Festival Opening Ceremony

Heart of the City Festival 2020

Welcome to the Festival Opening Ceremony! With special guests Kat Norris, Les Nelson, lexwst’í:lem Drum Group and Richard Tetrault.

Join Terry Hunter, Festival Artistic Producer, and invited guests for a re-imagined Opening Ceremony, live streamed on the Festival website. We’re excited to open the Festival, in spite of the challenges this year, and we focus on the Festival theme “This Gives Us Strength”. In this time of multiple crises, we honour those who step up to help the community. Leslie Nelson, Carnegie’s Elder in Residence, and Kat Norris, Festival Elder in Residence, will lead the ceremony’s cultural work. We pre-recorded two special treats for the Festival opening: lexwst’í:lem Drum Group singing a welcome song; and a conversation between artist Richard Tetrault and Terry about The Gathering, a powerful and dynamic banner mural painted by Richard in 2015 for the Heart of the City Festival. The conversation will be available on demand on the Festival website after this live stream. <ul><li>Online livestream on our website</li><li>Free / donation appreciated</li></ul>

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