Destination Richmond Tourism Coordinator Charlene Marshall attended "The Edge of the Wedge" at the Gros Morne Instutite for Sustainable Tourism in Newfoundland from October 29th to November 2nd. Marshall attended the training session along with fellow members of the Destination Cape Breton's Product and Development Committee, which included Mary Tulle CEO of Destination Cape Breton Association, Jennifer McIntyre from the Product Development Department of Nova Scotia Tourism, Jeff Stanley from the Municipality of the County of Richmond, Cathy MacKenzie from ECBC, Lester Marchand from the Fortress of Louisbourg, Nona MacDermit the Economic Development Officer for Victoria County, and Donna MacDonald representive from Inverness. The group attended workshops and took in tourism presentations on experiential tourism product development planning, which will help them better understand the process of making visitors an active part of the tourism experience and not merely passive observers. As a development body, they will now be able to apply incorporate these techniques into their development program in Cape Breton.
The Christmas season is quickly approaching and Richmond County definitely has lots of activities to draw visitors to the area. Just this past weekend we had the priemere of Glad Tidings Christmas Shoppe's 16th Annual Christmas Open House. What a great way to get in the Christmas spirit. I know after visiting the open house I went home and put on some Christmas music and dug out my Christmas decorations. The Christmas Open House will run from 9am until 5 pm for the next two weekends, November 21st and 22nd and 27th and 28th. This annual events draws visitors from all around Nova Scotia, and also aids a very worthy cause. The admission is a silver collection which Marion MacLeod-Stone owner of Glad Tidings donates to the local food bank.
Another annual Christmas event will also take place this weekend. The 15th Annual Festival of Trees will be held at the St. Peter's Lions Hall on Saturday November 21 from 9am to 9pm and on November 22nd from noon until 2pm. The Village On The Canal Association presents two fun filled days with a display of beautifully decorated Christmas Trees. The public can enter and decorate their own personalized Christmas tree for which visitors will have the opportunity to vote for best tree in a series of different catagories. Visitors will also enjoy music, cookies and crafts and a Maritme Marionettes Puppet Theatre and of course the highlight of the two days, a visit from Santa. For a full list of scheduled events and to enter your Tree go to
www.visitstpeters.com and click on Festival of Trees.
The Richmond County Early Childhood Education Association's 11th Annual Christmas Holiday Bonanza will be held at the D'Escousse Civic Improvement Centre in D'Escousse on Saturday November 21st, from 10am until 3pm. The event will feature a crafters market, a bake sale, live entertainment from Highway 206, an auction, a meal, and a visit from Santa scheduled for 11:30am. From 6-8pm there will be a merchandise bingo and lunch.
There is lots of entertainment taking place around Richmond as well on November 21st with a Jamboree being held at the Riverdale Community Center in Lower River from 2-5pm and a variety concert and lunch at the Lakeside Community Center in Sampsonville starting at 2pm.
There will be a Christmas merchandise bingo held at the Johnstown Parish Hall on November 21st starting at 2pm. Until next week, I hope you have the opportunity to enjoy some of these great events.
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