July 12, 1955
THE F I SH ERMAN
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THE SONG MY PADDLE SINGS
Brilliant All-Nation C oncert Features Canada Day Festival
AAnr TUAT WAC f I ACE Her« ,rle crew of the highly-rated Indian war canoe from Lummi vUrJ, inAI IIA J LLUJC Island in Washington almost, take to the water literally in a practice run prior to the big race' on Canada Day in English Bay. The choppy water nearly caused a spill but the 11-man "Red Wing" c,rew showed their stuff a little later when they beat out another American and two Canadian teams in » three mile contest.
/" ADTA^MC CC\0 TUC f ACU Here UFAWU secretary Homer Stevens awards prizes to con-LAr lAlIMj vUr I [IE vA3n testants in the Canada Day Festival canoe race. The fellow with his back to the camera is captain Frank' Lawrence of the "Red Wing" whose crew stroked in first. For their feat, they were awarded $15 each. Other team captains, on the right., are James Leon, Chehalis; Francis Williams, Chilliwack "Golden Arrow," and Ed James, Burrard captain. Spectators who crowded in for a view of the ceremony made it difficult for the cameraman to get a good picture. Second prize was $10 a paddle, third $5, and consolation $2 a paddle.
Top Scientists Ask End to War
an agreement on the 'banning of, as a first step to complete disarm-all atomic and hyrogen weapons I ament.
FAO Bulletin Deals With Ocean Studies
The nature of the contribution biologists at the present time is to
Last public appeal of Albert Einstein, who died this spring, calls on mankind to give up war or face the end of the human race.
Lord Bertrand Russell, the English mathematician and philosopher who, with Einstein, drafted the statement to heads of leading countries, has released the document' that is also signed by six other renowned scientists.
The letter asks governments of the world "to realise and to acknowledge publicly, that .their purposes cannot be furthered by a world war," and "to find peaceful means for the settlement of all vnatters of dispute between them."
It says bluntly that the world faces this question: "Shall we put an end to the human race, or shall mankind renounce war?*
The eight' signatories included three U.S. scientists, three British, a Pole—Leopold Infeld, .one-time Toronto University professor—and a Japanese. Six of the eight have been winners of Nobel Prizes for outstanding work in their respective fields.
They said they would welcome
of oceanographic research to the fisheries of the world is examined in the leading article published in the current issue (April-June 1955) of the Fisheries Bulletin of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation.
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fANADA's emerging national culture, a synthesis of the best of many lands, was presented to an appreciative audience at Stanley Park's Brockton Point on Canada Day and won an enthusiastic response.
A between-numbers commentary by Alex Gordon, 'business agent of the United Fishermen and Allied Workers' Union, briefly reviewed the development of Canada as a nation in the past' 88 years as people from many corners of the earth came to make their home here.
"They brought with them their skills, their traditions, and their talents, now woven into the fabric of Canada but not forgotten by the new generations of Canadians," the commentator explained, going on to point out that it' is the new generations of Canadians whose songs and dances show "something of that vivid pattern of our land and something of what is emerging—a distinctly Canadian culture."
Fittingly, the first group to appear were men and women singers and dancers from the Burrard Indian Reserve headed by Chief Dan George, who himself performed one of the ceremonial dances of his people and took part in several more with other members of the troupe.
COMMENTATOR: In this very park there is a monument to Pauline Johnson, Canadian poetess and patriot. A more lasting memorial are her stories and poems and perhaps the most famous of these is "The Song My Paddle Sings."
Miss Eileen Joe of the Squamish Tribe delighted the audience with a recitation of this noted poem.
COMMENTATOR: The turn of the century saw the Finnish people arrive, many of whom settled on this coast and founded the fishing centre of Sointul.a.
Some of the new generation of Finnish - Canadians presented typically Canadian square dance.
COMMENTATOR: ' In 1858, the first Jewish people settled in British Columbia. Driven from Europe by hardship and persecution, they :ame to North America looking for a better life. They too have .•nriched our country with their ancient culture.
The Vancouver Folk Singers of the United Jewish People's Order, led by soprano Claire Klein, sang some of their own folk songs and some truly Canadian. Their theme, "This Land is My Land," introduced a series of interesting selections.
COMMENTATOR: From Notch Hill in the Interior, we have three young men who travelled 350 miles to be with us tonight. Their names are Steven Malesko, violin, and Orville and Sandy Mowers, guitars.
These three youngsters got' down to business with a pair of Western numbers and were brought back for an encore by the insistent audience.
COMMENTATOR: During the 1800's many Slavic peoples came to our shore—among them Russians seeking freedom from Czar-ist oppression and bringing with them a vast and rich inheritance.
The talented dancers of the Federation of Russian-Canadians gave two typical examples of their fast-moving folk dances—Layavoneeka, popular dance of Byelorussia, and
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'O Canada' 75 Years Old
Canada's national anthem, at least one verse and the chorus, is known to most Canadians but very few are able to name the composer of this outstanding piece.
0 Canada was written in 1880 toy Calixa Lavallee, one of our country's most noted composers. Lavallee was the son of a 'blacksmith and he was born in 1842 in Montreal. At 33 years of age, he was proclaimed Canada's national composer and five years later wrote the song that every Canadian knows, at least in part. The three verses were sung at the July 1 concert in Stanley Park by all the artists who took part in it and they are presented below.
O CANADA
0 Canada, Our home and native land, True Patriot Love in all thy sons command. With glowing hearts we see thee rise Thou true north strong and free And stand on guard, O Canada We stand on guard for thee.
(Chorus)
O Canada, glorious and free,
O Canada we stand on guard for thee,
O Canada we stand on guard for thee.
0 Canada, where pines .and maples grow,
Great prairies spread and lordly rivers flow,
How dear to us thy broad domain,
From east to western sea.
Thou land of hope for all who toil
Thou true north strong and free.
(Chorus)
O Canada, beneath thy shining skies
May stalwart sons and gentle maidens rise,
To keep thee steadfast thro' the years,
From East to Western Sea,
Our Fatherland, Our Motherland,
Our true north strong and free.
(Chorus)
Soperneekee, a dance in which the boys and girls individually try to outdo each other and end up by agreeing they are both equal.
COMMENTATOR: The cultural wealth of Great Britain is probably one of the strongest strands in our national pattern.
Donna Rankin of Vancouver presented three folk songs exemplifying that culture. They were "Green Broom," one of England's oldest and most popular folk songs, "Green Grow the Lilacs," an Irish melody sung throughout the world,
and "Under My Plaidie," a traditional Scottish song.
Representative of the ancient land of India was a group from Vancouver Island where the men work in sawmills and woods. Two numbers were done on the harmonium and drum. Drummer Amarehand played over many radio stations in India and at East Indian Temples in B.C. and the song to which the instruments were accompaniment was "The Love Song from the Punjab."
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