Arts Festival 1972 Aug.20—26

Each year, coinciding with the annual New Zealand Universities Arts Festival, the New Zealand Universities Arts Council publishes at Literary Yearbook. This year. Arts Festival will be held in Auckland: Auckland poet, Stephen Chan, is editor for this year's book.

Year book 1972 will be larger, both in page size and page numbers than its predecessors. More emphasis will be given to graphics and photographs. Design editor for the book is Richard King, who has designed and laid out a number of first-class books and magazines. He would welcome visual contributions.

University poets, story writers and composers are invited to submit examples of their writing and music before 20 May 1972. Unless work has been especially solicited, submissions should be accompanied by stamped addressed envelopes.

Special consideration will be given to work which coheres and develops along specific themes; e.g. a complete set of poems on homosexuality. Less consideration will be given the usual, random, casual assortment of unconnected poems.

What is Arts Festival? I dunno, I spose it really depends on what you want Arts Festival to be to you. Whatever your involvement with cultural activities may be, Arts Festival should be able to cater for your (warped) taste. Activities during Arts Festival week (August 20—27) will include, Bridge, Blues and Rock, Chess, Concert Music, Drama, Painting, Sculpture, Design and Graphics, Photography, Folk Music, Films, Jazz, Debating, Law Mooting, Literary Yearbook, Poetry, Modern Dance and Ballet, Modern Language Drama, Religious Music, Pooh Readings, Environmental Building, Variety Shows, Street Festivals, and whatever else you feel may be relevant and which you feel motivated to do something about.

Is it true that Barry Humphries is coming to Arts Festival? Well,. . . details are being finalized to bring Bazza McKenzie, and Edna Everidge to N.Z. for the week. Barry Humphries, the creator of the above characters in his famous comic strip featured in 'Private Eye', is well known in England and Australia for his famous Australian caricature, and hopefully will be here in August, to take Auckland by storm. This talented comedian will most certainly have something to say about the great way of life we Kiwis have in Godzone etc., etc., etc. Oh yes, the other overseas artists that are lined up, well, Zappa's got a broken leg, so we were thinking of . . . .