James Douglas: A Multicultural Legacy
Commemorate James Douglas’s multicultural legacy through a day of celebrating Black, Scottish, Métis and Indigenous arts, food, music and dance!
Date/Time: Nov 19 2022, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Langley, Fort Langley National Historic Site | Event calendar23433 Mavis Ave
P: 604-513-4777
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Cost: $8.50
Sir James Douglas was sworn in as BC’s first governor at Fort Langley during the reading of the proclamation on November 19, 1858. James Douglas came from a multicultural background: he was born in Guyana to a Creole mother and a Scottish father, and as an adult, married a Métis woman, Amelia Connolly. Douglas’ multicultural legacy has a historic and long-lasting influence on representing diversity in BC.
Participate in Métis jigging, cedar weaving, and top hat-making demonstrations; enjoy tasty eats from a Caribbean food truck; listen to steel drum, fiddle, and bagpipe performances; watch African cultural dancers; engage with cultural exhibits and scheduled panel discussions; and more!
Admission details : $8.50/adult; $7.00/senior. Free admission for youth 17 and under and annual pass holders.
Schedule
10:00 a.m. Kwantlen Welcome Ceremony
10:30 a.m. Bagpipe Performance
11:00 a.m. Steel Drumming Performance
11:30 a.m. Métis Jigging Lessons with Lisa Shepherd
11:30 a.m. Guyanese Anthem with the Guyanese Canadian Cultural Association of BC
11:45 a.m. African Cultural Dance Performance with Hadijah Ndagire
12:00 p.m. Curator’s Corner
12:30 p.m. Story of African Immigration to the Americas Presentation with Yasin Kiraga Misago
1:00 p.m. Panel Discussion with Keith Thor Carlson & Sonny McHalsie: “Sir James Douglas and his vision of an alternative version of BC”
2:00 p.m. Métis Jigging Lessons with Lisa Shepherd
2:30 p.m. Steel Drumming Performance
3:00 p.m. African Cultural Dance Performance with Hadijah Ndagire
3:30 p.m. Guyanese Games
4:30 p.m. Bagpipe Procession
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