Bowen Island Undercurrent July 15 2016

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Surfski championship

Bruce McTaggart will represent Bowen in the Howe Sound race

Chilliwack to play Bowen The legendary musicians will headline the Dock Dance

Letters to the editor

One resident wonders whether the new tagline will stick

Branding boosts tourism inquiries MARIA SPITALE-LEISK EDITOR

Tourism Bowen Island saw a 75 per cent spike in visits to its website the week after the new branding was unveiled.

There was already some growth in online traffic as tourism season is in full swing on Bowen. But there’s also been a noticeable jump in the numbers, with about 75 per cent more visits to tourismbowenisland.com last week than the week prior to council’s endorsement of the new brand.

The week of June 13 Tourism Bowen Island saw 1,970 page views, compared to 3,005 views last week.

Tourism Bowen Island chair Murray Atherton said news of the new brand and the tag line “Tell your friend it’s awful here” has been far-reaching.

“I’ve had emails from friends in Toronto, from Halifax, from the U.K. already, just saying this is fabulous, this is so funny, it’s so alive,” said Atherton. “Wait until Bowfest, when the island will see (the brand) come together. We’ve been listening, we’ve been making some changes and it’s going to be absolutely fabulous.”

Atherton has also received an update from Rethink, the marketing agency behind Bowen’s brand.

“And it’s over $150,000 of earned media that they have received in the past week on Bowen Island,” said Atherton.

MP Pamela Goldsmith-Jones talks with Tourism Bowen Island chair Murray Atherton and other residents during a community roundtable discussion at Artisan Eats last Friday. MARIA SPITALE-LEISK photo

LNG concerns fuel roundtable with MP MARIA SPITALE-LEISK EDITOR

LNG, Internet connectivity and local youth employment were on the menu when MP Pamela Goldsmith-Jones sat down with Bowen residents at Artisan Eats last Friday.

“If today is any indication and I think is it, we talked

about Woodfibre LNG a lot (and) ongoing deep concern,” Goldsmith-Jones told the Undercurrent.

Anton van Walraven of Concerned Citizens Bowen came prepared with documents outlining LNG environmental concerns that he shared with Goldsmith-Jones

at the community roundtable.

“The herring is a key species between plankton and larger fish, so if the herring goes you won’t be seeing the dolphins, you won’t be seeing the whales (in Howe Sound),” said van Walraven.

Van Walraven said Goldsmith-Jones plays an

important role as a direct conduit for relaying Bowen residents’ LNG concerns to Ottawa. “(Pamela’s) a key person for us, because what we are doing here is supplying her with information, our investigative work,” said van Walraven.

“She’s from the area, she

understands concerns around Howe Sound.”

Van Walraven heard from Goldsmith-Jones that maps created by Squamish Streamkeepers member John Buchanan of Howe Sound herring spawning grounds have been used in federal

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 1:00 PM on Monday, July 25, 2016 in Council Chambers Municipal Hall, 981 Artisan Lane, Bowen Island

July 18, 2016 7:00 PM

Bowen Island Municipality Land Use Bylaw No. 57, 2002, Amendment Bylaw No. 399, 2016 (511 Sunset Road)

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Glave, Goldsmith-Jones talk climate action MIKE CHOUINARD SQUAMISH CHIEF

Perhaps no surprise, liquefied natural gas (LNG) was on the minds of many at MP Pamela Goldsmith-Jones’s climate action policy roundtable Friday night.

It was by no means the only subject though for the approximately 75 people who had gathered at Quest University for a discussion on climate issues and how they fit alongside other concerns such as the economy and foreign policy.

Goldsmith-Jones opened the evening talking about Canada’s recent international emissions targets and how the issue is connected to Canada’s role in the world, especially with its North American trade partners.

“Canada’s foreign policy is very much one of engagement,” she said.

Goldsmith-Jones was joined by two panelists: communications expert James Glave and engineer Anna Stukas, who works with Carbon Engineering.

Glave focussed briefly on a few points for hope, such the growth of the clean energy sector and the fact that invest-

MP Pamela Goldsmith-Jones leads a roundtable discussion at Quest University in Squamish. MIKE CHOUINARD photo ment surpassed that in fossil fuels globally for the first time last year.

“This is now a very, very, very large business,” he said.

“It’s more than doubled since 2015.”

Glave added that while the world is not yet turning “the curve downward” on carbon emissions, levels have plateaued, according to interna-

tional energy agency experts.

Stukas spoke briefly about annual emissions from Squamish, which are measured at 88.538 tonnes of carbon dioxide. By comparison, her company hopes its pilot plant in Squamish can remove 100,000 tonnes a year, or enough to power half of the BC Transit fleet.

“We have an opportunity

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“So that’s good to hear,” said van Walraven.

Goldsmith-Jones said she’s always feeding citizen-sourced LNG information forward to the appropriate federal ministries, adding “we’re being vigilant about the (LNG approval) conditions that are outlined.”

The island’s Internet connectivity – or lack thereof, rather – was on the mind of Bowen Coun. Michael Kaile who brought GoldsmithJones up to speed on the issue.

“The Internet is extremely slow, especially at peak times,” Kaile told the Undercurrent, adding that Bowen should be qualified as a rural location.”

In the spring the federal government announced ten B.C. Internet service providers would be receiving a total of approximately $16 million to increase broadband Internet access for approximately 23,000 households throughout rural B.C. Bowen currently has two Internet suppliers, Telus and Shaw. Kaile said Shaw has assured they are going to increase Bowen’s Internet speeds in the summer.

Crawling Internet service is bad for business on Bowen, said Kaile, adding employed islanders feel “compelled” to go to the office on the mainland full-time, instead of telecommuting a couple days a week.

Goldsmith-Jones agreed Bowen “falls a little bit between the cracks in terms of (Internet) connectivity,” saying she plans on pursuing the issue when she gets back to Ottawa because it’s a priority and Bowen “can’t be left behind.”

Summer students on Bowen, employed at the library, sailing school, the parks and recreation department and Bowen Heritage through a federal summer jobs program, stopped by Artisan Eats to thank GoldsmithJones and the government for supporting them.

Goldsmith-Jones explained there is high unemployment for young Canadians under

the age of 25, higher than any other age group.

“So that’s a genuine concern,” she said.

“How do young people get experience? How do they earn a little bit of money so they can pay for school? For a place like Bowen Island, for them to be able to employ their own kids on the island solves a lot of problems.”

Goldsmith-Jones is coming off her first session in Ottawa since being elected last fall to represent the expansive West Vancouver– Sunshine Coast–Sea to Sky Country riding.

She said she’s getting used to not living at home.

“I think back to being mayor (of West Vancouver) and how nice it was to drive from city hall home every night and regroup,” said Goldsmith-Jones on the ferry ride back to Horseshoe Bay after the meeting.

But she’s not complaining. The new job has also been rewarding. As Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Goldsmith-Jones is getting to know MPs on the hill and helping them understand Canada’s foreign policy and how they can contribute to it.

This past week Goldsmith-Jones, representing the foreign affairs minister, spoke on a panel at the Global LGBTI Human Rights Conference in Uruguay’s capital city.

“Our government is working very hard to demonstrate what inclusion means to us,” said Goldsmith-Jones.

“With regard to the empowerment of women, with regard to truth and reconciliation with Aboriginal peoples – so this fits with our main thrust and why we really wanted to be there (in Uruguay).”

With the House of Commons on recess, Goldsmith-Jones has made some summer plans including studying French in Quebec.

“In Ottawa, French is spoken a lot,” explained Goldsmith-Jones. “It’s much better to communicate with people in their own language. It’s out of respect for the fact Canada has two languages. It’s an asset.”

to be world leaders,” she said, adding, “We see an opportunity to decarbonize the transportation sector.”

Still, from early on in the question period, several people had questions about the federal environmental assessment process that had approved the proposed Woodfibre project near Squamish earlier this year. Participants raised many of the same concerns that have arisen throughout the debate.

“This LNG discussion is very much about how we move forward,” said Brenda Broughton, a former mayor of Lions Bay and opponent of the Woodfibre project, adding there are 20 LNG projects on file in the province.

The LNG question was far from the only topic of discussion. Matt Blackman had questions around subsidies and why more subsidy money could not be diverted to renewable energy projects like his Alternative Energy Group in Squamish or retraining workers in the fossil fuel industries as opposed to heavily subsidizing projects like the Site C Dam in northern B.C. Edith Tobe of the Squamish River Watershed Society commented on sea level issues as well as the need to protect natural, resilient parts of the environment that can capture carbon such as the Squamish Estuary.

“We’re fighting an uphill battle here is Squamish,” she said, adding that it was not fair for the federal government to expect local governments to fight these battles on their own.

Speaking as both a mom and a member of local government, Coun. Karen Elliott suggested the federal government should look for ways to involve young people in the discussion around environmental policy.

“Our youth have a lot to say about climate change and where they want their world to go,” she said.

Elliott also had questions around housing policy, saying smaller communities like Squamish need scalable solutions and that while they need to encourage green buildings, many in the community are simply struggling to find a

place to live.

Over the course of a couple of hours, participants brought up a number of other topics, such as the need for area meetings on the proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline, a possible role for compressed natural gas (CNG) as a transitional fuel, the importance of smaller, more efficient homes and the need for wildfire strategies to prevent situations like the Fort McMurray fire or the recent Burns Bog fire, questions around liability in these cases and what effect these have on investment.

The MP, herself, was sympathetic to the issues raised, describing the LNG decision as a “tough” one. She also addressed the environmental assessment process, which she said her government is reviewing, along with other legislation such as the Fisheries Act, which she described as having been “gutted” by the previous government.

“We are behind the eight ball in many ways,” she said.

“That’s what we inherited.”

Some members in the audience though suggested that if the process was not working, the federal government should not be processing assessment applications until it addresses the problem.

The meeting in Squamish was the first of several in the riding Goldsmith-Jones is holding during the summer break from Parliament to hear ideas on climate action from people in various communities.

An artist’s rendering shows the location of the Snug Cove Garden Gateway project. supplied photo

Snug Cove Garden Gateway project moves to phase two Construction on phase two of the Snug Cove Garden Gateway project got underway this week.

The vision of the volunteerdriven Bowen Island Garden Gateway Initiative is to create a more welcoming experience at the ferry by creating a visually pleasing arrival to Bowen Island.

This will be accomplished through the installation of a stone-raised garden with seating in the area between the B.C. Ferries washrooms and the cenotaph on the south side of Government Road in

Snug Cove.

The initiative, led by Holly Graff, sponsored by Bowen Heritage and supported by Bowen Island municipal council, has been funded through a Bowen Island Community Foundation Community impact grant, as well as pledged donations and gifts-in-kind.

Phase one saw the removal of a portion of the asphalt sidewalk on the south sidewalk leading to the ferry, while this next phase involves the installation of stone-raised garden beds, benches, soil,

and an irrigation system.

Planting of the garden will take place in the fall.

Construction will take up to three weeks, from Monday to Friday between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. During this time, the south sidewalk will be closed and pedestrians will be directed to the north sidewalk.

Additionally, there will be portions of time when the beginning of the ferry lineup will be relocated to above the cenotaph, to allow for the delivery of materials and to maneuver large machinery.

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Bowen in bloom Bowen has really come into bloom this summer, you may have noticed.

Volunteers have stepped in to spruce up the island in preparation for a special visit this week.

Two trained judges will evaluate the community’s combined efforts towards environmental action, urban forestry, tidiness, heritage preservation, landscape and floral displays.

It’s all part of a national beautification program called Communities in Bloom that measures civic pride and which Bowen is taking part in.

Thanks to some community-minded individuals who applied for beautification grants from the municipality, we now have decorative pots and plants on the Village Square patio, a colourful floral display at Bowen Court, fresh flowers for Boulevard Cottage and a new bench in Artisan Square.

This, in addition to some of the ongoing beautification initiatives, including the volunteer-driven Garden Gateway project in Snug Cove.

It seems many areas of the island have undergone a makeover this year, from the crosswalks to the library building to the ferry dock.

There is civic pride aplenty on the island, and it shows.

Congratulations, Bowen, you earn top marks in our books.

Letter writer questions tagline’s staying power I’ve watched the discussion over the Bowen Island branding unfold over the last few days and I have to say it has inspired me, challenged me in good ways, and leaves me once again grateful to be part of this amazing island.

Bowen has an amazing level of civic engagement that is once again revealed in this whole branding process. It took an amazing level of work, unbelievable hours and meetings, and some high level professional talent to get us here and it was all done by volunteers and donations.

Kudos to Gordon Ganong, Chris Corrigan, Murray Atherton, and the entire economic development commit-

tee, to Edward Wachtman and Sheree Johnson, and to Chris Staples and Rethink for doing the work and keeping the faith.

In regards to the conversations that keep happening on Facebook and elsewhere, it is encouraging to see so many willing to participate and to put themselves out there with honesty and frankness.

I have to admit I am not a big fan of the tagline “Tell your friends it’s awful here,” but it is resonating with people.

The challenge I have with the tagline is that I question its staying power.

Yes, the irony is funny. Yes, it’s clever, in a hipster clever kinda way. But the

punchline is a variation of a joke that has been around for at least awhile and is a bit of a one-liner. In a month or two, or 10 will we still find the tag witty and clever, or just somewhat cute and a bit tired? The tag also evokes/embodies a not so nice, shadowy we-like-thingsthe-way-they-are-and-will-do-everything-we-can-to-prevent-change-fromhappening spirit that exists on Bowen.

It seems odd to adopt a branding focused on economic development that evokes a feeling of “go away,” or at least go away unless you ‘get us’ and our wonderful island, even in jest or humour.

Some of the draft campaign ads

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are a delight and a hoot. “Welcome to Bowen. Now get lost.” Now that’s funny in a truly Bowen kinda way. “Leave your baggage at the dock” – charmingly funny, light and serious all at the same time.

I am in awe of the potential and the talent of this island. Let’s celebrate that.

Let’s grow that.

We’re not done yet. I would like to think the branding, and the branding process, is calling us to go deeper.

I would ask that mayor and council reconsider their choice of branding concepts.

David Adams

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People, Plants & Places Tour July 16 and 17, 10 a.m.4 p.m. Tickets: $25, or $20 per person for groups of 10 or more, available at bowenislandmuseum.ca.

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Young artists took inspiration on Tuesday from the Van Berkel garden at the top of Cates Hill, during an en plein air art class led by Rebecca Smith. From left clockwise: Rebecca Smith, Denis, Lucy, Kiana, Jordyn, Robin, Delilah, Rachel, Gretta and Stephanie. photo Meribeth Deen

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Group Weed Warriors meets July 16, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. by the bridge at the mouth of Davies Creek. Tools and gloves provided.

In the Cove: Past and Present Bowen Island until July 17 at The Gallery at Artisan Square.

Bowen Island Seaside Marketplace runs every weekend all summer long on the Union Steamship lawn by Paradise Grill.

Farmers’ Market, Saturdays 10 a.m. to noon, Bowen Island Community School.

Bowen Island Fire Department’s annual Dock Dance, Saturday July 30.

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Bowen couple offers joyful oneday couples retreat July 24 SOORYA AND JACK RESELS CONTRIBUTORS

The model of relationships is changing. How our parents and grandparents related was mostly shaped by duties and roles in the context of survival and family safety.

Little attention was paid to psychological or spiritual fulfillment, and techniques for improving the quality of their relationships were non-existent.

Although this paradigm is still true for many people, there is now a greater number for whom survival is not the daily priority.

There has been a shift towards the “luxury” of fulfillment and happiness. For many, this search for gratification has resulted in acquiring more things, and is often accompanied by feelings of alienation, separation and loneliness.

As people grow and become more conscious, they become more aware of the flow of positive energy that is possible within themselves and in their relationships. This is shaping a further change in context: the

Bowen residents Soorya and Jack Resels are spiritual mentors and life/relationship coaches. photo supplied desire for greater connection.

The art of appreciating is the best way we’ve found to shift from despairing over life to celebrating life. A single skillful committed act of appreciation can instantly transform your relationship (with yourself, your life, others) into a greater felt sense of flow, connectivity and celebration.

Repeated many times over, this can revolutionize your life.

In this context, you stop asking, “What must we do to survive? How can I remove this feeling of lack and loneliness?

How can I fulfill my potential?”

Instead, we suggest that your relationships can grow stronger and thrive by asking questions like, “I wonder how our rela-

tionship can flourish? How can I best appreciate my partner, child, parent, etc. for their qualities and good actions? What do I really love about him/her?”

Here, you’re no longer waiting for your relationship or the situation to be perfect.

Rather, you are proactive, initiating numerous small changes towards feeling gratitude and creating intimacy.

By appreciating your life, your situation, your relationships – irregardless of the circumstances and for no apparent external reason; simply by your choice – your heart opens and magic happens: you feel more connected and grateful as you celebrate your life.

Soorya and Jack Resels have studied and taught yoga science and meditation for more than 20 years, including at the International Meditation Institute in India. They will lead a one-day couples retreat - Growing in Joy and Appreciation With Your Partner – July 24 and Aug. 21 at Bowen Island Yoga. bowenislandyoga. com/workshops-and-events

Bowen Community Foundation board chairman Soren Hammerberg receives $1,000 for the foundation’s Helping Hand fund from Susan Swift, on behalf of Belterra Cohousing. photo supplied

Generous spirit of giving applauded Dear Editor:

The Bowen Island Community Foundation would like to thank both First Credit Union and Belterra Cohousing for their recent and generous acts of philanthropy. First Credit Union provided each purchaser of a unit in Belterra with $100 to be used for a charitable donation. Belterra’s residents then gave $1,000 to Bowen Island Community School for playground equipment, and a further $1,000 to our foundation’s Helping Hand fund, to be used for helping islanders in need. We would like to take this opportunity to applaud this generous spirit of giving, evident in the actions of both our local First Credit Union and Belterra Cohousing. We can assure you that your donation will be put to good use.

Soren Hammerberg Chairman, Bowen Island Community Foundation

Let people know you are a Chilliwack to headline Dock Dance ‘yoga-slug’ before they get here Dear Editor,

at a party when you meet someone new and introduce yourself, tell them who you are and what you do in just a sentence or two. Sure, most people will just paint themselves in the brightest colours in such a situation ... but really, you’ll find out what that person is really like after a little while. False advertising is the biggest turnoff after all. Let people know that you are a yogaslug before they get here!

I have only been here for a little over six months. I have seen what this community is all about and how it acts. I have looked at it from the outside and experienced it from the inside.

All I can tell you is – even just following this little discussion here – we are worthy of such a pointy, tongue-in-cheek – but still serious in tone, kinda sorta but not really, maybe – brand.

Christoph Haase

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It’s hard to believe it was 25 years ago when the Bowen Island Fire Department put on the first Dock Dance. The location was Norma & Denny’s Bowen Island Marina. The band was Jimmy Roy’s Five Star Hillbillies. The opening act was Captain Hook & the Ladders.

Over the following years many bands have entertained: Fat Boogie Orchestra, Cal Batchelor, Paperboys, Rob Thompson, Ginger 66, Richochet, Dr. Strangelove, Fraud Stewart, Wasabi Fox, Big Boss Blues Band, Bluewater, Sandy Melody Band, Brickhouse, Doug & the Slugs, The Dock Sharks, Johnny Ferreira, Black

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Dear Editor: We moved here half a year ago. I’ve been following the rebranding process for well over a year – from overseas – in the Undercurrent, the muni newsletters, etc. Information about it was easy to find, easy to follow and I’d guess easy to get involved in the process for anyone who would have been interested.

In general, people who get elected to make certain decisions should be able to make decisions, without everyone who doesn’t like them crying out for a direct consultation and a referendum every time they do. As far as a brand goes it’s not anything the island “needs” – but it’s good to have. It’s not called “brand identity” for nothing and it helps the community to define itself and others to understand who we are and what we stand for. A brand is like that moment

Molly, Full Moon, She Stole My Beer, Grand National, Ken McCoy, Bert Jupiter & the Moon Raiders, Long John Baldry, Tony Dominelli Band, Gary Comeau & the Voodoo Allstars and Cease & Desist.

The 25th Dock Dance on Saturday, July 30 will feature (legendary B.C. band) Chilliwack followed by Brickhouse.

Limited tickets are available from any Bowen firefighter or at the general store, where tickets will go on sale at 2 p.m. this Saturday, July 16.

Don’t delay, this event will sell out fast.

Thanks, Bowen Island Volunteer Firefighters

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Bowen’s bluegrass-singing daughter, Sarah Jane Scouten, has returned home to the West Coast where she has recorded a new EP and is about to make her Vancouver Folk Music Festival debut this weekend.

Scouten, who now lives in Toronto, racked up a couple nominations at the Canadian Folk Music Awards, including Album of the Year for her latest release, The Cape, which is partly inspired by her growing up on Bowen. The Undercurrent caught up with Scouten for a Q&A via telephone last week from Prince George, one of many stops on her band’s tour of the B.C. Interior.

Bowen Island Undercurrent: What was the process like for recording your new EP, Strathcona Sessions?

Sarah Jane Scouten: About a year and half ago I got a call from (Vancouver producer/ musician) Andy Bishop and he said do you want to come and make this EP - it’s part of a series that I’ve been cooking up and I think you’d be great for it. I didn’t know any of the musicians, I didn’t know the producer, and I was concerned, but he (Andy) kind of talked me into it. I did a little sleuthing around and I was like, ‘OK, these players are great and the studio’s great.’ It’s a series of four Vancouver songwriters. And they’re going to be releasing my EP the first in the series, which is kind of lovely.

BIU:What was the inspiration behind the music?

SJS: These songs were just sort of part of what I was working on at the time. We did one traditional song and arranged it in a way that’s probably at lot more modern and spacey and maybe indie-sounding than I’ve done before, as someone who is very interested in traditional music.

BIU: What song resonates with you the most?

SJS: The song that’s probably the most personal to my life is called “Mount Royal Cemetery.” I was living in Montreal at the time and I was walking up in the Mount Royal Cemetery and I was quite moved by just the sight of people visiting their loved ones. And you know, to be close to them even if it is just to their bones or their ashes or their memory, just having a place to connect to them. So that’s what that song is about. And about what was currently going on in my family situation as well. There’s one part in the song (that moves me): ‘Bury me at the Mount Royal Cemetery, lay my bones where so they will know in their hearts, we’re just six feet apart. Bury me at

Former Bowen resident Sarah Jane Scouten will perform at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival this Saturday. photo SUPPLIED the Mount Royal Cemetery.

BIU: Talk about the experience when you went into the studio.

SJS: It was very quick and very collaborative. It was hard to give up a lot of the creative control that I’m used to having. In the previous albums, I’d sort of worked as a co-producer in many ways and arranged the songs very much. All the creative choices came down to me. With all the guys in the studio it was much more collaborative. And that has informed the way that I’ve been running my band and making records since then. So it was kind of a pivotal experience. There are four different songwriters and we all used the same band.

It’s pretty interesting, because of the style of each songwriter the music ends up sounding very different. And it will be interesting to see how that unfolds as the releases come out.

BIU: How does Bowen factor in to your songwriting?

SJS: It’s always in the back of my mind and I know that there are at least two (Bowen) songs on the last record we made called The Cape, which is named after Cape Roger Curtis. And there’s the song called “Our Small Town,” which in my mind is based on Bowen. I think as people listen to the lyrics they can kind of tell. But Cape Roger Curtis is no longer what it is. It’s completely unrecognizable to me. That’s what that song “The Cape” is about entirely. This wasn’t the first little bit of land to be developed … and I’m sure other Bowen people have had different experiences with land that was developed that used to be their stomping grounds, but that was the first experience to happen to me.

BIU: It’s your first time performing at the Vancouver folk fest. How does that feel?

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SJS: I’m so excited. It’s kind of a pot of gold situation. I just got an email (from the festival organizers) out of the blue. I was in Portland, Oregon. It was a surprise.

It’s one of the most coveted festivals just because it’s so close to my heart. So that was a good feeling. I guess if you keep at it long enough and if you are putting out good material and you are touring and you’ve got a good band, then eventually the larger folk festivals in Canada will hopefully take an interest in you. But this one’s very special to me because I volunteered (at the Vancouver folk fest) for years. And it’s one of the larger reasons why I pursued this lifestyle. I could have just as easily stayed at home and sing songs for myself and for my friends. In order to be a songwriter, it doesn’t mean you’ve got to go out on the road. But the lifestyle attracted me and the community, and my first real taste of that was at the Vancouver folk festival. And I think I just wanted to figure out a way to feel the way that I did there more often.

BIU: What’s your favourite folk fest memory?

SJS: My strongest memory there was seeing (PEI singer/songwriter) Catherine MacLellan sing. And she sang a song about mental illness. There was a huge crowd there. I was just so moved to tears. It was embarrassing, I was sobbing. I was trying to control it and I couldn’t. And this girl who I didn’t know just turned around and hugged me. Folk festivals, when you’re listening to music that’s moving you and the sun is shining and you’re sitting on the grass, it brings out the best in people.

Sarah Jane Scouten takes to the stage at the Vancouver Folk Fest at 6:10 p.m. on July 16.

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