club bulletin - the Gatineau Valley Historical Society
club bulletin - the Gatineau Valley Historical Society
club bulletin - the Gatineau Valley Historical Society
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SUMMER FESTIVAL SCORES<br />
125,000 people visited <strong>the</strong> Ski Club<br />
this summer to enjoy a centennial proje::t<br />
that wouldn't die.<br />
CBC Ottawa again held a series of<br />
free concerts in <strong>the</strong> natural amphi<strong>the</strong>atre<br />
near Fortune Lodge. Gilles Vigneault,<br />
Gordon Lightfoot, Mel Tonne and Jean<br />
Pierre Ferland drew capacity crowds of all<br />
ages. Attendance ranged from I 50 to<br />
17,000 for <strong>the</strong> 36 sessions. The concerts<br />
were broadcast over CBO and CBOF.<br />
Ballet was introduced this year at two<br />
performances in late July and despite cold<br />
CBC Concert Site, May, 1967 ...<br />
. . . and July, 1968<br />
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wea<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong> experiment was an artistic<br />
success.<br />
Ian Fellows, Summer Festival co-ordinator,<br />
expressed his delight that CBC and<br />
<strong>the</strong> Ski Club have worked so well toge<strong>the</strong>r<br />
on this project. "Having <strong>the</strong>se concerts<br />
recorded for use on both English and<br />
French stations at a ski <strong>club</strong> in Quebec<br />
builds bridges between French and English<br />
cultures, and between <strong>the</strong> sporting and<br />
artistic world," he said.<br />
The Club and <strong>the</strong> CBC hope to continue<br />
this bridge-building next summer. After all,<br />
125,000 concert fans just can't be wrong .
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