2024 Events
International Women's Day Celebration
March 8, 2024
March 8, 2024
Performers
Quen Wen, piano Alison Rota, guitar, vocal Ruby Manson, piano Vicki Molloy, vocal Lily Bassett-Smith ukulele, vocal Hazel Bassett-Smith, vocal Silverado Socrates, spoken word Alicia Waters, vocal Hong Nguyen, vocal Virginia Stanton, vocal Paula McLaughlin, guitar, vocal |
The sold out show was a smashing success!
The beautiful evening celebrating WOMEN opened with words from our wonderful musical director and Vice President of PCAC Paula Mclaughlin. Paula arranged a wonderful line up of talented girls and women from age 5 to 65 to entertain the audience. A lovely appetizer buffet was served along with wine, mocktails and dessert. Dessert was especially popular with the young performers. We saw many smiling faces with chocolate covered strawberries wander by. The audience also got a sneak peak at the 10th annual Captured Images Show, which opened the following day. Thank you to everyone who attended! We would also like to thank the event crew who made this event possible: Deb, Paula, Vivian, Susan, Linda, Eileen, and Jackie. There were several other people who pitched along the way, we couldn't do this without you! Also a great big "THANK YOU" to Vince Boyko the sound man, he doesn't travel light, but what an impact having all the equipment and technical abilities makes. |
Donation for Scholarship(s) - thank to everyone who contributed, $170 was raised!
13th Annual Hearts festival
February 12 - 17, 2024
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A whole week of ART what could be better?
The 13th annual HeARTS Festival was held Feb 12 to 17th with events at venues around town and culminating with a Party on Friday the 16th, followed by the day long showcase February 17.
The HeARTS festival is put on by PCAC to provide our member groups the opportunity to connect with the community and showcase their groups activities. The goal is to raise awareness of all the different art groups available to the community and build membership for these groups. It also provides an opportunity for them to raise funds through sales and activities.
Open houses were put on by several groups during the week providing an opportunity for the community to see how the groups operate. The Library held a poetry contest, a prize was awarded to Don Stutters by draw of names. The poems entered were all fabulous and published below with consent of the authors.
Friday February 16th Party
A wonderful evening of entertainment was held in the civic centre with Lloyd Sotas, Keith Thom and Patrick van Minsel, performing for the crowd.
The Mayor performed a ribbon cutting ceremony for "OUR SPACE" School for Peachland Arts, Culture, and Ecology. There was a Sip ‘n Paint event on the stage that was sold out. Local artist, Roberta Farrelly led a group of 24 artists in painting a wolf's face on canvas panels supplied by PCAC along with paint and brushes.
The Blind Angler catered the appetizer buffet and beverage service was by Vivian and Kathy and Fran.
Saturday Showcase February 17th
The showcase event, featuring 13 member groups along with Okanagan Folk School (OKFS) and BEEPs, was well attended. There were many activities as well as workshops and demonstrations during the day. These included:
The raffle for a painting and sculpture, donated by local artist Terry Moore, were won by Amberlee Ficiociello and Sandy Laidman. respectively.
Putting on the festival takes many people working together, all of the participating groups (along with spouses and friends) helped with setup and take down as well as during the event. Thank you to everyone who helped out. Many hands make light work!
A special thanks to Karen Beaupré, Terry Moore , Roberta Farrelly, Wayne Power, Peter McLaughlin, Paul McLaughlin, Lloyd Sotas, Keith Thom Patrick van Minsel, and Vicki Molloy for providing entertainment and activities during the festival.
We would like to recognize the hard work of the planning committee, Paula McLaughlin, Darlene Romanko, Terry Moore and Vicki Molloy in making the event a huge success in celebration of the arts in Peachland!
A whole week of ART what could be better?
The 13th annual HeARTS Festival was held Feb 12 to 17th with events at venues around town and culminating with a Party on Friday the 16th, followed by the day long showcase February 17.
The HeARTS festival is put on by PCAC to provide our member groups the opportunity to connect with the community and showcase their groups activities. The goal is to raise awareness of all the different art groups available to the community and build membership for these groups. It also provides an opportunity for them to raise funds through sales and activities.
Open houses were put on by several groups during the week providing an opportunity for the community to see how the groups operate. The Library held a poetry contest, a prize was awarded to Don Stutters by draw of names. The poems entered were all fabulous and published below with consent of the authors.
Friday February 16th Party
A wonderful evening of entertainment was held in the civic centre with Lloyd Sotas, Keith Thom and Patrick van Minsel, performing for the crowd.
The Mayor performed a ribbon cutting ceremony for "OUR SPACE" School for Peachland Arts, Culture, and Ecology. There was a Sip ‘n Paint event on the stage that was sold out. Local artist, Roberta Farrelly led a group of 24 artists in painting a wolf's face on canvas panels supplied by PCAC along with paint and brushes.
The Blind Angler catered the appetizer buffet and beverage service was by Vivian and Kathy and Fran.
Saturday Showcase February 17th
The showcase event, featuring 13 member groups along with Okanagan Folk School (OKFS) and BEEPs, was well attended. There were many activities as well as workshops and demonstrations during the day. These included:
- Painting demos: Non-dominant hand painting and portrait challenge
- Poetry contest: Winner was Don Stutters
- Children's Heart Tree displayed the art work of all 185 students from Peachland Elementary
- Karen Beaupré provided Kids' crafts
- Terry Moore provided a sculpture demo.
- OKFS provided mini workshops
The raffle for a painting and sculpture, donated by local artist Terry Moore, were won by Amberlee Ficiociello and Sandy Laidman. respectively.
Putting on the festival takes many people working together, all of the participating groups (along with spouses and friends) helped with setup and take down as well as during the event. Thank you to everyone who helped out. Many hands make light work!
A special thanks to Karen Beaupré, Terry Moore , Roberta Farrelly, Wayne Power, Peter McLaughlin, Paul McLaughlin, Lloyd Sotas, Keith Thom Patrick van Minsel, and Vicki Molloy for providing entertainment and activities during the festival.
We would like to recognize the hard work of the planning committee, Paula McLaughlin, Darlene Romanko, Terry Moore and Vicki Molloy in making the event a huge success in celebration of the arts in Peachland!
Poetry Contest Submissions
with permission of the authors
Okanagan Mountain Park Fire by Marilyn Dodd