Community Campfire Schedule
5:30pm - North Shore Celtic Ensemble, main stage at Shipbuilders' Square
6:00pm - Firelighting and Performance by the Eagle Song Dancers
6:30pm - Sing-a-long with the North Shore Scouts around the campfire
5:50pm - Pacific Spirit Childrens' Choir leads a sing-a-long, main stage at Shipbuilders' Square
7:15pm - storytelling with the Eagle Song Dancers
7:45pm - Maria in the Shower, main stage at Shipbuilders' Square
8:15pm - Melissa Bandura, main stage at Shipbuilders' Square
8:35pm - storytelling with Jacques Lalonde
PLUS
see the fire dancers on stilts, enjoy hotdogs (courtesy of the Lynn Valley Lions), s'mores (courtesy of Mountain Equipment Co-op), hot chocolate & coffee (courtesy Starbucks locations at Lonsdale & 3rd Ave, Esplanade, Lonsdale Quay) and craft activities with the North Shore Scouts and The North Vancouver Community Arts Council!!
Performers & Activities
The North Shore Celtic Ensemble is a culturally diverse group of young musicians from Metro Vancouver. The ensemble is directed by professional musicians, Claude Giguère and J. Knutson, and using strings, percussion and wind instruments perform lively original compositions and arrangements of Celtic Orchestral based music.
These accomplished young musicians will start the event with rousing celtic tunes - come early so you don't miss this lively performance!
Spakwus Slolem, (translated,"Eagle Song Dancers"), are members of the Squamish Nation. Geographically located in what is called the Lower Mainland of British Columbia. Our traditional territory being the Howe Sound, Vancouver to Whistler area. Spakwus Slolem presents a glimpse into this culture through singing/drumming and dance, and audience participation. Spakwus Slolem is pleased and honoured to present songs and dances of yesterday, as well as today, and feel very honoured to represent our People in a good way, as our Ancestors had intended.
North Shore Scouts Celebrating 100 Years of Scouting on the North Shore, all North Shore scouting groups will gather for a Torchlight Hike for Hunger Parade down Lonsdale Avenue to Ship Builders Square for the the lighting of the campfire. The Scouts will bring donations for the Harvest Project and invite guests to the Campfire Festival to drop off donations to the Harvest Project at the PGE station (foot of Lonsdale).
Join the Scouts in a sing-a-long round the campfire - warm your hands and your feet while you sing and move along.
Pacific Spirit Childrens’ Choir (PSCC) is the North Shore’s premier childrens’ choir 
serving the needs of children of North Vancouver and West Vancouver. The PSCC is led by Gerald van Wyck, former conductor of the British Columbia Boy’s Choir, and noted Canadian authority on choral music; and by Chelsea Edwardson, voice teacher and singing specialist for kids and youth.
The choir performs its own shows twice per year, in addition to participation in community events in both North Vancouver and West Vancouver. A highlight of 2010 was performing at Roger’s Arena with Andre Rieu and his Orchestra. For more information about the choir and how to join, visit their website, www.pschildrenschoir.ca
Maria in the Shower play music to make you smile and maybe dance, to touch your soul and feel your heart beat. The styles may vary from swing to samba, or folk to gypsy, but the common thread is the way in which every song is delivered. Maria in the Shower are wandering minstrel s, entertainers cut from old cloth, storytellers traveling often and gathering tales as they go.
Maria in the Shower is:
Martin Reisle – voice, guitar, trombone
Jack Garton – voice, trumpet, accordion
Brendon Hartley – bass, voice
Todd Biffard – percussion, voice
see their website for more information
Melissa Bandura is a Vancouver-based Independent Folk musician and multi-instrumentalist. Using her fiddle skills, guitar licks, flute chops, and classical theory background, Melissa skillfully writes and arranges her songs to be uniquely orchestral. Adding to her instrumentation, Melissa’s softly powerful, haunting vocals thread their way through her diverse range of owing melodies, refreshing harmonies, eccentric chord changes and unique rhythmic phrasing.
Building on her background in folk-roots sounds, Melissa crosses into slightly darker and intricate territory with the songs that grace her upcoming album, Dark Dreams.
see Melissa's website for more information
Jacques Lalonde weaves tales of magic and mystery around the fire. He has worked as an actor, writer, director, and of course....storyteller! He loves to sing songs and tell stories to children from the age of 1 to 100. Over one million people have seen his stories so far. He has performed for the 2010 Olympics, the Vancouver International Childrens', Storytelling, Readers and Writers, Dragonboat and Film Festivals, as well as the Surrey and Whistler Childrens' festivals, First Night Vancouver, First Night Surrey, Illuminares, The Prince Rupert and vancouver Comedy festivals and the Circus of Dreams. He is also the only recipient of a lifetime achievement award and recently received the 25th Anniversary award from the vancouver International Fringe Festival.
Buglight Workshops ( Afraid of the dark?)
Before the flashlight era many skiers and hikers lit their way to mountain cabins and along North Vancouver’s trails using buglights. Homemade contraptions of candles rigged in tin cans these were inexpensive and effective in the dark forests.
So if you’re afraid of cougars, bears, and the dark (oh my!), grab yourself a Bug Lamp to guide your way through the night.
To learn how to make your own ‘bug’ visit our tent at Ship Builders Square during the Campfires Festival.
Presented by the North Vancouver Museum & Archives
Fire Dancers Stiltwalkers
Bonnie and Sharon are from Vancouver and have been performing together for 10 years. This dynamic duo has toured children’s theatre shows across Canada and the United States. They have performed at countless festivals, and enjoy bringing smiles to young and old alike. They love to dance and can occasionally be spotted doing something crazy on their stilts!