Surrey’s annual Fusion Festival is coming up on Saturday and Sunday in Holland Park and I wanted to promote one of our favourite elements of this free multicultural celebration: Food! With dozens of pavilions, each representing a country, the selection of fried, boiled, charcoal-grilled, and slow-roasted goodies is seemingly endless.
The Flavours of Surrey exhibition area, that celebrates food and agriculture in Surrey, will also feature special guests and workshops:
SuperChefs
SuperChefs teaches kids how to cook on the Safeway Celebrity Cooking Stage. Chef Greg Chang will host SuperChefs Cookery for Kids on Sunday, July 21st at 2:30pm and will welcome guests like Wally Buono, GM for the BC Lions and Giulio Caravatta from TEAM 1040 who will teach Italian family pasta-making.
Safeway Celebrity Cooking Stage
Saturday, July 20th, 2013
- 1:30 Trevor Randle: Agriculture in the Classroom
- 2:30 Councillors Linda Hepner & Barinder Rasode
- 3:30 Dr. Greg’s SuperChefs Cookery for Kids: Gold Medal Olympic Chef Andrew George
- 4:30 Dr. Greg’s SuperChefs Cookery for Kids: Award winning Chef Victor Bongo
- 5:30 Chef Matthew Stowe, Cactus Club Cafe, Winner of Top Chef Canada 2013
Sunday, July 21st, 2013
- 1:30 Trevor Randle: Agriculture in the Classroom
- 2:30 Dr. Greg’s SuperChefs Cookery for Kids: Wally Buono/Guilio Caravatta
- 3:30 Chef Chuck Currie: White Spot Restaurants
- 4:30 Dr. Greg’s SuperChefs Cookery for Kids: Chef Victor Bongo/Chef Andrew George
- 5:30 Chef Rick Takhar: Ashiana Tandoori Restaurant
The Surrey Fusion Festival, BC’s largest multicultural celebration, is open 11:00am to 10:00pm on Saturday and Sunday at Holland Park (Old Yale Road at King George Boulevard). K-Os will be headlining a full performance line-up and there will be 35 cultural pavilions to explore — from El Salvador and Metis to Ukraine and Fiji. Food tickets can be purchased at a kiosk then traded in for delicacies and snacks at the pavilions.
Follow @Surrey_Events and the tag #FFSurrey2013 on Twitter for the latest event information.
Miss604 is the proud Social Media Sponsor of Surrey’s Fusion Festival.
British Columbia, in all its splendour, is such a thrill to explore. There’s not much that can make me appreciate this province more than a mossy forest walk through towering Douglas Firs or a paddle around a cove, rolling over waves and water so clear I can spot the sea kelp stretching to reach surface sunbeams. We constantly find new ways to experience BC’s natural beauty and that’s where tours like those offered from Wildcoast Adventures come in.
Wildcoast was born out of the longstanding kayak company Coastal Spirits, which provided wilderness kayak camping tours, including the Orca Basecamp in Johnstone Strait for over 15 years. With its owners looking to retire, Expedition Manager, Damon Stapinsky saw the opportunity to take the company to the next level. Having spent entire summers working the front-lines on tours with guests from around the world, he had a keen awareness of what made a great experience and what was now needed to ensure great kayaking tours in Canada could be had by the new generations of adventure travelers. [Wildcoast’s Story]
Wildcoast Adventures offers a variety of kayaking tours including Discovery Islands and Desolation Sound. This summer, I have partnered with them to offer up an exclusive giveaway for one lucky Miss604 reader.
Contest
Enter to Win Wildcoast’s Orca Camp Premium 7-Day Package Tour for One
Trip Start Date: August 22nd, 2013
This vacation begins and ends with accommodation at Gowlland Harbour Boutique Resort on Quadra Island and includes a 4 day and 3 night remote camping and kayaking experience to see Killer Whales in Johnstone Strait. You will begin your vacation on peaceful Quadra Island where the spectacular beauty of the resort’s waterfront location encourages visitors to reconnect with nature.
Spending your first 2 days at the resort will give you time to enjoy the outdoor hot tub and outdoor activities like hiking or paddleboarding. On day 3, you will take a water taxi to Wildcoast’s remote Orca Camp where you will spend 4 days camping, eating delicious meals and kayaking while watching for whales whom often feed in the kelp beds just off the Orca Camp beach. Camp activities include native-style sauna, hikes and swimming. Upon return to Quadra Island you will enjoy your final night at Gowlland Harbour before heading back home relaxed and inspired by the nature and wildlife encountered on the trip.
Contest is for one person and does not include accommodation to and from Quadra Island, BC. Valid for 7 Day Package Tour departing August 22nd, 2013 only, no other dates available. Valid for the 2013 season, no cash value. Prize awarded as is. No kayaking experience necessary.
If you are up for this incredible kayaking trip (and are available to depart August 22, 2013), here’s how you can enter to win this truly unique, truly BC experience:
- Leave a comment on this post (1 entry)
- Post the following on Twitter (1 entry)
Follow Wildcoast Adventures on Facebook and Twitter to learn more about their tours. Must be 19+ to enter. I will draw one winner at random from all entries at 12:00pm on Tuesday, July 23, 2013. The prize is for one person only.
Update The winner is Barb! Elaine!
It’s always fun to look back at how Vancouverites used to cool off during the summer months, seeing how our waterfront landscape — and swimming attire — has changed. Since I have previously posted a collection of beach photos (and a short story about the English Bay Pier) today I’m focusing specifically on swimming for this blast from the past.
1905: Men’s swimming race in English Bay. Archives# Be P12.04. Photographer: Philip Timms.
1900s: English Bay swimming race & diving. VPL# 5454 & 5474. Photographer: Philip Timms.
1912: Bathing in English Bay. Archives# SGN 1015.
1914: August at English Bay. Archives# Be P144.1.
1929: Summer fun at English Bay. Archives# CVA 99-2471.
1930s: Summer at English Bay. Archives# CVA 99-2120.
1936: Diving platform at Kitsilano Pool. Archives# CVA 260-434. Photographer: James Crookall.
1910: Joe Fortes at English Bay. VPL# 83598 & 1960s: Lifeguard. VPL# 41549. Photo: Province Newspaper.
1932: Kitsilano Pool. Archives# CVA 260-707. Photographer: James Crookall.
1937: Kitsilano Beach Pool. Archives# Be P112.10.
Find more historical photos by searching the databases of the Vancouver Public Library and City of Vancouver Archives.
The Tony Award-winning War Horse will premiere in Vancouver this September with a short one-week run at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre. The National Theatre of Great Britain’s epic War Horse is the winner of five 2011 Tony Awards including Best Play and the film of the same name (based on the book by Michael Morpurgo) was nominated for six Academy Awards.
Photos © Brinkhoff/Mögenburg
England, 1914. As World War One begins, Joey, young Albert’s beloved horse, is sold to the cavalry and shipped from England to France. He’s soon caught up in enemy fire, and fate takes him on an extraordinary journey, serving on both sides before finding himself alone in no man’s land. But Albert cannot forget Joey and, still not old enough to enlist, he embarks on a treacherous mission to find him and bring him home. This powerfully moving and imaginative drama, filled with stirring music and songs, is a show of phenomenal inventiveness that is currently playing to packed houses in London and around the world. At its heart are astonishing life-sized puppets created by South Africa’s Handspring Puppet Company, that bring to life breathing, galloping, charging horses strong enough for men to ride.
War Horse will run from September 24th to September 29th, 2013 in Vancouver, Tuesday through Saturday evenings at 8:000pm with Thursday, Saturday and Sunday 2:00pm matinees. Tickets will go on sale on Monday, July 22, 2013 and prices range based on the performance and seat location but they start at $35 plus fees and applicable taxes.
War Horse Pre-Sale
I have a pre-sale code valid now until Sunday, July 21, 2013. Go to this ticket link and once you select your date, you will be prompted to enter a code where it says “Got An Offer Code?”. There you will enter: BILLY. You will then have access to the pre-sale until Sunday night.
War Horse in Vancouver, presented by Broadway Across Canada, is part of a four city tour in Canada including dates in Calgary September 10 – 15, 2013; Edmonton September 17-22, 2013 and Ottawa January 21 – 26, 2014. Follow Broadway Across Canada on Facebook and Twitter to find out more about their shows and productions they will be bringing to Vancouver stages.
The 25th anniversary of the Illuminares Lantern Festival is happening this Saturday at Trout Lake and it will also be the last. Since 1988, the non-profit Public Dreams Society has hosted the festival (along with other events like the Parade of Lost Souls) but according to artistic director Matthew Bissett, it’s just no longer feasible.
“The sad fact is that we are in financial difficulty,” Bissett told me over the phone. They’re not trying to end the event and he called this step more of a “hibernation”. However, they need to find a way to clear their deficit and find new ways of producing these events.
Illuminares is an iconic part of the cultural landscape in Vancouver, bringing together the Trout Lake community and all those who visit. Despite hitting a milestone this year, he expects a smaller “quietly beautiful” festival on Saturday. “It’s about the procession, the movement of all the people at the same time with light, that is kind of the glorious thing and the main point of the Illuminares Festival.”
“Come enjoy the park as a park. Celebrate Trout Lake and John Hendry Park. Bring a picnic, bring an instrument, play a game, enjoy the grass, the tress, the sky, summer.”
Neighbours lead park clean-ups years ago, helping the area grow into the friendly community-oriented place it is now, and the event has always been about fostering that sense of community. “Part of our goal is to get back to the original idea behind Illuminares, when it was community members in the Trout Lake area that were coming to the park to do a lantern procession around Trout Lake as a way of claiming the green space as their own.”
Bissett emphasized that Illuminares has also always been about participation. “You build the lantern, you bring a light source, and the real beauty is everyone engaging in the collective experience.”
While the human energy of the first Illuminares rippled out through the Trout Lake area communities, the light energy sped upward towards the stars – passing Alpha Centauri after five years, zooming past Sirius, Procyon and Altair, until just this summer reaching the star Vega, twenty-five light years from Earth. This summer, visit the shores of Trout Lake and take a journey back through time with Public Dreams, navigating our history using these stars as your signposts!
For those wanting to get involved with Illuminares on Saturday, you can contact Public Dreams about becoming a volunteer. The event runs from 6:00pm to 10:30pm on Saturday, July 20, 2013 at Trout Lake and John Hendry Park. Follow Public Dreams on Facebook and Twitter to learn more about this event and more importantly to find out ways you can support their efforts.
