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Old 07-06-2006, 12:15 AM   #1
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Default yay for Alberta
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Old 07-06-2006, 12:18 AM   #2
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That's good to know (LOTM, not Asher). We've got lots of hype at this end. I'm glad people down there found it interesting.
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Old 07-06-2006, 08:35 AM   #3
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Originally posted by notyoueither
Did you get your yo-yo? No, but we got fans that said "alberta, feel the energy"

even a cheap hand fan is appreciated on a hot DC day.

QOTM looking at a poster "they actually have modern cities!"

LOTM: Listen, hes talking Canadian!

POTM: This beadwork is kewl!
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Old 07-06-2006, 05:02 PM   #4
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Originally posted by lord of the mark
Smithsonian Folklife Festival featured Alberta this year.

We got to see First Nation, Meti and cowboy crafts, Blackfoot Nation dancing, ate bison burghers, etc, heard a generic folksinger sing songs of the Alberta labor movement from the 20s' and 30s, and got to experience an oil sands simulator.
Good-- I had seen the hype in our local papers but wondered if this type of stuff got noticed . Didn't they bring one of the oil sands big trucks? Now those things are impressive
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Old 07-06-2006, 09:09 PM   #5
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Originally posted by Flubber



Good-- I had seen the hype in our local papers but wondered if this type of stuff got noticed . Didn't they bring one of the oil sands big trucks? Now those things are impressive the Smithsonian folk life festival is a big deal every year. It features one "foreign country", one American regions, and one "broader theme". This year the region was "latino Chicago" and the "country" was Alberta. The theme area was "native basketry" (yeah, I know, boooring, we skipped it) Alberta definitely made the biggest splash this year. The festival is right before and during the 4th, so it gets lots of Washingtonians, tourists, etc.

Yes, the oil sands truck was suitably impressive -even more was that they said there are trucks 4 times as big used in the oil sands.

Some enviros made a stink about the energy industry involvement in a festival thats usually more focused on cultural survival and stuff - but the response, IIUC, is that the oil industry IS part of Albertas culture.

Oh, there was also an interesting tent about the pottery industry.
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Old 07-06-2006, 10:06 PM   #6
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Originally posted by lord of the mark
Oh, there was also an interesting tent about the pottery industry. Originally posted by techumseh
Did they have a tent for the pot industry? Jon Miller
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Old 07-06-2006, 10:21 PM   #7
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Anything pottery related?
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Old 07-06-2006, 11:02 PM   #8
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RIP
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Old 07-06-2006, 11:34 PM   #9
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Old 07-06-2006, 11:41 PM   #10
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Pot is not.
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