This is a sampling of our 2009 calendar of events, hope to see you again in 2010!
Movies Under the Stars
****PLEASE NOTE MOVIE CHOICE CHANGES ****
Heritage Park Museum apologies for any inconvenience, movie choices have been changed due to licensing issues.
Date: August 14 and August 28, 2009
Time: 8:00 pm
Location: Heritage Park Museum grounds
Cost: $3.00
Come out and watch your old favorites like you’ve never seen them before. Join us for Fantasia (1940) on August 14 and for Phantom of the Opera ( 1943) on August 28. Bring lawn chairs or a blanket and make yourself comfortable. Snacks will be available to purchase.
Weather permitting
Riverboat Days Arts & Crafts
Date: August 4 to 7, 2009
Time: 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Location: Dix’s Dance Hall
Cost: $4.00 per child
Check back soon for information on Arts & Crafts we are going to create this year!
This program is generously funded by the Terrace & District Arts Council.
John Spearn’s “Songs for Canada” Tour
Date: August 4, 2009
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: Heritage Park Museum grounds
Cost: Admission by Donation
Heritage Park Welcomes Songs for Canada Performance
On Tuesday, August 4th Heritage Park will host a very special “Canadian” music event. Bring a lawn chair or blanket and join us for a B-B-Que and evening of great entertainment in the Park! Doors open at 6:00, and the show starts at 7:00 pm. The evening’s performer will be John Spearn, whose 2009 Songs for Canada Tour will be taking him throughout British Columbia for numerous performances this summer. John has toured extensively across Canada, paying tribute to Canadians wherever he goes with his original, nationally acclaimed, and multiple-award nominated ballads and stories.
As one of Canada’s most “asked-to-come-back” talents John Spearn offers a feast of timeless, telling tribute and profound lyric…from one songwriter and multiple award nominee who has performed at festivals on all three shores of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic Oceans, and countless places in between.
John Spearn is Canadianafolkrootsceltic.Capture all these influences as you thread through his rich vocals, scintillating guitar mastery, and on-stage moxie. This is pure unplugged art…there’s no paint-by-number here. Three nationally-acclaimed, grant-supported CD’s Northern Sightlines (1999), Canada Songs (2002), and the new off-the-floor Lonely Heroes (2009) transcend him as a must-see festival performer and workshop host.
Here we have it…a true foot-stompin’, heart-grabbin’ troubadour: forgotten but deserving heroes, the humility and humour in our international image, and stories that need to be told. To check out some of John’s music go to: www.myspace.com/johnspearn
Canada Day Celebrations
Date: July 1, 2009
Time: 11:00 am to 3:00 pm
Location: Heritage Park Museum grounds
Cost: Admission by donation
Heritage Park Museum invites you to celebrate Canada’s 142nd birthday with us! Come join us as we celebrate with a fun filled day of non-stop excitement. Highlights include: live entertainment, BBQ, silent auction, scavenger hunt, royalty look-alike contest (chance to be in the parade), carnival games and kids races, Canada Day Cake generously donated by the Cookie Jar Bakery, face painting, and much much more! Join us for this festive community celebration! Admission is by donation. We are also looking for volunteers to help us with this event. Contact the museum at 635-4546 for more information.
Music & Entertainment Line-up:
11:00 am – Dr. Fishy
11:45 am – Xbishuundt’s Dance Group
12:15 pm – The Rene’s
1:00 pm – Maggy Ottenbreit – Winner of Terrace is Hockeyville Anthem contest (O’Canada & cutting of the cake)
1:15 pm – Catharina DeBeers
1:45 pm – Bonnie Juniper
2:30 pm – Terrace Pipes & Drums
International Museum Day
Date: May 18, 2009
Time: 11:30 am to 3:00 pm
Location: Heritage Park Museum
Cost: FREE!
EMBRACE YOUR LOCAL HISTORY
Heritage Park Museum will be hosting an Open House to celebrate International Museum Day and kick off the new tourist season on May 18th. Join us for an afternoon of family fun from 11:30 am to 3:00 pm. Admission to the Park is Free! Bring your picnic blanket and basket to enjoy the grounds or purchase a tasty lunch from our Bar-B-Que! Visitors will be able to take a guided tour of the historic buildings or grab a scavenger hunt sheet and search for clues on their own.
International Museum Day has been celebrated all over the world since 1977. Each year, a theme is decided on by the Advisory Committee. The theme for 2009 is Museums and Tourism. The event provides the opportunity for museum professionals to meet the public and alert them to the challenges that museums face if they are to be – as in the ICOM definition of museums – “an institution in the service of society and of its development”.
Mother’s Day Strawberry Tea
Date: May 10, 2009
Time: 2:00 – 4:00 pm
Location: Dix’s Dance Hall – Heritage Park Museum
Cost: $5.00 / person
Heritage Park Museum will be celebrating Mother’s Day by hosting a Strawberry tea. Join us for good conversation, strawberry shortcake and music.
Please RSVP to curator@heritageparkmuseum.comor call 250.635.4546 to book your spot by May 8th!
Strategic Planning – Open House Community Meeting
Date: April 6, 2009
Time: 7:00 – 8:30 pm
Location: Terrace Sportsplex – Multipurpose Room 3 (across from Rich McDaniel Room)
The Terrace & District Museum Society operating as Heritage Park Museum is in the midst of Strategic Planning and developing a vision for the next five, ten and fifteen years. Lead by Donald Luxton & Associates main discussions revolve around the need for a new proper Museum and Archives building, artifact storage, increasing visitor and membership numbers.
On April 6th, 2009 from 7:00 to 8:30 pm we will be hosting an open meeting for the community to come and express their vision and hopes for Heritage Park Museum’s future. The meeting will be held at the Terrace Sportsplex, Room 3 – multi-purpose room, across from the Rich McDaniel Room. All individuals with an interest or passion for local history are encouraged to attend.
Barkerville or Bust!
Date: April 1, 2009
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: REM Lee Theatre
Cost:$15.00 (Adults) $10.00 (Students & Seniors) Free (Childern under 10)
For the second year in a row Heritage Park Museum brings Barkerville’s Theatre Royal to town for a night of old-fashion family entertainment. On April 1, 2009 Barkerville’s Historic Town’s popular Theatre Royal cast will perform on the REM Lee stage in Terrace. Doors open at 7:00pm and the show starts at 7:30pm. Tickets can be purchased from the George Little House, Don Diego’s and at the door. The cost is $15.00 for an adult and $10.00 for seniors and students.
‘The Legacy Tour Barkerville or Bust’ includes story, song and humour. The show focuses on material actually sung on the stage of the Theatre Royal, Barkerville. The Theatre was built in 1869, right after the Great Fire of 1868, but before that time performances were held in the Parlour Saloon. The music includes tunes that were popular as BC was entering Confederation, stories that tell the story of Barkerville.
It also moves into the later years of the Theatre with rollicking songs and humour associated with the great British Music Hall era.
At the performance the Barkerville group will have a computer database and complete record of early mining licences where theatre goers will be able to search out whether their ancestors or grandparent’s were in the Barkerville / Williams Creek area during the 1860’s gold rush.
Visitors will also be able to sign up for Heritage Park Museum Memberships, and receive Museletter the Park’s quarterly newsletter. Lucky theatre goers will win a year membership, as well as door prizes during the intermissions.
AGM
Date: March 26, 2009
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Dix’s Dance Hall at Heritage Park
We are kicking 2009 off with our Annual General Meeting. At the meeting there will be a recap of 2008, the elections for the Board of Directors and discussion of our plans for 2009!
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