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Sunday, January 14th
3:00 p.m. to 5:00
p.m.
3:00 p.m. to 5:00
p.m.
CELTIC AIRS FOR MEDITATION
Harp: Ardyth Robinson and Jennifer WyattViolin:
Jordan Grigg
Flute: Ian Armstrong
Voice: Maggie Keppie
Accordion: Duncan Keppie
Pure acoustic sound
FREE ADMISSION (Free Will Offering to benefit
the Deep Roots Music Cooperative)
Limited seating, please feel free to bring a folding
chair.
Hot cider, ginger bread and cookies will be served...
Tuesday, January 30th
7:30
p.m. Meeting of the Members of the
Kings Museum, followed
by a conference on the various Themes of Grand-Pré National Historic
Site.
Speaker : Victor Tétrault, Executive Director
of Société
Promotion Grand-Pré
Participation by
the Ami(e)s de Grand-Pré : Greeting and Snacks.
Wednesday, March 7th
7:00
p.m. Meeting of the Members of the
Kings Tourism
Friday, March 16th
9:00
a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Meeting of stakeholders to review the nomination of Grand-Pré on the
UNESCO World Heritage List
Saturday, May
12th
Opening Day at the
Grand-Pré National Historic Site of Canada
Sunday,
July 1st
Canada Day -
FREE ADMISSION (except for commercial tour groups).
A birthday cake and refreshments will be offered to visitors.
From July
3rd
to July 21st
Archaeological
Digs
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The archaeological digs, directed by Jonathan Fowler of Saint
Mary’s University, will take place daily from July
3rd
to July 21st.
Acadian Days
Sponsored by Heritage Canada
PROGRAM 2007
(Click
to open the Program)
Friday, July
20th
Les Amis de Grand-Pré organize a "5 à
7" from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Domaine de Grand-Pré Winery -
During this coming together of Acadians, Francophones and Francophiles
of the Grand-Pré region and the Annnapolis Valley, there will be music,
story-telling (Clara Dugas
and Marie-Colombe Robichaud),
and simply an opportunity to come together for a fun-filled evening of
friendship and sharing.
Saturday
July
21st
and Sunday July 22nd
FREE ADMISSION (except for commercial tour groups)
La Société Promotion Grand-Pré invites you to celebrate
Acadian heritage and culture on Acadian Days at Grand-Pré.
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Saturday July 21st
- Canada's Park Day - A national day, dedicated to showcasing parks and historic sites
in every province and territory of Canada. On top of the usual
interpretations, visitors will be treated to special activities that
will be given at regular intervals between 10:00 am and 1:00 pm.
Talks
on the
Mi’kmaq presence and the interactions between the Mi’kmaq and the
Acadians
- Talks Facilitator : Jean Gaudet -
1:30 - 2:30 p.m.: Talk by Bill Wicken, entitled
" Enemies or Allies?: Mi'kmaq and Acadians in
the 18th Century. There are many reasons to believe the
Acadians enjoyed a warm and amicable relationship with the Mi'kmaq.
There are also many reasons to believe that the two were bitter
enemies. This talk will examine these issues. (In English)
Professor of History at York University, William Wicken holds three
degrees from McGill University. He devoted his doctoral thesis to
“Encounters with Tall Sails and Tall Tales: Mi’kmaq Society, 1500-1700."
His book Mi’kmaq Treaties on Trial: History, Land and Donald Marshall
Junior (U of Toronto Press) received the Canadian Historical
Association Clio Award for the best book on Atlantic Canada published in
2002. His chapters in the collective work The ‘Conquest’ of Acadia,
1710 are amazing testimonies to the challenges of reconstructing
non-written and
unrecorded
history.
2:30 - 3:30 p.m.: Talk by Sister Dorothy Moore,
entitled "The Sacredness of Language"- Like other
languages, Mi'kmaq is more than its usage. It is in the mind, soul and
spirit of the culture. (In English) – Sister Dorothy
will be introduced by Don Julien, Executive Director of The
Confederacy of Mainland Mi'kmaq.
Sister Dorothy Moore is a well-known Mi’kmaq
educator from Cape Breton. She entered the Congregation of the Sisters
of St. Martha’s after graduating from high school. A graduate of the
NS Teachers’ College, St. Francis Xavier University and Mount St.
Vincent University, she served as the Native Education Coordinator at
University College of Cape Breton. Sister Dorothy Moore was very
instrumental in introducing courses on Mi’kmaq history and culture
into the Nova Scotia school system. Before retiring, she was Director
of Mi’kmaq Services for the Nova Scotia Department of Education.
3:30 - 4:30 p.m.: Talk by Ronnie-Gilles Leblanc - La communauté métisse en Acadie - un
regard sur les relations europo-amérindiennes avant 1755 (provisional
title) (in French) - To date, studies on the relations
between the Europeans and their descendants with the native community
in the former colony of Acadie dealt mostly with the dealings of the
French and British colonial administrations with the First Nations. So
what, if anything at all, has been written about the relationship that
existed between the Acadian community and the First Nations people,
and especially with the Métis community which was the result of this
interaction?
After working for over
twenty years as Archivist at the "Centre d'études acadiennes" at the
University of Moncton, Ronnie-Gilles LeBlanc has recently joined the
ranks of Parks Canada Agency staff as Historian in their Halifax
Regional Office. Holding a degree in History from Laval University,
Mister LeBlanc is responsable for writing the "Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne" for many years now, and has written several
articles that appeared in periodicals, as well as having directed the
collection called: "Du Grand Dérangement à la Déportation. Nouvelles
perspectives historiques", in which he has published two chapters
dealing with the impact of the Great Upheaval on the Acadian community
of Pigiguit.
7:00
- 8:30 p.m. Talk - The Grand-Pré Cemetery at Grand-Pré: Testimony
of the Past - Susan Surette-Draper and Sally Ross, followed by a visit of
the cemetery.
Despite the fact that the cemetery of the old Saint-Charles-des-Mines
Church has disappeared from the landscape, it constitutes the human
memory of the largest pre-Deportation Acadian community. We will begin
by placing this cemetery in a cultural and historic context and then
we will pay tribute to some of the emblematic individuals who are
buried there.
Historian and translator, Sally Ross is co-author
of The Acadians of Nova Scotia and author of Les écoles
acadiennes en Nouvelle-Écosse, 1758-2000 and Dykes and
Aboiteaux. She has been studying Acadian cemeteries in Nova Scotia
since 2003.
An Acadian from South-West Nova Scotia, Susan
Surette-Draper is co-president of Les Amis des Grand-Pré. She is the
author of the bilingual booklet entitled Return to Acadie and
she worked as a guide at Grand-Pré National Historic Site for five
years.
8:30
- Grand-Pré in poetry and Musice - A reading of poetry by Georgette
LeBlanc, accompanied by the music of Alexandre Bilodeau. As
introduction to the program, François Gaudet will present a few short
movies he produced, one of which he produced with Georgette LeBlanc.
11:00 a.m. - Mass celebrated in French by Father Maurice
LeBlanc, accompanied by the Chantensemble Choir and sponsored by Les Ami(e)s de Grand-Pré.
Sister Dorothy Moore will sing the Ave Maria in Mi'kmaq.
12:30 -
2:00 p.m. Artistic Presentation and
"vernissage" of the series of paintings "L'esprit de Grand-Pré" by the
Acadian artist Georgette Bourgeois.
12:30
p.m. -4:45 p.m. -
Shows, exhibits, food fare, arts and crafts of all kinds.
Activities for children...
Featuring:
12:30
- 12:50: Weldon Boudreau and hsi daughter Josée (show for the
children)
12:50
- 1:20:
The Acadian dance group DIXACADIE from the Pubnico area.
In
May 2000 a young group of Acadian dancers was performing a dance
during a variety show at a school in Yarmouth Count and the director
of a local tourist attraction was among the spectator. A short time
later the director invited the girls to come and perform during the
unveiling of the "CAT Ferry". From that moment on, Dixacadie have
been invited to dance at local festivals, family reunions, political
functions and many other events. Today, Dixacadie continues to
celebrate the Acadian culture by telling the story of the
Deportation through dance and music.
Visit
their Website at:
www.dixacadie.com
1:30
- 2:45: Music Trio - Christal and Johnny Thibault, accompanied by Wayne Dugas. Medley
of traditional music (Acadian,
Celtic, Popular, Folk, etc.)
3:00
- 4:15: The group TONNERRE with
Weldon Boudreau and his group of musicians from Île Madame.
Visit his Web site at:
www.weldonboudreau.com
4:15
- 4:45:
The Acadian dance group DIXACADIE
in their finale... second part of their show.
From July
19th
to July 25th
During Acadian Days, Georgette Bourgeois, Acadian artist, will present
"L'esprit de Grand-Pré" (Grand-Pré Spirit) at the Grand-Pré
National Histpric Site:
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Creator of the series La
chaleureuse brise acadienne for Le Pays de la Sagouine
2002-2004
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Creator of the series Village
historique acadien which consist of 29 paintings 1983-1991
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2006 - one of five artists who represented N.-B.at
the Grand
Tintamarre in Place des Arts in Montréal.
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Resident Artist Le Pays de la Sagouine 2005
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Creator of the series La chaleureuse brise acadienne
for Le Pays de la Sagouine 2002-2004
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Creator of 29 paintings in the series Village historique
acadien between 1983-1991
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Graduated from l’Université de
Moncton
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Instructor in Visual Arts,
French and French Immersion, in New Brunswick, 1967 to 2000
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Twenty solos exhibitions and numerous group
exhibitions in N.B., throughout Canada and in France
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Her art can be found in France,
Africa, USA, Canada and l’Acadie.
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© Painting by
Georgette Bourgeois -
Exhibition
of the series "L’esprit
de Grand-Pré"
Visit Georgette's
Website :
www.georgettebourgeois.com
Saturday
July 28th
OFFICIAL ROYAL PROCLAMATION DAY
commemorating the Deportation
28 July
Commemoration of Le Grand Dérangement (The Acadian Deportation) - An
invitation to participate
On the 28th of July, Canada recognizes annually the
deportation of les Acadiens. This is the date in 1755 on which Gouvernor
Lawrence signed the order to deport the population of over 12,000 men,
women and children. There will be many events and ceremonies through the
Maritimes to commemorate the events of 1755, to honour the survival of
the Acadien People, and to work to restoring right relationships with
our First Nation’s peoples.
Wreath-laying Ceremony All Are Welcome!
12 Noon-Horton’s Landing Deportation Cross (Near Grand Pré)
Talks on the Aboiteau of Grand-Pré.
2:00 p.m.
Talk by Marc Lavoie (in French)
3:00
p.m. Rob Ferguson (Archaeologist with Parks Canada) and Sherman Blakeney
(in
English)
July 28 -
Inter-cultural & Inter-spiritual service of Hope & Healing All Are
Welcome!
Light of Hope & Healing-Gesture of Solidarity (Candle Vigil) Please join
us!
The members of Covenanter Church in Grand-Pré invite
church members from all over Canada, and Members of the United Church of
Christ (U.S), to light a candle the evening of July 28th and place it in
a window of their home facing into their community as a sign of
solidarity with and recognition of les Acadiens. Some congregations may
choose to also participate in the Candle gesture at their Sunday Worship
service (perhaps the Sunday preceding July 28th) by lighting a candle
during worship. Several congregations in Nova Scotia prepared candles
with blue, white and red ribbons to give to members the previous Sunday
so they could light a candle at home.
Ringing Bells in Remembrance and Recognition Please join us!
In conjunction with churches across Acadia,
Covenanter Church in Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia, is inviting all Churches to
join them in ringing bells for two minutes starting at 5:55 p.m.(17h55)
local time and in following this with two minutes of silence to reflect
on the tragic events of Le Grand
Dérangement. Some congregations may wish to place a notice in
a local publication to inform their communities of the reason for this
ringing of bells (Please see below for an add suggestion). You may also
want to turn this into an ecumenical activity by inviting neighbouring
churches to participate. If your church has programmable chimes, you
could follow the ringing of bells or chimes and the observance of two
minutes of silence with Ave Maris Stella, the Acadian anthem. If your
church is not equipped with bells, the congregation could approach the
local town or city hall and neighbouring churches to ask for their
support of this gesture.
5:55 p.m. (17:55)
A bell will toll at the Memorial Church of the
Grand-Pré National Historic Site of Canada
5:55 p.m. (17:55)
at the ringing of the bell, the Covenanter Church of Grand-Pré (1989
Grand-Pré Rd) will hold an Ecumenical, multi-cultural, and multi-lingual
Commemorative Service with a liturgy of hope, healing and solidarity
with the First Nations, Acadians and English descendants.
Service begins with Bell of Remembrance at 5:55 p.m. (17:55). A
candle-light «Walk of Solidarity» to the Grand Pré Historical site is
held immediatly following the service. (approx.1.7km)
Wednesday,
August
15th
Acadian National Day - FREE
ADMISSION
The
following activities were held at Grand-Pré on this the Acadian National
Day...
140
children came to Grand-Pré from the Summer Camps program offered in the
Halifax-Dartmouth Metropolitan Area by the Conseil scolaire acadien
provincial.
Fête nationale des acadiens 2007
Lieu historique national de Grand-Pré
Activities :
10:30: Reading of the poem Évangéline at Longfellow's Statue
11:00: Mass under the Willow Trees –
Father
Albéni d’Entremont, and Johanne McInnis on harp
12:00: Raising of the Acadian flag with the Ave Marie Stella
12:00: Suzanne Melanson on the violon during lunch hour
12:00: Family Picnic, Acadian cake, lemonade
10:30 to 3:00:
·
Acadian Dance Workshop
· Traditional
Games
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Paint
Workshop
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Workshop - Constructing an Aboiteau
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Rope Binding Workshop
· Games
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Frisbee
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DodgeBall
· Kyte Flying
15 H :
The Making of Linen -
Discover how a flax stem can be transformed into beautiful linen
material. This interactive activity will please visitors of all
ages.
Happy
Acadian National Day J
Wednesday, September
5th
Commemoration of the beginning of the
Deportation at Grand-Pré
3:00
p.m. -
Public reading of the Deportation Order, the raising of the
Acadian flag and the singing of the Acadian National Anthem.
Monday,
October 8th
Thanksgiving Day -
Learn how Acadians prepared for winter with linen and wool
demonstrations. Also, enjoy a cup of cider and ginger cookie.
Sunday, October 14th
Closing Day at the
Grand-Pré National Historic Site of Canada...
Come again next year!!!
Saturday, December
1st
A Storytelling and Christmas Card making afternoon
Performances will be at 1:00
p.m.
in French
and 2:30
p.m.
in English.
There
will be Christmas craft and card making workshops for children (from
2-4 p.m.) and refreshments for all.
Les
Amis de Grand-Pré and La Sociéte Promotion Grand-Pré are pleased to
present this annual event.
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