~ Youngsters in Terrace and Kitiniat will soon be returning to the everyday grind in the classroom. vawuy Loutitt, 10 isn't THE RESTAURANT FOR ALL THE FAMILY ! gh 4028 Hwy, 16 Wy. wasting any time, though. She's catching up on her reading in the Terrace Public Library, Lae Terrace, 635-9151 Nearly time for school - ho hum FASO I ICI IE TORII TITAS A I A AI AN I [elec aoe asi i iii tie ied __SECOND SECTION | BANFF, Alta. (CP) -- You can't hear yourself think in the buildings: of the Banff School: of Fine Arts at the Banff Centre. The rooms vibrate with jazz or classical musie or actors talking. The sounds are part of the Almosphere. : The idea of the school Is Hot to compete with other universities or Institutes of fine aris, administrator Neil . Armstrong says. . Nodegrees are offered and no academic qualifications are needed, But artists have to be highly recommended ‘and need a wide range of practical experience to be Until 1979, the activities occurred during the six-week , Summer course. ‘The year-round Banff con- servatory, which is begin-. ning this fall, will change the school into. a place where musicians and actors can finish polishing their skills, Armstrong says. ; The first group of about 25 professional musicians will move into the residences in retirement 10 years ago. At 77, that drive is still there, . “T don’t do much around here now. I’m the’ r emeritus of this-and-that. I think I’m an honorary member of the board," Though he devoted his life to the arts, Cameron makes noclalm tobean artist. “The arilstic staff has always had the discretion not to involve me in their work. I did take part in one play. Manpower was so scarce that year that anybody who wore pants was recruited, ‘ “What I liké to do," he says, is mobilize, organize and coardinate resources. If you look around, there are usually more-resources than you ever dreamed of,” Cameron hadn't 8 thought in his head about en- . couraging the arts when he ined the department of a eaton at the University of Alberta in 1930, “l was travelling in- Alberta, lecturing about farm science. Bul the ‘questions that were asked of me, after the talks, around “oyu eo eres BA ER aE Pia a a a The Herald, Friday, August 24, 1977, Page 9 questioned my activities. The school never cost them | much money and they realized it was good public relations. The folllea always same down on my own bead,' He made the school seli- supporting and often had an- operating surplus. _ Part of the reason was his pursuit of corporate donations. ‘I rattled the tin cup furiously every time I was in the East,” he saya. “A lot of money fell in." He also had a knack for Picking artistic staff to bulld the reputation of the summer ] Banff hears art boom school. As a board member of the National Film Board he met many artists. IL, the first decades of the school, Cameron attracted palnters like J.E.H. MacDo- nald and A.Y. Jackson of the Group of Seven. . then. This year the operating budget for the school is $6 million and Armstrong estimates it will probably double within five years, By 1965, Armstrong ex- pects to have 379 atudenta at the school on a year-round diokok \eleiaialalaiilalaialolaielaisiaisisisinlelela’ TQec me , LEE passes p Hidden somewhere in the ‘paper are two Terrace phone numbers. Find them, andar oneis yours you've - struments, keyboards and the kitchen tables, were won, composing, tive years the about educating the children fx Pick up your tickets at the Herald echool will expand to include © actors, directors, playwrights and technical This is probably the greatest change aince the school was founded in 1933 by Donald Cameron, who has. since been appointed to the ” "He started the school and ‘was the driving force behind the school ‘ their until his” “Most of the people had come from older com- munities in Europe or in the East. They realized what children wera missing The first school was estab- lished under the auspices of the university extension department in 1933. bead af the department bit ent bu continued to run the school. - “The university’ never KITIMAT | _ MUSEUM | SEES A DECADE Tocommemorate its 10th anniversary, the Kitimat museum will hold a local art show on Oct. 5. All Terrace and Kitimat - artists, Photographers and crafts people are being in- vited to take part. “While this. is an annual event, we would E office, 3212 Kalum St. COME STAY WITH US at ENGLISH BAY near STANLEY PARK in beautiful downtown VANCOUVER . TOLL-FREE 800-288-9993 1755 DAVIE STREET VANCOUVER B.C. VéG IW TELEPHONE (604) 682-1831 By The Sea Things have changed since expecially like to have a good show this year, it being our 10th anniversary,” says museum custodian Gisla Mendel, = ae People who are interested in submitting works are asked to prepare their work for delivery to the museum during the last week in September. 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