Here is the single channel version of the Arena Rock video! Thanks to the community for such amazing stories! Rock on!
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Please join us for the grand unveiling of the completed Arena Rock project!
Wednesday August 30th, 2017
5pm-9pm
at the Kerrisdale Arena ~ 5670 East Blvd
ALL AGES!
FREE!
What to expect??
The Kerrisdale Arena foyer will be transformed with Arena stories as told by the community!
A looping video! A 2-channel one time only video installation!
Posters that tell the fabulous history of this great Arena!
COME ONE, COME ALL!
Kristi works in the skate shop once a week now for fun, but she basically grew up at the Arena - first taking lessons, then as part of the figure skating club and then teaching kids how to skate. She invited us to pop by and have a chat.
When I asked her if there were any ghosts in the building she said:
"Mostly at night, when there is less people around, I've often out of the corner of my eye seen someone walking down to the men's washroom and when I turned to get a better look at them - there is nobody there! It's just a feeling that all of sudden there is somebody here and yet there is no one physically around. I just wave or say hi and then keep going with what I am doing. I like it, it is one of the fun things that this old place has, it has lots of character!"
Here are more things that Kristi shared:
When I asked her if there were any ghosts in the building she said:
"Mostly at night, when there is less people around, I've often out of the corner of my eye seen someone walking down to the men's washroom and when I turned to get a better look at them - there is nobody there! It's just a feeling that all of sudden there is somebody here and yet there is no one physically around. I just wave or say hi and then keep going with what I am doing. I like it, it is one of the fun things that this old place has, it has lots of character!"
Here are more things that Kristi shared:
A great article in the courier about the Arena Rock project - Thanks to John Kurucz and Dan Toulgoet!
"I am a heritage person and I am very concerned about changes in Kerrisdale.
I like the idea of having the arena, I think that it is important that children and families have an opportunity to skate or to do other things.
I’m very much in favour of either redeveloping in the sense of keeping the heritage, but not combining it with the community centre.
It’s really important to me that there is separate facilities around Kerrisdale to meet the growing needs of families and children, as well as seniors."
It’s really important to me that there is separate facilities around Kerrisdale to meet the growing needs of families and children, as well as seniors."
"My Dad started coming [to Kerrisdale Arena] when I was about 9, so I've always come to the public skates and then just recently, I started working here…the community is really great."
