Vermilion
GEOCACHING IN VERMILION
SENSORY ART
UNVEILING THE VERMILION HERITAGE MURAL HERITAGE MUSEUM, 5310-50 AVENUE
Geocachers get your GPS working and find the Vermilion treasure!
Come with your preschooler and watch as an occupational therapist engages children and learn about the importance of creative art in child development.
Friday • 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Saturday • 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. TOWN HALL, 5021-49 AVENUE
ART ATTACK WITH FOCUS Friday • 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Come and get your creativity sparked! FOCUS BUILDING, 4921-51 AVENUE
SQUARE DANCING
Friday • 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Square dancers Dennis and Aubrey Berdine will be introducing square dancing to elementary kids. Come watch how it’s done! VERMILION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 4837-44 STREET
HOOP DANCER
Saturday • 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Saturday • 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
VERMILION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, KINDERGARTEN ROOM 4837-44 STREET
GIRL GUIDES
Saturday • 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
TAEKWONDO
The Guides are camping for the weekend and learn what Guides are all about.
Try some Taekwondo moves. Join the Raptor Club and get your black belt!
SCOUTS
VERMILION PROVINCIAL PARK, GROUP A CAMPSITE
Saturday • 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. VERMILION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 4837-44 STREET
Saturday • 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
SHOW AND SHINE
Join the Scouts for activities and fun. New members always welcome! VERMILION PROVINCIAL PARK, CN STATION
Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Come out and see the car you drove as
a teenager!
HERITAGE MUSEUM, 5310-50 AVENUE
ARCHERY
Saturday • 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. Work with Vermilion River Archers to learn how to use various sizes of bows!
Friday • 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
BLACK OUT POETRY
Dallas Arcand Jr. is a talented aboriginal hoop dancer. He danced with his dad at the London Olympics and many other venues. Come out and see this great performance!
Try your hand at poetry! You may be a talented poet and not know it yet!
Saturday • 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
VERMILION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 4837-44 STREET
VERMILION PUBLIC LIBRARY, 5001-49 AVENUE
VIDEOTAPING TALES FROM OUR PAST
HERITAGE MUSEUM ACTIVITIES
Fabulous evening of Ukrainian, Highland and other dance, theatre, speech arts performances, violin and piano solos and a senior choir.
Five seniors in their 90’s will be interviewed and videotaped so that we can have a legacy of Vermilion’s Culture Days 2014 in our schools, library, and museum.
Ed Storch of knife making fame will be plying his craft, Gwen Kibblewhite will be rug hooking, and Natalie Clennett will be spinning wool.
HERITAGE MUSEUM, 531-50 AVENUE
HERITAGE MUSEUM, 5310-50 AVENUE
ALBERTA BEEF BBQ
TRY YOUR HAND AT HAM RADIO
Country music with a DJ, face painting with VIBE, knife sharpening with Ed Storch, and of course wonderful Alberta beef burgers!
A ham radio enthusiasts will be on hand to help you with this fun activity!
Friday • 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Friday • 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. FIRE HALL PARKING LOT, 5021-49 AVENUE
STREET DANCE WITH LAURENCE BOYS Friday • 7:00 - 10:00 p.m.
Put on your dancing shoes or boots and shindig your way down to the town hall street to enjoy the fun of the evening and bust a few moves! TOWN HALL, 5021-49 AVENUE
WATERCOLORS WITH BONNIE LUOPA Saturday • 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Interested in developing your skills painting with watercolors? Join us! J R ROBSON ART ROOM, 5102-42 STREET
FUN WITH CLAY
Saturday • 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Hey kids, moms and dads, come see where the Pottery Guild hangs out. See what you can create. AIRPORT BUILDING, 4120-52 AVENUE
Saturday • 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Sunday • 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Saturday • 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Saturday • 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. ARMORY, 5301A-50 AVENUE
BEEF ON A BUN
Saturday • 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Alberta beef on a bun, coffee, cake, you won’t find a better lunch anywhere! Come to the Museum area and enjoy the food and fun. HERITAGE MUSEUM, 5310-50 AVENUE
LIVE BAND-DETOUR
Saturday • 12:00 - 2:00 p.m.
ARMORY, 5301A-50 AVENUE
SHOWCASE OF THE ARTS LAKELAND COLLEGE ALUMNI THEATRE, 5707 COLLEGE DRIVE
CBC FILM “CHANGE OF HEART” Saturday • 9:00 - 11:00 p.m.
Thirty years ago, a movie was filmed in Vermilion by CBC Director Ann Wheeler. See what Vermilion looked like back then, and even see some familiar faces on the screen! LAKELAND COLLEGE ALUMNI THEATRE, 5707 COLLEGE DRIVE
CELEBRATION PARADE Sunday • 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Join young people from several schools and clubs. March around the parade route to celebrate this great province and all that we have! TOWN HALL, 5021-49 AVENUE
MULTICULTURAL POTLUCK Sunday • 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Bring your favorite ethnic dish and join in the fun of food and fellowship. Enjoy multicultural presentations from CLASS participants.
HERITAGE MUSEUM, 5310-50 AVENUE
ELKS HALL, 4926-49 AVENUE
FIRE BUILDING AND CAMPING ETIQUETTE
CONCERT PIANIST SERIES
Saturday • 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Sunday • 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Be ready to learn camping etiquette fire building skills.
Come and listen to the amazing piano sounds on the Jean Wright grand piano, the first of the concert pianist series.
VERMILION PROVINCIAL PARK
KNACK FOR QUILTING
FIRST UNITED CHURCH, 4918-52 AVENUE
Saturday • 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. LIBRARY, 5001-49 AVENUE
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