Blackthorn struck up this venerable tune, with the help of Tiddley Cove Morris on the bells, as the carol ships set sail for Dundarave Beach. Enjoy!
 Squamish Elders bless the Dundarave Nativity Pavilion and the Festival's Longhouse.
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Bonfire with thanks to the District of West Vancouver
With four Saturdays of fabulous, festive and absolutely free concerts, the Dundarave Festival of Lights is West Vancouver's signature celebration of arts and culture in the Christmas season. Our forest of Christmas trees - the only one like it in coastal British Columbia - raised $30,351.50 this past Christmas for the North Shore Shelter. That brings us to $105,351.50 over four Christmases. Ho. Ho. Ho. Special thanks to the Real Estate Board's North Shore Division, the West Vancouver Firefighters' Charitable Society and everyone lit up their love with a Christmas tree on Dundarave Beach. Together, we can end homelessness beautifully.
From the
exuberantly druidic steps of Morris dancing to show tunes and children's
choirs, the Dundarave Festival of Lights lets the best spirit of our
community blaze out in the darkest time of the year. It gathers us
together as neighbours and friends in the pure joy of music. Christmas
2011 brings the Festival back for its 20th Anniversary, offering four
Saturdays of fabulously festive and free entertainment, from the
Dundarave Christmas Fair on November 26 to the legendary Bonfire Night
on December 17.
In the true spirit of Christmas, the Festival calls out the better angels in all of us to make sure no one is left out in the cold. Together, through the generosity of everyone who has sponsored a Christmas Tree on beautiful Dundarave Beach, we've raised $75,000 over three Christmases past for the Lookout Shelter. West Vancouver's firefighters have done a lot of heavy lifting in their heroic support of the Shelter. The Lookout Emergency Aid Society has used this money to create the North Shore Culinary Training Program under Chef Don Guthro, giving people who were homeless the power and dignity of work. There's glory enough for all this season, and this is your chance to let your own tree shine at the heart of the Festival. With over 65,000 people—families who have made viewing the trees on the beach a tradition for a generation and people discovering their magic for the first time—coming to this forest of Christmas trees each season, your tree will speak volumes about your best hope for our community. Sponsor your tree today for the Festival's 20th Anniversary Season, and let your light shine. We're proud to do business with Langley's own Valley View Trees, a family owned tree farm that provides the Festival with consistently beautiful trees. Support your favourite BC Christmas tree farm this season. Here's to keeping Christmas green. Our thanks as well to family owned and operated Wildcoast Productions, for creating with us the Festival's amazing performance spaces.  We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage, Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage. This support allows the Festival to provide warm and dry space for our performers and audiences, and important new funding for our community's performers.
Nous reconaisson l'appui financier du gouvernement du Canada par l'entremise du ministère du Patrimonie canadian, Développement des communautés par le biais des arts et du patrimoine.
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Please welcome 2011 Festival Founder West Vancouver United Church
Please join us in welcoming 2011 Festival Founder Penny Mitchell
 Please join us in welcoming 2011 Festival Founder Clara Hartree  Please join us in welcoming 2011 Festival Founder Sam McCall | 
Please join us in welcoming 2011 Festival Founder Darwin Construction
 Please join us in welcoming 2011 Festival Founder La Van Lack Atmore 
Please join us in welcoming 2011 Festival Founder Pacific Arbour Retirement Communities
 Please join us in welcoming 2011 Festival Founder Penfolds Roofing |
