[BCMA] CMA Clip Serv: Seance, ghost walk go ahead despite fears

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Kathleen is my new favorite person. Hilarious.

Jackie Dreger
Curatorial Assistant
Exhibitions & Public Programming
Kelowna Museums Society
exhibitions at kelownamuseums.ca<mailto:exhibitions at kelownamuseums.ca>
250.763.2417 ext. 27

"If These Walls Could Talk"
Grand Re-Opening of the Laurel Packinghouse
November 5th - 6pm to 9pm -Wine & Food Pairing Event -Tickets Available NOW!
November 6th - 10 am to 2pm - Public Fair

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Man, if they think a ghost walk and séance invites evil, they should try working within arts and culture funding in BC!

Kathleen Trayner
Alizarin Consulting
Victoria BC
250-595-4349


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Museum seance, ghost walk going ahead despite
fears of 'evil'
Kenyon Wallace, National Post, Tuesday, October 19, 2010

A Halloween fundraiser for the Western Development Museum in Moose Jaw, Sask., featuring a seance and a ghost walk, will go ahead as planned after it was cancelled last week for "inviting evil" into the community.

The $30-per-head event, in support of a project to repair the museum's famous narrow-gauge steam locomotive, became the centre of a debate over religious freedom when various faith-based groups and community members expressed concerns that the seance might invite unwelcome spirits.

Many religions, including Christianity, Judaism and Islam, forbid or frown on the practice of seances. The museum pulled the plug to avoid conflict, but the decision attracted national attention, raising questions about free expression and religious intolerance.

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