Interweavings, the final performance at this yearsa国际传媒檚 Ryga Arts Festival will feature music from Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson and Bill Henderson.

The concert will be held on Saturday, Aug. 31 at Centre Stage Theatre.

Williams-Davidson, a Haida artist, activist, musician and lawyer, has won several Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards, including one in 2008 for being A Keeper of Traditions.

Her latest recording, Grizzly Bear Town, was written and performed in collaboration with Bill Henderson and Claire Lawrence, two original members of The Collectors and Chilliwack.

Williams-Davidson said the album is a return to her ancestral origins.

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The songs illustrate many aspects of Haida culture, including supernatural beings such as Cedar Sister, Landslide Lady, and Canoe Song.

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Lawrence, one of Canadasa国际传媒檚 top jazz producers and versatile musicians, calls Grizzly Bear Town a sa国际传媒渕utually creative process.sa国际传媒�

Henderson, a singer, songwriter and guitarist said, sa国际传媒淲orking with Terri-Lynn is an opportunity to do something in the realm of reconciliation. To just start working together creatively is a start.sa国际传媒�

For the performance, the trio has doubled in size to include bassist Canadian jazz musician Jody Proznick vocalists Camille and Saffron Henderson, Bill Hendersonsa国际传媒檚 daughters.

Summerland is where Henderson and Lawrence worked with playwright George Ryga on Grass and Wild Strawberries, which became a recording hit for The Collectors and a record-breaking show at the Vancouver Playhouse.

Ryga wrote his 1967 play. The Ecstasy of Rita Joe, in Summerland. The play is about the murder of a young Indigenous woman. It has been called the most influential Canadian play.

Details about the performance can be found on Williams-Davidsonsa国际传媒檚 website at .

Tickets are available online at .

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