FROM THE ©
_ NASS ‘VALLEY

| “The Nisga’a Secondary School
_ band, under the direction of band-

master Ron Jeskey, is hard at

work. preparing for their upcom-

ing trip to the United States.

They will be departing May 2 by

chartered bus for a nine-day.tour. —

The first day will find the
band travelling to Qies-.
nel, where they will
spend the night in the
school.

Day .two will be
spent travelling south ©
through the Okanagan,
their destination being
Boundary Central Sec-
. ondary School in Mid- ;
"way, where they will be
billeted’- in. private
‘homes, .The next morn-
ing the band will per-
forma concert for the
school, then travel south
through Central
Washington State. The —
third day’s destination
will: be, Dufur High
_ School, in.Oregon.

Day four will begin
with a.concert for the
Dufur. School, followed »
by a. two-hour: ride to
Kah Nee Ta Hot.
Springs on the Warm
Springs Indian Reserva-
tion.:-The afternoon will .
be spent. . swimming,
horse-back. riding, play-
ing miniature: golf and

travel west through Mount Hood. :
_ National Forest to Salem, Oregon,
-where they will play an afternoon .,
concert at the Chemawa Indian
High School. This school is one of -
-. only six All-Indian schools in the
United States. From there the .
band will continue on to Lincoln.

City, on the Pacific Ocean, where
there are some of the most beauti-
ful beaches in the world. That
night and the next will be spent
in the local high school. -*

_.Day.. six will begin with a
combined. concert featuring the me,

fle

Ve

to an overnight stay in Abbots- .

ford,'B.C, ‘ ye fi

--On days eight and nine the

band continues. iomeward’ with:

an overnight stay in Quesnel. © -

There « will; be 38: students,

yeort

Ron Jeskey, the director, three.

chaperones, .and one. tired, bus

driver on the trip. The students”.
and the band. parents have been -
working very hard at fund-raising.
so that a very exciting, educa-. -
tional, and successful . trip will. |
‘become a_ reality.

cbetg ae ot!

other:-forms of relax- _ |
ation,.:In the evening ~

the band will perform a
concert for, their hosts in the
Warm . Springs

tised extensively throughout the

area by. means of posters and the ~

native radio station. The accom-
modation for the night will be five
of Kah Nee Ta’s huge teepees.

On the fifth day, the band will ©

Nisga’a Secon

. Community
Centre. The event is being adver-_

Nisga’a and Taft High ‘School -
bands. The remainder of the day
will see the band swimming in

the ocean, beach combing, shop-

ping, sight-seeing — and doing

laundry.

_. The seventh day will find the

group heading back north through |

western Oregon and Washington

on a Terrace Review — April 24, 1992 |

dary School Band: Beaches, teepees and a lot of concerts.

Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOA)
— An open self-help group meets each,
Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at Knox United
Church, 4907 Lazelle Ave., Terrace. For
more information, phone Paul at 635-
3045. ;

| Aleohol and Drug Education Video

Night at Mills Memorial Hospital in the
psychiatric unit every Thureday at 7:30
p.m.

2 — Contributed. by Ron deskey - _