Community Updates (17) - Jun 27, 2014

1) Stampede, Parade & Street Party events

2) Heritage Speaker Circle - Sunday Jun 29th from 1 - 4 pm

3) Canada Day events in Boitanio Park

4) Free Mountain Biking Bus Shuttles on weekends - beginning July 5th

5) Chew the Fat Event - Jul 5th at Station House Gallery

6) Performances in the Park 2014 

7) Garden Club Event - July 12th

8) Junior Council - Want to serve your community?

9) Punky Lake Wilderness Camp is hosting summer camps

10) Boys & Girls Club - free weekly activities

11) Free Event at the Library - A Sea Turtle Story

12) Summer programs from the Recreation Complex

13) Gardening workshops - Seed Saving & Mushroom Identification

14) Scout Island Nature Centre & the WL Field Naturalists's  - Nature Fun (Jul 2 - Aug 21)

15) Cariboo Chilcotin Partners for Literacy - Family Fun day at Bell-E Jul 13th from 11 am-3pm

16) Williams Lake Accessibility Committee - join the committee

17) Social Planning Council - summer 2014

1) Stampede, Parade & Street Party events

It's that time of year and Williams Lakers can feel the buzz in the air! Enjoy the events and the 88th Stampede celebrations & events.

Stampede Events - Jun 27, 28, 39 & 30th - http://www.williamslakestampede.com/events/

Parade - Jun 28th starting at 10am

Street Party - Jun 28th (after the parade) from 11:30 - 4pm in the downtown core

2) Heritage Speaker Circle - Sunday Jun 29th from 1 - 4 pm

At the Museum of the Cariboo Chilcotin meet 5 long-time residents who tell their stories about the 1950's & 60's. Free admissions and refreshments will be served. Sponsored in part by the Museum, The City of Williams Lake and the Cariboo Regional District. Everyone is welcome.

3) Canada Day events in Boitanio Park

From the City of Williams Lake - This year’s Canada Day, Tuesday, July 1, 2014 is shaping up to be another exciting family event in Boitanio Park!

The festivities will begin at the Gwen Ringwood Theatre at 10 a.m. with the Royal Canadian Legion’s Colour Brigade. Bring a water bottle, picnic blanket and lawn chair to enjoy the entertainment on stage while the children play games with the Boitanio Day Camp staff. Performers include the Williams lake Youth Fiddlers and Perfect Match.

Brush up on your Canadian trivia as questions and prizes will be awarded throughout the event. The entire community is invited to come and enjoy cake for our country’s 147th birthday. The event concludes at 12 p.m.

4) Free Mountain Biking Bus Shuttles on weekends - beginning July 5th

The City, in partnership with the CRD and the Cariboo Mountain Bike Consortium is offering free mountain bike shuttles from 10 am - 6pm on Saturday's and Sundays (the bus will run every hour on the hour each weekend). The schedule is below:

July 5th - River Valley parking lot to Snakes and Ladders trailhead

July 6th - Fox Mountain - OV parking lot & bottom of Fox Mtn Road to Hillbilly & Mason Rd. trailhead

July 12th - South Lakeside - Canadian Tire to Dog Creek Road

July 13th - River Valley parking lot to Snakes and Ladders trailhead

July 19th - River Valley parking lot to Snakes and Ladders trailhead

Jul 20th - Fox Mountain - OV parking lot & bottom of Fox Mountain Road to Hillbilly and Mason Road trailheads

July 26th - South Lake side - Canadian Tire to Dog Creek Road

July 27th - River Valley parking lot to Snakes and Ladders trailhead

Shuttles will be filled on a first come first serve basis with 25% of the seats reserved for visiting riders. These seats if not filled by 5 minutes to the hour are open to locals. All participants are required to fill in a short questionnaire and sign a waiver. Youth 18 years or younger will need a parent or legal guardian with them to sign a consent form for each shuttle. A volunteer will be available on all shuttles to help direct riders to the biking route best suited to their style. Full details will be online at www.ridethecariboo.ca

5) Chew the Fat Event - Jul 5th at Station House Gallery

Jul 5 at 11:00am to Jul 6 at 4:00pm at the Station House Gallery

Come and Celebrate Williams Lake’s 85th birthday and opening reception for “My Williams Lake” Juried Summer Theme Show at the City’s oldest heritage building, the Station House Gallery!
A fundraiser for the repair of the gallery’s exterior. The dayss events will include live music, beer garden, family art activities including mural painting, silent auction, succulent sale, food, great company to share your stories with and more!
Come and join in the fun!

6) Performances in the Park 2014 

Presented by the Central Cariboo Arts and Culture Society, the Cariboo Regional District and the City of Williams Lake. This year’s line-up for Performances in the Park summer concert series rocks!  Get your lawn chairs ready and prepare for a musical celebration for the whole family every Thursday night in Boitanio Park from July 3^rd to August 21^st, 2014 with talented local, national and international performers.

From 6 – 6:45 pm and then from 7 – 8 pm, each night will be filled with family friendly entertainment.  Having two time slots provides opportunity for young performers to grow their stage legs and, on some nights, we will have two main acts.

Cody‘s Bannock, Smashin’ Smoothies and Taylor Made Cakes will be on hand with snacks available during the performances.  July 31 to August 21 will have exhibitions with Arty the as part of the 2014 Art Walk and Sale. The WaterWise Brigade will be on site on dates yet to be announced. 

The series kicks off on July 3^th with Music for Life and Angelkeys Music Studio, featuring the sweet voices of Music for Life’s soloist and Angelkeys Children’s Choir followed by a bit of Swing/Jazz/Blues and Country by the new Williams Lake band Blue Note.

Beautifully Haunting will be featured on July 10th followed by Pugs and Crows, winners of the 2013 Juno Award for Best Instrumental Album of the Year.

July 17^th will see Discover Belly Dance followed by Drum and Bell Tower, a forge for melody and rhythm in time.

Perfect Match on July 24^th is a versatile dance band – easy on the ear and good for the heart is followed by original and indie world music, Cuban Son, Vallenatos, Cumbias, Chachacha and more by Nice Verdes.

July 31^st will feature Cariboo Idol, a local contest that is about confidence building, supporting community and each other through music and song followed by local rock band Soupbone a funk powered blues/rock band from Williams Lake BC. Just take some crazy Texas-style blues guitar - mix with some smooth Soul and R&B and add to that the funkiest rhythm section this side of Motown, strong vocal performances, great song writing and a bunch of fun and you’ve got SOUPBONE!   

The WLBIA and Fortis BC is presenting a Big Screen Movie following the Performance on July 31 at Boitanio Park.  The Movie will be Despicable Me 2.

On August 7^th, Point Blank, a new exciting duo that plays the best of blues and rock covers on acoustic versions and Genevieve Chatwick from Australia, who ‘looks like an angel, roars like a lion and plays guitar like a demon’ will take the stage.

The Cariboo Men’s Choir and Just for Fun Ladies’ group are teaming up on August 14^th to open the show for Don Alder, our ‘home-town boy Guitar Hero’ who dazzles audiences with jaw dropping performances.  He is returning to Williams Lake to celebrate his Grandma’s 100^th birthday.

The final performance night on August 21^st will see Robyn Ferguson and Oren Barter team up once again on stage.  Following this act is Sam Tudor, who after a year in Vancouver that was both performance intensive and full of genre bending musical projects, is at home playing songs from his new album.

Please check out www.facebook.com/performancesinthepark or www.centralcaribooarts.com/events/performancespark.html for updates, details and pictures from the summer Performances in the Park concerts. 

For more information or for interviews please contact Angela Sommer performances@ centralcaribooarts.com or call 250-305-4784

7) Garden Club Event - July 12th

Mark your calendar for July 12^th for this year’s Williams Lake Gardens and Arts Tour, this is a self guided tour sponsored by the Williams Lake Garden Club.

Nine unique gardens are featured, with the works of our local quilters, artists, potters, spinners and weavers interspersed.  Local musicians are also donating their time to entertain in some of the gardens.  Tickets are $10 and will be available on June 2^nd at the Open Book and Beaver Valley Feeds.  The gardens will be open for viewing from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.

Proceeds will be given to our local Hospice and Hough Memorial Cancer Society.  Contact Gerry Gebert at 1-250-0192 for further information.

The Garden Club also meets regularly at the Central Cariboo Arts Centre with monthly guest speakers on topics of interest to gardeners and to answer questions and share extra plants - to get involved please contact Joanne Wright at j-wright@shaw.ca

8) Junior Council - Want to serve your community?

Are you a high school student in Williams Lake who wants to serve your community and learn about local government? Be the voice of the future for youth in Williams Lake.

For more information talk to a current Junior Council member Tanner, Monica, Hanna, Brooklyn, Rebekah or Gagan, or Anne Burrill at the City of Williams Lake by emailing aburrill@williamslake.ca or call 250-392-8480.

9) Punky Lake Wilderness Camp is hosting summer camps

They are hosting a co-ed youth camp at Gavin Lake on July 15, 16, 17th, a Boys only camp out at Punky camp on August 5-8th, and a Hockey camp in Williams Lake on August 28, 29the

For more information on any of the above please visit http://punkylake.com/ or call 250-392-3918

10) Boys & Girls Club - free weekly activities

a) Baseball for ages 6 - 12 until August 27th on Tuesday's from 3:30 - 4:30 pm in Kiwanis Park

b) Mountain Biking Program - two levels: 1) Intermediate/Advanced (suggested ages 12 - 18) on Mondays from 3:30 - 5:30 pm, and 2) Beginner/Intermediate (suggested ages 7  - 11) on Thursday's from 3:30 - 5:30 pm.

11) Free Event at the Library - A Sea Turtle Story

A Sea Turtle Story - Friday Jun 27th at 10:30 am

Free drop-in for the National Film Board Story "A Sea Turtle Story" and some turtle crafts.

12) Summer programs from the Recreation Complex

Note: The Recreation Complex will be closed on Canada Day, Tuesday July 1st

Summer Day Camp:

It is really this much fun! Join qualified and energetic instructors each action packs week for theme activities including games, field trips, crafts, experiments and more much more. Register for one day, one week or the whole summer.

Ages: 5 - 12 and must have completed Kindergarten 

July 2 - September 2, 8:00am - 5:00pm

  

Mountain Biking Skills Camp:

Join Kelli and Darren from Endless Biking this July and improve your mountain biking skills. These two have been biking professionally, teaching and guiding for year. 

Check out the website @ www.activewilliamslake.com or give them a call @ 250.398.7665 

13) Gardening workshops - Seed Saving & Mushroom Identification

a) Seed Saving workshop - Tuesday Jul 8 from 7 - 9:30 pm at the Gibraltar Room (16+ years of age)

b) Mushroom Identification - Thursday Jul 10th from 6:30 - 8:30 pm at the Gibraltar Room (16+ years of age)

Contact the Recreation Complex for more information and to register at 250-398-7665

14) Scout Island Nature Centre & the WL Field Naturalists present  - Nature Fun (Jul 2 - Aug 21)

Discovering Nature close-up - a new program each day, weekdays Jul 2 - Aug 21st - two groups: 1) Ages 3-8 ($10/per session), and 2) Ages 8 - 13 ($10/per session). For more information or to register call 250-398-8532 or email scoutisland@shaw.ca

15) Cariboo Chilcotin Partners for Literacy - Family Fun day at Bell-E-Acres Jul 13th from 11 am - 3 pm

Par 3 golf, mini golf, putting and chipping contests, story tent, crafts, lawn games, face painting, food and prizes. Transportation is free - pick-up times 10:30 am at the Arena, 10:40  at Columneetza, and 10:50 am at Glendale Trading (Corner of Pine & Mackenzie). Return times are 1, 2 & 3pm. Sponsored by Heartland Toyota and Bell-E-Acres Golf Course.

16) Williams Lake Accessibility Committee - join the committee

The accessibility Committee meets in the first Tuesday of every month at City hall at 12 pm and is always open to the public.

17) Social Planning Council - summer 2014

The Social Planning Council will "see" you again in the fall. While we do not host meetings over the summer, updates will continue every second week until school reconvenes in September. For the first two weeks of July, the SPC office will be away from email. If you require assistance before then, please call an leave a message at 250-243-2126.