AUGUST IS FAMILY FUN MONTH!

The answer to that? Westminster Canterbury is the only game in town with the lower Chesapeake Bay as a setting for backyard parties! 

Any weekend, you’ll see the sons, daughters, grandchildren and family friends of our community arriving here to visit, enjoy the food, stretch out in the sunshine, build sand castles and wade, float or swim.  It’s absolutely the best of Virginia Beach resort life, with more nature, fewer crowds, and a kinder, gentler surf! Since it’s National Family Fun Month, we’re in the midst of an ongoing celebration that begins on the beach and flows into the  lounges,  gardens, and dining rooms.  All of us are thrilled to welcome the families that flock to Westminster Canterbury in August. It’s simply the best place for a backyard party before the grandchildren all pack their book bags and college trunks to head back to school!  

Style, Value, Fun for All - August 16-17-18!

Westminster Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay is a beehive of activity, as a spirited corps of workers prepare for the 28th Annual Super Summer Sale. Listed below are some of the amazing values on a range of unique items. All funds go to the Westminster-Canterbury Fellowship Fund, which provides opportunity for residency to all qualified individuals and ensures that no resident should ever have to leave for financial reasons.  Any unsold merchandise is given to local area charities and outreach organizations in our community.  Come, bring friends, and find unbelievable bargains at this much-awaited summer sale! 

 Cox High School Cafeteria - Virginia Beach 

Thurs. & Fri. Aug. 16 & 17, 10 to 6

 Sat. Aug. 18, 9 to Noon 

Each sale day, a new supply of fresh,
never-seen-before items goes on sale! 

Women's fashions by Bill Blass, Bob Mackie,
St. John, Liz Claiborne, Talbot and more...

Come discover silver, fine china, vintage 

linens,  quilts, heirloom decorative items. 

Appliances, Books; China; Games; DVDs & Tapes; Furs; Glassware; Jewelry - hundreds of pieces; Kitchenware; Ladies & Men's Clothing & Shoes - many designer styles; Linens; Mirrors; Lamps; Home Office Supplies; Pictures: Vintage Linens, Quilts & Collectibles; Sewing Items & Sewing Machine; Silver; Crystal; Fine China; High End Decorative pieces;  Back to College Needs;  Many more one-of-a-kind items and unique bargains - too many to mention!

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Red Sails in the Sunset

"Sunsets on the Chesapeake Bay are a bonus that comes with living at Westminster Canterbury. 

You can watch them from the dining room, the sea wall, your apartment window or balcony and you can't beat the panoramic view of a sunset from the Penthouse Lounge.

No two sunsets are alike.  Poet, artists, photographers all strive to capture the pyrotechnics of the sun when it is setting.  And they all realize the limitations of their chosen medium.

Mother Nature does sunsets best and she doesn't need any help from us.  But, just once, I'd like to see what Bing Crosby was singing about Red Sails in the Sunset.  I'd like to see a boat with bright red sails, come into the bay just as the sun drops below the Bay Bridge.  I don't think Mother Nature would be insulted."

--- Reflections of a Resident

Osprey Wisdom

“Most mornings by 7 a.m. my husband and I are down on the seawall with our binoculars and a bird book.

We can always count on finding gulls, sandpipers and ducks.  But this morning – was special, an osprey plunged feet-first into the bay and surfaced with a fish as big as himself.  What followed was an awesome tussle.  Even the gulls looked up from their breakfast to watch. 

Every year the ospreys return to their nesting place around the corner in Lynnhaven Bay.  Those birds are world travelers, but they’ve picked Virginia Beach as the best place to build a home and raise a family.  And, judging from the way they hang around here, they’ve picked Westminster Canterbury as the best place to spend their retirement years, too.” --- Reflections of a Resident

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OH, SAY, CAN YOU SEE. . . ?

We went to bed in the 21st century and woke up in the 1800s! 

“A flamboyant sunrise broke over the bay on Friday, June 8. And there they were. Full-masted tall ships from all over the world. They sailed right past our back door, filling the horizon with  excitement. We got out binoculars.  We grabbed cameras. We congregated on the shore.  We saluted the American flag whenever it sailed by in the 30-mile-long Parade of Tall Ships.  And, oh, did we celebrate. With an eagle’s eye view from the  Penthouse’s panoramic glass windows.  From bayside pavilions and tents at the water’s edge.  And from our seawall, where we sat tapping our feet to the beat of a steel drum band. What a spectacular experience this OpSail 2012 was, with its patriotic themes based on our national anthem.  It was truly a day to remember, from dawn’s early light to twilight’s last gleaming.”    -- A resident's reflection

Granddaughter Rates Westminster Canterbury “really cool”

Reflections of a Resident

                “Our granddaughter, Shelby, loves to visit us at Westminster Canterbury.  She tells her friends that her grandparents live in a really cool place, a big resort hotel on the beach with two swimming pools. 

                Shelby’s visits keep us hopping.  We build sand castles with towers and turrets.  We scour the beach for bits of sea glass (blue is the coveted color).  We water my garden and pick some daises for her mother or a friend in healthcare. 

                Generally we eat lunch at Julia’s Café.  It’s her favorite place because they never run out of pizza and everyone makes a big fuss over her.  Shelby’s visit is not complete without a swim in the pool.

                On the nights when she sleeps over we have a special bedtime routine.  Once she’s in her PJ’s and her teeth are brushed, her Grandpa and I join her on the balcony where she blows bubbles and watches them float, like rainbows, to the gardens below.  Then she says goodnight to the moon and is ready for bed.”

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"All I Need is a Tall Ship and a Star . . . "

  

On Thursday, June 7th, 2012, the international fleet of visiting tall ships will anchor in Lynnhaven Road, just north of the Lesner Bridge in Virginia Beach! The entire region will be celebrating!  And in typical fashion, Westminster-Canterbury folks will do it up right. Our seawall will come alive with a steel drum band, rum punch and outdoor dining for residents the evening of the 7th. More festivities will follow, right up until the ships leave our neighboring waters on June 12. All this excitement arrives here barely ten days after our amazing outdoor Memorial Day picnic, replete with a barbecue feast and stirring Sousa marches by a live - and lively - brass band! This is the best place in the world to retire, we grant you.  But if you’re not quite ready to  slip into a retirement routine, you’ll find plenty to do, see, try, and enjoy. Life here is an adventure. A chance to sail into new waters - with never a hint of the doldrums! Come aboard! 
Want more on this event? http://www.opsail2012virginia.com/



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