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Volume 30 Monday June 3, 2013 [email protected]

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Te Orphum Teatre on Spokane Streets Grand Openinin 1924. Photo Courtesy o Kimberley Heritage Museum

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Kimberley Summer Teatre: Bringing cultural vibrancy or 14 yearsWelcome to Kimberley Chronicles 30th issue! Weare excited to have a special editorial in this issuewritten by Kimberley Summer Teatres producerony James. As per usual we love hearing romour readers. Questions, comments and com-plaints can be directed to 427-5430, [email protected] or on our Facebook page(where we also have digital copies o past issues).

In Canada, rom coast to coast, summer theatre peror-mances o all varieties attract and embrace local residentsand visitors alike, such as the case with Kimberley Sum-mer Teatre, in a signicant and vibrant way each year.A seasonal opportunity or multigenerational audiences tocome together or a proessionally produced theatre expe-rience where each can enjoy, not only the exciting live en-tertainment value o the productions, but also engage andlearn about the company behind the presentation as well.

Kimberley Summer Teatre, established in 1997, is a not-or-prot proessional charitable theatre organization lo-cated in the scenic town o Kimberley, British Columbia inthe Canadian Rocky Mountains. Te primary objective othe organization is to provide aordable but proessionaltheatre or an international audience. As a leading sum-mer theatre company, Kimberley Summer Teatre contin-ues to build upon its reputation by blending local talentedperormers and volunteer personnel with proessionalperormers and production sta rom across Canada andbeyond.

Te company, led by a passionateboard o directors, has built a sig-nicant oundation that incorporatesboth live perormance and a com-prehensive and interactive summertheatre school that nurtures the artis-tic and proessional development oyoung aspiring artists. Troughout itshistory, Kimberley Summer Teatrehas employed more than 300

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perormers and production personnel, produced over 25 plays and mucals and perormed beore tens o thousands o theatergoers making it oo the leading summer theatre organizations in Canada.Highlights o past shows include Sweeney odd, Spirit o the SullivBeauty and the Beast, Te Glass Slipper, Pirates, Fools Gold (origiwork), In the Money, Youre A Good Man Charlie Brown, By Jeeves, TButler Did It Singing and Lend Me A enor to name just a ew.As Kimberley Summer Teatre embarks upon its 14th season it once ag

blends proessional perormers, rom as ar away as Montreal and NYork City, with aspiring local artists, as young as 7 years old, or sovery exciting perormances this summer. Tese young artists, manywhom will be making their stage debuts, not only have an opportunitybe mentored by seasoned proessionals, but an opportunity to showctheir talents to a local and visiting audience right in their home city. Tin itsel is a urther example o how important the company has becowithin the theatre industry. It provides a platorm or artists and prodtion personnel to come together, in a collaborative manner, to entertaeducate, experiment and provide an experience or all to enjoy, bothand o stage. It is a amily o creative artists united together to produexceptional, top quality proessional theatre that audiences can be proto call their own. It is these undamental values that make the theatre aso integral to a community who has a cultural pulse and thrives on its peal to locals and tourists to make it sustainable and ever-evolving. TKootenay Region has proven itsel to be a leader in this movement.With signicant cuts to arts and culture unding over the last several yeKimberley Summer Teatre has relied heavily on the support o its mebers, donors, volunteers, audiences and local and provincial governmgranting bodies to keep it moving orward. Without this consistent genosity summer theatre couldnt exist. Te need o an eclectic and versa

mix o arts and culture programming in the region has never been greaand Kimberley Summer Teatre is proud to be leading the cultural chaand enhancing the regions artistic landscape one season at a time.Kimberley Summer Teatre is proud to oer audiences two exciting aentertaining productions this summer. First is the hit Norm Foster coedy Sel Help. Te story o a married couple, both second rate theatre tors, who cast themselves as nationally renowned sel help gurus. Tlives unravel in a arce as they try to conceal a body and hold on to thalsely won ame. A smart and sassy look at love and the sel help indus


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and what the couple will do to stay on top!Next is L. Frank Baums timeless classic TeWizard o Oz. Te story o a young arm

girl who gets swept away to the Land o Ozand embarks on a quest to see the Wizardwho she hopes can help her return home.Featuring your avorite songs and a hilari-ous cast o characters, this classic musical isan unorgettable introduction to theatre oryour young ones and a joyous rediscoveryor the child in all o us. A truly magical ad-venture or the whole amily. By Tony James

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Upcoming EventsWednesday June 5: Free public swim, 5-6pm. Sponsored byMark Creek Lions.Wednesday June 5: Vancouver Orpheus Male Choir In Con-cert at Kimberley United Church, 7:30pm. ickets available atthe door, $20 or adults, $18 or students and seniors, $10 orchildren under 12.Tursday June 6: Kimberley Community Band and SelkirkSecondary School Band come together in CONCER, McK-im Teatre, 7:30pm. Te program will include many new piecesby each band and conclude with a number o selections by the

massed bands.Saturday & Sunday June 8 & 9: Gerick Sports Wasa riath-lon. Saturday:riKids riathlon, Sunday:Sprint, Olympic andRelay eams.Sunday June 9: Elena Yeung and the Kootenay Express,Marysville Pub, 3pm. No chargeFriday June 14: Dirty Grace Concert at Kimberley UnitedChurch, show starts at 7:30 pm.Saturday June 15: Rotary Club Presents: Lobster Festival at

Kimberley Conerence & Athlete raining Centre. ickets are$65 and available at Kimberley Chamber or rom any Rotarian.Maritime lobster fown in rom Haliax. Doors open at 5:30,dinner served at 6:30pm. Silent Auction, proceeds to supportRotary Projects.Sunday June 16: Kimberley Nature Park Society Fathers DayHike. Meet at Higgins Entrance, 1pm.

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