French Bohemians Georges & Cerika will act as cultural hosts, performers and exhibitors at the upcoming Victoria International Busker Festival.
Victoria International Busker Festival
When
From Friday, July 15th, 2011 to Sunday, July 24th, 2011
What & Where
One of the world’s most unique festivals! Will feature a range of performers from around the world on event stages along the downtown Inner Harbour, in Bastion Square and at Bay Centre in Victoria, BC, Canada.
A very first for Victoria
Victoria International Busker Bistro
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A bistro with a European touch at the heart of the Busker Festival
Come join us for evenings of uplifting Live Bohemian music that will make you feel you just traveled all over Europe and back . Browse our unique Bohemian Arts pieces. Live the experience of a personalized Stone Reading by Cerika. Enjoy the gourmet food menu of the Busker Bistro or simply stop for a refreshing pause, a cool drink or a beer.
Schedule
The Bistro will be open from 12H00/noon to 22H00 every day from July 15th to July 24th.
Afternoons at the Bistro
Bohemian Arts exhibition – Stone Readings.
Spontaneous French Bohemian “teaser” musical appearances.
Daily official Live musical performances at the Bistro
Reference site:
Victoria International Busker Festival
Where
THE RAVEN STREET MARKET CAFE
321 Fernwood Road, Salt Spring Island, BC
250 537 2273
When
Friday, April 1st 2011
6 to 8 PM
Contact & Info
Annual Legion Christmas Craft & Collectibles One Day Fair
One of the very last occasion to meet Cerika in person before Christmas and to get one of her original handmade pieces.
Way beyond “regular” handmade jewelry you’re used to see everywhere
Art with Purpose & Meaning
Powerful pieces with a message for yourself or a loved one
Dare to discover the difference of True Originality
When
Saturday December 11th
from 9H 30 AM to 4 PM
Where
MEADEN HALL ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION
ON BLAIN STREET, RIGHT BEHIND THE RCMP STATION
SALT SPRING ISLAND
Admision is free
Fulford Hall Christmas Craft Fair
A very rare occasion to meet Cerika in person before Christmas and get one of her original handmade pieces.
Way beyond “regular” handmade jewelry you’re used to see everywhere
Art with Purpose & Meaning
Powerful pieces with a message for yourself or a loved one
Dare to discover the difference of True Originality
When
Friday December 3rd from 5pm-9pm
Saturday December 4th from 9 am-5pm
Sunday December 5th from 19 am-4pm
Where
Fulford Hall
2591 Fulford Ganges Rd, Saltspring Island
(250) 653-2007
French Bohemian Duo Georges & Cerika will be performing on stage at the upcoming
2010 edition of the Fall Fair on SaltSpring Island.
Where
Salt Spring Island Farmers Institute
When
Sunday September 19th 2010
12:40 pm.
Just before Valdy
THE FALL FAIR MUSIC SCHEDULE
Saturday, September 18
Shilo MC
10:00 – 10:30 Pipe Band
10:40 – 11:15 Deb Maike
11:25 – 12:05 Lee’s Hill
Arvid MC
12:15 – 12:55 Bande Chico
1:05 – 1:45 Synergy
1:55 – 2:35 Lane 31
2:45 – 3:20 The Mancubs
Maggie MC
3:30 – 4:10 Wallabee Indeed
4:20 – 5:00 Brent Shindell
5:10 – 6:00 Sunyata
Sunday, September 19
Maggie MC
9:15 – 10:00 Alan Moberg
10:10 – 10:50 Najma Manx
11:00 – 11:40 Vaughn Fulford & the Folke Fiendes
Harry Warner MC
11:50 – 12:30 Terry & Arvid
12:40 – 1:20 French Bohemians Georges & Cerika
1:30 – 2:15 Valdy
Nelly MC
2:25 – 3:10 Susan Cogan
3:20 – 4:00 Sweetwater
4:10 – 5:00 Simone & the Soul Intentions
More about the Fall Fair
Salt Spring Fall Fair
Saltspring Island French Bohemians Georges & Cerika will be performing at the Tudor House Pub at the 24th of June Saint-Jean-Baptiste Public Party Event
Opening Act:
Vincent Evans
Chansonnier, Multi-Instrumentiste Extraordinaire
When:
Thursday June 24th, 2010
8H30 PM
Where:
Tudor House Pub
533 Admirals Road
Esquimalt (Victoria), BC
V9A2N5
(250) 382-5625
How Much:
Free – No Cover Charge
Contact:
About the history of the St-Jean-Baptiste celebrations
Popular annual celebrations in French Canada on 24 June (the feast day of St John the Baptist) or on the days before or after this date. Following a tradition the origin of which is lost in antiquity, many people, among them the Gauls, lit fires to celebrate the summer solstice. According to the Jesuit Relations and the Journal des Jésuites, this tradition was revived on the banks of the St Lawrence in 1636.
It is not known why St-Jean-Baptiste came to be considered the patron saint of French Canada. One legend has it that a great many French-Canadians bearing that given name persuaded the journalist and patriot Ludger Duvernay to adopt it as the name of the national society of French-Canadians which he founded in 1834. In any case that was the name he chose, and the St-Jean-Baptiste Association (St-Jean-Baptiste Society from 1914 on) of Montreal took the maple leaf and the beaver as its emblems. The founding was celebrated 24 Jun 1834 by a banquet to which 60 guests were invited – Irish, US, and Canadian.
Quebec City had its first official celebration in 1842. Twice the celebrations achieved exceptional dimensions. In 1874 60,000 visitors, half of them Franco-Americans, invaded Montreal to celebrate in grand style the 40th anniversary of the founding of the St-Jean-Baptiste Association and to join in a huge national convention of French-Canadians. The celebration in Quebec City in 1880 coincided with another national convention of French-Canadians. Band concerts in the public squares on the evening of 23 June drew enormous crowds. The next day a choir of more than 500 voices performed Gustave Gagnon’s arrangement of Du Mont’s Messe royale accompanied by the bands of the 9th Battalion and the Union musicale. Calixa Lavallée’s national song ‘O Canada’, composed for the occasion, was performed that day.
(Sources: The Canadian Encyclopedia – Author: Suzanne Thomas )
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