'LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT AND RIGHT...girls, girls keep your eyes to the front, don't look at your feet!' 'And once again, left, right, left, right and split.' " No, NO! " By now the scratchy old 45-vinyl record has run out of brass instruments and drums. Round and round the needle scratches out chalkboard screechie noises that are amplified through out the empty community hall. There is nothing that benefits acoustics in this vast open space. We stand with hands covering our ears.
"Girls, we will be representing our community when the Governor General of Canada, Roland Michener and his lady come to visit." "We will do ourselves proud, we are the marching soldiers of god!" "Now once again from the top!" With her authoritive British accent, Mrs. Priest is Commander in Chief of god's army in our Inuk village. She is the Pentecostal Missionary that is taking charge of the Girl Guides in Coppermine N.W.T., in northern Canada.
