steve, a Capilano College stu-
dent, thought it is a great way for
young people to express themselves
without the violence, like the riot a
few months ago.

Essay contest offers cash prizes

WHO’D WANT to spend the sum-
mer writing an essay? The Real
Estate Board of Greater Vancouver
is hoping school-aged kids across
B.C. will want to enter its third
annual summer essay competition,
with cash prizes of $1,000, $600
and $400.

Cash prizes will be awarded for
first, second and third piace in each
of three fevels: elementary, junior
and senior. All entries will be pro-
fessionally judged. The deadline
for.entries is next Friday, Aug. 26.

The essay topics are as follows:

Elementary

Students entering Grades 5, 6 or
7 in September may choose one of
the following topics:
1. This year, the Real Estate Board
of Greater Vancouver is celebrat-
ing its 75th anniversary. What do
you think houses in your communi-
ty will be like 75 years from now?
2. Friendship is important to every-
one. Do you have a special friend,
and what makes that person impor-
tant to you?
3. This year there has been a great
deai of discussion about the Young
Offenders Act. As a youth, how do
you feel young offenders should be
treated?

Junior

Students entering Grades 8, 9 or
10 in Septernber may choose from
the following three topics:
1. Education is important and you
are now more than halfway
through your basic education. Do
you as a student believe your edu-
cation is adequately preparing you
fer the future and why?
2. The Real Estate Board of
Greater Vancouver is celebrating
its 75th anniversary this year.
Using the library, archives, and
your imagination, conduct some

research into the 1919 time period
in Vancouver to develop a fictional
character who is a realtor in 1919
and tell us about the real estate
business of the day.

3. There is likely someone whom
you Icok up to as a role model. Tell
us your relationship to this person
and why you would like to be like
this individual.

Senior

Students entering Grades 11 and
12 in September may choose from
the following subject areas:
|. The Real Estate Board of
Greater Vancouver is celebrating
its 75th anniversary this year.
Using the library, archives, and by
talking to realtors in your commu-
nity, tell us how the work of a real-
tor has changed in the past 75
years,
2. Jt is important for students in
their senior high-school years to
start thinking about a career or
work to earn a living te support
themselves. If you have decided on
a career, indicate why you have
chosen this line of work. If you
have not yet decided what kind of
work you would like to do, tell us
if you feel you have enough infor-
mation about the options available
or if career information could be
improved and how this could be
accomplished.
3. Most communities in the Lower
Mainland have a growing multicul-
tural element. What programs or
activitics do you think would help
to build understanding and cohe-
siveness between the various ethnic
members of the community?

Contest rules

Each entrant should pick one
subject from the grade category for
which he or she qualifies and write
an original essay of not more than

Movie night at rec centre

NORTH SHORE Community
Action for Prevention of Substance
Abuse (CAPSA) compiles a weekly
listing of activities for youths on
the North Shore.
Upcoming events include:

@ a drive-in movie 9 p.m.. tonight
at the West Van ree centre. Bring a
lawnchair and enjoy a movie under
the stars. Cost is $3. Infor Ali at

926-3266.

© a trip to Whistler ¢ to bike and
board,
Aug. 24-25, organized by West
Van's YO program. {nfo: 922-5064
or 922-4372.

@ camping at Alice Lake.
Sunday-Tuesday. Aug. 21-23,
organized by the Seymour Youth
Centre. Info: 929-3466,

Wednesday-Thursday, |

2,000 words, typed double-spaced
on one side of 84" x 11” bond
paper. Submissions should: include
entrant's full name, address, postal
code and telephone number.
Entries must be received at the
oard Office no later than Friday,
Aug. 26. All entries should be
sealed, indicate the appropriate cut-
egory and addressed to: Essay
Competition: Real Estate Board of
Greater Vancouver, 2433 Spruce
St., Vancouver, B.C. V6H 4C8.

THE WEST Vancouver recreation centre is
holding a drive-in movie night for teens this
evening. Several other organizations regularly
offer fun, alcohol-free activities for teens on
the North Shore, yet many young people argue
that teen violence and substance abuse is the
result of boredom. What do you think?

NEWS photo Cindy

TEED OFF with the Queen? Esther Dexter, 9, sticks it to her at

the Under the Volcano Festival.

© Disney

Invites you to meet and greet
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger

Remember to bring
your camera!
Characters alternate
every 30 minutes

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