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<\/a><\/p>\nThe lovely Jess, Alex and Lucinda, wo-maning the entrance table.<\/p>\n
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At the weavings table, we have Jess, Celia, and Juanita<\/p>\n \n The MC’s of the evening, Jorge, Claire and Gillian<\/p>\n \n Starting the night off with some powerful poetry by Cynthia Oka<\/p>\n \n Marla of K’inal gave an engaging presentation of the history and workings of Jolom, as well as the partnership they have built with K’inal. The evening was made bi-lingual thanks to Jorge.<\/p>\n \n It was really great to see how engaged and interested the audience was in the work of Jolom, as the questions just kept coming for Marla.<\/p>\n \n Celia giving a weaving demonstration with the aid of her trusty hemlock tree, aka. Marla and Jen<\/p>\n \n Of course, no weaving demonstration would be complete without a play-by-play commentary, provided here by Claire<\/p>\n \n Ta-da! The finished product! Hah, just kidding. I believe this beautiful blouse took over 100 hours of labour to create.<\/p>\n \n The lovely Claire, gracing us with sweet tunes and meaningful lyrics.<\/p>\n \n The amazing Kim Villagante, aka Kim Possible accompanied by the a wonderful violinist (I don’t know her name, help me out?)<\/p>\n \n As if the evening was not already packed-full of great talent, The Gravely Brothers ended the night off with some great toe-tapping tunes. What a privilege it was to be able to witness so many great performances all in one night!<\/p>\n \n Practicing solidarity ain’t always easy…<\/p>\n \n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n