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<!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial">In mourning for a great loss to our arts community</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial">Most of you reading this message will already know of the
great loss to the arts communities of Alberta and Saskatchewan, and all of
Canada, in a tragic automobile accident on 11 February. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial">Four of our own were lost, including <b>Michael
Green</b>, co-founder and artistic director of One Yellow Rabbit Theatre Company,
<b>Michele Sereda</b>, co-founder and artistic director of Curtain Razors Theatre in Regina, artist
and performer <b>Lacy Morin-Desjarlais</b>, and <b>Narcisse Blood</b>, Blackfoot elder, artist,
and educator. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial">Word of these tragic losses has spread quickly around the
CATR community. Members of the
Executive have known, worked with, laughed with, loved these people for many
years. Words fail us at such
times--nonetheless, we write to offer our heartfelt condolences to the families
and friends of those lost, and to the arts communities now in mourning. Know that our thoughts are with you.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial">Stephen Johnson, </font><span style="font-family: Arial;">President/Président, </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">for the Executive and membership of
CATR/ACRT</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Canadian Association for Theatre Research / Association Canadienne de la Recherche Théâtrale </span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://catracrt.ca/">http://catracrt.ca/</a></span></p><div><font face="Arial">***</font></div>
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</font><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/arts-community-mourns-michael-green-lacy-morin-desjarlais-michele-sereda-narcisse-blood-1.2953055">http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/arts-community-mourns-michael-green-lacy-morin-desjarlais-michele-sereda-narcisse-blood-1.2953055</a></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/michael-green-one-yellow-rabbit-co-founder-killed-in-saskatchewan-crash-1.2953120">http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/michael-green-one-yellow-rabbit-co-founder-killed-in-saskatchewan-crash-1.2953120</a></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial"><a href="http://regina.ctvnews.ca/regina-arts-community-mourns-crash-victims-1.2231161">http://regina.ctvnews.ca/regina-arts-community-mourns-crash-victims-1.2231161</a></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial"><a href="http://www.thestarphoenix.com/entertainment/Tragedy+toll+Reaches/10807350/story.html#__federated=1">http://www.thestarphoenix.com/entertainment/Tragedy+toll+Reaches/10807350/story.html#__federated=1</a></font></p><div><font face="Arial"><br></font></div></body></html>