June 30, 2010.
Catch the Canada Day celebrations tomorrow, July 1st!
From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Salt Spring Elementary School playing field, just off Rainbow Road, enjoy the Car Show! Live music, too. At noon, O Canada will be sung with cannons, and a Sky Diver will perform. The Canada Day Cake will be available, too!
At 10:25 p.m., the formal singing of O Canada (by Howard Kliamen) will take place, followed by fireworks, plus Beach Ball Toss Kids, as well as highlights from the Olympics (played on the big screen) at Rotary Park. Enjoy the day...and be thankful that we live in such a beautiful place, and with all of the many things that make life as a Canadian citizen so special. We are lucky!
Mark your calendars! Lots happening in July, at ArtSpring: on Sunday, July 4th, at 4:30 and at 8:30, t's John Lefebvre and The Stonehouse Ravens. Two free concerts; a blend of rock, blues and country, with many original compositions by John Lefebvre. Enjoy!
Tuesday, at ArtSpring, it's George Sipos and Paul Tyler, at 7 p.m. Two for the Road: a literary reading. Don't miss this! July 9th, at 8 p.m., it's White Dogs of Texas with Vaughn Fulford. On July 16, direct from Cuba, Wil Campa y su Gran Union, one of the most dynamic 13 piece Latin orchestras from Havana, Cuba. Show starts at 8 p.m.
Definitely be there for the ArtSpring annual Treasure Fair Live Auction, on the 17th.
Don't forget that the amazing Photo Lumiere exhibition continues in the Gallery until July 10th.
Many people are taking the Friday off, too, if possible. Makes a very nice long weekend -- Canada Day holiday on Thursday, the 1st, all the galleries in town with special shows, plus ArtCraft, plus ArtSpring gallery, plus studio tours in full force, plus Saturday Market in the Park, plus July 4th holiday for all our U.S. friends (if you have a boat, take in the fireworks at Roche Harbor on San Juan Island!), plus special live music venues all around town, and always at Treehouse, plus dining al fresco in all the great restaurants...yes, yes, it's really summer at last!
Get out there and enjoy!
P.S. Make sure to drop into our super bookstores (Volume 2, Salt Spring Books, and Watermark Books), and stock up on the writers who call Salt Spring home -- poetry, mysteries, memoirs, novels, you name it, it's there, and all to be savoured.
Time for a hammock, an iced tea, and some summer downtime?
Go for it!
How may I help you to discover special Salt Spring Island & the Southern Gulf Islands? Call me!
