The Farewell, and guest of honour was our charming and personable Mayor Catherine Ferguson, and the Fundraiser was for the White Rock South Surrey Hospice Society. The current, head of the Hospice, Yvon Thibeault, a genuine and compassionate man, welcomed Catherine to her new position as the Executive Director of the Hospice. Guest speakers were Gavin Johnston - a good friend of Mayor Ferguson and Russ Hiebert, MP.

My point of view of this event?
The forty guests including her husband, family and friends were greeted by thoughtful and really nice servers. I found this engaging event to be charming, exquisite and memorable. The mingling of people, fine food, great service, lots of laughs, and quiet emotion captured an overall, great atmosphere.
A favourite song was gifted to our mayor "Somewhere Over the Rainbow." The singer was Helen Chotijaha, a thirteen year old, with a fabulous voice and was accompanied by guitarist, Ron Fairbairn. She was escorted by her very proud mother, and singing coach Heidi McCurdy of Harmony Expressive Arts.

Beyond that I ask you, what is this "high tea" ceremony all about?
Being that there is much history behind having a "High Tea" ceremony, I won't go into that. But, what I can say is that having engaged in a High Tea, that this experience has changed my mind about having a cup of tea, especially sharing amongst 40 people. This included specialty loose leaf teas, finger sandwiches, sausage rolls, fresh fruit, lemon curd, devon shire cream, raspberry jam, baby cake cupcakes and dainty rounds.
Feel sophisticated, dress up and wear a hat, and treat yourself to a High Tea. What a great idea to take a break in the winter season, feel special and even dress like a princess. In fact, about a week later I went to Tracycakes and found a mother sharing "tea party" etiquette with her two young daughter's, who were dressed up as little princess's. What a great experience for these little girls, who have probably graduated from having a tea parties with their dolls and teddy bears.

For the heartier bunch, in the cold weather, take the chill off after walking the beach or the pier and enjoy Tracy's famous homemade soups, chill and shepherd's pie.

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To exchange their marital vows on the beautiful shores of White Rock. As the wedding party approached down the promenade followed by curious spectators the faint sound of carnival music could be heard, as bubbles danced in merriment around them. Family and friends were now standing and straining their eyesight to confirm they were seeing what they thought they saw.

Like a beautiful fall collage, the wedding party sauntered in style towards the ceremony area; now giggles could be heard coming from the guests. Why.... well the wedding party was in full clown, White Rocks first! The procession was lead by the best women, Korki, Hanya Bananya and Lollipop followed by the happy couple Sugar(Kellie) & BoBo (Bob). Everyone but the groom was a professional clown, but it didn’t take Bob long to transform into his Happy Hobo character “BoBo”, nor did it take long for the guests to enjoy the silly spin Bob and Kellie had surprised them with.

Before the ceremony, family members were brought up from both sides and were presented with Big Ties for the guys and Big Sunglasses for the gals to wear. With Korki officiating; the happy couple exchanged vows to love, cherish and keep each other’s funny bones well oiled.
The guests and crowd of passer bye’s which had increased in numbers; cheered in joy as Sugar and BoBo bumped a nose to make it official. It was now time to take pictures “Clown Style”, as BoBo and Sugar passed a bag of foam clown noses around giving their guests permission to pick their own noses.

Chuckles could be heard everywhere, as all participated and posed in good FUN with their new clown noses. What a wonderful way to start a new beginning....with a SMILE at White Rock Beach.   hide