Events & Workshops
Harrison Festival of the Arts July 9th
Opening Ceremonies – Chief Willie Charlie and Sasquatch Tours Cultural Performance. 12 Noon, Main Beach Stage. Drum Demonstration – Darren Charlie of Sasquatch Drums, 1pm – 3pm. Pre-register for Sunday Drum Workshop. July 10th
Drum Workshop – Join Darren Charlie of Sasquatch Drums to make your own hand drum, $35, $50, $80. Harrison Festival of the Arts
Ranger Station Art Gallery – "The Beating Heart: Sts’ailes Art Show & Sale” July 7 – August 2.
Opening Reception July 7th at 7pm. Special "Theme Days”: Sunday July 10 – Rocky LaRock, Sts’ailes Arts. 10am – Slide Show of his works. 2pm – Carving demonstration. Wednesdays, July 13, 20, 27 –Nelson Leon’s Traditional Service. July 13: 10am – noon, Mini Drums, and 2 – 4pm, Drum Sticks. July 20: 10am – noon, Dream Catchers and also 1pm – 3pm. July 27: 10am – noon and 1 – 3pm, Medicine Bags. All make your own art are $10 each. Saturday July 23 – George Pennier, 1pm – 3pm. Carving Demo and Art Talk.
Saturday
July 30th – Cedar!, 1pm - 4pm. Various cedar bark and
cedar root weavers will demonstrate. Make your own cedar bracelet for
$15. Ranger Station Public Art Gallery This local art gallery situated on the shores of Harrison Lake features monthly shows by area artists. Weaving, pottery, paintings, photography, carvings and more. Open 7 days a week 10 - 4 pm. 98 Rockwell Drive, Harrison Hot Springs. 604-796-2723 Slow Food Vancouver – Agassiz Bike Tour July 23 Sts'ailes
will have a showcase at the new Registration area...
Start Location: We have a new start location for this year’s event at the corner
of Cameron and McCallum Road (on the way to the Agassiz
Speedway). Cameron is just off the Lougheed Highway, and McCallum
runs parallel to the Lougheed Highway #7.
Meet artist Rocky LaRock, browse Sts'ailes artworks,
check out the great local accommodations, including Sasquatch Crossing Eco
Lodge (9 rooms), Sts'ailes Lhawathet Lalem (groups 30 - 150), and Provincial
Recreation Campgrounds (7). Have a Shiatsu massage from registered
therapist Sara Doyle. Special Slow Food Cycle Tour pricing: $10 for each
15 minutes of rejuvenating massage.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
www.slowfoodvancouver.com
Stay tuned for more information! Circle Farm Tour 2011
Sts’ailes Art in the Garden – Sasquatch Crossing Eco Lodge
Get Real – Organic Gardening with Al, Natural Food for a Healthier Life Saturday August 6th, 2011 9am – 4pm
Learn how your garden plan should work, from seeds to composting. Have a cultural experience with First Nations artists demonstrating a fabulous selection of works from nearby Sts’ailes. Excellent shopping for carvings, cedar weaving, beadworks, hand spun wool products, silver jewelry, and fresh harvested foods. Make and Take Cedar Bracelets: $15. Book lunch for your group in this 1903 estate home. Enjoy Denny’s Bannock Tacos…deliciously fresh! $8. Bus Parking & Guided Garden Tours. 15500 Morris Valley Road. 604-796-9798 10th Annual British Columbia Cultural Crawl August 1-31 Every community has its own Cultural Footprint! Your journey to 70 different communities begins at: View the participating 70 Communities>> Eagles Before and After Dinner with David Hancock November 18, 2011 REGISTRATION CLOSED. SEE YOU IN 2012! Biologist, author and lecturer is known world-wide from his Hancock Wildlife Foundation live cams in bald eagle nests and at other wildlife locations -- including looking at the salmon of the Sts'ailes. He is also Director on the Fraser Valley Bald Eagle Festival group that annually hosts the eagle festival on the Harrison River complex which now coordinates this festival with the Sts'ailes and Hancock Wildlife Foundation. Join David at Sasquatch Crossing Eco Lodge at 3pm, walk to eagle viewing on site, enjoy dinner at 5pm, with a special eagle and salmon presentation and discussion to follow. Friday November 19, 2011. $45/pp. for Registered SCEL Overnight Guests; $65/pp for the evening event only. Paula.Cranmer-Underhill@chehalisband.comto pre-register. Partial proceeds to the DHWF and the FVBEF.
Fraser Valley Bald Eagle Festival
November 19 & 20
Sts’ailes Lhawathet Lalem
16300 Morris Valley Road Official Activity Site. Sts’ailes First Nation artists - make and take activities, lunch stop including cultural welcome at Noon, and walking tours by donation. Tours depart from 10 am on the hour, with a break between Noon and 1pm. Last walking tour at 2pm. www.fraservalleybaldeaglefestival.ca Sasquatch Silver Jewelry
Now available at the Chehalis Store & Gas Junction of Morris Valley Road and Chehalis Road, 1 km south of the entry road to Hemlock Mountain Resort. Pendants, Earrings, Silver Chains and Painted Gift Boxes. www.stsailesdevcorp.com/services For More Sts’ailes Tourism Information, please contact:
Paula Cranmer-Underhill
Tourism Officer
Sts’ailes Development Corporation
Paula.Cranmer-Underhill@chehalisband.com
604-796-2116, E. 240
