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SUMMARY: "Studio '72" was a radio series that presented avant-garde experimental theatre adapted from stage plays and short stories by new and established national and international writers. The CBC Times prov;ides the following description "[Studio '72] is in rather free workshop style, employing fairly modern techniques and improvisations which lend themselves well to interesting voice and sound productio;n". The series was first broadcast in the spring of 1969. This episode is "A Summer Job", a play by Peter Hay that focuses on a university student's summer job in security for the government. The summ;er job involves "softening up" customers for government interrogation. Actors include Neil Dainard, Hagan Beggs, and John Juliani.;

SUMMARY: "Anthology" is a series planned as a literary magazine for radio featuring short stories, poetry, literary talks, discussions, and reports on the arts from various world centres. This episode, "Adaski;n Memoirs I", contains recollections and memoirs of Vancouver musician Harry Adaskin.;

SUMMARY: This program is a discussion by three women poets about the life and interest in Canadian poetry of Alan Crawley. The speakers are Dorothy Livesay, P.K. Page, and another unidentified woman poet.;

SUMMARY: A one-sided interview with author Alice Munro about her work, her experience with "The New Yorker" magazine, and the effect it has had on her writing.;

SUMMARY: "Ideas" is a CBC Radio series that presents in-depth talks and discussion on a range of historical and contemporary subjects. The series evolved from an FM program entitled "The Best Ideas You'll Hea;r Tonight" that was first broadcast in the fall of 1965, in response to an interest in adult education. This episode, "Alice Munro Reads And Talks", is an interview with Alice Munro by Elizabeth Komi;sar for Westcoast Voices. Munro also reads from her novel "Lives Of Girls And Women".;

SUMMARY: Story read by unidentified speaker.;

SUMMARY: A report on the activities of the Arts Club Theatre in Vancouver.;

SUMMARY: This item, "Audition, From Ian McDougall", appears to be a collection of musical pieces by Vancouver musician Ian McDougall, including the following: 1. "Trio" - Flute, Violin, Cello. 2. William Bla;ke, "Seasons" - Soprano and Guitar. 3. Piece for Solo Trumpet and Brass and Percussion Ensemble. 4. "Playground" - Two Celli, Percussion and Electronics. 5. "Collage" - Brass Quartet and Eight Trombo;nes.;

SUMMARY: "CBC Monday Evening" was a multi-part series that included documentaries and interviews on the arts, along with drama and serious music. The first part of this episode features the Canadian composer B;arbara Pentland. It includes an interview with Pentland by Philip Lamarsh, and a recording of a 1962 recital, with Barbara Pentland performing piano pieces at the CBC Music Festival, Queen Elizabeth T;heatre, Vancouver. The second part, "V Mass" [sp?]", is a story by Carl Sandor, read by NeilDainard. The third part, "Vancouver Recital Program - Bartok", included works for violin and piano by Bela; Bartok. [Note: this portion of the broadcast is missing from the tape.];

SUMMARY: This episode, "Bethune", features the early life of Dr. Norman Bethune, his early career in Boston, his marriage, the civil war in Spain, his work in China (including the training and equipping of mob;ile operating clinics), and finally his death due to blood poisoning.;

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating fr;om different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. In this episode, "An Island is an Island", individual island residents talk about their experiences and island life, including bird an;d animal life, and farming.;

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating fr;om different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. This episode, "BC Scene", features topical satire, comedy sketches and recorded music. Voices heard include Jack Humphrey, Roger Montg;omery, Daphne Goldrick, Jimmy Johnston, Angela Gann, John Sparks and host Doug Campbell.;

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating fr;om different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. This episode, "Beyond the Call", is the story of three Canadian Red Cross outpost hospitals in BC. Prepared and introduced by J.J. McC;oll, the program includes interviews with nurses at these isolated hospital outposts -- Betty Dolk in Kyuquot, Alice Owen in Edgewood, and Margaret Pardy in Bamfield.;

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating fr;om different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. In this episode, "Ghost Towns", Jurgen Hesse explores three British Columbia ghost towns: Sandon, Quesnel Forks and Bralorne. Recolle;ctions and reminiscences are recounted by former residents of these mining towns.;

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating fr;om different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. In this episode, "Ghost Towns", Jurgen Hesse explores three British Columbia ghost towns: Sandon, Quesnel Forks and Bralorne. Recolle;ctions and reminiscences are recounted by former residents of these mining towns.;

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating from different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. This program tells the story of Simon Fraser University, which in its first four years of existence had much publicity and was constantly threatened with possible closure. "Now There is a Mountain" was written by Peter Hay, former Associate Professor in Theatre at SFU.;

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating fr;om different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. This episode, "The Empty Screen", is an impression of the state of the BC film industry, gathered and compiled by Peter Hay. People co;nnected with the movie industry recount their impressions of working and making films in BC in 1970. Voices heard include: Robert Altman, David Foster, Morrie Ruvinsky, Sylvia Spring, Danny Singer, Al; Razutis, Pat Corbitt, Peter Jones, Cameron Porteus, Gordon Arnal, Art Jones, Pearl Williams, Nip Gowan, and Timothy Baw [sp?].;

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating fr;om different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. This episode, "The Far Out West: Baxter, Lewis etc.", features conversations with three young Vancouver artists attempting to redefine; the word "art". Ingrid and Ian Baxter are co-presidents of the N.E. Thing Company; Dennis Vance is a sculptor in sound. They talk with Hilda Mortimer about some of the ways they (and we) might resha;pe the shapes of things to come.;

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating fr;om different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. The first part of this episode [archived as T2463:0001] is "The Luck of La Chance" by Imbert Orchard, a special documentary presentati;on about the 1910 avalanche on Rogers Pass, which took an estimated sixty lives. It is a personal account of the disaster by Bill La Chance, the sole survivor. Other voices heard include: Mr. and Mrs;. Philip Parker, Andy Gray, Doug Abrahamson, and G.H. Williamson. The second part of the this episode, "Folk Songs", is a collection of folk songs, including some from B.C.. The vocalists include: Cla;ire Klein, Bud Spencer, and James L. Johnson, with conductor Bud Henderson.f@!NYKlein, Claire singer ;f@!NYSpencer, Bud

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SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating fr;om different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. This episode, "The Sasquatch", is a program about scientists, hunters, legends, and the man-like animal that some say really exists. I;ncluded is an interview with Ivan Marks, who caught the alleged Sasquatch on film in October 1970; a description Roger Patterson's film; and a first-hand account by a man who claims to have been captu;red by these creatures. Indian stories about creatures like the Sasquatch are also explored. Stan Peters narrates the program, which was researched and compiled by Jan Williams and Don Mowatt. Contrib;utors include: John Green, Don Abbott, Roger Patterson, Ivan Marks, Albert Ausman [sp?], Neil Dainard, and Michael Crampton.;

SUMMARY: This item is entitled "Big Bill's Tune : sampler - two extracts". No content information is available.;

CALL NUMBER: T4303:0786 SUMMARY: This episode is entitled "Cancer Chaplain". A chaplain in a cancer clinic is followed on his visits to the patients. He provides patient counseling, and symbolizes many different things to different p;eople.;

CALL NUMBER: T4303:0789 SUMMARY: Another copy of the above program.;

SUMMARY: "The Hornby Collection" is an anthology of plays, documentaries, interviews and selected fiction for radio -- all written, prepared and produced in British Columbia. "Cancer Magister, or Crab Fishing ;on the West Coast": Jurgen Hesse interviews individuals involved in the crab fishing industry in Steveston and Sidney, BC.;

SUMMARY: This episode features "Cap'n Simon Wheeler, Amateur Detective", the world premiere of a stage play by Mark Twain, adapted for radio by Jeffrey Groberman. The actors include Robert Clothier, Peg Dixon,; Wayne Robson, Bruno Gerussi, Roger Dressler, Edward Stidder and Joseph Golland.;

SUMMARY: "Signature" was a radio series devoted to major artists of the 19th and 20th centuries. It aired during the early 1980s. This program examines the life and literature of the American poet Carl Sandburg. The broadcast features interviews and reminiscences from his friends and colleagues, and members of his family, as well as excerpts from interviews, speeches, readings, and music by Sandburg himself. It also includes a visit to the family home, Connemara. This documentary received the Peabody Award.

SUMMARY: An evocation of Vancouver's Chinatown, its people and its stories. At the end of the program there is a short clip of sound effects and music, plus a repeat of some narration.;

SUMMARY: A Christmas poem by George Bowering.;

SUMMARY: "CBC Monday Evening" was a multi-part series that included documentaries and interviews on the arts, along with drama and serious music. This item, "Contant and Willan Trios", features two musical sel;ections that were written in Canada in the first half of the century and performed at the 1974 CBC Music Festival. The musical pieces include two trios, both composed in 1907 -- one by Healey Willan, ;the other by Alexis Contant. Musicians include Linda Lea Thomas on piano, Gerald Jarvis on violin, and Ian Hampton on cello.;

SUMMARY: The CBC Times refers to "Vancouver Recital" as "a serious music program featuring BC artists". It appears in the CBC Times during the new fall season of 1969. This episode features two chamber sonatas; by composer Jean Coulthard. The first piece, "Sonata for Cello and Piano", was written in 1946. Ian Hampton plays cello, and Derek Bampton, piano. The second piece, "Lyric Sonatina", is an unpublishe;d sonatina for bassoon and piano, performed by George Zukerman and Harold Brown, accompanist.;

SUMMARY: "Anthology" is a series planned as a literary magazine for radio featuring short stories, poetry, literary talks, discussions, and reports on the arts from various world centres. "Cousin Pethenick and; the Will", a play by David Watmough, is set in Cornwall, England and deals with family relations and the problems that result from a contested will.;