The Brant Wildlife Festival Pub Night

The Brant Wildlife Festival Pub Night
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Thank you to everyone who helped make the Brant Wildlife Festival Pub Night a fantastic success. We had a fabulous attendance with more than 100 tickets sold.
MC Dave Graham made smooth transitions and conducted an exciting live auction. Musicians Holly Arntzen and Kevin Wright opened the show with an inspiring first set. Holly has begun work on a Brant theme song and she and her band mates will be involved with Brant Festival fundraising through her Cycle of Life program beginning in 2008.
After many prizes were won and auction items claimed Shawn Carle and the Streamliners had most everyone on the dance floor.
One of the goals of the Brant Widllife Festival team is to bring festival events and awareness to a wider audience in our communities. It was great to see so many new faces at this event.


Thank you to everyone who supported
the October 12 Fundraiser Pub Night

Special thanks to Dave Graham of Beach Radio who MCed the event and Holly Arntzen and Shawn Carle and the Streamliners for their music.

Kudos to all the volunteers as well as those who donated auction items:
Alberni Outpost, Arrowsmith Bikes, Baileys in the Village, Beach Acres Resort, Breathing Room Solutions, Bushnell Optics, Cannor Nursery, Emerald Seas Whale Watching, Heaven on Earth Natural Foods, Holly Arntzen & Kevin Wright, Moxies Restaurant, Pacific Rainforest Adventure Tours, Pacific Rim Bikes Nanaimo, A Pole Lot of Fun, Pretty Things Gift Shop, Romper Room, Starbucks Coffee, Swiss Chalet, The Backyard Wildbird and Nature Store, The Nature Trust of BC, The Regional District of Nanaimo, The Running Room, Tigh-na-Mara Resort & Spa, Village Liquor Store in Parksville, and Rich Mooney at West Coast Birding.

Spring events and activities during March and April 2008 including:

* Community Gathering at the Old Train Station on March 8
* Herring Spawn Tour on March 9
* Nature Photography on March 15
* Hamilton March Easter Tour on March 22
* Festival Welcoming Ceremony on March 28
* Big Day Bird Count on April 5
* Seeking a Balance III on April 6
* Voices of Nature at the Port Theatre on April 10

This annual festival celebrates nature, particularly the return of the Black Brant goose as they rest on beaches midway between their wintering areas in Mexico and their nesting grounds in Alaska.

From Summit to Seashore and all the communities in between...