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12TuesdayMay72013DEVOLUTIONINFORMATIONSESSIONPUBLICMEETINGMay82013from700-900p.m.attheNorthernLifeMuseuminFortSmithEVERYONEWELCOMEREFRESHMENTSwillbeservedNorthernstorytellersarriveathomeonnationalstageArtsCultureNorthernSceneByKRISTENCAMPBELLWehavearrived.JimGreenswordsduringthesoundcheckfortheStoriesfromtheNorthwestTerrito-rieswerenotonlydirectedathistale-tellingfamilybutateachandeveryartistwhoattendedNorthernScene.Greenalongwithstorytell-ersScottMcQueenAnthonyFoliotMoiraCameronPatBradenandRiaColemanlookedoutfromtheNa-tionalArtCentresFourthStagetoasold-outcrowd.Forsomeitwastheirrsttimeonsuchahigh-prolestagebutthesupportfromeachotherwasobviousbothinsoundcheckandduringtheirperformances.PerformersalsohadthebackingoftheirMemberofParliamentasDennisBev-ingtonstooduptosaysomewordsbeforeFoliotkickedofftheshowwitharhym-ingreadingfromthebookofP-O-M-Z.Weareanoralcommu-nityintheNWTBevingtonsaid.Heexplainedtotheau-diencethatoralstorytellingishowhistoryandstoriesarepasseddownthroughgener-ationsespeciallyinsmallercommunitiesmakingeve-ningslikethissounique.YellowknifeplaywrightanddirectorBenNindhostedtheeveningkickingthingsoffwitharoll-callofwhereinCanadatheaudiencememberswerefrom.Althoughalargepor-tionoftheaudiencewasfromtheNWTlookingtohearstoriesclosetotheirheartsthosewhowerenothadtheireyesopenedtolifeNorthof60.StoriesfromYellowknifesongsdepictingNorthernscenesfamilystoriespasseddown-eachandeverystory-tellerwhostoodonstagegaveapieceoftheirexperienceoftheNWTtotheaudience.BeingstorytellerswesharewhoweareGreensaid.Thatswhatwedo.TheeveningattheNAChadbeennearlyadecadeinthemaking.WhatstartedoutasasmallstorytellingfestivalinYellow-knifedevelopedintoaNWTtourwiththecrewmakingregularstopsinFortSmithHayRiverKakisaandmanyotherstosharetheirtales.Duringtheseeventsaudi-encemembersandsouthernstorytellerswereinviteduptooffertheirowntalesbothspeakingandlistening.ThishelpedGreenandotherstorytellerspastandpresenthonetheirskillsandperfecttheircraft.AstimepassedontheNWTstorytellingfam-ilydevelopedandgrew.Butithasntbeenuntilnowthatthegroupasawholehasfoundit-selfonanationalstage.WearejustsoproudtobehereGreensaid.Justtickled.HesaidtherewasamomentwatchingYellowknifesingersongwriterLeelaGildayper-forminthesamespacetheeveningbeforewhenhereal-izedwhattheNorthernScenerepresentedforthegroupofNWTartists.Wenallymadeit.Weallstartedoffrankamateurshesaid.Noneofusknewhowtodothis.Buthereweare...Finallywearegettingnationalrecognitionforwhatwedo.Wehavearrived.PhotosKristenCampbellAnthonyFoliotentertainsthesold-outcrowdwithpoeticstoriesaboutlifeupNorth.ScottMcQueencapturestheaudiencesattentionwithastoryabouthisfathersderbydogs.