Kootenay Festival of the Arts kicked off this week, beginning with dance workshops and adjudicated performances in the Charles Bailey Theatre. Young members of Kootenay Danceworks limbered up early Thursday morning before their first time on stage for the Trail event. Pictured above, Bryn Bashan, 8, nine-year olds Emily Henry, Jasmine Wyatt, and Sophie Hargreaves, Marcus Hamm, 10, and Sasha Leithead, 10. The dance highlights concert is schedule in the venue for 7 p.m. Saturday.