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Vancouver Sun
01-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Vancouver Sun
Here's what to expect at the Canadian Tulip Festival this spring
Editor's note: Princess Margriet of the Netherlands cancelled her Canadian visit due to medical reasons on April 30 and this article was updated accordingly. Article content Article content Ottawa's Canadian Tulip Festival, which is returning for 11 days beginning May 9, will coincide this year with the 80th anniversary of VE Day. Article content Marking eight decades of liberation, the 73rd festival will have added poignancy this year, with the Canadian Army acting as host. Article content Article content The event 'honours Canada's heroic role in freeing the Netherlands during the Second World War — and the enduring bond that bloomed from it,' organizers said. Article content Article content The public is invited to the official opening ceremony on Saturday, May 10, at 10:30 a.m. at the Great Lawn, Commissioners Park. Guests can welcome veterans in a powerful tribute that includes the CAF Central Band, Canadian Remembrance Torch, army cadets and a convoy of vintage military vehicles. A moment of silence and a cannon salute will officially launch the festival. Article content Princess Margriet of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, who was born in Ottawa during the war, was set to co-host the celebration but had to cancel due to medical reasons, said Jo Riding, executive director of the Canadian Tulip Festival. Article content Article content 'We wish her highness a speedy recovery and hope she and her husband, Prof. Pieter van Vollenhoven, will both be able to join us next year instead,' Riding added. Article content There remains a robust representation from the embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, featuring the new ambassador to Canada, Margriet Vonno, who will carry a message from Princess Margriet. Further, Dutch Days, planned at the embassy's pavilion in the heart of Commissioners Park, will include almost daily games and concerts. Article content Article content
Calgary Herald
01-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Calgary Herald
Here's what to expect at the Canadian Tulip Festival this spring
Editor's note: Princess Margriet of the Netherlands cancelled her Canadian visit due to medical reasons on April 30 and this article was updated accordingly. Article content Article content Ottawa's Canadian Tulip Festival, which is returning for 11 days beginning May 9, will coincide this year with the 80th anniversary of VE Day. Article content Marking eight decades of liberation, the 73rd festival will have added poignancy this year, with the Canadian Army acting as host. Article content Article content The event 'honours Canada's heroic role in freeing the Netherlands during the Second World War — and the enduring bond that bloomed from it,' organizers said. Article content Article content The public is invited to the official opening ceremony on Saturday, May 10, at 10:30 a.m. at the Great Lawn, Commissioners Park. Guests can welcome veterans in a powerful tribute that includes the CAF Central Band, Canadian Remembrance Torch, army cadets and a convoy of vintage military vehicles. A moment of silence and a cannon salute will officially launch the festival. Article content Princess Margriet of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, who was born in Ottawa during the war, was set to co-host the celebration but had to cancel due to medical reasons, said Jo Riding, executive director of the Canadian Tulip Festival. Article content Article content 'We wish her highness a speedy recovery and hope she and her husband, Prof. Pieter van Vollenhoven, will both be able to join us next year instead,' Riding added. Article content There remains a robust representation from the embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, featuring the new ambassador to Canada, Margriet Vonno, who will carry a message from Princess Margriet. Further, Dutch Days, planned at the embassy's pavilion in the heart of Commissioners Park, will include almost daily games and concerts. Article content Article content
