"Home: A Tribute to Horseshoe Bay, Then and Now."

Published on April 23, 2024

New complete video related to
, and Horseshoe Bay Vancouver Restaurants, "Home: A Tribute to Horseshoe Bay, Then and Now.".

Karen Fowlie, a local musician and I, Chris Adshead, worked together to create this short video which shows the changing face of our Horseshoe Bay, British Columbia, community over the past 100 years.

From notes by Karen Fowlie – thank you Karen for inviting me to be involved in this project.
“The instrumental music for the video is an original composition and is itself, a musical collaboration. Not so long ago, local musicians gathered at Hugos Restaurant (2013-2017) and performed songs they had written about emotions, about what was happening at that time and West Vancouver life. People near and far would come out to experience the culture that came from the live music hub. As Hugos closed, many of those musicians were asked to give performances in the song “Home”. In this video you will hear piano, bass, drums, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, some vocals and accordion.

In May 2020, the “Home” music video was released with lyrics. There was demand for a version without words, so audio engineer/musician Terri Breeze put together an instrumental mix. After a call out to community for photographs to use in a music video, local photographic artist Chris Adshead expressed his interest in the project. Chris spent countless hours sifting through stunning photos submitted by friends and neighbours as well as historical photographs from the West Vancouver Archives to tell our Horseshoe Bay story. After much deliberation,we narrowed down a plethora of excellent photos into the few that best fit the video concept. Horseshoe Bay has gone through dynamic transformations over the years. With the “Home: A Tribute to Horseshoe Bay, Then and Now” video we celebrate Canada, Horseshoe Bay and the community minded people who help us embrace life’s changes.”