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We’re excited to be providing the intermission entertainment for the Terminal City Rollergirls’ first game of the season this Saturday April 12.

http://www.terminalcityrollergirls.com/

 Event Time – doors @ 5:30, event @ 6:30
 Location – Kerrisdale Arena, 5670 East Boulevard, Vancouver

Tix: $15 advance, $20 at the door

oh yeah-

A CELEBRATION WITH GORDON PRICE
for his generous donation of the Gordon Price Digital Image Bank
to the Active Transportation Lab in the School of Community and Regional
Planning at UBC.

Monday, April 7, 7-9 pm
UBC Robson Square. Free admission.

BC:Clettes are performing Saturday night in Portland during the Mini-Bike Winter festivities/ extravaganza, Feb 15-17.
Check out www.zoombomb.net

B:C:Clettes will be performing at a warehouse party/ Cabaret event this Saturday Nov 24!

For the first time ever (!!), we will be performing to a LIVE BAND-- local Vancouver band "Bike". A fun, fast, awesome number we totally love. BIKE and B:C:Clettes will be sharing a set.

BIKE and Clettes are on @ 10:00 sharp Saturday Nov. 24th.
It's a tight schedule so please come early! Then we'll have time to chat and drink before the show gets going. DJ music early.
DOORS @ 9.00pm.
$10 Cover

7 west 2nd ave.  At Ontario. Black door with 7 on it.
Cool big warehouse location with hardwood floors and ceiling. Other bands include Scatterheart, Buckle-up Russia, The Feminists, plus art & longboards on display, and some burlesque dancing. Variety show!

Hope to see ya'll there!!

The Clettes invite you to come out and join in the marvelous frenzy that is September 21st to 23rd in Vancouver.

We'll be performing Saturday at both Pedal Fest (1pm) and the Velomutations party (10pm), but you should check everything out!
**Note the NEW locale for Saturday night party!!!**

FRI SEPT 21 2007

--> The Pornography of the Bicycle ~ 7:30pm
WISE Hall, 1882 Adanac (at Victoria)
Tickets $5-10 sliding scale. Licensed.
Lingerie encouraged.
http://bikeporntour .blogspot. com/

A night of dramatic re-enactment, tassles, and two-wheeled lovin' with the
one & only Reverend Phil of the Portland. Joined by the Creaking Planks,
rendering tunes of the boudoir helpless and quivering. Also appearing:
Mykle, author of Eyeheart Everything & Ifny, host of Pedal Revolutionary
Radio. Beer and swag will be sold to all comers. Afterglow tunes by Tom
Cee. Beer and swag will be sold to all comers. Portlandia cometh!

--> Naughty Negligee Night Ride ~ 11:00ish
Departing from the W.I.S.E. Hall
FREE!
In the tradition of the Great Nekkid Bike Ride, doff your threads and head
out into the night. See-though polyester, sequins, bits of fluff, tiaras
and tootsie rolls, bring out your naughty bits and ride Vancouver en sassy
masse! Raincoat check available.

SAT SEPT 22

--> PedalFest ~ 12-6pm
Main & 17th Ave. FREE! All-ages.
A celebration of bike arts & culture. Bike crafts/fashion, pedaling zoo,
live performances by the B:C:Clettes (1pm), Sprockettes, Brakes and Blackberry Wood.

--> Bicycle CARcass IV ~ 1:00-5:30 pm
Strathcona Park, 857 Malkin Ave (at Venables, 3 blocks west of Clark)
FREE! Vegan, Kid-friendly.
http://bicyclecarca ss.blogspot. com/
A day of bicycle battlegames and buffoonery including jousting, derbies,
blindfold races and a game of Afghan buzkashi. The Key to the City of East Vancouver is once again up for grabs, currently held by the Shawn of
Bellingham. Armour and silliness encouraged. The theme is VERMIN, in honour
of the oh-so-stanky city-wide garbage strike.

--> G'day Mate Alley Cat Race ~ 6:30pm
Race starts 6:30pm from Science World;
registration 1:00-5pm at Bicycle CARcass
Prizes to be had. Aussie-themed race, open to all forms & sizes of
pedal-powered devices.

--> VeloMutation Party ~ 9pm till 2am
$10-20, Fundraiser- please be generous!

295 w 2nd Ave- 
***NOTE this is a NEW location!!!***

Party featuring live performances by the B:C:Clettes (10pm), Sprockettes,
VeloVixens, Brakes & Elemental Circus of Fire. DJs, booze, dancing.

SUNDAY SEPT 24

--> Bicycle Polo ~ high noon
Grandview Park tennis courts
http://www.bikepolo .ca/
Polo East Van style. Mallets available. BYOB.

--> Alpine Bombtastic ~ time TBA
Rendezvous spot TBA
Get on a bike & ride down a mountain. Why? Because you could.

August 17-31, 2007

Vancouver's own B:C:Clettes are taking from Vancouver to LA and back! Join the B:C:Clettes as they dance their way down the West Coast spreading their bike love along the way.

Tour Dates (not set in stone...)

17 - Bellingham, WA
18 - Eugene, OR: Farmer's Market (day) / Evening show too!
19 - Ashland, OR
22 - Davis, CA
23 - San Francisco, CA
24 - LA, CA: Fuck It Dude. The Lebowski Ride
27 - San Luis Obispo, CA
30 - Portland, OR: Alberta Street Festival
31 - Seattle, WA

The B:C:Clettes present ROUGE et NOIR: A Bicycle Cabaret

With performances by:

Sidria: *sultry torch singer who will leave you breathless*

Fossilosopher: *elder bikepunk spinning wheel words of wisdom*

Bring Your Own Cabaret: *pushing your buttons and then unbuttoning them*

Creaking Planks: *the iPod of 1906 plays demented nautical circus orchestration*

AND

THE B:C:CLETTES: *bicycle showgirls: old favorites plus three new numbers*

JULY 12TH – 14TH, 2007
at The Western Front
303 East 8th Avenue
Vancouver BC
$8 Thursday / $15 Friday & Saturday

Gather at 7
**Dress resplendent**
Show at 8

Tickets at:
Our Community Bikes: 3283 Main St
People's Coop Bookstore: 1391 Commercial Dr
Spartacus Books: 319 W. Hastings St.

This is a fundraiser for our west coast tour in August, to L.A. and back!!
We are so excited- the Cabaret will be beautiful.
Contact the B:C:Clettes for more info or to volunteer: bcclettes@gmail.com

BiKarnival Performance Ride on June 8 rocked.
Here are some slideshows and whatnots. Feel free to add to the mix or write a review.

B:C:Clette video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKsuZltkCwY
Shred the Gnar video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzR7DUwhe2o

Slideshows:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lorikessler/sets/72157600346642543/show/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brownrage/sets/72157600351531333/show
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kendra_the_wild/sets/72157600393690476/show/

Pics:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30261607@N00/537454748/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30261607@N00/537454618/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kendra_the_wild/539589232/in/set-72157600393690476/
http://www.thisisplanb.net/photos/performanceride07/performanceride07.html

Are there more out there? Clue us in!
Oh and Tom Childs made a great video of the Performance Ride. If you know the right people to ask, you may be able to get yourself a copy...

woot-woot!

?We are proud to announce our summer schedule!! LOTS of amazing opportunities to play and to spread some good Velo-Love!

JUNE (Yay Bike Month!! Bike to Work!!):
2, Sat: Bike to Market Day at the Trout Lake Farmer's Market. 11:15 show!! Fresh, local, healthy foods.

8, Fri: Performance Ride. Meet at Science World Gazebo at 6:45, Ride starts at 7:38. Lots of fun and amazing bike shows, including B:C:Clettes, Brakes, Kablamo, spoken word, etc. Don't miss it!

16, Sat: Stanley Park Bikefest! B:C:Clettes show at 12:30! Wow! Start the fun with a park-to-park ride to and from Spanish Banks at 10am. Check out the ads on all Translink busses! Great for kids. See http://www.stanleyparkbikefest.ca/EventSchedule.htm for more info.

17, Sun: Commercial Drive Festival! Show at 3:20 at the Grandview Park stage! Come enjoy a fun-filled, car-free day on the Drive. Check out the Chopper Bike Park while you're here. Good times for sure.

23, Sat: Multnomah County Bike Fair in Portland Oregon. This is where Bicycle-dance troupes began... Couldn't pass the opportunity to perform with our wonderful Portland friends- Love It!

29, Fri: June Critical Mass!! Biggest Critical Mass of the Year! stay tuned for 'Clettes show information.

JULY
12 13 14, Thurs-Sat: B:C:Clettes present: Caberet Rouge et Noir! At the Western Front. Three nights of amazing Clettage action, with special guest performances. Lots of surprises. A Fundraiser for our tour. Mark it on your calendar and stay tuned for more info!!!!

AUGUST
(Mid-to-Late) B:C:Clettes TOUR!! Down and up the West Coast, stopping at all our favourite cities between here and Los Angeles. WOW!!! Contact us if you would like us to perform at your event or venue.   

Happy Summer!!!!!

Last friday, four lucky clettes got to spend the afternoon with the winners of the BC SEA (sustainable energy association) class room contest - Grades 4-6 from Queen Mary Elementary.

Kids across the city were asked to reduce their impact over a period of 30 days. This included logging and inputting the tasks into a calculator to determine  total carbon reduction.  I think the avg reduction was 13 tonnes per kid!  over 30 days! that's amazing!

We were asked to join them in their celebration.  It was so much fun! We talked about why bikes are so cool, why and how we ride our bikes, and then did a couple numbers.  Then we ALL played dance games. Then the pizza arrived. FUN!!!  It was super great to play like a kid again. 

Thanks to BC SEA for asking us to be a part of this!

Thanks Shiprek for the article on bikeliker!!!! rad.

Check us out!
http://www.bikeliker.com/portland/bc.html
http://www.bikeliker.com

haha- love it.
LOVE. IT.

Hey Hey Hey!!
Your favourite red-and-black bicycle dance crew will be doing their thing as part of the FREE Main St. Literary Tour this Thursday April 26. Momentum asked us to show our stuff to the poets, writers, and artist- types of the land. :) We're going to knock their socks off.

we're up for 8pm at Antisocial! Cool venue--
http://bcbookandmagazineweek.blogspot.com/2007/03/main-street-literary-tour.html

Come to the Work Less Party April 21. Dance. Laugh. Have a good time. Wear a costume. And: pick up your rad homemade BC:Clettes fashion bits!!!! For the FIRST TIME EVER! T-shirts, patches, pj's, cuffs, and wonderful surprises.
Oh, PS, it's the same date as the East Van Bike Polo Tourney, so voila! now your day is booked.  : )

see website for the lineup (lots of bands, djs, and shows- including the Brakes) and more info:
http://www.worklessparty.org/party/party.htm

Spring Carnival
Saturday April 21st
487 Alexander street
Doors 8pm

The Work Less Party PARTY

This bi-annual party is a celebration of dance, performance,
art, acrobatics, theatre, music and much more dancing.

Cost: $8 If you arrive in costume.
$13.oo  Otherwise