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From busking in front of venues to playing at one of Canada’s largest music festivals, Vancouver’s The River and the Road will roll into Jasper on May 24.

La Folia | Sunday, May 24 | Anglican Church | 2 p.m. The sounds of violin, cello and harpsichord will reverberate through the Anglican Church, May 24, during its third annual spring concert with La Folia, a Baroque string ensemble from Edmonton.

May 19, 20 and 21 Jasper Junior/Senior High School, 7 p.m.

U16 Jasper Ski Team The Jasper Ski Team completed its season with a final fun day on April 26. It included a speed course, as well as a dual slalom.

N. Veerman photo Jasper is sending its three best football players to Calgary this weekend to compete in the North versus South six-man all star game.

N. Veerman photo Nearly 100 of Jasper’s most fashionable bohemian divas gathered together at the sold out Spring Fever Ladies Gala, May 9, to raise funds for two local causes.

N. Veerman photo For many Jasperites, Mother’s Day was spent running 10 kms around lakes Edith and Annette. Totem Ski Shop’s 31st annual Spring Runoff saw 149 runners take off from the start line in the Lake Annette parking lot at 11 a.m.

L. Daniel photo Children danced around wearing handmade crowns and waving handmade wands, May 7, as they celebrated the coming of spring with a Maypole Festival.

The Pernell Reichert Band will preform at the Jasper Royal Legion on May 19 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 at the door.

Clint Eastwood ice climbing the Eiger, in Switzerland, in the summer of 1974.