| Lilac festival
Posted: 5/24/2006 6:47:55 PM | Ok I'm in. hope to see some of ya there.
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Posted: 5/24/2006 6:58:02 PM | Is there any activities for Monsters to do???...
Have never been there | |
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Posted: 5/24/2006 11:47:30 PM | There are buskers, clowns and people who do face painting.
I would grow extra eyes to watch your kids too.. If I recall, there were ~40,000 who attended last year | |
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Posted: 5/25/2006 3:04:22 PM | This sounds like it could be a blast!! I have never been, but have always wanted to go. Sunday is also my youngest sister's birthday and I do have to spend some time with her on her special day.
Hmm...what to do, what to do?
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Posted: 5/25/2006 3:50:09 PM | wooohoooo, definately sounds like good times.....
40,000 people huh, maybe I'll just wander aimlessly and see who I can see | |
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Posted: 5/25/2006 3:52:12 PM | | looks like the weekend is going to wet and chilly..... :( still proposing to meet at 130 by Rose and Crown Pub. | |
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Posted: 5/25/2006 7:58:21 PM | It looks like I'm out on this one--I'm going to have to work all weekend.  | |
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| Lilac festival
Posted: 5/26/2006 5:18:46 PM | HI people......
can you please explain exactly what this lilac festival is all about.......I am newish to calgary...............
thanks and I an from BC were is rains alot.........so its just like home
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Posted: 5/26/2006 6:41:55 PM | If you read the thread you would know:
Here's the cut and paste:
Lilac Festival - Sunday May 28th 2006!
Sunday, May 28th, 2006, marks the date of the 17 th annual 4 th Street Lilac Festival, and the streets have never been hotter!
In 2005 an estimated 120,000 Calgarians participated in this fabulous one-day festival. They enjoyed the wide array of entertainers that were featured on stages and entertainment zones along 4 th Street in the heart of the Mission district.
In addition, they had an opportunity to shop at over 600 craft, food and entertainment vendors along the 13 blocks of the festival. With something for almost everyone to see and do we had participants dancing in the streets to the smooth sounds and scrumptious tastes. Fourth Street is known for it's diverse cultural restaurants - "you can eat around the world on 4 th " - and those restaurants took to the streets that day selling samples of their fabulous menus. | |
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Posted: 5/26/2006 10:35:48 PM | Wow, I want to come back just for this one festival!
I went last year (and every year beforehand for four years). It was the first weekend that was really nice, so it was PACKED. By noon it was, literally, wall to wall people along 4th Street (from about 12 Ave to 20th). I've never seen anything like it. A large group from LiveJournal all went together; thank goodness we had a 7ft tall man in our midst... all I did all day was look for him to find the others! Honestly, it got to the point around 3pm where even basic movement was impossible (i.e. shoulder-to-shoulder, back-to-back people), so we scooted down side streets just to get to a place to sit.
It's fun for the wee ones if you go before noon; pee breaks and getting liquid refreshments after that time will be brutal. There is a parade as well that takes up the whole street that normally is a lot of fun; tons of bellydancers, political parties, etc.
My girlfriend owns a restaurant along that strip (Bistro 2210); I can't even imagine the chaos, considering her shop is smack in the middle of the festivities!
Lots of local music and beer, basically. I've always gone just to see friends I haven't run into in ages... *laugh* Imagine, more than 1/10 of Calgary's population showed up last year. | |
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Posted: 5/27/2006 2:16:46 AM | Is there one specified area we all meet at for sure yet? Just asking in case plans change?
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Posted: 5/27/2006 6:59:30 AM | Here is the current forecast for tomorrow from Environment Canada. I suspect a lot of people will bail on this one and stay home instead unless the forcast changes.
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Showers at times heavy. Local amount 15 mm. Wind becoming north 30 km/h in the afternoon. High 8. | |
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| Lilac festival
Posted: 5/27/2006 9:30:05 AM | I like a challenge. Sadly, a lot of people claim they do, but few are actually willing to prove it.... I'm gonna kick the weather's A$$.
See the three or four of you tomorrow at the festival. That's IF I see ya there..  | |
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Posted: 5/27/2006 7:19:33 PM | Due to the uncertainty of the weather and also uncertain as to who is truly plannin to go. I propose that you make your own ways for this event.
I may or may not see you there!
~Stone | |
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| Lilac festival
Posted: 5/27/2006 7:26:38 PM | hmm ill come if u hold my hand stone  | |
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Posted: 5/27/2006 7:30:48 PM | I think not.....  Find your own hand to hold!!!! | |
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Posted: 5/27/2006 7:34:33 PM | | rofl was kiddin i cant drive round calgary anyways lol been there avoided that place lol | |
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Posted: 5/27/2006 7:36:36 PM | I'd love to come out and play in the rain with you all, but I work.... | |
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Posted: 5/27/2006 7:39:42 PM | Looks like Im playing in the rain all day LOL..... From 9:30 am till 8:30 pm...
I just really want dont want to get sick
Trouble..... I was just being my mean self.... NO offence | |
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Posted: 5/27/2006 9:19:48 PM | | no worries i was just bein my sarcastic self lol but honestly calgary is a hole lol got lost there enuf times to know better than to try n figure out which one way is out | |
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Posted: 5/28/2006 10:24:56 AM | If this weather clears up somewhat by 12:30 or 1pm (which it's looking like it might)..........then I will see you guys at the Rose and Crown for 1:30!!
Yay!! My first attendance at the Lilac Festival!!!!
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Posted: 5/28/2006 12:47:09 PM |
but honestly calgary is a hole
Thats it!...You and me at the bike racks....Iam gonna kick your ass! | |
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Posted: 5/28/2006 12:55:12 PM | you better wait until your security team assembles there prez... gotta watch your back ya know.
thinking I'll head down that way now and see who I can spot...or hide from!  | |
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Posted: 5/28/2006 1:00:53 PM | | Well we could always stick a tall gentleman betwen us...he could be our escort!...and he doesnt charge by the hour | |
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