information

GETTING HERE — Powell River is connected by
highway and ferry to Vancouver and by ferry to
Vancouver Island. Regular bus and air service
operates daily. For further information, contact the
Festival Secretary.

ACCOMMODATION — Arrangements will be made to
have as many festival participants as possible ac-
commodated in private homes. Those wishing this
service should contact the Accommodation Director in
care of the address listed below. The Powell River
area has numerous hotels, motels and well-serviced
camping areas.

SYLLABUS — The syllabus for Kathaumixw, including
entry forms and details of competitions, is available
now, and one can be obtained by writing to the
Festival Secretary.

TEST PIECES — The choral test pieces are now
available, and may be obtained from the publishers.
Full details are given in the syllabus.

DETAILED PROGRAM — The detailed program of the
week will be available in June of 1984. This together
with all literature concerning the Kathaumixw, may be
obtained from the International Choral Kathaumixw
Office.

ADDRESS — Send enquiries to: International Choral
, Kathaumixw, Box 334, Powell River, British Columbia,
Canada, V8A 5C2.

Program

Tuesday
July 3

Evening Concert 8:00 p.m.
Opening Evening
Performance by the

Powell River Academy Choirs.

Wednesday
July 4

Day Competitive
Session 9:00 a.m.
Competition for Children’s

Choirs.
Massed Choir Rehearsal.
Seminar for Conductors.

Evening Concert 8:00 p.m.
Concert of International
Children’s Choirs.

Day Competitive

Session 9:00 a.m.
Competitions for Youth Choirs
and Chamber Ensembles.
Massed Choir Rehearsal.
Seminar for Conductors.

Evening Concert 8:00 p.m.
Concert of International
Youth Choirs.

Day Competitive

Session 9:00 a.m.
Competitions for
Contemporary Choral Music
and Solo Classes.

Massed Choir Rehearsal.
Seminar for Conductors.

Evening Concert 8:00 p.m.
Gala Performance Featuring
Festival Highlights and the
Massed Choir Performance.

About Powell River

The rugged Coast Mountains are a scenic backdrop to
this community of 20,000 which is home to one of

the world’s largest newsprint mills. Located about

80 air-miles north of Vancouver, Powell River is

on the ‘‘Sunshine Coast’, so-named because of its
gentle marine climate. Snow is rare, and summertime
temperatures average about 22 degrees C (72F).
Boating is among the most popular recreation activities,
as the area is blessed with numerous nearby lakes

and the saltwater Strait of Georgia, where anglers
pursue the Chinook and Coho salmon.

Nearly 200 years ago, Captain George Vancouver
explored the region on a voyage which eventually
proved that the strait is an inland passage separating
the mainland of British Columbia from the targe island
that now bears his name. The Salish, one of several
major Northwest Coast Indian nations, had inhabited
the area for centuries, living in harmony with land and
sea and abundant wildlife. Along with others like the
Nootka, Kwakiutl and Haida, they developed a culture
that only in recent years has been truly appreciated by
the white man, whose interest in the Powell River area
was first stirred in the 1860's, with discovery of iron
ore and gold on nearby Texada Island. Those mining
operations have since closed and the island is now one
of western North America’s major producers of
limestone.

But it is logging and subsequent development of the
Powell River Company (now part of MacMillan Bloedel
Ltd.) pulp and paper complex which has been the basis
of the community's growth and prosperity during the
past 80 years. Paper produced here is used by many
of the continent’s major newspapers, including the
San Francisco Chronicle and the recently-established
USA Today.

Tourism has become increasingly important to the
local economy, and the area offers some of the finest
scuba diving on the Pacific Coast.

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