Friday, August 6, 2021
6:00 to 8:00 pm
Bowker Creek Walkway
(just north of the creek, between Oak Bay High School and Hampshire Road)
Lekwungen welcome by TEALIYE/Brianna Bear
Poetry by waaseyaa'sin Christine Sy
Music by The Benning Family Band and Luke Wallace
Watch the recording of the concert here.
6:00 to 8:00 pm
Bowker Creek Walkway
(just north of the creek, between Oak Bay High School and Hampshire Road)
Lekwungen welcome by TEALIYE/Brianna Bear
Poetry by waaseyaa'sin Christine Sy
Music by The Benning Family Band and Luke Wallace
Watch the recording of the concert here.
This event took place in Lekwungen Territory.
TEALIYE (ta-a-th-le-ut) is an Indigenous youth from the Songhees/Lekwungen Nation in Victoria through her father’s side with roots to the Namgis Kwakwaka’wakw people in Alert Bay through her mother’s side. She is the oldest of eight siblings from four parents whose backgrounds are Lekwungen, Kwakwaka’wakw, Mowachaht/Muchalaht & Nuu chah nulth. TEALIYE was brought up around her father’s territory of the Lekwungen people, learning many of the teachings from her grandfather Skip Dick and family members. Within the past six years she has taken on the role of Welcoming people to the territory and opening for events in the ways that her grandfather Skip Dick and her Uncle Bradley Dick have taught her. TEALIYE is a community knowledge keeper, an artists who has worked on murals, logo designs and more. www.facebook.com/BriannaBearArt
waaseyaa'sin Christine Sy is Ojibway Anishinaabe and Canadian from Bawating (Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada), Robinson Superior Treaty area. Her maternal ancestral ties (kinship & Indian Act band membership) are with Obishkikaang (Lac Seul First Nation, Northwestern Ontario), Treaty 3 area. Her paternal ancestral ties are from Bell Island, Newfoundland and Sault Ste. Marie, ON. She resides in Lekwungen territory with her family. giizismoon.wordpress.com
The Benning Family Band (featuring Manjinder Benning on cajon and Heather Cunliffe on fiddle, banjo and vocals) will be bringing some wonderful, uplifting, Irish standards for all to enjoy while we feel the rush of the summer wind and the lovely sounds of birds. Join us in this wondrous celebration of music and nature. Blessings.
Luke Wallace embodies a new wave of politically charged folk music, writing the soundtrack for a movement of people rising up to meet the social and environmental challenges of our times. Luke's new album “What on Earth”, released in March 2020 is his fifth album release. You can find Luke at folk festivals all over the West Coast or leading rally-sing-a-longs at Canada’s biggest Youth Climate Marches. Known for his catchy songwriting and inspiring musical delivery, Luke continues using his music to amp up and inspire the folks fighting for a better world. His message-driven songwriting has landed him slots at Salmon Arm Roots and Blues, Vancouver Island Music Festival, The Vancouver Folk Festival and an opening slot for global roots band Rising Appalachia. lukewallacemusic.com
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