POTPOURRI LOOKING FOR FRENCH- SPEAKING SUMMER CAMP COUNSELLORS OR DAY CAMP MONITORS? Two sources might be helpful: 1. Marilyn Miller, B.C.PF’s Sum- mer Camp Co-ordinator, will soon be hiring 10 counsel- lors for most of July and some of these experienced coun- sellors may be available after July 22nd. Contact her at 2410 Ottawa Avenue, West Vancouver, V7V 2T1 (926-9582). 2. The Federation des Franco Col- ombien (F.F.C.) at #104 -853 Richards Street, Vancouver, V6B 3B4 is planning training sessions for day camp and playground monitors. Rendez-Vous Au Jardin at Van Dusen Gardens in Vancou- ver is Sunday, April 14th from 11:00-3:00 p.m. Last year, this was a very special day, and anyone within a reasonable dis- tance should try and attend. Admission is two for one, there are guided tours in French and a fun and educational French treasure hunt for the children (which adults also enjoyed last yearl). Several school choirs will perform. They are still recruiting French speaking guides — if ' interested, call Erica Dunn 266-7194. The Vancouver Museum has - a superb collection of Biling- ual Kits to lend to museums throughout the Province and to schools in Vancouver. The Pro- vincial kits are changed annual- ly, but this year’s selection includes titles such as Canadian Childhood, Games and Toys of the Native Peoples and Musical Instruments of Canada’s Native Peoples. They are lent only to Provincial museums, who may in turn lend to schools, so inter- ested parents and teachers should contact their local mu- seum and be sure that it is on the mailing list in order to re- ceive the 85-86 program informa- tion. To book for the 85-86 school year, museums may con- tact: Ann McMurdo, Registrar, The Vancouver Museum, 100 Chestnut Street, Vancouver, V6J 359. (736-4431). The Second Annual B.C. Family French Camp promises to be better than ever. Held at the Crystal Waters Resort Camp- ground on Kalamalka Lake for the 2nd and 3rd week of July, this is a family camping experi- ence with recreational programs for immersion or French speak- ing children from preschool to Grade 8. It is sponsored by Kel- owna C.PF. and B.C.PF. For more information and registration forms, contact: Jean Swindells, R.R. #1, Field Road, Kelowna, VIY 7R2 Don't delay — summer is just around the corner and the 3rd week of July is already booked up! Canadian Child Early Learn- Ing Toys is a new B.C. com- pany started by two French teachers, Carol Ludgate, who taught Grade 1 immersion in West Vancouver and Shannon Dyabowski who taught primary core French. Set up to meet the growing parental demand for French language games and educational materials, it is a mail order company that will have a catalogue available in the spring. Games are classified by Grade level, and all include English translations of rules. Carol and Shannon have donated a game for our membership draw and plan to attend the A.G.M. in Vernon. For more informa- tion, write to Carol at 4474 West 3rd Avenue, Vancouver, V6R INI or call 224-7703 or 224-5025. “Quand Tu Seras Grand” is Matt Maxwell’s contemporary new album to follow his very popular “Comment Ga Va?" recording. Adults and children enjoy his creative rhythmic arrangements of such old favorites as ‘‘Kum- baya’” and “Dao”, as well as his original numbers. Matt has made C.PF. a terrific offer — he will do concerts for no fee (ex- cept travel and accommodation expenses) and will contribute $2 from the sale of each album to the C.PF. Chapter! Anyone wiling to co-ordinate a B.C. tour for Matt should bring it up at the A.G.M. For further details, contact Ferne Elliott (416-360-8002) or Lorrie Max- well (416-530-0038) clo Muffin Record Co., 238 Davenport, #348, Toronto, M5R 1J6. NOTE Our usual format as an insert in the national news- letter was too limited space-wise for all the pre-Annual General Meeting information that must be sent this month, so this par- ticular issue Comes on its own. The June issue will be an insert again. The advantage of the insert format is convenience and a saving on postage, but it does limit our space. If you have a preference for one over the other, please let us know. The Vancouver selection can be borrowed by teachers who have attended a museum work- shop on their use. For workshop information, call Andrea Met- calfe 736-4431. Authorized teach- ers may book through the V.S.B. AlV department - Mary Larsen 731-9271. The Vancouver selec- tion includes Northwest Coast Indians, Skin, Snow, Stone and Bone (Inuit culture), The Intern- ment Years and Japanese Cana- dians, and the Little Garden Theatre, with puppets, props and scripts for 5 plays on Canadian myths and legends. Please check that your schools and museums are aware of these kits. THEATRE en FRANGAIS: PENTICTON, B.C. The Okana- gan Summer School of the Arts {OSSA), Penticton, B.C., is sponsor- ing a two week course in French for French immersion students who are at least 12 years old. Date: July 15-26, 22 hours per day, 25 hours total. Title: “Théatre en Frangais.” Enrollment: Maximum 16-18 Cost: $60.00, $20.00 deposit required by .May 1, 1985 Hostel: Meals and accommoda- tion available at additional cost, operated and supervised by OSSA, for 12-18 year olds. Instructor: Madame Jeannine Demaere. Write for the catalogue to: OSSA, PO. Box 141, Penticton, B.C. V2S 659 Tel: 493-0390 - 9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon, weekdays. Tne Summer School has been operating in Penticton for 21 years. This course is the first to be offered in French, and is done so at the request of Penticton Parents for French. If successful, there may be more offerings in French in subsequent summers. Bravo, Penticton! Program of French Children’s Songs available from April 1985 through the following school year throughout the province. MARTINA BAZAR and JOC- ELYN BOILY present a one hour show of traditional and new chil- dren's songs from France, Que- bec, and Louisiana, to the accompaniment of guitar and mandolin. Some simple rounds, some easy dances, some “‘call and answer” songs... rhythmical rhymes and tongue twisting games. .. par-. ticipation is build into the show. Content can be adjusted to primary only, or primary and intermediate audiences. Texts and lyrics are available for teach- ers when the program is pur- chased. Costs until June are: $200 per single show; $150 per show if 6 (minimum) are booked. For more information, call Mar- tina Bazar at 738-3040. FESTIVAL NATIONAL D’ART ORATOIRE (FORMERLY CAOOSEC} CAOOSEC, the annual! pub- lic speaking contest for French Immersion and Programme Cadre students, has proven to be such a successful event that last year Dr. Obadia, its founder, took a further initiative to expand the project to other provinces. The first National CAOOSEC Festival was held in June 1984 and provided an opportunity for our provincial winners in the upper grades to visit Ottawa and participate in an exciting ‘mini exchange! with fellow stu- dents from across Canada. This year, C.P.F. has taken over the National Festival ar- rangements, and has encouraged all the provinces to F ~2me invol- ved. The competitio:. at the dis- trict and provincial levels which lead up to the Festival are designed to stimulate the English speaking students’ interest in the learning of French and to reinforce the interest of French speaking students in learning their mother tongue. Each prov- ince may send up to seven stu- dents (in grades 7-12) to Ottawa, where the Festival will be held from May 31st to June 2nd, 1985. Mr. Al Roberts, Co-ordinateur du festival (and one of the origi- ‘nal French Immersion graduates!) has arranged a busy and most impressive schedule of activities for the students. Everyone will be lodged on the campus of Carleton University, and [n addi- tion to the public speaking event itself, there will be a visit to the Parliament Buildings, a luncheon with the Speaker of the House, the Hon. John Bosley, a City tour and a trip to Rigaud, Quebec, for a traditional meal in an authentic sugar house, Sucrerie de la Montagne. Other high- lights include an opportunity to meet Mme. Jeanne Sauvé, Can- ada’s Governor General and M. Marc Garneau, our first astro- naut in space!