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Kootenay Choir In Concert
Members of the Union of Spiritual Communities of Christ
Castlegar British Columbia Canada
Unity amongst Canadian Doukhobors and people of goodwill, has always
been strengthened by choral cultural exchanges across the Western provinces.
Kootenay Choir, responded positively to an invitation to visit several
communities as far east as Veregin, Kamsack, Saskatoon, Blaine Lake, Cowley,
Creston and the Provincial Museum of Alberta.
Our Tour of Friendship was accompanied by John J. Verigin, Honorary Chairman
of the U.S.C.C., who just returned from a visit to Israel and the Holy
Land. His message of peace and brotherhood was received enthusiastically
at the St. Peters Day commemoration of the Burning of Arms by our people
in Russia in 1895.
It was memorable to perform to a capacity crowd in the Provincial Museum
of Alberta. Here, Mr. Horst Schmidt, Minister of Culture of Alberta, warmly
welcomed our group and stressed the importance of preserving one's cultural
identity.
This recording contains the repertoire of our Tour of Friendship across
Western Canada. It is our sincere hope that songs of peace and brotherhood
will unite all mankind into a peaceful family which abounds in love and
harmony.
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