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143rd Canada Day Celebration

On Saturday 19^th June 2010, the local Canadian community once again laid siege to Bangkok's British Club in celebrating Canada's 143rd Birthday. For many local residents however, it must have appeared as if the red shirts were once again on the move as over 300 Canada Day supporters dressed in bright red and white made their way to this annual celebration. After all the chaos of April and May, it was refreshing to see so many adults and children enjoying a fun-filled day on the Club's lawn.  

If you're wondering why this year's celebration was held on June 19th instead of July 1st, there is an easy answer. The Canada Day Committee elected to move the event forward by a few weeks to allow more families to participate before the start of the summer home-leave exodus. Given the Committee's poor weather-forecasting skills and demonstrated history of selecting rain-soaked days for this event, I'm sure they don't have the confidence to say it was moved to reduce the risk of rain.

This year's Canada Day event continued with its family friendly feel, and provided many traditional picnic sporting events that all age groups can enjoy including ball hockey, volley ball, water balloon toss and tug of war. The event also delivered a fun-filled day for the younger kids by offering a bouncy castle, Uncle James the Clown, Ron the Juggler, face painting, colouring, silhouette cut-outs and the BNH Hospital's Mascots and Mad Scientist. Adults were treated to free first aid and blood pressure checks by BNH Hospital's on-site staff as well as eye examinations by the Laser Vision.

The British Club is always a beautiful venue for this annual event and you can count on its professional staff to make it an enjoyable day for all. In support of the 2010 celebration, the British Club delivered great afternoon snacks for the kids as well as a delicious dinner buffet that was available at three different stations. Throughout the day, the Club also ensured guests were treated to a continuous supply of cold Canadian beer, wine and mixed drinks from 3 strategically placed bars.

Following dinner, a brief birthday cake cutting ceremony was conducted by H. E. Mr. Ron Hoffmann, Ambassador of Canada to Thailand, Mr. Germain Bergeron - 2010 Canada Day Committee Chairman and Mr. John Casella - Canada Day's MC.  While the children were excited about the cake, the adults were clearly more interested in the evening's lucky draw which offered over 90 prizes and a top prize of a 3 day/2 night stay for two at Club Med in Phuket.

The Canada Day Committee and the Thai-Canadian Chamber of Commerce also took time during the evening to present a community service recognition plaque to Mr. Barry Osborne, the British Club's departing General Manager.  Over the years, Barry has been a strong supporter of the Canadian community and everyone wishes him great success in his future endeavors.

A key element of Bangkok's annual Canada Day Celebration is the ever popular Caesar Drink Bar that is consistently staffed by the toga-clad Mr. John 'Caesar' Stevens and his merry band of helpers. For those of you who may not be familiar with the Classic Canadian Caesar, its key ingredients include:

• 1 oz - vodka

• 2 dashes - red hot sauce

• 3 dashes - freshly ground salt & pepper

• 4 dashes - worcestershire sauce

• 4 oz - clamato juice (a difficult commodity to find in Bangkok)

• Rim glass dressed with lime juice and celery salt

• And, served over ice with fresh celery and a wedge of lime

To the chagrin of Canada's many beer drinkers, there is an evolving movement to make the 'Classic' Caesar into Canada's national drink. Based on the local Canadian community's affection for this drink, it clearly has a chance of succeeding.

Due to the lack of any serious rain on this day, the Canadians were also afforded their first dry evening in many years to conduct the event's legendary 'Boat Races'. We wish to thank Ambassador Hoffmann for his outstanding officiating at this year's race and for ensuring a level playing field for all participants. Clearly, FIFA could learn a great deal by observing the Ambassador's officiating skills.  In the end, it was a tough and durable all-Thai team that gutted it out to dethrone the favoured Canuck team. Are you wondering how the Canadians conduct boat races on dry land? If so, you'll have to attend the 144th Canada Day Celebration to get the answer.

The 2010 Canada Committee also wishes to recognize and thank the following major sponsors for supporting Canada's 143rd Birthday Celebration: Gold Sponsors - BNH Hospital, Early Learning Centre Family of Schools and Pan Orient Energy; Silver Sponsors - Bombardier and International School of Bangkok (ISB); and Bronze Sponsors - Bangkok Snow Removal, Canadoil, Laser Vision and Magna International.

We look forward to seeing you at next year's Canada Day Celebration to be held on Saturday 18th June 2011.

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