Does the Burlington Teen Tour band define the city? It is certainly better then that expensive pier. Have your say.

News 100 greenBy Staff

March 22, 2016

BURLINGTON ON

Burlington residents are going to decide on what Burlington’s theme for the Canada 150 Mosaic Mural is going to look like.

And what is the Canada 150 Mosaic mural all about.

If you are a little weak on your Canadian history – think 1867 when the country was created – add 150 years and you get to 2017 when the country is going to go bananas over our sesquicentennial.

Canada Day SLIDER

New Canadians being sworn in at a Burlington Canada Day event. In the lower left corner former Former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – The Late Lincoln Alexander and wife Marni Beal Alexander.

The Canada 150 Mosaic Mural is a national project created by Albertan artists Lewis Lavoie, Paul Lavoie and Phil Alain. During the two years leading up to Canada’s 150th anniversary in 2017, the artists plan to create murals in 150 different communities across the country as part of the national celebrations. Each mural will incorporate locally relevant imagery. The mural will also be featured on the project’s website where the 150 completed murals will be virtually joined together and displayed.

“The City of Burlington will be participating in the Canada 150 Mosaic project through our public art program,” said Angela Paparizo, manager of arts and culture.

“The mural will be made up of approximately 400 individual tiles painted by the residents of Burlington. It is open to residents of all ages and skill levels. The tiles painted by

Burlington residents will be joined together to create a large mural designed by the artists.”

Residents can vote online and chose from these themes for the Burlington mural:

Brant Street Pier
Burlington Teen Tour Band
Joseph Brant
Lake Ontario
The Niagara Escarpment

Let the city know what you would like to see as the theme – CLICK here.

Those with some other idea for a theme for Burlington can email it to kim@cobaltconnects.ca

Voting has already started – a sense of where citizens are going with this one is evident in the graph below.  Perhaps every member of the \teen Tour Band voted – along with the band alumni – it is a pretty big group.  City council will shudder if the public voted for the (paid for twice) pier and most people know so little about Joseph Brant the founder of the city that he will get precious little memtion.

Canad 150 mural - Early vote result
The Canada 150 Mosaic artists will be in Burlington to direct tile painting with residents on Monday, May 22 and Tuesday, May 23, 2017. The final mural will be unveiled on Canada Day, July 1, 2017.

 

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7 comments to Does the Burlington Teen Tour band define the city? It is certainly better then that expensive pier. Have your say.

  • Rob

    No disrespect to the Teen Tour Band but pitching them versus the other smaller organizations is like David versus Goliath. What’s the point?

    I would vote for Joseph Brant! He was Burlington’s first citizen and was also a Mohawk warrior, Chief of the Six Nations Indians, Christian missionary, British military officer and a Freemason. He was also a leader of men in two cultures, who advocated for his people, had vision and in his later years chose to live in what later became Brant House Hotel.

  • Alan Harrington

    Burlington is best represented by its Waterfront.

    Along the heavy chain between The Pier & Joseph Brant’s house we hold our Canada Day Celebration, Sound of Music, & Ribfest.
    Notable people who have visited there are Terry Fox, Lord Baden-Powell, even Barack Obama – not to mention all the jazz greats who played the Brant Inn. Beyond is the Beachway and The Burlington Skyway.

    Lake Ontario and the Niagara Escarpment run far and wide beyond just our little City; and Joseph Brant was a great man but he died 60 years before Confederation.

    Burlington Junction Railway Station is another worthy choice to add to the list. The old 1906 Freeman Station restoration is currently targeted to be done for Canada*150 on July 1 2017.

    Even so – ALL the above will fit nicely onto a Canada*150 Burlington mural.

  • tenni

    No disrespect is intended towards the Teen Touring Band. Several professional musicians have told me that was part of their training. Still, it seems like an insult to adult musicians that a teen band is the symbol of a city?

    I can see the pier as a symbol but not quite enough information beyond a pretty picture mural. Joseph Brant is the most respectful to the man who a main street of Burlington has been named. Much more information for an artist to work with.

  • Mr.Bean

    Well I just wheeled my office chair over to the other computer and voted again. This poll, questionaire, whatever is flawed.

  • phantom proofreader

    For the photo caption…

    Former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – The Late Lincoln Alexander
    and wife Marni Beal Alexander.

    We are once again indebted to the “phantom”..He did however miss the spelling mistake in the headline.

  • Anna

    Nothing against the band, but the escarpment would be a much better choice IMO.

  • MrBean

    Seems that the teen tour band boosters have voted. I’ll take whatever comes in 2nd place as the official count for 1st place. Looks like the Niagara Escarpment is winning. Good.