| JUNE 11, 1392 . Special WHAT’S UP pee The Terrace Standard offers What’s Up as a public service to its readers and community organizations. This column is intended for non-profit organiza- tions and those events for which there is no admis- sion charge, To meet our production deadlines, we ask that any item for What's Up be submitted by noon on the FRIDAY preceding the issue in which it is to ap- pear, For contributed articles, the deadline is 5 p.m. on the preceding THURS- DAY. We also ask that all sub- missions be typed or printed neatly, MAY 8-30, 1992 — At the Ter- race Art Gallery. A show by local quilters. Come and see the colour and versatility of our local designers. Opening reception May §, Fri, at 19:30 hrs. kha MAY 20, 1992 — Homebased business mecting. 12 noon, Gims Restaurant. 635-9415, 635-9533. wake MAY 20, 1992 — the Riverboat Days Society will be holding a general meeting Wed. at 7:30 p.m. in the Legion Auditorium in Terrace. This meeting is for ‘ update and planning purposes. All members and any interested parties are urged fo attend, : kkk MAY 22, 1992 — Don Ryan, speaker of the Gitksan-Wet’suwet'en will speak about self government, Fri. at 7:30 p.m. -at Knox United Church, 4907 Lazelle St. For more info contact 635-2436. Everyone welcome, kkk MAY 22-24, 1992 — 75 Year Reunion for all former students and staff Boston Bar/North “Bend school in Boston Bar, B.C. Contact the school at (604)867-9222 for further infor- mation. kkk MAY 23, 1992 — Poster workshop at the library. Sat., 1:30 - 3 p.m. All necessary materials supplied. Pre-register by calling 638-8177. kekkk ‘MAY:-23, 1992 — 12-3 p.m. Open house: The Multicultural Assoc., Northwest Development Eduction’ Assoc., the Nisga'a Tribal Council, B.C. Senior Games and the Reading Place/Literacy Project invite you to our shared open house in your new offices at St. Matthews Cen-- tre, 4506 Lakelse Ave. Drop by for a visit. Coffee and goodies will be ‘served. Call Mary at 635-6233. kkk MAY 29, 1992 — Information session to establish a Canadian Red Cross Society branch here. 4:30 p.m. in kthe library base-° ment. Call Lissi Sorenson 635-2158 for more information. - kkk * : MAY 30, 1992 — Sat. from 10- - 2 at the Petro Canada Stn. on Lakelse Ave. there will be a FREE carwash, Lucas the clown will be there with balloons and coffee and cookies will Ue served while you wait. For mere info. contact the Terrace Pentecostal Church. . kk kik JUNE 2, 1992 — Aurora Sum- mer Arts School annual general meeting. 9. p.m. Tues. in the REM Lee Theatre. Everyone welcome. For further info: Tom Walker 635-2101 or Karen Birkedal 635-5603. kak JUNE 3, 1992 — The Order of the Royal Purple’s Annual Senior Spring Tea, 2-4 p.m. Elks Hall, 2822 Tetrault St. Terrace. Admission free. For info. call Joyce Martel 635-4277. KEK JUNE 621, 1992 — Local childrens art show. This show will feature art by local school ’ children. Watch for it. It should be colourful, kiki — Terrace Olympics General Meeting at 7 p.m. in the Library basernent. Everyone welcome. ie tote kok NOVEMBER 14,.1992 — The Dr, REM Lee Hospital Founda- tion will be holding a Christmas Arts & Crafts Fair, Door prizes - and araffle held. 40 craft tables avilable. Craft tables are now on - gale and going fast. To book a table contact Debbie at 635-4601 evenings. : kkk BIG BROTHERS & BIG . SISTERS are recruiting new members, Regular meetings are the third Monday of every month at the new office, 4650 C Lakelse Ave, from 7330 - 9:30 pum. For more Info, phone 635-4232, KITSELAS CARVER Ken McNeil chisels away as he and his cousin, fellow car- an art gallery in Vancouver this week, The cousins leamed the artof pale carving ver Stan Bevan, put the final touches on a totem pole that’s to be shipped out to from their uncle, Dempsey Bob, and their work is becoming more widely known, Carving the traditional way Cousins finish new totem pole By CRIS LEYKAUF EN MecNEIL climbs up and plants his hiking boots firmly ‘on the base of the un- finished totem pole that lies face up, raised off the Door of the car- vers’ shed, : "The eyes are a little bit off," he says, leaning forward slightly and locking at the human figure at the top of the pole, "The eyes should look right down at you. It’s not quite there yet." His cousin, Kitsclas band mem- ber Stan Bevan, standing io. the side of the pole, nods agreement. The carvers are working ‘on their latest commissioned piece -- 4 10-foot cedar house pole for the Inuit Gallery of Vancouver. It is the third pole they have done for the gallery. Below the human figure on the totem pole is 4 wolf's head and body. ; "We intended to do an cagle or | a raven first, but the shape of the - pole was wrong," says McNeil, a member of the Greenville band, The Inuit Gallery did not specify the design of the pole - when it commissioned the picce but, according to Bevan, buyers like eagles, ravens and frogs." Before they started carving the design, McNeil and Bevan trimmed the bark, sap wood and heart wood fromm the pole. Tradi- lionally, totem poles are carved from cedar logs, and the cousins have conlinued this practice, — "Cedar is’ versatile, :light.-and has: natural. preservatives,” says MeNcil. "It ages slowly and the grain is good." Another of the woad’s virtues is the oil which is responsible for ils wonderful fragrance. This aroma walts up from the cedar shavings littering the oer to fill the shed in which the carvers work, - The cousins haye worked to- gether for two and a half. years, and this project is their ninth pole, Because of ihe nature of their art; they collaborate closely on cach phase of their projects, since a misunderstanding could result in costly misplaced: chiscli- ing. ; Fortunately, explains McNeil, "we more or less think the same." "We grew up together so we know cach other well," adds Bevan. Following tradition, the cousins received their training from their uncle, Dempsey Bob. McNeil be- came interested in carving when be was 15, and: Bevan when he was 18 years old, Both men are now 31 years old. Bevan helped Bob on larger “projects ‘but: it wasn’t until the cousins were asked to do four totem poles for the local Muks- Kum-Ol housing project, that they were professionally launch- ed. "Our uncle is one of the They are always studying, trying to improve their technique. “It’s important that every time we do something we learn and make it better," says Bevan. "We keep changing." "We sludy a lot of the older poles in Vancouver and Victoria," says McNeil, "When we go down there we always make a habil of "We've been working towards our own style. We’re pget- ling into a Tstmshian/Nisga’'a style, trying to bring the art back to where our ancestors had it." pioneers in starling a change in the arts," says Bevan. "He went far with traditional innovations.” "We've been working towards our own style, different from bis," says McNeil. “We're getting into a Tsimshian/Nisga'a style, trying to bring (the art of pole carving) back to where our ancestors had it.” McNeil describes that style as "delicate, simple and intricately carved." Vicki's young dancers | give their season finale By STEPHANIE WIEBE When Vicki Parviainen began teaching children to dance in 1971, her end-of-the-year recital was a small affair. "The only place ta perform was a little stage al Skeena High," she remembers. Stage lighting. was provided by the fathers of young dancers, who held light bars with oven mitts to protect their hands from the hot bulbs. By chang- ‘ing the coloured bulbs, the men created special "colour wash" cffecls. Twenty-one years later, Parviainen’s popular ex-- travaganza is a showcase for78 students. with the professional facililies at the R.E.M. Lee Theatre, |: "It’s come a long way," agrees Parviainen, who-.: creates her own chorcography. This: ycar’s per- - formance, Dance Revie 92, features more than 25 different dances in Parviainen’s 17th benefit for the R.E.M. Lec Theatre Alive Society. Parviainen sces many of her dancers grow from pudgy pre-schoolers into adulthood. "I see lots of familiar faces downtown,” she says, smiling, The secret lo organizing 78 multi-aged students dnto one. performance? "1 think it’s loving the peopte you leach more than the art itself." Dance Revue 92 should be an audience-pleascr, (welve, with musical numbers ranging from the classical opera "Carmen" to the "St, Elmo’s Fire" theme. The varied dance styles include jazz, lap, and cthnic va- rictics. One number, a gypsy dance, is performed lo a soundtrack: Parviainen first heard at the age of The record’s so ald, you can almost hear the fire “crackling,” she laughs. Dance Revue $2 hits the stage for one night only -- Friday, May 22 at 8:00 p.m. at the R.E.M. Lee Theatre. Tickets are available at Sight and Sound, from Parviainen's students, or by phoning 635- 3207, Praceeds go to the REM, Lee Theatre Alive Society, Cookie Monsters devour all Cookie. lovers here bought close to 184,800 Girl Guide Cookies this year. That's almost 700 cases of cookies -- up 40 per cent from ‘last year's local cookie hinge. © - Tall. Totem» division: leader’ Kathy Davies calls this year's sules campaign ai "bang-up job". Most of the cookies were sold on a one-night blitz in Aprii. ; "We're so excited about how generous. people -have’ been," Davies says, noting that all cookie proceeds remain in B.C., with most of the money suppart- ing local units, We really want to thank Ter- race," she added, "The support was just fantastic." ° going to the UBC museum or the provincial museum," - ; "As we learn more we sce more," says McNeil, "There are things you don’t sce until you ac- tually do. il. You go down (to museums on the Mainland and the Island) once and you think (hat this pole is this way, Then later on you walk by again and say ‘Holy Smokes I didn't sce that before.’" One way the cousins have re- captured the art of pole carving is UNICORN LOVE~ | by using tools which are similar to those used by their ancestors. “There aren’t too many modern day tools which can match up to them," says McNeil.. | For many of the tools he and Bevan buy the blides, and make their own handles, For example, with the adzc, McNeil ties the blade on with seine twine. "It’s taken us a lot of time and patience and dedication to get this far," says McNeil, Carving is the main source of income for both McNeil and Bevan, and they are working to become more visible in the Jower mainland market. The Inuit Gallery of Vancouver selis their tolem poles for up to $25,000. However, because of the high commission most galleries take, McNeil and Bevan only receive a fraction of the final sell- ing price. Recently the cousins’. artwork has travelled beyond North America, One of their totem poles has been included in the B.C. pavillion at Expo '92, ia Seville, Spain, which opened this month. Locally, northwest cilizens will be able to see the cousins’ work in a Porl Edward art show, which runs for two wecks, starting July 16. The carvers will be showing . some of their individual picces, such as masks, ’ MICHAEL CHINN spent a quarter for this stuffed uni picked up at the Centennial Christian Garage Sale. The pro- ceeds from the sale will go to purchase science and sports equipment, and books and desks for tha school. corn he u 7 in