Reigniting the Spirit of 2010! In our first opportunity since winter, my friend Brian and I, along with thousands of other Vancouverites, took to the streets again breaking out the red hoodies, jersey’s and Canada Olympic gear. Thanks to the lessons learned in February, Canada Day 2010 seemed to have an added boost of patriotism this year. Some Scottish tourists actually commented to me how
amazed they were at the blatant patriotism on display (often emblazoned across our chests in a large CANADA).
Canada Place is host of the biggest Canada Day party in the west and pulled out all the stops to wow the crowd of new and old Canadians. Beginning with the swearing in of a batch of new Canadian citizens, to a celebration of the Canadian Navy’s centenary, bands, dancers, street performers and the events were all topped off with the reignited Olympic Cauldron sitting in it’s newly finished water feature. It’s a great family oriented day out!
Wrapping up our day is the annual Helijet Family Barbeque at the Vancouver Harbour Heliport. For the last few years we’ve gathered our families and friends, in the evening on July 1st to eat barbeque, drink, visit, watch kids play…then we all proceed down to the floating helipad for our exclusive view of the fireworks display over Canada Place. It’s our unique Helijet tribute to Canada Day…family, friends and fun !