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EDUCATION/CULTURE --ACADIANS URGED TO APPLY FOR GRAND PRE PRIZE ----------------------------------------------------------------- Education and Culture Minister Robbie Harrison is encouraging Nova Scotian Acadians to make submissions for the Grand Pre Prize, a $1,500 award that recognizes excellence in artistic productions about Acadian ideals and culture. "Theatre, music and all forms of artistic impression can convey so much about the richness of Acadian history and culture," said Mr. Harrison. "The Grand Pre Prize celebrates the strengths that are the heart of Acadian identity, helping to ensure their language, traditions and culture not only survive, but flourish." The Grand Pre Prize, established in 1987, is awarded every two years in one of three categories: literature, theatre-dance-cinema-music, and visual arts-crafts. This year, the prize will be presented in the theatre-dance-cinema-music category. To qualify, works must have been produced since 1991 and a video or audio cassette submitted to the cultural affairs division of the Department of Education and Culture no later than May 15, 1997. Works will be judged by an independent jury based on originality, presentation and the impact it has on the Acadian culture. Past winners of the Grand Pre Prize are: Le Centre provincial de resources pedagogiques (1987), Eric Surrette of Surrette's Island (1989), Francois Gaudet and Denise Robichaud, both of Clare (1993), and Pere Anselme Chiasson of Cheticamp (1995). The 1997 Grand Pre Prize will be presented July 6 during Acadian Days celebrations in Grand Pre. -30- Contact: Alain Comeau 902-424-3422 NOTE TO EDITORS: There is an accent aigue over the e in Pre and Cheticamp, and over the first e in the word pedagogiques. There is an accent grave over the first e in Pere. sab April 10, 1997 - 3:43 p.m.