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W: Jeff Pew P: Julian Bueckert
Evan Bueckert sits at a Heid Out bistro table, a frothy pint of IPA in his hand. We toast our first drink since meeting over ten years ago. I tell Evan I’m sitting with the most-loved man in Cranbrook. He laughs shyly. “This is a bit out of my comfort zone,” he says, as we discuss the interview. Buechert, who in 2003 revolutionized the Mount Baker Secondary School (MBSS) music scene, is a humble man not concerned with praise. He’s unsure why the interview is focused on him. I share a few of the quotes that ex-students provided — how he changed their lives, gave them more than simply an education. He smiles. “Oh, that’s nice,” he says with the sincerity of someone who thinks before he speaks.