In the Community

Ambleside Orchestra rehearses Wednesdays, 3:15-5:30 p.m. at Highlands United Church, 3255 Edgemont Blvd., North Vancouver. Intermediate level of musicianship required. Bring a music stand. Info: David, 604-922-1035.

Madeline King takes to the stage in John Lawson Park Saturday as local youth bands got a chance to showcase themselves as part of West Vancouver's Harmony Arts Festival. The arts festival runs to Aug. 11. Go to harmonyarts.ca for details.

Patricia Banning-Lover (with shovel), co-founder of the Wild Bird Trust, MLA Jane Thornthwaite (to her left), Mayor Richard Walton (behind her) and WBT board members and supporters officially broke ground July 31 on the long-hoped-for Nature House at

ByoV (bring your own voice) Community Choir is now accepting registrations for the 2013/2014 year. The year is divided into three terms that cost $40 each, with rehearsals on Thursday nights from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Argyle Avenue: 1400-1600 block, West Vancouver. Harmony Arts Festival - Art Market: A line-up of over 80 artists and artisans selected by a jury team will take over Argyle Avenue Aug. 2, 2-9 p.m. and Aug 3-5, 9, 10 and 11, 11 a.m. -9 p.m.

Best of the West: North Shore restaurants and B.C. wineries attempt to create the perfect combination at Best of the West 2013 scheduled for Aug. 7 at Ambleside Pier. Info: harmonyarts.ca/best-of-thewest.

A colourful multicultural parade organized by the Trinidad & Tobago Cultural Society of B.C. heads down Lonsdale Avenue from Victoria Park to Waterfront Park Saturday to mark the opening of this years Caribbean Days Festival.

Byov (bring your own voice) Community Choir is now accepting registrations for the 2013/2014 year. The year is divided into three terms that cost $40 each, with rehearsals on Thursday nights from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Master carver Sequilem (Stan Joseph) and his two young helpers Matthew Ohman and Tevan Baker relax after raising a repaired and repainted totem pole originally carved by Sequilem at the Joe Mathias Community Centre, Xwemelchstn, last week.

Lucy, an 11 year-old great horned owl and one of the raptors featured in the Capilano Suspension Bridges seasonal Raptors Ridge Birds of Prey sessions, surveys the crowd in front of handler Kim Kamstra.