GREETINGS

FROM THE CHAIRMAN

For the committee and the many others associated with this gathering, I welcome
our visitors and hope that the spirit of the ancient Coastal Indian Kathaumixw
touches you all.

As the festival developed, we were very encouraged by our many world-wide
contacts. Their enthusiasm and the assistance of numerous agencies, firms, and
individuals was appreciated.

Next year the local Academy Choirs expect to do their own travelling and
competing in similar festivals elsewhere. But, the following July, 1986, we will
convene Kathaumixw again.

Best wishes to the participants.

Dal Matterson

FROM THE MUSIC DIRECTOR
Welcome to Kathaumixw 784.

Music has, throughout history, been a basic form of human expression and
communication. Our festival offers a forum in which we can express our human
ideals through the most universal of all instruments-the voice. Let us remember the
object of our performance is not to gain a prize, nor defeat a rival, but to share with
each other as we travel on the road to excellence.

I hope the new friends you gain and the west coast beauty you enjoy provides an
added backdrop to your music-making.

Best wishes to performers and listeners.

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Don James