Pubdate: Sat, 19 Apr 2014
Source: Ottawa Sun (CN ON)
Copyright: 2014 Canoe Limited Partnership
Contact: http://www.ottawasun.com/letter-to-editor
Website: http://www.ottawasun.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/329
Author: Doug Hempstead
Page: 10
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?420 (Cannabis - Popular)

GONNA GET HIGH ON THE HILL

10,000 to Celebrate Pot at 420 Ottawa Sunday

To be blunt, I've got the right name for this article.

One of the largest "peaceful celebrations" in Canada happens on 
Parliament Hill Sunday at noon, and it has nothing to do with Easter.

It's 420 Ottawa - Fill The Hill.

Thousands - as many as 10,000 - of pot smokers and pot 
smoker-supporters will gather to light up for an afternoon, showing 
their desire for the discrimination of marijuana.

It's not, however, a political info-session.

While these folks, on most days, would be a great resource for 
perspective on the pros of cannabis - Sunday will be a festival 
atmosphere. A free concert with a load of weed, essentially.

"We'll have hula hoopers and bubble blowers," says organizer Claude Galipeau.

"Lots of swag, T-shirts and 1,000 free slices of pizza. It's for the 
crowd. An appreciation for people's desire to change cannabis policy."

The event, which runs from noon to 5 p.m., is guest-hosted by 
stilt-walker Precious Chong, the daughter of Tommy Chong from the 
weed-happy comedic movie duo Cheech and Chong,

She's also a writer and actor in her own right and works with 
Toronto's Zero Gravity Circus and is a founding member of the circus 
performance troupe, Roy John's "Girls on Stilts" and has performed 
with them all over the world, from corporate events for Mercedes Benz 
to appearing with band Jane's Addiction at the Hollywood Bowl.

420 Ottawa also features performances from Dynamite Motel, Eric 
Mandala, Prufrock Shadowrunner, Marky Lyrical, Lindy, and Les Mosquitos.

The date, Sunday April 20, is tied to the name of the event: 420, or 4/20.
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MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom