Ozone Update

First off, some of you may be wondering what the Ozone actually is. Well, in a nutshell this is a huge festival to be held in Richmond coinciding with the Olympics. The site is in and around Richmond City Hall and civic centres and features an outdoor ice rink, a huge outdoor theatre where many well known musical groups will play concerts, the huge Holland House that has been one of the more popular venues at past Olympics and the BC Street. This is where we will be. Sooke has secured a 40 x 20 ft booth and will be one of several BC Communities that will be showcasing everything that we have to offer from Sooke to Port Renfrew. The site is a 10 minute walk from the Olympic skating oval and is adjacent to the new Canada Line light rail system. Oh and the really neat thing is that it is entirely free to the public. Orgainzers expect that 400,000 + people will pass through the site over its duration. So this is what is taking up one bay in the fire hall. Many, many people are working on this project and it is all starting to come together. The volunteers to run the booth for the 17 days have also all been secured. The background consisting of a photograph 52 feet long by 8 ft high was delivered today and will soon be mounted. (the photo is a view of the harbour as would be taken from the boardwalk) This is why you get to view the booth from a scaled replica of the boardwalk. The killer whale that will be a central feature is nearing completion and has filled the fire hall with dust (we have been promised it will be cleaned up) The video display is nearly completed as well as many other components. It will be worth your while to visit during the upcoming open house on Feb 6.