Stoney Creek Canada Flag Day Parade
May 29, 2010, 2:00 pm

Last updated- May 26, 2010
In
2010, the community of Stoney Creek, Ontario will be hosting the 41st Stoney
Creek Canada Flag Day. The festival, started in 1969, honours Canada’s
internationally famous maple leaf flag. This local event is unusual in that it
takes place a month before the more traditional Canada Day, and that it focuses
on a combination of pride in the Canada Flag and local civil spirit.
The 2010 parade
runs on King Street, Stoney Creek, from Gray's Road to the Community Park (and
arena). There are 12 bands confirmed for the 2010 parade, the most ever, as
well as a number of other musical entries and over 60 participating
groups. Particiapting bands include the York Lions Steel Band, the Tophats marching band, the Preston Scout House marching band, and
the Toronto Signals marching band.
The parade is free to the public.
Click HERE to participate.
Last opportunity to enter is 4 pm, May 14, 2010.
FACE
PAINTING
There
will be free Face Painting for children on King Street at the Stoney Creek
Legion, 12 King St. E., from 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
LEGION
BBQ
The
Stoney Creek Legion will also be hosting a BBQ at the same time.

LIONS CLUB FOOD
DRIVE
SC Lions Club runs
a food drive for the Food Bank through the parade. Please bring a non
perishable food item with you to the parade and help support their drive.
WARNING- Flag Day does not sponsor any other donation
collections on the parade route, EXCEPT
for bucket collection for the Flag Day parade itself, which is carried out by accredited
members of local service clubs like the Optimist Club of Stoney Creek.
Be wary of any other attempts to solicit funds. On two separate occasions in
the last three years, fraudulent groups attempted to collect funds along the
parade route. Please report any collections attempts to Hamilton Police
Services personnel along the parade route.

ROAD CLOSURES
King Street and all
the intersections between Gray's Road and Wardrope Ave. (Dawson, New Mountain,
Elm, Mountain, Lake, First, etc.) will be closed from until the end of the
parade.
Please do not park
on King Street on Saturday afternoon. King Street will also be closed all the
way to Centennial Parkway, as Police Services will not allow traffic to go east
on King Street from the Centennial parkway intersection during the road
closure.. Local traffic may, at the discretion of Police Services, turn left
from Battlefield Drive, and go west on to King Street to leave the
neighbourhood during the parade period.
Gray's Road will
also be closed from 12:00 pm from the Queenston Road to King Street, as will
the intersections along that route (Collegiate Ave, Passmore St, etc.). Parade
participants should get on to Gray’s Road for set-up from the north (Queenston
Rd.) end.
SALFLEET LIBRARY
The Gray’s Road closure includes the access to Saltfleet Library. The
Library will be open during the road closure, but Library patrons are advised
to turn into Fiesta Mall and park at the Fiesta Mall during the road closure
hours. Police will be not be permitting access to Gray’s Road from Queenston
Road, except for parade set-up from 12:00 - 3:30 pm.
Road closures will
begin at the discretion of the Police Services any time between 12:00 noon and
4:00 pm. Except for Gray’s Road, which closes early for parade set-up, the
roads are not usually closed until just before the parade starts (usually
around 1:30 pm) but residents and visitors are advised that the roads can be
closed without warning any time during the posted hours if Police Services
wishes to.
Goals of Stoney Creek Canada Flag Day
are:
1. To involve citizens in an event which promotes the Canadian flag,
fellowship, and pride in Stoney Creek.
2. To increase public awareness of the Canadian flag
3. To provide education about the Canadian flag and its inception
4. To promote the use of the Canadian flag within the community
5. To celebrate the heritage of Stoney Creek, through links with such
community activities as the Battle of Stoney Creek.

Royal Canadian Legion Activities
Fish Fry
When: Friday, May 28, 2010
Where: 12 King St. E.
905-662-4171 for information.
Flag
Day Sponsors Thank-you
When: May 25, 2010, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Where: Old Powerhouse Restaurant, 21 Jones St.
Website: http://www.theoldpowerhouse.com/
Invitees, please RSVP 905-664-4000.

Stoney Creek Community Park, 1923
Click
here for past Canada Flag Day Parade information.
THANK YOU TO OUR 2010 FLAG DAY SUPPORTERS
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SILVER |
GOLD |
PLATINUM |
DIAMOND |
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Multi Area
Developments- Aldo DeSantis |
Battlefield
Optimist Club |
Earl
Paddock Transportation |
Heritage Green Community Trust |
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Optimist
Club of Stoney Creek |
Scotiabank-
Stoney Creek (Queenston and Green) |
Stoney Creek Lions Club |
City of Hamilton’s Community Partnership Program |
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RPR
Environmental Inc. |
Donald
V Brown Funeral Home |
Taylor Chrysler Dodge |
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Smith’s
Funeral Home |
Stoney
Creek News |
Robert and Joyce Brown |
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Bertam
and Barry Insurance |
Stoney Creek BIA |
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Maria
and Steven Pearson |
Old Powerhouse
Restaurant |
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BMO
Queenston Rd.- Stoney Creek |
Stoney Creek Chamber
of Commerce |
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Royal
Bank- Stoney Creek - Queenston & Lake |
TD Canada Trust –
King St. |
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Village
Green Denture Clinic |
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Chestnut
Tree Foot Care and Orthotics |
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Span-Nation
Transport Services |
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Kinsman
Club of Stoney Creek |
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Durward
Jones Barkwell & Co |
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McHugh, Mowat
,Whitmore,
Ionico, and MacPherson Law Firm |
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Stoney Creek Orthotic
Centre |
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Hager Cerello
Chartered Accountants |
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Kiwanis
Club of Stoney Creek |
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Richard
P Startek Barristers and Solicitors |
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Lucky
Bear / L Marshall |
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Royal
Canadian Legion Battlefield Branch |
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Cambridge
Insurance Brokers Ltd. |
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The
Attic Pizza Parlour |
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Magnetsigns |
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Steel Cut Industries |
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Avenue Hair Design &
Esthestics |
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Bochek Fabricating |
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Private donation in memory of Ruth Cuming |
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Merry Maids of
Hamilton |
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Contact Us: Please contact 905-662-1604
or email mgemmell@sympatico.ca for
more information about Stoney Creek Canada Flag Day 2010.