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RCMP Musical Ride - Salmon Arm

The Rotary Club of Salmon Arm and the Salmon Arm and Shuswap Lake Agriculture Association, in cooperation with the City of Salmon Arm are hosting 3 RCMP Musical Ride performances on the Canada Day long weekend at the Salmon Arm Fair Grounds.

Saturday, July 1, 2023: 1:00PM

Sunday, July 2, 2023: 1:00PM

Sunday, July 2, 2023: 5:00PM

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As of Friday May 19^th you can pick up tickets in person at Shuswap Tickets & Gifts at The Mall at Piccadilly.

Limited tickets will be available at the gate.

Musical Ride History 1948-1990

The war ended in 1945. By 1948 Musical Rides were once again being organized, mainly from N Division in Ottawa. Shows were held at various locations in Canada and the US. In 1953 the Ride performed at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, and in 1957 at the Edinburgh Tattoo.

In 1961 the Musical Ride was established permanently in Ottawa to perform annually in Canada and abroad. The following year the Regina troop performed its farewell Ride, and since then the Musical Ride has been based exclusively in Ottawa. In 1964 performances were held in the Maritime provinces for the first time.

Musical Ride History: Between the Wars

The Musical Ride was put on hold when war was declared in 1914 and not resumed until 1920, when the Royal NWMP amalgamated with the Dominium Police (of Eastern Canada) and became the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

1935 Canadian Postage

The RCMP headquarters were then moved to Ottawa, Ontario, and "N" Division was established in nearby Rockcliffe. The division designation was removed in 1987; the current designation is the Canadian Police College and Musical Ride Headquarters.

In the 1920's the Musical Ride immediately became very popular. Two performances were presented at Ottawa on May 24, 1920 and in Brockville on July 1. 1920. For the next ten years both “N” Division and “Depot” Division in Regina performed every almost every year in their respective regions. In the 1930's five performance were organized in and shown in Vancouver, B.C. (E Division).

Musical Ride: the First 40 Years

The North-West Mounted Police was formed in 1873. In 1874, the first 300 members gathered at Lower Fort Garry to begin the March West. They were divided into six troops from A to F, and to distinguish the troops, each one had horses of a different colour. The troops used these letters to identify their new posts on the prairies; eventually the posts became divisions and the smaller outposts were known as detachments. We continue to use the terms division and detachment today. For example, Salmon Arm Detachment is located in E Division (British Columbia).

Fly the Flag 2023

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Put Salmon Arm on the map again this year as the city that flies our Canadian flag.

Chaten's Bio

We were recently treated to a bio from new member Chaten Randhawa, who told us all about his upbringing in Vernon (where he met another of our new members - Kyle Gadbois) and his work life which took him all over Canada. On hand to make sure he got everything right was daughter Isabella.

Speakers April 17

We had an interesting talk by Sapphire Games from the Salmon Arm Visitor Centre (seen here with member Rob Marshall).

And new member Kyle Gadbois gave us his bio (see here with President Elect Kari Wilkinson.

Exchange Students are Here Again!

After a pause in our Youth Exchange Program because of Covid, we are glad to be up and running again. Seen in the picture are Porsche (left), our Salmon Arm student who will be going to Austria in August, and Paulina, who came from Austria last August. They met at the recent Youth Exchange Orientation in Penticton.

Shuswap Youth Soccer

Chad Foreman from Shuswap Youth Soccer recently came to speak to us about the programs that are offered in our community for kids from the ages of 2 to18 years. Over 1200 youth soccer players signed up last year. The organization is looking for support to fund two turf fields for our community as soccer seems to get more popular every year. These fields would support our community with any growth that is predicted going forward. You can find out more about this organization at http://shuswapsoccer.com/