Creefest!

Ardis Proulx Chedore
Friday June 13, 2008

Creefest planning is underway in Cochrane. August 14th to 16th 2008 are the days that it will be taking place and people are beginning to stir with excitement. But many of you may be asking the question; what is Creefest anyway?

Creefest is a regional summer festival. It is the promotion of Cree Culture through various venues such as celebrating the performing and visual arts. Mainly held outdoors in the summer month of August and hosted within a local First Nation community, Creefest features contemporary and traditional music, drumming and dancing, drama, story telling, visual & fine arts and crafts by local and regional artists.

What a great event to be coming to Cochrane! Organizers are busy getting ready for the events and little is clear. But they are encouraging the community to come out and help bring this event to life. An information session is being held on June 16th 2008, 6pm, at Abitibi Projects, which is newly located at 135 3rd Street. (The old H&R block building)
The meeting will be to discuss ideas for the upcoming festival. Perhaps your organization or group would like to do something during Creefest. If so, this meeting is for you.
Highlights of the summer festival may include: traditional food preparation, fiddle and step dancing, local and regional artists and crafts, traditional and contemporary music, comedy & entertainment. If you have any experience in any of these fields, you might feel like joining the group of volunteers helping to organize this year's Creefest.
The Creefest is open to everyone to come out and enjoy. "It's a celebration of life, and just being alive. That is what the festival is truly about." said coordinator Kara Loutitt.
Mushkegowuk council in partnership with the host organization Abitibi Projects, have come together to bring this festival and all the talent to Cochrane. Be apart of it and make Cochrane the place to be in summer 2008.

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