NEWS briefs: RCMP Musical Ride coming, scroll denounces Iranian president, library searches for book readers
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Updated: July 14, 2009 9:43 AM
RCMP musical ride here Aug. 9
Skydivers, polo demonstrations and military music will come together for the RCMP Musical Ride.
The show comes to Victoria Aug. 9 and is hosted by the Victoria Military Music Festival Society. Performers include the Greater Victoria Police Pipes and Drums and the Air Cadet Summer Training Centre Service Band. Admission is $15 for adults and $10 for children. Parking is $5 per car. Grandstand seating is limited so bring lawn chairs.
The show kicks off at 1:30 p.m. at the Victoria Polo Club, 7161 Wallace Dr.
Tickets are available at Tourism Victoria or by calling 250-953-2033.
Scroll denounces Iranian president
Members of Victoria’s Iranian community signed what they hope is the world’s largest protest scroll denouncing Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
The scroll reads, “Ahmadinejad is not Iran’s president.”
The UVic Persian club and the Iranian Community of Victoria organized the ceremony last Friday.
The scroll will travel to 136 different cities around the world.
Library searches for book readers
This summer, you might consider curling up with a great book on a park bench rather than the couch.
Greater Victoria Public Library staff will be scouring the region looking for readers and rewarding them with prizes. Extra prizes are available for those caught reading a library book.
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