Chronology Canada: Date 2001

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2001 31 Aug - 3 Sep 200-	The 25th Annual Conference of the Association for Bahá'í Studies-North America was held at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers in Seattle, WA. The 19th Hasan M. Balyuzi Memorial Lecture was given by Hossein Amanat and Fariborz Sahba. Featured speakers were: Counsellor Rebecca Murphy, Counsellor Eugene Andrews, Holly Hanson from Mt Holyoke College, Anne Furlong from the University of Prince Edward Island and Lasse Thoresen of the Norwegian State Academy of Music. [BCVol14 No 4 August 2001 p10]	Bahá'í Studies, Associations for; Seattle, WA
2001 23 May 200-	At dusk on the evening of the 22nd of May, the opening of the Terraces of the Shrine of the Báb, a $250M project that begun ten years earlier and transformed the ancient barren face of the mountain into 19 majestic terraced gardens cascading down the length of the mountain. [BWNS121; BW01-02p37-73] See the message To the Believers Gathered for the Events Marking the Completion of the Projects on Mount Carmel. The nineteen Canadian believers who had the extraordinary blessing of being present in the Holy Land for the official opening of the Terraces of the Shrine of the Báb were: Dr. Akouete Akakpo-Vida, Mr. Riel Aubichon, Mr. Garrett Brisdon, Mrs. Pearl Downie, Mrs. Nellie Ironeagle, Mrs. Aghdas Javid, Mr. Joseph Kowtow, Mrs. Joo Jong Kung, M. Fréderic Landry, Ms. Giselle Melanson, Mr. Borna Noureddin, Mr. James Patrick, Mrs. Valerie Pemberton-Piggott, Mlle. Cindy Poitras, Mrs. Janice Schlosser, Mlle. Caroline Simon, Mrs. Doris Toeg, Mrs. Linda Wilkinson, and Mme. Elizabeth Wright. In addition, several students from the Maxwell International Bahá'í School were present as members of the delegations from their home countries. The event was attended by some 4,500 people, 3,300 of them Bahá'ís, as representative of more than 200 countries and territories. [One Country Vol.13 Issue 1] For the statement read by Dr. Albert Lincoln, Secretary-General of the Bahá'í International Community at the official opening of the flight of terraces see Ruhi 8.3 page 93. [BWNS119] See video From Darkness to Light Recalling the Events at the Official Opening of the Terraces on Mount Carmel May 2001. See The Opening of the Terraces (May 2001): Reflections of a Participant by Thelma Batchelor. Gyr Kvalheim was the Managing Director of the Inaugural Events Office. [BWNS118]	Báb, Shrine of (Haifa); Terraces of the Shrine of the Báb (Haifa); Dedications; Arc project; - Bahá'í World Centre buildings, monuments and gardens; - Bahá'í World Centre; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Gyr Kvalheim,; - Bahá'í World Centre; Haifa, Israel; Mount Carmel
2001 22 May 200-	The musical tribute of the inauguration of the Terraces required the construction of a 4,000-seat temporary amphitheater around the plaza that forms the first terrace on the mountainside, at the top of Ben Gurion Avenue. Musical Director Jack Lenz coordinated a musical program that brought together a symphony orchestra from Israel, a choir from Romania, and soloists from around the world. More than 60 buses have been hired just to shuttle participants around. Holding a musical concert outdoors was not like doing it with the natural acoustics of a hall. To counter wind noise, windsocks had to be fitted on all the microphones on all of the instruments of the orchestra and then reverberation and other effects added on a mixing console. [BWNS118; BWNS120] Others who participated in the musical presentation were Canadian soloists, mezzo-soprano Patricia Green, tenor Stuart Howe and baritone Brett Polegato.	Gry Kvalheim; Jack Lenz; Patricia Green; Stuart Howe; Brett Polegato; Haifa, Israel
2001 22 May 200-	The musical tribute of the inauguration of the Terraces required the construction of a 4,000-seat temporary amphitheater around the plaza that forms the first terrace on the mountainside, at the top of Ben Gurion Avenue. Musical Director Jack Lenz coordinated a musical program that brought together a symphony orchestra from Israel, a choir from Romania, and soloists from around the world. More than 60 buses have been hired just to shuttle participants around. Holding a musical concert outdoors was not like doing it with the natural acoustics of a hall. To counter wind noise, wind socks had to be fitted on all the microphones on all of the instruments of the orchestra and then reverberation and other effects added on a mixing console. Other Canadians who participated in the musical tribute were mezzo-soprano Patricia Green, tenor Stuart Howe and baritone Brett Polegato. [BWNS118; BWNS120]	Gry Kvalheim; Jack Lenz; Patricia Green; Stuart Howe; Brett Polegato; Haifa, Israel
2001 15 May 200-	A tribute to Ruhiyyih Khanum, much in the form of music and drama, was held at Canada House in Trafalgar Square in London. It was attended by some 150 prominent people including Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. The main focus of the evening was a theatrical performance entitled A Life So Noble, which had been inspired by Ruhiyyih Khanum's life. Written by Canadian-born actress/writer Beverley Evans and directed by Annabel Knight, the show took four major aspects of Khanum's life and character and personified them in four women actresses, Maria Friedman, Beverley Evans, Sarah Clive and Kerry-Ann Smith, who told her story using words taken from Ruhiyyih Khanum's own lectures and writings.[BWNS124]	Amatul-Bahá Ruhiyyih Khanum; Prince Philip; A Life So Noble (play); - Plays; Annabel Knight; Violette Nakhjavani; London, England; United Kingdom
2001 Ridván 200-	The National Assembly in Québec passed Bill 170, an Act to reform the municipal territorial organization of the metropolitan regions of Montréal, Québec and the Outaouais. It was given assent in December of 2000. The former city of Gatineau incorporated the cities of Aylmer and Hull as well as the town of Buckingham and the township of Masson-Angers. [Bill 170] The first Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the new city of Gatineau was elected at Ridván 2001. Those elected were Laylee Rohani Delaney, Pierre Austin, Ruth Vanderstelt, Bernard Cardin, Peter Brady, Muguette Brady, Alain Robitaille, Pamela Stellick and Patrick Marshall.	Gatineau, QC; Outaouais Cluster
2001 200-	Statistics Canada reported 18,020 Bahá'ís from 2001 census data. [Bahaipedia]	Statistics; Canada
2001 (In the year) 200-	The publication of Never be Afraid to Dare - The Biography of Marion Jack by Jan Jasion. It was published by George Ronald, Oxford.	Marion Jack; Jan Teofil Jasion; Never Be Afraid to Dare (book)


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