Festivals in the 1970s

Coordinators: Tim Borlase & Noreen Heighton

• Eight schools from Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Northwest River & Sheshatshiu participate.
• Forty short plays with a variety of themes performed in a variety of locations over a one-week period.

Coordinators: Tim Borlase & Noreen Heighton

• Initial funding from an Explorations Grant through Canada Council.
• Sixty groups participate with Hopedale, Nain, Rigolet, Makkovik and Paradise River joining the schools of the Lake Melville area.
• Festival moves to the Kin Centre for the entire week.

Coordinators: Tim Borlase & Noreen Heighton

• 90 groups perform during the daytime, in North West River & Happy Valley-Goose Bay.
• Festival directly involves 2,000 students.

Coordinators: Tim Borlase & Noreen Heighton

• Major Canada Council grant is received.
• Festival moves to evening performances at the USAF Social Centre.
• Cartwright and Mud Lake join in for the first time.
• For the first time an animateur is employed. Thea Borlase's role is to help increase student awareness in the arts.
• Local heritage activities are planned for the coastal students during the daytime.
• Certificates of participation and special merit are awarded.
• Coverage of the Festival in a workshop at the National Conference of Canadian Council of Teachers of English as well as at the Provincial High School Drama Festival.

6 Performance Scripts for 1978

Coordinators: Tim Borlase & Noreen Heighton

Theme: Them Days

Animateur: Cathy Pottle

• National Book Festival grant received.
• Festival moves to Goose High School and Black Tickle joins for the first time.
• The Festival is featured in an article in 'Act II' Atlantic Teachers' Magazine and workshopped by Dorrie Brown at the the Educational Drama & Spoken English Council Annual Workshop.

13 Performance Scripts for 1979