Cheryl joined the Richmond Thunderbird Baton and Drum Corps when she was 8. She stayed with the group until she was 17! They were in the Steveston Canada Day parade every year. They travelled throughout western Canada and into the US. When she was 17, she won the title Canadian Corps Leader in Regina!
They played at a BC Lions game at Empire Stadium and were in the pregame show at BC Place in the 1983 Grey Cup. We got free tickets to the game as it hadn't sold out. Some of the girls didn't want to see the Grey Cup game so I took them to Pacific Center Mall. The dad's were horrified!
This was at the Canadian Championships in Calgary
This was Lexi's first Canada Day Parade in Steveston
This year was different. No large gatherings. However, our townhouse complex organized a Canada Day parade!
We were at the turnaround point. It was great fun!
When we moved here 12 years ago, we watched the motor homes drive out in October and saw them drive back again in April. Now most of our neighbours sold their gas guzzling motor homes and purchased homes in California and Arizona. This year in mid-March they all came home about the same time. Because we've been quarantined, we see them when we do our daily walk. Everyone stops to talk and we've really enjoyed getting to know all the snowbirds. It's a great community and we are happy to live here!
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