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Peach Bowl

SECOND B.C. Festival of the arts opens in Pentic-
ton Wednesday, May 16 at 4:00 p.m. with Dido
and the Hand People, a conga-percussionist group
from the Lower Mainland, leading a procession to
the Peach Bowl Convention Centre.

By BARBARA ETTER

13 one-act plays. Adult Com-
munity Theatre will present
the winning plays from each
of the eleven regional zones.
Competitors in music and
dance will also perform from
May 16 to 19 with approx-
imately 200 competitors bet-
ween the ages of 8 and 35
expected.

As well, there will be a
display of up to 500 visual
arts selections, chosen by
jury in regional competitions.
The visual arts display, spon-
sored by the Association of
B.C. Arts Council, will be
housed in the newly-created
Art Emporium from May 13
to 21.

Three daily workshops in
areas such as’ dance, mime
and movement,
mask, will be offered for
both students and the public
by the Association of Drama
Educators. The Adult Com-
munity Theatre groups will
have a public adjudication
after each production with a
coffee critique the next morn-

Included in the procession
will be Skywalk, an award
winning Pacific Coast jazz
band; Constantine Darling, a
choreographer, jazz and
break dancer and Penticton’s
Terpsicord Dance Company.

An evening Bar-B-que
followed by speeches by
dignataries and the story of
Penticton as told in a perfor-
mance of ‘‘Ogopogo Myth’’
which was written specifically
for the Festival, will complete
the official opening
ceremonies.

It is estimated that over
3500 people, 1500 of whom
will be competitors in dance, -
music, drama and the visual
arts, will converge on this
south Okanagan city for the
four-day Festival which is
funded by the B.C. Lotteries
Foundation.

in addition to the competi-
tions which will feature the
winners of regional jury
shows, an outdoor juried
Craft Faire will be held at the
Peach Bowl, as will a broad
spectrum of entertainment by
B.C. artists.

Flautist, Paul Horn; clown

and mime artist, Dolly ing. As well, three one-act
Hopkins: Randy Raine. plays will be performed as a
Reusch, a children’s enter workshop learning ex-
tainer and musician; the Kid penence A reception for

co Break Dancers from Vic-
toria and singer Leon Bibb
are among those who
entertain either

Celia Franca, the founder of
the National Ballet) Com-
pany, which includes a dance
film, “Gala,” 1s also planned

will
onstage or

‘'walk-about’" at the Additional visual arts at.
Festival tracoon include the Emily
Drama, music and dance Carr School of Art mobile, a

competiuons will run non-
stop from May 16 to 19

The Association of Drama
Educators will be sponsoring

speech by art historian and

See page C8

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PLAYHOUSE

~ AMADEUS
By Peter Shaffer

Starring Cedric Smith &
~ Morris Panych

an unreserved success — Province
an unforgettable experience — Monday Magazine
Cedri¢e Smith. is no less than superb — Times Colonist

| May 2nd to May 19th
Mon.-Fri. 8pm, Sat. 5:30 & 9pm

QUEEN ELIZABETH PLAYHOUSE
Tickets; VTC & Outlets 280-4444
Playhouse 873-3311

Sponsored by Shell Canada Limite

SEASONS TICKETS
-ONSALENOW ©

C3 - Friday, May 4, 1984 - North Shore News

From page C1

Friends of the Festival can
make donations. This step
was not lightly taken.

Ticket sales cover only fif-
ty per cent of actual perfor-
mance costs, and festival
organizers hope that some
people will want to offer
more than that share.

Further expansion is plan-
ned next fall, when the Fall‘
Series of the Children’s
Festival will move to the:

Festival funding needed

North Shore’s Centennial
Theatre for five
performances. | -

There are. still tickets
available for most companies
performing this year, at
VTC/CBO offices.

== National
Physical Activity Week
May 13-21, 1984

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complex performance ”
Vincent Canby NEW YORK TIMES

“One of Paul Mazursky's best comedies ”
David Filion USA TODAY

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