CORRECTION FROM SOURCE: Government of Canada Invests in the Vancouver Island MusicFest
COURTENAY, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire – May 18, 2010) – This request corrects and replaces the recover sent yesterday at 1:30 PM EDT.
On interest of the Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, John Duncan, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Member of Parliament (Vancouver Island North), currently voiced appropriation for the Comox Valley Folk Society.
This appropriation will assistance the Society benefaction the 16th annual Vancouver Island MusicFest, which will take place from Jul 9 to 11, 2010, in Courtenay. The legal holiday will underline over 140 performances of folk, roots, and universe song by some-more than 170 Canadian and general artists, as good as children’s activities and interactive workshops.
“Our Government recognizes how critical humanities and enlightenment have been for the expansion of the communities,” pronounced Minister Moore. “The Comox Valley Folk Society plays a care purpose as a veteran village organizer and brings together artists from opposite the country.”
“By bringing together a accumulation of artists from Canada and alternative tools of the universe in the Comox Valley, the Society is ensuring a abounding knowledge for residents of all ages,” pronounced Mr. Duncan.
“The Comox Valley Folk Society–Vancouver Island MusicFest is beholden for the await from the Government of Canada in bringing world-class song to the community,” pronounced Jay Oddleifson, Chair of the Comox Valley Folk Society. “As presenters of a large-scale song legal holiday in a farming Canadian community, we face singular hurdles not faced by the civic counterparts and conclude which the efforts to furnish a world-class legal holiday on Vancouver Island have been recognized.”
The Comox Valley Folk Society, shaped in 1995, has a story of successfully balancing creation with convention and permitted presentations with some-more severe ones. It is committed to ensuring which the programming is culturally different and to featuring a series of Aboriginal and Francophone artists each year, along with hip bound and rap, blues, and folk music.
The Government of Canada has supposing appropriation of $25,000 by the Canada Arts Presentation Fund of the Department of Canadian Heritage. This module gives Canadians increasing entrance to the accumulation and brilliance of Canada’s enlightenment by veteran humanities festivals, presentations of live veteran performances, and alternative inventive experiences.
(This headlines recover is accessible on the Internet at www.canadianheritage.gc.ca underneath Media Room.)
