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AN SANMARTPOSA FOLK FOUNDATION Vol4 ¡¡o 4

TESSPRING 1984

DAVID AT{DERSON: OUTSIDE TIMEHe has seen literally thousands of people pass by

"except for the Ruìing C1ass," he can't resistaðijiñõ. iThey neue. mäke i t -down here. unlessthey're ìost. "

He says it is "very rare that people have the timeto stop. fi4ostìy you play to yourself. And vrhen theydo stoo. it's surprising the number of peopìe who

iometrow 'feel that it ii startìing not part of

what is supposed to be a normal twentieth-centuryexperience, I guess ..-. qnd the puppets add to theç^Psr rçIgst

auroa of being ... out of time.""I've gotien into-long philosophicaì .discussionswith the-rn about how they were affected by thgwith thern about how they were alrecf,eq oy Lne

expôrienCe." He is laughiig. It becomes apparent

It was just before Christmas, 1982, and I was mak-ing one df my rare visits to Toronto. I had beenlivìng out in the country so long that jt was almostterrifvinq to be sweot alonq in the tide óf peoplepourin! out ot the Eatons CÞntre and down jnto theDundas subway station. Everyone was impersonal, Iwas tired, I was longing for .the -silence of thecountrysidô and the sanity of being alone again. And

then I heard ... Thuh Music!Aoainst the tiled subway wall stood a man playing

an äccordion. Bizarre wooden puppets danced besidehim on a string and he was singing a ballad. He had

very clear eyes that looked at you as if you werereai and a vdice that cut through the hypnotic babbleof the crowd in unexpected and sudden beauty.

I don't remember what it was, that song, but it'lovely. I wanted to stop and ì ì sten, but Iafraid of what people might thÍnk. I sang the

that f)avid Anderson enioys people as much as he

enjoys performìng- .And the people he seems to enioythé most are his famiìY.

His daughter Rosa, age 10, has-accomp.anied him forthe last iwo sunners on the violin. "l{e like to doãiãmatic songs, songs that tell a story," he says

haooilv. "Bãìlads iire'Gypsy Davey' ... the ori-oinåt irectrt viol version of 'Market Oay In Soho' -ðiäãiwise-fnown

-as 'Mac The Knife' ... Recently we've

been having a whole lot of fun doing'Side By !ide'."'-Rosa stuãies classical violin under Eugene Cash but

sali-oavìã, lishã's getting very good at-accompanyingnre. l{hatever I play now, she can pick up .- s19'samazinolv fast." He qoes on to teìl about "another'iü6iai'nt,siCiari - oriv-er - who is very good. He does

a lot of glissandos and slides on his violin. One

dav- Rosa ðauqht him at.it and the next tine we wentouõicrcry sedond note-:was a'slur.-"

Thomas -is also in the family busineSs: he blows

the buqle and banqs the drum during parades whichwliõlJÏoãr Jheatre- zestfulìv initiatês at festivalsar'ã-ln-1ffiÏ-watch Thomas harmer and build and

oaint- I' listen to his ideas and on another occasionñÀlp 't¡im "th'!n!-prthu t{hoìe Loaf Th.e.atr9:s ..bIigl'tred-and-blue-JG out of a snowbank (Oavid did thedrivinq oart) and I see very clearly that he has thefami ly-cieativity and imagination.

I fiave seen one I'lhoìe Loqf IEa!rg production and

- as *itn my experiffi-ÏñãTÍ6Ïãl- the memory 'i s

vlviO. Èveiything they do is vivid; a combination ofvaudevi I ìe, pantomime, puppetry and dazzlingenthusi asm.- in- tttã iutme., Whole Loaf Theatre goes out to theparks "4 - 5 times a week, two or three.shows a day'lñich ove. the summer mounts up to a ìot of-perfor-mãnðês. It doesn't have a box office, gets almost no

fundìng and we exìst on the Hat there, ìike on thesubway . ..- -irói

some peopìe, " muses Dav id' ". .. earning as'Iittle as we do would be absolulely impossibìe' It'sbecause of the kind of life we live.... we ìive a

vãry good lìfe, as far as I'm concerned."

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Naturally I made him a wizard ...Over i year 'later, David Anderson is talking.about

nii áxperiences as ã subway musician. l.le are sipplngtea i; the workshop he and his wife Sara Barkerla-k.a- ldhole Loaf Theatre) share wi thÈüópet-r,4ongm am once again

unexpectediy awed; this time at immense 20ft. puppets

hano'inq on- the walls abou+- us in a feast of richððiðuil I drag my eyes awav from the electrifyingPink Lady, with her druidic presence' and ask Davidmv ouestìóns whi le Thomas, age 5, hammers and bangs

¡[yrïiÙ úes i de us. ( He i a mak i ng bonùers wh i chi'suck IN bombs", he expìains earnestly.) Oavidreflects back on his experiences with gentìe humour,a-rait iolerance and frequent flashes of deìight'

',There are eìght I icensed subway muSicians," he

exolains "... a-nd eight officiaì spots, alì 'neatlyiâãnIltie¿ by I i tt]e Íel low dots on the grqund. At

the begìnnìng of the year we're. given a scheduletelìing-us where we're suppose! to--Qq..."--l{hv 'ji ne i iubway musician? "It's another way ofpaying the bjlls. Right now I'm. doing more subway

woif.- In the summer, we'll be doing more l'lhoìe Loaf

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CANADA, THE NORMANS AND DR. BARBEAU

A wealth of folk songs not only survives, butthrives, in North America. l¡tost of the well-knownmaterial iS, of course, in English; and of thismaterial, the largest amount of best documented workI ies south of the, bo¡oder'-,' - Lli thout question, Canada'sgreatest folkioric treasures are Indian and French.ihe Scots-Gaelic songs of the Maritimes approach theabove in interest - indeed, despite the languagedifference they are very close in feeling and inhistorv to the French sonqs. They are also (unlikemuch i-n English) reìatively uncorrupted by nineteenthcentury tastes and broadsides - or anything printed,for that matter. Li ke the Indi an and Frenchmateri al , Scots-Gael ic songs of the Mari times aremuch closer; to a vigouroús, living oral tradition.

It must be remembered, hordever, that when the Scotscame to the Maritimei, they were repìacìng therecentìy ileported Acadi ans who had already I ivedthere for close to one-hundred-and-fifty years. Thetradition of Scots-Gaelic.songs in Canada is not as

old as the French and did not subsist within theframework of a strong, widespread culture. As aresult, it did not evolve to the same degree asFrench music did - acquining in its evolution whatcan be called a distinctive Canadian flavour. Amidstall the inherited folksongs in North America of theEuropean tradition, the oldest, best-preserved, mostnumerous and authentic - and best-documented! - arein French. Internationally, in a folkloric sensetthey are unique and of great value even to Frenchmusicologists who wish to study songs preserved herethat have long since disappeared in their own

countr i es.It i s di fficult to bel i eve that, but for the

efforts of one man, most of what is now availabìe tous of these songs (and incidentally of Indian songsôs well) would have been lost forever. Lovers ofCanadian traditionat song otle an incalcuìabìe debt to0r. tlarius Barbeau, who, having been told that ErnestGaonon in 1865 had cotìected all there was to collect- -and "that of small artistic vaìue" - proceedednevertheless to. do fieldwork in the Maritimes and

Quebec. subsequently rescuing 7,000 songs for us.(lrbst ôf the singers were well advanced in age!) Notonly did he rescue them but by relating them to theweb of myth, story and song that traversed Europe(includind Scandiñavia) af the time of theirexportation, he showed an international folk and

academic comrnunity that their artistic value was notoniy very great but also unique.

Barbeau states:"Our best foìk songs are not a directlegacy from troubadours' for tro-ubadoursongs txere vri tten on parchrnnt for thepriviìege of nobility; they beìonged to thearistocracy and the ìearned, not to -!heco¡rmon pèopìe. 'Íney af ieCteäTãTúTffiî'îTîlÍl- an¿ lt¿erary m¡nncrlslrs ofthe LatÍn decadence the sPirit, thetechnigue and the thenes of the troubadourpoems have little or nothing in comon withthose of our sonqs."

The northern poets -- mostly of the Loire valley andNormandy - were called jonqleurs and created theirstorìes, songs and dance in a cl imate completely

they passed into other 'languages, hid theirorigin, and were sung by the country folk.

Io the songs, a l I of Europe was onecountry, which they cri ss-crossed in al ìdirect'ions. Often they embarked on shipsand sailed the seas, landing at many ports,even in America ...u

t{hat a happy hjstorical accident it was for us thatgeographìcal, linguistic, religious and culturalbarriers isolated and preserved these songs in Canada- and that Dr. Marius Barbeau, a Rhodes scholar atOxford, didn't forget his homeland!

- Cathy Labeìle

unl ike the Romanized, lettered one to the south.Barbeau describes them and their work:

"0n the other hand, there were jongleurserrants ... of ancient times, whose þrankswere derided in the MSS. of the troubadoursand the minstrels. The jonqleurs were thebutt of socìety At their best, theyconposed songs that not onìy courted thepopular fancy, but whìch, because of theirvìtaiity and charm, outìived the forms ofacademic poetry ... unlike the troubadourswho belonged to the lineage of mediaevalLatinity, whose northern poets had nevergiven their allegiance to a foreign lan-guage. ...They had inherited and conservedthe older traditions of the land. presum-abìy they were the heirs of the ancientDruids and the Celtl'c culture that hadundergone a mutation without aìtogethergoing out of existence."

It is of interest to note here the simi laritybetween styles of song, music and dance, betweeñFrench Canada and Ireland. The Normans brought.dance- for.example, the "gìga" - jig; strophed songs andsong themes; and untold other influences to lielandin the twelfth century. Again, it is the Normans whobrought their culture to Canada in the sixteenth andseventeenth centuries.

The "never to be recaptured" quaiity of poetry in acompletely oral society is well Dreserved in ourCanadian gongs. The imagery in súch work is moreimpressioni stic than sequentiaì, at once morerythmical and more ìyrical. They frequentìy have awi ld and haunting ãspect to tñem, ån¿ lyric andtælody seem like one unified naturai phenomenon -absolutely inseparabìe.

Field workers have often noted the difficulty' ifnot impossibitity, natural folksingers have inattemotinq to recall words - for dictation - withoutthe nielod-y. These traits are unique in foìksongs ingeneraì ( including songs influenced by broadsides,printed music o¡: literary trends) but not unique inthe wor'ld. They belong to work produced in an

unlettered society - not illiterate, butpre-ì i terate, and innocent of ì iterary standards.Barbeau places our songs in their franework.

"True foìksongs arrived in Canada before1680 from Normandy and the Loire river.They far exceed others and are inconparabìythe best. Their prosody differs wìdelyfrom that of the troubadours and fromliterary French. Here is decidedly not thework of untutored peasants, nor a growthdue to chancet but the creation of poetswhose consumate art had inherited an anplestock of metric patterns and a wealth ofancient lore cormon to many European races.' .. .tlhat characterlzes ancient folk-soûgs ls thelr lnveterate nñãliã. Bornuodãr thê str"s 13 lt ;arc. 'ttÐy rt oîcêtook to the road or the sea ... lnpelled bya fate that goes back to their oral birthand transnission they had to keep ontravelling for as soon as they had stopped,they died. ilo frontier impeded theirprogress for very long; they knew how tochange garments and penetrate everyrhere;

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KEEPING TRACK OF TIME

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There are many different calendars throughouth i story and the wor'l d, and one of the mostinteresting is the Chinese. It is a fitting openersubject for this articìe, because as many of you mayknow, this year mjllions of Chinese arouhd thð worìðcelebrated the beginning of the year 4871, the yearof the 8at. - the year that the twelve Jear cycle ofthe twelve animals of the Chinese zodìac begiñs anewand tradi tional ly a year of great good I uck andprosperity. The tweìve animats that symbolize eachyear are rat, 0X, tiger, rabbi t, dragon, snake,horse, sheep, monkey, cock, dog and boar. Peopleborn in rat years are traditionally supposed to besmal l-minded, gossipy, penny-pinchiñg and to angereasily: However, they aìso can be very charming,hard-working, thrifty, ambitious and honest. It isalso considered a very lucky sign to be born under.

fhe Chinese calendar is based upon cycles of themoon and like other lunar calendars - such as theChristian (for marking Ea3ter), l',loslem and Anc jentBabyìonian. Ihe Jewish lunar calendar (based on theBabyìonian) is only 354 days ìonq, so extra monthshave to be added to the year perìodically to a'lignthe calendar with the solar year. A solar year jsdefined as the time it takes for the earth to revolvearound the sun once and is, as everyone knows, 3651days long...4 lunar caìendar., whose months wander throughoutthe seasons, is quite impractical for use by péopleI ike farmers (who need a calendar that marks thestart of the seasons as determined by the sun'ssolstices and vernal equinoxes. ) -

The Ancient Egyptians had developed an amazinglyaccurate solar caìendar of 3651 days bv 4241 g.C.ïhis Caìendar was adopted for use tnrïugtrout

-iñãRoman Empire by Ju'lius Caesar and is the basis of thecalendar we use today. However, there was oneproblem with this caiendar: the aõtual length of ãsolar calendar is 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and46 seconds. The eJeven minute and fourteen seconddiscrepancy grew over the years so tnaC Ui--itrefifteenth century March 21st (the first dày ofspring) -no longer felì on the vernal eguinox bui na¿moved almost 10 days earlier. To an agricuìturalcormunity which depended on knowing the first day ofspri ng, the forecast of i ts airi val had to beaccurate. Pìant crops too soon and the soiì would betoo cold to germinate seed: plant too Iate andripening .crops could be_ destroyed by frost. TheJU r ì an ca tenoar needed reform.

In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII decreed that October 4thwould be followed by 0ctober l5th so lhat the firstday of sprinq (March 21st) wouìd finally fall on theveinal ebu'inóx; and once again the calendar aìignedwith the solar year. To keep the calendar aligned,the new Gregorian calendaf omits the ìeap day fromyears end i n{ j n the hundreds unì ess the yeali s

divisible by four hundred. This is the calendar now

used throughout the lrorld today and has, in one formor another, been kept continuously sìnce the days ofAncient tgypt.'

As for the Chinese (who would revise their ìunarcalendar each . time a new emperor ascended to thePeacock throne) - they adopted the Gregorìan calendarfor everyday use in 1911.

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DAVID ANDERSON:

It is certainly an exciting one. To Davjd, tdependence between audience and performer is vital.¡rThe city has its own program,of park perfg¡¡¿¡çsfor kids. I really detest that kind of performancejt takes away the power of the theatre and preventit from becoming any sort of meaningful element osociology. "

He speaks passionately about the theatre as ritual."Rituaì contains elements of theatre and eìements oftheatre were present in ritual. Theatre has misthe importance of repetition by tryinq to developshows that have ritual form and that's not it!Theatre has to be exciting:-äd interesting, the sameway a baseball game is. People go to a ball game andthey throw stuff on the fieìd, and yelì, and cheer

they don't want to go there so theyrll haveRitual Experience!" He is laughing in exasperation.

David and Sara have been doing theatre for the last15 years, after starting out in-connedia-style streettheatre in Vancouver. Before that, David studiedbe an engineer, got a 8.4. in Psychology, worked inthe field of Psychometrics and did a nuiber of yearsof graduate study. He came "within an inch ofgetting a l,|asterrs Degree in Phi losophy" before he"smartened up.".

Sara does the writinq for llhoìe Loaf Theatre -sne noros a oeqree rn LreöErve-¡rrrtlnq rrom nar¡ooroCollege in Ver-mont - but neither hãve formal arttraining. The marvellous puppets they both make area cônglomeration of trial and error and inspirationfrom unìikely sources: for example, the Pink Ladyoriginates fron an old lithograph of a Greek malegod.

l{hole Lqaf Theatre wi ì I soon appear on Globalï.V. on segments of a new "post-Electric-Conpany-¿qekidsr show" cal led Ïroopers. Their next definitelive performance date--ií-ltlã7õh 30th, at the PuppetryCentrg, at l0 a.m.; ¡nd on llàrcñ 3lst ¿tF¡lrvler Llbr¡ry. I o.a. fhey tlllSarr's lrtest cre¡tlonr Ìhc Rltl-51tÊrf_'tbanrdrttc. r rif;hú rip@llast Thursday nlght, rhlìe O¡vld pìayed and-sang'indha<l a great time talking to peop'le llke ,Bear'-fronEdnonton - u260 lb and 6'6, - who made a ner thongout of deerskin for Oavid's subway puppets. 0r youngTony Fol i ot f rom l.lontreal wtro- 'stbbped

dead- anãgrinned: oDidn't I see you last su¡nnr when I was inToronto? You had a 'little girl rith you, plàyinqviolin!" He proÍptty sat dorn- on the wail an¿'beã¡rcãat Oavid, listening happily.

And this time I di{q't care what people mightthink. I sat there and listened too.

- ltlarya Miìler

Jim A'l

CHANGES

Uell, this is it. Our ilew Look.it.

have a favouri te

But i t' s more than a t{ew Look for l¡lari poll [o!es.l{e intend to become the definitive ããñÎ-TiîEiñgfor folk activities in 0ntario, providing an easyaccess to information at a gìance.

Please note our new features - such as our newìisting of folk radio prograrms; and 'letters to theeditor' for those of you who have sonething to say.

tr you nave a ravourl¡e correenouse or l(now orupcomiîq events, please call us at 363-4009, so that

coffeehousè 0r know of

u,e can list them.

t{e are still looking for an Events Co-ordinator toput them aìl together each issue.

t{otlce: l{e have .ora ,p*a than ever before tobrinq you articles on peopìe, places and activitiesyou -haie expressed an interest in. Please let us

know your ideas and suggestions, so that we can ¡nakel{ariposa Notes the ideal folk cormunity newsletter.

Another change: I am leaving l',lariposa Notes asEditor. I liave enjoyed working as Editor and Layout& Paste-Up Person vsry much, but it is time to go.

To all of the people I have met ìn this capacity:Thank you, and good ìuck!

- ltlarya I'li ì ler

TO TTIE EDITORsaote lrith interest your intention, expressed ìnÍlnter edition of @¡.pg-.þ!g, to rchange

erecrable exaÍPle of the Toronto SUt{ and suffixrefter with rtrpid ollulnülF.El*nrt.

Agincourt,0ntario

Perish the thought! ! !) J

t'. l{el I and good, but I h-ope thi s means more

lei and.the continuation of that human touch..:has been very much in evidence this last year.

I also hope: noting your intention to publish a

Êtters to the Editor' section - that you wili noti mãny other publications seem to be doing) follow

\l{e hope you like

was nothe Star

Is îfüT

the Mariposa Folkwas the highlight of

String Games LA BELLE LABELLEInspired by your review of Camilla Gryski's book on

strino qames. Cat's Cradle. 0wl Eyes (Christmasissue- of- the

'ttotffiifteen-year-oìd son who was recoveríng at home from a fairlyhefty operation. He had reached the stage wheretelevision was producing suicidal thoughts ìn him,and his demands for a computer and video ganes wereproducing same in me. I crocheted him a number ofbrightly-coloured strings and dropped book andstrings on his bed.

He thought old age had finaìly overcorne ne - hisface was oriceless! But I breezed out of the roombefore he'could say a thing and whãn I took'him hia

CathY 0.Toronto,

He's got me trying string

Thank YouPAlROil !€lßtRS:

Don t',lalpassl,labeì StewartKathy LoningerJoan l,lcCarvi I leEarnård Hou lahanSusan GoldbergJoso SpralJaR. CavoukianBob Biden¡anDonåld AltmanAustin Ciarkson .

Janis RubenzahlAnita DanielsTarry HaftlnLônie & Andy fiþl¿redRebecca Pe¡pples0.R. SinclairDavid larrenu. filcoðìdPatrlck GleesonHorard KaplanRandal FerrisDon Kennedyl,lichaeì Gaìea0r. R.c.[. LaidlarDraoo I'laì ei nerBi ìf Russel8ri an Pickel IKate MurphyKathleen SincìaìrBrascan Ltd,Greg Cìapp0r. t{, & Florence GoodmanEarìy Morning ProductionsThe Mi I lwheelNicol as ZabanehCanadian Folk Music Soc'ietyPhi ìadelphia Folksong Society

SUPPORTI Î{G I'IEI.ßERS

Jud i th RodgersCol i n GrahamJeffrey PikerAlbert B i sschopMarna & Bernie SnitmanIan RobbPhìl & Sandy ByerÌ'lary McMiìlanJames 3i seker0iane Abbey LivingstonDebbie Strot{gerSyd Scul IJohn fibdei rosI'lichael GaIìagherÇsl ìette Naubertl,lari ljn MooreSterart CameronJane RoteringRuth OobbRâlph Lêri5G¡eì & l{athan 6ilbert

001r0RS:

l,lark ¡hKenneylligel PleasantsCarol RoggìeAnnette ChristensonPat 0ingle

supper, ng ìfas Eofal ly aosorDeq. Jlltqe Lrlsrrr trrt¡rteiàviiion and readin! pall on him, he has spenthours makino strinq Datterns.

Macfar I ane0ntar i ogarnes tool

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Cðthy Lùbe¡le collects and sings a vastreper-toire -of loth French-Canadian-¡nd Irishand ScoLs Gaelic ballðds. as reil Às tãacñ-ing vo-lce. Fluent in both languages, shelpeît last sumer in Ireìand perleciing trerGaelic.

Cathy has acquired a steadi ly growingreputation as an excegtional traditionaiGaelic singer. She will be featured alongwith Catherine Crowe and Eileen frlccann atthe Celtic f'tusic Society,s iltU l{IN0SoRH0USE, l4arch 29th, at I p.n.

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My NewLook !

Festival Fever

that folk music is decliningwhy there rràs no festival?

I was real ly di sappointed that thereFestival last year. I read recently in

in popularity.

Please, pl.ease, bring backFestivaì! The last one you hadmy whole year!

Kami YashikoToronto,Ontario

Is there qoinq to be a Íestivaì, lhis yeyS ..Harc ano leresa )olsKìAurora,0ntario

[Yes! July 13 - 15, at ltlolson Park, in Barrie]

he r¡as totally absorbed. Since then' when

hours making string Patur Ð nrsÀ . rrv Ége r

Ihank yqu, Canilla Gryski!

CATHY TABELLE

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a.k.a. 'the Fallout Shelter'Frìdays at 9:00 p.m.

362-0354 $3.00 cover charge370 Queen 5t. E. (at Parìiament)

Suzanne Pasternak & Vicki TaylorTerry Jones & Kari Brownïaylor G-reen, Charles Smith, &

Tish ÌrlcSorìey

TTE ¡RISH CEilI8E

1650 Oupont St., 762-2858frlar. l0 Comhaltas vaniety concert/

cei ì idh17 Sìarns¿ Ceìli Band; step-dancing

¡roilYilLY ¡tAY PR0DUCÍIoilS

925-6568

Apr. 8 8p.m., Holly Near at ConvocatiHall

I'lay 6 Margie Adam at Trinity-St.Paul's Centre

May 31 Al ive

ROY THOI,?SOI{ HALL

60 SiÍEoe St., 593-4828

Mar. 16Mar.23l¡lar. 30

[1ar. 2027

The CheiftainsCarlos Montoya

I'IASSEY HALL

Shuter & Victoria, 593-4828

I'lar. 13-18 Gordon Lightfoot' 30 Jury's lrish Cabaret17 Preservation Hall Jazz Band

CAFE OI¡ THE PARK

174 Egì inton Ave. [. 483-3484(Mariposa Members 20f discount on cover)

Éri tage: Viol inist Vincentwith Benoit Eourque on bones.

oueì lette,

Mar. 8-1122-25

Apr. 5- I26-29

t4ay 24-27

BALKAII I.T'SIC CAFE

Esperides Coffee House125 Oanforth Ave. 461-1839Thursdays,8:00 p.m.Izvor every week pìus speciaì guests

IRO.JAÍ{ HORSE CAFE

179 Danforth Ave. 923-664L

Tony Trischka & Skyl ineLoui se LambertSonny ÌerryJosh tihi te Jr.Rare Air (a.k.a. Na Cabar Feidh)

Sandy Greenberq"The Twighl ighI Rambler',

presented by Oavid CampbelìPaula, Kriwoy, Bob Carty, David

branam'rFemale Parts"

presented by Theatre BondHunter oav i sSpadina Rd. Taber.nacle BandIan Robb & Grit Laskin5tr i ngbandFred MoyesEvening of Peace: Christians &

Soci ¿l Çþ¿¡9sclosed for EasterArlene Mantìe

Harbourfron t1-10 p.m.

Innish 0wenCatherine Crowe, Eileen I,lcGann,

& Cathy LabelleBi I I CraigCeìtique

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The l{el{ l{i ndsor HouseChurch & RichmondThursdays,8:00 p.m.Mar. 15 Joe i(ing & Sandy lblntyre

18 St. Patrick's Fanrily Day at

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Mav 3101724

Cromda I eFoìk Fi ìmsBrahan Seer (Sunday)Irish Rebels w/Kevin KennedyJim CushmanI.I.P. SplinterBi ì I Russeì 1, Cathy Label ìe, &

Joe King (Cajun, Quebecois, &

Acadian music)

Apr.

8RU!{SÌaICK HoUSE

481 Eloor St. t{. 924-3884

Har. 12-17 Roy.Buchanan19-24 Koko Tavlor2:6-3L tllen Mðllwaìne

FREE TIIGS CAFE Bri an Pickel t

320 College St. 967-1078lilar. 9-10 Celtic Twiìight (Jeff Bird &

Loreena ÀlcKenna)16-17 llillìe p. Bennet20 Frank ttheeler2L Jack Schechtman?2-24 nRetrospective Acoustic Guitar

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Ian MacOona'ldftlixed Emotions (Lloyd Landa &

Toni Newnan)ilose Scarlett

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Oonna MarchandTex KonioNorm Hac[ingllhiskey JackTon St. LouisJoe HaI I

Colin Linden & Curtis OriedgerJoe Hal IFoìk Retrospective Festival

Audition Nights every other Mondày

JAILHOUSI CAFE

97 Main St. 691-1113Saturdays, S:30 p,m.

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Steve Hagl idsonlom 0uffinCasual Labour StringbandChri s ThompsonAndy VineDou!¡ AustinRick FemiaAnn GutmausPauì BurgoyneBrian Pickel I

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ffiApr. 2-7 Prairie Oyster

9-14 !,lorqan [)av i sL6-2L t.b]a.23-28 Junior Weìls & Buddy Guy

Apr. 30- Professor piano & Cdn. ÀcesIilay 5 with Honolulu Heartbreakers.7-12 oliveÈ Lake & Jump Upl4-19 t.b.a.21-26 Amos Garrett

THE CROAÎ{¡ÎIG BOARÍ)

l3l Jarvis St. 363-0265 - call for 'line up

FIDOLER'S GREIII

292 Brunswick Ave. 489-3001Sundays,8:00 p.m.

Mar.

Apr.

May

Alìstair Andersonlan RobbEattlefield BandFred & Jenny Armstronq-ParkBob BossinBrahari SeerTim HarrisonMartin I'lyndhan-Reid

Cei I idh Dances:Irlar . 17Apr. 27

BE!¡EFIT FOR NICARAGUA

Ceci I St. Comunity Centre58 Cecil St.f,lar. 31,6:00 p.m,with Latin Anerican Cultural ,lorkshoo-Heather Chetwynd, & Arìene lrlantle

IIITERIIATIOI{AL FOLK OAI{CIlIG:

University Settlement House23 Grange Rd.. f{ar. 22Latin Anerican Dances with Date Hyde

!. of T. International Folk Dance CìubFaculty of Education GW LZzEloor & SpadinaEvery Frlday, 8:15 p.m.

SQIJARE OAilCIf{G

Friday l{ighters ClubScarborough Junction Uni tg¿ ç¡rr.t3576 St. Clair Ave. E.Itlar. 9 & 23, Agr. 6 & 27, 8:30 p.m.

APPATÆ}IIAII CLOGGIilG

with Sandy ltlntyrsSt. Clalr Jr. H.S.2800 St. Cl¡ir Ave. E.431-6078Sundays, 1:00 p.rn.

HMBüRFRO¡{T

York Quay Centre, 235 Queen's Quay H.364-5665

Traditionaì SoundsSundays, 2:30 p.m. Free

llar. 11 Genesl8 T. I.P. Spì interApr./ttlay t.b,a.

l{ay 15-21 theatrè, music, mine, puppets,and dance. Ken & Chrìs l{hitetevriìl be there vrith many otheis--

1984 Toronto Internationaì Chi ldren'sFest i val

The Folk Inspiration In Classicðl l¡lusicPremìere OanCe Theatre207 Q¡¿s¡'s Quay ll.

Mar. 11 frlus ic of Spaì n

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music there is on radio, but we want to ìetyou in on a well-kept secret: therers morethan you probably think. There's an oldtruism in broadcasting, that the norecertain kinds of prograÍming get listenedto, the more of it a station is likely toprograrnne. So LISTEN! i{RIït I0 THE

STATIONS and let them know you're there.Here's a beginners' guìde to Toronto-areafolk radio.

CJRT-FM91 .4

JOE LEI.¡IS' FOLK I'{JSIC & FOLKI{AYS

Saturdays, 12:00 to 3:00, soon tobe expanded to a four-hour programby adding a new blues hour from 3to 4. A good way to keep informedof what's happening in the way offolk events.

CHFI-FM PAUL FISHER'S 'SLIGHTLY FOLK SHOII'98.1 Saturdays, 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m.

Although it's a ridiculous tÍme,at least it¡s a stàrt for this popstation. Pauì is a real folk fanand is àctively soliciti,ng albumsby Canadian folk artists for

.airpìay.

CJUT RADI0 VARSIÎY: PAUL TRAFF0RO'Sfoìk show, l{ednesdays at 2:00 andSaturday mornings.If you have access to Rad i oVarsity this Ís a good time to'listen in.

CING.FM DAVE JOURDAINE FOLK SHOT¡

108 llednesdays, 11:30 p.ír. tonidnight; Saturdays, 5:30 p.m. to6:00In keeping with the "music of your'I i fe" fornat of th i s s tat i on,Jourdaine's shon features mostly60's foìk and folk-pop. ¡4aybe vúe

could aì I use a hi t of theKingston Trio to suave thosel,Jednesday night blues.

CBC. FM SII4PLY FOLK

94.1 Saturdays, 11105 p.m. to midnightfeatures foìk artists in concertplus interviews.Murray ltkLauglan does a ten-minuteinterview with a "real Canadian"eveny week as weìl as sing one ofhis composi tions. Featuredperformers over the next tnomonths are:

Jake Thackeray (8rit.humorist)

Hol ly ArntzenBeverly-Glen CopelandAl istair AndersonThe Roches

THE MAX FERGUSON SHO}JSundays, 10:05 to noonThis show consists of l,lax'sinimitable musical taste, Yeryinternational, lot's of choirs,f,lorrocan drurmers, Iormy Makens andEd fi,lccurdys. A deì i ghtf u ìaccompanimeni to your Sundaymorning waffles.

SPECIAL ON f{At{CY I{HITEon "The Entertainers"Sunday, Î{ar. 18, 1:30 to 3:00

C8C Af.I THE OCEAN LID. & SIX DAYS OI{ lHE740 R040, Saturdays, 7:05 for The Ocean

Limited, a show out of Halifax thatfeatures a ìot of filariti¡rc folkies;Saturdays, 8:05 for [)ave Essig's"Si x 0ays on the Road" a rathereclectic look at all the facets ofcountry music. Schedule as follows:

COUIIIRY DAIICE

Apri'l 14, see above

TRIYIAL PURSUIÍS & FOLK FRIVIA

l'4ay t.b.a.

OPEN HOUSE

tlay 10Mariposa office525 Adelai<le E.

coultTRY oAr¡cE

lilay 12, see above

COUilTRV DAIICE

June 9

I.IARIPOSA FOLK FESTIYAL

Juìy 13-15Molson Park, Barrie

I'IARIPOSA III ÏHE TOODS

Aug.15-19l'roodland Trails Conference Centre, Aurora

}IARKET llf IHE PARK

Aus.24-26Eglington Park, Toronto

EVERY THURSDAY: VOLUÍITEER 1{IGHT

7:00 p.m. Mariposa office, 525 Adetaide St.F

good fun, good vrorks, good folks,cone down and get to know us

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Zi ppersf,lar. 17 Deni s Ryan ( of

Ryan's Fancy)llar. ?4 "f{otework"

Band (PEI)Irlar. 3l ocean Ltd. Band

Apr. 7 Denis Ryan Specialon Irish music

Apr. 14 l'lose Al I i son

Apr. 21 Mose Al I ì sonApr. 28 Garnet Rodgers

SIX DAYS

Elìis Famiìy

Essig & SyìviaTyson w/Michaeì0'Rei I lyConray Twitty

New l{omen incountry musicHarold ¡klntyreHistory ofBl uegrass

SPECIAL ON NANCY l,lHITI

as on FM, but on SaturdaY, l'lar.17'at 11:05 a.m.

Itelì, that's it. l,rle've probabìy missedsomething, but the only way we'ìl know is ifyou teì T us, A thousand ears are betterthan tno ( ears ) .

Mar ,Mar .

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Eryan Bowers0avid BrombergDon }tLean

Molson's 0ntario Erewer y for hosting a greatmember's winter outing at flolson ParkThe [1i i lwhee] for hosting a warm Hol idayParty, ånd for the use of their sound systemAl I the peopIe who have been coming 'in tohelp wìth the office work during the dayBurton Kramer Associates for designNancy Ruth Jackson for design

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MARIPOSA EVENTSCALL: 363-4009 (VISA/llastercard accepted)

COUilTRY DAIICE

llar. 10, 8:30 p.m.Church of St. George the MartyrStephanie & ikCaul$3./ncnbers; t4,/non-members

ALL-IIIGHT HOOT

Itlar. 16, 8:30 p.rn. ti I I davrn

Bathurst St. Theatre736 BathurstS4. /members ; Í5. /non-members

couilrRY DAilct

l¡lar.24,8:30 p.m.see above

'IARIP0SA SUI{0AYS¡ FRED & JEilflY

ARl,lSTR0llG PARK

l,lar. 25, 1:15 & 3:00 p.m."Appalachiàn foìk party"Innis College Torn Halì2 Sussex Ave. at St. Georqe52.20 & $3./membeis; 12.75f3. 75l non-menùers

FRAIIKIE ÂRilSfROilG in concert

f'|ar.30,8:00 p.n.Trinity-St. Paul's Centre,427 Bloor l{.meÍÈers: $6.-advance/f6.80-doornon.lneûbers: $7.50/$8.50

UTAH PHILLIPS in concertSt. Vladimir Institute

lPlr I 5' 620 Spadina (at Harbord)Èr:JU P'm. Advance: $6.00 - members

$7.50 - non-members0oor: 86.80 - members

$8.50 - non-nembers

FILI{ I{IGHT

Apri I 25

Apr. 28 Career Development Semiûar forMusicians with Penny SidorMariposd office, 12:00-6:00 p.m.members - $69.00non-members - $75.00(see article in this issue)

IIIARIPOSA IIOTES IS LOOKING FOR A1{

LISTIN6 COORDII{ATOR

LEASE CALL 363-4009

AilD THAilKS TO:

CAREER DEVELOPMENT

SEMINAR

qAREER GOING NOUHERE?

f)ON'T PANIC, CALL PENNY

Mariposa is sponsoring its first CAREER 0EVELOPîiENT

SEI{INAR for performing artists, Saturday, April 28th.The seminar is hosted by Penny A. Sidor, PerformingArts Consultant.

Penny has been involved with the perforning artssince childhood, and is a faniliar figure on the folkcircuit. After perforning at festivals and coffee-houses for. a number of yeàrs, she studied music,dance. theatre and film at York University.

Aftér graduâtis¡, the CBC hired Penny to work inthe Speciaì Projects unit. After one year' she tooka position as an Artist's Representative at GAI{I -- apröminent Canadian management company. It becaneevident to her that a large nu¡ter .of performingartists rere unable to find qood management and knewlittle about the business -side of shoïÜusiness.After speaklng with nany artists across the country,utro felt in need of åssistance, . she opened herconsultancy, :

The seminår is based on the theory that shor-business is a business of.contacts. Peopìe hire thepeople that they knos. Therefore networking ls alllnportant: uslng a systematic and organized approachto developing and maintaining an expanding contactnetwork.

llelp is available in other areas as well -- tourorganization, budgets, getting orgönized, grantapplications, etc. on a one-to-one basis.

To register, call the Mariposa office(416)363-4009. For further information regardingseminar, cal I Penny at (416)360-7560. ltre teti75.00 (non-ræmbers), $69.00 (members). Vi saMastercard accepted.

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BASEBALL ANYONE?Mari.posa is starting a baseball team at

f'lay. Al I those i nterested cal I RodMariposa,363-4009.

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BRITTANY'SPATRICK

André Hel'lec MOLARD

PATRICK I.þLARO

I don't know rúhy, but the beautiful "Aires dePontevedra" fadlng in over the stereo speakersinstantìy fills my imagination with mediaeval churchbells, buiìding of npss-shatlowed grey stone androlìing countryside that is softer, greener andryetter than"0ntario. f rould like to go there! verymuch, one dãy.

I say nl don't know why" because trAires dePonevedra",.that vision of the bel..ls, is played insolid traditional Scots styìe orì the Great HighìandBagpipe; by none other thaoBrittanyrs Patrick I|oìard,Alan Stivell's erstwhiìe piper. It is the first tuneon lblard's first solo albun, Ar Baz Valan.

Ihe effect is greater than the sum of technlque¡nd tunes together, and herein lies the magic: hisnusic has a life of its own.

The tunes themseìves are a Celtic folk feast -traditional 'tunes of Brittany, Ireland and Scotland.To nane a sanpì lng; trThe Ivy Leafr, "The ltlerryMerchant", "La Fille d'un Riche llarchand"r "Ronds deLoudéac", iSuÍte de Oañs Fisel" (This latterfnom the repertoire of Manuel Kerjean, possibly thefinest traditionaì kan-ha-diskan singer aìive today)and even a Scottish piobearachd co¡tposed by theinmortal father of piÞeri, Patiick 0g l.lacCrimon(1645-1730 A.D.) Tradition¿l pipers will love llolardfor his cnisp an4. i¡m¿culate crunluaths, torluathç,birls, grips and throws; those rho ¡¡ys ¡¿vgr giventhe bagpipe a second thought in their ìives will loveAr 8az Valan because the tunes flor, and slng, andããñõe yoü-lhey haunt, they terse, they glor underllolard' s sensitive f ingers.

lloìard himself is an eclectic musiciån, He haspl ayed on albums ri th Sti vel I and wi th Bretonelectric rocker Oan Ar Bras. He has perforned Shaun0avey's synphony nThe Brendan Voyaqe" on ui I leanpipes, backed ¡y i-FüTi-ïTiõñes-Fãj and he iscurrently a meÍùer of Breton traditional groupGwerz, playing fìute, uilìean pipes and biniou atthose wi ld fest-noz (uniqht festivals") which theBretons have-ãñÌl-Te (siéh) don't. And when notpl.aying sonewhere with the iirmensely popular Gwerz,Patrick ltlolard teaches music. He just can't leave ital one.

li,loìard started pìaying the bagpipes at the age of"L3 or 14" in a baqad, a Breton street band withbaooioes. bornbardes-ãì? batteries. But his devotionto-'add ieverence for the instrument eventually tookhim to Scotland, where he was taught by Bob Brown,nioer to the 0ueen and oamekeeoer at Balmoral. until' piper to the Queen and gamekeeper.at Baimoral.,.until

¡ Brown's death. He has won many prìzes tn f,raoltìonalI Scottish piping, including the prestigious McCowan

I lrophy three time s.I It i s thi s combi nation of sol id tradi tiona I

I training and eclectic experience that has qivertraditionat

that has given

BLUEGRASS AT THESFIAMROCK:A Review

0n February 16th, the l{orthern Bluegrass Cormittee(a non-profit organization whicþ runs out ofBurìington) presented "The__l_eXilttre neú Shamräck Tavern iñ-Tõõlñ-

Indiana" atBur'lìngton) presented 'lThÊ 9gË trom In¿iana'

Local Toronto group Blueqràss Revival opened forlhe Amrican band-and roffiãñÏ:õffiÏñã nane ìs farfrorn unfamiliar'. In addition to playing a regularSaturday afternoon session at the pub, the band has

been around the city's bìuegrass scene in one form oranother for. seening eons. Its present aìumni,.corprised of four'of the most stalwart weekendpickers in the area, are John Jackson on guìtar andìead vocals. John Mappinsly on banjo and dobro, Tom

lrlcCraight playing stañd-up bass and (filìing in forChuck Crawford) Don Thurston on mandoìin. Displayinga wide repertoire' they played everything fromColleen Peierson's

' "Souvènirs", to a traditional

version of ushackìes önd Chains"' to an instrunentalversion of "Breakin' It oown" to the gospel nunber"Little t{hite Church Ir¡ the 0ellni a fittingintroduction to the feature band, who donned thestàge directly on the heels of their warm-up band.

Tñe Boys Fiol¡ Indlana wasted no time as they dovetreãõ-long lnio fheir music; a gospel medley theirinÍtial offerìng of the night. Hot on the heeìs ofthe gospel segtrnnt, several sttndard nu¡ùers werereeled off in succession. 0f note were nThe t{reck 0fThe 97", nFootprints In The Snow", "Salty Dog 8lues",and tha simply beautifu'l "Atlantars 8urning", whichwas written by lead singer Aubrey H.H.

In addition to being a supenb six-piece bluegrassband, The Boys From Indiana are a superior stageband. Their show is reaìly somethlng to behold. Itls weì I structured ônd deì iberately broken intospecific sections, . each one of which features a

particular aspect of bluegrass music. Theirrepertoire incìudes an elongated version of nI'veBeen Everywhere", a medley of Carter family tunes and

a portion entitled "The Legend 0f The Fiddìen' whichfeatured trrin fiddles and nunters from Bill filonroe'Bob t{i l'ls, Pee }Jee King and Charl ie Moore, Just toment.ion a few.

A definite hfghlight of the bandrs performance wasthe bass singi-ng õt dobro player tiarley Gabbard,whose voice provided a stunning backdrop for theirtunes. Perhaps the most entertaining part of thenight came at the finaìe, when Gabbard sang an

extraordinary version of "Rollin' In My Sreet BabytsArms". which he bolstered by minicking vocalists HankSnow,-Johnny Cash, Roy Acuff, Lester Flatt and ErnestTubb. The concert ended with a roar of acceptancefrom a fulfilled audience.

Añd due to the success of this initial concert' the

New Shamrock in coniunction rrltl! the Northernglr"otass Comittee intend to br!49 Bìuegrass to the;ii'';;; -rãéu¡ai uasis. Èlarch 15Èh ri.ll nark theirsecond such event, i¡ãn iñetiottn:on ltoJntãtn:aoy¡t t!31'iåroTn$"e,l#f;åotål.Be' vri ì I be snor. ûseo'

Steve Pritchard

lblard a rare rlsdom regarding his om first album.Guitarist Oan Ar Bras and electric violinist Jackyf'lolard (Partick's bother and fellor ûEröer ofGrerz). back him on "The ilerry l'lerchantn, {Ar BazYalan' and Jacky on "Aires de Pontevedran, but youhardly notice they are there. The touch is light; thesecret ingredients added at the right -monnnt.

ltlolard's sensitivity is equalled onìy by his skiì.l.8!e¡4 concs to Quebec in July of this year and

l.loTãFd-wishes "very much" they -could also-play in

Ontario. A visit to Toronto in 1968 first made himaware both of the thriving North American pipingscene and a hugr growth of interest in Celtic music.He says that Gwerz would love to make f{orthAmericans as awariã-õ-f Breton Music as a distinctiveCeltic sound as they are of Irish and Scottish."l{hen people listen to us outside of Brittany (wewant them to say) ..'. 'thàt is Breton music!"'

But until then, there is Patrick ltloìard's a]bun ArBaz Valan.-olñõlid do no better

Marya Miiler

ALL_NIGHT

In what sone folks are cal ling a "fun-raising.eyent,'1 l,tariposa wi1l host an all-night "Hootenanny"o0 Frlday night, l,larch 16, at the Bathurst StreetIheatre. The 'rhoot" will feature dozens of Toronto'sfinest professional, seni-professional, and amateurnusiclans in song-swapping situations from 8:30 p.m.until dam. (Yes, dawn!)

Ihere certainly hasn't been any trouble finding themusicians, rather we've had to be careful to not

"it seems tó be something the community needs."The dictionary defines hootenanny as, "l.. a social

gathering or informal. concert, featuring folksinging, and sometimes dancing. 2. an informalsession at.which folk singers and jnstrumentalistsperform for their enjoyment. 3. (Chiefly Dlaìect) a

thingurôob [?J"The dictionary got it pretty much right. Certainly

the word had its origins in the U.S. as another wordfor "whatchacallit," that is, any smaìl object, thename of which was not familiar or in irnrnediate recallto the speaker. In some parts of the country itneant an out-.house, or an old car, or a specificpiece of equipment in the lunberman's kit. And tosonÌe it meant the most infornal of parties - what oneOklahoma wonan termed, "a kitchen sweat.'r

l.le have t,he term because Pete Seeger and lloodyGuthrie brought it back from visits'to Seattle,l{ashington, in the surimer of 1941, where theyperformed at one of the fund-raising parties of theNew Deal Political Cìub (Democratic Party), which,for want of a better name, rrer€ called Hootenannies.Soon Pete & l{oody and their group, the AlnanackSingers, were having Sunday aTternoon house-rentparties ìn Neï York Ci ty and cal 1 in9 'emHootenanni es.

ïhese hoots becane so successful they graduated tolarger and Iarger halls,. all the !,ray up to CarnegiellalI in the late 50's. (0ne of my favourite foìkrecords is sti l l uHootenanny at Carnegie Hall" onFotkways Records, which includes not only lots ofgood muslc with Pete Seeger et al, but also llill Geerdoing a great i¡nitation of Mark Twain doing a

take-off on Shakespeare ... ! )

In the 1960' s the word Hootenanny became a

cormerciaì sensation, spawnìng a famous televisionshow that wouldn't have Pete Seeger (too "political")and so couldn't have Joan Baez, or the Kingston Trioand others who deliberately boycotted it. There wereseveral "Hootenanny" magazines, one of which had a

colunn by Bob Dylan (yupl). It lasted four issues.I ren¡ember a pronoter in Los Angeles who booked the

larqest halls. hired 50 acts for 10-25 dollars each.put- smal I ads- ("Hootenanny! 50 folksingers!n) in thepaper, and soìd 'em out. He made millions. He tookthe shows to f{ew York eventuaìly, and some of myfriends wo¡rked for him. (I never did. Nyaaah.)

Rob Sinclair says, 'rl{e got into this for rfun, andwe want to put ¡s¡¿ fun back into it,'! Part of thefun is seeing several musicians and singers who

nornally don't perform together, in a song.swap. Thelnteraction, the playing aìong, the ðttempts ðt"songs I háven't sung in- a long time," that one isreminded of ...

For the format will not be one "setu after anotherby each perfôrmer, but rather perfornrcrs wiìl go on

stage three or four at a time, önd sing around threetimes or so. l{e will encourage them to play or singatong with each other when þossible, and pronote a

."l.oose-aS-a-goose" atmpsghere in whisi the best mus-,icis sometines nade.

And yes! we'll go until ,the

sun cones up.

- Michael Cooneyexcited about this,"invite too many! "Everyone'scormented Rob Sinclair, l'laripo Executive Director

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TORONTOSTORYTELLING

FESTIVAL 1984

ALICT KA¡¡E

The Si xth Annual Festival of Storytel I ing toqkplace on the weekend of February 25126 at Trinity-St.Þaul's Centre and I had the usual 'dilerma of wantingto be in three places at the sðme time so I wouìdn'tmiss a singìe story. The blend of storytellers fromafar and Tóronto's master storytellers wove.a rnagic[trãt alreaOy has me ìooking forward to next February.

There were so many wonderfu I stori es i t i s

difficult to single out favorites but .there wereitorytel I ers , neú to û€, who made I ast i ng

irnprãssions. I watched the speìl.bound faces ofchildren as Robert Munsch told of Princess Elizabeth'ièaring her paper bag, fighting the Oragon in orderto frei her Prince Ronald - who turned out to be a

cad and not worthy of the fight so she reiects him'ii- ia! a timeiy story to come iust beforeInternatì onal }lomen' s l,leek.-

¡-õren Niemi from Minneapolis kept u-s- taughing as. he

toid of how at the age of 35 he finalìy realized hlsdream of running away to join a circus - and we allremembered our own dreams.-Èioating Eagìe Feather, a Mayan Indian who grell up

in rew O-rleais speaking Spanish, gave us tales ofbeautv and mirth'and á hauntfnq þoém f¡om a bookcaìle-d "Gestures" by a deaf poet, Dorothy Miles.Called "Language for the Eye", he presented .it to usnot only fõr ôur eðrs but with fingers dancing thewords in sign language.

A special gift was to hear the renowned Hungarianooet Georqe Falud.v tel I us of some fascinatingêxperienceí ìn Morõcco, one of the places where he'lived after fteeing his homeland during the lastareat war and I know that the circle of listenersúent away with new meanings of old words.

There were'two films on storytellers, one with Dan

Yashinsky by Paul Caulfieìd and the other by KayArmatage, -featuring seven storytel lers - a

fascinating display of stytes from traditional tou I tra-modern.

As the Festival t{as an officiaì TorontoSeequicentenniaì event, the Saturday even'ing concert,held in the Church Sanctuary, celebrated some of thedifferent cultures the have brought their stories tothis city. It wás a very special evening whichstarted with Aìice Kane's "lilorag" and wound its waythrough tales from Quebec, Africa, the Bedouins, and

Japan.The Sunday even i ng Cabaret was enhanced by two

strolling minstrels, the Izvor Balkan Folk Ensemblecomposed of AnneLederman on violin and Greg Paskarukon accordian. The room was full and the listenerswere loath to see the evening end but at last thefinal story nas told by Celia Lotthridge who -hadco-ordinated this year's wonderful Festival. After20 hours of ìistening to stories, I felt morestrongly than ever that storytel ì i ng i s morenecessary today than in the past, not just forentertainnent but for sanity and growth. In thisfilm, Dan Yashinsky had said that in a world wherenucìear arms proliferated and threat of rlar was

ever-present, he felt he could make a contribution tothe healing process in life by telìing stories. Iagree completely for I certain ìy felt healed andbetter able to cope with the world of today - and oftomorrow.

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HERBS FOR YOUR GARDENSince the days of the ancient Greeks, herbs have

been used for fragrance, flavouring and medicine.They have appeared prominently in foiklore andsuperstition, and even in the Bjble itself, .wheresuôh verses as "l{oe unto ye, Scribes and Pharisees,hypocrites! For ye pay. tithe of mint and anise andcumin ..." leave us with the idea that herbs wereprized very highly.

In the middle ages, herbs such as saffron were usedto disguise and dress meat and fish that did not havethe benefi t of a refrigerator storage. And thefarpus Roman historian Pliny (born 23 A.D.) wroteabout herbs in great detail in his "Naturaì History".

But what is â herb? Botanically, ít is describedas "ô non-woody annual, biennial or perennial plantthat dies back each year after blossoming." Includedin this definition are many plants that we think ofas weeds and therefore actuaì Iy discounage; andexcluded are woody, shrub-type plantg such asrosemary and laurel, which for hundreds of years haveplayed prominent parts in herblore. ' '' Tñere'is so nn¡ch to write about, wheh it'c-omes toherbs - one could. devote an entirç book to thesubject of 'Herblore in Mythology' alone. 0r''Herbsas ttledicine'. 0r 'Herbs ìn Cooking' ... the list 'i!endless. But I think I will tell you about some ofthe herbs I grow in my garden for colour andfragrance. And if you have never before given muchthought to these beautiful plants, let me assure youthat they are a delight in any garden, ìarge orsmall, and very easy to grow.

One of my favourÍ.tes is HYSSOP, traditionally usedto "cleanse the soul and body, purifyìng them ofdisease and sin". A small-1eaved, bushy plant withtiny, deep-blue flowers, it has a very pìeasantlicorice scent when rubbed between your fingers.

S!¡EET CICELY has fine, divided, fern-like leavesand grows to about 3' high, with heads of smaìl whiteflowers that look loveìy beside the BERGAltl0T. Thislatter, which grows 2 - 3' high, has large handsomered fl-owers anð lemon-scented feáves. Thõ bees lovethis herb (hence its colloquial naJne, BEE-BALM) -"êSdo hunmingbirds (to the delight of Jasmine andBernis, my two cats) (l am sorry to say).

One herb I especially like for its colour (not forits sqell!) is RUE. It has unusual bìue-green leavesand small yellow flowers.

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BORAGE is an untidy-looking herb withleaves that have a cucumber smell, butare a deìightfuì bright blue, star-shaped,centres.

CATNIP I hqvg to grow, if onìy for Jasmine andBernie to roTTiround in. The ìeaves are grey-green,with spiky mauve or white flowers and a very pungentbut not unpìeasant odour.

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BORAGE

LAVENOER makes a beautiful low hedge and I thinkneeds no descri,ption. SI{TET I.JOODRUFF

-grows under mypear tree .and is a very attractive ground cover.About 6" in heiqht, its square stalks are encircledby whÕrls . of ieaves and'clusters of shjny whiteflowers, very pretty. And SOUTHERNIJ00D grows 3 - 5'high, has beautiful feathery ìight-green leaves, apleasant ìemon scent and yellow flowers ...

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But my descriptions of them pale. beside thereal thing. And, oh, such satisfaction in bunches offragrant scented herbs hanging in your kitchen; ingreat glass bowls with rose leaves,. to makepot-pourri to stuff into sachets which you put underpillows, in ìinen cìosets and drawers; or herbs tomake cosmetics with or to cook with ...

There are many books avaìlable on every aspect ofherblo.¡e, aqd most good nurseries carrry at ìeast abasic selection.. of the plants themselves. Wfayourite herb suppliers are Richters, in Goodwood,just outside of Toronto. They have a spectaculararray of herbs of every variety and description andare weìì worth a visit when you have the chance.

Perhaps I wilì write more on a different aspect ofherbology another tine.

Then again, maybe I will writeFolklore, Cats in l.lythology, Cats

- Eleanor Kanas

about Cats. Cats inin the Garden ...

David l. Warren, 8.4., M.Sc. (Econ.), LL.B.Barrister and Solicitor

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