Mountain Guide

Derek Beaulieu, Banff's poet laureate, is the latest local recipient of Queen Elizabeth II’s platinum jubilee medal.

“If we can create a container in our programs that allows people to follow their curiosity, they are more likely to understand what gift they have to bring to the world.”

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Instead of gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh, the Prince of Peace is bestowed with four offerings when Wakâ (the Creator) sends an angel to characters representing the North, East, South and West quadrants of the medicine wheel.

“It is extremely rewarding to us as staff to see students take this concept and this idea and this challenge and bring it to fruition on the stage in front of an audience.”

“I am trying to reflect the environment back within the Town of Banff. I am really trying to reflect the shifting of nature in the town.”

“The Christmas show and sale is a little different from the other exhibitions during the year. It is more of a marketplace. More small items, a larger cross-section of people in the show.”

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