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Sails of Light 2012 Christmas at Canada Place in Vancouver BC. From Nov 29, 2012 to Jan 1, 2013, the five sales at Canada Place lights up to celebrate the Christmas season. Each year, an elaborate light show is projected onto the Teflon sails much like an artist applies brushstrokes on a canvas.

An estimated 500,000 people this year would enjoy the illuminated artwork on one of Vancouver’s landmark architectures, the Five Sails, from around Stanley Park, the downtown waterfront areas and on carol ships out and about in Coal Harbor and the Burrard Inlet. The event is a visual feast and a way for Canadians to tell their stories using lights, colors, shadows, animation, time duration and illuminated imagery.

Beyond being an artistic endeavor that reflects Canadian values, the Sails of Light venture also invites corporate customers to participate as partners and explore branding opportunities.


Sails of Light at Canada Place had become a Vancouver holiday tradition since 2009 when the event debuted just two months before the opening of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games that further established the city as an international destination.

[Photos & Video by Ray Van Eng]





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Ray Van Eng is an award-winning photographer, journalist, online publisher, screenwriter and movie & TV producer. One of his videos is currently on view at the Hava Nagila Exhibit, Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust in New York City. from Sep 2012 to May 2013.

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The GRAND Wedding Show (Sep 15-16, 2012) is an annual event designed to meet the needs of the soon-to-be-married couples who are planning their nuptials. A highlight of the show is the bridal gown fashion runway which features a mix of white wedding gowns, Asian qipao-style cheongsams and South Asian sari-themed dresses for a multicultural flavor that is very much in demand in today’s marketplace. The event is held at the Trade ad Convention Center East at Canada Place in Vancouver Canada from Sep 15-16, 2012.

Sari & Qipao Bridal Fashion @ Grand Wedding Show 2012 Vancouver

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Mexico Fest 2012 in Vancouver, Jack Poole Plaza, Canada Place, Sep 08, 2012.

After Mexican Consul General Angel Villalobos sang the national Anthem, Mexicanos, Al Grito de Guerra, and waved the Mexican flag, the democracy protestors began to gather in front of the audience just below the stage. Nevertheless, it was a peaceful demonstration and everyone was very respectful of each other resulting in no confrontation at all. The majority of the crowd continued to enjoy the fiesta with appearances by Yam and Los Claxons.

Consul General Angel Villalobos sang ‘Mexicanos, Al Grito de Guerra’

MexicoFest 2012 Independence Celebration & Democracy Protest

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Canadian Beatles cover band FAB FOUREVER helped celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in Canada Fest 2012 and London 2012 Olympics at Canada Place in Vancouver, BC on Aug 04, 2012.

At the entrance to the West Promenade and the North Point, the Fab Fourever performed I Saw Her Standing There, All My Loving, Ticket to Ride, A Hard Day’s Night, Roll Over Beethoven and many more and created an instant Beatles Maniac among the Fab Four fans that gathered.

They not only sounded like the Beatles in order to pay tribute to the British rock group, band members Jody Tennant, Kevin Davey, Jean-Luc Perron and Paul Kaszonyi even did and dressed their best to look like Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr respectively to give the audience a ‘complete Beatles experience’.

A Video by Ray Van Eng – Fab Fourever Beatles Maniac

Roll Over Beethoven & Mr. Postman

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The 2011 Canadian National Hip Hop Champions and Hip Hop International Grand Finalists, “FRESHH” from Fresh Groove Studios, Richmond performed at the Canada Day 2012 Celebration at Canada Place Vancouver on July 1, 2012. Choreographed by Cezar Tantoco, this dynamic group has performed at the Closing Ceremonies for the 2010 Winter Olympics, Canada’s Got Talent, Vancouver’s “Summer Live” Festival and many other community events.

Jamaican Kingfish Limbo dancer Clifford Palmer did the limbo rock also to help celebrate the country’s 145th birthday and the 200th anniversary of the Battle of 1812.

A Video by Ray Van Eng – FRESHH HIP HOP

A Video by Ray Van Eng –Kingfish Limbo

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On April 26, 2011, Vancouver celebrated the city’s 125th birthday (1886-2011). A special ceremony was held at the Jack Poole Plaza right next to Canada Place and the Vancouver Convention Centre with the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Cauldron being relit. BC Premier Christy Clark, Mayor Gregor Robertson, First Nations chief Ian Campbell and tens of thousands of others were there to help celebrate this special occasion. Local rock band 54-40 performed some of their hit songs including Ocean Pearl & Crossing A Canyon presented here.

54-40 Hit Songs at Vancouver 125 Birthday Party

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Vancouver rock band 54-40 performed One Day In Your Life at the Jack Poole Plaza next to Canada Place and Vancouver Convention Centre. That day was April 06, 2011 and also Vancouver’s 125th Birthday where a big celebration was held earlier including the singing of the national anthem O Canada by the Vancouver Bach Choir, cake cutting, and the relit of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Cauldron. Those present in the official ceremony included BC Premier Christy Clark, Mayor Gregor Robertson, the First Nations and other performers such as Leela Gilday, Uzume Taiko etc. 54-40 also celebrated its 30th anniversary this year also.

VIDEO – 54-40 One Day In Your Life @ Jack Poole Plaza

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At the Vancouver 125th Birthday on April 06, 2011, Leela Gilday, a Dene/Canadian singer-songwriter from Yellowknife, NWT, sang some of her signature songs including One Drum, At The End of The Day etc. This Juno-nominated artist writes of her native urban experience with the hallmark free spirit of the True Canadian North. The Vancouver 125th birthday bash was held at the Jack Poole Plaza near Canada Place and the Vancouver Convention Centre. In attendance were BC Premier Christy Clark, Mayor Gregor Robertson, First Nations chief Ian Campbell and others.

VIDEO – NWT Leela Gilday at Vancouver 125th Birthday

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It’s Vancouver’s 125th Birthday on April 06, 2011. BC Premier Christy Clark gave thanks to the First Nations who had been here for thousands of years, long before Captain George Vancouver, the first European to explore the westcoast of Canada. The Canadian National Anthem O’ Canada was sung and Mayor Gregor Roberson did the countdown to relit the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Cauldron. A number of large birthday cakes of different designs were cut for the tens of thousands of guests that showed up at the Jack Poole Plaza right next to Canada Place and the Vancouver Convention Centre to party and celebrate and party. The evening’s festivities was capped off by a performance from 54-40, a local band from Vancouver. Aboriginal singer Leela Gilday and Asian drum group Uzume Taiko also perfomed earlier in the day. Happy 125th Birthday, Vancouver, 1886-2011.

VIDEO – Vancouver 125th Birthday Party at Jack Poole Plaza

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[WARNING: MATURE CONTENT NOT SUITABLE FOR MINORS UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE.]

This year, the Taboo Sex Show 2011 Vancouver is being held at the Vancouver Convention Centre New West Building A & B from January 13-16, 2011.

Billed as a ‘Naughty But Nice Sexy Show’, the 4-day trade show/live performance event has more than 80 exhibitors participating. Featured headline acts included Stiletto Storm, Emcee and Internet sensation Samantha Mack, Diamond Minx and Maggie Pie Burlesque, Aradia Fitness Pole Dancing, Miss Pole Dance Canada Crystal Lai, latex fashion Show by Wares & Wear, Wild West Cancan & Dazzling Divas. There are also bikini contest, exotic dance showcase, body painting competition etc.

To expand your horizon and knowledge base, there are plenty of seminars that cover a wide variety of hush-hush subjects: bondage intro, spanking 101, lap dance for your partner and more. Balanced sexuality, relationship visioning and emotional vampire may pique the interest of many first-time visitors.

However, familiar terms like Eden, paradise, fantasy island and loving and sharing may not necessarily be the kind that many religious-minds would approve. DIY therapeutic devices, sex toys galore and some acts can only be shown behind a black curtain and no photos allowed. What kind of acts? Some call it pleasure and others label it pain. All depending on your point of view and level of indulgence. Heaven and Hell are separated by such a fine line.

Pyrex apparatus are built for safety so as not to cause any bodily harm. Oh, behave, but ask as many questions as you like, your friendly salesperson is there to answer your enquiry. Don’t worry, what happens at the Taboo Sex Show 2011 Vancouver stays on the trade show floor. Want some freebies, at least an exhibitor or two were eager to pass out the Big ’O’. That’s oxygen, stupid. What were you thinking?

The Taboo Sex Show 2011 is a licensed event. Tix are $15 (online) and $20 (cash only at the door). Opening night was on Thursday (Jan 13) and it’s Girls Night Out. Tickets were 2 for 1 for the ladies, so that evening was filled with young ladies cursing the showroom floor with friends. Gate-checkers would ask to see your driver’s license to make sure you are 19 and over.

Taboo Sex Show 2011 certainly raised the temperatures of this city in the middle of winter. A few more shows like that and Vancouver could just have an early spring. Cheery blossom time in January for Lotusland, why not? Just keep the snow up in the mountains.

Special props goes to Diamond Minx who did an excellent burlesque stripe-tease act that is featured in the following video.


[VIDEO - WARNING: MATURE CONTENT. Diamond Minx Burlesque at Taboo Sex Show Vancouver 2011. Viewer discretion is advised.]

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