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B4 Abbotsford Now. Thursday, April 11, THE ABBOTSFORD NEWS' legendary singer here or" one night i. no ,0 The Mission Folk Music Artistic director Francis of human endeavor, said test songs and love songs, number of her co-producer in vg- THE Festival is presenting a concert Xafvier is delighted to present Xavier. which have been performed by London, and sent the music via I mCPI IPI AHHP nCfTAlin The Mission Folk Music Festival is presenting a concert Artistic director Francis Xafvier is delighted to present test songs and love songs, which have been performed by number of her co-producer in London, and sent the music via CREEK ISLANDS RESTAURANT with the legendary Canadian singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie on Wednesday, May 1 at 8 p.m. at the Abbey Arts Centre in Abbotsford.

this particular artist. NSljes given so much to the cultural and musical scene in Canada, and has dedicated fyer music to the highest interests THE NEWEST HOTTEST SPOT IN jmSFOHO tVomv fntndty olmbspbert. Your phahr evening out! SPECIALIZING IN AUTHENTIC GREK FOOD Steaks, Pnme Rib, Shr Frys, Schnitzels, Pasta, Ribs, Chicken, Seafood Appetizers much morel WJ. MOUAT SECONDARY SCHOOL DRAMA DEPARTMENT presents THE MIRACLE WORKER By William Gibson modem, and it went onto tape in London. Upon release of that album France named her Best International Artist and presented her with the Grand Prix Charles de Gaulle award.

I Sainte-Marie continues to give concerts both large and small, having performed with her four-piece electronic band for 20,000 people last summer at Big Sky in Alberta, as well as for tiny reserves and fly-in communities across Canada. She also teaches at colleges and lectures in a variety of fields including digital art, philosophy, film scoring, electronic music, songwriting, Indian issues, and remaining positive amidst tough human realities. Her work reflects her lifelong wish to empower creative peoples multi-faceted individual potential because we need fresh alternative ideas from every direction students, artists, women, indigenous hundreds of artists including Elvis Presley, Indigo Girls, Barbara Streisand, Chet Atkins, Donovan, Glen Campbell, Neil Diamond and Janis Joplin. She is best known for Universal Soldier, Until Its Time for You to Go, Up Where We Belong, and Hes An Indian Cowboy in the Rodeo. Having written Universal Soldier, which became an anthem of the 1960s peace movement, she was absent from the feass protest marches in favor of shedding her unique light on Indian rights and environmental issues, which she continues to do today, because nobodys covering those bases.

Her musicianship is a reflection of her curiosity about sound. She strings and tunes her 35 tar in all sorts of unusual ways and plays a mouth-bow, which relies on harmonics and a remarkable ear. Today her digital home studied is as personal and -hands-on for her "as a guitar was in the 1960s. Sainte-Marie was bom on a reservation in Saskatchewan. She received her PhD in fine arts from the University of Massachusetts, holds a degree in philosophy, and in teaching.

These combined interests are clearly evident in her music, her visual artworks, her writing, and her life. She won an Academy Award for writing the song, Up Where We Belong (from An Officer and a Gentleman), and has scored movies, ducked bullets, raised a son, and spent five years on the childrens television show Sesame Street teaching little kids and their caretakers that Indians still exist. She has presented a colloquium to Europes philosophers, established a scholarship foundation to fund Native studies, spent time with indigenous people in far away countries, and received a medal from Queen Elizabeth n. Her electronic paintings on her Macintosh computer have been exhibited in both muse-jims and galleries as well as online. In March she was inducted into the Canadian music industrys Juno Hall of Fame.

As a college student in the early 1960s, Sainte-Marie became known as a writer of pro Wednesday, April 17 Thursday, April 18 Friday, April 19 at the WJ. Mouat Studio Theatre 7:00 pjn. Tickets $5.00 adults, 4 studentsseniors Tickets for the Buffy Sainte-Marie concert are $22 -each and are on sale now Phar- masave in Mission and Abbotsford. Call the Mission Folk Music Festival at 826-5937 for more information. Her comeback CD, Coincidence and Likely Stories, was made at home in 1991.

Using her Macintosh as a recording instrument, she played most of the parts herself, dialed the I The Mission Folk Music Festival Is presenting a concert with the legendary Canadian singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie on Wednesday, May 1 at 8 p.m. at the Abbey Arts Centre in Abbotsford. Music Fest all set Rapid Green Hose End WEED El FEED Just hook up to your hose and spray its that easy. Covers approx. 3500 sq.

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Featured at this concert will be Stephen Fissel, trombonist with the Seattle Symphony. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. (doors open at 7 p.m.). Tickets available at Toews Music and Pharmasave are $3. Approximately 67 groups including 28 Canadian entries will take part in the three days of workshops and- adjudications.

As well, a number of choral groups will be involved in seminars and working sessions during the event. Members of the general public are encouraged to attend the band adjudications which are being held in the Abbey Arts Centre Theatre. In excess of 3,500 niiisi-cians, directors and supporting parents will be in the enduring the three days of tfie Now is a good time to feed your roses to ensure healthy plants and lots of flowers. 2 kg box. Reg.

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