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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 3, 2006, Winnipeg, Manitoba A8 Manitoba Winnipeg free press Friday november 3 2006 students get crash course in aboriginal arts culture by Alexandra Paul As cameras capture the red carpet atmosphere of Canadas aboriginal music awards Friday at the 2006 Mani to a Bee festival City High school Stu dents will be learning the finer Points of aboriginal culture. Organizers of the festival Are hosting a Daylong series of workshops open to aboriginal and non aboriginal High school students with a unique Cross Cul Tural twist. The whole idea behind this Educa Tion Day is to bring awareness of the culture to All people said festival spokeswoman Michele Boivin. Six Winnipeg schools Are sending a total of 3,000 students from grades 7 to 9 to attend the workshops that Are being split Between two downtown hotels. The sessions Start at 9 . And run until 3 30 p.m., much the same As a Normal school Day. Crash course the workshops will be led by elders writers musicians and actors designed to give them a crash course in aboriginal arts. Presenters include some of the Lead ing lights of the aboriginal arts world. Ian Ross ? also known As Joe from Winnipeg ? will be passing on the secrets to his Success with Deadpan Humour to Young writers. Ryan Black an Anis Hanable ojibway actor who starred in a string of feature films and to shows going Back to 1995, will pass on acting tips. Education Day is an outreach event that is part of the four Day cultural extravaganza playing out at the its Centre Friday through sunday. Organizers expect As Many As 20,000 aboriginal people from different parts of Canada to join thousands of non aboriginal people from Manitoba in attending the festival which includes the Tele Vised awards show a weekend powwow with $150,000 in prize Money a Trade show and the premiere of a documentary about Singer songwriter Buffy St. Marie. She a making a personal appear Ance at the premiere on sunday. ;