HEADING FOR THE Mariposa festival in June, Bobby George takes time out to entertain children at North Van

City Library with stories. (Terry Peters photo)

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SONS OF DAN GEORGE

Bound for
Mariposa

By JOYCE MOLLER

Chief Dan George’s
sons, Bobby and
Leonard, will be per-
forming at the famous
Mariposa Folk Festival
in Toronto in June
along with storytellers
and musicians from all
over the world, and
later in the fall they will
duplicate their program
at North Vancouver
City Library.

The George family has
been entertaining since the
early 50’s when Leonard was
five and Bobby in his early
20’s. Bobby played the piano
accordian, Chief Dan the
bass, Leonard the electric
mandolin and cousins Paul
and Art assisted.

It was definitely a non-
Indian performance, until
Chief George took them in
hand and moved into their
own Coast Salish customs.
They became a_ polished
group.

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As Bobby said, “Mother
was our best critic and made
us work tll it was right for
the public. She was also our
manager.”

In the 70’s Bobby wrote,
produced and directed a
production for the Queen
Elizabeth Theatre called
“Song of Slal-wa-too.” He
named it after their Burrard
Inlet Reserve.

It was a success. “It was
the only time we really made
money on our work,” Bobby
said.

“Song of Slal-wa-too”
showed the violence of our
time and also the love and
drama. Our sisters, brother-
in-laws, brothers, all the
family was in it!

“I remember my _ sister
Anne doing the ‘Dance of
Lost Love’ with just a pale
light playing upon her. The
rest of the time just the light
from the camp fire was on
stage. We did the ‘Thunder-
bird Dance’ and = many
others.”

Leonard is now working in
an administrative position at

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