Welcoming Address to the 2012-2013 Student Body

As we welcome this new group of bright, talented, young, emerging artists, it is important that we also recognize where we stand at this moment in time in the ongoing journey of the company as a whole, and upon whose shoulders you will now be lifted up to greater heights than ever before. And so we pause for a moment in our welcoming of you, the new, to honour and acknowledge that we are the current generation of artists and animators at the company. We have flourished because of the guidance and consistency, wisdom and vision of our Board members, our senior staff and Producers, our Administrative and Artistic Mentors and Directors. As an organization dedicated to original creative expression, we are constantly evolving. We owe the development of our training practice to our firm foundations laid by the Anishinaabe Artists and advocates that came before us.

3rd Annual
Six Foot Festival - Land, Art, Food
2012 Theme - ‘Starting from Seed’

October 5, 6, 7
Debajehmujig Creation Centre
43 Queen Street, Manitowaning, ON

Debajehmujig - Storytellers Proudly Presents:

Three Phases of Kwe:
Three New One-Woman Shows

Starting Monday
Written, Directed and Performed by JESSICA WILDE PELTIER
Welcome into the familial world of a circle of powerful Anishinaabe women,
supporting and encouraging, comforting and accepting one another, in oversized
clothes and pivotal roles, while wrestling with the distance between their inten-
tions and their outcomes. The women span three generations, culminating in a
triumph of the human spirit - especially for the youngest ...

In That There is Freedom
Written, Directed and Performed by SARINA MERLING
‘In That There is Freedom’ takes us on a journey into a woman’s world of growing
edges in a Northern town. She explores, creates and ultimately delights in her feminine
way of being, in an elemental world where roles are strictly imposed, defined, and then
quietly cast aside. And in that, she finds freedom.

O’ Bitter Be Sweet
Written, Directed, and Performed by ELISHA SIDLAR
After 50 years Cococo’s Confectionary is closing up shop! This is your last
chance for Laffy Chews! Your final day for Lollihops! And your one and only
opportunity to stock up on Gramma’s Red Lickernish Rolls! Lulu LaRue cordially
invites you to the death of her sweetshop.

Larry E. Lewis Studio
Debajehmujig Creation Centre 43 Queen Street Manitowaning Ontario
August 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15
8:00 pm

Adults $25 Elders/Students $20 Youth 12 and under $15
Info and Reservations: 705-859-1820

Ask about Discounts for Community Programs and Groups
705-859-1820

Three years ago, we were approached by two local doctors, Dr. Nick Jeeves and Dr. Maurianne Reade, to explore the potential of animating the teaching scenarios that were devised by local health professionals, to teach interdisciplinary emergency medicine in a wilderness setting. The idea was born out of a simple recognition that health professionals do not necessarily find it easy to improvise and apply their knowledge in a context that is not ideally suited to apply their skills and knowledge such as a clinic or hospital. Over the past two conferences hosted on Manitoulin, the attendance has grown significantly to include emergency responders, wilderness leadership personnel, Doctors, Nurses, and other health professionals that are regularly practicing in rural and wilderness settings. Conference attendees are starting to come from all over Ontario.

REFLECTIONS …

• The number of volunteers is 900
• The number of bikes is unfathomable
• The number of artists and visitors is thousands and thousands
• There may be an over-abundance of wind