50 years of fun at Ron Andrews Community Recreation Centre

Ron Andrews Community Recreation Centre turns 50!

It’s been 50 years since Ron Andrews Community Recreation Centre opened, and NVRC is throwing it back to 1975 in style!

Join us on Wednesday, July 9 for some far-out fun for the whole family, including retro-priced public swims (just 25¢!), cupcakes, line dancing, face painting, temporary tattoos and more!

Celebrate with us like it’s 1975 again!

Where: Ron Andrews Community Recreation Centre, 931 Lytton Street, North Vancouver
When: Wednesday, July 9

Event schedule: 
1:30-3:30pm Public swim (25₵ admission)

Birthday party – everyone welcome:
5-8pm Face painting, tattoos, crafts & activities
5:30-6:30pm Line dancing (25₵ admission)
6:40pm Ceremony with Mayor Mike Little
7-8pm Cupcakes & music from NVRC artist in residence Melifawn
7-8pm Zumba (25₵ admission)
7-8:30pm Public swim (25₵ admission)

A blast from the past 

According to local newspaper The Citizen’s coverage, North Vancouverites celebrated the pool’s grand opening in 1975 with a ribbon-cutting by then-Mayor Ron Andrews and figure skating phenom Karen Magnussen attended by North Shore swim groups and capped off by a synchronized swimming performance from the Capilano Catalinas Synchronized Swim Club.
 

An old newspaper clipping from 1975: Mayor Ron Andrews and figure skater Karen Magnussen cut the ribbon to officially open the Ron Andrews Community Recreation Centre pool while the crowd looks on. Photo by Barbara Low / The Citizen (July 18, 1975 edition)
Mayor Ron Andrews and figure skater Karen Magnussen cut the ribbon to officially open the Ron Andrews Community Recreation Centre pool while the crowd looks on. (Eye spy some disco collars and flared trousers!) Photo by Barbara Low / The Citizen (July 18, 1975 edition)

 

An old newspaper clipping from 1975: Members of the Capilano Catalinas Synchronized Swim Club performs during the grand opening of the Ron Andrews swimming pool. Photo by Barbara Low / The Citizen (July 18, 1975 edition)
Members of the Capilano Catalinas Synchronized Swim Club performs during the grand opening of the Ron Andrews swimming pool. Love the retro swimwear! Photo by Barbara Low / The Citizen (July 18, 1975 edition)

 

From 1975 to 2025, we look forward to marking 50 years of community, recreation and culture with you. 

Be there or be square!