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DUSTIN
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Theatre group needs a
. .. - little help

THE TERRACE Little Theatre is preparing for its’

2006-2007 season and director Marianne Brorup
Weston is looking for some set pieces for her
spring 2007 production of. The Drawer Boy. .
The play is set in a pre- -Second World War
farmhouse kitchen and requires:
_ an old (small) wood stove
a regular stove from the 1960s (preferably ugly
avocado) ,
a fridge from the 1950s or 1960s :
_ along, vertical window frame 7
. acounter-sink unit’
If you can help’ with any of these items, contact

~ Marianne at 635-2942.

Spirit catchers.
THE CITY of Terrace and the Northern’ BC

Tourism Association (the umbrella organization of

all northern British Columbia tourism associations)
are pleased to announce the 2006 Conference aid

annual general meeting “Catch our Spirit 2006”

» Against stiff competition at last year’s confer-
ence, Terrace won the opportunity to showcase all
it has to offer here.” ” ;

Tourism operators, retailers, those in the hos-

' pitality industry and all others are encouraged to

attend and also to participate in the trade show.
* This conference provides education, industry

support and benefits of the Northern BC Tourism
Association. ~

‘Highlighting the event wiil be guest speakers

from BC Ferries, BC Tourism, Minister of Tour-

ism Stan Hagen and Stephanie Forsyth, president
of Northwest Community, College.”

Local restauranteurs will share their appetizer
creations at the Taste of Terrace reception at the’
Terrace Art Gallery with musical entertainment by
Robin Hollett and Rob Brown.

The college culinary arts students will show off
their skills in the preparation and serving the Fri-

_ day night VIA Rail dinner. Dr. Fishy will perform

during the Saturday evening reception:
Excursions to Heritage Park, the Farmers’ Mar-
ket, Kitselas, Kitamaat Village and Alcan will give.

visitors the opportunity to experience some of the
’ area’s attractions.

BC Ferries is offering Haida Gwaii delegates
free passage to the conference with 2 weeks ad-
vance notice. VIA is offering discounts on their
Skeena run.

The conference will be held Oct. 26-28 at.the
Coast Inn of the West.

SCIENCE World demonstrators will be back

in Terrace in late October. “FILE PHOTO

It’s the sights and

sounds of science

SCIENCE IS fun. No, really, it is.

Residents will get_a firsthand experience to
prove that science is more than the course you
may have dreaded in high school as the commu-
nity again will host an eye-popping, jaw- “dropping:
science show.

Most of us remember learning about science by
reading thick textbooks filled with complex equa-
tions and formulas. But Northwest residents can.
learn about science with toy cars, animal balloons,
spinning plates, slime, and a steel ball that will
make their hair stand onend! _

In partnership with the. Northwest Science and
Innovation Society (NSIS) and Northwest ‘Com-'
munity College, Science World will again bring its
famous whacky approach to science education to
Terrace on Saturday, Oct. 28 from 10:30 — 4 p.m.,

inspiring kids of all ages with live science dem-" -

onstrations, hands-on activities, make and take’s

and NWCC chemistry experiments and welding

‘show-offs’ at the college campus.
Information booths and demonstrations: by

NSIS, National Research Council, Alcan, Minis-

try of Transportation, BC Care Providers, Tower
Radio, college students and instructors and many
others will also be set up to teach the community

’ about the science and technology thriving in their

own backyard.
For further information, contact Christine Slanz
Ignas, executive director for NSIS at 615-2012.

By DUSTIN QUEZADA,

THERE'S AN interview to
finish, a story to wrile, yet the

‘soothing and familiar voice
~on the other end of the line

just makes you want to keep

- the conversation going.

The more than 700,000
people across Canada, who

listen to Stuart McLean on
' Sunday

afternoons might
understand,
The host of CBC Radio’s

Vinyl Cafe is in Nanaimo on

this day last week preparing ©

for one of 12 B.C. stops that

‘includes Terrace Oct. 17-18.
| It’s’ a -busy life for. the...
‘Toronto-based «

‘broadcast-

er/writer/entertainer who

has hosted the. show for 12 |:

years. |
The show — and his life

- took on a whole new di-—
* mension when it took to the

road for live performances

.starting in 1998. cs
“It’s a pretty busy life —

— we have a busy touring
schedule,” Stuart said.

No kidding. McLean not.

only tours and records shows
for the weekly program but
he has, also now written five
volumes of fiction baged_ on
the lives of the characters
from the Vinyl Cafe..
' Over this past summer he

travelled the .world: reading
from his books and he ad-

mits it got a little frantic and

- he got a little weary:

But McLean doesn’t seek

’ pity. His is a busy life but he

loves what he’s doing.
“It’s very fun what ?’'m

- doing — I’m a lucky man,”

he said.

The fuel for the show is:

McLean’s writing and while

“he says it would be a no-
brainer if he had to choose -

his favourite part of the
package (the writing), he is
an accomplished broadcast-
er, too.

He has been employed
with the CBC for 25 years,
first as a host of Sunday
Morning, then Morningside
before the Vinyl! Cafe.

But it’s his live show that
has taken his work to places
the studio,'just can’t dupli-
cate. — ;

“Tt’s as new to'me as it is
to them,” McLean said. “It’s

- omething special but we.

don’t know what it’s going

‘to be.”

The show i is divided into

’ different segments, from let-

ter. reading to storytelling
to live and, recorded: music.
And throughout,

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McLean

_HELLO, my friends, it’s 's good to be’ here. That's Stuart. Mclean’ Ss signature opener and what you'll hear if your re
attending his show at the Dr. R. E.M. Lee Theatre tonight.

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and his audience are front |

and centre.

“We-just have a lot of
fun,” said McLean of the
show he describes as a fam-

ily fun evening with audi- -

ences ranging in age from

nine to 90-year-olds.
~““When I’m telling the

stories, things happen and

the audience becomes ad-.
. dilive to the process of cre-

ation in the way they receive

the material,” he added.
“Those nights on stage,

the lights dim, I tell stories

and we share them togeth-

er.”
McLean said sometimes

“that sharing makes him re-

write material based on re-
actions, making him mindful
of his delivery in subsequent
shows and he’s grateful for

that.

" “Most writers send their
work out and they don’t
know how it’s received,”

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the job affords him, such as”
seeing places and meeting’
people.

In his second visit to Ter- books, McLean says he’s

still learning about the char-

“Those nights on stage, the lights dim, |.
tell stories and we share them together.”

-acters and how to write from

-tyline.
~Stuart McLean.

dictate the narrative, let it be

said McLean, adding he’s
constantly fiddling to make
each show better.

He’s proud to be touring:
B.C. with acclaimed Canadi--
an singer/songwriter Murray
McLauchlan and has taken

to exposing up and coming -

homegrown musical talent
on the show.

He knows he’s fortunate
to have « the opportunities

SALL Gibson is authoring an unlikely success story as a Northwest singer/song-

writer. She brings her folk/country sound to Terrace Oct. 20.

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. writing,” McLean said. “I’m
learning it’s better if. it’ s

" race, McLean says he knows
“character driven.”

. what to expect.»
“People are very much the ‘
-same from coast to coast —I _ ing to. pace himself better. :
don’t notice a great.change. “I’m learning to give my-
“They ‘reconcerned about . self space for myself. Life
the same things.” oan
McLean; for - his. part,
says he never thinks about .
when he may stop making
the show, instead he’s con-
centrating on learning.

Singer/songwriter.
enjoying success -

By DUSTIN QUEZADA

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live the life of others.”
McLean’ 's

AR E.M.: Lee Theatre.

SALLGIBSON might need somehelp, =.

She’s become a little too busy and in her line of work that .

suits the Prince Rupert based singer/songwriter just fine.

It’s been just over a year since the performer. took the

plunge and focused all her energies into her music.

- And as an emerging talent without ‘a label to. back her —

financially, ‘she also assumed the responsibility of, doing all
her bookings and publicity. - :

“At the moment, I’m looking to get some help,” Gibson Q

said of her busy schedule.

It’s getting busier after she got the feedback she was hop-

ing for when she left the comfort of the Northwest.
She says: “getting out of her, own backyard” was an im-

portant measuring stick because she knew her local and | re- .

gional support was unconditional.
“J think I went into it with low expectations and they were
easy to surpass,” she said. “The: support was incredible.”
Gibson played a number of Bigs in and around Toronto

-and southern Ontario, a show in Regina and several more ,

throughout B.C. early this year, ‘= |
With two studio recordings to her credit — - 2004" s Here

‘ nor There and 2006 release Simply Undone — Gibson has a’.

repertoire to deliver an entertaining and engaging show. |
Gibson plays the Kiva Cafe ‘at Northwest. Community

College this coming Friday night, where she last appeared i in

February to a sold out audience.

It could be the last show for Gibson in Terrace for some ©

time if her career keeps rising.

Where it’s going is the next step in the process for Gib-
son, in the proverbial crossroads.

“I’m waffling on where to go next,”
spent. the bulk of her summer entertaining on a chartered

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A two-time. winner of. the |
Stephen Leacock Award for
Humour for his Vinyl Cafe ©

them instead of from the sto- .
“I used to let the story ,

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_can take over. It gets so busy, °
you forget to live'a life you |

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