As you sit with your pen poised over your registration form and
checklist (or your mouse ready to click on the online forms at the
web site http://www.upei.ca/~apla/forms.html ) and you may be
thinking should I go to the banquet this year? Will there be
important people there? Will I have a chance to dance with them?
The answers- yes, yes, and maybe. And if you don't usually go
and are thinking I could go to the Ole' Dublin pub instead...this is
the banquet and conference to begin your new tradition. You can go
to the Ole' Dublin after...if you have the energy.
We are looking forward to having the National Librarian, Roch
Carrier speak at this year's banquet and we are sure you will enjoy
the band Celtic Tide later in the evening. Please see below the
description of the conference banquet and the band Celtic Tide as
copied from our Social Events section of the Conference Web site.
http://www.upei.ca/~apla/social.html
Now lower that pen and put a check mark by #320 on your
checklist. Converge at the banquet!
Merit Award Banquet and Dance
Saturday, June 2nd
7:00 pm
(tickets are $38.00 each)
This year's Merit Award banquet will feature dinner speaker
Roch Carrier, National Librarian of Canada. In his
presentation, the National Librarian will provide his views on
the future direction of the National Library of Canada as
well as reviewing where it has been. He will stress the
importance of connectivity, access to information for all
Canadians, and the importance for libraries to be leaders in
information technology.
After the banquet, we will be entertained by Island group
Celtic Tide. Composed of five first cousins, Celtic Tide come
by their talent naturally. They are fourth generation
musicians, part of the Chaisson Dynasty of fiddle players on
Prince Edward Island. Though they stick pretty close to
their roots, featuring traditional tunes and original music in
the same style, the addition of drums and guitars gives the
band a contemporary rock sound. They released the album
Kindle in the fall of 2000. The band was nominated for the
New Artist/Group of the Year award at the 2001 East Coast
Music Awards. Be sure to visit their website at
http://www.celtictide.com/ and get a preview of their
music.
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