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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">October 6, 2015<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><strong><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">Royal BC Museum invites kids and kids-at-heart to fun, new programs<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">VICTORIA, BC –
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Museums may seem like serious business, but two upcoming events at the Royal BC Museum will provide fun and laughter aplenty for kids of all
ages.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:-12.0pt;text-autospace:none"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">A Kids’ Club creative writing course launching this month and a comedy night in November
will show just how much merriment can be found in the museum and archives. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:-12.0pt;text-autospace:none"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">“We are really looking forward to showing families the wonder and fun that our collections
offer,” says Chris O’Connor, Royal BC Museum’s Family and Schools Program Producer.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:-12.0pt;text-autospace:none"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">The six-week
<i>Kids’ Club</i> <i>Creative Writing Program</i>, designed by the Royal BC Museum in partnership with local non-profit Story Studio Writing Society, kicks off on Saturday, Oct. 17 for youth ages 7-11.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:-12.0pt;text-autospace:none"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">This playful and engaging series of workshops will have Kids’ Club members thinking
outside the box, as they explore Royal BC Museum galleries and go behind the scenes to find inspiration to write original stories. These young authors will let loose their imaginations as they create narratives through words and images, all while learning
about points of view, writing methods, collective storytelling and much more. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:-12.0pt;text-autospace:none"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Classes take place Saturdays, from Oct. 17 to Nov. 21, 2015 from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:-12.0pt;text-autospace:none"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Kids’ Club is a free members’-only program that introduces children to the museum and
archival collections and exhibitions.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:-12.0pt;text-autospace:none"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">The new masterpieces created by the Kids’ Club members will be displayed at the Royal
BC Museum’s comedy night, <i>Early Shift: That’s Funny!</i>, on Saturday, Nov. 27.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:-12.0pt;text-autospace:none"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">“I am particularly excited to see the creative writing students have their voices and
ideas seen and heard by so many people at <i>Early Shift: That’s Funny</i>!” says O’Connor.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:-12.0pt;text-autospace:none"><strong><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Early Shift</span></i></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">
will be a night of fun for all ages, with Royal BC Museum galleries filled with comedians and magicians. UVic School of Anthropology sound students will also be flexing their funny muscles and coming up with some new and interesting sounds for the event.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:-12.0pt;text-autospace:none"><strong><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">Early Shift: That’s Funny!</span></i></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">
runs from 6:30 to 10 p.m. and tickets are $10 per person, or $30 per family (up to 2 adults and 3 youth).<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">For more information and tickets for these and other events, visit royalbcmuseum.bc.ca.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">About the Royal BC Museum<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="xbodytext" style="margin-top:.1pt;background:white"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">The Royal BC Museum explores the province’s human history and natural history, advances new knowledge and understanding of
BC, and provides a dynamic forum for discussion and a place for reflection. The museum and archives celebrate culture and history, telling the stories of BC in ways that enlighten, stimulate and inspire. Looking to the future, the Royal BC Museum will be a
refreshed, modern museum, extending its reach far beyond Victoria as a world-class cultural venue and repository of digital treasures.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Univers LT Pro 55","sans-serif"">250-387-3207<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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