Salt Spring Photographer John Cameron
Another Ganges rush ‘hour’ scene.
This time a life-jacket-free man rows from a moored boat into town. And someone talks on a cell phone on the boardwalk (yes, there is cell service in Ganges, at least on the Telus/Bell network).
Meanwhile, Cape Naden sits patiently, ready to leap into action. Some pigeons flutter about. And a seagull claims the high ground.
Have you battled rush hour in Ganges?
Four Gulf Islands Secondary acting students take a quick photo break during a weekend rehearsal*.
Details of their show Journey to the West are below.
Journey To The West is a Chinese classic written in the early fifteenth century, adapted and performed by our Acting 11/12 class.
Journey To The West takes place in Ancient China, and eventually takes the audience to Ancient India. We get to see Buddhist temples, small fishing villages, The Court of Heaven, and the much more. It is a play centering around the relationship of mind and body, and how one reaches their destiny.
Featuring sneaky monkeys, wise monks, greedy pigs, kind Bodhisattvas, and the Tathagatta Buddha himself, this play will leave you, perhaps, almost as enlightened as the Buddhist monks themselves! A performance you won’t want to miss!
Tickets are available through the ArtSpring Box office.
* I support the performing arts at GISS in general and the Gulf Islands School of Performing Arts (GISPA) in particular.
On Salt Spring Island, the holiday season often includes families getting together. Here’s a family out for a Salt Spring style walk on North Beach Road. And yes, there is a reason for the boots.
(high tide on one of the coldest, shortest and darkest days of the year, and only one leaky boot)
At Fernwood Pier.
Brazilian Student at GISS
This is a candid image taken in the multipurpose room at Gulf Islands Secondary. Each International Program student had prepared samples of their home country’s foods. And they were handing out free samples, so there was a big crowd of hungry teens on hand.
I noticed a narrow beam coming from a second story window about 100 feet away. This girl stepped into the light and in front of a colourful poster.
Today is the last day of classes before the break. The mid-way point in the year, and the second semester at GISS, begins in February.