A farewell party, for the students visiting from Toyokoro Japan, was held at Peach Orchard Beach on Friday evening. After a chicken dinner there were speeches and gift presentations. The students gave a calligraphy demonstration and each thanked their host families and expressed their appreciation for their visit to Summerland. Most commonly mentioned were the facts that Summerland was a very beautiful place, that it was “very hot” here and that the experience would be memorable. After the formalities the students were given the opportunity to paddle a kayak on Okanagan Lake. In this group photo is the students, their chaperones, the interpreters, host families, members of the Sister City Committee along with the mayor and several Summerland council members.