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Pigeon Park Street Market by the DTES Street Market Society – Sun Dec 1, 2013
Roland Clarke, Coordinator says:
182 Sunday Markets at Pigeon Park!
Surprisingly sunny despite reports of rain! To me, anyway, this is clear proof that the gods of weather surely shine on our little market here in the DTES.I did a little calculation earlier today, and figured out that this market, on December 1, 2013 is actually the 182nd consecutive market held at Pigeon Park on Sunday for the past 3 and half years. 182 markets is nothing to sniff at. It takes a lot of hard work and dedication at the hands of the volunteers and the coordinators.
Here is how I did the calculation:
1) The first Sunday market at Pigeon Park was held on June 13, 2010
2) 29 market days were held in 2010, 52 in 2011, 53 in 2012
3) December 1 is the 48th market held on Sunday in 2013
This gives a total of 182 Sundays where there was a market held at Pigeon Park by the DNC or the DTES Street Market Society.Our 200th market day will take place on April 6th (close to my birthday), and I am proposing a large celebration for this event. We should invite the mayor, councilors and dignitaries from all over Vancouver. Lots of time to plan…
Loss of a Loved Volunteer – Steve Beharriel
On November 20th, 2013 we lost one of our volunteers at the Street Market. Steve Beharriel was an RPIC (Responsible Person In Charge), and our Sergeant-At-Arms for the board of our Society. He had never missed a meeting for as long as people could remember, until he missed the Saturday meeting after welfare day. Later, on Sunday, we found out that the coroner had been to his room the day after welfare and taken him away. I can say that he was always pleasant to work with, never caused trouble and really loved the market. We talked briefly a few times and he told me that his mother was a school teacher. Friends say that his family is from Ontario.
HXBIA and DTES Street Market test a power washer and leaf blower in Vancouver
Roland Clark, Jacek Lorek and Jezzën Haight-Mick Manton of DTES Street Market with Richard of AHA MEDIA test a new power washer and leaf blower in Vancouver. Wes Regan of HXBIA cleans up wet leaves on Hastings Street with the new leaf blower in Vancouver
Pigeon Park Street Market by the DTES Street Market Society in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES)
Mild Temperatures during Grey weekend drew happy bargain hunting crowds to the Pigeon Park Street Market by the DTES Street Market Society in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES)
A big thank you to Chef Alain Chow of Winner Winner Chicken Dinner for his very generous donation of Chinese Style Pizza Buns to help feed the Street Market’s hungry vendors and volunteers 🙂
Peter Thompson shows off his new found art bought at the Street Market!
It’s always a good time to come shopping at the Street Market!
Many thanks to Todd Harris of Sanitation for City of Vancouver for helping us keep the Street Market neat and tidy!
Remembrance Day 2013 at Victory Square, Vancouver
Victory Square Remembrance Day Ceremony and Parade
- When: Monday, Nov. 11, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. PT
- Where: Cenotaph at Victory Square on Hastings Street at Cambie Street in Vancouver
The event will open with a performance by the Vancouver Bach Youth Choir and Sarabande.
While the choir are performing, the all-Cadet Vancouver Flag Party will lead a parade of veterans, military marching units and bands to Victory Square, arriving before the ceremony begins at 10:30 a.m. PT.
The Last Post will be sounded at 11:00 a.m. PT, and there will be two minutes of silence, during which a 21-gun salute by the 15th Field Artillery Regiment will be heard from Portside Park. The playing of the Rouse and Lament will follow.
The Royal Canadian Air Force will conduct a flypast and In Flanders Fields will be sung by the choir, before wreaths are placed at the Cenotaph.
Strathcona Community Centre PUB NIGHT
Friday, November 8, 2013
FUN – FOOD – PRIZES – SILENT AUCTION
6 – 10pm
Live Music featuring Mark Wardrop and the Hullabelugas
Tickets $25 or Five for $100
Proceeds to fund the purchase of a new community centre van.
Many thanks to James Johnstone, Richard Rooney, Roberta Robertson, Karen Knights, Joji Kumagai and Pete Fry for a wonderful welcome and delightful chats! 🙂
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