PENINSULA NEWS REVIEW - Wednesday, July 17, 2013
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RCMP Musical Ride coming soon Thirty two horses and riders will perform at Saanich Fairgrounds next month DEVON MACKENzIE/NEWS STAFF reporter@peninsulanewsreview.com The RCMP’s famous Musical Ride is taking their tour across B.C. this summer and will be stopping in Central Saanich next month. The Ride, which travels to each province on a rotational basis every four years, will be hosted by the Sooke Lions Club and Sooke RCMP and held Saturday, Aug. 17 and Sunday, Aug. 18 at the Saanich Fairgrounds. The Musical Ride features a troop of 32 uniformed riders and their horses who perform intricate figures and cavalry drills choreographed to music. Local equestrian vaulters from Manestream Vaulters in Central Saanich will also be featured as the opening act for the Ride. “Throughout the tour the public is also invited to visit the stabled horses and speak with the police officers of the Musical Ride before and after performances,” said Inspector Barb Vincent, head of Crime Prevention Services for the RCMP in B.C. She added that the RCMP’s Musical Ride was last in B.C. during the 2010 Winter Olympics. “We’re delighted to have the Ride back here in B.C.,” she said. Throughout the tour, Crime Prevention Services will also be staffing a public information display, sharing information about
Mount up - The Musical Ride comes to Central Saanich
next month.
volunteer opportunities within the RCMP, as well as information about Aboriginal policing, recruiting, crime prevention and more. Tickets, $10 for adults and $2 for children, can be obtained at the Garry Oak Veterinary Hospital in Sidney (102-9837 7th St.) and at Greenhawk Harness and Equestrian Supplies in Brentwood Bay (7154 West Saanich Rd.). Proceeds will go to Vancouver Island children’s not-for-profits, including the Easter Seals Camp Shawnigan and Vancouver Island Riding for the Disabled. For more information on the Musical Ride, visit www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca.
— With files from the RCMP
Comic returns home for some laughs Angeles and New York, before moving to Toronto. “What’s different from those cities is I wouldn’t want to bike Kristeen von Hagen will add to ride there,” she says. “When I the awkwardness of attending come back to Victoria and visit her 20-year high school reunion my parents, I drive like a maniac by telling dirty jokes in front of and my mother is horrified. I tell her mom’s friends. The Saanich her that’s just how I drive now.” native now lives in Toronto, but Von Hagen was the winner of returns to the garden city to the 2012 best female comic in attend the Class of ‘93 Oak Bay Canada at the Canadian Comedy High school reunion. While in Kristeen von Hagen Awards. She has performed at town she decided to put on a Montreal’s Just for Laughs Festival and written comedy show at the Victoria Events Centre. for several television comedy specials. “I figured, that way I could justify taking a She says being a female comic can someweek off work. Shows in Victoria are more times help open doors and sometimes close frightening than usual. I know a lot of people them, but either way she loves what she does. here and my high school friends and my “I was headlining a show in Vancouver mom’s friends will be there. At Yuk Yuk’s in and the woman who owns the club literally Toronto, I won’t know anyone in the crowd.” thanked me for not sucking.” Her high school persona was “pretty quiet Her advice to new comics: “Don’t worry and a surly commenter,” von Hagen says. what anyone says – just go for it.” People who knew her well will know her Kristeen von Hagen - a night of stand up passion for comedy but others may be surcomedy is on July 18 at the Victoria Events prised to find out she’s funny. Centre, 1415 Broad St. Show starts at 8 p.m. “My advice to my high school self is to stop and doors open at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 eating while your metabolism is good,” she and are available at the door or at kristeenjokes. vonhagen.eventbrite.ca. Since leaving Victoria, she lived in Los
CHARLA HUBER/NEWS STAFF charla@goldstreamgazette.com
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Balmoral) presents Thursday night movies. This week’s offering is The Help. 7pm. By donation.
Fri. July 19 ocean Fox - Castlereigh Theatre is back in town with its acclaimed show about the life of a tropical diver. July 19-20 at the Belfry Studio (1291 Gladstone). 8pm both days, 4pm matinee Saturday. $20 at 250-385-6815 or belfry.bc.ca.
Victoria ShakeSpeare FeStiVal - The Victoria Shakespeare Society presents The Merry Wives of Windsor (Monday, Wednesday, Friday, directed by Kate Rubin) and Measure for Measure (on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, directed by Clayton Jevne) until Aug. 17 on the lawns at Camosun College (3100 Foul Bay). Tickets are $22.50/16/kids 12 and under free. Advance tickets are available until July 16 for only $10. A festival pass is $32/25, or only $20 in advance. Tickets are available at Shepherd Books, The Papery, at the door (cash only), or online at Ticketrocket.org. Scene and heard - The Island Playwrights present on-stage readings of excerpts from new works by three local writers, voiced by local actors. Discussion follows the presentation. 7pm at James Bay New Horizons (234 Menzies). By donation. islandplaywrights.weebly.com.
druMhand - Toronto-based world/jazz/roots collective with guests Victoria Percussion Orchestra and Masala. 7pm at Hermann’s Jazz Club (753 View). $10/12 at Ditch and Lyle’s Place. toM richardSon - Australian bluesman plays a free concert at Pioneer Park (W Saanich and Clarke). 6:30pm. Behind Sapphire - With Davenport and Royal Canadians. 10pm at Lucky Bar (517 Yates). $10.
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Fri. July 19 Michael Wood Band - Plays a free show at noon in Centennial Square.
gaLLERIES Thurs. July 18 croSSing channelS - The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria and Media Net co-curate a show inspired by the book Crossing Channels and the work of five BC media artists. Opens Thursday at 7:30pm with a talk by Kristina Campell and Grace Salez at AGGV Lab (1040 Moss). 250-384-4171. aVenue gallery - Explore the work of new artists Angie Rees, Godron Scott and Veronica Stewart at Avenue Gallery (2184 Oak Bay). 10am - 5:30pm. See photo of Gordon Scott’s work, Trinity (acrylic on glass, 24x42) on previous page. theavenuegallery. com. More at MondayMag.coM
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