[Bcma-l] (Fwd) Grey Cup returns to BC for Royal BC Museum visit

[bcma-l@museumsassn.bc.ca]

For Immediate Release
Aug. 13, 2008

Grey Cup returns to British Columbia for Royal BC Museum visit

VICTORIA, BC - In 2005, BC hosted the Grey Cup game. In 2006, the 
BC Lions won the Grey Cup; in 2007, they had to let it go. This 
summer, Earl Grey's famed trophy returns to British Columbia - this 
time at the Royal BC Museum (RBCM).

On Saturday, Aug. 23, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., the 99-year-old trophy
will be on display in the museum lobby. Accompanying the Canadian
Football League's coveted cup will be Victoria's Dave Cutler,
considered by many to be the greatest field goal kicker in the history
of the CFL. With six Grey Cup rings to his name, this 16-year 
Edmonton
Eskimo veteran (1969-84) was inducted into the Canadian Football 
Hall
of Fame in 1998. 

Cutler's talk and Q&A session about his CFL career begins at 11:30
a.m.

"It's going to be an exciting day for sports fans," says RBCM CEO
Pauline Rafferty. "Not only do we have a famous football player on the
roster, we have two former world champion martial artists coming as
well. It's a day to celebrate sports from around the world."

The event kicks off with a half-hour of sports-related storytelling by
Puente Theatre (10 - 10:30 a.m.).  Later, Victoria's OMAC Martial
Wellness presents karate, kobudo and Xtreme martial arts
demonstrations, featuring four-time world champion Roxanna Feraru, 
and
two-time world champ Jocelyn Van der Geest (11 a.m. and noon). 

This celebration of international sport is the fifth instalment in a
monthly series titled From the World to BC, hosted in Clifford Carl
Hall at the RBCM. Events are free.

>From the World to BC is just one of the special events being staged
throughout the year as part of Free Spirit: Stories of You, Me and BC
- a Royal BC Museum project designed to celebrate the 150th
anniversary of British Columbia as a Crown Colony. 

The Royal BC Museum, a provincial crown corporation, collects,
preserves and interprets artifacts, specimens and documents that tell
the story of British Columbia. As the provincial museum and archives,
the RBCM proudly shares that story with the world through its
research, collections, exhibitions and public programs. 

For more information on the Royal BC Museum's latest activities,
events and exhibitions, visit www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca or call
1-888-447-7977.  

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Contact:	Diane Dakers
 Media & Public Relations Manager
 Royal BC Museum
 (250) 387-2101
  ddakers@royalbcmuseum.bc.ca








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