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b r e a k i n g g r o u n d as t h e c o n t e m p o r a r y arts scene of was booming with the and creation new boundaries "...it w a s w i t h a sense of h o p e and excitement that I was w e l c o m e d into t h e G e o r g e h o m e . I p r e s e n t e d him w i t h a letter i n t r o d u c i n g o u r n e w festival, a n d a s k e d him if he w o u l d be w i l l i n g t o c o m e a n d speak at the e v e n t c o m i n g up in a f e w w e e k s . From that year o n , the Festival has b e e n h o n o u r e d w i t h the participation of m e m b e r s of t h e G e o r g e family. By 1993, Chief Leonard George began participating, a n d w a s s o o n j o i n e d o n the Festival M a i n S t a g e by Children of Takaya, t h e Nation's p e r f o r m a n c e celebration of 15 y e a r s of cultural resistance. Issues s u c h as i m m i g r a t i o n , citizenship, h u m a n rights violations, police brutality, international legitimacy of laws, illegal occupations a n d the prison industry, are a m o n g s o m e o f t h e t o p i c s -- b a s e d o n t h e t h e m e o f w h a t it m e a n s t o b e "Illegal"--that t h e collective h o p e s t o address d u r i n g t h e festival in a n a t t e m p t to help strengthen the "people's" struggle against g l o b a l i z a t i o n a n d w a r . T h e 2004 d i s c i p l i n e s -- a m o v e m e n t that w o u l d set the stage f o r d e c a d e s t o c o m e . In 1 9 8 8 , a group known as t h e N o r t h Shore Youth A r t W o r k s Society e m b a r k e d o n a journey t o w a r d s their g o a l o f p r o d u c i n g cultural o p p o r t u n i t i e s f o r N o r t h S h o r e youth. It was following one civic hall protest--a response t o the unreasonable financial d e m a n d s of c o m m u n i t y usage--that the local youth group outdoor e n v i s i o n e d C a t e s Park as a v e n u e f o r the next b i g N o r t h Shore-wide s u m m e r event. Under the Volcano Festival p r o m i s e s t o b e politically a n d culturally e n l i g h t e n i n g as w e l l as e n t e r t a i n i n g . Activities will include: the Seamrippers Artisan's Food Market, various Interactive W o r k s h o p s , a n Info Fair, t h e N a t u r a l Fair ( t r a d i t i o n a l food from the Poetry Nations After much deliberation, the name g r o u p , c o m p r i s e d of y o u t h . " --Irwin O o s t i n d i e , Artist, Founder, Under the Volcano Festival Under the Volcano w a s c h o s e n as a title for the festival. N o t o n l y w a s it s y m b o l i c of t h e about-to-explode eruptive energy cf local y o u t h c o m i n g t o g e t h e r , b u t it also paid d u e respect t o t h e p e o p l e o f the Roche Point and Maplewood with Mudflats squatter settlements, Philippines, a Salmon B B Q a n d more), r e a d i n g s at t h e M a l c o l m L o w r y Stage, a n d Kid's Z o n e (First For t h e a n c e s t o r s o f t h e Tsleil-Waututh Nation w h o paddled the waters off W h e y - a h - W h i c h e n (Cates Park), f o r the life a n d t i m e s o f M a l c o l m Roche Point, for the Lowry at of squatters storytelling, mask-making workshop, a n d T h e Little People's artists as: Aboubacar -- Parade). The Cámara & Festival w i l l a l s o host s u c h p e r f o r m i n g Doundounba West African special r e g a r d f o r M a l c o l m L o w r y a n d his testament t o living o n t h e e d g e . The Y o u t h A r t W o r k s Society also felt it was important to acknowledge the cultural heritage of t h e C a t e s Park site, t r a d i t i o n a l l y a Tsleil W a u t u t h Nation summer village known as Whey-ah-Wichen, and recently f o u n d t o be o n e of t h e f e w r e m a i n i n g large a r c h a e o l o g i c a l sites in the Lower M a i n l a n d . So, in 1 9 9 0 , a lone member of the Y o u t h A r t W o r k s Society approached the home of Bobby George, son of Chief D a n G e o r g e , t o invite h i m t o c o m e t o a n event that w a s being o r g a n i z e d in his territory. M a p l e w o o d M u d f l a t s , f o r the dreams of the Y o u t h A r t W o r k s Society, a n d f o r t h e p e o p l e of o u r c o m m u n i t y , the Under A m a s u m b o u music a n d dance troupe; Clann Zu--Irish folk music mixed with d a r k electrónica m e l o d i e s ; Omar Nagati--Egyptian Cyberraj-- singer; South A s i a n beats, tablas a n d vocals; folk Euphrates--Montreal-based Iraqi hip-hop g r o u p ; a n d of course, Leonard G e o r g e & Children of Takaya--Tsleil-Waututh Welcoming. the Volcano Festival collective gifts us again w i t h a n o t h e r o p p o r t u n i t y t o think u p o n past a n d current political issues, a n d t o reconsider o u r definition of " p r o g r e s s " . Sunday, A u g u s t 8 15 t h t h , 2 0 0 4 , marks the Anniversary of t h e Under the Social W a n t t o v o l u n t e e r y o u r self o r y o u r i d e a s to the 2004 1 5 t h Volcano Change. Festival it w i l l of Art and The Under the Volcano be their collective "biggest A n n i v e r s a r y of Under Social anticipates the Volcano Festival of Art and festival y e t " a n d invites m e m b e r s o f t h e c o m m u n i t y t o p a r t i c i p a t e in this Change? Contact: www.resist.ca/~vol- cano, volcano@resist.ca, or p h o n e 604.255.0163 J u l y I A u g u s t