It’s a very broad-ranging, wide, very difficult to pin down sort of job.” “They will facilitate the openings of fairs.
“They are bringers of goodwill,” he said. Buss, 78, said he considers town criers part of an honourable tradition that gives communities a sense of place and history. “It’s rather sad we have to throw it out completely.” “I didn’t want to be made redundant,” he said.
We want to hear back from people.”ĭuncan’s newly unemployed town crier said his proposal to keep the position as a joint crier-ambassador role was rejected by council.īen Buss said his retirement came as a surprise. We really want to open up the conversation. “We have to walk on this path together,” Ms. No one from the Cowichan Tribes was available for comment. She said the city will invite the Cowichan Tribes, which has about 5,000 members in the Duncan area, to participate.ĭuncan, known as the City of Totems, has 40 totem poles located within city limits. Staples said Duncan does not have a timeline to find a new ambassador, but the process will undergo widespread community consultation starting this fall. Our community has changed a lot over the last 100 years.” “Council decided it isn’t reflective of who we are at this time. “Is a town crier reflective of our community in 2021?” Ms. The crier also became a symbol of the arrival of European settlers in North America.
In centuries past in England, an elaborately dressed crier often carried a hand bell, shouting “hear ye, hear ye” to attract attention before calling out a proclamation. Log In Create Free AccountĪ Vancouver Island city is putting out a call for a new kind of ambassador after deciding it will no longer send a town crier to greet visitors or represent the community at events.ĭuncan’s town crier position has been retired as the city re-evaluates practices and symbolism of the past, Mayor Michelle Staples said, adding the community is on a journey to find a new voice.ĭuncan has had a town crier since 1995, but the tradition of an official community messenger dates back to biblical times.
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