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Athabasca and District Music Festival Association fonds
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25 cm of textual records.
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The Athabasca and District Music Festival was organized in April, 1973 and has been held annually since 1974 by the Athabasca and District Music Festival Association. The first executive consisted of : Rev. B.A. (Bruce) Rathbone as president, Doreen Leicht, Win Armstrong and Betty Weber. The purpose of the festival is to promote and encourage musical participation by young people in order that excellence would be pursued and achieved. Participants perform either as individuals or groups in a variety of mediums, including speech, vocal solos and musical theatre, instrument and chorus. Participants enter classes arranged by medium and age over seven to ten days culminating with a final concert held in the Nancy Appleby Theatre. The best students in each medium are recommended to attend the annual Provincial Festival sponsored by The Alberta Music Festival Association.
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Lynne Hartley donated 99.45
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The fonds consists of materials created by the Athabasca and District Music Festival between 1974 and 2012. The fonds consists of annual programs and handbills for the final concerts; also included are the 1974, 1975, 1978, 1981, 1986-1990, 1993 annual financial statements. 20th and 35th Gala Concerts showcased former performers who have made a career in the arts. There are also several programs of the Alberta Music Festival Association annual Provincial Festivals and an "Anthology of Poetry", a collection of poems by local writers, sponsored by the Music Festival Association to celebrate Athabasca's 75th anniversary in 1986. 99.45: Creative Music: Original compositions by students of Lynne Hartley written for the creative music category of the Athabasca Music Festival 1996 - 98.
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Acquired from the Athabasca and District Music Festival by Athabasca Archives archivist Marilyn Mol annually between 1988 and 2003, 2006; 2004, 2005,2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 programs were donated by Doug Kariel. Programs from 1974-1987 were donated by Wendy Guay. Program for 2017 donated by Ida Edwards. Program for 2019 donated by Melissa Law. Creative Music donated by Lynne Hartley.
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Permission to copy Creative Music must be obtained from the composer or Lynne Hartley.
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Dance was included in the Athabasca & District Music Festival from 1994 to 2002. Beginning in 2004 there has been a separate Athabasca Dance Festival. Newspaper articles and photographs are in the archives clipping files. Record No. 93.15, 93.18, 94.16, 95.47, 96.04, 97.11, 98.22, 99.18, 99.45, 00.05, 01.13, 02.05, 03.05, 04.10, 05.05, 06.15, 07.17;08.01, 08.13, 09.40, 11.11; 12.18; 13.29; 14.19; 15.13; 15.37; 19.30
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