Royal City residents are invited to roll for a good cause.
The Queen’s Park Healthcare Volunteer Society is holding Let’s Get Rolling!, its third annual lawn bowling fundraiser on Saturday, Aug. 27 at 3 p.m. at the New Westminster Lawn Bowling Club.
No experience is necessary for the fundraiser, which welcomes community-minded individuals to sign up for some friendly competition as team and single entries. The event includes lessons, a cash bar, door prizes, raffles, food provided by Save-On-Foods – and fun.
Catherine Hutson, a director with the society, notes the event is one of the society’s major fundraisers. The society raises money to fund programs that promote music, rehab and assistive computer therapies for residents of Queen’s Park Care Centre and William Rudd House.
Along with the Let’s Get Rolling! Fundraiser, the society also organizes the annual Homes for the Holidays Tour and operates the Quintessential gift shop in Queen’s Park Care Centre.
Hutson notes the society began holding the lawn bowling event, after former mayor Wayne Wright’s annual lawn bowling competition ended. With Mayor Jonathan Cote set to resurrect the Mayor’s Lawn Bowling fundraiser on Sept. 11, she encouraged participants of that event to hone their skills at Let’s Get Rolling!
Tickets are $40 each and available at www.qphf.org, at Queen’s Park Care Centre (315 McBride Blvd.) or at the door.
New West set for musical weekend
Chris and Justin O’Connor are bringing a Maritime flair to Uptown New West this weekend.
Chris and Justin O’Connor will be performing at Uptown Unplugged, which runs from noon to 2 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 21 at Royal City Centre.
“Chris loves playing country, folk and classic rock on acoustic guitar,” said a press release about the performance. “Originally from the Maritimes, the flavour of the East Coast can be heard in the music O’Connor plays. Singing and playing music for friends are highlights for him. So when you hear him play, don’t be afraid to sing along.”
If you’re downtown, you can check out this weekend’s Music by the River performance by Music Box at River Market on Sunday, Aug. 21 from noon to 2 p.m.
Kids in motion at free workshop
Kids will be able to shake it up at an upcoming ArtStarts movement workshop at River Market.
Jump, Bend, Sway, Twist and Shake! is a movement workshop for kids with Lee Kwidzinski and Anthony Hutchcroft that’s taking place on Sunday, Aug. 28 at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. River Market is at 810 Quayside Dr.
During the class, kids will explore creative movement with live percussion, music and props. Kwidzinski, a dance educator and expressive arts therapist who is passionate about the power of arts in education and healing, will be accompanied by Hutchcroft, her partner on percussion.
ArtStarts at River Market is a monthly event for families featuring free, fun, 45-minute creative arts workshops with children’s artists. For more information, visit www.artstarts.com/events.
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