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Why is Lovefest such an ongoing success?

Image credit: Kim Pauley singing ‘The Book of Right On’ during Wiley Ferguson’s performance – Igor Backmann photo

(The podcast of this program opens with a clip of saxophone player Dave Blinzinger’s version of the blues classic ‘Route 66,’ in which he added lyrics like ‘Get your kicks right here on Cortes Island’ and ‘When you take that Linnea Farm trip, get your kicks on Route 66.’)

I can’t take too much heat anymore and had to pack it in by 4:30, but it was already apparent that this year’s Lovefest was another success. 

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Feb 25: The Lip Sync is back

CKTZ’s Lip Sync returns to the stage of Mansons Hall at 8 PM on Saturday, February 25. 

 “Over the last three years I’ve heard from people who want it back: ‘So when are you doing a lip sync?’ We haven’t been able to do it until now,” explained Howie Roman.

“It is without a doubt, one of the highlights that I would point to in my time on Cortes. I just love it when  that many people get involved in something. It’s about 30 nowadays, performers and crew.” 

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Original production Snakeskin Lightning being featured at annual Cortes Day evening celebration

By Greg Osoba, CKTZ News, through an LJI grant from Canada-info.ca

Snakeskin Lightning is coming to Mansons Landing Community Hall on the evening of July 23 as part of the annual Cortes Island Day celebrations.

It’s the creation of Caresse Nadeau of Cumberland, BC on Vancouver Island. The multimedia production is theatrical and combines live music, dance and animation.

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Laura Balducci’s Art

The audio version of this story opens with a clip from Laura Balducci’s art installation “The Other-Side Presents That Wall,” which was at the Old School House Art Gallery on Cortes Island in the summer of 2016. The video of another of her multi-media performances, “Sense That Sin” was part of a show last month. Laura is a film maker, promoter, curator, painter, doll-maker, hair dresser, make-up artist and the former lead singer of a female punk band. She promotes the Old School House Art Gallery through her website and Facebook page and is curating the annual member’s show, SPACE, which opens at 6 PM on Friday, July 27, 2018. This morning’s interview is devoted to Laura Balducci’s art.

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