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Every year, the PNE opens for 2 weeks at the end of the summer for everyone to enjoy everything from Superdogs shows to concerts to buying goodies from the Marketplace. This year, I went on the 1st day (Aug 22), where there was free admission from 9am-12pm.

One of the first things I did was go to grab a spot at the Superdogs show @ 10am. Normal days at the PNE don’t have Superdogs shows in the morning. This was a special one, some sort of “opening ceremony” with Raymond Louie (the chair of the PNE, something or other).

Some of the dogs at the Superdogs show were really, really cute.

Look at the shaggy one up in the middle front!

Shaggy doggy has a ponytail!

Any time you’re at the PNE, the crowds will be right there with you.

Just look at that pile of people leading from the PNE side to the Playland side and vice versa. Crazy!

Global BC has their amphitheatre set up here, and this is where concerts and whatnot are played. Red Robinson and others perform on this stage.

This barn-like place houses animals from horses to sheep to pigs to chicken eggs.

This sheep would not quit “bahhh”-ing! And he was SO loud!

More crowds of people outside the Pacific Coliseum.

I also saw a lumberjack show. It was as lame as the one up at Grouse (Mountain). And worse than being packed like sardines in a can. Because you’re sitting there and legs are climbing all over you trying to get up and down the bleachers.

I also saw the RCMP Musical Ride, which consisted of about 32 horses and RCMP officers “dancing” to music. Raymond Louie was also at that show. The show was really good.

Here they are in windmill formation.

This formation was supposedly on the old $50 Canadian bill.

Then, there’s Miller Drive, which features things like the sand castle competition, which hadn’t started yet on the 1st day of the PNE.

Of course, there is much more to see at the PNE like different concerts every night and painting the art cars, but that’s the gist of what I saw while I was there. Now here’s something cute.

KC! He’s the mascot for Playland or PNE or both.

Adorable!

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