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20 Monday, March 8, 2010 Extracurricular Games ULUNEWS The City of Grande Prairie welcomes Gathering Activities all visitors & participants! Place THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE ARCTIC WINTER GAMES www.dailyheraldtribune.com • www.awg2010.org Monday, March 8, 2010 Cultural 2010 Arctic Winter Games Exhibit Trading Post Heritage Discovery Centre - Centre 2000, 11330 – 106th Street Monday - Friday: 8:30 am – 4:30 pm The Leisure Centre Pool the centre of Saturday - Sunday: 10:00 am – 4:30 pm meet and greet Featuring: Arctic Winter Games Schedule •The History of the Games •The Arctic Winter Games Pin Collection March 6-14, 2010 10 •Stained Glass Drums from each contingent. A night for the ages •Artifacts from the Circumpolar World During the Arctic Winter games why not warm up at The Leisure Centre •Admission for this exhibit is free. •If you are interested in a group tour, please phone ahead to (780)-532-5790. Enjoy our swimming pool, waterslide, hot tub and dry sauna with additional public swim times Monday thru Friday from 1-3pm Grande Prairie Museum’s Polar Challenge 10329 – 101 Avenue (Across the bridge from Muskoseepi Park) SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY Monday, March 8 – Friday, March 12, 2010 Program Times: 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. or 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. Age of group: Suitable for ages 6 and up. 5:30-6am 6-6:30am Participate in the Grande Prairie Museum’s Polar Challenge! Learn to play traditional Inuit Games and how User User Groups User Groups User Groups User Groups User Groups these games relate to life in the Polar region. The cost of the program is included with the price of regular 6:30-7am Group Sharing Sharing Sharing Sharing Sharing admission to the Grande Prairie Museum. Special group rates are available for this program. Please call Rental With Lane With Lane With Lane With Lane With Lane the program coordinator at (780) 830-7086 for more information or to schedule your program. 7-7:30am Swim Swim Swim Swim Swim Team 1’s a Purchase, 2’s a Pair, 3’s a Congeries! 7:30-8am Greenland Grande Prairie Museum Rodacker/ Campbell Gallery 8-8:30am Lane Swim & Why do people collect? The fascination of objects is the foundation of any individual or museum collec- 8:30-9am Limited tion. In this exhibit, local and regional community members showcase their treasured private collections 9-9:30am Edition Arriving in which celebrate the diversity of our community culture. Lane Swim & Lane Swim & Lane Swim & Lane Swim & Facility 9:30-10am Family Swim Ltd. Edition Ltd. Edition Ltd. Edition Ltd. Edition Maintenance Grande Prairie The Heritage of Winter Sports in the Peace Country: 10-10:30am Family Family Family Family in style An Evening of Reminiscences 10:30-11am 11-11:30am Lane Swim & Thursday, March 4, 2010 • 7:30pm • Grande Prairie Museum Lane Swim Public Swim 11:30-12 pm Fitness Place Schedule - Drop in Classes 12-12:30pm Lane Swim & 12:30-1pm User Group Ltd. 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Spring Schedule in effect until June 27, 2010* 7-7:30pm User Group Family Swim song Weight Room Schedule 7:30-8pm Family Rentals Public Swim Public Swim (Stay For Public) Public Swim Family Swim MONDAY - FRIDAY SATURDAY & SUNDAY 8-8:30pm Swim Public Swim Cultural 5:30am - 9:30pm 9:00am - 9:00pm Lane Swim 8:30-9pm activities kick Childcare Services - Monday - Friday 9-11:30am 9-9:30pm Lane Swim Lane Swim Lane Swim Rental off with Métis Our Childcare service is available for children 8 months to 6 years. 9:30-10pm Space Rental Rental Space Participate in ﬁ tness, weight training, or swimming while your child enjoys a supervised playtime. Please 10-10:30pm Space inspired play send your child with small, nutritious snack time. No food containing nuts please 10:30-11pm All snacks must be labeled with child’s name 18 GP Transit Welcomes all AWG Athletes! •Game Day 6 Routes serving the City of Grande Prairie 7 days/week Adults $2 • Students, Seniors & Children $1.50 (Children under 12 ride FREE with a paying adult; max. 4 children) 2 Transit information 780-538-0337 • www.gptransit.ab.ca get it DIANA RINNE For Ulu News online Members of Team Nunavut celebrate as they make their entrance into the 2010 Arctic Winter Games opening ceremony held at the Canada Games Arena www.dailyheraldtribune.com Sunday. See full coverage of the opening ceremonies throughout this edition of ULU NEWS. 2 Monday, March 8, 2010 Monday, March 8, 2010 19 ULU•News ULU•News

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Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Kicking off the Games in style March 6 March 7 March 8 March 9 March 10 March 11 March 12 March 13 Pomp and majesty, the sold-out crowd in the Canada Games Games Store (Ernie's Sports Plaza) 10:00-6:00 12:00-5:00 9:00-9:00 9:00-9:00 9:00-9:00 9:00-9:00 9:00-9:00 10:00-6:00 Arena rocking. Games Trading Post (Crystal Centre) 11:00-9:00 9:00-9:00 9:00-4:00 9:00-9:00 9:00-7:00 traditions of Th roughout the ceremonies, a small fl ock Coca Cola Centre 8:00-10:00 8:00-10:00 8:00-10:00 8:00-10:00 yesterday and today, of ravens wreaked havoc. Basing their characters on Cree folklore, six people dressed Grande Prairie Regional College Gym 9:00-7:00 9:00-7:00 9:00-7:00 9:00-7:00 celebrated in as ravens, complete with tattered wings, Leisure Centre 9:00-3:00 9:00-3:00 9:00-3:00 9:00-3:00 9:00-3:00 lavish opening ceremonies for jumped and played, cawing loudly and Montrose Cultural Centre 9:00-8:00 9:00-8:00 9:00-8:00 9:00-8:00 9:00-8:00 9:00-8:00 2010 Arctic Winter Games accosting spectators. Muskoseepi Park 10:00-4:00 10:00-4:00 10:00-4:00 10:00-4:00 “We are mischievous tricksters,” said one Nitehawk Recreation Area 9:00-4:00 9:00-4:00 4:00-9:00 9:00-4:00 raven, “We are here to be in the crowd, caus- Erika Sherk ing trouble.” Store & Kiosk Schedule Subject to Change Without Notice For Ulu News During the ceremonies, the ravens All Store & Kiosk Hours fall between 8:00 a.m. & 10:00pm behaved somewhat better, honouring spe- With loud techno and rock music and cial elders and handing out temporary tat- all the screaming and clapping, the Arctic toos to the crowd. www.paradiserv.ca Winter Games Opening Ceremonies were a “Th ey are fun but they are also pests,” said bit like a rock concert. However, most rock Garry Oker, ceremony co-creator, “Th ey are EnjoyEnjoy the freedom!freedom! concerts don’t involve mischievous ravens, mysterious beings that make things hap- glow-in-the-dark costumes, bagpipers and pen.” Catch the spirit! hoop dancers. Ravens were included because they are Revving up the crowd for the second half important to so many northern cultures, Living off the – and the climactic moment when the ath- Ayling said. letes would march in – Act One was a series “It is a multicultural, mystical bird and we map doesn’t of local talent performances. It’s a con- really think that’s what this show is about.” cept pioneered by Wayne Ayling, ceremony On stage, a massive inukshuk and a back- mean you have co-creator, designed to get the audience drop reminiscent of half an igloo glowed excited. It certainly seemed to work. The purple in the dark. Glowing was a common to live like it! cheering was, at times, deafening. theme during the show. Act Two began in Bagpipers, swirling Ukrainian dancers, the pitch black, lit only by a team of more full-throated singing by Games cultural than 30 dancers with glowing electrolumi- 13701-99 Street ambassador Celeigh Cardinal and a shim- nescent wires twined around their bodies. Grande Prairie mying, sparkling young hoop dancer had Continued on Page 3 780-814-5665

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Hot Line gonitehawk.com this Winter! Office 780-402-8977 16 kms south of Grande Prairie on Hwy 40 780-532-6637 18 Monday, March 8, 2010 Monday, March 8, 2010 3 Ulu • News Ulu • News ‘It was more than I expected’ Continued from 2 forms of all, and the cheering became deaf- Finally, led by large inukshuk-shaped ening when the bright-blue clad Alberta banners, the teams marched in to screams North athletes entered. from the crowd. Waving fl ags, each contin- “It was awesome, such an inspiring gent made its way to their seats, filling the moment,” said a beaming Suneeta White- entire arena fl oor. side of Team Alberta North. “It gets you all Greenland, dressed in red parkas, tossed pumped to compete.” their red-and-white caps to the other ath- Once the athletes were seated, the per- letes, inciting cheers and scrambles. Yukon, formances started anew. The Grande Prai- in red-and-navy jackets and white toques, rie Boys’ Choir bravely sang all fi ve national madly waved flags and many Alaskan ath- anthems in their native languages. Then, letes, in head-to-toe navy, danced their way with songs, wild drumming and dancing, down the aisle. A Hero’s Journey – brainchild of Ayling and “I felt so happy and so excited to be here,” Oker – began. said Kelcy Armstrong, an 11-year-old fig- A story of hope and discovery, it follows ure skater from Whitehorse, of her moment four characters of legend on a journey – one walking across the stage. refl ected by the trek the young athletes made “Th is is my very fi rst Games,” she added. to Grande Prairie, Ayling said. It is a story to In grey jackets and fur hats, the Northwest be continued at the Closing Ceremonies. Territories contingent came in beating blue All together, “it was more than I expected,” clappers together. In the midst of it, camera said Grande Prairie resident John Krol, sum- operators and photographers raced around, ming up the creators’ hopes when he added: capturing every moment for their home “It was a wonderful celebration, really.” audiences. Team Nunavik wore parkas trimmed with fur ruffs and marched in to the sound ••• of throat singing, as did the Nunavut con- DIANA RINNE For Ulu News tingent. In black with bright orange scarves Members of Team Alberta North make their and red toques, the Nunavummiut (people way into the 2010 Arctic Winter Games of Nunavut) jumped up and down as they opening ceremony held at the Canada crossed the stage. Games Arena in Grande Prairie Sunday. Th e Sapmi contingent in their traditional dresses and tunics had the brightest uni- Wishing all Welcome NICK KUHL For Ulu News Athletes the Matthew Hall, in the role of Sonny, gets told a lesson by his father Jack, portrayed by Aaron English, during a performance of Sonny’s Song at GPRC’s Black Box Theatre. all athletes & Best of Luck! Original play kicks off Games culture visitors Same Day Service on cleaning dropped off before 10am sciously worked with the theme dent Danielle Richard, follows the were all very well cast. unfolds in a number of sets, all of Located beside the Crystal Centre on 100 St. and 98 Ave. 5 Pin Bowling Public Bowling 7 days a week Licensed Premises Métis culture and of the Games – Dream, Achieve, title character’s upbringing and All of the actors, many of whom which took full advantage of the 6:00 am – 6:30 pm Monday to Friday music basis of Inspire – and we hope it provides desire to become a famous musi- were in their first significant pro- Black Box Th eatre space at GPRC. a cultural and emotional base for cian. duction, commanded the atten- It was easy to be transported from 6:00 am – 6:00 pm Saturday HJ’s Family work penned the Games,” said director Annie We learn of his close relation- tion of the audience at every turn. a 1950’s era farmhouse to a mod- 11005 - 100 Street 9650 - 94 Avenue by GPRC drama Smith. ship to his parents and their farm- Matthew Hall, as Sonny, displayed ern-day theatre setting. 780-532-7610 • www.crousescleaners.com Bowling Centre • 780-532-4616 Bowling Centre • 780-538-2695 student Danielle Richard The story covers four genera- ing operation, his rebellious friend a charming presence through- The story really hit its stride in tions, told through a series of fl ash- Warren, and his deceased sister, out and his charisma with wife the second act when our narra- NICK KUHL backs, of a Métis family’s dreams of who they called Little Songbird. Maggie, played by Devon Potter, tor, who is writing the play as it’s making it big in the music world. We also hear his undeniable pas- evoked a believability in their rela- being acted out, becomes an inte- For Ulu News It also ties in with aspects of sion for music, which he realizes tionship. gral component to the overall plot. native culture such as storytell- needs to remain a dream in order Aaron English and Desirée Barn- Concurrently we see Sonny and “Sonny will find his song – it’s ing and the passing of traditions for him to properly raise a family. filed, as Sonny’s parents Jack and Maggie in full-out parental mode, somewhere out there.” from generation to generation, Sonny soon meets Maggie, the Elaine, had a perfect balance of as he begins to teach his daughter So says his father Jack in a prog- with Sonny’s granddaughter Sarah love of his life, and woos her with dramatic tones and comedic tim- Presley guitar lessons. nosticating fashion near the begin- writing and remembering things a sack of potatoes. Th ey fall in love, ing throughout. She naturally forges her own ning of Sonny’s Song, an origi- as they get acted out on stage. get married and hold a big wed- A major assistance in this fact path and has a daughter named nal play that wrapped at Grande It tells the tale of multiple gen- ding reception – which in the pro- was the expert pacing conducted Sarah, who then learns the guitar Prairie Regional College this past erations of a Métis family through duction even incorporated some by director Smith. Each scene was from her mother and completes weekend. their struggles and triumphs while willing audience members. short enough to avoid any poten- the four-generation circle of life. It marked the unofficial begin- using music, characters and the art But besides being a fun, music- tial lulls, but long enough to build Overall, Sonny’s Song was spec- ning of the 2010 Arctic Winter of storytelling as the backbones of fi lled journey, Sonny’s Song packs interest in the characters and tacular from start to finish. Good Games, as it was the first of the its production. plenty of Métis culture and herit- showcase a proper story progres- use of the stage, grouped with many cultural events planned to Told through a variety of narra- age into the story, as well as many sion. great pacing, fantastic acting and a take place during the Games. tive devices, Sonny’s Song, which memorable characters, who from And due to the multiple time- compelling story made for a thor- “I think that we have really con- was written by GPRC drama stu- the lead roles to minor bit parts, lines being shown, the play oughly enjoyable experience. 4 Monday, March 8, 2010 Monday, March 8, 2010 17 Ulu • News

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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday March 7 March 8 March 9 March 10 March 11 March 12 March 13 March 14 Games Trading Post 11:00-9:009:00-9:00 9:00-4:00 9:00-9:00 9:00-7:00 Crystal Centre - Bowes Family Crystal Gardens 'A Hero's Journey' Opening Ceremonies $ Crystal Centre - Canada Games Arena 7:00 History, Pin & Cultural Display 8:30-4:30 8:30-4:30 8:30-4:30 8:30-4:30 8:30-4:30 10:00-4:30 10:00-4:30 Centre 2000 - Heritage Discovery Centre Art Displays 9:00-5:00 9:00-5:00 9:00-5:00 9:00-5:00 9:00-5:00 2:00-4:00 2:00-4:00 Centre for Creative Arts Visual Arts Exhibit 10:00-9:00 10:00-9:00 10:00-9:00 10:00-9:00 10:00-6:00 2:00-5:00 2:00-5:00 Montrose Cultural Centre 'A Taste of the North' Menu 10:00-10:00 10:00-10:00 10:00-10:00 10:00-10:00 10:00-10:00 10:00-10:00 10:00-10:00 10:00-10:00 Jake's Down South Lunchtime Performances 12:00-1:30 12:00-1:30 12:00-1:30 Crystal Centre - Bowes Family Crystal Gardens Lunchtime Performances 12:00-1:30 12:00-1:30 12:00-1:30 Second Street Theatre Lunchtime Performances 12:00-1:30 12:00-1:30 12:00-1:30 Prairie Mall 'A Taste of the North' Menu 4:30-10:00 4:30-10:00 4:30-10:00 4:30-10:00 4:30-10:00 4:30-11:00 Padrino's Italian Ristorante IVAN DANIELEWICZ For Ulu News Craft Sale 1:00-9:00 1:00-9:00 1:00-9:00 1:00-9:00 Shelby Gitzel, an athlete from Grande Prairie and Team Alberta North, is lifted up to light Grande Prairie Friendship Centre the cauldron in Muskoseepi Park in Grande Prairie as part of the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Arctic Winter Games on Sunday. 'Northern Sky' Fashion Show 7:00 Crystal Centre Performing Arts Gala $$ Grande Prairie Regional College 7:00 7:00 'A Hero's Journey' Closing Ceremonies $ Crystal Centre 6:00 All events occur within the hours of 8:30am & 11:00pm $ indicates events that require tickets Ticket & Event Details at WWW.AWG2010.ORG

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Continued from 7 He was told by one of his colleagues that the 5 1/2-hour flight from Greenland felt much shorter for the athletes because of their excitement, especially those who have never visited Canada or left Greenland. “They made a lot of noise in the plane now, singing and looking forward to it, I think,” he laughed. “We expect to have a great time and we get some medals to take home, so I think it will be a lot of fun.” It’s freestyle skier Malik Berthelsen’s fi rst- ever visit to Canada, and the 18-year-old could hardly believe he had arrived. “It’s exciting and I can’t wait to start the competition and meeting new people,” Ber- thelsen said, adding that he’s there to have fun, and winning a medal is secondary. “I have no expectations because I don’t know how good the others are.” Continued on Page 11

••• REMO ZACCAGNA For Ulu News Frederik Lundbland, a coach with Team IVAN DANIELEWICZ for ULU News Greenland, steps off an Air Greenland plane Team Nunavut’s Geela Evaloarjuk battles for the ball against Team Northwest Territories’ at the Grande Prairie Regional Airport Ashtyn McLeod in their game Sunday morning. Team NWT won 7-4. Indoor soccer was the Friday afternoon in advance of the 2010 ﬁ rst athletic event on the Games’ calendar. Arctic Winter Games. Your #1 dealer in the peace • Skidoo • Seadoo • Canam • Spyder • Kawasaki • Bikes • Quads • Harbercraft Jetboats • Campion Lake Boats • Sales & Service Congratulations to all Athletes!

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Our cultural gathering place Continued from Page 9 Reid said the host society worked with the airport to make sure that the Th e cultural trading arrival of several planes on Friday and Saturday, but particularly the Green- post will be a place land and Alaskan teams, went as smoothly as possible. That’s part of the whole “At some point you don’t have expectations, because you’re just so busy to meet, greet, watch and I guess I’d have to say it’s better than expected because there was so entertainment and indulge thing, getting kids to come much to do it almost looked overwhelming at some points,” she said. out of their shell a little bit, “But basically there’s so many great people doing their jobs so perfectly in some serious pin-trading that these moments can happen,” she added. approaching people to say ‘I “It says a lot about the people that helped us work on getting customs Erika Sherk want to trade pins with you.’ here, understanding the depth of process. We have a WestJet fl ight coming For Ulu News in right on the heels of this, we knew we had to get these people in, proc- essed, and out as quickly as possible, and it looks like we’re about to be able — Janet Pacey Fashion, information, pins, performances to do that.” – the Cultural Trading Post is going to be Airport CEO Brian Grant said there were relatively few glitches in wel- abuzz during the Games. big deal.” Pacey will also give neophytes the coming the Air Greenland Boeing 757 and its passengers. “It’s going to be a great place for peo- inside scope on the coolest pins. “It’s exciting, but it’s a little bit nerve-wracking because we hadn’t had a ple to gather and just relax, have some fun “Nunavut always has the best pin sets, a chance to test it out before,” he said. “Normally we’d expect to try one fl ight and enjoy the ambience of the Games,” says whole bunch of pins make up a shape. It’s a and then work it, but it worked, it functioned. I think if there’s any hiccups it Joanne Ballance, director of marketing and walrus this year and it’s just stunning.” was just in the hesitation, the athletes not quite knowing where to go once public relations. The trading post will be the hub of pin they got through, but still everything else is working just fi ne, so we’re com- Th e Cultural Trading Post, located in the trading but the “unoffi cial sport” will be eve- fortable.” Bowes Family Crystal Gardens, will host the rywhere. Grant said they will be using this experience as a test run for permanent pin trading – the Games’ unofficial sport – “You can trade pins anywhere and I com- customs offi cers and future direct fl ights to sun destinations. as well as sponsor kiosks, live media broad- pletely encourage that,” says Pacey. “Our next job now is to get the runways and the configuration that we casts and of course, the lunchtime cultural “That’s part of the whole thing, getting need to do that, but we’re already working on direct fl ights, and that’s why performances and big Wednesday-night kids to come out of their shell a little bit, we (renovated) it just for that reason.” fashion show. approaching people to say ‘I want to trade ••• Janet Pacey drove 12 hours from Yellow- pins with you.’” REMO ZACCAGNA For Ulu News knife to head up the pin trading. Designer Lunchtime cultural performances Mon- Team Greenland Chef de mission Claus Nielsen with his children Qillaq and of nearly 60 pins for this Games and an avid day, Tuesday and Wednesday are going to Laila on arrival at the Grande Prairie Regional Airport on Friday afternoon. trader herself, she calls pin trading, “the best be a highlight at the trading post, says Jackie addiction there is.” Clayton, director of culture and ceremo- Pacey has collected over 2,500 Arctic Win- nies. ter Games pins since the 2004 Games in “There’ll be everything from throat sing- 9712-99 Ave We are proud to be a Fort McMurray. 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NEWS ULUTHE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE ARCTIC WINTER GAMES Publishers Editor-in-Chief Th e Daily Herald-Tribune Fred Rinne Contributors Publisher Ulu News team/ Herald-Tribune staff Kent Keebaugh AWG Committee Liaisons Associate Publisher/Ad Manager Michelle Dupont Photos by Diana Rinne Doug Hare and Ivan Danielewicz April Weavell Top, left, Anook (Gerald Auger), Maje (Michelle Laff erty) and Dagee (Clinton Soto) perform the Challenge of the Quest; top, right, Cultural Ambassador Celeigh Cardinal performed with GIVING YOU MORE... her band including Pat Haiste (pictured), Cam Henderson and Chris Murphy; left, members of Team Nunavut make their way into the opening ceremonies; right, Respected Cree Elder Michael David and his wife deliver a blessing to the athletes and those in attendance; lower, left, 2009 Grande Prairie Home Gerry Thicke, president of the Arctic Winter Builder of the Year! Games International Committee, speaks during the offi cial opening; below, centre, Peace River www.shopprairiemall.com MP Chris Warkentin gives Team Alberta North the thumbs up after they make their entrance into the 2010 Arctic Winter Games opening ceremony; over 90 Stores lower, right, masters of ceremony Tom Pura and Gord & Carol McLevin • Designing Dreams Building Homes Darlene Cardinal share a laugh . Phone: 780-539-3246 • Fax: 780-538-3246 & Service [email protected] • www.cardonhomes.com

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With you every step of the way. Michael’s Flooring Canada From left to right: Division 2 Councillor Sharon Nelson, CAO Bill Rogan, Division 7 Councillor Frank Lowen, Division 8 Councillor Richard Harpe, Division 4 Councillor Jack O’Toole Sitting: Division 8 Councillor Leanne Beaupre, Division 9 Councillor Mary Ann Eckstrom, Reeve Everett McDonald, Division 5 Councillor Pat Jacobs, Division 6 Councillor Lois Dueck 780-532-8680 Proud supporter of the Arctic Winter Games 18 Monday, March 8, 2010 Monday, March 8, 2010 3 Ulu • News Ulu • News ‘It was more than I expected’ Continued from 2 forms of all, and the cheering became deaf- Finally, led by large inukshuk-shaped ening when the bright-blue clad Alberta banners, the teams marched in to screams North athletes entered. from the crowd. Waving fl ags, each contin- “It was awesome, such an inspiring gent made its way to their seats, filling the moment,” said a beaming Suneeta White- entire arena fl oor. side of Team Alberta North. “It gets you all Greenland, dressed in red parkas, tossed pumped to compete.” their red-and-white caps to the other ath- Once the athletes were seated, the per- letes, inciting cheers and scrambles. Yukon, formances started anew. The Grande Prai- in red-and-navy jackets and white toques, rie Boys’ Choir bravely sang all fi ve national madly waved flags and many Alaskan ath- anthems in their native languages. Then, letes, in head-to-toe navy, danced their way with songs, wild drumming and dancing, down the aisle. A Hero’s Journey – brainchild of Ayling and “I felt so happy and so excited to be here,” Oker – began. said Kelcy Armstrong, an 11-year-old fig- A story of hope and discovery, it follows ure skater from Whitehorse, of her moment four characters of legend on a journey – one walking across the stage. refl ected by the trek the young athletes made “Th is is my very fi rst Games,” she added. to Grande Prairie, Ayling said. It is a story to In grey jackets and fur hats, the Northwest be continued at the Closing Ceremonies. Territories contingent came in beating blue All together, “it was more than I expected,” clappers together. In the midst of it, camera said Grande Prairie resident John Krol, sum- operators and photographers raced around, ming up the creators’ hopes when he added: capturing every moment for their home “It was a wonderful celebration, really.” audiences. Team Nunavik wore parkas trimmed with fur ruffs and marched in to the sound ••• of throat singing, as did the Nunavut con- DIANA RINNE For Ulu News tingent. In black with bright orange scarves Members of Team Alberta North make their and red toques, the Nunavummiut (people way into the 2010 Arctic Winter Games of Nunavut) jumped up and down as they opening ceremony held at the Canada crossed the stage. Games Arena in Grande Prairie Sunday. Th e Sapmi contingent in their traditional dresses and tunics had the brightest uni- Wishing all Welcome NICK KUHL For Ulu News Athletes the Matthew Hall, in the role of Sonny, gets told a lesson by his father Jack, portrayed by Aaron English, during a performance of Sonny’s Song at GPRC’s Black Box Theatre. all athletes & Best of Luck! Original play kicks off Games culture visitors Same Day Service on cleaning dropped off before 10am sciously worked with the theme dent Danielle Richard, follows the were all very well cast. unfolds in a number of sets, all of Located beside the Crystal Centre on 100 St. and 98 Ave. 5 Pin Bowling Public Bowling 7 days a week Licensed Premises Métis culture and of the Games – Dream, Achieve, title character’s upbringing and All of the actors, many of whom which took full advantage of the 6:00 am – 6:30 pm Monday to Friday music basis of Inspire – and we hope it provides desire to become a famous musi- were in their first significant pro- Black Box Th eatre space at GPRC. a cultural and emotional base for cian. duction, commanded the atten- It was easy to be transported from 6:00 am – 6:00 pm Saturday HJ’s Family work penned the Games,” said director Annie We learn of his close relation- tion of the audience at every turn. a 1950’s era farmhouse to a mod- 11005 - 100 Street 9650 - 94 Avenue by GPRC drama Smith. ship to his parents and their farm- Matthew Hall, as Sonny, displayed ern-day theatre setting. 780-532-7610 • www.crousescleaners.com Bowling Centre • 780-532-4616 Bowling Centre • 780-538-2695 student Danielle Richard The story covers four genera- ing operation, his rebellious friend a charming presence through- The story really hit its stride in tions, told through a series of fl ash- Warren, and his deceased sister, out and his charisma with wife the second act when our narra- NICK KUHL backs, of a Métis family’s dreams of who they called Little Songbird. Maggie, played by Devon Potter, tor, who is writing the play as it’s making it big in the music world. We also hear his undeniable pas- evoked a believability in their rela- being acted out, becomes an inte- For Ulu News It also ties in with aspects of sion for music, which he realizes tionship. gral component to the overall plot. native culture such as storytell- needs to remain a dream in order Aaron English and Desirée Barn- Concurrently we see Sonny and “Sonny will find his song – it’s ing and the passing of traditions for him to properly raise a family. filed, as Sonny’s parents Jack and Maggie in full-out parental mode, somewhere out there.” from generation to generation, Sonny soon meets Maggie, the Elaine, had a perfect balance of as he begins to teach his daughter So says his father Jack in a prog- with Sonny’s granddaughter Sarah love of his life, and woos her with dramatic tones and comedic tim- Presley guitar lessons. nosticating fashion near the begin- writing and remembering things a sack of potatoes. Th ey fall in love, ing throughout. She naturally forges her own ning of Sonny’s Song, an origi- as they get acted out on stage. get married and hold a big wed- A major assistance in this fact path and has a daughter named nal play that wrapped at Grande It tells the tale of multiple gen- ding reception – which in the pro- was the expert pacing conducted Sarah, who then learns the guitar Prairie Regional College this past erations of a Métis family through duction even incorporated some by director Smith. Each scene was from her mother and completes weekend. their struggles and triumphs while willing audience members. short enough to avoid any poten- the four-generation circle of life. It marked the unofficial begin- using music, characters and the art But besides being a fun, music- tial lulls, but long enough to build Overall, Sonny’s Song was spec- ning of the 2010 Arctic Winter of storytelling as the backbones of fi lled journey, Sonny’s Song packs interest in the characters and tacular from start to finish. Good Games, as it was the first of the its production. plenty of Métis culture and herit- showcase a proper story progres- use of the stage, grouped with many cultural events planned to Told through a variety of narra- age into the story, as well as many sion. great pacing, fantastic acting and a take place during the Games. tive devices, Sonny’s Song, which memorable characters, who from And due to the multiple time- compelling story made for a thor- “I think that we have really con- was written by GPRC drama stu- the lead roles to minor bit parts, lines being shown, the play oughly enjoyable experience. 2 Monday, March 8, 2010 Monday, March 8, 2010 19 ULU•News ULU•News

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