Italian Day on the Drive - Select a Theme!

Right now It looks like the weather will cooperate so let's go experience one of the cities favourite street festivals.

Italian Day on the drive (http://italianday.ca) is an annual festival held on the second Sunday in June on Commercial Drive, home to Little Italy. The drive will be transformed into a lively and vibrant 14 block festa. It is the day to celebrate Italian heritage, culture and community and is also on the City of Vancouver’s list of official observances.

Where will we meet: Let’s do coffee first! Due to the expected excessive crowds, it will be almost impossible to get a group in anywhere around 2pm There’s no guarantee we will all get in here either, but let’s give it a try. We will meet at Calabria Cafe - 1745 Commercial Drive at 11:00. We will spend about an hour there and then head out. IF YOU ARE COMING FOR COFFEE, PLEASE ORDER SOMETHING! (If you can’t join us for coffee, please meet us here at noon)

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The festival runs from 12:00 to 8:00...the photo walk will end at 2:00, but you can stay and continue to take photos as long as you want. If it rains, I will not cancel the event, but I also may not attend.

What can I photograph? Let’s pick a theme. I have suggested three, choose one and stick with it.

1. Since there is always so much interest in the food at this festival, make food your focus! You can photograph food and drink all up and down the Drive. Just about all the stores and restaurants will have setup outside. You can photograph groceries ready to be prepared, sausages grilling, gelato, dining tables, the food trucks.

2. Practise your street photography skills and capture people attending the festival …., there will be lots of great photo opportunities.

3. Pick a colour. Let’s go with the colours of Italy's Tricolore flag, red, white and green. These colours carry idealistic significance, green is for freedom, white is for faith and red is for love. Select one or three

Because there will be a lot of people attending this event it is virtually impossible to remain together as a group .... IF YOU ARE UNCOMFORTABLE ABOUT THIS, PLEASE BUDDY UP WITH SOMEONE AT THE BEGINNING OR BRING A FRIEND ALONG.

How do I get there?
Take the Skytrain to Commercial Drive Station and get off there. Walk North to East Second Avenue. You can also catch a bus or drive there, although parking will be limited and there are road closures.

What should I bring?
Of course your camera, any camera will do. The streets will be very crowded, so I suggest minimum gear. Comfy shoes it could be a long walk!

AT ALL TIMES, PLEASE BE MINDFUL OF YOURSELF AND YOUR FELLOW PHOTO WALKERS, YOUR PROPERTY AND YOUR SURROUNDINGS! VANCOUVER PHOTOWALKS AND ITS ORGANIZERS ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR YOU OR LOSS OF YOUR BELONGINGS!

By signing up for this photowalk, you acknowledge that you have read and understood the above.

We looking forward to seeing you there!

After the photo-walk please share up to 8 photos in the album.

Kelly and Tracy