First annual Summerfest in Grimston Park a big success!
Crowds gather to watch E.T. on an outdoor movie screen at Summerfest in Grimston Park. Photo: Harry Pehkonen.
Well, Summerfest in Grimston Park was a great success! Thanks to everyone who came. The turnout surpassed our expectations. We estimated that we had about 500 people at the movie alone, and maybe 1000 over the course of the afternoon. Our sleepy little West End park was packed with happy families!
The organizing committee for the 2010 event (MaryAnn Mortensen, Gavin McLeod, Renee Chadwick from NWPCR & me) are planning to do it again next year. We’d like to hear feedback from those who attended. If you were there, or even if you weren’t, we’d appreciate you letting us know what you liked about this year’s event, and share any suggestions on things we could add or change next year. You can comment on this post, or email us at info@tenthtothefraser.ca.
Here are some photos from the day:
Kids frolicking in the new playground at Grimston. Photo: Briana Tomkinson
Ron Ulrich, performing at Summerfest. Photo: Will Tomkinson.
My family was among many who gathered for a picnic & some playtime in the park before the movie. Photo: Richard Tomkinson.
A happy customer (my husband's second cousin) shows off facepainter Allyson Grant's handiwork. Photo: Will Tomkinson.
Settling in to watch E.T. Photo: Will Tomkinson.
Another view of the movie crowd. Photo: Will Tomkinson.
And here is a slideshow of photos shared on Flickr. If you want to share yours with us, please tag them “Summerfest” and “New Westminster” and they will appear in the slideshow below.
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This was a really great event, and a great introduction to the new park facilities. Fantastic community building, way to go!
[...] A few examples: – @duckbeaver and @weskoop were inspired to become part of their resident’s association, and have live-tweeted council meetings. Both have also volunteered their skills to benefit local organizations. – @jenarbo changed her mind about moving to Vancouver Island and instead bought a house in New West. She also became the market manager for the Royal City Farmers Market – a job she likely wouldn’t have even known to apply for if she didn’t write a blog (and through it become a TF contributor, then friend). – If I had never started Tenth to the Fraser, I would never have called together the committee that organized Summerfest in Grimston Park. [...]
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