NEWS photo Mike Waketleid

NORTH Vancouver's Shane Vajda plays Moose, a team-
mate of a chimpanzee, in MVP: Most Valuable Primate.

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taining evening of the ancient art of
storytelling. Every Saturday, at $ p.m.
. Tickets are $7 at the dour. Limited
seating call 924-2988 to reserve.

~-:' Coho Festival: Visual Arrs Exhibition.

Call for artists to submit arevork
depicting salmon/salmon-related activ-
ities for display during Sept.
Photographs and paintings accepted.
Application forms at the West and
North Vancouver Chambers of
Commerce and community centres,

__ Submission deadline is August 21.

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Deep Cove Music: Drum Circle. Pepe
Danze will lead the circle every Sunday
at Quarry Rock. $15, Drum rentals

4044 St Georges Avenue .
‘North Vancouver 985-0408

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10:00 a.m. Family Worship °

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available. Information: 929-2633 or
924 871.

Musart Studio: Satunday Night Lire
in Deep Cave, Be part of a live audi-
ence for this sketch comedy TV scrics.
Saturdays at 10 p.m. sharp, $3 at the
door, Information: 929-2683.
Gateway Theatre: Youth Baller
bedvration of Japan. North Shore resi-
dents Emily Stonnel}, Katherine
Somody, Allison Birt, Yoshikimi Kikuta
and Ken Guan perforns 2 mixed reper-
toire in classical ballet, contemporary
and jazz. August 12, 7:30 p.m.
Information: 872-4014.

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Monday. Space constraints may limit
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Animals on set leave actors waiting

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“When I got onto the ice (at the audition) I realized it was a
different sport. P’'m just lucky I didn’t make an idiot out of

~ myself.”

Vajda got the part and improved his skating and puckhan-
dling skills. But not as fast as the chimp. One day the show’s star
leaped from the ice and over the plexighas.

The chimp knew how to skate, pass and shoot, but isn’t like-
ly to be invited to the Vancouver Canucks’ training camp this fall.

“When they’re using an animal on set you can never quite get
them to do exactly what you want them to do, They'd be trying
to get one shot with the monkey which would take nwo hours.
For nwo hours we Were sitting outside in the sun, baking in our
equipment.”

Vajda studied drama at Carson Graham secondary under
teacher Michael Reid. He had three roles in the school’s pro-
duction of The Pink Pauther Strikes Again as a Grade 11 student

Festival entry by donation

From Page 21

speech. Forty local artisans will hock their wares at the
ArtMarket.

A food fair features a range of ethnic food and juices from
Happy Planet Juice Co.

Take a break from the elements in the film and video tent
with shorts by Video In Studios and The Gulf Islands Film
and Television School and other independents. Leave the kids
in the Children’s Area for Squamish Nation storytelling, the’
Extraordinary Puppet Making Crew, live hip hop and a
parade of giants.

All this for a suggested donation of $5 to $10.

Festival gates open Sunday at 11 am. Go to
www.tao.ca/~ or call the festival office 683-7123 for infor-
mation.

in 1997 — including a grass-skirt-clad Hawaiian assassin and
tutu-wearing prisoner.

Vajda is a veteran of Breaker High and Heney, I Shrunk The
Kids episodes. Since MVP wrapped over a year ago, he reprised
the Moose character in the upcoming Air Bud 3. He’s looking
forward to more roles-and credits acting coach Russell Porter
with helping him advance his acting skills.

“Anybody who wants to be an actor needs to train,” he said.
“I didn’t train fur the longest time, but now thar [ do I realize
how important it is. It’s not an option.”

MVP stars Russell Ferrier, Lomax Study, Kevin Zegers and
Jamie Renee Smith. SCTV-alumni Dave Thomas and SportsNet
hockey announcer Jim Hughson appear as play-by-play men. It’s
playing locally at Park and Titford Cineplex (see Film Times,
page 16).

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AGES 3-10.
August 21-25, 9:30 am-12 noon ¢ $20 week/child

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