Heritage Week off to a great start

Heritage Week got off to a terrific start this past weekend with a very large turnout for this year’s Timber Day event. Well over 300 people came to watch the logger sports events and enjoy the weather at Centennial Park. And there's more going on this week! The turnout at Timber Day was very gratifying for the Forest Works' Society, which organ ized it. “I think bringing back the pro show was a big advantage,” the Forest Workers’ Society’s Nadine Overwater told The Current. “The locals were excited to see the pro show. The weather actually worked out in our favor as well, I think it being so nice so early on in the season a lot of people had already gone out camping in the weeks before and so decided to stay home for the long weekend. It was supposed to rain, too, so a good weekend to stick around the locality and take in the events. We did a big media push this year and with the help of all the volunteers and local businesses really got the word out.” Click here to see a larger version of this image. (You can even try to count the people in the crowd!) David F. Rooney photo
Heritage Week got off to a terrific start this past weekend with a very large turnout for this year’s Timber Day event. Well over 300 people came to watch the logger sports events and enjoy the weather at Centennial Park. And there’s more going on this week! The turnout at Timber Day was very gratifying for the Forest Works’ Society, which organ ized it. “I think bringing back the pro show was a big advantage,” the Forest Workers’ Society’s Nadine Overwater told The Current. “The locals were excited to see the pro show. The weather actually worked out in our favor as well, I think it being so nice so early on in the season a lot of people had already gone out camping in the weeks before and so decided to stay home for the long weekend. It was supposed to rain, too, so a good weekend to stick around the locality and take in the events. We did a big media push this year and with the help of all the volunteers and local businesses really got the word out.” Click here to see a larger version of this image. (You can even try to count the people in the crowd! I did.) David F. Rooney photo

Heritage Week got off to a terrific start this past weekend with a very large turnout for this year’s Timber Day event. Well over 300 people came to watch the logger sports events and enjoy the weather at Centennial Park.

And Monday saw a presentation of the vintage 1937 film, Silent Barriera, at the Roxy. Click here to learn more at the Internet Movie Data Base (IMDB). You can also click here to watch an 8:41-minute clip of the film on YouTube.

And there’s more going on this week leading up to the BC Historical Federation Conference.

The Wardens bring the wilderness alive through their stories and songs, based on a decades of experience in Canada's Mountain Parks. Photo courtesy of The Wardens
The Wardens bring the wilderness alive through their stories and songs, based on a decades of experience in Canada’s Mountain Parks. Photo courtesy of The Wardens

On Wednesday, May 25, The Wardens — Scott Ward, Bradley Bischoff and Ray Schmidt, bring their special blend of music and storytelling to the Performing Arts Centre, starting at 7:30 pm. They use their superb musicianship, haunting harmonies and chilling tales to evoke the true wilderness of our Mountain National Parks. Tickets are $10 and you can click here to purchase them online.

The conference is a pretty big deal for Revelstoke as it brings together representatives from museums large and small from across the province. Here is the schedule for this major event:

REVELSTOKE REVISITED

BC Historical Federation Conference

May 26 – 28, 2016

Thursday — May 26

3:00 – 4:30 pm: ‘Getting Ready for the New BC Societies Act’

Presentation by Debbie Turner – Deputy Registrar, Registries and Online Services, Ministry of Technology, Innovation and Citizens’ Services and Jill Sinkwich – Director, Policy and Legislation Division, Ministry of Finance.

This free presentation will be of interest to anyone involved in a registered B.C. Society.

Revelstoke Senior Citizens Centre

12:00 pm to 4:30 pm: Book Fair & Early Registration                          at the Regent Hotel

7:00 to 9:00 pm – Welcome Reception at Revelstoke Museum & Archives; Entertainment provided by Jacolyn Daniluck, vocalist and Lida Carey, pianist.

 

Friday – May 27

All day: Book Fair at Regent Hotel

Morning Plenary sessions at Revelstoke Performing Arts Centre

8:00 am Registration continues

8:30 am Welcoming from the Sinixt Nation and Opening Remarks

9:00 am Keynote Address: “Land of Thundering Snow – Avalanche History & Research in Canada” – Dr. John Woods

10:30 am Coffee & Muffin break

11:00 am BCHF – Preview of the new website

11:20 am “The Romance of the Big Bend” presentation by Cathy English, Curator of Revelstoke Museum & Archives

12:30 Bag Lunches; Organizing Tour Groups

TOURS:

  1. A) Rogers Pass Tour — 1:00 – 6:00 pm. Bus leaves from the Performing Arts Centre.
  2. B) Arts & History Tour — 1:00 – 4:00 pm. Revelstoke Dam, BC Interior Forestry Museum & Revelstoke Visual Arts Centre. Bus leaves from the Performing Arts Centre
  3. C) Revelstoke River Trail Tour — 1:00 – 3:00 pm. Historical Panels and Natural Heritage Walking Tour.
  4. D) Downtown Heritage Walking Tour — 1:00 – 3:00 pm. Architecture & Local Lore.

Dinner on one’s own.

7:30 – 9:00 pm Reception at the Revelstoke Railway Museum: Unveiling Walter Moberly Monument followed by a “History of Revelstoke in Story and Song” presented by the Revelstoke Seniors’ Theatre Group.

 

Saturday: May 28

Morning Events – Regent Hotel

8:00 am – 1:30 pm                  Book Fair

8:00 am – 9:00 am          Continental Breakfast

9:00 am – 11:00 am          Annual General Meeting

11:00 am – 11:15 am          Coffee Break

11:15 am – 12:30 pm          Revelstoke’s Ski History

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm         Soup & Sandwich Lunch

1:30 pm          Buses leave for Mount Revelstoke
National Park

2:00 pm – 4:00 pm         Tour of Nels Nelsen Historic
Ski Area and “Nels Knickers”
exhibit on Mount Revelstoke National Park

Banquet & BC Book Awards Presentation

Location: Revelation Lodge, Revelstoke Mountain Resort

Bus leaves Regent Hotel to RMR         5:15 – 5:30 pm

Cocktail Hour                                     6:00 – 7:00 pm

Dinner                                             7:00 pm

Awards Ceremony                                    8:00 pm

Entertainment                                    Bob Rogers

 

 

 

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