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O Canada!

by Hoojung Jones

15 pages; Saddle stitched; illustrated; catalogue #05-0308; ISBN 1-4120-5412-5; US$8.76, C$10.95, EUR7.12, £4.93

O Canada! will take you on a delightful journey to "It's Your Festival", one of the biggest and oldest Canada Day festivals, along with a young Hamiltonian boy named Rhys.

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About the Book

O Canada! will take many children on a delightful journey to "It's Your Festival", one of the biggest and oldest Canada Day Festivals in Canada along with a young Hamiltonian boy named Rhys.

The official flag raising ceremony was conducted by the local veterans and the air cadets while people sang "O Canada!" and waved the Canadian flag proudly. Canada's original name "Kanata" came from Ojibwa and it means a "Big village". The first nation's peace dances wished world peace.

Korean Wedding Ceremony and dances showcased colourful costumes of the groom and bride. The Japanese Taiko dancers and the Chinese Dragon dancers were powerful and cheerful while the Bosnian dance and Universoul dances were beautiful and entertaining. A special Canadian Citizenship Ceremony at the festival welcomed the new Canadians from all over the world. The Canada Day Baby Contest celebrates Canada Day with many babies who dressed up in Canada Day inspired outfits.

The Cold Barn Morris Dancers was quite exciting since Rhys became a part of their dance. The magic of face painting transformed the kids into cute cats while Mr. Trulee Odd's actually performed magic, such as eating fire.

The Midway's choo-choo train and the merry-go-round are kids favorite fun at the festival, even the big kids. The Lady Bug's ride was a challenging adventure for Rhys while riding a pony and wagon were fun activities for him.

The International Foods booths showcased all of the diverse Canadian Foods and the delicious deserts made the kid's mouths water.

The beautiful fireworks and top Canadian Headliners entertained thousands of people and it indicated the end of our wonderful Canada Day Celebration.

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About the Author

Hoojung Jones was born in Seoul, Korea and immigrated to Canada 18 years ago and has a degree in the Hom. Commerce from McMaster University.

Currently, Hoojung Jones is the president of the Hamilton Folk Arts Heritage Council the home of "It's Your Festival", one of the biggest and oldest Canada Day festivals in Canada, hosting upwards of 250,000 spectators over 4 days. During the past 34 years, "It's Your Festival" has attracted over 6 million spectators throughout Canada and outside Canada. By organizing the festival for number of years, she felt the need of the festival story to be told to all Canadian children as well as children of the world. Canada promotes peace and harmony and is a wonderful country to live. Celebrating Canada Day is the greatest party of Canada where whole world come together as one. She hopes that the magic of festival will inspire many children and be proud their own cultures.

This book is intended to promote diverse Canadian heritages while celebrating the unity of Canada. O Canada! showcases Canada's pride as well as the fun family festival in the eyes of her son, Rhys who enjoys the festival each year at beautiful Gage Park in Hamilton. She is also co-author of the military history book called "Canadians Our Heroes 1950-1953 Korean War" which is soon to be published.

Her leadership and dedication in many non-profit organizations has earned her numerous awards from all levels of governments, nationally and internationally.

"Art is an universal language that even an infant understands, it does not know the border of countries or colour of skin, it feeds our souls and heals our wounds. People who speak this language will truly live in a colourful world, and the hues of Canada are as beautiful as a rainbow."—by HooJung Jones—

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