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Spirit of Ca and:

Since Feux Follet will be performing at the Con— federation Centre on Oct. 15, I thought a brief ar-

ticle might be appropriate.‘

What's a Feux Follet? No it‘s not a French Ball— et co. and it's not a folk dance company in the strict sense of the word.

Feux Follets (pronoun- ced FUH FOLLAY) is the most exciting, exuberant evening of dancing and singing that anyone will ever want to see, what the Toronto Star described as "a brilliant exuberant explosion of popular the- atre"

A literal translation of Feux Follets is almost impossible. It's been var- iously translated as fire— fly or will'o the wisp, that elusive sparkle of phosphorescence that fli- ckers briegly and then disappears in the night.

Feux Follets in stage? is a sparkling magical evening of sheer enterta— inment, a skillful weaving of the tapestry of cultu— res that blend into the elusive entity called the soul and spirit of a nat— ion....the identity of our country.

Magnificently costumed by Frances Dafoe and dir- ected in dazzling style by Alan Lund, Feux Follets takes your breath away as it sweeps across centur— ies in time and a contin— ent in distance to reveal something of the spirit of Canada.

Now based in P.E.I. at Confederation Centre of Arts, Feux Follets has taken on a new life under Alan Lund's dynamic lead— ership. Lund has applied a fresh artistic concept to the content of Feux Follets, injecting his own superb sense of thea- trically, pacing and sta— ging to make a statement about Canada through mus— ic and dance forms.

His company of twenty- two talented young singers and dancers come from ev— ery region of Canada and represent in themselves many of Canada's basic ethnic cultures. In them— selves they really repre— sent what Feux Follets - and Canada — is all about.

On stage Feux Follets is a kaleidoscope of col—

our and movement, a skill-.

» of stately rituals of the

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"The Family That Dwelt’ -Apart, Real Estate, & The Other Side of the Ledger": N.F.B.

Duffy Ampitheatre

Wed: Oct 2, 7:30 p.m. Adm: Free I

"Waterloo" : U.P.E.I. Duffy, Sun: Oct.6, 8:00 Adm: $1.00

HOLLAND COLLEGE

Mon: Oct 7, 12 noon

and 8:00 p.m.

"Waterloo"

Adm: Students 75¢ Others $1.00

PRINCE EDWARD CINEMAS #1 Macon County Line HELD OVER #2 Benji or The Candidate 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. Adm: $2.25 . 17 and under $2.00 Further info contact 2-8331 CONFEDERAIION CENTRE ,Oct. 1 - 5, 8:00 p.m. "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz" Adm: $2.25

ful blending of the trad- itional and contemporary, the authentic and the theatrical. It's an image of Canada that reflects what is best about the country - its youth and freshness, its energy and vitality.

Canada as portrayed by Feux Follets is a Canada

Indian — the first Canad— ians; it's a Canada of conquest as well, when hardy men left loved ones

POLITICAL SCIENCE FILMS ‘ Oct.2, Wed., 1:15, 3:15 and 8:30 a.m.

"Gore Road", Real Estate, "The Family That Dwelt Apart" N.F.B.

Duffy Ampitheatre

Adm: Free

art exhihit ,

Confederation Centre Art Gallery: Extended until Oct. 6.

"3.Artistas Mexicanos" \ (also permanent collection) Tue — Sat.:lO:00 - 5:00 Sun.: 2:00 - 5:00

Adm: Free (Students)

Confederation Art Gallery: Oct. 1 — 20, Religous Sculptures of Old Quebec / by Jean-Paul Morisset; Photos N.F.B.

Adm: Students, Free

U.P.E.I. music recitals; cancelled until further notice due to renovations within the Dept.

Feux Follets is all ab-

, out Canada, but Feux Foll— ets is entertainment'as * well, entertainment of the finished quality designed for the whole family.

Energetic and exuberant, romantic and reflective, Feux Follets has left its imprint on a string of capacity houses at the Charlottetown Festival, and the National Arts Centre in Ottawa (2300

- seating capacity), and in special engagements around

I him Bring; :

an ocean away to push a‘ railroad through the wild- erness.

It's a Canada with a seafaring traditioncthat_ survives in the sea shan— ties of the Maritimes, and a Canada on whom the Scots left their imprint even as they remembered the hills of home with roman— tic longing.

It's a Canada swinging to the irresistable hand— clapping, toe-tapping time of Quebec jigs and reels; and laughing at the coy antics of an Acadian clog dance. / ‘

It's a Canada of sett— lers in the west at a Sat- urday night hoedown and sailors in the East ste‘

pping to a lively hornpipe;fl

a Canada where the lust for gold drove men mad

and ended only too often in broken dreams and an evening in a Klondike honé key tonk saloon.

the country. Feux Follets was select- ed to entertain the Prime Ministers of the Common- wealth in Ottawa, recei- ving a tumultous response

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Oct.3, Thurs: 9:00 - 12:30 Pig & Whistle, U.P"E.I. Barn, Music by "Fire & Ice" Adm: 75¢-~ - /

.Margaret Atwood

wed.-Oct.2, 8:00 p.m. Marionfflall Lounge (reading from her works)

In addition to the "Five Special Package_Deals" offered by the Confed Centre for the fall sea- son, they also have an additional "Group Deal? for the upcoming perfor- mance of the National

.Ballet, where tickets can,

be had for 1.50 if you Contact them,BEFORE OCT 11 Contact: 2—2467. ‘

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and to open Canada Week celebrations at the famed Chautaugua Institution in. New York State where an -audience of five thousand stood for repeated curtain calls and a prolonged ovation at the close of the performance.

Feux Follets communica— tes to an,audience even ’as it entertains, impart— ing some sense of what it means to be Canadian. Feux Follets is a National asset in which all Canad- ians can take pride, and most of all, Feux Follets is an exhilarating entere tainment experience that thousands of Canadians have enjoyed.

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