Recap on Richmond's Spirit of BC

On February 9, 2007, Richmond celebrated Le Carnaval as part of Spirit of BC Week.

Le Carnaval was an exciting, FREE winter event, bringing families together for a unique cultural and educational celebration. The event connected with the French culture in the community, bringing a distinctive Quebec Winter Carnaval feel to Richmond...je ne sais quoi - joie de'vivre!

Exceeded Expectations

Event organizers were expecting only about 1100 people and over 2200 showed up! The activities were really enjoyable and the activities were really enjoyable and the smiles on everyone's face was great to see. Children could make "bonhomme" hats, taste syrup on snow while listening to lively french canadian jigg music. Other actitives were carnavl games and a hockey shoot run by two of our very own Sockeyes Hockey players, a bouncy castle slide and custom-made balloons hats.

The ice sculptures were a big hit.

Music & Dance

Local schools performed songs and dances on stage to appreciative spectators and proud parents. Thanks to the dedicated teachers for coming out on their own time to help the families experience this mini Quebec carnaval in Richmond.

French Food

It wasn't just french fries. L'ecoles Des Navigateurs had a booth and sold some of the most delicious french type foods such as crepes, tourtiere, pea soup. They were awesome. For others there were free hot dogs, popcorn and hot chocolote. Tim Horton's was on site as well to keep the crowd warm with coffee, hot chocolate and timbits donuts.

Media

CTV was onsite and broadcast their weather news and eventually stayed the whole time because of the fun and excitement.

Spirit of BC Week in Abbotsford

Spirit of BC Week in Abbotsford was full of fun and laughs. Here's a crowning achievement of a photo...!

Visit the Abbotsford website for more photos.