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CO: . NORTH SHORE actors and theatre professionals were not forgotten ,
at this year's Jessie Richardson Awards. :

Wendy Noel, who gave a stunning periormance in Terrance
McNally’s Livs Together, Teeth Apart, won in the performance cat.
egory. David Mackay, son of well-regarded actor Don Mackay, was
one of seven honored for Ensemble Performance for his perfor-
mance in The Number 14, which was also named for Outstanding
Overall Production,

Local Pam Johnson, knawn for her innovative, lush set designs,
took the Design Team Award, along with Phillip Clarkson, Adrian
Muir and Greg Ruddell, for her part in Much Ado About Nothing.

The Community Recognition Award was bestowed upon Deep
Cove actor John Moffat for his performance in the Playhouse pro-
duction of Much Ado About Nothing.

The Jessies committee also took the oppportunity to honor the
late Larry Lillo, a former artistic director ofthe Vancouver Playhouse
Theatre, with the Vancouver. Professional Theatre Alliance Career
Achievement Award.

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Folkfest celebration |

IT CAN'T be 19 years, you say. Yesiree, folks, the North Vancouver
Community Arts Council is celebrating its 19th year of Felkfest, the
annual mutlti-disciplinary, multi-cultural arts festival that features
everything from local arts and crafts to South Seas dancers.

This year’s event will kick off with a craft fair (running to Saturday,
june 26) beginning tomorrow at the Civic Centre at 14th and Lons-
dale. A raft of crafts, including pottery, bead work, ceramics,
“stained glass’ candles, dried flowers and jewelry, created by
some 40 local artisans, are for grabs at reasonable prices. us

Folkfest officially opens at Centennial Theatre on Saturday, June
19, and to mark the occasion, organizers have invited _peformers
from multi-cultural dance groups such as the Kavital East Indian.
Dancers, Tatsumi Japanese Dancers, and the Philhellenic
Falkdancers. The free festivities begin each night at 8 p.m. and con-
tinue to Monday, June 21, Other events include: a Folkfest Walking
Tour on Sunday, June 20 at 2 p.m. (meet at the North Vancouver
Museum), and 2 mini-folkfest at the Silver Harbour Centre, also on
Sunday, from 1 to 3 p.m. Enjoy! 7 .

Gothe, CBC honored |

WEST VANCOUVER resident Jurgen Gothe got a nod from the Big.
Apple this weekend. ; : .
The local host of Disc‘Drive won the gold medal at the New York .
Festivals’ 1993 Radio Awards for best radio personality. He was up °
against 30 entrants. ;
CBC Radio and CBC Stereo, meanwhile, swept the awards, taking
the grand award for best ness program, four gold medals, four
silver and two finalist certificates. ; . es
“This is an outstanding achievement by CBC Radio and Stereo
programmers and producers,” said Harold Redekopp, vice-presi- ‘.
dent of CBC English Radio. . a

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community to help shape its
cultural facilities plan for the
North Shore.

Evelyn Jacob
NOW REPORT

About .75 local groups have
been invited to discuss the second
phase of the plan at an all-day
work session at Capilano College
this Saturday, June 19, and the
Arts Commission’s cultural devel-
opment officer is hoping members
of the general public will also at-
tend.

“One. thing we've learned is,
we can’t just talk to ourselves. We
need to talk to our potential au-
dience,” said Brenda Berck.

Participants will be asked to
come up with a number of
scenarios that would best meet the
cultural needs of the North Shore.
Those suggestions would then be
turned over to an independent
consultant. who would = “flesh
out’ the plan in terms of siting,
space requirements and cost, said
Berck.

Participants are expected to

suitant’s report before the final
paper goes before local councils
next February. : :
Having endured a wave of criti-
cism following the release of Phase
1 of the plan (some: arts groups
disagreed with the direction of the
report; others felt they were not
adequately consulted), the com-
mission is eager to avoid finding
itself in a similar situation this time
around. .
“There was a lot of criticism of:

the first phase of the study in terms.’

of how people felt information was
being used,’ admitted. Berck.
“This meeting, | hope, will get
over that problem. 5c, if partici-
pants don’t see ‘X’ in the report
when they come ‘back ‘in
September, they'll have a chance
to say what they feel. We didn’t.
have that built into Phase 1 of the
report and we've learned from cur
mistakes.’”

To register for the June 19 wark ,
session: (pre-registration “is re.

quired), phone 926-3266 in West» >:

Vancouver; 987-7529 in North
Vancouver. The event: begins at
9:30 a.m.and runs to 4'p.m." "7