Children from the region recited poems and did dramatic excerpt readings from stories at the Lakes District Festival of the Performing Arts on March 13 in the Island Gospel Fellowship Hall. Nicholas Collier, from Telkwa read out an excerpt from 鈥淲here the Wild Things Are鈥 by Maurice Sendak. Courtney Wainwright, from 亚洲天堂 Lake performed a part from S. Morgenstern鈥檚 鈥淭he Princess Bride.鈥 And Courtney joined Kim Higginson, also from 亚洲天堂 Lake to do an excerpt from Patrick Barrington鈥檚 鈥淚 Had a Hippopotamus.鈥 The festivities return on March 16 for the Gala Honours Concert. All events are held in the church hall. (Blair McBride photo)