[BCMA] Fwd: You've Made the CBC3 Best Music Festival Top 10!

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I apologize to email you again, but to my complete astonishment,  
ArtsWells has made it to the CBC3 top ten "Best Festival in Canada!"

 From the bottom of my heart I thank you for your tremendous support.  
I only hope that this summer's festival can live up to this  
honourable designation!

And as I celebrate that this little festival, produced in the little  
town of Wells, by the little (yet mighty) non-profit society - Island  
Mountain Arts, which has been running on a wing and prayer since 1977  
- has received such accolades, I also worry for the future of such  
organizations in light of the recent budget announcements by the  
provincial government which cuts funding to the arts by 50%.

The real heroes in all of this are the artists who have made the  
festival the success that it is, and who continue to create in light  
of the lack of support. The work that artists do in our society is  
profound, providing a connection to something that is not easily  
defined, but is inextricably linked to enjoying a quality of life. It  
is easy to take artists for granted since there is no clear formula  
to explain the value of art (music, performance, writing etc) in  
monetary terms (the way that most things are defined especially for  
our current government). But can you imagine a world without art -  
what would the olympics have been without art! Thank you for  
supporting artists! Thank you for supporting ArtsWells. Tell your  
friends, tell your neighbours! Go to a concert of an artist you've  
never heard of, host a house concert, check out your local art  
gallery, buy a piece of art, check out some local theatre, go to a  
festival in northern BC (there are a lot more than just ArtsWells -  
Arts on the Fly (Horsefly), Robson Valley Music Festival (Dunster),  
Kispiox Music Festival (near Smithers), Cottonwood Music Festival and  
Music on the Mountain (Fort St. James), Discovery Coast Music  
Festival (Bella Coola), Edge of the World (Haida Gwaii), Atlin Music  
Festival (taking a year off in 2010), Cold Snap (Prince George) . If  
the government isn't going to support the arts and culture of the  
province we need to make sure that we all do and that we encourage  
others to as well. and get you kids and your neighbours kids out to  
experience the arts in all its forms, because most of the arts  
programming has been cut out of the schools as well. I know it has  
made my life so much richer and probably yours as well. Lets make  
sure ART SWELLS!!!!!!!!

Very best regards,
Julie

PS Vote for ArtsWells!!!!  http://radio3.cbc.ca/#/searchlight/vote


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>> From: "John Paolozzi" <john_paolozzi at cbcradio3.com>
>> Date: March 3, 2010 11:55:08 AM PST (CA)
>> To: undisclosed-recipients:;
>> Subject: You've Made the CBC3 Best Music Festival Top 10!
>>
>> And then there were 10.
>>
>> Congratulations! You now have the distinction of being amongst  
>> Canada's top
>> ten music festivals.
>>
>> In one week we will announce the winner of CBC Radio 3  
>> Searchlight, The Best
>> Music Festival In Canada. Who will it be? Impossible to say, but  
>> right now
>> the best thing you can do is get the vote out any which way you  
>> can to take
>> the prize, a LIVE broadcast from your festival on CBC Radio 3.
>>
>> Pull out every trick in your book to reach your audience and send you
>> supporters here to VOTE every day:
>>
>> http://radio3.cbc.ca/#/searchlight/vote
>>
>> Tell them they can vote once per day until 5pm Pacific on March  
>> 9th. After
>> that the polls close, and the winner will be announced on Grant  
>> Lawrence Live
>> starting at 11am Pacific on March 10th.
>>
>> Canadians are still all fired up with Olympic spirit, use it  
>> wisely, and good
>> luck!
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> JP
>>
>>
>> John Paolozzi
>> Blog Editor
>> cbcradio3.com
>>
>>
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