Special Event: Parade of Lost Souls

Parade of the Lost Souls

Starts at Britannia Oval
October 27, 2007 - 6:30pm - 10:30pm

After a one-year hiatus, Parade returned re-envisioned and reinvigorated. The theme last year was:

Peeking Through the Veil...a Celebration of the Cycle of Life.

The site and the procession route were reversed from previous years. We began in the all weather field at William and Cotton where altars, shrines, fire dancers and an ancestral dome helped us prepare for our journey. Then, musical guides appeared, beckoning us to travel down the river that flows to the other side. The sounds of the drum gave us courage and guided us along the way. The journey ended in Grandview Park where fire keepers illuminated our psyches and we were filled with the delight of life as we danced, danced, danced in the street!!!

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City Strike Effects Iluminares Festival

Illuminares lantern festival at Trout Lake: The traditional closing fireworks at the lantern festival Saturday have been cancelled but Illuminares itself will go ahead from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m., July 28, at Trout Lake Park in east Vancouver. Organizer Public Dreams says it will be facing increased costs and asks participants to contribute to the brightly-dressed Donation Jesters at the event. Public Dreams has relocated lantern-building workshops from Trout Lake Community Centre to Il Mercato mall at Commercial Drive and 1st Avenue. The workshops are at 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Advance registration not required. For more information: www.publicdreams.org or 604-879-8611

The Illuminares Lantern Procession Needs You!

Saturday, July 28, 2007

Be a part of one of East Van's longest running traditions. With 20,000 patrons, hundreds of performers, and countless lanterns, the event doesn't happen on its own. We need your creative spirit and helping hands on our incredible crew of volunteers to help create the magic we do!

Help sought:

· Pre-event lantern building Team

· Event Production Crew

· Site Decorating Crew

· Hospitality (food and drink management)

· People Liaison (info booth, check-in, donation rovers)

· The Perimeters of the Party Barricading Team

Volunteers are the life of this event, and deserve to be well celebrated. In addistion to ensuring that you'll be well fed and watered during the event, There will be a Public-Dreams style Illuminares After-Party held Wednesday, August 1 ^st.

Let us know how you can help by emailing volunteer@publicdreams.org or calling us 604.879.8611 x 103.

Come meet the team and sign up in person! Wednesday, July 11 at the Trout Lake Community Centre between 6-8pm.

Eagerly and appreciatively yours,

Andrea Curtis, Volunteer Coordinator

Ari Lazer, Volunteer Coordinator Assistant

Public Dreams Society

141 – 2050 Scotia Street

Vancouver, BC V5T 4T1

Office 604.879.8611, Fax 604.879.8614

volunteer@publicdreams.org

www.publicdreams.org