We want to thank everyone who participated in the Peace Lanterns event.
It was a special time and each person contributed so much-whether singing, speaking, playing instruments, listening,placing lanterns in the water and paddling a canoe. Thank you.
Together we affirmed our need for peace.
Lanterns for Peace Ceremony August 6th, 2022
Prelude: 8.30 pm Peace songs by Janette Briere and Frank Graham
Emcee – Theresa Hood
9 pm -Welcome
Mayor Leonard Krog reading the Proclamation for the City of Nanaimo and a few words …
Eleanor Sinclair, Patti Patstone and Kirsty McDonald playing harps
Diane Brennan reading a message from MP, Lisa Marie Barron.
Paulette Roscoe reading a message from MLA Sheila Malcolmson
Tami Hirasawa from the Central Vancouver Island Japanese Canadian Society
Also known as 7 Potatoes http://www.sevenpotatoes.com
Janis Harper singing “Imagine”
..9.30 lanterns
Harp music while lanterns are carried to the water
To continue the theme of the Peace Lanterns Ceremony –An important event coming on Tuesday August 9, 2022
Canada, Sign the Nuclear Ban Treaty! Hiroshima-Nagasaki Day 77th Anniversary Commemoration
Virtual event happening Tuesday Aug 9th at 4 pm on Zoom.
Please register to listen to the important messages about the
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) from Setsuko Thurlow.
Here is the link:
WOMENS INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM- NANAIMO 