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It was a short celebration to mark a big achievement.<\/p>\n

Salmon Arm city officials gathered beneath the giant treble clef Salmon Arm’s downtown on Wednesday, Nov. 12, to recognize the city landmark’s recent win in this year’s Municipal World Magazine’s Great Canadian Landmark Contest.<\/p>\n

The win was announced on Oct. 18 at the 31st annual Communities in Bloom Symposium and Awards Gala in Stratford, Ont. Mayor Alan Harrison accepted the win in a video shared at the gala.<\/p>\n

“On behalf of the residents of Salmon Arm, we are so excited to accept the Municipal World magazine’s Great Canadian Landmark Contest victory today,” Harrison said.<\/p>\n

“We know there’s many great landmarks across our country, so we feel very humbled to be voted the number one landmark in the country for this year, and we graciously accept.”<\/p>\n

Located at Shuswap Park Mall, the 45-foot steel sculpture, accompanied by the first few notes of O Canada, was the vision of Bill Laird, with concept art by Warren Welter, and was designed by Adam and Chris Meikle in concert with an engineer.<\/p>\n

Laird called the sculpture a “universal image which resonates with all who live in or visit Salmon Arm.”<\/p>\n

“Everyone listens to music – writers, tradespeople, home makers, care givers – music is enjoyed from the youngest to the oldest,” said Laird via email. “A gentleman recently stated ‘it is a metaphor for artistic creativity and life celebration in general, a fitting symbol of our community, visible to all’.<\/p>\n

“The fact that it was chosen for this award confirms the original intent behind the project.”<\/p>\n

Salmon Arm visitor services and communications co-ordinator Sapphire Games said the city may enter the treble clef in next year’s Great Canadian Landmark Contest.<\/p>\n

Read more: <\/strong>VIDEO: Salmon Arm’s giant treble clef stands tall among Canadian landmarks<\/a><\/p>\n

Read more:<\/strong> Sizeable squirrel, giant goose trailing well behind Salmon Arm treble clef<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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