30 - Friday, June 24,

1988 ~ Nosth Shore News

entertainment

Folkfest
returns
to N. Van |

FOLKFEST 88: is celebrating its
Hth year with an exciting new list
of entertainment and. fun for the,
whole family. 7

The annual festival) which br-
ings the community. together in
celebration of itself for. four days
— from June 25 to 28 — is-alive
and well and. expecting to draw a
large crowd this-year.

Twenty- cight. different folk
groups will Come together to dance
and sing at the: North Vancouver.
Centennial Theatre for evening
entertainment. 3

“According to Centennial Theatre °
coordinator Oksana Dexter, the
event helps to’ ‘rekindle the com-
‘munity spirit’? on the North Shore. -
_ “It’s: primarily. to have some
fun, to. clap ‘your hands — fly a
kite with your child,”’ says Dexter. «

A few newcomers to the fest; to”
look? out. for.“ are the Sicilian.
Folkdance group, the Halian Choir
of B.C., the Vancouver Israeli
Folk Dance Society, and. Chinese
harp performer Sincere Lam.

: ~ Creativity by a babbling brook?
» Well almost. Colorful” hand
painted silks and whimsical poticry
sculpture’ figurines: are. ‘displayed -
‘amongst the shrubbery and beside
‘ithe ‘mini. waterfalls of . the’ Civic
Centre Plaza at 14th and Lonsdale:
© Don't forget, June 25 is the last;
day for: the arts and, crafts fair. :

a Come and browse! a

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‘i you 1 don't make it to the Civic’ “
‘Centre there’s another crafts ‘fair
at: Silver Harbour, Centre, 144° Be
22nd ‘Street, on - June, 26. from 1:
“p.m, to 3’p.m. Weavings, fashion
jewelery, stuffed «dolls, games,
-woodenware, .and:: many other
items will be on display.

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2) Ward" 81, byMary. Ellen Mark,
"and I? ™m ‘Not Crazy, I Just Lost My>-

Glasses, by: Lonny Shavelson open .-

at Presentation‘ House" Gallery on
.- Thursday June 30.at 8 p.m. These
“photographs. are included in a
powerful . exhibit of “photos: and *
‘narratives dealing with the mental-
ly disabled. ~
Mark -is an, internationaily ac-
claimed photojournalist whose.
“work has “been: exhibited ;°and
published widely? ‘‘Ward 81offers -
a glimpse. into the, lives of. women

‘ina locked..ward of ‘the Oregon ey

, State mental hospital.’ ” A
Shavelson’ 8 work. :is’.a
photographic ‘series combined with -
“ taped Statements by. pcople who;
y have lived in mental. hospitals’ and
are out living in the community.
, The. exhibit, which opens June |

30, runs from July 2 to ‘July: BEee ;

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Choir sings fare well

THE BIC.

Concert’ on July 8 at 8 p.m, at St.
David's United “Church, 1525
Taylor Way. in’ West Vancouver.

Ancluded sin the fund raiser are”

; Roys Chois is inviting: |
the community to their *‘Farewell -

modern and classical favorites and:
a special feature sneak preview of
the choir’s European Tour: reper-
toire,. Call Don Forbes at 926- 5230
for information.