In Port McNeill

When it comes to small coastal towns, Port McNeill has been performing a way above its pay-grade these days, especially when it comes to live entertainment and community events.

On Friday evening (June 10), the BC Movement Arts Society (BCMAS) hosted a contemporary dance performance at the Gate House that would, in normal circumstances, only be available in major urban centers.  

Then there was North Island Secondary’s grad weekend happening, a major milestone event for the grads and the community.  

And on Saturday night, a near capacity crowd showed up at the Gate House to watch, listen and dance in the aisles, as the Victoria based band, The Sutcliffes, took everyone on a nostalgic, Beatles inspired, Magical Mystery Tour, down Abbey Road.

For over 2 hours, the Sutcliffes took the audience on the perfect, roll down the windows, turn up the music, feet up on the dashboard, hair blowing in the wind, road trip.  And like any good road trip with great friends, everyone was ready to travel, ready to sing, or at least lip-sync, and ready to have a good time.  And the Sutcliffes did not disappoint. 

Towns the size of Port McNeill are not supposed to have this caliber of entertainment.  There are some who think of small, remote coastal communities as quiet, forgotten, and dull backwaters, where nothing happens. Fortunately, the Sutcliffes, the BCMAS, the grad committee and all of those who work behind the scenes to make things happen, proved that once again we are anything but a dull backwater village.

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