President: Brenda Koch
Brenda first fell in love with the Carnival Band at the Parade of Lost Souls in 2000 or so. She had never encountered such a massive and joyful community celebration–a chance encounter that would go on to shape a large part of her life. It wasn’t too long before she became involved both as a drummer and an organizer. She has held the positions of Vice President and President of the society and is the Executive Director for The Greenhorn Community Music Project as well as Honk! BC. She is also an Indigenous Educator at Vancouver’s only Aboriginal Focus School as well as a sometimes visual artist and researcher.
Vice President: Helen Spaxman
Helen has been working as an arts instructor at Britannia Centre for over 25 years. She joined the Canadian Union of Public Employees in 2012 to assist in the Britannia Arts and Culture Office, and has since held other positions for the Britannia Society and Parks Board in Arts Programming, Volunteer Coordination and Facility Rentals/Wedding Liaison.
An avid gardener and multidisciplinary artist, Helen instigates community projects in the neighbourhood such as International Yarn Bombing Day, Children’s Knitting Clubs, Banner Painting, Greening the Bunkers and Mural projects and restorations.
Helen came to the realization that she was in the band in July 2014.