Cassandra Tracy Miss Teen Maple Ridge World and her encounters with spaces and adventures.

   Hi Everyone.  Paper Wheat is the title of the musical I am in at my school, the University of the Fraser Valley.  I play Anna, a young Latvian Woman as well as a few other roles.  The picture is of our director, Clinte Hames. Here's a quote from the UFV website:

PAPER WHEAT
By 25th St House Theatre Saskachewan

This phenomenally successful musical production returns to the UFV stage. First presented here by The Chilliwack Theatre Festival in 1982, Paper Wheat played to packed houses before transferring to Vancouver and The Harrison Festival of the Arts with equal success. A cooperative creation by the 25^th Street House theatre of Saskatchewan, Paper Wheat follows the struggles of early homesteaders in Western Canada and their gradual realization that isolation and economic helplessness could best be overcome by cooperation in institutions such as the Wheat Pool and the CCF. 

(Jan. 20 to Feb. 7 )

 

              M  T  W   T   F   S      ( 7.30 pm.)
  ( Previews   20  21) 22  23
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Matinees: Sun, Jan 31& Feb 7 at 2pm
& Tues, Jan 26 at 12 noon 

Hope to see you all there.  It's going to be a blast! 

Here's a lounge design I made up the other Day.  Curious to learn more? Just Visit WeddingDesignStudio.com.

    Though it was a very rainy day today, we still had a great field trip.  The first stop on our trip was at WindSong, a co-housing community.  It's a 6 acre property.  The building has about 30 homes all conected with an indoor/outdoor street.  Everyone shares building chores and votes on changes with a consensus program.  It's a very neighbourly and friendly environment.  It also works well if you have kids.  A neighbour can usually babysit or help out with school projects.

   Later in the day we stopped in Granville Island.  It used to be an industrial area but it is now a mish-mash of shops and local arts.  Featured is a picture of me playing in the rain at the children's water park.  One unique thing about Granville Island is that all the outsides of the building kept their old industrial look.  But with new colours, they look completely different!

At the West Coast Women's show, my work, Wedding Design Studio set up an amazing booth. I decided to come back and take a look at the show on the Saturday. There were all sorts of great vendors. I'll admit, my mom even bought a couple of cool doo-dadds. While we were there, we also joined BC Hydro's Team Power Smart. I encourage everyone to visit their site and see how YOU can make a difference.

    The morning of September the 13th, 2009 began bright and early for me with the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Terry Fox Run.  For those of you that don't know, Terry fox was a courageous young man who lost a leg to cancer.  Soon after he began his Marathon of Hope, a run across Canada to raise money for cancer research.  He hoped to collect one dollar from every Canadian.  Unfortunately his run ended early in Thunder Bay, Ontario when he became seriously ill.  The cancer had returned to take his life.  Though Terri has passed away, his dreams live on as millions of dollars are raised for cancer research by Terry Fox  Runs in Canada every Year.

    Being right next to Terry's hometown of Port Coquitlam, British Columbia we were lucky enough to have Terry's brother Fred come speak to the runners and volunteers as well as cheer on everyone as they finished the run.  We also were priviledged to have the van from Terry's run at our event. I participated in the 5 kilometre run.  The weather was beautiful, but man was it ever hot.  Hopefully next year it will be a little cooler.  For more information or to donate you should check out the Terry Fox Foundation online.

Here's a bit of a re-introduction to me in honour of the new school year.

Hello,

     I am a second year student. I graduated from in Maple Ridge in 2008. I am currently working on my Bachelor of Arts with a Major in Geography and a minor in Theatre. However, I am taking this course because I will need it when I pursue teaching in my fifth year of post-secondary for the PDP program.
Though I have a good mental map of Canada, there are only certain areas of our country that I know very well. I was born in Langley and raised in Maple Ridge, just like the Golden Ears Bridge. Even though I've been many places throughout the Lower Mainland and BC it is just recently that I've started to learn exactly how to get to all these places. For instance this summer I drove to a variety of weddings (for work) including one in Harrison Hot Springs and then to one in Richmond on the same day.
     I also visited Toronto and Nova Scotia this past summer. Since I was downtown in Toronto most of the time I didn't really form a mental map of the area. Nova Scotia on the hand has almost burned its landmarks into my retinas. I was lucky enough to drive the highways there and visit a few different towns including Windsor and Halifax. The differences between Nova Scotia and here are incredible!
     Before I start to write a novel about my summer though, I best explain one of my favourite pictures of Canada.
     The photo I chose I found while browsing through my grandparents photos of Nova Scotia. It was taken near Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. This photo reminds me of Nova Scotia because of how unlike Vancouver it is. There's no people, no mountains, no logs, and best of all, no big, sharp rocks to trip over. Though I love Vancouver and couldn't be happier to live in the lower mainland, this picture reminds me that even at the opposite end of this grand country there is still a beautiful land waiting for me to unlock its secrets. Even if it does sound cheesy, I love that fact. It helps me to feel small in a world full of adventure.

Thanks for Reading my thoughts!

Till nest time- Ciao!

Sincerely,

Cassandra Tracy.

(More to come)

Breakfast-

CN Tower-

Rehearsal-

Lunch @ RICH TREE-

Rehearsal

Medieval Times-