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A Hornby Festival Fundraiser!
This event will take place on July 5, 2008 and will feature unique and stunning homes, lush gardens and an example of green innovation. You will have the rare chance to visit -- a home designed as a spiral nestled in the trees on the upper bench complete with breathtaking views; the Nautilus Garden which flows in a circular route through a 2 acre property which contains many rare and unusual specimens; and a spectacular garden that includes 120 tonnes of granite, 50 koi and countless goldfish. There will be 10 stops on this tour, not a single one to be missed!
Tickets are $15 and are now available here
and at the Hornby Festival box office starting June 16th.
Don't miss this wonderful opportunity to see these fantastic
examples of west coast living!
Robin Nolan
Hornby Island Community Hall
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Presented by the Hornby Island Festival Society
Robin Nolan is considered one of the world's leading Gypsy jazz guitarists in the tradition of Django Reinhardt. From his base in Amsterdam, he has circled the globe with performances at the Lincoln Centre, the Montreal Jazz Festival, Djangofest and numerous others. As a friend of George Harrison's he has played at Friar Park many times. For his Hornby performance Robin will be joined by Chris Sartisohn on rhythm guitar and our festival favourite, Scott White, on bass.
The Hornby Festival Society is very excited to bring the Robin Nolan to our stage. For ticket information please contact as at hornbyfestival@uniserve.com or visit www.hornbyfestival.bc.ca.
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Deirdre Baker Reads From
Becca at Sea
May 24 at 3pm
Jan's Café in the Ringside Market
32 Books co. is pleased to announce that Deirdre Baker will be reading from her novel, Becca at Sea at the Ringside Market. Questions and discussion will follow this event for story-lovers age 9 and up.
"To call Becca at Sea a rite-of-passage novel is to diminish its subtlety... a beautifully paced,
perfectly pitched narrative in the voice of a girl caught in the eddy between babyhood and teenage-hood...
delineates the subtle ripening of self in the midst of fully fleshed family members and friends."
- Globe and Mail
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Heron Rocks Plant Sale and Berry Tea
Sunday May 18, 2008
It is spring and that means Heron Rocks Friendship Centre is preparing to host this annual event down at Heron Rocks. The Friendship Centre team is collecting plants and wonders if you have too many of one kind in your garden that you would like to share? They are happy to send in a digging team and will replace any soil that is removed with the plants or will pick up plants already in pots. For information to arrange a donation please call 335-0993 or 335-1131.
On May 18 all will be invited to come on down for music, laughter, a berry, scone and cream tea, and of course wonderful plants for sale. This is great opportunity to add something special to your garden, support a very worthy organization, have a tasty nibble and wander one of the most beautiful spots on earth!
For more information or to donate plants call 335-0993 or 335-1131.
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Farmers Market
New Location Grand Opening
Saturday, May 17th
11am to 2pm
The Hornby Famers Market is celebrating their new location with a Grand Opening -inviting all to come on down and check it out! Located between the RCMP detachment and Health Care building the new location is set in a lovely grove of trees which has been groomed to be the perfect place to wander, shop and taste. Expect the same Hornby farmers, artisans and foodies to be offering up a cornucopia of treats for your pleasure.
As always, the motto of the Farmers Market is "Make it, bake it, grow it on Hornby!"
The Farmers Market will continue throughout the summer
with the following schedule:
June :: Saturdays 11 to 2
July & August :: Wednesday & Saturdays 11 to 2
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A 2008 Blues Odyssey
Hornby Island Blues Workshop
One of Canada's premier Blues instructional camps brings some of the finest roots and blues musicians around to share their knowledge and inspiration with around 70 students. The blues week workshops cover a wide variety of instruments and blues playing styles for students of all levels. This is most certainly not your ordinary blues workshop.
Various Venues
May 5th to 9th, 2008
www.hornby-blues.bc.ca
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~ Opening Into Spring ~
the 2nd annual Hornby Island Yoga Retreat
with nancy frohlick & jennifer Armstrong
Celebrate spring during this dynamic, restorative, inspiring retreat. Come release, relax & rejuvenate in the hands of 2 experienced teachers, beachside on Hornby Island. Stay in large, shared rooms in the spacious Beulah Brook Beach House, overlooking the stunning & ever-changing views of Little Tribune Bay. All delicious vegetarian meals provided. Plenty of time for yoga & pranayama, private meditation & downtime for wandering & discovering Hornby Island.
Nancy & jennifer have both been practicing yoga for over 15 years - Iyengar, Ashtanga, Hatha, Yin, & Yoga Therapy. Their teaching style combines knowledge of precise alignment with their natural enthusiasm, creating a way to safely discover joy & ease in the practice.
Friday May 2 - Sunday May 4 $325/person
Retreat size limited so please register early!
Locals, please contact jennifer for space availability & pricing.
For information to register, please contact:
jennifer - 250-335-1915 jbarmstrong@uniserve.com
nancy - 604-734-4578 nancyoga@telus.net
See jennifer armstrong's healing arts listing.
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CD Release Concert
"The Marc Atkinson Trio IV"
Hornby Island Community Hall
Thursday April 17
This new CD sports compositions that are punchy, driving and rhythmically inventive. Marc will be joined on stage by long-time Trio member, bassist Joey Smith (formerly with the Glen Miller Orchestra), and on rhythm guitar by Hornby's own talented Reuben Wier. Embracing a lifetime of musical influences, new fatherhood and island living, Marc composed the Trio's fourth CD at his Sandpiper home. The Trio, formed in 2000, has toured North America, England and Europe and has received standing ovations everywhere from the Montreal Jazz Festival to the Vancouver International Folk Festival to DjangoFest Northwest. The Trio will also be playing at the Denman Community Hall, April 11th.
The performance will begin at 8 pm and the doors will open at 7:30 pm. Tickets will be on sale at the door for $15.
For information, email dierdre@marcatkinson.com
or see www.marcatkinson.com.
See Marc's music listing on Real Hornby.
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The Lasqueti Circus is Coming!
This spring an eclectic assortment of Lasquetians are coming to the Hornby Community Hall to present "Lasquirkus - The Lasqueti Circus", all all-ages event and the wackiest variety show this s ide of the Georgia Straight!
From riding unicycles, to experimental jazz, building mud houses, walking on stilts, making clothes and art, growing food, blowing in to big brass instruments and dancing just to keep warm, the locals of Lasqueti Island know how to keep themselves and others entertained.
SUNDAY APRIL 13 - HORNBY COMMUNITY HALL
4pm to late
download details of the full schedule
$15 or $30 FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY - no one turned away for lack of funds
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Carlos del Junco and His Band
Come and join us in an evening of harmonica virtuosity and down right boogie as the Carlos quartet kicks it up a notch in an informal concert / dance setting.
Joe King Park
Saturday April 5, 8:30PM
www.carlosdeljunco.com
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Spring Indoor
Farmers Market
Come out to the Hornby Hall to celebrate the coming of spring and see what local artists, farmers, and crafts people have to offer when spring is in the air.
A wide range of goods will be offered from hand-spun wool, to herbal remedies, painting, pottery and so much more! Great opportunity for unique, hand-crafted gifts.
Many artists featured on this site will be represented at the Hall.
Hornby Hall
March 22nd, 2008
11 am to 2 pm
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Steve Dawson Coming March 21
The Hornby Festival is proud to present Steve Dawson on March 21, 2008. Steve's unique production values, hypnotic finger style guitar and evocative lyrics paint unforgettable pictures. His many accolades include 4 Juno awards, bringing him to the forefront of his field.
Tickets $18 in advance at the gas bar and on the Co-op porch and $20 at the door. Tickets will be sold on the Co-op porch both Saturday March 8th and Saturday March 15th.
Click here to check out the festival website,
or phone 250.335.2734 for more information.
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Hornby Island Fire Academy
Second Annual Cadet Camp
This spring break join the Hornby Island Volunteer Fire Department Firefighters to learn leadership, firefighting, and first aid fundamentals while having more fun than you could have imagined possible!
On Thursday night be included in the Hornby Island Fire Department's regular evening practice from 7:30pm to 9:30pm.
Open to boys and girls ten (10) to twelve (12) years old.
Cadet applications available from the community school.
For more information call the Firehall at 335.2611 or
e-mail Peter at info@gutz.com
Download a poster.
SPRING BREAK
March 19th & 20th, 2008
10am to 3:30pm
Lunch is included.
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Dance Fridays!
Family Dance
Every Second Friday Starting Feb. 1
9 - Midnight, Stretch and warmup is at 8:30
Dance Friday is intended to be a new and regular community event, and will be held every two weeks at the Hall on Friday nights. They are family dances and kids are welcome. The emphasis in the music will be world beat, and these are not DJ/techno events, we will be playing songs.
This is a nonprofit event and your $5 door admission all gets turned back to the dances. If we at some point have more than we need for cleanup or refreshments kitties we will donate overage to the Radio Society.
We seek door and cleanup volunteers, and perhaps a person who is willing to come and entertain kids for awhile. Please call 5-1336 if you can help. See you on the dance floor! - PCP
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Literary Lunch
Come together to hear different people present on a wide variety of subjects. As an example of the type of information you may receive, Verna Ronningen will be talking about the kelp beds surrounding Hornby Island and their importance to the local ecosystem.
Thursdays at New Horizons
12 Noon
Bring 5$ for lunch
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Sweet Thursday - Everyone Welcome
For those that want a night out in the winter, and especially want someone else to do the cooking, Sweet Thursdays is for you. Starting at 5:00 p.m. Hornby Island Athletic Association (HIAA) hosts Sweet Thursday, an art show, live music event with a host bar, dinner, and dancing. Sweet Thursday is a HIAA fundraiser we do ever second week at our clubhouse in Joe King Park on Central Road to fund various social and sporting projects in our community. Come on out, meet new and old friends. You won't be disappointed.
Please check our website at joekingpark.org
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