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The opening ceremonies began with a choir of 1,100 singers from Across Alberta singing the theme song of the 1988 Games, Come Together. [6] Following the song, more than 700 performers from 40 cultural groups participated in a salute to the Olympics, including the Calgary Stampede Showband and five First Nations. [6]
Selma Hortense Burke (December 31, 1900 – August 29, 1995) was an American sculptor and a member of the Harlem Renaissance movement. [1] Burke is best known for a bas relief portrait of President Franklin D. Roosevelt which is the model for his image on the obverse of the dime . [ 2 ]
Scotiabank Saddledome is a multi-use indoor arena in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.Located in Stampede Park in the southeast end of downtown Calgary, the Saddledome was built in 1983 to replace the Stampede Corral as the home of the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League, and to host ice hockey and figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics.
The National Music Centre and its collections origins can be traced to the installation of a pipe organ (known as the Carthy Organ) in Calgary’s Jack Singer Concert Hall in 1987. [2] The installation of this instrument was the genesis of the International Organ Festival and Competition operated by TriumphEnt from 1990 to 2002. [ 3 ]
The artifact collection includes extensive biographical information on the inductees. The Canadian Music Hall of Fame can be found on level five of Studio Bell in Calgary, AB (850 4 Street SE), a floor entirely dedicated to celebrating and recognizing Canadian music creators and artists who have left their mark on this country and beyond.
Theatre Calgary is theatre company in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, established as a professional company in 1968.The following is a chronological list of the productions that have been staged since its inception as Musicians and Actors Club (MAC) from 1964 to 1968, and Theatre Calgary from 1968 onwards.
CJWE-FM (88.1 MHz) is a radio station in Calgary, Alberta.Owned by the Aboriginal Multi-Media Society, it broadcasts programming targeting southern Alberta's First Nations communities, including mainstream country music, and specialty shows featuring indigenous music or presented in native languages such as Stoney.
CKWD-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 95.3 FM in Calgary, Alberta owned by Jim Pattison Group.The station broadcasts a country format branded as Wild 95.3.CKWD's studios are located on 58th Avenue Southwest in Calgary, while its transmitter is located on Old Banff Coach Road.