L’Ecole Muheim a Smithers a accueilli le
Carnaval en février ot les enfants jouaient dans
la neige dehors, et la classe de M. Dufresne a
créé des planches a neige pendant I’événement.

Patrick Witwicki photos

WINTERFEST (from page 6)

But for 2015, after talking
with the District of Kitimat,
we decided to partner up with
organizers of Rail Jam, and
to combine the two events
together.

So that meant hosting our
Winterfest in January.

Small problem though:
there was no snow! Not one
centimetre! In Kitimat, of all
things!

Rail Jam, then, was can-
celled, because there was no
snow ANY WHERE in the
northwest, never mind just
Kitimat. All of the northwest
from one end to the other was
like Prince Rupert: rain, rain,
rain. And no snow.

That said, we held our
festival without Rail Jam. The
festival began with our Kick-
off Social Thursday, Janu-
ary 22 at Rosario’s, and Bill
Vollrath provided the music.

We had more than 50 people
participate at the event.

Meanwhile, our concert
scheduled for Friday was
definitely affected by the
cancellation of Rail Jam. We
had named our show “the Rail
Jam After-party,” and we only
had two weeks to re-brand the
event: the Snow Hope Dance
Party. But it was too late to
recover, and only 30 people
attended the concert. Still,
Hazelton’s Axes of Ego per-
formed live music at the event,
which was held at the Kitimat
Legion.

On Saturday, we hosted our
Festival Brunch at Riverlodge,
and just like last year, between
60 to 70 people participated
(attendees and volunteers).
Maybe the heavy rain scared
participants away, we have no
idea.

See ‘“‘No snow” on page 20.

Estelle Mitchell photo
Les sceurs Emily et Juliana ont travaillé fort pour créer
les meilleurs crépes au Winterfest a Kitimat.