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Under the Volcano

Program for festival of arts, culture and resistance, held Sunday, August 9, 2009, at Cates Park, North Vancouver. "30 artists, 3 stages, rain or shine. . . ." Includes articles and information on anti-Olympics organizing.

Phil Thomas performs

Phil Thomas performs

Item is a photograph showing Phil Thomas performing. Caption from back of print: "B.C. folk singer Phil Thomas entertains." Caption and photograph appeared in volume 1, issue no. 4 of the Centennial Update newsletter.

Lady Barbirolli, oboist, rehearsing for a broadcast

Lady Barbirolli, oboist, rehearsing for a broadcast

Item is a photograph showing Lady Barbirolli, oboist, rehearsing a Canadian sonata written for her. Province clipping affixed to back: "Distinguished musician is Lady Barbirolli here with her husband, Sir John, who conducts the symphony orchestra Friday and Saturday. She has been busy rehearsing for a broadcast, including playing her oboe in the first Canadian performance of a Rubbra Sonata written especially for her. (Cunningham photo)"

Family groups

Family groups

Item is a photograph showing Beatrice Timmins and a woman singing with Alix Louise Gordon, John Banfield and Jane Banfield at the piano.

Olio : music skate art film comedy

Program guide for festival held September 22nd to 25th, 2011. "Olio Festival is back for year number three, and we are honoured and excited to host a slew of events featuring talent from our personal favourites right now in the mediums of the arts, music, film, comedy and skateboarding. . . . "

Betty Baxter's best

Item consists of an audio cassette containing various recordings relating to Gay Games III and copied commercial recordings by Jane Olivor.

Vancouver centennial song

Vancouver centennial song

Item is a videocassette containing a feature from Vancouver television station BCTV’s News Hour (April 4, 1985) about the winning song in the Vancouver Centennial theme song contest: ‘The Vancouver Song’ or ‘Vancouver (you'll always look like home to me)’.

Presenter Clive Jackson discusses the song, contest, and recording over studio production footage of the recording of the song. The piece also includes an interview with Megan Metcalfe, the song’s composer, about how she came up with the song and an interview with Brian Tate (the producer) about what kind of song the contest committee was looking for. A large chunk of the finished song is then played over shots of Vancouver life and landmarks. The presenter then plays the track for a variety of people on the street in downtown Vancouver for their reactions.

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Playground films -- special events

Playground films -- special events

Item is a documentary film documenting various recreational activities and special events taking place in park playgrounds in Vancouver. The film contains footage of special events such as the 1967 Sandbox Project, the Annual Kids Fishing Derby, and the Soap-box Derby. The recreational activities documented include baseball, children?s fishing, Ukrainian dancing, outdoor ballet dancing, boxing, bicycle riding, basketball, volleyball, outdoor gymnastics, children?s games, and musical performances. The film also documents a children?s parade involving children carrying signs with various Vancouver park names, a children?s puppet show, a parade with children marching their bicycles and a marching bag-piping band as well as a children?s trophy ceremony. In addition, the film contains footage of children driving mini cars at the Playground Traffic School as well as footage of Camp Capilano and children participating in recreational activities such as hiking, eating lunch and tug of war.

Sailing Races and Cowichan Pictures - Sept. 1 - 2 - 3rd

Sailing Races and Cowichan Pictures - Sept. 1 - 2 - 3rd

Item is an amateur film documenting Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Hamber entertaining guests on their private yacht Vencedor. The film shows full-shots of the couple on deck, and two unidentified guests playing the piano, the bass and the guitar on the yacht. There is also footage of racing sailboats.

P7 - Mike Collier - fun and friends - workprint - Wire outs - Rockfest - N. Van. - Noel-Jasper - ...

P7 - Mike Collier - fun and friends - workprint - Wire outs - Rockfest - N. Van. - Noel-Jasper - Up mt. 1972

Item is a home movie. Includes some outtakes and footage from Collier's independent student films: 'Wire' and 'Water Colours.' Also shows people hiking in the woods, crowds at the Strawberry Mountain Rock Festival, men making silly faces, a woman at the beach, a cat looking at a light bulb, a child swinging garbage cans hung from chains, people sitting in a river drinking and toking, marijuana plants.

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