Duo for Flute & Chainsaw

Duo for Flute & Chainsaw #1

Here’s one of a handful of duos for Flute & Chainsaw, and just in time for Hallowe’en!  Yeah, the tree out back got a serious pruning yesterday, and I felt she needed some TLC as she was ripped limb from limb. Here’s a pic of Robby, the arborist, during a moment of repose as he efficiently and rather dramatically re-shaped the canopy of the tree. Totally unrehearsed, I felt that our duos worked out nicely, his chainsaw accompaniment to my Piazza Etude revealing musical sophistication and a surprising depth of expression!

I guess you could call this another one of my whacky duos!

And this just in from the Western Canada Widerness Committee:

Stop logging around Cathedral Grove

Cathedral Grove is the location of one of Canada’s most internationally famous and beloved old-growth parks, and we were shocked to learn that logging had started on a steep slope above the park this week without any public consultation.

The company doing the logging is called ‘Island Timberlands’ but is owned by an international asset management corporation with offices around the globe.

Cathedral Grove’s Labour Day Lake Headwaters and its canyon, where Island Timberlands have flagged the biggest ancient giants, are the drinking water sources for the Town of Qualicum Beach and surrounding communities.

Numerous invitations over the past six years to Environment Minister Barry Penner to see the Cathedral Grove Canyon and its headwaters, have gone unanswered. This arrogant act by a multinational corporation is spurring an energetic public outcry here on Vancouver Island.

To get involved in saving Cathedral Grove contact the Wilderness Committee’s Mid-Island Chapter.

Best,

Annette Tanner | Wilderness Committee Mid-Island Chapter