Driving from Castlegar BC to Penticton BC
Green - Green - Green
overlooking Osoyoos, BC
Arrival in Penticton.
Due to heavy rain and very low temperatures
the concert was moved indoors
Mr. Gus Boersma
Acting Mayor and Councillor for the City
of Penticton.
Receiving a Friendship Tulip Garden
Todays performance is a special tribute
to:
Mr.Robert Fitzsimmons.
Member of the 7th Canadian Infantry and
part of the Royal Canadian Electrical and
Mechanical Engineers, as a "Craftsman".
Liberator of the Netherlands
Mr. Robert Horkoff
President of Army, Navy & Air Force Veterans
in Canada, Unit 97
(Anavets)
Sponsor of Tulips 2005
Indoor performance at the Anavets Bldg
Marcello and
Mr. Eric Wood
drummer with the Dave Brubeck Quartet (1958)
and Director of Music
Penticton Jazz Festival Society
left: Edith K. Van de Wetering
right: Anna McIvor
Members of the Dutch Society in Penticton.
Thank you for organising a great day in Penticiton BC
Dinner party at Blenheim Hill
(Penticton Wine producers)
Thanks Sharon and Bob Amos for feeding
the hungry musicians and for inviting us to your home.
View from the Waterfront Inn, Penticton BC
6 AM - Departure to Vancouver
Mr. Peter Diakonow
Owner of the Waterfront Inn, Penticton BC
in front of Skaha Lake
Thank you for sponsoring us.
Group photo - 6 AM
Driving from Penticton BC
to Vancouver BC
The first Snow Mountains
Rocky Mountains
Vancouver Art Gallery
George Street Plaza
Setting up the Bus
at George Street Plaza
Venue courtesy of the City of Vancouver Art Gallery
Bodie MacNeill
TD Trust Vancouver International Jazz Festival
Introduction speech by Robert Kerr
Executive Director
TD Canada Trust Vancouver International Jazz Festival
Coastal Jazz and Blues Society
Councillor Tim Lewis
receiving a Friendship Tulip Garden
for Mayor Larry W. Campbell, City of Vancouver
Lt-Col Archie Steacy
President of the BC Veterans Commemorative Association
Today's performance is a special tribute to:
Corporal McKay of
Vancouver, B.C
The 28th Canadian Armoured Regiment
(The British Columbia Regiment),
4th Canadian Armoured Brigade,
4th Canadian Armoured Division, 1st Canadian Army
Lieutenant R.H. (Rusty) Goepel, of Vancouver
28th Canadian Armoured
Regiment
(The British Columbia Regiment),
“C” Squadron and anti-tank gunners of the Lake Superior Regiment
Great Audience
Family visit
Len & Suzanne (Jet) Sigurdson.
Cousin of Rene and Luluk
The Stage Bus parked in front of
Drill Hall - Royal Canadian Legion
Chief Warrent Officer Mark Arden, CD
Regimental Sergeant Major
The British Columbia Regiment
(Duke of Connaughts Own)
left: Mr. Cam Cathcart,
Chairman of the remembrance day observance Committee
Middle: Mrs Steacy
(thank you for prepairing all the wonderful food)
Right: Mr. Archie Steacy
Ken Pickering
Artistic Director
Carl Chinn
Programming Coordinator
TD Canada Trust Vancouver International Jazz Festival
Arrival in Port Moody
City of the Arts
left: Helen Daniels
Executive director, Artsconnect
right: Elizabeth Keurvorst
Manager Cultural Services - City of Port Moody
Organisers of the Queens Street Plaza Concert
Andre Huala
Technical Support
Il Mercante - Artisian Market & Eatery
fixing the locks in the Stage Bus
Councillor and Acting Mayor - Bob Elliott
receiving a tulip friendship garden for
Mr. Joe Trasolini, Mayor of Port Moody
Bill Berrow
Reg #K-71694, Rank PTE Berrow W.L.
(or “Wild Bill”)
dispatch
rider
69th Canadian General Transport Company
Liberator of the Netherlands
WWII Veterans -
Mr. Orne Payne
Mr. McKeever
Bill Berrow
Jim Moreau -
President of the Royal Canadian Legion, Port Moody
Lots of Rain - all day, all night
Arrival at the ferry to Vancouver Island -
British Columbia Ferry Services
departure from Horseshoe Bay 10.30 AM
Arrival Nanaimo : 12.05 PM
On deck
Barbara Winter
Marketing and Events Manager
Downtown Nanaimo Partnership
Organiser of the performance
discussing how to get the bus down the ramp
it is very Steep.
We need to use a lot of wood
Kirk McClelland
from Landscaping service LTD
helping out. Lets cut a few 2x4's
No worries eh
The Stage Bus set up at Pioneer Waterfront Plaza
Nanaimo BC
Nanaimo BC - Vancouver Island
the Harbour City
View from Pioneer Waterfront Plaza
Mr. Gary Richard Korpan
Mayor of Nanaimo
receiving a Friendship Tulip Garden
Mayor Gary Richard Korpan receiving the book:
“When Canada Was Home
(The Story of Dutch Princess Margriet),”
written by Albert VanderMey, ISBN 1-895815-02-9
VANDERHEIDE PUBLISHING CO.LTD
Sergeant Jack Porter
South Alberta Regiment SAR
Liberator of the Netherlands
Audrey and Jack Porter and Friends
Introduction speech by:
Bill Robinson
The Neighbourhood heroes
The Heart of a community - Teachers for a nation
the Audience
Annie and Henk van der Laan.
The Trio after a long and rainy day in Nanaimo BC
Performance at Central City Plaza
Surrey, BC
Hosted by the City of Surrey.
Organized by Douglas A. Smith
Filming and special Events
Mrs Joan Holland
Command Executive officer,
Royal Canadian Legion, BC/ Yukon
Recognition of Canada's role in the liberation of
the Netherlands
St.Sgt Barry Hideman and Cst. Dennis Webber
in traditional Royal Canadian Mounted Police Uniforms
Sergeant Hideman - UN - Peace keeping baret
Central City Plaza
Councillor and acting Mayor Barbara Steele,
receiving a Tulips Friendship Garden
for Mayor Doug McCallum
in honor of the WWII Veterans
Official welcome speech
and appropriatness of event in the year of the Veteran
The Audience
Mr. Owen Croy
Manager Parks, City of Surrey
Official Thank you and Appropriatness of
Friendship Tulip Garden in Holland Park
Mr. Jim Holland
Veteran and former President,
Royal Canadian Legion
Branch 229
Yudi, Vivi and Philip
Thank you for the real delicious Yogya Gudeg
Bill Berrow
Reg #K-71694, Rank PTE Berrow W.L.
(or “Wild Bill”)
dispatch
rider
69th Canadian General Transport Company
Liberator of the Netherlands
Mr. Deryle Stewart
Would like to pay tribute to his father:
WWII Veteran - Gordon Alexander Stewart
Royal Canadian Artillery - Calgary Regiment
"Thank you for our liberation"
Mr. Rudy Lauterbach
Photographer
Asmara - International Photo Productions