Squamish Torch Relay Community Celebration

Day 98 – February 4, 2010

3:30pm-8:00pm

Brennan Park Recreation Centre

The Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay is a journey that celebrates and shines a light on the people, places and achievements that make us all truly Canadian. Squamish is truly honoured to be chosen as an Olympic Torch Relay Community celebration location (one of only 200 across Canada) and would like to extend an invite to everyone to join us in an evening featuring a selection from our abundant array of homegrown talent, entertainment, and athletics. From live music, to multi cultural dance, to one-of-a-kind historical interactive displays, the evening promises to deliver an event you won’t soon forget.

As part of the celebration, the Squamish Rotary will be hosting a Hockey Friendly at Brennan Park Arena between a team representing Canada (PIJHL Squamish Wolfpack) vs. a team representing the USA (Hockey Tier III Junior A Twin Cities Northern Lights Junior Hockey out of Bloomington, Minnesota). Opening ceremonies for the hockey game start at 3:30pm and space is limited.

At 6:00pm the celebration will begin outside in the back parking lot behind Brennan Park with live music and special interactive displays from Olympic Torch Relay Sponsors Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) and Coca Cola. The cauldron on stage will be lit by a special guest from Squamish, hand selected from a number of applications.. Throughout the celebration, spectators will enjoy entertainment from a large array of musical, multicultural, and historical talent all from the Squamish area including a Logger Sports Show that you won’t want to miss! The evening will end on a ‘grand’ scale promptly at 8pm

There will be no food and beverage available on site. Please make sure to dress warmly as the festivities all take place outdoors.

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Squamish Torch Relay Route Celebrations

Day 99 – February 5, 2010

Approx. 8:00am – 12 noon

Streets of Squamish

Starting in the early morning at Brennan Park Recreation Centre, the torch will proceed through the streets of Squamish ensuring to pass by a majority of the schools and through communities along its enlightened route. There will be a special leg of the Torch relay special to Squamish’s history and culture taking place early in the morning just after 8am that the world will want to see. Don’t miss it. Wear your red mittens and cheer on the torch bearers as they bring the Olympic flame through our proud community.

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 Residents of Squamish anxious to catch the Olympic Spirit will have the opportunity to see the Olympic Flame in person on February 4, 2010, as it passes through on its way towards the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. The 2010 Olympic Torch Relay, presented by Coca-Cola and RBC, will reach over 90 per cent of Canadians within a one-hour drive. The torch relay route is available at vancouver2010.com and information on how residents can apply to be torchbearers can be found at icoke.ca and rbc.com/carrythetorch.

Residents interested in applying for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to carry the Olympic Flame can apply at iCoke.ca or rbc.com/carrythetorch. Coca-Cola and RBC, the relay’s presenting partners, have the exclusive rights for the public to enter the Olympic Torchbearer program and are looking for Canadian applicants who commit to live healthier or are inspired to create a stronger country by volunteering or making sustainable choices.

The 2010 Olympic Torch Relay will begin its 106-day Canadian journey on October 30, 2009. The Flame’s pan-Canadian journey will culminate on February 12, 2010 when it arrives in Vancouver for the Opening Ceremony before a global viewing audience of billions.

The Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay route will be the longest domestic Torch Relay in Olympic history, stretching over 45,000 kilometres throughout Canada. Upon its conclusion, the Olympic Flame will have been welcomed in over 1,000 communities and passed within a one-hour of more than 90 per cent of the entire Canadian population.