COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR ALL HALLOWS EVE

THANK YOU to the community for participating in our All Hallows Eve event and supporting the work we do. It truly was a fantastic success with close to 200 visitors and generous donations at the door! The Story Theatre troupe had to increase their guided tours from 3 to 4 to accommodate the overwhelming numbers, and we ran out of craft supplies, cookies, and juice boxes before the night was out! The collaboration with Story Theatre was a wonderful experiment. Theatre is such a powerful way to make the Museum come alive and we hope to work with them again in the future. Thank you to Graham Ord and his two children Noah and Bella for sticking it out in the rain and providing us all with spooky ambient tunes and a rocking version of the Monster Mash!

None of this would have been possible without the support from the event sponsors and donors. Thank you to our GOLD LEVEL event sponsors: Super Valu, the family of Jean Clarke, Betsy Van Haldren, and Elie Kozhaya. Thank you to our SILVER LEVEL event sponsor: Angelo's Pizza. Thank you to our BRONZE LEVEL event sponsors: JoAnne Bennison, John Stanway, Jim Waldie, Carolyn and Dave Simmons, and Bryan Street. Your generosity was greatly appreciated!

Again, without the volunteers, we wouldn't be able to do the work we do here. THANK YOU to: Amber Lidstone, Barb Liden, Bruce Devereux, Cathy Phare, Chris Banbury, Christa Banks, Christina Lidstone and friends, Claire Bennison, Davida, Elsie Loitz, Jennifer Stanway, John Phare, John and Jen Rainer, Jim and Marrion Waldie, Makiko Kitama, Matthew Lovegrove, Mieko Hawkes, Miki Maeba, Miro Hawkes, Somaiah Hawkes, Teresa Eckford, and last but certainly not least, Tyler Smith.

Finally, I want to share an email we received from former mayor Barry Janyk, who came to the event with his son Garnet:

Many thanks for this wonderful event that I know was a lot of work to host and manage, especially this initial year. Garnet thought it was, quote: "awesome!" The treats and atmosphere were just that!

You great folks - with the help of the dedicated volunteers that are the Driftwood Players - are truly integral parts of the heart and soul of this fragile community and I thank you all so much for what you have done - and what you are doing - to keep and foster the precious memories of the Sunshine Coast and make our little museum, archives and history so fun and relevant.

Best regards

B

That's an endorsement we are proud of. Thanks Barry!

Happy Halloween and see you all next year!!!

p.s. check out more of  pictures of the event at http://www.facebook.com/SunshineCoastMuseum

Time Travel Sunshine Coast

The Sunshine Coast Museum and Archives is proud to announce the launch of Time Travel Sunshine Coast, a heritage smart phone walking tour that allows users to explore the fascinating histories of the Sunshine Coast on their mobile phones.

Funded by the Sunshine Coast Community Foundation and hosted by the Time Travel BC website, Time Travel Sunshine Coast features a map of the Sunshine Coast with different historic points of interest highlighted. When the user reaches a stop on the tour, audio/video content and archival photographs from the Museums’ collection will reveal the historic significance of the location. On your journey, you will encounter tales of intrigue, peruse archival photographs and meet historical characters, all while learning about the fascinating heritage of the coast. There are 16 points of interest in total that can be enjoyed individually or during an all day historical adventure. Sites include Robert’s Creek breakwater, the Heritage Playhouse, Gospel Rock and Stonehurst.

Museum staff worked with local actors, musicians and photographers to create content for the app while residents of Christenson Village contributed narration for select sites on Time Travel Sunshine Coast.  Throughout the upcoming year, new points of interest will be added to the tour, so there will always be something new to explore.  

Download the free Time Travel BC mobile app to access the Time Travel Sunshine Coast tour and begin your historical adventure today!

Download:  IPhone Application:  http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/time-travel-bc/id487098232?mt=8

                           Android Application: http://bit.ly/LONLTl       

                                        (Search: Time Travel BC)

All Hallows Eve at the Museum

Join us for a spooky All Hallows Eve event taking place at the Sunshine Coast Museum and Archive on October 31^st. The SCMA is working in collaboration with the Driftwood Players Story Theatre to bring you this unique community event. Whether you are motivated by a creepy tour through our haunted exhibits or prefer fun and gentle traditional games and crafts, there is something for everyone.

 
On the first floor there will be activity stations where you can dabble in fortune telling, decorate a pumpkin, make a spooky terrarium or lantern, create your own Little Monsters or fly a bat or witch up to the moon. Discover why we carve scary faces out of pumpkins and why we ‘trick or treat’. For those who are slightly more daring, you can take a creepy tour through the darkened halls of our Haunted Exhibits on the second floor, lead by one of our historical characters. Story Theatre will entertain you with eerie stories from the past.

Guided tours will take place at 3:30, 4:30 and 6:00. Admission is by donation. Be sure to dress up in a scary or creative costume. There will be a prize for the best children’s Halloween costume. And just for traditions sake we’ve got some treats to hand out too! Come and join us for the best Halloween ever!
 

The Sunshine Coast Museum and Archives is an innovative and community-driven heritage destination. We strive to preserve, promote and reflect the unique histories of the region, guided by our mandate to SPARK your imagination; INSPIRE heritage action, research and volunteerism; REFLECT the needs of our communities; and CELEBRATE our unique histories. The SCMA hosts workshops, film screenings and events related to our exhibits and to community issues. We are passionate about the histories of the Sunshine Coast and encourage community involvement. For more information about the SCMA contact Kimiko Hawkes, 604-886-8232 or check out:

http:// www.sunshinecoastmuseum.ca

http://www.facebook.com/SunshineCoastMuseum

Story Theatre has enjoyed five successful years on the Sunshine Coast, encouraging Coasters, young and old, to get involved in street theatre. Whether as audience, writer or actor, Story Theatre offers a creative outlet in the community. Their performances are for the young and young at heart. With minimal set and costume, local volunteers perform at free, public venues. Together in imagination, they explore life’s joys and struggles. For more information about Story Theatre, please check out:

http://www.driftwoodplayers.ca/storytheatre.htm
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Driftwood-Players-Story-Theatre

This event has been sponsored by Super Valu and friends and family of Jean Clarke, in memorium.

 

 

Heritage up on High- Tetrahedron Cabins

Heritage lives all around us: in the stories of our elders or in the faded photographs of our family members. In this case, heritage shelters you from the snow and rain and comfortably sleeps 15 people at 1500 metres above sea level. 

  

Stepping into the rustic cabin on Mount Steele in Tetrahedron Provincial Park, a sense of tradition invites you to unlace your hiking boots, hang up your backpack and take in the stunning mountain scenery. 

It is also an invitation to explore the unique cultural heritage that saw the grassroots construction of four wilderness cabins and a trail system to connect them in the summer of 1987. That year, the Tetrahedron Ski Club had accomplished a most challenging task: they had brought together a wide array of stakeholders in the community to collaborate on the project that would open up access to the rugged mountain wilderness beyond Dakota Ridge. Strong community support rested on the amazing recreational potential of the project which would also contribute to the local economy through job creation and tourism. This momentum eventually led to over $200,000 being awarded via federal and provincial grants and soon, the dream of a year-round recreation area was turning into reality.   

Once we are settled at the cabin and the embers of a glorious sunset have faded behind the mountaintops, a full moon begins to creep over Mount Steele until it baths the remaining snow patches in soft, whale-bone white light. We watch spell-bound.

 

In June of 1987, construction was about to begin on the wilderness cabins which were strategically located throughout the subalpine environment. That spring, the cabins were pre-fabricated at the Sechelt airport where a packed open house illustrated the community passion for the project.  When summer broke, the cabins were disassembled and all of the materials were transported by volunteers as far as the logging roads would permit.  At this point, Airspan helicopters flew the materials to the remote cabin locations where small work crews began reassembly. A testament to the overwhelming dedication felt for the project, an army of over 240 volunteers worked on weekends to assemble the cabins and brush-out 25 km of trails.

On our second night, I ramble up the rocky slopes of Mount Steele and gaze out towards craggy summits of the Tetrahedron and the glistening ocean beyond. As I take in the beautiful mountaintop twilight, I think about the amazing things that can be accomplished when communities comes together. 

This September, join the Tetrahedron Outdoor Club as they celebrate the cabins’ 25^th anniversary with pancake brunches at various cabin locations beginning September 22nd. Then tie up those hiking boots and get yourself up to the Tetrahedron: there’s history out there waiting to be discovered.

For more information contact the Tetrahedron Outdoor Club

Cedar Hat Weaving Workshop

 On Saturday, August 25th and Sunday, August 26th, master weaver and cultural ambassador Jessica Casey once again amazed a lucky group of participants for her Cedar Hat Weaving Workshop. Jessica has held a series on ongoing workshops at the SCMA from cedar stripping to basket making, but this was the first cedar hat making workshop.

The participants worked hard throughout the weekend with the end result being their very own cedar hat, guaranteed to keep the sun out of your eyes! Take a look at these great snapshots of the event taken by our summer assistant Martin.