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By MIKE LEVIN Driftwood Staff

Exceptionally talented but often reclusive, why would Salt

Spring's artisans open their per­sonal space to a constant flow of curious visitors?

"It is part of an integrated deci­sion-making process. How's that for an answer," jokes Pat Barnes, who this season closed her Ganges Tangled Web outlet and joined the 2000 Studio Tour. "I'm a little guarded about it but it's certainly a change from being at people's beck and call (in town)."

The self-guided tour is back into full swing, a chance at a personal glimpse into local artists' work­spaces. Many feel it could be Salt Spring's biggest draw, just above the island's beauty.

The battle for tourists' hearts and minds has always raged between Salt Spring's physical and artis­tic environments.

Buttonhole 63-year-old Elsie Sampson fro m Victoria and it' s the island 's potters that bring her here at least four times a year with her grandchil­dren. Vancouver's Arnie Sokol favours Salt Spring 's shoreline; a kayak strapped to his Ford Bronco was the tip-off.

In one way, the Studio Tour - a 36-workshop circuit - satisfies both. Many of the studios are in some of the island's most beautiful settings. But it's the pull of discovery that makes the tour as popular as anything else.

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*What's On Your entertainment

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Hall, see pg. 82

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Island newcomers Woogie and Sinja Masahara are splitting their time between an inaugural foray for Magic Lamp (Studio 14) on the tour and a wholesale business in Vancouver.

Their spinning lamps are made of wood and rice paper, and driv­en by the wind currents created from an electric bulb.

"We wanted another way of living. (Being on the tour) is part of that," said Sinja.

Fulford' s Eden Gallery (Studio 36) joined up to showcase a vari­ety of artists and their products, as well as hemp clothing.

Denise Schuetz-lones brings her Web n' Things (Studio 16) spider foc us onto the tour. The

motif spreads to jew­ellery, photos and cards.

T he last newcomer -Michael Nickels of

Seven Ravens Woodworks - has still to return from volunteer work overseas. He'll be back at the beginning of May to work on wood products derived from his 40-acre eco-farm.

New this season on the Studio Tour:

• The Tangled Web-771 Long Harbour Road; open all year when sign is out or by appointment (537 -9919).

Antonio Alonso Woodwork - 145 Cottonwood Road; open every day 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., March to October (537-5659).

With eight new mem­bers, .Salt. Spring's studio tour now offeis 36 choices. Returnees uiclude: ·

• Meg Buckley Pottery (1), stoneware and ceram-ics.

September Moon Pottery (3 ), stoneware.

• Gwen Butcher (4), watercolours, prints and cards. · • Seagull Art (5), water­colours, stained glass, wood.

French Country Fabric Creations (6), linens, laces and cottons.

• Pacific Basketry (7), Ufitural-mi;~terial baskets,

• Twin Arbutus Weaving (8), <handwoven table and home ware.

• Studio on Duck Bay (Q), , wat~rc;olours ;; .;md .... Pt!nts. . ..

• Cocoon i(l 0), casual< clothing and accessories.

• Johnstone~Robb (11), clgthing, , qui!~, paintings .. arid sculpture.

• Rose Hill Crafts (12), animal-fibre clothes ·and rugs. '

••···· • H,~ryestcraft (l3), jew­ellery, crafts and clothing.

Two Danes (15), gar­den sculpture ... and candle-holders. ·

, ~ Dreamcatcher (17), ai(milltherapy 'products. it" Coco Loco (18), cotton

bedroo111 products and wood products. <1 • Cedar Lane (19), pho-tography, prints and cars.

• Studio Interface (20), soapstone and papier. mache. ·

• ... , ~erendipity (21), watercolours and wool p.t;oducts. I, ·• ·

•. ··· • Chickadee Pine (22), pine furniture: · · · ; ~ Stoneridgj! Pottery and

Flowers (23), ,.pottery and dried flower airangements. i • . ~enee . at P\ay (25),

cerarrucs! ... '

"People want to see everything, you know. They want some entertain­ment, some idea of what you are doing and why,"

NEW PATH: Peter and Gail Eyles' first foray into Salt Spring's Studio Tour is an attempt to expand their work beyond shipping standard wood creations to Vancouver Island. Photos by oenick Lundy

• Woodland Studio -261 Demetri Way; open every day April to October, and December,

• Thfted Puffin (26), '2'ildlij'e painti11gs, ·carvings ~nd perarnics.< ·. ' • ····· Hal's Little World (28), ceramic fuiniatures.

said Argentinean transplant Antonio Alonso. "I did it before in 1993 when (the tour) was very small. Today there are so many and you need something that is unique."

Barnes agrees, to a point. "If people make the effort to

come out to your place, they've made a partial commitment to pur­chase what you make. They know your product or at least are curious enough about it to come. Yeah, there is definitely an element of discovery in there," she said.

Her Tangled Web (Studio 24) offers a single product -

women's polar-fleece clothing -that can draw three Bellingham women on a recent $700 spending . . . spree.

Other artists wi ll' tell you thi s is a unique experience. Most visitors

are never sure what they'll find, which may be the whole point.

This season eight artisans have joined, or rejoined, the tour to bet­ter showcase their work.

Alonso went through a self­imposed apprenticeship with wood and a lathe to create the bowls, boxes and tableware in his show­room (Studio 29).

For Peter and Gail Eyles, their Woodland Studio was a chance to focus only on the productslhey wanted to make rather than trying to match the trend in off-island urban areas.

"One big reason was to try and increase sales, for sure . We 've been doing this for five years and I'm not a (Saturday) Market type of guy, more a one-on-one type," said Peter. "Some people say the tour interrupts your work, others don't. We' ll see."

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The Byles (Studio 33) use the medium of wood for house and garden items but also for frames, which Peter - a painter and pho­tographer - uses for his other products.

M any on the tour also set up shop on Saturdays in

Centennial Park but it never seemed enough.

Ruth Murray found a vital social element at the market, but not that many sales. Her Mosaic Tile Works (S tudio 27) is an attempt at greater exposure.

"I'm in my studio alone all week. I need more contact with people and feedback about what they think about what I'm doing," she said.

Murray takes everyday items like table~ . mirror frames and flower pots and grouts tile designs on the surface.

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10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (653-4256). .

• Mosaic Tile Works - 185 Arnell Way; open Sunday to Wednesday, May to October, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. (537-1196).

• Seven Ravens Woodwork -1641 Fulford-Ganges Road; open daily June to December, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (653-9565).

• Magic Lamp - 319 Langs Road, open Thursday to Sunday, April to December, I 0 a.m. to 4 p.m. (537-7601).

• Webs 'n' Things- 321 Stark Road; open most days May to September, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., watch for sign (537-5075).

• Eden Gallery - 127 Orchard Road; open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. , with Sunday hours of 10 to 5, March to December. January and February by appointment (653-4966).

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Studio-tour maps are available at the Salt Spring, Nanaimo and Crofton Visitors · Information Centres, Ganges and Moby's marinas, the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club, at individual studios and bed­and-breakfasts, and on the Fulford and Long Harbour ferries.

82 • WEDNESDAY. APRIL 12, 2000 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD

Inspiration and light as words roll from the tongues of poets By ANASTACIA WILDE Driftwood Contributor

Like a bouquet of freshly-picked wildflowers, Salt Spring poets exemplified simple beauty last weekend at Lion's Hall, cutting to the proverbial chase on rugged themes like smelly uncles, slug hunting, cucumber dildos and other rudimentary life stuff.

More than 80 sets of ears opened wide for the nine poets whose combined works drew waves of "oohs and aahs" throughout the evening.

Kicking off the night of poetry was event organizer Chris Smart, whose poems reminisced about the encyclopedia salesman of her youth and the search through those grey covers to discover some proof about how she came to be.

"The floating fetus in the bubble didn' t look like me," she mused.

Ron Hawkins was enchanting in his poetic debut; dry mouth and nervous twitch easily dwarfed by his succinct and tender writing fi bilities. In a poem called Uncaring , Hawkins spoke of feigned friendship, familial decep­tion and human superficiality.

. "We die in the recognition of our aloneness," read his sharp words.

When a man dances _there are no floors beneath him, no bones in his body, writes Sandi Johnson, a pub­lished poet who weaves poetry and music into one dreamlike experi­ence. Music rolled in as big as a train, she cajoles, as Mozart , Chopin, Van Gogh, Rousseau and Pepsi Cola all dance the past, pre­sent and future with the protagonist of her book called The Wonderful

Naked Man. I was particularly captivated by

Alison Vida's treatise on the human-slug dilemma.

"I do not like to kill," the writer laments . "A garden should be home to all living beings, and yet life forces us to make unwelcome choices. I want to believe it is not aggression that sends me after them, though it is clear we lust after the same beauty - the pur­suit of pale young greens."

Feeling the sharp heels of music while dancing the Argentenian Tango brought family doctor Karen Shklanka out to poetic play. In the following excerpt from one of her fantasy love poems, she unravels herself:

'Take me into a two-step honey, dance with me beside your big truck; right here on the deck of the Skeena Queen. Let the other pas­sengers hang their tongues out of their windows. Rein me in, run me into Fulford Harbour. Let me taste salt."

Mythologist, weaver, writer and poet Elizabeth Courtney bound elegantly onstage after intermis­sion and swiftly requested the red mood-light be turned on.

"I can use all the help I can get," she murmured.

To the contrary, Courtney need­ed no prodding from.outer sources as her descriptive verse provided ample ambience. Swallow this tid­bit from her haiku quartet: "The short thrill of being right. The long pain of division. 0 my love."

Peggy Frank engaged listeners with a moving piece entitled Dust On the Floor Of Patterson's Store.

She addresses the recent uproar over the Texada Land Corporation injunctions and gathers protesters, loggers and lawyers - along with all the ghosts of the past - to pon­der where all the dust will settle. "The island saga is not yet fin­ished," she portends, "More souls will mingle across the dust on the floor of Patterson's Store."

An innocent cucumber is kid­napped for pleasure duty by poet Tanya Kern, then sliced up and served to her husband later on. "I had terrible trouble with married men so I decided to give them trouble with me," she said matter­of-factly then read, "The cucumber went in without a sound. 1 sliced it for my husband's salad later on." Make you squirm? Alas, to each her own ecstasy.

The evening wrapped up with event co-organizer Murray Reiss, whose fast-paced poems invited a new cadence into the poetic play­field .

How many blows to the neck before you disconnect Buddha nature, he demands in his poem, Yellow Curtain. Sprinkling theo­ries on Cornflakes, and a tangled mulch of wings and wasps who strike back in agitation are scat­tered lines from his image-laden writing.

Personally enliven-ed by the gushing, rhythmic words slapping colour on my hungry imagination, I came away from poetry night with this little ditty: Now I lay me down to sleep, this tired reporter with deadline to meet. This review of sorts has bid goodnight. I thank all poets for inspiration and light.

Tango dancers get top notch teacher A master of Argentina's salon­

style tango is offering workshops on Salt Spring next weekend.

Miguel Angel Pia - who danced in the movie Evita, won several awards and now teaches at the National Academy of Tango in Buenos Aires - will instruct both

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The beginners session runs Friday the 21st from 7 to 9 p.m., with a dance following from 9 p.m. to midnight. Three 90-minute ses­sions run on Saturday: 11 :30 a.m.

to 1 p.m.; 1 :30-3; 3:30-5. All activities are at Lions Hall. No partner is required, and

beginners do not need previous dance experience.

To pre-register for any of the workshops, call Margie Korrison at 537-2707.

JUNE 2 - SEPT. 17

NOTICE TO ALL GULF ISLAND ARTISANS The opportunity for pre-registration by past participants

closes Apr. 17, 2000 .

We then welcome applications from new contributors who reside within School District #64.

Registration forms are available at Salt Spring Books (previously Island Books),

or call Judith Mitchell @ 537-4683 for more information.

New work will be juried on Apr. 22. Please drop off a sample(s) of your work to Mahon Hall between 12 & 12:30 &

pick it up between 3:00 & 3:30 pm.

AT THE MIC: Poets Karen Shklanka and Murray Reiss were two of several readers who showed how Poetry Makes the Worl d Go 'Round at a special event at Lions Hall Saturday night. Bluegrass band This Side Up also performed to the fu ll house.

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Donors needed for bam dance Islanders can circle their calen­

dars for the Stump Stomp Barn Dance and Auction set for April 22, but before that they can consid­er donating goods and services for the auction to benefit the Texada lands acquisition fund.

Salt Spring Conservancy is orga­nizing the dance, barbecue and auction at the Farmers Institute building on Earth Day.

Some great donations have already been received, but more would be welcomed.

Ready for the auction block so far are original artwork, prints, a

quilt, cord of wood, dog grooming, baskets of goodies, rose bushes, chickens, feng shui audit, hand­sewn hacket and a lamb that will be donated to a 4-H child to raise.

Interested auction donors should call Jean Gelwicks at 537-4859 or Maureen Milburn at 653-9417.

Dinner is set for 5:30 p.m., with people wanting only to enjoy the auction, entertainment and dancing able to come at 7 p.m.

Entertainment includes Doug Cameron, a master sawyer and his singing cows; the Black Velvet Band; Wrangellian Gumboot

Ensemble; and a group composed of musicians Jane Squier, Carol Wright, Bruce Pearson, Rowan Rowell and Jordy Sharp. There will also be a surprise caller.

Scarecrows are needed as deco­rations for the evening, and they may be auctioned off at the end.

Tickets are $15 for entry and $10 for dinner, and are avai lable at Patterson's, et cetera, and the Save Salt Spring information centre above Barb's Buns. All proceeds benefit the Salt Spring Appeal of the The Land Conservancy of B.C. for purchasing sensitive Texada lands.

ArtCraft deadline lands on Monday There's some important dead­

lines for people wanting to sell their wares at ArtCraft this year.

The deadline for pre-registration by past participants ends Monday, April 17.

Potential new contributors are then eligible to apply fo r space, with jurying of new work taking place Saturday, April 22.

Registration forms are available at Salt Spring Books or call ArtCraft manager Judith Mitchell at 537-4683 for more information.

ArtCraft vendors must reside within the Gulf Is lands School District area.

This yea r 's ArtCraft runs at Mahon Hall from June 2 to September 17.

To ready the hall for the major event, a workbee is planned for Sunday, May 7.

Some changes were also imple­mented by a Gulf Islands Community Arts Council (GICAC) committee charged with looking at operation of the craft fair and were reported at the April 2AGM.

Because the interim board found itself with an empty bank account when it took over reins of the counci l in February, a $25 entry fee is being charged to participar•ts to cover some of ArtCraft's start­up costs.

The commission rate was also changed to 28 per cent across the board, rather than the previous

rates which had ranged from 25 to 40 per cent.

The eight hours of "mandatory" volunteer time at the sale has also been eliminated, although volun­teers are still needed, Mitchell told theAGM.

"We really need every bit as much volunteer time but to use it more efficiently," she said, pointing out that weekends, lunch hours or statutory hobdays are the busiest times.

Trincomali Community Arts Council members are also able to participate as usual if they pay their GICAC membership dues, with the commission fee from the sale of their goods benefitting the GICAC.

Writers dish up a weekend feast Salt Spring can get gluttonous

on literature Saturday night as three events unfold.

At 7 p.m. at Volume II Books, Steven Heighton from Kingston, Ontario will read from his works, while several writers take turns at a reception-reading event which begins at Vortex Gallery an hour later.

Heighton's short story collec­tions called Flight Paths of the Emperor and "on earth as it is" were both award winners, while The Ecstasy of Skeptics was a Governor-General's Award final­ist. His first book of poetry, Stalin's Carnival, also won the League of Canadian Poets Award.

Heighton is soon launching the Canadian edition of his new novel, The Shadow Boxer.

AI Purdy described Heighton as "one of the best writers of his gen­eration, maybe the best"

Heighton's visit is sponsored by Theatre Alive! of Salt Spring and the Canada Council. Admission is free, with all donations appreciat­ed.

Following his reading, people can walk across the street to Vortex Gallery, where several writers who are members of the Writers' Union of Canada will read and hold a reception.

Participants include Gulf Islands writers Briony Penn, Dale Gaetz, Audrey Thomas, Bri an Brett, Sandi Johnson and Mona Fertig. Joining them are Miriam

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Waddington, Norma Charles, Bill Shermbrucker, Irene Howard, Ed Gould, Chris McPherson, Jean Mallinson, Lynn Hancock and more.

The Writers Union is a national organization of professional writ­ers of trade books available to the general public. According to local member Fertig, "the union works to unite writers for the advance-

ment of their common interests and to foster writing in Canada." It is also a political organization which lobbies for iml?roved condi­tions for all writers, she said.

Admission is $4 or by donation. The Aurora launch party at the

Core Inn on Saturday night will also feature prose and poetry read­ings from young island writers. (See separate story.)

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'"Where the Rainforest Meets the, Sea" This invitation is open to all artists resident within the Capital Regional District. Artists registering their intent to prepare a submission will be invited to attend an informational tour of the complex on Saturday, May 13. Tours will be undertaken for pre­registered artists only.

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A coffeehouse evening of music and poetry will officially launch a substantial new voice in the Gulf Islands literary scene Saturday night.

Poetry, music, open mic at launch Coffee and baked goods will also be avai lable .

The launch celebration is free, open to all ages, and co-spon­sored by TSUNAMI and the Core Inn Youth Project. The first issue of Aurora, a lit­

erary magazine for young writ­ers, recently hit the streets and is receiving lots of attention.

Its birth will be celebrated Saturday night at the Core Inn

on McPhillips Avenue beginning at 8 p.m. (Doors open at 7:30.)

Candace Buckler and Leah McColm, who are Aurora's edi­tors and publishers, will frame the night's activities with their poetry. Featured spoken

word/poetry performers set to read at the launch include Christina Behrens, Andy Nelson, Kyla McColm, Lauren Klimek, Krystal Konig and Khalina Demandre.

Musicians interplaying with

Brand new Juno winner at HHH The Harbour House is continu­

ing to develop its reputation as the island's "blues central" with anoth­er top act slated to perform on Thursday, April 20.

Ray Bonneville from Montreal - whose CD Gust of Wind just won the 2000 Juno for best blues release - is set to play solo in the hotel's Wheelhouse Room begin­ning at 9 p.m.

But a pure blues label doesn't stick to Bonneville for long, even though he has played with names such as B.B. J(jng, Muddy Waters, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee.

In a recent newspaper interview, Bonneville said he plays "simple groove music, based on the four pillars of country, folk, blues and early rock and roll."

Stony Plain Records markets Gust of Wind as "roots" music.

Salt Spring blues : aficionado Dave Roland, who is the promoter

for next Thursday's show, also says Bonneville is one of those musi­cians it is impossible to label.

One thing's for sure, though -"This guy is really good," says Roland, who has the Juno-winning CD. .

The Calgary Sun said Bonneville's music "is informed with the grit and immediacy of R & B, in all its various forms, while his lyrics offer vividly detailed sto­ries about loneliness, lost love and the lure of adventure." -

Gust of Wind was recorded in Nashville, Toronto and Montreal, and produced by Colin Linden.

Bonneville's previous two albums, which both received high praise, were On the Main and Solid Ground.

Bonneville's well-travelled life comes across in Gust of Wind.

He has lived in several U.S. and Canadian cities and Paris, return-

ing to the province of his child­hood and settling in Montreal in 1989 - as much as a travelling musician actually settles.

Tickets for the show are $10 in advance at the front desk, or $12 at the door.

In the past month at the hotel's cozy Wheelhouse Room, Auntie Kate and the Uncles of Funk, and Johnny Tornado and the West Coast Flyers (when half the stage was taken up by two wild drum­mers) have performed.

Roland was promoter for Auntie Kate and other Harbour House acts, although not for Tornado.

He points out that Bonneville's show takes place the night before Good Friday, meaning lots of peo­ple don 't have to get up to go to work the next day. The message? Come out to hear some great music, and catch up on your sleep the next day.

Zendur brings space show to Salt Spring Salt Spring is invited to experience the universe in a

unique way with the Star Voyage 2000 slide show and presentation set for Friday, April 21.

this is through being silent. By quieting the mind and the five senses we are able to develop our sixth sense, which is the 'intuitive' or the 'all knowing'."

Zendur, an astronomy student and award-winning Toastmaster public speaker, will feature slides and photographs taken from the Hubble space telescope, close-ups of S<~;turn, Jupiter and more.

Zendur adds that "as we move forward into the year 2000 and beyond, it is imperative that we gain a deep­er respect for our planet and its inhabitants. This step has to be taken first before one can embrace the cos­mos and its true meaning." He will also make connections between outer and

inner space. Zendur explains that "so often space is described as something that is outer or deep, when in fact it is infinite and has no end. The same applies to the space within ourselves. One way we can tap into

Zendur has also made several TV and radio appear­ances.

The show begins at 7 p.m. at the United Church. Tickets are $12 for adults and $5 for students.

Volunteer help needed for two-day Sea Capers

Se1 Capers is returning to its tra­ditional two-day forrri this year.

Harry Warner, who took on orga­nizing the Fulford end of the festival last year, announced last week that Sea Capers 2000 runs Saturday, June 17 in Ganges and on Sunday, June 18- Father's Day- in Fulford.

"Saturday in Ganges starts off with the parade and then shifts to Centennial Park for the Build-a­Boat contest, Lark in the Park for the kids, all-day entertainment by local performers plus the ever-pop-

ular Shriners Band," said Warner. On Sunday the action moves to

Fulford where the day starts with the Treasure Hunt, the Sand Sculpture competition and Great Driftwood Driftwood contest.

Various games for the kids will run through the day to the accom­paniment of local musicians.

Volunteers are urgently needed for the weekend. People should call Warner at 653-4031 or e-mail to harryw @saltspring.com to reg­ister their interest.

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GULF ISLANDS DRIF1WOOD ARTS & ENTERTAIN ME N.T WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 2000 • 87

Dobro master at Moby's The king of Canadian Dobro

music is performing at Moby's on Friday and Saturday nights.

Doug Cox resides in the Comox Valley but is known across the country and in select parts of the world for his phenomenal musi­cianship.

Cox performs on Dobro, guitar and the Weissenborn lap-style gui­tar, spanning his own materidl and traditional songs in the blues, blue­grass, j azz anj:l l:fawaiian s tyles.

Cox performs with artists such as Rick Fines, Ken Hamrn, David Gogo, Diamond Joe White, Travels With Charley, Tammy Fassaert and David Ess ig, has released three solo CDs and been recorded on many others.

One of his most memorable gigs was performing with North Carolina songwrite r Chuck Brodsky at The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

He was a headliner at what he jokingly calls "Dobro Disneyland" - the Dobrofest in Trn ava, Slovakia. (The Dobro 's inventor was from Slovakia.)

Cox is often heard on CBC, and has been music director and spe­cial guest _on CBC national radio shows.

He is also well known among mu sicians for hi s slide guitar workshops and original instruc­tional materials.

Cox is scheduled to be joined by friends at the Moby's shows.

SALMON SONG: Musicians Mela ina Ha as, left , and Andrea Bartle raise money for the Gulf Is lands Secondary Schoo l band by sell ing smoked salmon, off ered to them at cost by Salt Spring Island Sea Products. The band needs money to help in travel­ling costs as it plans trips to Toronto and Vancouver. Although seen here at the high school, the youths have been selling the salmon at a booth outside of Thrifty Foods, Saturdays and Sundays from 1-4 p.m.

Photo by Derrick Lundy

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Well done students and thank you to all district teaching staff who have supported these students in their achievements

from the Board of School Trustees, School District 64

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88 .t. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 12, 2000 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT GULF ISLANDS DRIFTWOOD

Expressive pieces highlight music guild concert By GAIL SJUBERG Driftwood Staff

Chris Kodaly, Jean Knight and Don Fisher had a major competitor for people's attention in an idyllic spring afternoon, but an apprecia­tive Sunday afternoon crowd at ArtSpring was rewarded by a _no­Jess-glorious warmth.

There's a precious intimacy to being party to the birth of each note and to a creation that will only be heard the same way once, which rein­forces how the sounds and sense of a Jive music performance are superior to recordings.

SOUTH­END JAZZ: Jazz lovers were in for a treat at Rose's cafe recently as Ramesh Meyers, left, and Gary Lundy teamed up with lan Van Wyck and Lauren Boucher for an evening of great sound.

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The three musicians chose expressive pieces to share with us. In the Dvorak Sonatina Opus 100, vioUnist Knight and Kodaly explored the four movements' range of emotional depth, from delicate, pensive to rousing.

Kodaly is known for his pen­chant for 20th-century music, and even the soul of Brahms' Three Intermezzi, Opus 117 struck me as one with its eyes peering into the next century.

Kodaly dedicated the dreamlike piece, which Brahms had called "the lullaby for all his griefs" to

the recently deceased Mary Williamson, adding to its poignan­cy for all those in the audience who knew her.

The impressionistic Debussy Images simply shimmered under Kodaly's technique.and interpretation.

In Knight and Kodaly's pieces - they also performed Brahms ' Sonata No. 1 in G Major - the two musicians played as if in sepa­rate worlds, and at times I almost held my breath anticipating they would lose each other, but they never did.

Knight didn't have to worry at

all about Kodaly's whereabouts, and so she was free to confidently play as she desired at each moment. Kodaly was on stage for the entire show, accompanying Fisher for the Schumann Dichterliebe (Poet's Love), which the two are presenting . at the Greater Victoria Music Festival.

While the German lyrics evaded literal meaning for most of the audience, between the music and Fisher's facial expressions one could readily discern when the

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I've heard Fisher sing a number of times now, and it is always a consummate thrill. The trio also presented a delightful encore, not­ing they had wanted to perform something together.

"We reached deep, deep into the bag of anomaly," said Fisher, "and came up with an Irish folk song arranged by Beethoven - When Far from the Home."

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