“Tides are Changing”
Join us for the 8th Annual World Oceans Day!
June 6th – Thursday
6:00 – Opening of the Festival and ribbon cutting at the Iona Port
8:00 pm – Frolic ’n Folk Pub – Bras d’Or Lake Trivia
June 7th – Friday
Rankin School of the Narrows – Debbie White, Co-Founder of World Oceans Day Canada, World Oceans Day Education and Adopt A Shoreline along with Kirsty Locke, NSCC representative on the Bras d’Or Lake Biosphere Board for the Bras d’Or Lake Biosphere Region. – (students and staff)
Branch#124, Iona Legion: Haddock Dinner (advance booking), Chase the Ace, 7:30-8:00 pm – followed by Entertainment by Darren Stevens, (after 9pm, 19 years and over); List of Silent Auction items for bidding
June 8th, Saturday
10:00 Iona Port area and Beach Clean Up, TCT and NST Hik
10:00-12:00 – Nutritional Break- Iona Port and Àros na Mara Centre
10:00-3:00 – Baile Nan Gáidheal – in conjunction with Àros na Mara World Oceans Day – Biadh is Baile | Highland Fare Day
11:30 – Jump in the Lake – Come swim with us!
12:00 -2:30 – Àros na Mara Centre –
Enjoy displays, music, food, community market, Rankin School of the Narrows and Baddeck Academy artwork, and artisan market
- Debbie White, Co-Founder of World Oceans Day Canada, World Oceans Day Education and Adopt a Shoreline
- Entertainment will be provided by Ryan MacNeil and Boyd MacNeil
- HMCS Glace Bay will be in Port
1:30-3:30 -MAD SCIENCE and Dr. Benjamin Slotnick science related activities, St. Columba Church Centr
5:00-8:00 – Cèilidh at Frolic ’n Folk Pub – Music by Shelley Campbell and guest
June 9th, Sunday – WOD at the Iona Port and St. Columba Church Centre
12:00
– Official opening of World Oceans Day – at the Iona Port
Join us for a piper to open the day’s event! This will be followed by a blessing and a few remarks from Elder Albert Marshall. The students of Rankin School of the Narrow will sing “Oh Canada” in 4 languages.
– Remarks by Debbie White, Co-Founder of World Oceans Day Canada, World Oceans Day Education and Adopt A Shoreline
At the Iona Port and Àros na Mara Centre:
12:00-4:00 pm
– Visit displays and watch demonstrations while you enjoy some food and
entertainment!
– Square Dance with music by Susan MacLean & Paul Wukitsch
– Eskasoni Cultural Journeys – singing, dancing, drumming and smudging
– The Highland Village Museum| Baile Nan Gáidheal – Animators will be dressed in
historical costumes & demonstrating a traditional milling frolic.
– Parks Canada Activities
– Face painting by local artists
– Silent Auction
2:00-4:00 pm
– Chowder for take-out
Sunday, June 9th – At the St. Columba Church Centre:
12-00-2:00 Chowder and other food items
12:00- 3:30 Rankin School of the Narrows and Baddeck Academy artwork on display
12:00-3:00 Silent Auction items
2:00–3:30 Introduction of Guest Speaker by Dr. Bruce Hatcher,
– Dr. Benjamin Slotnick, CEO and Co-founder of Lillianah Technologies
3:45 Closing Remarks by Vince MacLean
5:00-8:00 Frolic’n Folk Pub – Music by Rob Murphy
