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Calgary Folk Festival organizers clean up after flood

Artistic director Kerry Clarke shares the experience of cleaning up Prince's Island Park for the big event.

Prince's Island Park was one of the areas hardest hit by flooding in Calgary

Volunteers were hard at work on June 30 to start getting Prince's Island Park cleaned up for the Calgary Folk Music Festival. (Erin Collins/CBC)

Work is well underway to get Prince's Island Park ready to welcome thousands of music fans later this month for theCalgary Folk Music Festival.

Theisland, whichwas one of the hardest-hit areas whenfloodingdevastated the city last month, has been home to the festival for 38 years.

Kerry Clarke, the festival's artistic director, spoke with David Gray on the Calgary Eyeopener about the clean-up efforts.

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