Kudos to our friends at Shaw for sharing this footage. It is this kind of collaboration that can help us continue to build the Comox Valley’s growing online community.

Many thanks to Ron Pogue for the beautiful photos and his willingness to accept cw$ in payment.

Thanks also to our driver Charles and Fred Whyte from www.islandstretch.com for the excellent service and advice on a delicious, private dinner at The Monte Christo.

This evening will stay with us forever.

Date: Saturday, 24 July

Time: 1 – 3 pm

Venue: The LUSH Hub (1126 Piercy Avenue – heading away from Courtenay along 8th Street, turn right into Piercy after the Thrift Store, opposite the Coffee Love Bug.

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From LUSH Valley:

“Please join us at the Lush Valley Hub for the official start of this year’s Fruit Tree Program. There will be free refreshments, music and door prizes.
New participants are warmly welcome to join the 2010 Fruit Tree Team. The Fruit Tree Program coordinates the harvesting of fresh healthy fruit which is shared between volunteer pickers, fruit owners and community agencies providing support to people in need. This year, we have also planned a big thank you to all the fruit tree owners, pickers and other volunteers who have participated since the program began in 2002. Come on down for some fun!

For more information: 250-331-0152, office hours are Mon-Thurs 10am – 3pm.
Website: www.lushvalley.org“

Here is one of our favourite clips from the day:

Visit the CP-SMS YouTube channel to see more of the same. (You can also click the link in the sidebar.)

One of the best aspects of the festival, apart from amazing acts like Joan Osborne and the group of performers that presented Human Voices on the Grierson Stage, is the people you meet. CP-SMS was very impressed with the efforts of photographers Ron Pogue (have a look at his album on Facebook) and Sarah Kerr (see her album on Facebook).

It was nice to run into Erin Haluschak, Comox Valley record photographer and reporter, as well. Have a look at some of the pics she images she managed to capture this past weekend:

See more of Erin’s work on her website.

Big thanks to the Comox Valley Kickers for stepping up and taking care of campground security. Looking forward to being more involved with the team and the stuff they get up to.

Wish there was more time to spend with Jade De Trey of Methuselah (www.dancwithjade.ca) but it was a fitting end to a spectacular festival to do some lush lounging with Miss Christina and Robin, who dances with her in the group. Thanks ladies.

Lastly, thanks to Meaghan Cursons, Bethany Scott, Sue Moen and the rest of the people who worked to so hard to make it such a success

Looking forward to Vancouver Island MusicFest 2011 already!

Thanks to my brother Jan-Hendrik for this magic memorabilia!

These are announcements from Michael Linton (open money development group):

1. There are a (small) number of Music Fest tickets available for cw$75 + $75 (+ tax) at the Broken Spoke Coffee House (871 2229). So please don’t miss a great event if you really want to be there and have cw$ to spend.    Policy is a maximum of 2 tickets per business on the first pass, and while there may be more later, it’s more likely not, so get your call in now if you want some.
2. We are going to call each of you – the underwriting businesses of thecommunity way program - to ask for a meeting of perhaps 30 minutes or less, hopefully sometime in the next few weeks, preferably in person, but perhaps by phone if that’s more convenient.

It is now almost a year since the Comox Valley community way was  launched, and now we want to meet each of you individually to exchange information on this first year’s experience – what’s working / not working etc etc – and to review current and imminent options.  We want to hear what you have to say, and we want you to know what’s in planning.  You might find a moment to review thischart and perhaps check on your on-line account – but this is not urgent and will be covered in any meeting.

While these meetings aren’t in any way essential, they are very much recommended.  There are good reasons to predict considerably more activity in the coming year than the last, and it pays to be prepared.  Besides, as part of the introduction process covered by your cw$ registration fees, you already paid for this meeting, so there’s no cost like that – it’s only a matter of your time.

So this (email) is your notification that someone (probably me) will be calling soon, hoping to find a convenient time to talk, and to listen, at more length.

Read this on the Community Way website.

We’ve made it into the Quarter finals and we’ve got the leader board all set up so you can track your points!

We want to thank everyone who filled in a pool, online or in the store, it’s great to see so many people getting excited for this event. The winners will be announced Monday, July 12th!

Check out our website for your current ranking.

SUMMER SPECIALS

Vancouver Island Music Fest Vendors… (and everyone else) we make oversize colour posters now. Want to be seen at VIMF and draw attention to your booth? Need a beautiful backdrop? Come in to the store and chat with us, we’d love to help you out! If you mention this promotion we’ll give you 25% off!

Business Card Madness: Buy one get one free… We love free and we think you will too. If you order 250 business cards we’ll give you 500! Order 500 and get 1K, order 1K cards and we’ll upgrade your order to our Premium Silk Laminate cards…. for FREE! Offer valid until July 10, 2010.

Sure Courtenay Copy Centre
1255-A Cliffe Avenue, Courtenay, BC
250-334-2836

surecopy@gmail.com

Click HERE to see it.

Here’s a taste of what you’ll find there: