Rediscover EC Manning Park – BC Parks 100^th Anniversary, BCHBC 20^th Anniversary and the Official Opening of the Manning Park Horse Campsite

Themes: Art/History in the Park and our Valuable Volunteers!

Schedule of Events for Saturday July 30^th, 2011

9:00   – Kelley Cook historic trails hike, meet at Cascade Parking lot on Highway #3 for a historical

narrated tour!  Back at Resort for Opening Ceremonies.

10:00 – 12:00 noon

–  Go Fish BC, Story Time in the Park (includes horse/wagon ride) at Lightening Lakes

campground on the road to the Gibson’s Pass Ski Hill.

–  Wild Education program at Manning Park Resort: short hike/interact/tracking/games, open to

all ages!

10:00 – at the Resort: booths/art displays, hands  on crafts, face painting, metal forging

11:00 – at the Resort on stage: music starts, 3 Eagle Feathers (First Nations), Tiffany Schroeder

12:00 – refreshments available  and BC Parks 100 Cake presentation at the Resort

1:00   – Ceremony begins: riders arrive from pack trips Parade to Bagpiper, Red Serge Mounties

Flags, balloons….through the Resort!

1:15   – dedication/speeches on stage at the Resort

1: 30  – Cowboy Blessing for our volunteers and the campsite on stage at the Resort

– move to campsite for ribbon cutting/sign unveiling

2:00   – Music on stage at the Resort: Princeton Historical Music Society, 3 Eagle Feathers

– Bear Aware Program video presentation at the Resort

– Story Time in the Park, Go Fish BC: repeat at Lightening Lakes campground

– Wild Ed programs: repeat at the Resort

3:00   – On stage at the Resort: Kelley C – Stories/maps on history of Manning Park and  the

significance of the trails and how they got there.

–  at the Resort booth area: horseshoeing demo

4:00   – break

5:00   – BCHBC and Volunteer Pot Luck at the new Headwaters Corral Equestrian Campground

6:00   – cake presentation for BCHBC 20^th Anniversary at HCEC

7:00   – singing around the campfire with the Pond Frogs at HCEC