The folk festival has always had the added benefit that vendors of all kinds of trinkets and tasty treats spread out around the fenced off area enclosing the musical activities. In the past this has always been a "come down early and stake out a spot" affair but from this year onwards there are new rules to be abided by, new application forms to fill in, new fees to pay ($200 no less!) and no more food! I guess somebody realised that they weren't getting their pound of flesh out of the deal!
Speaking of a pound of flesh, another of my favorite Vancouver summertime entertainment classics is Bard on the Beach. This is always so well produced, portraying the plays of Shakespeare with a modern flair and a little british humour always shines through. This years selected plays are Othello, Richard II, All's Well That Ends Well and The Comedy of Errors. Othello will be my first choice this year since it was one of the plays we did in high school, so I know it better than most - one of the great tragedies. My absolute favorite way of seeing the plays is by attending one of the Bard-B-Que's. These are held on the nights that the Celebration of Light fireworks take place. You watch the first half of the play before taking a break to a delicious salmon barbeque. You then watch the second half which is timed to end shortly before the beginning of the fireworks display - giving you just enough time to serve up your dessert before finding a chair on the spacious lawn for the amazing explosion of colours and lights in the sky.
Speaking of a pound of flesh, another of my favorite Vancouver summertime entertainment classics is Bard on the Beach. This is always so well produced, portraying the plays of Shakespeare with a modern flair and a little british humour always shines through. This years selected plays are Othello, Richard II, All's Well That Ends Well and The Comedy of Errors. Othello will be my first choice this year since it was one of the plays we did in high school, so I know it better than most - one of the great tragedies. My absolute favorite way of seeing the plays is by attending one of the Bard-B-Que's. These are held on the nights that the Celebration of Light fireworks take place. You watch the first half of the play before taking a break to a delicious salmon barbeque. You then watch the second half which is timed to end shortly before the beginning of the fireworks display - giving you just enough time to serve up your dessert before finding a chair on the spacious lawn for the amazing explosion of colours and lights in the sky.
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