Annual tribute |

to diversity
-another success

The Terrace and District Multicultural Association
again ‘‘packed the house” at their fourth annual Inter-
_ national Potluck Dinner, held on Valentine’s Day. Over
300 adults and a multitude of children participated in the
dinner, pinata breaking, folk dancing and entertainment
at the Thornhill Community Centre. oo

by Betty Barton

The evening commenced with
a Tsimpsian prayer by Vera
Henry of the Kitsumkalum
Band, Mrs. Henry was regally
dressed in her black and red
Tsimshian button cape and
boots. Multicultural Association
president Sylvia Morales extend-
ed a welcome to all the guests
and spoke emphatically about
the importance of
multiculturalism in Canada.
Bob Jackman, representing Ter-
race City Council and Norma
Randle, representing Skeena MP
Jim Fulton, extended greetings.
_ Master of Ceremonies George
Clarke added his welcome and
“directed traffic’? to the buffet
tables, laden with exotic foods
from almost every country on
every continent. The main
course was followed by an array. .
of desserts.

The dinner portion of the pro-
gram was’ addressed with con-
siderable enthusiasm, and after-
ward Clarke led the crowd in
giving themselves a round of ap-
plause for the dinner, (the cost
ofadmission was one ethnic dish)
and cheers for Coco Schau and
Adrienne Braid for their co-
ordination of the food and
drink, and for Jane~ Dickson, -
who orchestrated the whole
Multicultural Evening.

Peter Braganza, international
folk dance instructor, member
of the Multicultural Association.
- and organizer of the entertain-
ment for the evening, started off
the after-dinner entertainment
with a children’s action dance,
aptly named “Seven Jumps”.
He then got whole families in-

_ volved in the family waltz which
originated in Sweden. It was

designed to get people to mix
and mingle, and at one point
things got really mingled up
when seven men ended up danc-
ing together,

Seven Uplands Elementary
School students, representing
Germany, China, Norway,
South Africa, Hungary and
Canada, sang ‘‘Schneesloeck-
¢hen, Weissroeckchen”, (snow-
flake, little white skirt) under the
direction of Anna Schemmer-
ling. Michael Schemmerling
manned the sound system pro-
vided by the Terrace Kinsmen
Club and Northern Native
Broadcasters.

The Latin American com-
munity-was well represented by
singers Julio (Bolivia) and Cecile
Alvarez; Mexican hat dancers
April Gonzalez and: Kane
Gutierez; a Mexican dance by
Socorro and Philippe Gutierez;
a Peruvian dance performed by
the Equia father-daughter duo.

Elizabeth Clarke and Urda
Santo Domingo, both of Philip-
pine heritage, demonstrated
cross-culturalism at its finest
with a lively Jamaican dance.

Finally, the event that
children of all ages were waiting

for — thé pinatas! Amidst much

cheering and encouragement,
numerous children batted at the
dragon and the pineapple
pinatas until they broke. and
showered the youngsters with
candies. :

The evening, ended on an ex-
pectant note — with everyone
looking forward to the fifth an-
nual Internationa! Potluck Din-
ner next year.

Millis Memorial Hospital nurse Nita Yap
volunteer Tina van Keuten at a Heart Foun
many activities organized by the Terrace chapter as part of Haart Month.

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demonsirates the use of Instruments for measuring blood pressure on
dation display set up recently In the Skeena Mall. The display was one of

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