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Lake Days begins this week
Strawberry Tea to be held at Seniors’ Centre Ross Armour
Lake CowiChan Gazette
One of the earliest proceedings in this year’s Lake Days will be the traditional strawberry tea which this time around has a new venue. The tea will be held on Monday June 2 at 7 p.m. at the Seniors’ Centre in Lake Cowichan. Tickets are $2 at the door and the evening will be hosted by the Lady of the Lake Society alongside the seniors, with this years Lady of the Lake candidates set to deliver their sponsor speeches. “The Lady of the Lake girls will be there and the seniors will put on some kind of entertainment as well,” said Denise Allan, chair of the Lady of the Lake Society. “For years, the strawberry
tea was held at Lower Hall but it’s been moved this year to the Seniors’ Centre. So it’s the same traditional strawberry tea just moved to a new venue.” Allan and everyone involved is hoping for a large turnout of people, with all nine of this year’s Lady of the Lake candidates present on the night. “Anyone can go. There’s a good amount of seats in there so we’re hoping for a full house. Family, friends, seniors, everyone is welcome. It will be about an hour and a half long and there will be strawberry shortcake, tea and coffee, all served by the seniors.” The Lady of the Lake candidates will speak about their individual sponsors, each illustrating a brief history of that sponsor. “Each girl will do a one minute speech partly on their sponsor and partly on themselves,” said Allan.”
Six Lake Days performers Wine & Cheese chosen at talent show
Tasting June 3, 7 p.m. at the Seniors’ Centre. Tickets $20, available at the Kaatza Museum or the
Visitor Centre.
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Cierra Miller performs on the stage at the Seniors’ Centre Saturday night and was one of six performers chosen by judges Mariam Coughlan, Mike Bishop and Jackie Jack for the Lake Days stage. Miller was selected alongside fellow singers Amanda Nixon, Julie Black, Alyssa Waser as well as singer and guitarist Mary McGill and pianist Chad Best. Lake Days entertainment maestro and emcee for the night Elvin Heddin confirmed the lucky six will also perform with country and western singer Terry Brennan on Friday June 6 at Lake Days. Heddin also said all of the performers can be “very proud of themselves and practice will make them all better.” Bishop concluded by saying he had “a lot of fun judging and it was an honour to choose the performers going forward to Lake Days.”
Soap Box race all set to go for another year September 9 - 13
Over 3500 BC 55+ Seniors expected to attend.
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Registration forms available online at Lake Days website for trademark event
$20 if you already have a soap box, and they build the cardboard face and body onto wheels. Each racer with their soap box is then Lake CowiChan Gazette placed on a ramp and is released from the ramp down the hill to the finish line.” The now trademark soap box derby is back at Lake Days in Racers must go online to register at the Lake Days website at 2014 for the race’s fifth appearance at the event in a row. cowichanlakedays.com and then print off the respective forms to Sunday June 1 is the date for the derby which will kick off the be filled out and brought on the day of the time trials this Sunday. Lake Days celebrations for yet another “There is a soap box icon on the Lake Days website and year, but that’s only the first part. that will lead you to the Adobe pages,” said Hale. “Then Event coordinator Terry Hale people can fill them out and bring to us.” confirmed that once again, the Sunday Each race will take place along Stone Avenue in Lake will see soap box time trials take place Cowichan, close to King George. and then the lucky qualfiers will battle “There are three categories of age for the soap box derby for the big trophies come Thursday June and anyone can enter, even if there age is six or 99.” 5. Hale says his favourite part of the event and Lake Days “We will have our time trials on in general is seeing the whole community come together as the Sunday and then we have another one. race, our race for the trophies, on the Thursday,” said Hale, who is very much Terry Hale “One of the best parts about the soap box is it gives people the opportunity to come together and cheer on the looking forward to another year of soap participants as they race down the hill. “It’s a great familybox action. fun event.” “A soap box is a non-powered vehicle made out of plywood,” said Hale. “Each competitor gets a soap box kit which is $75, or Ross Armour
One of the best parts is it gives people the opportunity to come together.
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