Preliminary Planning - Considerations
Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest – There is a large
German population located here and holding an Oktoberfest celebration just
made sense. Now thousands of people from all over the world enjoy this
wonderful event. The area and its people held the “key” to the type of
event that would be held and would be successful.
Kleinburg Binder Twine Festival
– The original celebrations “began
in the late 1800’s when farmers came to the community to buy twine to bind
their sheaves of wheat together”. Somewhere along the way the
tradition became lost. Then in 1967, Canada’s centennial year, the centennial
committee revived the idea of the festival. It has now become one of
central Ontario’s
best fall events.
Smiths Falls
Canal, Railway and Chocolate Festival
– Until recently Hershey Chocolate played a big part in the lives of the
citizens of Smiths
Falls. So much so
that they developed a festival featuring “chocolate”, the Chocolate and Railway Festival. Unfortunately,
Hershey’s decided to leave the area and left the festival committee with
some hard choices to make. Rather than give the festival up, the committee
looked to see what other attractions were in the area. The obvious choice
was the Rideau Canal. They started last
year by renaming the event, the Canal,
Railway and Chocolate Festival and placing a greater emphasis on
events near and on the canal. This year the transition will continue. My
point with this example is to show that even when one attraction disappears
another will arise to take its place. Smiths
Falls continues to attract people
from all over eastern Ontario.
(To be continued)
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