18 — North Shore News — Friday, December 3, 1999

RIGHT LIGHTS

Festival of Lights sparkles

NEWS photos Mertin Mitterchip

Managing partner Ken Brooks, Liz Patriquin (left) and publicist and festival organizer
Aurora Ratcliffe were just part of the crew at The Beach House at Dundarave Pier who
worked hard to ensure that the overflowing crowd had a good time Monday nighi.

WEST Vancouver’s Festival of Lights marked its ninth vear
Monday as 70 trees of fight were illuminated outside The Beach
House at Dundarave Pier. The popular restaurant is j
sponsor of the festival and was the host of a fabulous party to
kick off the event. The rain held off initially and the Classic
Carollers as well as carollers trom Le Petit Montessori preschool,
Lighthouse Montessori Studio and Collingwood school
able to raise their voices in songs of the season. The trees
lovely with their lights, but there is a serious point to the festiv
The trees are all sponsored by members of the business commu-
nity and moncy ised for The Harvest Project by asking mem-
bers of the public to vote for their favourite tree with a small
_ donation. It’s expected thar 10,008 visitors will have checked out the trees by Jan. 2, 2000 *s
~ possible thar The Harvest could receive a huge seasonal boost to their fundraising. The registered
charity will soon be needing a new base of operations to continue its fight to help the needy break
*the poverty cycle — it’s motto: a hand up, not a hand out. The Festival of Lights this year coin-
cided with The Beach House at Dundarave Pier’s fifth anniversary so all at the restaurant went
‘the extra mile to ensure that this year’s celebration would be a great way to kick off the Christmas
season, Congyatulations, folks, you succeeded. .

Lorraine Hewer is one of
The Beach House at
Dunderave Pier’s oldest

stomers —- and we are
not talking about her age.
Lorraine has been coming
to the restaurant from the
day it opened and has her
own special table reserved
every Friday night except
for the one Friday night a
month she goes out on the
town with the girls.

Enjoying the seafood
taste sensations offered
at the buffet was Linda
Arbuckle, human
resources manager at
The Bay, Park Royal.

James Cowan poured
Donald Graystone: a

_ refreshing glass of fizz.

Graystone is a senior lec-

turer in the Department of

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at Beach House

Eric Christiansen (left) and Mike Carrier were happy
to pose by the tree. sponsored by. the realty. company,
Angel! Hasman and Associates. They were each quite
sure that the other. was the hardest working Realtor.i
the company. BE

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