Vernon Canada Day lineup announced

Jun 22, 2019 | 8:05 AM

The schedule for Canada’s 152nd birthday party in Vernon has been announced.

The July 1 activities will kick off in Polson Park at 10 a.m. with the official opening ceremonies and cake cutting starting at 12 p.m.

“We are excited to announce the Olympia Cycle and Ski kids bicycle rodeo, ATV rides, Dogopogo Dog agility demonstration and Okanagan Skate Co. freestyle skateboard competition are back again. New this year we will have the extreme motocross team jumping an Okanagan Restoration Cube Van,” said North Okanagan Canada Day Society President Dave Frost.

“The O’Keefe Ranch Stagecoach has also returned to offer nostalgic rides around the park. We also have a fantastic line up of stage events as well as food vendors, a dunk tank, Floppy Shots mini golf, stilt walkers, Brown’s Social House bounce castles, and carnival games presented by Emmanuel Baptist Church,” said Frost

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The organizing committee thanks Dump Runz, Black & McDonald, Olympia Cycle and Ski, Vernon Volkswagen, Pinnacle Renewable Energy, Okanagan Restoration Services, and Brown’s Social House for their community minded support to allow the event to continue.

Canada Day in Polson Park Entertainment Schedule 2019 Main Stage

10 a.m. – Sadok Ukrainian Dancers

• 11 – Knu Punk

• 11:45 – Kalamalka Highland Pipe Band

• 12:00 – Opening Ceremonies (Color Party, dignitaries, speeches)

• 12:15 – Singing of O’ Canada • 12:30pm – Cake cutting, aircraft flyover in formation, kids bike parade registration

• 12:40 – Kids bike parade

• 1 – Kiki the Eco Elf

• 2:15 – Magician Leif David

• 3 –Vic “the one man dance band” Field

• 11 and 2 – Extreme motocross demonstrations with Reagan Sieg Co-sponsored by Okanagan Restoration

• Dogopogo dog agility demonstration at 10:30 a.m.

• Dump Runz dunk tank running all day with special guests!

• 9 – 4 – ATV, dirt bike and off-road vehicle static displays on East end of track

• 10 – 4 – Vernon ATV Club with a special course geared up to give rides to kids in a side by side train.

Attendees can also look forward to O’Keefe horse drawn stage coach rides around the park, stilt walkers, Queen and Princess Silverstar, the “Bubble Man” doing demonstrations, and the return of the “Kids Zone” with bubbles, live games, hula hoop contest and face painting.

A special Canada Day skateboard competition will take place from 1 to 3 p.m. sponsored by Okanagan Skate Co. and other special sponsors to be announced.

Established in 2016 the North Okanagan Canada Day Society is a not for profit organization that aims to create an unforgettable Canada Day celebration for the citizens of the North Okanagan.

by Vernon Matters Staff

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