Pamela Sunshine, a.k.a. Pamela Carr was among those who performed last Friday at the fourth annual Lantern Festival, much to the delight of crowd of young children. The festival was at the Haney Place Mall.
Photograph by: Maria Rantanen , TIMES
The fourth annual Lantern Festival was held last Friday at Haney Place Mall featuring music, performances, and poetry readings.
But the highlight of the event was a lantern parade around Memorial Peace Park that started at 7 p.m.
The free, family-oriented festival brings a "bright spot in the dead of winter," according to the lantern festival's co-chair Sammy Nelligan.
The lantern festival began as a lead-up to the 2010 Olympics with Spirit of B.C. celebrations. But the tradition is expected to continue long after the Winter Games in Vancouver faded into the history books.
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Pamela Sunshine, a.k.a. Pamela Carr was among those who performed last Friday at the fourth annual Lantern Festival, much to the delight of crowd of young children. The festival was at the Haney Place Mall.
Photograph by: Maria Rantanen , TIMES
