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General News · 9th July 2025
Jennifer for Mansons Hall
CORTES DAY IS COMING UP! We need volunteers and have room for more vendors!
Saturday, July 19th in glorious Smelt Bay Park!
Our volunteers have a lot of fun and get be part of the excitement to help us create an unforgettable experience. Volunteer 3+ hours and receive a Cortes Day t-shirt and a delicious lunch!
Cortes Day 2025 features a parade live music, games, vendors, raffles, Build, Bail and Sail and of course the inimitable chicken poop game!
Contact officemansonshall.org or call (250) 935-0015 to inquire about volunteering or vending at this wonderful local event!
FRIDAY, JULY 11: Friday Market at Mansons Hall
Every week, the Mansons Hall Friday Market proudly presents an assortment of artisanal goods and foods, carefully crafted by various skilled vendors. There are a myriad of tables and booths set up both inside the Main Hall, and outside of the Hall and in the grassy areas leading to the Village Commons.
Visit us at noon to see what's featured this week (i.e. blueberry pie, rosemary focaccia, chocolate brownies, jams and marmalades, sourdough bread and muffins, beautiful hand-made drums and rattles, hand-made wooden utensils, handmade cutting boards, beautiful baskets, silver and glass jewelry, freshly-spun cotton candy, peanut butter chocolate nut truffles, natural beauty products, LoveFest early bird tickets and t-shirts, fresh home-made pasta, fresh veggies and cider, sushi, calzones, fresh coffee and so much more!)
FRIDAY, JULY 11: Thrift Store
The SCCA Thrift store is open during the Friday Market from 12-3, offering an array of gently-used clothing items for the whole family. It is located down the hall in the Pioneer Room. All items are sold based on suggested donations to the SCCA.
SUNDAY, JULY 13: Yoga with Kelly
Kelly Benson is currently offering Vinyasa Flow-style yoga in the Om Studio.
9am
For more info email kbrocks55yahoo.ca
TUESDAY, JULY 15: Iyengar-style Hatha Yoga
6-7:30pm, Om Studio
Focus on standing asanas. Good for joints and alignment, back issues, improves stamina, improved sleep and concentration, drop-in ongoing, all levels $20.
For more information contact Fenella at (250) 895-0634
WEDNESDAY, JULY 9: T’ai Chi Ch’uan is cancelled this week, as Judith is teaching a workshop.
THURSDAY, JULY 17: Dance Temple Cortes
For our next Dance Temple, July 17, 7:30-9:00 at Mansons Hall, we are delighted to welcome guest DJ Sarah Etherington from Dance Temple Salt Spring.
Sarah Etherington has been a part of ecstatic dance communities globally for 25 years and was invited to take the helm of the Salt Spring Dance Temple collective in December, 2021. Sarah brings a keen somatic awareness to her sets and has a unique ability to infuse her joy, unleashing the wild on the dance floor.
Sarah’s sets are a musical tapestry of sultry beats, deep liquidy bass, polyphony tracks that cultivate a wide range of movement, joyful connective world beats and loads of percussion. Sarah creates journeys with long peaks, sweet surprises and delicious landings. Sarah loves to join the dancefloor while playing and nurture the vibe with her wild unabashed joy.
Thursday July 17 at Mansons Hall, 7:30-9:00
$15-$25 at the door, accompanied children free
For more information about our programs at Mansons Hall contact officemansonshall.org or call (250) 935-0015.
Mansons Hall Office Hours: M-F 9-3.
Saturday, July 19th in glorious Smelt Bay Park!
Our volunteers have a lot of fun and get be part of the excitement to help us create an unforgettable experience. Volunteer 3+ hours and receive a Cortes Day t-shirt and a delicious lunch!
Cortes Day 2025 features a parade live music, games, vendors, raffles, Build, Bail and Sail and of course the inimitable chicken poop game!
Contact officemansonshall.org or call (250) 935-0015 to inquire about volunteering or vending at this wonderful local event!
FRIDAY, JULY 11: Friday Market at Mansons Hall
Every week, the Mansons Hall Friday Market proudly presents an assortment of artisanal goods and foods, carefully crafted by various skilled vendors. There are a myriad of tables and booths set up both inside the Main Hall, and outside of the Hall and in the grassy areas leading to the Village Commons.
Visit us at noon to see what's featured this week (i.e. blueberry pie, rosemary focaccia, chocolate brownies, jams and marmalades, sourdough bread and muffins, beautiful hand-made drums and rattles, hand-made wooden utensils, handmade cutting boards, beautiful baskets, silver and glass jewelry, freshly-spun cotton candy, peanut butter chocolate nut truffles, natural beauty products, LoveFest early bird tickets and t-shirts, fresh home-made pasta, fresh veggies and cider, sushi, calzones, fresh coffee and so much more!)
FRIDAY, JULY 11: Thrift Store
The SCCA Thrift store is open during the Friday Market from 12-3, offering an array of gently-used clothing items for the whole family. It is located down the hall in the Pioneer Room. All items are sold based on suggested donations to the SCCA.
SUNDAY, JULY 13: Yoga with Kelly
Kelly Benson is currently offering Vinyasa Flow-style yoga in the Om Studio.
9am
For more info email kbrocks55yahoo.ca
TUESDAY, JULY 15: Iyengar-style Hatha Yoga
6-7:30pm, Om Studio
Focus on standing asanas. Good for joints and alignment, back issues, improves stamina, improved sleep and concentration, drop-in ongoing, all levels $20.
For more information contact Fenella at (250) 895-0634
WEDNESDAY, JULY 9: T’ai Chi Ch’uan is cancelled this week, as Judith is teaching a workshop.
THURSDAY, JULY 17: Dance Temple Cortes
For our next Dance Temple, July 17, 7:30-9:00 at Mansons Hall, we are delighted to welcome guest DJ Sarah Etherington from Dance Temple Salt Spring.
Sarah Etherington has been a part of ecstatic dance communities globally for 25 years and was invited to take the helm of the Salt Spring Dance Temple collective in December, 2021. Sarah brings a keen somatic awareness to her sets and has a unique ability to infuse her joy, unleashing the wild on the dance floor.
Sarah’s sets are a musical tapestry of sultry beats, deep liquidy bass, polyphony tracks that cultivate a wide range of movement, joyful connective world beats and loads of percussion. Sarah creates journeys with long peaks, sweet surprises and delicious landings. Sarah loves to join the dancefloor while playing and nurture the vibe with her wild unabashed joy.
Thursday July 17 at Mansons Hall, 7:30-9:00
$15-$25 at the door, accompanied children free
For more information about our programs at Mansons Hall contact officemansonshall.org or call (250) 935-0015.
Mansons Hall Office Hours: M-F 9-3.