Untitled - Mariposa Folk Festival

MARIPOSA TWENTY-FIVE
Rob Sinclair, Executive Director
Drago Maleiner, President
through many hardships because for other organizations, and a facility
people have believed in it. Believed in for new creative ideas to be explored.
the important role an organization A centre would provide a physical
like Mariposa is here to play: to identity, and a base from which to
promote folk arts on a level that an build and broaden public awareness
individual artist, a club, or a song of the vitality of the folk community.
circle cannot; to operate on a level
that provides visibility, credibility, Another dream in the process of
and creative opportunity; to have a realization is the development of a
community support base from which support base in Barrie. The enthusi-
it can draw sustenance and thrive. astic involvement this year of the
"Performance
House" people and
No one person is responsible for other local volunteers, coupled with
Mariposa's longevity. Certainly the logistical problems of organizing
Estelle Klein provided much of the a festival 100 km. from our office.
leadership over many years, and her seems to necessitate the establish-
contribution was immense. But ment of a more formalized sister
many have thrown their names into organization in Barrie. Why not?
the ring at various times, names such
as Ruth Jones, Ed Cowan, Randy Last year's birth of the Ontario
Ferris, Joe Lewis, Tom Bishop, Alliance of Folk Festivals has opened
Marna Snitman, Chick Roberts, new lines of communication with
Sheila McMurrich, Marilyn Koop, other folk organizations as well as
Jamie Bell, Buzz Chertkoff, Lois with the Ontario Arts Council and
Lilienstein, Don Malpass ... the list other government agencies. With
goes on, into the thousands. This is properly directed energies, these
what twenty-five years means to us. links promise to help us all play a
No small achievement. No small more successful role in the growth of
army.
Canada's
This is the power of people
organizing to make something
happen that is meaningful to their
lives and to the world. Their potential
has been realized time and again
over the years.
And more potential remains
untailped ... dreams to be realized.
One is a Mariposa Centre, a building
not only for Mariposa activities but
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MARIPOSA TWENTY-FIVE.
What's in a number?
cultural consciousness".
The twenty-fifth birthday marks a
watershed for Mariposa. Let there be
laurels. but let them'not be rested on.
We carry the past with us in our
organizational history as much as in
the tradition-based culture we aim to
promote. Let's use it the way we use
the old songs to help create the new.
Out of the past, into the future. Join
US,
"l can't believe
it's been that long!" many remark.
How can it have survived through so
much? The answer is in the
thousands of individuals who have
wanted it to be, and who have
volunteered whole parts of their lives,
their energy, and their spirit to put on
twenty-five years of festivals and
other programs.
Sure the music, dance, crafts, etc.,
are what it's about, or at least its
'raison
d'6tre'. But there is so much
about an organization like Mariposa
that the music doesn't touch. The
music brings the audience, and so
initially does it bring the organizers,
the volunteers. lt provides a common
bond, a fire in the soul.
That fire in the soul has survived
TABLE OF CONTENTS......
Mariposa 25, by Rob Sinclair .. page 1
How to get there ..... page 2
Mariposa Site Map ... page 2
I See By Your Outlit That You Are A Folkie, by lan Bell . page 3
Thank You's . page 4
Mariposa Around The Park, by lan Bell & Liz Wilson page 6 & 7
Metropolitan Vibrations, by Wiiliam Laskin,'luthier' . page I & 9
Meet The Makers ...... page 10 & 11
Shultles and Shearg by ian Bell ..... page 12
Fest,yat Pertormers . . . Pages 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
Do-lt-Yourself Fun at Folkplay, by Sandy Byer .. pages 18 & 19
Mariposa - More Than Just The Music,
by Brian Grebow ..... pages 20 & 21
Evening Concert Schedule .. page 21
Sharda - A Unique Maiposa Performe\,by Fnnk Pausch page 22
25 Years ol Mariposa .. pages 24 & 25
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