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I could write a book about all the things that happened |
Early figures claim a 13.4 per cent increase of non-resident arrivals over last year, and the figures for July and August are yet to come. Imagine that. AFTERMATH Don Wherry and Cathy Clark are enjoying a well-deserved rest after the hectic pace of Sound Symposium 9. The biannual event drew 60 performers from around the world and more than 150 from the province. “There was great response and attendance — I could write a book about all the things that happened,” says Wherry. |
One of the highlights of the Sound Symposium is the Harbour Symphony, a daily piece of music composed and played on the horns of ships in the harbour, conducted from Signal Hill. Listen to an example from the 1996 festival. (Requires real player.)
Not the least of these was a blackout that occurred on a night when MakBed, Ken Campbell’s interpretation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, was being performed at the LSPU Hall, and while a concert was under way at Gower Street Church. | Leaving the darkened concert, Wherry returned to find the innovative actors at the hall performing in the street with the help of headlights from a car and a very appreciative audience. When three locals — evidently inebriated — wandered into the production, a fierce Samurai-costumed Macbeth stunned one of them with a spontaneous kiss that brought a roar from the audience. On Improv Night, a prominent Canadian composer collaborated with a Middle Eastern performer who wanted to use a squeeze box, a small accordion. A local performer grabbed a cab, went home for the instrument, rehearsed with the musician in the cab, and performed minutes later at the hall. Now that’s improvising, and co-operating. |
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