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A café with the blues A photo tribute to a friend
The clown cure
Smiling through the tears
Winning form
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Piers Hayes was famous among his friends for his storytelling. In the photo above left Piers was telling a story about a friend he made on a sailing adventure. An outpouring of emotion has washed over the Island like a wave after news of Piers’ passing. Dozens of community members have dressed in blue and left messages on blue hearts on the walls of The Snug. See photos on pages 6 and 7. photos LOUISE LOIK (left), KATE BREW (right)
A poem for a blue-eyed charmer CHRIS CORRIGAN CONTRIBUTOR
We lost Piers Hayes, a dear member of our community today. Any of you who visited Bowen Island would have met him at The Snug where he held court and almost certainly called you “Blue.”
So many of us never had a name when we walked through the door of the snug but it was all the same to him; he knew that you would always respond if he just called you “Blue” Blue He was a blue eyed charmer
a maitre d’ for a whole community, a casual character that buzzed like a bee from table to table, knitting together strangers with his self-deprecating humour, but with a laser focus on what he could do to make the world a little less blue.
I heard him once tell the story of how he left the azure skies of Africa, and shipped his family on the turquoise sea, and for years they saw every colour it could be: the greys and greens and dark blue deep, storm tossed and washed in adventure, held in the currents that carried them between
continents. He never entered quietly But he blew into a room like a Salish Sea southeasterly or hollered out hellos and bellowed greetings from behind the bar, meeting each customer as a friend, tending tender connections The day he died, the rain was
steely grey. As if the blue had seeped out of the sea and the sky and pierced every heart that broke and every soul that cried with the news that he was gone. He left us stories and affection and a recognition that we will always remember how we belong.
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Municipal Hall MEETING CALENDAR March 14, 2016 1:00 PM
Ö NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE is hereby given that Bowen Island Municipal Council will hold a public hearing for the purpose of allowing the public to make representations on the following proposed bylaw:
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• Bylaw No. 402, 2016 cited as “Bowen Island Municipality Land Use Bylaw No. 57, 2002 Amendment Bylaw No. 402, 2016”
March 14, 2016 6:00 PM
The Public Hearing will be held on: Monday, March 14, 2016 6:00 pm Municipal Hall
Public Hearing
March 14, 2016 7:15 PM Regular Council Meeting
March 15, 2016 7:00 PM Parks, Trails and Greenways
March 16, 2016 3:30 PM On-Island Composting Facility Working Group
March 16, 2016 7:00 PM Recreation and Community Services Commission All meetings are held in BIM Council Chambers unless otherwise noted.
At the public hearing, all persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by the proposed bylaw shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in the proposed bylaw. PURPOSE: The purpose of Bylaw No. 402, 2016 is to remove the prohibition on the rental of limited speed motorcycles. This amendment would enable the rental of limited speed motorcycles as part of “general services” use, which is allowed in zones VC1, CD 1 Area 1, CD 2 Area 3, CD 5, CD 6 Area 9, CD 19 Area 1 & 3. A copy of the proposed bylaw and any background material that may be considered by Bowen Island Municipal Council in respect of the proposed bylaw, may be inspected at Bowen Island Municipal Hall, 981 Artisan Lane, Bowen Island, BC between the hours of 8:30 am and 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday, excluding statutory holidays, or on the BIM website at www.bimbc.ca commencing Friday, March 4, 2016. Written submissions may be delivered to: Bowen Island Municipal Hall in person or by mail to 981 Artisan Lane, Bowen Island, BC, V0N 1G2 or by fax: 604-947-0193 prior to 9:00 am Monday, March 14, 2016. OR Bowen Island Municipal Council at the Public Hearing at 6:00 pm Monday, March 14, 2016.
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Ö WAT E R S Y S T E M F L U S H I N G As part of its regular water system maintenance program, the Municipality will flush water mains in Bowen Bay, Blue Water Park, Cove Bay, Eagle Cliff, Hood Point, King Edward Bay and Tunstall Bay from March 26 to April 22, 2016. This procedure is necessary to remove sediment that gradually deposits in the pipes and will not pose a health hazard. During the flushing process, temporary water pressure fluctuations will occur. Municipal staff will try to minimize inconvenience where possible. Flushing will take place seven days a week from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm and will rotate through each neighbourhood. Snug Cove and Cates Hill to Millers Landing areas will be flushed on Saturday April 2, 2016 to alleviate water interruption to Bowen Island Community School. Every effort will be made to ensure that water quality is not affected, but some turbidity and higher than normal chlorine concentrations may be present for short periods of time. Running your tap briefly should clear this up. For more information, please contact Bob Robinson, Public Works Superintendent by phone at 604-947-4255 or by e-mail at bim@bimbc.ca Reminder: it is recommended that water users with compromised immune systems ensure their drinking water is boiled, filtered or distilled.
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At its meeting on February 22, 2016, Bowen Island Municipal Council appointed individuals to the following committees:
The Bowen Island Arts Council (BIAC) has extended the deadline to respond to the Cultural Plan survey to March 13, 2016. We welcome your thoughts, opinions and ideas on how to create a plan that best reflects the needs and desires of the Bowen Island community.
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Young skier achieves top spot Ewan, 10, got first place for his winning move on Mt. Seymour over the weekend with a switch 360, going off a jump backwards, doing a full turn and landing backwards. He knew he had to turn up the difficulty when a fellow competitor and teammate was attempting an “unnatural” 360, which means spinning in your non-dominant direction.
Placing first won Ewan a pair of new K2 skis. Ewan started freestyle skiing when he was eight years old on the Progression Team at Mount Seymour as the first under-aged member. He just completed his third season with the team. After dialing a 360, his next goal is to do a back flip.
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Concert series brings John Wort Hannam to Tir-na-nOg SHARI ULRICH CONTRIBUTOR
It’s been quite a journey from a teaching job on a southern Alberta First Nation’s reserve to a Juno-nominated roots music career with performances at The Kennedy Centre, The Smithsonian, and Trafalgar Square. Born in the U.K. and raised in Alberta, John earned degrees in Native American Studies and Native Education and taught Grade 9 on reserve for five years. He decided he wanted to pursue a career in music after hearing Loudon Wainwright III in 1997. Since committing to music as his career in 2002, he has released six albums, won the prestigious Kerrville New Folk Award in 2007, been nominated for three Western Canadian Music Awards, a North
with Bob Hamilton on lap steel, mango, and electric gutter
American Folk Alliance Award, and three Canadian Folk Music Awards, winning in 2010 for Contemporary Album of the Year. He also earned a 2010 Juno nod for Roots and Traditional Album of the Year and he has three times won the Grand Prize in the Calgary Folk Festival Song Competition. Like I said, “trust me,” – he’s good! I was thrilled when he contacted me about coming to Bowen Island. John will be accompanied by Bob Hamilton on mandolin, lap steel and electric guitar. The show is March 15 at 7:30 p.m. (doors at 7 p.m. – come early for cookies!) Tickets are at Phoenix (cash or cheque – thank you Bonnie!) or you can contact me at shari@shariulrich.com and request tickets be left at the door in your name.
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The BIM Economic Development Committee has partnered with the BC Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training to bring Bowen Island an exciting full day of workshops focused on economic development for our island community.
Thursday, March 31, 2016 9:30 am to 4:00 pm Evergreen Hall 464 Melmore Road Bowen Island
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Join facilitators Dale Wheeldon of the BC Economic Development Association and Colleen Bond of EDCD Consulting, who will provide best practices, tools and information from the experience of other small communities and economic development experts. These interactive presentations aim to improve Bowen Island’s growth towards being a thriving business-friendly community. To register and for more information, please contact Stef Shortt, Committee Clerk at sshortt@bimbc.ca or 604-947-4255.
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Team Blu People often ask me, “how are you liking it?” They are referring to this position as editor, knowing that it can be hard to hold a mirror up to your own community. It’s hard to be in this position when the community is feeling fractious, but also difficult when there is a communal sense of profound loss. What Piers meant to each of us is different, but we have all had a drink from the same well. Now the well has gone dry and we already feel a thirst for the unquenchable spirit in Piers. Since the day the sad news came through, strangers have been hugging on the patios, while others among us have turned inward, avoiding eye contact, expressing the sorrow through words on folded blue hearts taped to a wall. For a long time, I used to think that Piers was remarkable, learning my name in a heartbeat of interaction. “Lou,” however, turned out to be “Blu,” a random choice of names. It was the name for all his customers because, he said, he, “couldn’t remember names.” Being part of Team Blu, Blue, or Bloo was fine by me, it was a shared moniker; a shared island experience already missed. Piers accomplished a lot in his life, but what he did for a community in his retirement
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The blue cafe: Early Friday, The Snug sits empty, the door is open to the flow of emotion which hangs heavy in the air. A well-recognized cap hangs off a post as the sad news begins to spread. photo supplied years touched thousands of people. He lifted our spirits with just the sparkle in his eyes. Piers added the colour to our quiet little cove. I had the lovely opportunity to sit with Piers and Joan in January to hear their stories of life and love. I hope you had the chance to read the feature article. Their
passion for each other shone through in the way they looked at each other and laughed over their shared stories. Piers had so many great stories, all of which focused on his time with his family. He told me that being a grandfather made him, “as happy as a dog with four
Snug with people who came to express their condolences on blue paper hearts. Kate captured the smiles and the tears. She captured Bowen. On behalf of the Undercurrent, we extend deep condolences to the Hayes family, and thank you for sharing your story. Louise
The Snug wrapped in ‘Hug of Blue’ It’s been a couple of days now since we heard that Piers had passed away – days filled with shock and disbelief and sadness. The Snug itself is in mourning, covered in blue hearts and ribbons and flowers. But, The Snug, like Bowen Island itself, is also celebrating his life. The hearts speak of love as well as loss, of good times and good memories, and all the places where Piers was such a vital part of this community. The Snug is wrapped in a Hug of Blue. I have never lived in England, the land of Piers’ birth. But because of seeing Piers at The Snug, I understand the whole wonderful concept of a local pub. Because that is what we had with Piers at The Snug, only it was caffeine not draft beer.
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tails.” He had those great turns of phrase throughout his narratives. He had stories of a great life and a great love. I think we are lucky to have been part of the Piers Hayes story. I hope that you enjoy the photos shot mostly by Kate Brew in this edition. Kate spent a few hours outside the
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He greeted us, he joked with us, he introduced us to other people we should know. Piers was such a networker and connector! Add the wonderful classical music in the background as he chatted and served and managed to do it all with such an inimitable style. And what a gift he was to the Rotary Club! He was our founding charter president, our cheerleader and our biggest fan. We will miss him at every meeting, and even the jokes that made us roll our eyes. Piers, thank you for calling us Blue, of course, and in that instant making us feel like we were part of a community here; for the warmth and zest of your living, for being imperfectly perfect as one of us. We already miss you so much, and know with a certainty that all summer people will come off their boats
looking for you. But then, we will also. Piers, we will think we hear your voice or see you enter a room or emerge from the kitchen at The Snug. When we do, we will miss you again, all over again. And we will gladly feel that pain in our collective hearts, because it will reconnect us again with what we had and what we lost when once we rubbed shoulders with you. Blessings as your Spirit travels on, Friend Thank you to the family for sharing his life with us in such an abundant fashion. Our hearts are going out to you, and if you feel warmth across your backs, it’s our invisible arms around you at this time. With deepest affection and gratitude, Rev. Shelagh MacKinnon
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Remembering a good friend
When it’s hard to find the right words My friend Piers, The last time I saw you, you were in the Snug getting ready to go on the 5:30 ferry. Will was making you a special breakfast sandwich. I purposely stood back to give you space. Will gave you his well-crafted sandwich and you both gave each other a hug and a kiss and said I love you. It’s not the first time I’ve seen that. What a father! It always made me feel good to see that. You made my day, and he then proceeded to give me a hug and handshake and tell me, “I’m going on my next adventure with my brother. Going to Yellowknife. Bloody hell, I don’t know why I’m going up there for, but it should be a fun thing to do.” So I wished them, “safe journeys. Will have to have a beer to hear some stories of your trip,” and off he went. Dammit I’ll miss seeing him and Will together. When I told my friend about Piers’ condition, the first words that came out of his mouth were, “He
Coming home from work on Friday night, Tony Beck stops by the Snug to leave a message and reflect on the passing of a friend. photo LOUISE LOIK
was a legend.” I couldn’t agree more. Not only was he well-known but his stories were epic, his wit made you laugh and his smile was contagious. I cried three times today trying to put
my thoughts together just thinking of this good old friend. So the next time you have a drink in your hand, raise your glass to Piers. This one’s for blue. Tony Beck
Our clown
“Piers made everyone feel good. He was larger than life and was all about relationships. Piers was our clown. He brought people’s spirits up, and was one of the hearts of this community. He was adventurous, courageous and generous.” –Paul Hoosen, professional therapeutic clown, from our featured profile story this week.
A day in the life of The Snug It’s pitch dark outside, and a rude awakening from the alarm at 2:15 a.m., in chorus with a mumbled voice beside me announcing a new day to get my backside down to the Snug. What did I do in a previous life? I didn’t work these hours sailing my family across the Atlantic doing two night watches back to back. Down to the Snug before 3 a.m. praying the security lights are on, or you’ll be fumbling for the hole to put the key in. Then the race: ovens on, panini on, poaching water on, milk and cream poured, float from the safe, cash register, record temperatures on 12 fridge/freezers, flowers out, muffins in oven, croissants in oven, set up espresso machine, mix hot chocolate, hash onto flat top, eggs out, bacon out, clear and make ready line fridge and finally at 4:45 a.m. start brewing dark, medium and decaf coffee, fresh and ready for the first happy customers at 5 a.m. Even the ones who say they haven’t woken up yet seem to cheer your spirits. I remember ruminating with Joan back in South Africa how nice it would be to run a small community café as a retirement venture, just when you want to cut back a little. . . beware for what you wish. . . 364 days/year. Thank you Bowen, you have been a great support to our business. Piers Editors note: This letter was sent to the Undercurrent last month after the paper ran a profile story on Piers.
Piers and Joan met in Africa, sailed to Bowen with their children and have spread sunshine everywhere they’ve gone. photo LOUISE LOIK
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a sea of blue
Piers Hayes left his mark on a small community, in part, through the simple act of serving coffee with a smile. The outpouring of sentiment over the loss of Piers is reflected by the people who dressed in blue, leaving messages on blue hearts on the walls of The Snug. Dozens came to have their pictures taken outside the Hayes family coffee shop as a show of affection for Piers last Sunday. photos KATE BREW
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The best medicine is made by a clown LOUISE LOIK EDITOR
Paul Hoosen stumbled along a career path that few have ever chosen. Between university and retirement, Hoosen chose to be of service to the sick and dying; not as a traditional medical caregiver, but instead, he pioneered a healing art called therapeutic clowning. Hoosen does indeed stumble, but it is intentional, just as every look, every motion, every trick he has up his sleeve is calculated and strategic. Hoosen has a depth and breadth of knowledge about body language and psychology that only comes from decades of intensive fieldwork. Clowning, for therapeutic purposes, is no laughing matter. He explains that he is not a North American-style clown, or a “scare clown,” as he calls, “the crazy haired clowns” common in Canada. “I’m modelled on European clowns, more like the ones in Cirque du soleil.” His main character wears a doctor’s coat, oversized shoes, an oversized red nose and a hat. While this character is not silent, he uses props and tricks that incorporate techniques that he learned from the master of mime, Marcel Marceau. Hoosen, the son of academics, decided after a year of university that he wasn’t cut out to walk a straight and narrow path. It was the, “era of self-expression, social issues and big theatre.” He went travelling into Europe and Africa and came back to B.C. to work in the tech-
nical side of theatrical productions. Along the way, he audited a mime class, discovered his talent for mime and applied to study under Marcel Marceau in Paris. To his surprise, he was accepted. The undergrad left university and took off to Paris where he met other like-minded people. They formed a troupe of six street performers that included mime, fire breathing, a slack rope performance and various theatrics. The troupe worked hard, moving around the city to what would become their designated locations. “We would start at 9 a.m. and work til 2 or 3 a.m., doing 10 shows a day.” While the troupe was at one of their usual locations, a space they shared with the famous tightrope walker Philippe Petit who later went on to walk between the Twin Towers, Salvador Dali approached the ringmaster. Dali, a celebrated artist, was living in Le Meurice Hotel, a 19th century palace that was now a posh hotel for select clientele. Dali approached the troupe, wishing to hire them for a private performance in the hotel, specifically, in his suite. The manager heard about the arrangement and became agitated at the idea of a bunch of buskers trooping into the luxury hotel. Part of the problem was that they weren’t just jugglers and mimes who were living hand-to-mouth, the troupe included two fire-breathers who obstinately insisted that they be allowed to perform inside the hotel. When the fire-breathers agreed to blow
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fire out the tall narrow windows above the gardens of the Tuileries, the manager allowed the group to enter. “Salvador Dali was really into mobiles, and he had mobiles hanging all over the room,” says Hoosen. “He also had a life-sized stuffed camel in the room.” Hoosen says that in a way, the troupe and the artist were of like minds; both were pushing artistic and cultural boundaries. The room was cleared, furniture pushed aside, with seating for 30 of Dali’s friends. On the stage was one thing: a small, heavy table, with a phone that had possibly been forgotten during preparations. The performance kicked off and the energy grew with each act until the fire-breathers took to the stage. Caught up in the moment, they ignored their agreement to blow fire out the window. They knew precisely how far the flames would travel and sent a burst of flames into the room, blackening the ceiling with smoke. “The manager was apoplectic but Dali just gave the manager a look that said, ‘don’t worry, I’ll cover it,’ and the show continued.” Hoosen was the mime who created atmosphere. He was holding a cloud in each hand, bringing wind into the scene. Halfway across the stage, the phone, still on stage but previously forgotten, rang. “Dali marches onto the stage, picks up the phone,” swears into it, “and slams it down,” says Hoosen, laughing at the memory. “Then, he realizes he is on stage, so we do the passage together.” He enjoys the memory. “Working for Salvador Dali was my first paid job,” says Hoosen. By the time Hoosen was back in Canada, it was the mid-70s and, “mime had become irrelevant.” He managed to find work teaching mime at a dance school in Toronto. He expanded into clowning and began doing shows in schools, pushing for acceptance of clowning
Though retired, this clown still has a few tricks up his sleeve and he will share them with the world, this summer in Lisbon. photo LOUISE LOIK as a viable form of artistic expression and entertainment, just as mime had been. He also worked as the puppeteer for Fred Penner, a children’s performer. Canada was becoming a world leader in children’s entertainment and Hoosen was good, some would say, “the best,” in his field. He had honed his timing, the nuances of silent conversation and gesture, enacting an inner dialogue
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and joking out loud. He routinely put himself into a diminished position relative to his audience and built up a travelling show that he took, “to every school in the country.” Hoosen says by the time the Canada Council decided to provide grants for him to initiate therapeutic clowning in hospitals, he had, “had to make some hard decisions; to focus my career on children.” In ’76 he founded Cirque Alexandre, which operates as a non-profit society in Nova Scotia, B.C. and Ontario. “I worked with Child Life, who advocate for the psychological and social needs of kids in the facilities.” As if on cue, two other programs sprang up in other parts of the world. One of the women in his troupe in Paris similarly started a program in the United States, while in France, Le Rire Medicins, has been recognized for their therapeutic value, officially deemed a, “French National Cultural Treasure.” Hoosen is free to walk into any department in a hospital, “short of surgery.” This freedom has given him the chance to go into hospitals and finesse the
therapy into the form that it is today. For the first 20 years, for instance, Hoosen’s character never spoke a word, now his approach has shifted into a speaking character. In this way, Hoosen is a controversial figure in the world of clowning. “I don’t believe in staying in character,” he says. He has learned that in working with teens, for instance, he can build a relationship by dropping character, “pulling aside the curtain,” and using social or sport references used by teens. “I’ll show them how to do my magic trick, or I’ll ask them to teach me one of their own. We create a dialogue we can build on.” He says some professionals frown upon this technique, of a clown stepping out of character or giving away a magic trick. As one of the world’s first professional therapeutic clowns with an established protocol, he says, “no one can tell me I’m not doing it right. I’ve been doing this for 45 years.” By softening the character, “it encourages the kids to share.”
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farewell old friend Oh Mystery for Piers Hayes oh mystery you are alive in the chain of love that binds us each to other we remember your laughter splitting the grey air where grief holds its wet breath and you leave behind so much that can’t be counted or even seen with your sailor’s blue eyes. we will always gaze upon your kindness you will always hold our hands to show the way in the iridescent morning you will set your ship to sail in the hours we can’t find you in the days we’ve captured your reflection in the empty windowpane we will always gaze upon your kindness you will always hold our hands to show the way, set your ship to sail With friends and loved ones in the hours we can’t find you in the days we’ve captured your reflection in the empty window pane we will marvel at your twinkle of intention salty sea dog who named his chorus Blu Judith Neale
ALISON NIXON OFFERING A FREE OPPORTUNITY TO TRY OUT THE BOWEN MAKES MUSIC CHILDREN’S CHOIRS.
Dear Bowen Islanders with children who love to sing,
Last year I started the Bowen Makes Music children’s choir, The children have been doing wonderfully, and are an absolute delight to teach, but the group is small, and I would love to have more kids in the choirs. I am proposing to anyone interested that your child can attend three choir practices for free, no strings attached, and then if you want to stay, you would start paying the monthly fee of $45 after that. Let me tell you a bit about the choir practices. We start off with the kids doing some music theory. Running backwards and forwards between their seats and Nicole, ( our wonderful accompanist ), as she , or I, mark their workbooks. Some of the theory involves learning to read solfege – singing using doh, re me,.. etc, and it is amazing to see these little ones writing in the solfege names under the notes, and then singing it to us using hand signals as well.
After about ten minutes of theory, we do a little sight – reading, again using solfege. The older choir are developing the ability to read music without any accompaniment, using solfege.
After about 5 minutes of sight – reading, we move into vocal warm- ups. Developing singing technique, and general facility with the voice. Then we move into singing repertoire. The younger choir – the piccolos, usually sing in unison, and have now reached the stage where everyone can match pitch beautifully, so real music – making happens at every rehearsal . The children learn repertoire fast, and in no time at all have memorized words and music. They quickly call out, asking to sing their favourite songs. The Flutes, - the older girls choir , have recently requested “ Glorious”, so we have been learning it in three parts . It’s wonderful to see a girl who a few months ago, might not have felt confident singing in front of others, now holding a part on her own, and singing in a trio – each girl to their own part. The children are truly inspiring !! I would love to see about 20 young people in each choir. This would enable the children to sing in parts more quickly, and to learn to work within a more stable “choral sound”. The Three free weeks will start immediately after spring break . If you are interested, please get in touch with me soon so that I can arrange with you to hear your son or daughter sometime at your convenience during spring break. So , here are the details :
Piccolos choir – • Boys and girls. • Rehearses Wednesdays from 5:15 – 6:15 at the Little red Church. • Age 8-10 • The child must be able to match pitch accurately, and read well enough to follow the words on the music.
Flutes Choir – • Girls only • Rehearses Mondays from 6-7 pm at the Little Red Church. • Ages 11-14 • The child must be able to match pitch accurately, and read well enough to follow the words on the music.
If you are interested in participating, please get in touch with me: alisonnixon@hotmail.com
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PIERS HAYES F R O M H I S FA M I LY J O U R N E Y T O C A N A D A : PA RT 2
Last year June thru August we tracked down the Windward chain of Islands finally holing up in Trinidad thru to December where we managed to get some temporary work in a magic show, of all things. And then, just before Christmas, we headed off for one of the atolls, Isla De Aves, lying about 120 miles off the western coast of Venezuela to meet our good friends the Prices. They’d been up in the States for three months. These atolls are uninhabited, about eight miles in diameter, with half a dozen or so islands and odd spits of land covered with mangroves and/or bush. The water within the atoll is calm clear and on average eight to 10 feet deep. Fish are plentiful, and surroundings are a paradise. We located one small island a couple hundred yards across, which took about a quarter-hour to walk around. It boasted one, not two, coconut trees. A veritable cartoon island, which the children took to naming “Discovery Island” (These small islands within the atolls are not named, so we feel this is our contribution to the world of Discovery and Navigation.) It was on this Island, after repeated requests from William to be baptized, that we baptized him in the sea, a ceremony attended and witnessed to by only the two families, but it remains in my memory, as a very significant part of our trip; simple, but profound. We spent Christmas and eight days on this island, swimming, snorkeling, fishing, and braying under the cloudless Caribbean sun, but finally the time drew near for us to part; the Prices heading west to the Pacific, while we would head north to the States. The last night we ate and drank late into the night, with a large fire burning and clouds of sparks spiraling up into the moonlit sky, only too painfully aware that the morrow would end the companionship and fellowship we had enjoyed face to face, for so many years. The next morning we quietly said our goodbyes, hauled sails and anchors, and sailed off in our respective directions. The last we’ve seen of the Prices was their mainsail, as it dwindled smaller and smaller into the overhead sun. After this, we beat back against the Trade winds to Puerto La Cruz, with a mind to head back up the Windwards, The Virgins, Bahamas and the States, but after beating for four days against the Trades to gain some 300 miles to windward, we thought discretion, being the better part of valour, it would be better to follow the current, and round up to the States via the West coast of Cuba. So, back along the route we’d so torturously come, we simply flew down to The Netherland Antilles, or, as they’re sometimes called the ABC Islands, Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao. The inlet is set in a shore line of almost solid rock anything from 10 to 20 feet high, that falls away abruptly into deep water, with a four-knot current that runs parallel to the shore. Extreme caution has to be exercised when coming into the inlet, particularly when coming from the direction of the prevailing current, which happens to be the same direction of the Trades. In the Southern Caribbean, this can be a brisk but constant 25 to 28 knots. How the larger ships manage is quite a wonder; in fact, it’s rumoured that in the days of merchant sail, captains who missed
At left: Today, the archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, Brazil, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The number of visitors is restricted due to the delicate ecosystem. At right: Willemstad, the capital of Curacao, reminds me of what a little Holland would have looked like at about the turn of the century. file photos the entrance had to sail around the Caribbean again for another shot; probably by that time in the hands of another skipper! In any event, there is a large hotel built right on the edge of the rocks of the one corner, which reputedly is the only hotel in the world to carry a marine collision policy. We met some Rotarians in Willemstad that kindly allowed us the use of their jetty to moor up on, so for a month we felt very posh indeed to have such a convenience. A month later, and we’ve set sail for Jamaica, and we’re about two days off Port Antonio on a typically blue cloudless Caribbean afternoon. For the last hour, we have been observing a large but immaculately painted BP tanker, about half a mile to our starboard performing the most unusual antics. He has sounded his horn a series of times, blown black smoke from his stack, and done a complete 360 degree circle. Shortly after this, I’m called by a very cultured English accent on the radio (this in itself is totally out of character in the middle of the Caribbean.) “Aphesis, Aphesis, you may have noticed a BP Tanker to your starboard,” – Noticed it! It had been dominating our horizon and our attention for the last hour or so. Anyway this was the skipper calling us to tell us he had just completed a procedure peculiar to entering Jamaica; what on earth for, I have no idea, for there was certainly no one out there to witness it. 17th May With the “iron horse” thumping away below, we’re ponderously crawling our way up to Cabo San Antonio, the South Western Cape of Cuba. This is the longest we’ve had the motor on in one stretch; two days solid by 08.00hrs or 256 nautical miles. Once we’ve rounded the Cape, we head back North East for about 160 miles in search of the Gulf Stream, which is tricky, because there’s nothing to tell you you’ve found it apart from the log miss reading, – but if you find it, it gives you up to four knots boost in the tail. (Nearly 100 miles a day! Worth looking for!) We finally left Langebaan on April 4, 1993 and 19 days later arrived in Saint Helena, very overdue, and a bit short tempered from a few boat failures. However, this was quickly overshadowed by the excitement of the “first land-fall”,
On to Fernando De Noronha some 18 days later, a small group of islands about 450 miles off the fattest bulge of South America, belonging to Brazil. Again, no Rotary Club, but very expensive Coke, at $4 a glass, but the rum was on the house, as long as you bought one Coke. A very short haul of 80 miles from Fernando, we stopped for an afternoon at a very dangerous anchorage off a barely exposed coral reef right in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Its claim to fame is being the only coral atoll in the north and south Atlantic. The reef of about 150 yards, shaped like a banana, and barely exposed at high tide, was home to millions of crabs, a very tame colony of sea birds, and six Brazilian Scientists that are dropped there every two weeks to study something. We headed up past the Amazon mouth and some 200 miles off, the water turned very dark muddy brown, like the Vaal Dam, even that distance off shore. We sailed on to Devil’s Island some 11 days later. Devil’s Islands, or, as they’re also known, Isla D’Salute (Isles of Salvation,) is a bit of an oxymoron. Or so it seems, until one realizes they’re called this because there’s no mosquitoes out here, just nine miles off the mainland where the mossies have been known to carry off a small dog! Believe it or not, on the nearby mainland, in a small town called, of all things, “Karoo,” there is a Rotary Club. This is the place where the European Rotary Club Satellites are launched from. I was very kindly picked up by a Rotarian after waiting under the prescribed lamppost. He arrived just in time to spare me from being wrestled to the ground by a very large and fat mosquito. Excerpt from a note to friends which seems like it could be written for Bowen: “–I can tell you all one thing; one can live in a different country, different economy, different weather, and even in different, country-side, but when it comes down to the wire, it’s the people one misses, and you guys are very special to us, and it still causes us both to long back for you. It’s the tactile touch and warmth, and sense of humour of you guys we miss still, and would give our left arm to spend an evening with you all.”
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Like a magician, he can shift the focus in a room temporarily of fear and despair. “I spot the people who are marginalized, unnoticed otherwise, and lonely.” He reaches out and touches hearts. One particular example of results from his life-changing efforts has been portrayed in the media, with the story of Wilson Liu. Wilson suffered from Batten’s disease, a lifeshortening disorder. He began to go blind at five-years-old. Still, Wilson grew up to play the trombone and electric guitar in the youth orchestra at Camp Bowen. Under Hoosen’s tutelage, as a young man facing the end of his life, he kept up his spirits, in part, by becoming a trained clown. With Hoosen, he clowned at Bowfest and in the parade. “He was a First Response Clown, cooling the audience with a spray gun. I would squeeze his elbow to signal him when to spray, and no one knew he was blind.” Together, they were just two clowns and an audience having fun. “As a clown, you can do amazing things by drawing out what’s inside.” The young clown died at 22, but not before being honoured by the Vancouver Fire Department with the Youth Community Hero Award. “He was so inspiring.” Hoosen says that, “when you work in hospitals you focus on life, not the pain and disease.” He explains that his clown character, “Dr. Albert Einstein, the Turd, twice removed,” is childlike, but not childish. “There is always a logic. You are playing with status and hierarchy. It’s about success through failure. The patients grow in status as you diminish.” He explains clowning like a scientific equation where connection is the final objective. Find an emotion, take away a
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SANDY LOGAN Registered Physiotherapist
DID YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN TALK TO A NURSE ANY TIME OF DAY OR NIGHT IN B.C.? Just Call 811
for non-emergency advice and help.