group ' §taniey’s creative writing course _ lege. by Harriett Fjaagesund As president of the Terrace Writers’ Guild, 1 am writing this article to-let you, the public, know that the guild is, for the time being at least, closing its doors. Our decision to disband has been influenced by the amount of time needed to keep the guild operating. Each of us needs a 26-hour day just to break even, We first came together as a in 1988 in George at Northwest Community Col- Few of us knew one another or even had much in common, yet each of us shared a common bond — an obsession for putting words onto paper. The first few weeks were ones of bumping and grinding along as we struggled in our own in- dividual ways to find the right way along the path we’d set out upon. Slowly and imexorably, the differences were set aside and we began to meld together as a group, a single entity enriched with many different voices. By the end of the first semester, Stanley suggested we form a writers’ guild, and so the Ter- race Writers’ Guild came into being the spring of 1989. Musicians for a good More than 130 patrons gathered for Saturday evening’s eclectic coffee concert at Knox United Church to hear a combination of classical pieces by Ernest Bloch, Handel, Beethoven and Mozart; jazz by Duke Ellington, Paul Des-. mond and John Coltrane; and anecdotal descriptions by the per- formers of the pieces and the in- struments upon which they were played. Michael Wen explained that the French hom has evolved dramati- cally since Becthover wrote his Sonata for Hom in F, Opus 17. When Beethoven died in 1327, the musician controlled the pitches of Ata farewell dinner Jan. 26 at the Inn of the West, we thought back over the last few years and reviewed what we had accom- plished as a body, We published two different editions of North- west Sketches, a collection of poetry and verse. As well as our own work, there were many fine poems, short stories, and art- work submitted by the public for these two editions. A heartfelt thanks to each and every one of you for contributing your time and effort. ° In 1989, we spent a year work- ‘ing on the script for the Project Squeeze documentary. During that time, we were approached by School District 88 to write a series of children’s stories, fic- tion and non-fiction, concerning local history. We have spon- sored writers’ bridging cultures workshops, and been involved in Arts Awareness Week at the Terrace Public Library. There have been personal ac- complishments as well, such as the Terrace/Kitimat tourist guidebook, published by Jeff King, that many of us wrote ar- ticles for. But mostly we en- couraged ourselves and other local writers, both established and emerging, to become more creative. All this doesn’t seem like entertain local cause notes by pressing a fist to slightly varying degrees into the bell of the horn, Notes can now be more easily played with the valves subsequently developed. Mezzo soprano Marilyn Brodie, flautist Andrew Brodie, clarinetist Jim Ryan, pianist Kevin Higgins and french hom player Michael Wen ‘gave it their all’, with ac- companiment provided by Steffan Wegner on piano and Rachel Reay Porter on flute. The musicians have donated $200 from the concert to the R.E.M, Lee Foundation CT scan- ner fund. one of the most incredible evenings you'll ever spend ina live theatre, taking you u into the innit ‘and outer, realities of yaur imagination” Theatre. Tickets: at Sight & "Sound $13.50 (incl.GST) advance $15 (incl.GST) at the door tome ee, ae | apeby: sD nagkyed gnsealt cra Terrace Review — Wednesday, February 6, 1991 B13 Writers’ Guild puts quills in n storage The Terrace Writers’ Guild — Harriett Fjaagesund, Stephanie Wiebe, Hennie Cook and Terri Elkiw — is hanging up its pens for the time being. The members of the organization, founded two years ago, have agreed that the work in keeping the Guild active is too demanding for such a small group. much in the overall scheme of things, but each project, each step, was a learning process along the road each writer must travel. And for what it’s worth, I’d like to leave you with these thoughts: If you have a sincere desire to write... then do it. Al- though the experience is in- valuable, you don’t need writers’ guilds, college courses, how-to books, or anything else that mankind can dream up. Put simply, you learn by doing. for the schools The Terrace Inn °Gigi’s — "Vendetta" around the world of Kitimat *Feb. 14 — *Feb. 17 — Reveen Northwest Arts and Entertainment Calendar 'R.E.M. Lee Theatre | ‘Feb. 6, 9:30 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. — ‘Feb. 14 and 15 — The hypnotist Reveene «Mar. 2, 8 p.m. — New Orleans Jazz, presented by the Terrace Concert Society ‘Mar 13 — 23 — Pacific Northwest Music Festival Stay tuned for our Valentine’s Ladies Night *Augie’s — Glen Fossum on piano Terrace Concert Society *Feb. 16 — Big Band Valentine Dance Northern Motor Inn *George’s Pub — Harvest Moon, until Feb. 16 Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 13 *Feb. 8 and 9 — Rocky Top Kitimat Centennial Museum ¢Until March 2 — Threads of Multiculturalism features ethnic costumes from «March 6 — Apr. 6 — Kitimat Artists 1991 (deadline for entries Feb. 26) Prince Rupert Performing Arts Theatre «Until May 4 — INSIGHTS '91, a showcase of dynamic art by young artists “Arthurian Nightmare", Prince Rupert Northern Dragon production *Feb. 21 — Carnival/Multicultural/Mardi Gras evening —'The Fortunes’, a cappella group in concert This Column Sponsored By: