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 On July 1st don your Red & White and come out to celebrate Canada Day with Mississauga’s young and old. Wave the flag. Get into the spirit of a big birthday bash; Canada Day. Red shirts & white bottoms. White Shirts & red bottoms. Colour your hair, paint your face, and wear a temporary tattoo. And oh yeah.. There will be fireworks!
Port Credit's Paint the Town Red
Watch the parade with Grand Marshalls; Mike Holmes of HGTV & CityTV NEWS castor Francis D’Souza.
Have a slice of Birthday Cake. Enjoy the Strawberry Social. And come out for free Kids activities like bouncy tents, crafting, chalk mural, and lots of music, sunshine & fun! On the stage local bands perform all afternoon starting with performances from Lowes Music School & T-Rox Music Academy students.
O Canada at 10pm sets off the Fireworks at 10:15pm.
http://www.paintthetownred.ca/
Remember to bring non-perishable food for the Mississauga Food Bank, they will be collecting donations during the parade. For a list of most needed items or to support the foodbank; http://www.themississaugafoodbank.org
Taste of the Country; All 10 Provinces & 3 Territories are being represented in local restaurants. Spot the colourful flags of Canada & stop in for a bite of something new. http://www.paintthetownred.ca/a-taste-of-port-credit
Celebration Square at City Center
144 years old! Celebrate Canada’s Birthday in Mississauga’s newly renovated Celebration Square. Kids will enjoy Sheridan College Musical Theater students perform GLEE! ‘These Kids Wear Crowns’ and ‘Fairly Odd Parents’ live will entertain on the Main Stage.
Rock the day into night with; pop sensation Fefe Dobson & recording star Shawn Desman.
Performers from Mississauga’s sister city Kariya, Japan will perform, Blues guitar, Korean drum fusion, watch break-dancers or move to the sounds of flamenco, come out to feel the music from around the world.
Cap the night off with a spectacular fireworks show.
From the City of Mississauga website; The 2011 Canada Day celebration on the Square is an accessible event, offering accessible viewing areas, assistive listening devices and accessible.
http://www.mississauga.ca/portal/celebrationsquare/canadaday
Streetsville Canada Day Celebrations
From traditional First Nations Dance to the ancient art of belly dancing, from Zumba dancing to Martial Arts there will be plenty to do in Streetville on Canada Day. Come out and enjoy face painting, balloon animals, clowns, crafts tables, soap and wood carving, and Music. There will be a birthday cake and a flag raising, a candle light ceremony and flag waving... And yes fireworks! For more information visit http://www.villageofstreetsville.com/
Let them Eat Cake! Thinking of baking Canada a Birthday Cake? Just in case you're looking for it... we've posted a copy of the SUPER EASY AND FAST Canada Day Cake Recipe from our friends at Kraft Canada on "The MK Blog".
Just in case you need a little brush up on your Oh Canada! lyrics:
Bilingual Lyrics: O Canada! / Ô Canada! Oh Canada! Our home and native land,
True patriot love in all thy sons command!
Car ton bras sait porter l'épée,
Il sait porter la croix!
Ton histoire est une épopée
Des plus brillants exploits.
God keep our land glorious and free,
Oh Canada! We stand on guard for thee,
Oh Canada! We stand on guard for thee. Official English Lyrics: O Canada! Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons command.
With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!
From far and wide,
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee. Official French Lyrics: Ô Canada! Terre de nos aïeux,
Ton front est ceint de fleurons glorieux!
Car ton bras sait porter l'épée,
Il sait porter la croix!
Ton histoire est une épopée
Des plus brillants exploits.
Et ta valeur, de foi trempée,
Protégera nos foyers et nos droits.
Protégera nos foyers et nos droits. |
