Art Crawl 2017 starts this Friday, Oct. 20 at Coopers Green Park and continues all weekend 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Come visit with our talented local artists.
Poppa Greg and the Chillin’ Dylans will be playing Saturday Oct. 21 in the Coopers Green Hall for the Boogie, Brats and Beer event. Tickets are at Welcome Woods Market and Halfmoon Bay Store.
Sunday Oct. 22 in the Park will be the Apple Festival beginning at 11 a.m. with the traditional opening piping and drumming around the copper cauldron. Vendors will offer candy apples, pies, apple crisp, soups and sweets, apple crafts, local produce, preserves, Halfmoon Bay apple butter, heritage apple sales and much more.
There will be lots of fun activities for kids, pony rides, music and crafts. And join in the down-home, circle-up kitchen jam sessions and sing-alongs.
Pickleball happens at Halfmoon Bay Elementary School every Wednesday at 7 p.m. All levels of play welcome. All equipment is supplied. Cost is $3. First-time players are free.
Russell deCarle, best known as bassist and vocalist for the iconic Canadian band Prairie Oyster, is coming to Halfmoon Bay to perform on Oct. 27. Local musicians Joe Stanton and Simon Paradis open for him. Tickets for the concert are $25 at Halfmoon Bay General Store and Strait Music (Welcome Woods Market is sold out).
Don Cunliffe, chair of the fundraising committee for Halfmoon Bay Community Association, has this update on Coopers Green Hall replacement: “We are progressing on our fundraising goal of $300,000 by 2018. Contributions large and small are helping make the goal a reality. To date, over $200,000 has been raised, including several generous donations from residents of Halfmoon Bay.”
In June a task force made up of residents of Halfmoon Bay and the shíshálh Nation was appointed and the firm of Principle Architecture was hired by the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) to prepare a design for the new hall. Four members of the task force, of eight, are members of the Halfmoon Bay Community Association (HBCA). The task force will use community input on the hall design priorities gathered from recent open houses and surveys. In addition to the hall design, archaeological and geotechnical reviews are underway.
All contributions are welcome. Donations over $100 will receive a tax receipt on cheques made out to the SCRD. If you have questions or to donate, contact Cunliffe at [email protected]
To have your say at the Bay, contact me before 5 p.m. Monday at [email protected] or 604-885-5034.
