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Songbird Festival attracts people of all ages
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Shannon Arnell (left) and Vanessa Cardinal (right) show their expertise with birdhouse making during the Festival.
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Kimberly Poitras shows off the birdhouse she made at the Songbird Festival which was held in Slave Lake on June 5 & 7.
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William Snedden paints brother Ivan’s face during the Songbird Festival held June 6 & 7 in Slave Lake.
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Elizabeth Bell admires a stuffed owl on display at the Songbird Festival. She was one of many children that attended the event.
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Grouard Museum staff present the history of the Aboriginal and Metis people during the Songbird Festival held June 6 and 7 in Slave Lake.
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Emily Dietrich of Alberta Environment’s One Simple Act Program shows Glen Hvenegaard and Jody Rintoul some of the chemicals found in household cleaners.
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Angella Powell, artist in residence at the Boreal Centre for Bird Conservation, paints a bird during the Festival.
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Theresa Seraphim
For Spotlight
There was more than enough to do, for people of any age, at the 15th annual Songbird Festival June 6 and 7 at the Boreal Centre for Bird Conservation in Slave Lake.
“We had a good turnout,” noted BCBC executive director Patti Campsall, adding that about 250 people came to the activities on Saturday.
The Bird Walk/Run on Sunday also attracted a good number of people from children to seniors age.
People tried their hands at making birdhouses.
“It is always a huge hit,” says Canpsall.
The banding lab was another place to be with birds, and staff of the Native Cultural Arts Museum in Grouard gave a presentation about Aboriginal and Metis traditions.
One new workshop on making green cleaning products was presented by members of Alberta Environment’s One Simple Step Program.
“It was very popular,” says Campsall.
“People were walking around with their spray bottles,” she noted.
However, the workshops as a whole attracted people.
“They talked about which workshops they were going to do next,” said Campsall.
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