{"id":28981,"date":"2017-03-31T05:46:40","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T09:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=28981"},"modified":"2017-03-31T12:04:29","modified_gmt":"2017-03-31T16:04:29","slug":"canada-150-huntsville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/canada-150-huntsville\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Huntsville’s heritage for Canada 150"},"content":{"rendered":"

Huntsville has always celebrated Canada Day in style, but this year the celebrations will be bigger, better and longer in honour of our nation’s 150th birthday.<\/p>\n

“There are many people working behind the scenes to make this an incredible celebration,” says Teri Souter, the Town’s Manager of Arts, Culture and Heritage. The biggest among those efforts is a Canada Day Decades Parade on Main Street, a walking parade highlighting Huntsville’s history and events around the world that impacted our small town.<\/p>\n

It starts with the natural world, which was here long before any of us, honours Muskoka’s first people, and includes significant moments in the town’s history. Think medieval faire – with buskers, clowns, and dancers – meets fun, optimistic, hard-working, spirited and resolved bushwhackers and you will have a glimpse of our theme.
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St. Andrews will play O Canada<\/em> from its steeple bells to kick off the parade, and again periodically throughout the day. Rather than being led by dignitaries, a tradition in most of the town’s parades, they will instead form an honour guard that the walking parade will pass in front of Town Hall before it moves into River Mill Park.<\/p>\n

Volunteers are needed for a variety of fun roles to make the parade a success, says Souter. Contact Volunteer Coordinator, Rose Evans at 705-789-1751 ex 2231 or rose.evans@huntsville.ca.<\/p>\n

If you have an idea for a historical event to include in the parade (remember there are no motorized vehicles in this parade) and want to help make it happen, contact one of the parade organizers: Teri Souter (teri.souter@huntsville.ca), Kelly Haywood (kelly@huntsvillelakeofbays.on.ca), Darla Stipanovich (dstipanovich@vianet.ca) or Rachel Hunt (rachel_hunt@live.ca).<\/p>\n

The celebration in River Mill Park will once again begin with the annual Lions Club Peameal Bacon on a Bun breakfast at 8 a.m. Cake will be served in the park and the festivities will feature the Muskoka Concert Band, along with a 100-voice choir singing O Canada. <\/em>On Main Street, the Downtown Huntsville BIA will host a street festival from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.<\/p>\n

Over at Muskoka Heritage Place, the popular annual Strawberry Social and Steam Up Day celebrates Canada Day as it would have been in the early 1900s. The Legion will host its annual all-day barbecue and roast beef dinner. And the day will end, as always, with fireworks over Hunters Bay. See details on these and other Canada Day events in the poster below.<\/p>\n

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Other related events happening this year include:<\/p>\n