Music association hosts overseas art exchange

The Elk Music Association is participating in the Global Art Project for Peace this year. The EMA’s art project is a vinyl hanging digitally created from a picture of a piece done by Elk children at Kids Art in the Park Day. The vinyl hanging was on display with four other area entries at the Pend Oreille Playhouse the first three weeks of April.

The Global Art Project promotes peace through art by connecting people of diverse cultural backgrounds around the world. Each April, the participants are matched with a person or group from abroad. Eighty countries are participating this year.

The EMA has been matched up with the Catholic Youth Choir at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church Newtown in Limbe, Cameroon, in central Africa. The EMA will send its art entry as well as last year’s Elk Tracks Christmas CD, “Elk Tracks – Gettin’ Back,” to the choir in Cameroon. The St. Elizabeth Youth Choir will send their creation to EMA.

The exchanges all take place the last week in April. After the five area participants receive their exchange pieces, they will be on display at the Pend Oreille Playhouse May 1 to May 15.

The exchange between EMA and the Catholic Youth Choir will be featured in the 2010 Gallery on the Global Art Project website, www.global artproject.org.

The Global Art Project for Peace headquarters and gallery is in Tucson, Ariz.

•The Elk Community Park Association has completed the installation of a basketball half-court in the park. The park spring cleanup day will be May 15.

•The park association and the music association are gearing up for the Elk Pioneer Days June 18-19.

Parade and vendor applications are available at the Backwoods Store, Riverside Family Foods and the Elk Sentinel.

For more information, call Cheryl Joy at (509) 292-0577 or e-mail to cherylj@joycodrilling .com.

The EMA is sponsoring Elk’s Got Talent at the Elk Pioneer Days. A cappella auditions for ages 14 and older will be held June 5 at 1 p.m. at the park.

The top 12 contestants will perform for a panel of judges on June 18. For information, call Ricki Belden at (509) 292-2996.

•The Elk Veterans of Foreign Wars Men’s Auxiliary is sponsoring its annual fishing derby May 8 at Diamond Lake.

To enter, sign up by May 7 at 9 p.m. at the Elk VFW Post. The cost is $25 per two-person team; one person must be a VFW member. The derby will begin at 7 a.m. and end at 2 p.m.

There will be cash prizes for first, second and third places, smallest and biggest fish. The awards will be followed by a fish fry and potluck for members and signed-in guests.

For more information, call (509) 292-8252 after 3 p.m. Monday through Saturday.