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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. The first part of this fifty-minute program is devoted to reminiscences of Emily Carr by three of her long-time friends: Flora Hamilto;n Burns, who helped Carr with her writing; Kate Mather, who was a buyer for the CPR at Banff and commissioned Carr to make pottery; and Edythe Hembroff-Schleicher, whose book "M.E." recalls the elderl;y Emily Carr. The second part of the program features "The Pines of Emily Carr", a work for narrator, mezzo-soprano, piano, string quartet and tympani, which was composed by Jean Coulthard for the 196;9 CBC Vancouver Festival of Music. The performers involved include: Dorothy Davies, narrator; Derek Bampton, piano; Phyllis Mailing, mezzo-soprano; and Don Adams, tympani.;

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 fifty-minute program is devoted to reminiscences of Emily Carr by three of her long-time friends: Flora Hamilto;n Burns, who helped Carr with her writing; Kate Mather, who was a buyer for the CPR at Banff and commissioned Carr to make pottery; and Edythe Hembroff-Schleicher, whose book "M.E." recalls the elderl;y Emily Carr. The second part of the program features "The Pines of Emily Carr", a work for narrator, mezzo-soprano, piano, string quartet and tympani, which was composed by Jean Coulthard for the 196;9 CBC Vancouver Festival of Music. The performers involved include: Dorothy Davies, narrator; Derek Bampton, piano; Phyllis Mailing, mezzo-soprano; and Don Adams, tympani.;

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 episode features two items inspired by Emily Carr. Part 1: Recollections by three women who knew Carr -- Kate Mather, Edythe Hembroff-Schleicher, and Flora Hamilton Burns. Part 2: A performance of Jean Coulthard's composition "The Pines of Emily Carr" for narrator (mezzo soprano) and small chamber ensemble.

RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1979-07-11 SUMMARY: Gertrude Ball discusses her recollections of early theatre in Victoria, including stock company productions at the Coliseum or Empire Theatre, before it became the McPherson Playhouse. She also recalls life at Emily Carr's boarding house, The House of All Sorts.