The 17th season of the Vancouver Francophone Sum-
mer Festival: Keep your ears and your eyes peeled!

Remember Montreal in the mid-70s, when a whole new generation joined
the chorus of artists who were singing about a new society? At the time,
Montreal was preparing to host the Summer Olympics of 1976. That year,
just before the Games opened, an unforgettable St.-Jean-Baptiste day
festival called “One times Five” was held on Mount Royal, bringing together
five of Quebec's greatest contemporary artists. One of these was Robert
Charlebois, who since the late 60s had taken the Quebec public by storm,
with his unabashed lyrics in the “joual” dialect, set to rock music that was on
par with the best of the era.

Now the count down has started for Vancouver's own preparations to host
the 2010 Winter Olympics. Reminiscent of Montreal in 1976, we are going to
bring back Robert Charlebois, more of a rocker than ever, for a memorable
show featuring all his greatest hits from the 60s and 70s. Please join us on
Saturday, June 17th to share and remember one of the high points of Fran-
cophone culture in Canada, on our outdoor stage on West 7th Avenue.

But we will also prove that we are living in the present! True to the Festival’s
artistic mission of presenting the very best of up and coming performers as
well as established artists on the Francophone music scene, this time the
great Charlebois show will open with Quebe c's most contemporary stars

- the band Les Trois Accords - winners of the recent ADISQ competition.

The 17th season of the Festival promises even more surprises. Don’t miss
any of them! Keep your ears and your eyes peeled and check out our web
site for more information.

See you at the Festival from June 15th to 24th!
Have fun!

Jocelyne Lawson, President.

The Festival Team

Executive and Artistic Director
Pierre Rivard

Administrative assistant
Gilles Giusta, Scorpio Consulting

Production coordinator
Marie-Paule Berthiaume

Communications and marketing coordinator:
Alix Sanchez

Development coordinator
Olivier Henry

Volunteer’s coordinators and production assistants
Thomas Djian and Pauline Limbourg

Communications assistants
Valérie Cazaubon and Clémence Galleret

Box Office and Information
Danielle Savard and Danielle Leroux

Board of Directors

Jocelyne Lawson (Président)

Raymond Ouimet, Micheline Ippersiel, Diane Goulet, Richard Gaud-
reau, Raymond Liens, Luce Turgeon, Julia Stachowiak, Monique
Thibault

And all our volunteers!