SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
In addition to the schedule below, there will be food trucks in the courtyard throughout the weekend, the “Art of Recovery” art show in both spaces.
Getting to Mary Winspear
By car:
Here’s a link to a Google Map showing the location of the Mary Winspear Centre.
By bus:
Here’s a link to Google Transit showing the two primary routes to the Mary Winspear Centre from downtown Victoria.
Friday, May 10, 2024
Bodine Family Hall – Main Stage
| 4:30 PM | Registration Desk Opens |
| 5:30 PM | Opening Remarks |
| 5:45 PM | Indigenous Blessing |
| 6:00-6:50 PM | Fellowship |
| 7:00-7:50 PM | Al-Anon Speaker – Marlene B., North Van, BC |
| 8:00-8:50 PM | AA Speaker – Daphne A. – Duncan, BC |
| 8:50-9:15 PM | Ice Cream Social |
| 9:30-9:50 PM | Comedy with Syd Bosel (YouTube) |
| 10:00-11:00 PM | AA Meeting |
Blue Room
| 6:00-6:50 PM | AA Meeting |
| 9:15-11:00 PM | Open Mic Acoustic Lounge |
Saturday, May 11, 2024
Bodine Family Hall – Main Stage
| 9:00-9:50 AM | AA Meeting |
| 10:00-10:50 AM | Fellowship (Games with VICYPAA) |
| 11:00-11:50 AM | Fellowship (Games with VICYPAA) |
| Noon | Lunch Break & Fellowship |
| 1:00-1:50 PM | Move and Meditate |
| 2:00-2:50 PM | Fellowship (Games with VICYPAA) |
| 3:00-3:50 PM | AA Meeting – Peace Group |
| 4:00-4:50 PM | Fellowship |
| 5:00-7:00 PM | Dinner Break & Fellowship |
| 7:00 PM | Welcome Back – Sobriety Countdown |
| 7:15 PM | Singer: Élies |
| 7:30-8:20 PM | AA Keynote Speaker – Pat 0., Los Angeles, CA |
| 8:45-10:30 PM | Let’s DANCE! With DJ Royal |
Yellow Room
| 9:00-9:50 AM | Freedom from the Bondage of Self: Step 3 |
| 10:00-10:50 AM | Women’s Panel |
| 11:00-11:50 AM | You Are Not Alone: Loneliness in Sobriety and How to Stop Isolating |
| 12:00-12:50 PM | AA Meeting – Discovery |
| 1:00-1:50 PM | Detaching with Love: Freedom from Codependency through the 12 Steps (AA and other Fellowships) |
| 2:00-2:50 PM | Terminal Uniqueness: Stopping the Relapse Cycle |
| 3:00-3:50 PM | Indigenous Panel |
| 4:00-4:50 PM | Intimacy and Relationships: What It Was Like and What It’s Like Now |
| 5:00-5:50 PM | Newcomers Panel |
| 8:45-11:00 PM | Open Mic Acoustic Lounge |
Blue Room
| 9:00-9:50 AM | Continous and Contented Sobriety (Longtimer’s Panel) |
| 10:00-10:50 AM | AA Meeting |
| 11:00-11:50 AM | Al-Anon Panel: Happy Joyous and Free |
| 12:00-12:50 PM | Spirituality Has No Past: The Power of Right Now |
| 1:00-1:50 PM | LGBTQIA+ Panel |
| 2:00-2:50 PM | You Cannot Keep What You Do Not Give Away (Sponsorship/Service Panel) |
| 3:00-3:50 PM | Move and Meditate |
| 4:00-4:50 PM | Life on Life’s Terms: Acceptance |
| 5:00-5:50 PM | Al-Anon Meeting |
Sunday, May 12, 2024
Bodine Family Hall – Main Stage
| 8:00-8:50 AM | Pancake Breakfast |
| 9:00-9:50 AM | Al-Anon Spiritual Speaker – Owen H., North Area Delegate, Lower Mainland, BC |
| 10:00-10:50 AM | AA Spirtual Speaker – Sarah C., Palo Alto, CA |
| 11:00-11:50 AM | Closing Remarks, Gratitude and Serenity Prayer |
| Noon | Clean-up and Take Down |
Blue Room
| 8:00-8:50 AM | Conscious Contact – Meditation Meeting |
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