WAU BLL HALT pamphlet, Ailend Norman Joe of the Cowichan Indian Players are shown hunting the Killer Whale in a scene from Tzinquaw. ‘MEDAL FOR WILLIE’ Workehes 53 to produce powerful anti - racist play NEGRO AND WHITE players will share the stage at the Ukrainian Hall here when Medal For Willie, William Branch’s powerful play against racial adis- crimination, is given its first’ per- formance in this country on Fri- day, April 17. , The play received a tremend- ous response when it was pro- duced in Seattle last month by People’s Programs. The Vancouver production is being presented by Workshop 53, with players. drawn from var- ious Negro and white groups, in- _ cluding the Vancouver Theatre of Action. ’ Tickets for Medal For Willie, at 75 cents, are obtainable at the People’s Cooperative - Bookstore, 337 West Pender Street, here. GUIDE TO GOOD READING | Buck talks to young Cahadioris ‘TZINQUAW’ PRESENTED IN | VANCOUVER Tzinquaw. operetta. Tzinquaw school teacher who wrote the script, piano interpretations and English lyrics, has succeeded in preserving the simple dramatic qualities and presenting them with a naturalness that develops the talents of his Native Indian players to the full. The story of Quannis, the Kil ler Whale, who drove the fish away from Cowichan Bay and brought hunger to the people until, their own efforts to kill the whale proving futile, they ap-. pealed to Tzinquaw, the Thunder Bird, for help, is told as the Co- wichan Indians must often have told it themselves in their en- campments. All are in turn audience and performers, partic- ipating in the songs and dances that relate and preserve the peo- ple’s history of their tribulations and: achievements. Thus, there in newly - published pamphlet THE APPEARANCE of every new pamphlet or book by Tim “Buck is an event of considerable importance in the Canadian la- bor movement. The fact that his latest writing is addressed to the youth has a special signific- It is written at a time when the warmongers are directing an unprecedented torrent of propa- ganda at young Canadians, de- signed to destroy all that is healthy and creative within them, to make them _ believe there is no future other than war, or no destiny greater than _ the battlefield. Running through all this is the theme of U.S. su- . periority, which is aimed at weakening young Canadians’ sense of national pride to facilit- ate the drive of U.S. imperialism _ to dominate our country. __ In answering this in his latest New Horizons for Young Canada, Tim Buck per- forms a great patriotic service by painting for the youth an in- -spiring picture of the possibili- ties which now exist to make _ Canada great, “if the majority of the people make up their’ - minds to do it.” Exploding the lie which says that Canadians are not as pro- ductive as the people of the USA, Tim Buck describes how most of what is Canada today was built in the last 75 years, “the product of only one full generation of the Canadian peo- ple.” What Canadians were able to do in one generation, he says, ilustrates what could be done in the future. Describing the poet Os be- tween the conditions of the old folks who built this country’ and now live on a miserable pension, and the handful of multi-million- aires who reaped the benefit of this labor, Tim Buck gives a brief but graphic lesson in political econorhy to his young readers. Attractively illustrated, with a two-color cover, the pamphlet Sells for 15 cents, and is obtain- able in Vancouver at the Peo- ple’s Cooperative Bookstore, 337 West Pender Street. —NORMAN PENNER . fey Ni Fairly Dry and Very Clean HEAVY MILLRUN: 2 CORDS, $8 | HEAVY. SLABS: 2 CORDS, $10. PLANER™ ENDS: 1% CORDS, $10 ° FRESH CUT CLEAN FIR SAWDUST By Blower, 3 Units, ‘$10 Phone CE. 3226 - North 3224 NIGHT CALLS | PATRONIZE (5% NORTH WEST FUEL. BEST QUALITY — SATISFACTION GUARANTEED ~ fe NORTH 2198M Production of this Native In- dian opereta in Vancouver last weekend was .a revelation to most .of those who. saw it. And ‘here it must be noted that, in contrast to the capacity audi- _ences which greeted perform- ances in New Westminster last year, the attendance at Georgia Auditorium here was deplorably small although no less enthus- iastic in its response, despite the widespread DPE: given to the is folk art at its best — a native Canadian folk art drawing its inspiration from the legends and songs of the Na- APRIL 4 Native Indian production hailed | as great cultural achievement — IF THE federal government: were concerned about carrying out the Massey Commission’s re- commendations in a popular way — and there is nothing to indi- cate that it is — it could find no better place to begin than by enabling the Cowichan Indian Players to tour the country with stars. distraction. For the Pele Ok nik oe 1 WITH = “SUCH and ment instrumental was not apparent ae icici eee ia gis Surely, to retain the atmos- Thunderbird and the Killer Phere created by the Native In- Whale to tlfe stage, Frank Mor- dian songs, Morrison, should have rison, ‘the Vancouver Island written his connective music in | te -are outstanding roles but no When the baby cries or the children move about, it is entirely natural and there is no painstaking atten- tion given to reproducing auth- entic costume and Scenery and the simple concept of produc- tion Tzinquaw owes much to its director, Cecil R. West, who also designed the set and did the re- search work for the costuming. sympathetic treatment \of a great Indian leg- end and so much’ care given to preserving the exact quality of the Cowichan songs and dances, it is surprising that the incon- gruity of the connective music accompani- to Frank Morrison as undoubtedly it was to many in his audiences. the same strain. Instead it con- tained waltz rythms reminiscent of Strauss and ‘passages in the Sullivan tradition. Choice of pianos, unable ‘to re- produce ‘the quarter-tones of the | Indian songs, as the principal ac: companying instruments was ‘poor. String instruments would have been far more in keeping. ‘As it was, the performers were at their best dancing and singing to the intricate rythms of their own drums. ‘Despite these weaknesses, ‘Tzinquaw represents a mag ‘ cent cultural achievement. What Frank Morrison has done, pel ‘haps unwittingly, is to expose the humbug that permeates the so-called educational efforts of the Indian Affairs department, the thinking that smothers Na- tive Indian culture and substit- utes for it a caricature of the white man’s culture, and to show the great latent talent of the Native Indian people waiting only encouragement and opport- unity for expression. — HAL GRIFFIN. ‘ CLASSIFIED A charge of 50 cenis for’ each insertion of five lines or less with 10 cents for each additional line is made for notices appearing in this column. No notices will be accepted later than Tuesday noon of the week of publication. NOTICES DURING PRESS DRIVE THE PT OFFICE WILL BE OPEN SAT- URDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL 4.30 P.M. POSTAGE STAMPS wanted. ‘Don- |. ate your used postage stamps, any ‘country, including Canada, particularly values above-5c and perforated OHMS. 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