This post is a bit late as the Canadian 
Future Party has already chosen their 
leader at their founding convention. I 
did still want to do a profile on Dominic 
Cardy's views as he will likely be a
contender at any leadership review after
the election. The hold-up in posting this
article was getting him to answer the
survey I sent him. I have finally received
an answer to the first question which
indirectly answers the others. 

Combined with Cardy's previous statement a few things
can be deduced;

- He likely won't seek to diminish the monarchy but he also
won't repair any of the damage that has been inflicted over
the last decade.

- He is, nominally, a monarchist.

- He is interested how the monarchy might be used to benefit
Canada.

This final point is interesting as a big problem over the years
has been political leaders not wanting to involve the
monarchy at all. Someone who is willing to try make use of
the monarchy to strengthen Canada has potential to be a net
positive as the Royal Family has always been ready to serve. 

Mr. Cardy has not really said much on the monarchy
unprompted. He did criticize the Yukon municipal councilors
who refused to swear an oath to the Crown but that was more
​for rule of law reasons.

Overall, the score of one crown given to him during the lead
up to the party's founding convention, is to me, fair.

Loyally Yours,
A Kisaragi Colour

Donald Trump has made repeated
statements in recent months about
the desirability of Canada becoming
a state in that most disreputable of
republics. This is besides Trump's
threats to impose eye-watering 25%
tariffs on all Canadian exports.
These threats have led to a degree of
unity across political and social lines
rarely seen in Canada. The prime
minister has called for help from
political leaders at both the federal
and provincial level to oppose two existential threats. The
prime minister has also called on Canada's First Nations for assistance (it is interesting how the more historical
circumstances change, the more they stays the same).

With this show of Canadian unanimity it has been noted that
the King has not yet weighed in on what are essentially
threats to his Canadian realm. Now, there are very good
reasons for why this might be the case. This is after all a
political issue which the Crown tends not to weigh in on
unless asked. Whether ​Justin Trudeau has asked the King is
not knowable at the present time. Given Trudeau's at times
uneven support for the Crown there is reason to believe
he hasn't. But this is all rather immaterial to the question
posed in the title of this article. If King Charles III were going
to join the 'Team Canada' effort against Trump what is the
best way for him to do so? 

This is perhaps the closest to 'normal procedure' we are going
to get on this list. The King adds his voice to the chorus of
Canadians who are dead-set against what Trump is planning.
However, it also makes His Majesty's voice just one among
many and while it would be good to see, and would generate
some headlines, I don't feel its the kind of thing that would
have much effect. The Crown traditionally uses such releases
to either express solidarity with Canadians going through
hardships or to congratulate a person or organization on some
achievement. The closest example to this sort of intervention
is one that did not even occur: During the last Quebec
Succession referendum a Quebec radio host managed to make
it through the Palace switchboards to talk to Queen Elizabeth
II. During this impromptu conversation the radio host
(masquerading as Prime Minister Chretien) asked if the
Queen might issue a statement in favour of Quebec remaining
in Canada. The Queen agreed to this. This just underlines that
the monarch is willing to intervene but his or her elected
government needs to want them to.

Perhaps the King, wishing to be more discrete, pulls Trump
aside at some international meeting and has a private chat.
This has some precedence. During Trump's 2019 state visit to
the United Kingdom the then-Prince Charles turned a 15
minute chat into a 90 minute discussion on climate
change. It is easy to imagine the King being able to arrange
such a meeting. However, much like being lectured for 90
minutes didn't sway Trump to climate change I have my
doubts a talking-to on Canadian sovereignty would do much
better - regardless of Trump's seeming affection for the
Royals.  

Perhaps the King need not speak directly at all. A royal tour of
Canada underlines the King's support for Canada without
saying as much. There would also be plenty of times where the
King could obliquely reference Trump's threats. For instance,
visiting War of 1812 battle sites or visiting military bases (perhaps all of them). The main issue with this idea is lead-
time (of which we have none). Which brings us to...

A working visit is a bit easier to organize and in this case
would comprise of opening Parliament after the coming
election. Queen Elizabeth II opened Parliament twice in 1957
and 1977 which might indicate its a bit easier to pull off short
notice. In this instance you'd definitely want to pull out all the
stops in an effort to basically awe Trump with majesty. A
footnote to this is that the styling 'My government' when
reading the Speech from the Throne has fallen out of favour in recent years. This would be the time to bring it back.

The Crown has an important role to play in confronting
Trump's provocations but the Crown always takes pains not
to over-step into the realm of politics uninvited. So, if the
Crown is going to join the anti-Trump effort, the government
is going to need to ask for its assistance. 

Loyally Yours,
A Kisaragi Colour

On the 26th, the Monarchist League of Canada shared a letter
from one of its members with practical ways the monarchy
could be better highlighted to Canadians. The text of that
​letter has been reproduced below with commentary following.

​I would very much like to commend you on your important
work and also for your very impressive, and motivational,
website. As a former aide-de-camp to the Lieutenant-
Governor of Nova Scotia, I think of myself as a proud
Canadian monarchist. I thoroughly enjoyed perusing your
website and was happy to learn more about your ardent
advocacy role in our country. I also very much enjoyed the
suggestions we as ordinary citizens can do to advocate for our
monarchy.  With this in mind, I thought I might offer a few
additional suggestions you might wish to consider.  These
ideas are intended to help close the gap in many people’s
thinking that our Royal Family are British and therefore not
Canadian.  Some thoughts follow:

a. Improve Parliamentary and Rideau Hall Tours. As a
resident of Ottawa, I can confirm that Parliamentary tours, of
the House of Commons and Senate, as well as Rideau Hall,
provide little real context for these important institutions. A
substantial portion of the explanation provided during the
visits is focused upon architecture. At most the fact that
Canada is a constitutional monarchy, and that King Charles
III is our sovereign, is mentioned in passing. The expectation
is that visitors will know what this means, which sadly is not
usually the case. These tours should provide a more fulsome,
yet concise, explanation of our form of government, the
difference between the institution of the Crown and the Royal
Family members, the uniqueness of our Canadian system, and
the benefits of such a system compared to other models. Such
an approach would provide context for the institutions being
visited. We need to advocate for our system of government.

b. Explain Why We Take The Loyal Oath. Similar to the
above, there are times and institutions, such as when recruits
join the Canadian Armed Forces, where people are required to
take the loyal oath. Regrettably, there is never an explanation
of why this is required, or why it is important.  Such an
explanation would make the oath more meaningful and
hopefully produce better informed advocates for our system.      
c. Conduct Easily Achievable Royal Visits To Canadian Units
Visiting Or Near The United Kingdom. Propose that HRH
Prince William routinely visit Canadian service personnel as
they train or transit near the UK.  Prince William is ideal for
this role considering the current health challenges of HM
King Charles III; this will establish a longstanding connection
with our future monarch and Canadian service personnel.
Such visits could be accomplished with minimal disruption to
the Prince’s calendar. A visit to one Navy, Army, and Air Force
unit annually, with appropriate media coverage in Canada,
would be ideal and would not be overly intrusive in the
Prince’s annual duties. For example, the Royal Canadian Air
Force (RCAF) currently has an entire Canadian crew posted to
Lossiemouth, Scotland, undergoing training with the Royal
Air Force on the P8 Poseidon aircraft. Imagine the delight of
the crew if HRH Prince William were to conduct a short
notice, unannounced to the outside world, visit and draw
attention to their important work and make some
congratulatory remarks about the 100th anniversary of the
RCAF.  It would be magic if an article appeared in a major
Canadian newspaper and other news. Similarly, His Majesty’s
Canadian Ships routinely participate in both the NATO
Standing Naval Force Atlantic and Standing Naval Force
Mediterranean formations, which regularly brings them to UK
ports. It would be easy to visit one of these ships during a stop
over. Or the ship’s helicopter could fly the Prince onboard.
Under OP UNIFIER, there is a Canadian Army detachment in
the UK to train Ukrainian soldiers. Also, there is a Canadian-
led brigade forming in Latvia with routine re-supply flights
from Canada which transit near/through the UK. It would be
easy for HRH to be flown to the brigade and back. Most of
these examples are short duration visits that could be
accomplished within a day, often less, and if carefully planned
would result in no, or negligible, additional incremental cost
to the Canadian taxpayer. Although it would be ideal if HRH
Prince William performed the first round of visits, he would
not need to conduct all subsequent events. Through these
routine visits, i.e. three a year, Canadians would become
familiar with members of the Royal Family taking a regular
interest in Canadian service personnel.

d. Conduct Mirco-Royal Visits To Canada. We are fortunate
that Canada is relatively close to the UK.  Despite the
proximity, Royal visits to Canada tend to be long in duration
and include many elements; their very nature has become
complicated and as a result are infrequent. Imagine if a
member of the Royal Family, preferably HRH Prince William,
our future King, conducted one or two ‘surgical’ micro-visits a
year. These visits would be short duration, e.g. one day on the
ground, and very limited in scope but would be designed to
form a routine link to the Canadian people. For example,
consider the NHL playoffs last year, the last game played in
Edmonton (the second last game of the entire season where
Edmonton represented the only remaining Canadian team
vying for Lord Stanley’s Cup). There could have been so much
good public relations generated if Prince William were
discovered spectating the game. Such a visit would need to be
carefully choreographed with appropriate media coverage and
security, of course. Given that the UK’s largest training area is
in Alberta and serviced with support flights, a very low-cost
visit could have been designed. This is just one example of
how such routine micro-visits could increase the bond
between our future monarch and the Canadian people.
                                                                                                                  In closing, I hope you find the above ideas useful; they are not
intended to be all encompassing, but rather to provide
examples of what might be possible.  I am sure there are many
other great ideas out there. The proposals above are designed
to improve the knowledge and pride of Canadians in our
unique form of government, establish a routine, visible link
between Canadian service personnel and our Monarchy, and
finally, generate regular contact between our future Monarch
and Canadian society.  Wishing you continued success in your
vital work.

​John in Ottawa

John's first and second suggestion touches on a topic that has
bedeviled Canada for much of the last 50+ years; a lack of
knowledge about Canadian institutions and history combined
with a tendency to focus on the place rather than what goes
on at the place. It really can't be taken for granted anymore
that Canadians would know much of anything about their
country.

John's third suggestion is easily achievable. It is about as
easily achievable as the Royal Family advocating for Canadian
businesses while in other countries in much the same way
they do for British businesses. Which is to say, the only thing
stopping it from happening is the political will of the
government of the day asking the Royal Family to do this.

I'm somewhat in disagreement with the final point. I don't
think current royal tours are long enough. Not to say micro-
tours aren't a useful concept - the Prince of Wales attending
the Stanley Cup playoffs is a good one - its just that I would
hate for them to become the norm. Because once the length is
the norm, cutting down the number of them becomes far too
easy. The problem we face is that the monarchy is seen as
separate from Canadian identity. I want a member of the
Royal Family here so long they become part of the furniture,
so to speak. This is why I have long advocated for a member of
the Royal Family taking on the position of governor general.

That said, these are achievable goals and worth Canadian
monarchists looking into.

Loyally Yours,
A Kisaragi Colour 

Below are links to each candidate's reply and a short look at
any previous comments they may have made in regards to the
monarchy. Candidates who failed to qualify or withdrew are
included for historical reference.

Qualified to appear on the ballot
​Dominic Cardy

​Here I have ranked the candidates support for, or opposition
to, the monarchy. Keep in mind this is only my assessment
and your mileage may vary. Also, note that changes may occur
as the campaign goes on.

The crown score is out of five crowns with each candidate
receiving one crown for stating support for the monarchy
in their reply, one crown for having defended the monarchy
in Parliament, two crowns for outlining how they would
improve the monarchy's role in the future, and one crown for
having spoken in support of the monarchy outside of 
Parliament. 

The cap score is likewise out of five caps with one cap given to
a candidate for being opposed to the monarchy in their reply,
one cap for desiring a referendum on the monarchy, one cap
for opposing the monarchy in Parliament and two caps for
making the establishment of a Canadian republic a part of
their policy platform.

"Regarding the monarchy, I don't have a solid answer. I do know that the monarchy contributes significantly more to the UK economy than it costs the UK taxpayer. If something similar is here in Canada, where at the very least it is break even for the taxpayer, and their position of power is only ceremonial, then I have no issue with the monarchy remaining the figureheads of Canada." 
~Zbig Strycharz, 2024 by-election candidate

Some may wonder why I am polling a minor party with no
seats in Parliament. Basically, it has to do with the voter
support free fall the Liberal Party is in. Its not inconceivable
the Liberal Party could collapse entirely without the NDP or
Greens being able to capitalize. If this were to occur the
Canadian Future Party would be well-positioned to take over
which makes them important, at least for now. For this reason
its good to know where the party candidates stand on the
monarchy. And if Dominic's support is too tepid for your
liking, well, as far as I know you can still run for leader if you
are a member and attend the convention. 

Loyally Yours,
A Kisaragi Colour

The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is a day set 
aside to remember those First Nations children who did not 
return from the government-funded residential schools and 
those who survived them. It is held annually on September 
30th. Here is how various representatives of the King of 
​Canada marked the day.

The governor general also participated in several events
around Ottawa including a Sacred Fire Ceremony and the
​raising of the Survivor's Flag.

On September 19th Lieutenant-Governor Anita R. Neville
opened up Government House for a series of speakers in
coordination with the National Centre for Truth and
Reconciliation.

Loyally Yours,
A Kisaragi Colour

Back in June the, much delayed, official portrait of the king 
was unveiled. At the time I was quite busy organizing an event
in my local community and didn't really have time to address 
it.

Like many official portraits its merely okay. Its a portrait of
the King wearing the medals of Canada's honours system. It
fulfills the basic criteria of an official portrait. And if you want
your very own copy the Department of Canadian Heritage 
has you covered.

But His Majesty has better depictions, many from before he
assumed the throne:

This portrait which marked Charles' 70th birthday, when he
was still the Prince of Wales, is great in so many ways. It
captures his dual love of nature and architecture. It conveys
motion by avoiding a full frontal view. And it uses a colour
palette that is neither so dark as to be dingy nor so light as to
wash out its subject which is what I argue the official portrait
does. This painting also happens to beat out the King's official
portrait in the UK which is best left unremarked on further.

His Majesty has also had better photos taken of him:

Why is this an issue? Well, for starters I think if better is
possible, better is what you aim for. Secondly, the King is a
representative of Canada and if his picture is completely
indistinguishable from that of every other man in a suit its an
image problem. Thirdly, and related to the second point, the
King is not just another politician; his portrait should reflect
that.

Indeed, if a person was unfamiliar with King Charles III and
you told them it was a portrait of President Charles they
would have no reason to doubt you.

As to who is at fault for this I can't say. The Australian portrait
has a similar issue so perhaps it was the King who felt a
restrained approach was best. Perhaps, the Canadian and
Australian government wanted a toned down image. And it
could just be that everything was rushed and there was little
time on anyone's part as to what an official portrait should be.

The Heiman's portrait above comes closest to what royal
portraits used to be; conveyers of meaning as well as likeness.
It would not hurt to get back to that tradition.

Loyally Yours,
A Kisaragi Colour

Tomorrow will mark ten years of this blog being active. Sure, 
pedants will note that the first article was published the 14th 
of May, 2014 but that was an introductory post so let's ignore 
it.

This post is a bit of a reflection on how the blog has changed
over the years. It might also be an excuse to post some of the
​articles I most enjoyed writing.

While the concept of a weekly compilation of royal news was
good in theory, in practice this feature lasted only as long as
I had a working laptop and worked the night shift. The death
of my laptop made this format simply too time-consuming. It
​also had the distinct problem of being time-sensitive.

June 8-14th
June 15-21st
​June 22-28th
June 29th-July 5th
July 6-12th
July 13th-August 19th

When I posted the first one of these articles I had but a pious
hope that there would one day be an evidentiary argument
against republicanism. As it happens this article was well-
timed as the coming decade would see the study of monarch
undergo something of a renaissance. And while its been 2018
since the last entry in this series I do in fact have two more
studies I want to highlight (if inter-library loans ever gets
back to me).

Article One
Article Two
Article Three
Article Four
Article Five
Article Six  

Meme culture has this way of getting into everything. The first
one posted to the website was really just a self-deprecating
look at online monarchism but later additions would slowly
add more discussion to the ideas behind the memes as a semi-
regular section of the blog. 

I'd rank this as the most important initiative this blog has
carried out. Starting in 2017 this blog began surveying
leadership candidates of the major federal parties. While the
rate of reply has varied from contest to contest it has served
to give a wider picture of what the prominent members of
each party thing about the monarchy.

Leadership Surveys

The Grand Chief and Grand Council of the Mi'kmaw 
-Written as part of my look at native kingship. While this
tribe lives in my area of Canada I had never learned any of
the information that comprises this article in school. On that
point alone it was interesting to research. I've done a few
different articles on native kingship and in fact was alluded to
in an article from the first year of this blog.

Crown Jewels of Canada Society
-This article was fun to write because it was stumbled upon
completely by accident. I was looking to do an article on the
Crown Jewels of Canada (which I eventually did) when I
found out Canada has a lady's social group called that.

My Reply to John Boyko
-I am willing to admit that I enjoy tearing poorly constructed
arguments to shreds. If that is a character flaw then so be it.
Boyko's argument had so many holes I was infuriated no one
called him on it before it was published. But if no one else was
going to, I sure as hell was.

The Erin O'Toole Article
-Even if leadership contests are a good time to get candidates
to open up about what they think on an issue, you are still
sending multiple messages to get a reply. And if this kind of
project is going to be of any use it has to be done long before
the leadership convention. In this specific case a staffer took
liberties with his bosses views which caused him, me, and the
Monarchist League of Canada a bit of trouble. I've been more
diligent with double-checking things since then but the article
is still embarrassing.

Henry VIII's Caesaropapism and its Modern Effects
-Its with the advantage of hindsight that I declare this article
complete drivel. An article so bad its second part was never
written. Its not that any of its individual parts are untrue but
the conclusion I drew from those parts most certainly is. This
is why I haven't removed it (and have never removed any
​article); its still informative even if flawed.

Shortly after I started this blog I developed the idea of it
having multiple writers. From time to time I have invited (or
been offered) help writing this blog. None have stayed around
for very long but I do want to highlight their contributions.

Mr. Windsor (2014-2015) 3 Articles
Barry MacKenzie (2014-2015) 4 Articles
Kevin Gillespie (2014-2015) 3 Articles
Lord Ludichris (2022) 2 Articles

Honestly I worried I would run out of topics after the first
year but there has always been more to discover about the
Canadian Monarchy in particular and the institution of
monarchy in general. Who know? Maybe in twenty years I'll
find that I haven't written about everything there is to know
about the monarchy either.

Loyally Yours,
The Maple Monarchists

Across Canada sports events are held every 
year which have a royal connection or an 
award connecting back to the monarchy. I 
wrote about one such event last September, 
The Royal Saint John's Regatta. 

Sports bring people together in a shared 
activity. This smooths over differences and
provides a positive means of channeling 
rivalries. This is perhaps why the former
King of Afghanistan considered one of his
greatest achievements to be getting all
ethnic groups playing the sport of Buzkashi. 

While not the oldest sports trophy in Canada (we'll get to that
one in a moment) the Stanley Cup is the most well-known
(pictured above - but you likely knew that).

The Stanley Cup is named for the individual that conceived of
the idea of having an award for championship hockey; the
Lord Stanley of Preston, who had been named Canada's third
Governor General in 1888. While known now as the 'Stanley
Cup' its original name, still engraved on the side, is 'Dominion
Hockey Challenge Cup'. It was also originally intended by
Lord Stanley to be for amateur hockey (a role that would be
taken over by the Allen Cup in 1908).   

What is crazy to think about is that the Stanley Cup predates
hockey being Canada's national sport. At the time the cup was
commissioned hockey was only really played in Ottawa and
​parts of Quebec.

Leaving behind the top award for Canada's national winter
sport we will now look at the top award for Canada's national
summer sport; the Minto Cup for professional Lacrosse. In
1898 the Earl of Minto was named Governor General of
​Canada. Much like his predecessor, the Earl enjoyed ice 
skating but also Lacrosse.

Lacrosse had been played for thousands of years by Canada's
First Nations but a set of standardized rules had only been
penned in the 1860s. Its name shares an origin with the
French term for field hockey (le jeu de la crosse).

In 1901 the Earl donated the Minto Cup. Like the Stanley Cup it was supposed to be an award for amateur play but this
lasted for an even shorter time than the Stanley Cup - three
years.  

The Earl Grey was an interesting man,
an aristocrat and reformer who may 
have disregarded the non-partisan role
of his office more than any other
governor general before or since.

Appointed in 1904 to replace the Earl of
Minto (who was his brother-in-law) as
Canada's Governor General, he
supported prison reform, electoral
reform, and decried the Chinese Head
Tax to a degree unthinkable for a
governor general in modern times.

The chalice was commissioned in 1909 and was to be awarded
to the amateur hockey champion (I'm seeing a trend here) but
with the Allen Cup having just taken on that role Lord Grey
instead donated the trophy to Canadian football as its award
​for championship play. 

Lady Byng was the wife of Viscount Byng
of Vimy (who had taken on the role in
1921) and another avid hockey fan.
Unlike the previous trophies this one is
presented to the one individual each
season felt to have demonstrated the
most 'gentlemanly conduct'. The first
winner was Frank Nighbor in 1925. In a
bit of a cute story Lady Byng invited
Nighbor to Rideau Hall, showed him the
trophy, and asked him if the NHL would
accept it as an award for its most
gentlemanly player. When Nighbor said
he thought it would, Lady Byng, much to Nighbor's surprise,
awarded him the trophy.

Going back to the year 1860 we have an award that has an
even closer association with the monarchy; the King's (or
Queen's) Plate for thoroughbred horse racing. In 1859 Sir
Casimir Gzowski petitioned Queen Victoria to donate the first
trophy for the new competition. Since then royals and vice-
regal appointees have frequently been guests at the race.

The race's name changes based on the title of the reigning
monarch, who also serves as patron of the event.

Clarkson Cup - Women's Hockey (currently not awarded)
Vanier Cup - College Football
Willingdon Cup - Amateur Golf 
Dufferin Medal - Award for excellence in academics or
athletics. This medal was awarded between 1872 and 1878. 
The Governor General's Award is its spiritual successor.

If you go looking you will find even more examples of the
monarchy encouraging excellence in sport and other areas of
Canadian life. It is just one of the many ways the monarchy
helps form the foundation of this country.

Loyally Yours,
A Kisaragi Colour

It would appear that the Canadian Heraldic Authority has 
​developed a bit of a backlog due to high demand. While 
certainly an annoyance for anyone seeking a grant of arms, it 
is great to see more people taking advantage of one of the 
​more unique gifts the Crown bestows. And, indeed, it is good 
to see so many people being deemed worthy of receiving a 
grant of arms. This last point is often forgotten. An applicant 
must make a case for why they deserve to have one. The
note states this waitlist has been in place since January 1st,
2023 which would imply demand increased during the
previous year. Which might tie it to the death of Queen
Elizabeth II in September of 2022. But that's just speculation.
​I may follow up with the heralds to see what's up.

UPDATE: The Canadian Heraldic Authority got back to me.
According to them, "there has been a larger number of
petitions received since the onset of the pandemic, but we
have noted a significant increase especially in the last year
or two." 

Loyally Yours,
A Kisaragi Colour

The Royal St. John's Regatta is North America's oldest annual
sporting competition. It also has had interesting ties to the
​monarchy since its earliest days. 

The earliest records for the event date from 1816 but there is
credible conjecture that the event was held earlier. Ship crews
would often compete against each other in rowing
competitions as a form of entertainment. It is from these
informal matches that the regatta originated.

The 1818 regatta was more put together affair. It was held on
September 22nd to coincide with the 57th anniversary of King
George III's coronation. It is from this date that the organizers
of the regatta mark their anniversary with the regatta
celebrating its 200 year anniversary in 2018.

Since 1818, there was a tradition
of using coronation anniversaries
 to set ​the date of the regatta as
this pictured betting slip from
1937 attests.

Members of the Royal Family who
have attended the regatta include
Prince Albert Edward (later King
Edward VII) in 1860 and Queen
Elizabeth II in 1978. In 2016
Princess Anne visited St. John's to
unveil the championship rings to
​be given out in 2018.

In 1993 the regatta was given its royal
designation through the efforts of Don
Johnson, Frederick Russel, and Geoff
Carnell. As a result a new crest was
developed incorporating Saint Edward's
Crown above a fixed-seat row boat. The
Royal St. John's Regatta is one of only
four organizations in Newfoundland to
have a royal designation. 

The regatta also has a coat of arms which can be seen here.

The Royal St. John's Regatta is held on the first Wednesday
of August, weather permitting. It is a civic holiday in the city
of St. John's but is unique in that the day off is entirely
dependent on whether the weather is suitable for rowing or
not. If called off the regatta will be held on the next suitable
day.

Besides the rowing there are many food stalls and games of
chance along the shoreline as well as live music provided by
the Church Lads Brigade Regimental Band which gives the
event a festival atmosphere. Hope to see you there.

Loyally Yours,
A Kisaragi Colour