Local Arts

Elphinstone's gymnasium was packed with thrill-seekers viewing the 31st annual Banff Mountain Film Festival last Friday sponsored by the Tetrahedron Outdoor Club.

On Wednesday, Nov.

Two sisters, Mag and Florrie Larson, live far up Salmon Inlet 25 nautical miles from Sechelt, in a rough dwelling, an inherited grubstake from their father.

Performer and playwright Marilyn Browning was given the Coast's best arts honour, the Gillian Lowndes Award, last Sunday at a brief ceremony at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre in Sechelt.

The St. John's United Artists, a group of painters who gather to learn and encourage one another, hosted their second annual show last week at the Seaside Centre.

Brush up on your hey diddle diddle -Mother Goose is coming to town.

When Penny Lang leaves home to go to the Pender Harbour Music School for her Nov. 18 concert, it will be a very short journey; in fact, she may choose to walk because it's just down the road from where she now lives.

The artwork of school aged Sunshine Coast artists will be displayed in the gallery of the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre Nov. 8 to 26. The Young Artist Award program was designed to encourage and support young artists on the Coast.

Waiting for the Parade, the latest Driftwood Play-ers production written by John Murrell, is steeped in Second World War nostalgia. The lobby display of war posters and photos alone is worth a visit to the Heritage Playhouse.

What is roots music? It usually involves acoustic instruments, is diverse and is the very foundation of our blues, folk, country and rock. Roberts Creek musician Angie McCauley considers herself a roots musician.