| Upcoming Circus Aerial Performance |
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Residents and spectators will be lined en route at 3:50 pm. There will be Festive music playing, two Olympic mascots and stilters to entertain the crowds as they get into formation. Volunteers will be handing out ribbons to create a sea of colour. The Olympic flag will be flying at the hall and there will be welcome signs in the official Olympic languages. The event is intended not only to celebrate the Olympics, but our community spirit. It is opportunity to express our pride and appreciation for who we are and where we live. We hope to have between 500 and 750 people, so please arrive early and enjoy the afternoon in gorgeous Lion's Bay. The Torch will enter at the Lions Bay Ave entrance and will travel up, over Harvey Creek onto Cross Creek Road, past the Village Hall and then down Centre Road and back onto the Sea to Sky Highway. They will be given an honour guard salute from the Lions Bay Fire Rescue as they re-enter the Hwy. Spectators will be lead by a bagpiper, Stu Morton, to the underpass, where the Aerial performances will take place. Here you can mingle and enjoy complementary refreshments while warming up by fire drums, listening to the drumming of Klatle-Bhi Sam. Margaret Langford, (White Water Kayak), the first Olympic MC, will thank Klatle-Bhi Sam who then gives a blessing. MC 1, will share her story and then, introduce THE CIRCUS AERIALS performance between 4.15 and 4.45 PM approximately . Two acrobats, dressed in bob sled costumes will ascend silks from the ground up and perform a choreographed piece to local music performed live. There will be torch/fire costumed stilters as part of the act. The act is for the duration of the song "Fire", sung live, by Karen Fowlie. The Mayor of Lion's Bay will be there to announce the Lions Bay musicians who will perform a song they have written for this event, accompanied by a music video of our community as we have geared up to the Olympics. This is followed by another inspirational song by our local musicians. Olympian MC 2, John Smart, (Free Style) comes onto stage, gives an inspirational message and then makes an announcement for the unveiling of a local cedar carving. The Head Carver, Daryl Loppe and artist Michael Tickner will be on stage and their will be video footage of the creation. There will be an unveiling a 200 piece tile mosaic that was created by the youth of Lions Bay as a legacy to the Olympics coming through our Village. Selected children come on stage to share their hopes and dreams for the Olympics. This will be followed by the singing of Oh Canada lead by the McPhee’s. Olympic MC 3, Samantha Srigley, (Figure Skater) will then introduces the shadow show on stage where dancers depict winter sports which will be performed to the music of the McPhee’s. MC 4, Meyrick Jones, International Para-athlete Competitor, (all winter and summer events) will give an inspirational message and introduces the next and final performance, by THE CIRCUS AERIALS, performed to “This is our Time”. This will probably be somewhere between 5.15PM and 5.45 PM approximately. The act is the duration of the song, "This is our Time".The mayor of Lion's Bay will close with final thanks. Throughout the show there will be accompanying footage on screen (north facing wall). It will be a mixture of pre-cut footage, live of the stage/crowd and re-runs of the torch coming through. There will be an Olympic tent where people can see the original 1936 Berlin Olympic torch and meet our local Olympians, Margaret Langford, John Smart and Samantha Srigley and Para-athlete Meyrick Jones, International Competitor, (all events) who will be invited to attend and sign autographs. This is an opportunity for people to hear stories, ask questions and have some spectacular photo opportunities in scenic Lion's Bay. |
| Cori is a Circus aerialist who performs on aerial silks and swinging trapeze. She teaches classes in aerial silks. Aerial silks is also referred to as aerial tissu, aerial fabric and aerial tissue. Classes in swinging trapeze and other circus aerials activities are offered by The Circus Aerials Scoiety. |
E-mail: info@circusaerials.com |
| Olympic Torch Celebration! Lion's Bay, British Columbia February 4, 2010 First set sometime between 4.30PM and 4.45 PM Approximately Second Aproximatley 5.15 PM Map LionsBay.net |