{"id":6435,"date":"2019-06-30T03:00:53","date_gmt":"2019-06-29T21:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jeanlumbfoundation.ca:\/?p=6435"},"modified":"2022-08-31T08:20:17","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T02:20:17","slug":"meeting-the-queen-of-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeanlumbfoundation.ca\/?p=6435","title":{"rendered":"Meeting the Queen of England"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jeanlumbfoundation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/canadas-centennial-presentation-to-queen.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jeanlumbfoundation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/canadas-centennial-presentation-to-queen.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6437\" width=\"257\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jeanlumbfoundation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/canadas-centennial-presentation-to-queen.jpg 707w, https:\/\/jeanlumbfoundation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/canadas-centennial-presentation-to-queen-300x255.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy Birthday!  It was Canada&#8217;s Centennial, its 100th anniversary as a country.  A grand celebration was organized for June 30 and July 1, 1967, in Ottawa for Canadians and for Her Majesty, the Queen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Chinese Community Dancers of Ontario, a dance group that Jean had formed, was chosen to perform for the celebration in Ottawa. &#8220;I can&#8217;t go,&#8221; was Jean&#8217;s first reaction. &#8220;My son, Doug, is getting married that day.&#8221; John Fisher, known as &#8220;Mr. Canada&#8221; because he wrote and told stories about the history of Canada, insisted, &#8220;Jean, you have to go. It&#8217;s a command performance for the Queen!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A private airplane was arranged for Jean and her three daughters.  &#8220;In one day we were in Ottawa dancing for the show.  I was presented to the Queen at 3 PM,&#8221; she remembers.  &#8220;Then we had to rush off to catch the plane to Toronto for Doug&#8217;s wedding that evening at 7 PM.  The next morning, we were back in Ottawa for the July 1st performance.&#8221;  Jean&#8217;s mother, so proud of her daughter, told her, &#8220;The sky opened and let you into heaven.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Excerpted from Spirit of the Dragon by Arlene Chan, published by Umbrella Press. Copyright \u00a9 1997 by Arlene Chan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Image Credit: Jean Lumb Collection<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Birthday! It was Canada&#8217;s Centennial, its 100th anniversary as a country. A grand celebration was organized for June 30 and July 1, 1967, in Ottawa for Canadians and for Her Majesty, the Queen. 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