Drive from Surrey BC to Squamish BC
Images from Highway 99
Arrival in Squamish BC
Setting up the tents
Joanna Schwarz
President,
Howe Sound Performing Arts Association - HSPAA
Organizer of todays performance at the Adventure Centre
Squamish BC
Start of the official ceremonies
Royal Legion Color Parade
Ceremonies
Singing the National Anthem
His Worship Mr. Ian Sutherland
Mayor of Squamish,
receiving the Tulip Friendship Garden
Mr. Doug Fenton (83)
WWII Veteran
private with the Canadian Scottish Regiment
Victoria, BC and Jazz lover
Liberator of the Netherlands
Private Ditrich Reimer
WWII Veteran
Head Gunner with the Westminster Regiment.
Always in the fighting patrol
He took many prisoners of war together with:
Sergeant Kostowitz and Sergeant Beckerton
A VI Bom flew over Groningen and caused
a severe concusion leaving Ditrich "Shell Shocked".
Liberator of the Netherlands
Allen and Yvonne Ramage
Executives with the Royal Canadian Legion
Branch 277
Private Vincent Diotte - B54637
4th Division - Algonquin regiment
RCI - Royal Canadian Infantry
Liberator of the Netherlands
Driving from Squamish BC to Gibsons BC
Sunshine Coast
Removing the Gate
Dougal Park, Gibsons Landing
Linda Williams
Sunshine Coast Jazz and Entertainment Society
Organizer of the Gibsons Landing Jazz Festival
Linda and Quinten
performing a rain dance
Jazz Festival Location
Performance of the 69 ners
Conducted by Pianist Berni Gi
top left: Mr. Romeo Maisoneuve
top middle: Mr. Bob Grimsdick
top right: Mr. Bob Hudson
middle left: Mr. Doug Roy
middle right: Mr. John Bottomley
bottom left: Mr. Dick Ansell
bottom middle: Mr. George Derby
WWII Veterans
Liberators of the Netherlands
bottom right: Mrs Berni Gi (conductor-pianist)
left: Angela Letman
City Councillor of the City of Gibsons
middle: Mrs. Andrea Goldsmith
Councillor and Acting Mayor, city of Gibsons
Receiving a Tulip Friendship Garden
in honor of the WWII Veterans
Henk's new friend
Wonderful Audience
at the Gibsons Landing Jazz Festival
Discussion with Mr. Don Chapman
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enjoying the Music
Departure for Canmore directly after the Performance.
Catching the Ferry to Horseshoe Bay.
Driving from Gibsons BC to Canmore AB
Buying fruits at a local farm
3 hrs sleep
Early in the Morning
Mountain Goat and an Elk
Arrival at the Location
The Canmore ArtSpeak Arts Festival
MC: Rob Alexander
Reporter for the Rocky Mountain Outlook
The Audience, the Veterans, the Children
Bottom right: Mrs Keltie Manolakas
Communications coordinator
ArtSpeak Arts Festival
His Worship Mr. Ron Casey
Mayor of Canmore, Alberta,
receiving a Friendship Tulip Garden
Mr. Bob Felstead
Member of the executive
Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 3
Handing out a legion Pin
Ben Miles
Event coordinator for the ArtSpeak Arts FEstival
Mr. Ace Southwood
WWII Veteran
Liberator of the Netherlands
Mrs Doris Lyster
(Student Nurse during the second world war)
She would like to pay tribute to het Husband:
Kenneth Lyster - Born in Sterome Alberta
Calgary Highlanders / Convoy of the Coast of North Africa)
And to her brother: Mr. Forrest Smith from Joffre
AB
Liberator of the Netherlands
Mr. Charles E. Milet de St. Aubin
Would like to pay tribute to his father:
Private Milet de St. Aubin.
Dispatch rider with the Royal Canadian Artillery
and prisoner of war in Berlin.
He went on foot from Berlin to Utrecht Holland to
reunite with his family after 3 years.
Liberator of the Netherlands