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Organizer	B.C. Coalition of People With Disabilities
Title	35th Anniversary Celebration of BCCP
Category	Accessibility
Location	Vancouver, British Columbia
Date	April 4, 2013
Telephone	604-875-0188
Website
Event Description	Join Us At Our 35th Anniversary! Hosted by BCCPD We�re throwing a community celebration for friends and colleagues on April 4th, 2013 to mark the BC Coalition of People with Disabilities� 35th year of serving the disability community. We�re very excited to have Global TV�s Mark Madryga as our host for the evening of celebration and music. You�ll also be wowed by world-renowned guitarist, Don Alder and entertainer/comic David C. Jones. All this, plus a salsa dancing performance! Plus, you will have the opportunity to bid on wonderful items in our Silent Auction, including: ■original art by PJ Artman ■Bard on the Beach tickets ■jewellery by Pandora ■spa packages, and more! Door prizes, appetizer buffet and cash bar. Support BCCPD, share a story and a toast with us, and enjoy a very special evening. A huge thank you to Global TV and our Event Gold Sponsor the Vancouver Taxi Association. To purchase tickets call Nicole at our office at 604-875-0188. #204 - 456 West Broadway, Vancouver BC V5Y 1R3. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- More About Our Special Guests: Mark Madryga has been a Meteorologist in Vancouver for 26 years. Since 1994, Mark has been delivering weather reports on radio and television throughout British Columbia. He can be seen and heard prognosticating weekdays on the Global Morning News and on CKNW AM 980 radio. He is a proud supporter of many charities throughout British Columbia, including Peace Arch Hospital, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, the Alzheimer Society of BC and the BC SPCA. Mark was born and raised in Kamloops and resides in Surrey. Mark has two children, Matthew age 16 and Tessa age 13. Don Alder plays acoustic fingerstyle guitar with a passion that has quickly earned him a reputation as Vancouver�s �best kept little secret�. Don is a world-class fingerstyle guitarist with a �wow factor� that will get your toes tapping. www.donalder.com David C. Jones is often seen on TV and stage improvising and works around the world as a host/emcee is various comedic personas. An actor in Vancouver, he has performed on most of the stages here in everything from Shakespeare to Stoppard to Coward to Dickens. He also starred in the musical Little Me! as all the men and recently as The Prosecutor in Romance by David Mamet. He is also a highly regarded special event producer having been entertainment manager for the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympics Games. He has also written and directed a variety of short films that have played around the world. www.davidcjones.ca.
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