The Penticton Indian Band鈥檚 Maryssa Bonneau sang the Okanagan Anthem at B.C. Day festivities: 鈥淲e are beautiful because our land is beautiful and that makes all of us beautiful.鈥� Dustin Godfrey/Western News
Smoky skies didn鈥檛 hamper turnout to this year鈥檚 B.C. Day celebrations in Penticton.
Put on by the Downtown Penticton Association, the event brought hundreds to Gyro Park to participate in a number of activities, despite an air quality alert from Environment Canada.
鈥淲e have lots of fantastic food vendors, we鈥檝e got vendors that are towing different, lots of stuff to buy, from sunglasses and dresses and all sorts of different arts and crafts,鈥� DPA executive director Lynn Allin said.
鈥淲e have an amazing selection of music that鈥檚 coming this afternoon.鈥�
Among the other activities, an inflatable rock climbing apparatus was set up for children to climb on, as well as an inflatable water slide.
鈥淲e鈥檙e expecting hundreds of people to come down and enjoy it, and of course there is a cake,鈥� Allin said.
That was in the form of a couple hundred cupcakes held together by an overarching icing making the form of a B.C. flag.
There was plenty of dancing at B.C. Day festivities in Penticton鈥檚 Gyro Park. Dustin Godfrey/Western NewsPenticton-bred Cosmic Brew performed at B.C. Day festivities in Penticton鈥檚 Gyro Park. Dustin Godfrey/Western NewsAn inflatable climbing wall was availble for kids to try their scaling skills at B.C. Day festivities in Penticton鈥檚 Gyro Park. Dustin Godfrey/Western NewsCountry musicians Beamer Wigley and Abby Stewart perform at B.C. Day festivities in Penticton鈥檚 Gyro Park. Dustin Godfrey/Western NewsCartoonist Marzio Manderioli did caricatures and drawings at B.C. Day festivities in Penticton鈥檚 Gyro Park. Dustin Godfrey/Western NewsThe Henna Hut was offering henna tattoos at B.C. Day festivities in Penticton鈥檚 Gyro Park. Dustin Godfrey/Western NewsA small, inflatable slide was set up at B.C. Day festivities in Penticton鈥檚 Gyro Park, with a staff on hand to water down the slope and, at times, take a ride with the kids. Dustin Godfrey/Western NewsCouns. Campbell Watt and Judy Sentes, Mayor Andrew Jakubeit and local MP Richard Cannings dish out the cupcakes at B.C. Day festivities in Penticton鈥檚 Gyro Park. Dustin Godfrey/Western News
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