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The Parade of Lost Souls is BAAACK!
NOVEMBER 1ST, 2024!!!
PARADE COUNTDOOOWN!!!
Parade of Little Souls
November 1st, 2024
Family-Friendly Procession at 6:30pm
Parade of Lost Souls
November 1, 2024
Processions Hourly at 7:30pm & 8:30pm
Lost Souls AFTER PARTY
November 1st, 2024
10:30 pm – 2 am
AT THE BILTMORE CABARET!
Drop by the Photo Booth at this year's Parade of Lost Souls After Party!!! "Magik Moments" a Photo Booth Rental in Vancouver, will be available for taking super fun photos at the AFTER PARTY from 11pm-2am!
PARADE OF LOST SOULS 2024:
UNPLUGGED
Unplug yourself from modern society and step back in time with the undead characters of the Parade of Lost Souls & let your light emerge from the darkness!!! Befriend the dead, don't bother them!
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ALL WELCOME to join in this year to take part in the performance, music & art of the Parade of Lost Souls..... for "If we are lost, then we are lost together...”
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Our parade workshops are inclusive and accessible to all! We offer accommodations for those who need them. Join us and be a part of the fun.
Taking a twisted turn year, the Parade of Lost Souls will take place on the day after Halloween! Friday November 1st, at TROUT LAKE in East Vancouver, BC.
The parade route will be revealed at a later date! Please check the social media feeds for updates and other super exciting surprises along the way!
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We are offering plenty of exciting workshops this year! Here are the first lucky two to be announced! Come get your spook on & participate this Halloween season!!!
Happy Halloween! May the little souls in our life LIGHT UP THE NIGHT! Parade of Little Souls is for the ALL the wee children who want to join in on the colourful & dazzling festivities! Join the family-friendly procession and meet us at Trout Lake in East Vancouver!!! Procession for the Parade of Little Souls begins at 6:30pm. *please note: this is a half hour earlier than previous years*
You’ve resurrected your identities, faced your fears, saved your souls, and now it’s time to shake those bones and rejoice! Following the Parade of Lost Souls, the party continues through the night at the LOST SOULS AFTER-PARTY, this year at the Biltmore Cabaret from 10:30pm to 2:00am with live music, visuals and performances!! Proudly presented by the DFC.
*Conceptualized and produced by the Public Dreams Society for over twenty-five years, the Parade lives on under the direction of its producer since 2014, The Dusty Flowerpot Cabaret.
PARADE ROUTE
PARADE THIS YEAR WILL BE HELD AT...
TROUT LAKE!!!
LOST SOULS AFTER PARTY
WORKSHOPS
Thriller Flash Mob
Let’s party like it’s 1899…learn the ORIGINAL CHOREOGRAPHY of Michael Jackson’s record setting break out hit Thriller! Come to at least two of the three workshops, if you can. Kat is very precise about teaching it exactly as MJ did it – to the step–which means that you can do your homework by watching the video and mirroring the zombies. If you get stuck, just ask yourself, What Would Michael Do?
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Come to all or one of these workshops! Kat teaches the Thriller from scratch every time, so anyone can come to any of the workshops!
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Last one to join!!!
Sunday October 20
1:30pm to 3:30pm
at BRITANNIA Cafeteria
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Workshop Age: 15 - 75
Suggested Donation: $10 per session
Instructor: Kat Single-Dain
Location:
Cafeteria (entrance is through the gate, off the track field by William Street)
Britannia Community Centre
1661 Napier Street
Vancouver, BC, V5L 4X4
THRILLER TUTORIAL
Do the Time Warp
Learn the original, super fun, and very simple choreography to "The Time Warp" from The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Time is fleeting.... Do it this year! BUT you must dress like one of the movie's characters and do join us on the night of the "Parade of Lost Souls 2024" for the ULTIMATE FLASH MOB!!! You will be performing alongside professionals who have played the lead roles from year to year… Or you yourself may want to play a lead!! Come to at least two of these rehearsals, all if you can!
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Note: Later sessions are meant as practice sessions and people should aim to come to the very first session.
Last one to join!!!
Saturday October 19
2:00pm at TROUT LAKE
(by the concession stand)
Workshop Age: 15 - 75
Suggested Donation: $10 per session
Instructor: Kat Single-Dain
Location:
CFEC (Canucks Family Education Center) in the Britannia Community Centre
1655 William St
Vancouver , BC, V5L 2R3
TIME WARP IN ACTION
Previous Years' Workshops
East Van Witches Apothecary Decor Workshop & Dance
Created by green witch Lindy Sisson and white witch Monica Lee for the Parade of Lost Souls 2023, witches learned the infamous German Witches Dance and created the Witches of East Van Apothecary installation! They gathered their herbs & spells, teaching folks young, old & undead about this worldwide mesmerizing phenomenon!
EAST VAN WITCHES IN ACTION
OPEN HOUSE
A drop-in evening of variety at the Dusty Flowerpot Cabaret! Join us at the studio on Fridays from 4pm to 6pm (see dates below) where you can do a variety of things including:
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Make a costume!
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Buy a costume!
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Contribute to set decoration preparations!
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Meet potential collaborators!
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DJ (or play music) for the folks enjoying the space!
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Get a tour of the new improvements of the space!
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Meet with the crew of the Parade!
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Talk about any ideas you may have!
Thursday
October 24
4:00pm - 6:00pm
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Located at 2050 Scotia Street, Vancouver BC
(entrance is the GLASS DOOR next to the LOADING BAY at the back of The Artiste Building)
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CALL TO ACTION!
What is the PARADE OF LOST SOULS?
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IT'S YOU!!!
This is your chance to create your wildest, spookiest nightmares and bring them back from the dead! This years' theme is "UNPLUGGED"
How to get involved?
- participate in the dance workshops
- attend the Friday Open House Happy Hours
- create a costume for the Parade
- apply as an artist
- come help build, craft & paint cool stuff
- build an art installation (talk to us please too)
- and more is a-brewing!
Got ideas? Reach out & say hello!​
We aim to inspire the performer and maker that exists in all of us! A variety of creative workshops leading up to the parade provide an opportunity to dance, play music and make, with opportunities to participate in parade performances.
GALLERY
GET INVOLVED
Since its first rising, the Parade of Lost Souls has been a grass-roots festival planned, organized and performed by, and for, the community that it serves. It's creativity, success, and contributions to the community are the result of the tireless efforts of an outstanding, talented and hard-working group of souls. But, we can always use more help.
CALL FOR ARTISTS,
PERFORMERS & MAKERS
Calling all artists, performers and makers! We are extending an invitation to you, our community of artists, performers and friends, to find your own inspiration and join us in creating this festival of celebration and ceremony. Are you a maker, a sculpter, an artist or a performer? Are you interested in building an installation, helping to create the parade environments, or performing that one thing you've always been aching to do? We are on the lookout for more performers, musicians, fire dancers, stilt walkers, puppetteers, clowns, acrobats, magicians, voice performers, contortionists, jugglers, and thriller dancing zombies. If performance isn't your thing, we're also looking for artists, costume designers, graphic designers, sculpters, makers, and make-up artists. If you're creative, and interested in the Parade, we want to hear from you! Let us know how you'd like to contribute.
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Applications a-brewing & open soon!
Paid Crew Needed!
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Installation, Set Decoration, Striking, Clean-up, Buskers
email us at:
dustyflowerpotcabaret@gmail.com
(please note that we will no longer respond to emails once we have enough paid crew)
CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS
A festival, the size of the Parade of Lost Souls, requires a huge team of volunteers who are willing to do just about anything to help pull off the event. Volunteering with the production team or with the site crew will give you a behind-the-scenes look at how it all works and what it takes to pull of this festival. You'll also be providing an invaluable helping hand. We're looking for souls to help with a wide range of tasks, from helping to construct props and installations, place festival infrastructure on-site, to collecting donations at the parade, and cleaning up at the end of the night. This festival would not be what it is without the generous help of volunteers. If you're available and interested in lending a hand, we want to hear from you! Let us know how you'd like to contribute to the Parade of Lost Souls, and we'll try to match you with our current needs.
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Volunteers Needed!!!
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Set Decoration, Makers/ Builders, Hospitality, Costume Design, Installation, Parade Ambassadors, Information Booth, Ushers, Stage Assistants, Clean-up.
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*Contact form at bottom of page.*
AFTER PARTY TICKETS
DONATE TO THE PARADE
Parade of Lost Souls can only exist through the generous donations of the community who support it. It costs many tens of thousands to put on the parade each year: covering everything from permitting to insurance, security, artist fees, and built infrastructure. And, while this year may be a little different, we hope to continue putting on the Parade again and again for many years ahead.
PLEASE DONATE TO HELP
KEEP PARADE ALIVE!!!
$5 Suggested Donation
As All Hallows’ Eve crawls out from the autumn mist, preparations are well underway for the Parade of Lost Souls. The annual tradition, a decades-old East Vancouver mainstay, is refuge and release, community and collective for thousands of lost souls. Participants of the Parade gather together to redefine their ideas of community engagement; to reconnect with one another, and with ourselves, in a celebration of the cycles of life and death. The festival’s true popularity lies in its ability to inspire and accentuate the creativity of those who attend. The Parade is proof that we have not lost our link to the richness and depth of the ritual celebrations of our ancestors.
The Parade of Lost Souls is organized by, and for, the community that it serves. It is a parade of spectacle and performance, an inclusive celebration for the thousands of lost souls that join us every year.
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It takes a tremendous amount of effort and funding to stage this event, and we are always on the lookout for energetic volunteers, artists and donors to join our team. The festival continues to be successful because of the creative artists and performers who share their talents, our hard-working volunteers who keep us running, and the larger community who join us each year - dressed in wondrous costumes!
refuge &release
community &collective
for thousands of lost souls
Parade of Lost Souls
CAST & CREW 2023
Artistic Director
Kat Single-Dain
Performers
Stilting Carnival Barker - Anna Thompson
The Mushroom Parade - Isabelle Kirouac and Willoughby Averalo
Tap Dancing Scare Crow - Alexandra McLean-Kelly
Hoop Dancer - Alex Wells
Thriller Leads
Clive Ramroop
Momoko Shimada
Courtney Calnan
Witches of East Van Leads
Monica Lee
Lindy Sisson
"Ghosted" installation by Flail
DJ Collectives + Installations
Inside Out
Tempo
Obsidian
Decentralized Dance Party
Fire Show
Bands
Carnival Band
Samba Du Soliel
Balkan Shmalkan
Batucada
Salalaul
Sospiro Misterioso
Music Vancouver
The Magic Triangle
UBC Jazz Club
The Boytles
Spectator 6
The Dimes
Legion of Flying Monkeys
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Time Warp Dancers
Clae Brown as Riff-Raff
Ginger Femmecat as Magenta
Ron Skolney-Elverson as the Narrator
Seamus Sullivan as Frank M. Furter
Nathan Barrett as Rocky
Afterparty
DJ May Q Move
Melody Mangler
Chase The Bear
Balkan Shmalkan
CONTACT US!
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