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On
Call For the Grads
Throughout June
Web Site: www.oncallforthegrads.com
During the month of June, Responsible Choice will provide
FREE Chauffeurs for all high school grads. By simply
signing up at www.oncallforthegrads.com,
free of charge, all high school graduates in the Ottawa area
will be eligible to use Responsible Choice's personal chauffeur
service that drives you AND your car home. Join us in showing
graduates that this season they have the choice and the opportunity
to get themselves and their car home safely.
Responsible Choice is Ottawa's only personal chauffeur service
that drives you AND your car home. Although we have driven hundreds
of customer's home safely over the past two years, we still
feel there is more we can do! Many of us have heard through
the media what can happen when wrong decisions and bad choices
are made. Our goal is to be another alternative to get graduates
home safely.
At Responsible Choice, we strongly recommend planning in advance;
however, any grad who has signed up at www.oncallforthegrads.com
will have the ability to call in for a last minute chauffeur
on a first come first served basis. We are On Call for our Grads!
BMO Nesbitt Burns On Call for the Grads provided by Responsible
Choice has partnered with many local Ottawa business to get
this initiative off the ground. Our sponsors have come together
to help On Call for the Grads get as many grads to plan ahead
and sign up at www.oncallforthegrads.comas
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The
Changing of the Guard Ceremony
June to August
Tel: (613) 993-1811 or 1-800 465-1867
Parliament Hill
One of Canada's most outstanding attractions, this half-hour
ceremony is presented daily on the lawn of Parliament
Hill at 10 a.m., from late June until late August, weather
permitting. It offers an unrivaled combination of colour, tradition,
pageantry and military precision. The Guard is also seen at
Rideau Hall, where sentries
are posted at the gate and main entrance. The massed bands,
pipes and drums of the Canadian Forces meet on Parliament Hill.
The evening closes with a traditional Sunset Ceremony.
Go early (9:45) to learn about the symbolism, history, regiments
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Nortel
Ottawa Dragon Boat Race Festival
June 20 - 22, 2008
Tel: (613) 238-7711
Web Site:
www.dragonboat.net
Mooney's Bay - Across from the Rideau Canoe Club
Don't miss the boat! If you haven't experienced the sport
of dragon boat racing, start your summer at Mooney's Bay. 180
teams participate in corporate, government and community challenges.
Combine the excitement and competition of the races with multi-cultural
food and entertainment and charitable fundraising and you have
something for the whole family to enjoy. Some examples
of on-site events include the following: Multicultural performances
all day on the Festival's main stage A children's activity area that
includes rides, a crafts tent and much more! A variety of concessionaires
and exhibitors representing our cross-cultural community A beer
garden NO PARKING ON SITE – FREE parking and shuttle bus
every 15 minutes Saturday from 7AM - 7PM, and Sunday from 8AM
- 5PM. Parking at: Canada Post Headquarters - 2701 Riverside
Dr., and Carleton University - Lot 7 >Free shuttle every hour
on the hour from the Sheraton Ottawa Hotel, with stops at Bronson
& Somerset and Carleton University (Lot 7) |
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TD
Canada Trust Ottawa International Jazz Festival
June 20 - 29, 2008
Confederation Park
Tel: (613) 241-2633
Fax: (613) 241-5774
Web Site: www.ottawajazzfestival.com
The TD Canada
Trust Ottawa International Jazz Festival is one of the National
Capital Region's premiere music events. It features the finest
jazz musicians from Canada and around the world performing in
open air venues and intimate studio spaces where thousands can
enjoy world class jazz. |
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