The Cloverdale Legion will once again host the city\u2019s main Remembrance Day service. Always held in Veterans\u2019 Square, it\u2019ll start at 10 a.m. on Nov. 11.<\/p>\n
Will Hanks, sergeant-at-arms for Cloverdale\u2019s Royal Canadian Legion, Branch No. 6, said the general public is in invited back to the Legion after the ceremony. He added that one need not be a member to come to the Legion on Remembrance Day.<\/p>\n
With their capacity at 500, Hanks thinks more than a thousand people will be in and out of the Legion after the ceremony and over the course of the day. He said they have a full slate of entertainment booked for the afternoon and evening.<\/p>\n
Before the entertainment begins, they\u2019ll be a parade back to the legion led by the colour party.<\/p>\n
As sergeant-at-arms, Hanks will lead the colour party (they carry the flags, lead the parade, and march in and out first). This is his first Remembrance Day as sergeant-at-arms and the first time he\u2019ll be leading the colour party.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere should be several hundred in the parade,\u201d Hanks noted. \u201cWe\u2019ll march back to the Legion from the cenotaph.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hanks said they\u2019ll have a Canadian jeep from the Korean War and a Second World War army truck at the Legion again.<\/p>\n
He noted there may be another army truck or two, but that will be confirmed closer to the actual ceremony after he speaks with the folks at the B.C. Vintage Truck Museum.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re also going to have the SPS pipes and drums band perform in the Legion,\u201d Hanks added. He\u2019s still firming up the time, but he thinks just before 1 p.m.<\/p>\n
Here is the Cloverdale Legion\u2019s lineup for the afternoon\/evening on Remembrance Day.
1 p.m. \u2013 Barry Wilson
1:45 p.m. \u2013 Silver Diamond Dancers
2:15 p.m. \u2013 Barry Wilson
3 p.m. \u2013 Vancouver Traveling Band
3:45 p.m. \u2013 Barry Wilson
4:30 p.m. \u2013 Dunvegan Dancers
6 to 9 p.m. \u2013 Brian Zalo Mix<\/p>\n
The Cloverdale Legion is located at 17567 57th Avenue and will be open to the public starting at noon. There is no entry fee.<\/p>\n