February 15, 2010
- 11:00Arctic Sports and Dene Hand Games Demonstration @ Canada's Northern House
Traditional Games originated from the time when northern aboriginal people were semi-nomadic. Played for both fun and survival, these games developed strength, endurance, and resistance to pain.
Traditional Games originated from the time when northern aboriginal people were semi-nomadic. Played for both fun and survival, these games developed strength, endurance, and resistance to pain.
Traditional Games originated from the time when northern aboriginal people were semi-nomadic. Played for both fun and survival, these games developed strength, endurance, and resistance to pain. The people were tested and prepared for the hard life on the land. Today they are played in competition and to celebrate cultures between different regions of the North.
- Agility Sports
11 am, 2 pm, 5 pm - Pushing Sports
Noon, 3 pm - Dene Hand Games and Stick Pull
1 pm, 4 pm
February 15, 2010 - 11:00 - 18:00 - Agility Sports
- 13:00Natsiq and Beyond: Film Screening and Talk @ Canada's Northern House
Natsiq and Beyond: meet Nunavut’s most important wildlife species and learn about their relationship with the people of our land. Nunavut Department of Environment Deputy Minister Simon Awa and Nunavut Artist Karliin Aariak will tell the unique story
Natsiq and Beyond: meet Nunavut’s most important wildlife species and learn about their relationship with the people of our land. Nunavut Department of Environment Deputy Minister Simon Awa and Nunavut Artist Karliin Aariak will tell the unique story
Natsiq and Beyond: meet Nunavut’s most important wildlife species and learn about their relationship with the people of our land. Nunavut Department of Environment Deputy Minister Simon Awa and Nunavut Artist Karliin Aariak will tell the unique story of Inuit and wildlife through a film screening and lecture, followed by a question and answer discussion.
February 15, 2010 - 13:00 - 14:00 - 18:00Performances @ Canada's Northern House
Today's performances at Canada's Northern House: Kaiva @6pm, Priscilla's Revenge @7pm and Northern Eclectic with Karen and Theresa @8pm. Click more for additional information.
Today's performances at Canada's Northern House: Kaiva @6pm, Priscilla's Revenge @7pm and Northern Eclectic with Karen and Theresa @8pm. Click more for additional information.
Today's performances at Canada's Northern House: Kaiva @6pm, Priscilla's Revenge @7pm and Northern Eclectic with Karen and Theresa @8pm. Click more for additional information.
Kaiva - 6pm
Early in 2006, a group of professional b-boys and b-girls came to Iqaluit and introduced the hip-hop movement to young Nunavummiut in the hopes of
giving them a healthy outlet for their energy and creativity. Out of this came Kaiva dance group. Kaiva which means "to spin" is made up of young talented performers from various communities around Nunavut and led by Lil*Bear, a professional break dancer for over 10 years. Kaiva seeks to preserve and express Inuit culture by interpreting it through the art of break-dancing. To add a little Inuit fusion to the mix, they incorporate Inuit throat singing into their performances. Truly a fresh approach to tradition; Kaiva is all about trying new things, sharing it with others and having fun in the process! Kaiva will be represented by Christine Lamothe and Jennifer Soucie of Iqaluit, as well as Benny Sanguya and Saila Qayaq from Clyde River. Hip Hop dance has swept through Nunavut over the last 5 years and Kaiva is the best example of it’s power.
Priscilla's Revenge - 7pm
Priscilla's Revenge is a 3-piece Rock Blues Band located in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. They perform for a wide range of audiences having the ability to be soft and graceful or deliver high energy music to get listeners moving on a dance floor. They can best be described as a stylistic band who concentrate on creating and performing groove intense music with meaningful lyrics that everyone can relate to. Now with two albums out the band is moving forward to expose their sound to as many as they can reach.
Northern Eclectic with Karen and Theresa - 8pm
Karen Zaidan resides in Fort Smith, but grew up performing in and around the Edmonton area. She received a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance with first class distinction at the University of Alberta in 1998. Following convocation, she studied with Janos Klezlie, who teaches voice at the Liszt Academy in Budapest, Hungary. A scholarship led to two years of study in Budapest, Hungary at the Zoltan Kodaly Pedagogical Institute of Music.
Since returning to Canada, she has been teaching piano, voice and “music and movement” classes for all ages, appearing as featured soloist in concerts and around the Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, and also recorded her first solo CD.
Theresa Pamplin, born and raised in Yellowknife NT, sings a wide variety of repertoire from Early Music, German Lieder, French Art Song, Operatic Arias, and 20th Century New Music. Theresa studied voice at the University of Calgary with Dr. Patricia Hrynkiw, and graduated with a Bachelor of Music Degree in performance. Theresa most recently performed at the Classics on Stage Children’s concert and with the Northern Diva’s as part of the Northern Performers series at Yellowknife’s Northern Arts and Cultural center. Theresa has also given a solo recital at Yellowknife’s Northern Arts and Cultural Center and performed at the Folk on the Rocks Music Festival. At Folk on the Rocks, she worked with children, introducing them to classical singing, and also collaborated with the Crazy Legs Dancers, High Strung Aerial Dance, and ArtCirq.
February 15, 2010 - 18:00 - 21:00 - 21:30Performance @ Four Host First Nations Pavilion
Today's performance at Four Host First Nations Pavilion: NWT Fiddlers @9:30pm. Click more for additional information.
Today's performance at Four Host First Nations Pavilion: NWT Fiddlers @9:30pm. Click more for additional information.
Today's performance at Four Host First Nations Pavilion: NWT Fiddlers @9:30pm. Click more for additional information.
Four Host First Nations Pavilion is located on the plaza of the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in downtown Vancouver, within easy walking distance of BC Place and GM Place
NWT Fiddlers @9:30pm
Spicing things up are Metis fiddlers Richard Lafferty and Wesley Hardisty, who can get any crowd on their feet and tapping their toes. They perform as part of the collective but also on their own with the jiggers.
Wesley A. Hardisty is one to watch! You would never know by listening to him perform, that Wesley learned to fiddle only three short years ago. At sixteen, Wesley’s extraordinary musical talent has taken him all over the North and from coast to coast. He's played at the Arctic Winter Games, Folk on the Rocks, Open Sky Festival, spiritual gatherings, and numerous fiddle camps across Canada. He has taught fiddle to children in his home town of Fort Simpson. His passion is Northern, Métis and West Coast fiddle music and he is always exploring new instruments and musical genres. Wesley loves music for the joy it brings to him and to others.
Richard Lafferty Richard is from Hay River and an icon of Métis culture and an accomplished fiddler. In 1983, Lafferty formed a group called the “NWT Métis Wheelers”. He was invited to perform at the Canada Summer Games in 1985 as a fiddler and selected to play at the Expo in Vancouver in 1986. Lafferty played at the launch television station TVNC, which is now known as APTN, and also played for the Royal visit to Yellowknife in 1994. Recognized as one of the NWT’s best fiddlers and has been awarded the Order of the Sash by the Métis Nation for his contributions to Métis music and dance.
February 15, 2010 - 21:30 - 23:45
