34 -— Wednesday, November 7, 1990 - North Shore News

THE FIRST film ever to be com-
pleted of B.C.’s historic Union
Steamship Company premieres
tonight at the Pacific Cinemate-
que.

By Evelyn Jacob
News Reporier

The Mail Boat Doesn't Stop
Here Anymore stars local actors
lay Brazeau, Christopher Gaze
and John Destrey. It’s a warm and
imaginative drama of the Union
Steamship Company. which
operated in B.C. from 1889-1959.

“While interviewing people
who had worked or travelled reg-
ularly on the ships, | was quite
moved by their vivid memories,’
says producer Michelle Bjornscn,
who calls Union Steamship ‘‘one
of B.C.’s most beloved pioneer
outfits.””

“It quickly became apparent
that the true telling of the Union
Steamship story was not so much
in its routes, schedules and cargo,
but in the wonderful communica-
tion network it provided for
isolated pioneers dwelling in all
the nocks and crannies of the
coast, from Vancouver to Anyox.”

The Union Steamship Company,
which made its home port in Van-
couver, was an amalgamation of
three shipping companies — one

JAY BRAZEAU stars in The
Anymore.

of which was Burrard Shipping
and Tugging, based in Moodyville
(which later became part of the
City of North Vancouver).

nt was the first company to sell
commuter tickets to passengers for
travel to and from the North Shore
from Vancouver. At first it began
serving just the local lumber in-
dustry and citizens but ended up
offering excursions as far north as
Anyox.

Union Steamship bought the
Terminal Resorts on Bowen Island
from pioneer Captain John A.
Cates, to which it operated excur-
sions for company picnics and

Photo submitted
Mail Boat Doesn't Stop Here

parties. “They (Union Steamship
Company) were reaily smart,’ said
Bjornson, ‘‘sometimes they
would take as many as 3.000 peo-
ple there for the day,” noting that
Union Steamship was responsible
for developing much of Bowen
island and the Sunshine Coast.

The Mail Boat Doesn’t Stop
Here Anymore, filmed by North
Vancouver cinematographer Rod
McLachlan, was shot partly in
Caulfeild Cove and at the CBC's
Studio.

Screening begins at 8 p.m. Ad-
mission is $1.

Judith Marcuse premieres dance works

JUDITH) MARCUSE has always
taken chances with her repertoire.
This weekend her dance company
will premiere two new provocative
works, These Fragile Hands, by
New York choreographer Jennifer
Sargent and Cadence, a highly ki-
netic ballet set to a complex con-
temporary musical score, at the
Vancouver Playhouse.

The Nov.9-10 program — four
performances in all — is ‘‘very
varied,” says Marcuse.

These Fragile Hands, set to
Handel's aria, Ah! Mio Cor!’ from
Alcina, is strong in imagery and
elicits thoughts of displacement
and isolation.

Cadence, choreographed by
Vancouver's Lola McLaughlin, is
an acrobatic, athletic piece of
abstract dance, set to traditional
South African rhythms.

Also included in the weekend
performance is Marcuse’s soit and
lyrical work, Bach and Blue, and
Madrugada, which premiered last
year at Centennial Theatre.

West Vancouver artist Gordon
Smith’s giant oil and canvas forms
a dramatic backdrop to
Madrugada, Portugese for “the

time between midnight and
dawn.”

A special children’s matinee,
Ookpik and the Animals, will be
held Sat. Nov. 170 at the
Playhouse.

On Sunday, Nov. 11, a major
fundraiser for the company,
DanceArt, gets under way at the

1 AM THRILI -

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Between 35-40 pieces of
“reasonably priced’ original art
by local artists — Sylvia Tait, Mar-
tha Sturdy, Jack Shadbolt — will
be on sale to the public. (Pieces
will be displayed at the Playhouse
as well.)

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