120 Ways To Spend Your Days - Part III
#112 The 2009 Nova Scotia Fall Wine Festival
From September 7 to October 30, 2009, discover the passion and artistry of Nova Scotia's winemakers and some of our province's finest chefs. Wine tastings, gourmet dinners, grape stomps, classes and food pairing events all await your palate.
www.winesofnovascotia.ca
#113 Help Support The Ship Hector Foundation
The Ship Hector Foundation "Hector Fall Classic" Golf Tournament will be held at Abercrombie Golf Course on September 11th, 2009. There will be a reception at the deCoste on the evening of Thursday, Sepember 10th. This is a new event this year and, as such, details will be announced later in the year.
#114 New Scotland Days
In the early summer of 1773, approximately two hundred Highland Scots boarded the Hector in search of a better life in the New World. These courageous pioneers established the first effective Scottish settlement in Nova Scotia. In recognition of the Hector's role in making Pictou the Birthplace of New Scotland, the New Scotland Days Living Heritage Festival is a community celebration of the pioneer spirit that shaped Pictou County and Nova Scotia. During the festival, special events are scheduled at the award winning Hector Heritage Quay and throughout the community. You can enjoy musical performances, participate in demonstrations on board the replica Ship Hector, meet re-enactors, and much, much more.
September 11, 2009 to September 13, 2009
Website: www.townofpictou.com
#115 Annual Oktoberfest Quilt Sale
Come view a wide selection of handmade quilts from various quiltters. Donations appreciated. September 25, 2009 to September 26, 2009, Tatamagouche
#116 Four-Mile Corn Maze - The largest in Atlantic Canada.
It's the place your mother warned you about! It's all fun and games until someone gets scared. RiverBreeze Haunted Corn Maze....... where fear rises as the sun sets!
Your walking, your heart is pounding, when suddenly you scream a blood curdling scream and turn to your friends for safety. Only problem is, where are your friends! Insanity is your only friend at RiverBreeze Haunted Field of Screams!
Over 50 children of the corn lurking in the cornfield just dying to MEAT you!
Corn Maze opens Saturday September 12, 2009
Wagon rides to see how pumpkins and sunflowers grow along with a lesson on honey production at our glass enclosed bee hive, cow train, petting zoo, Pigtucky Derby race track, Wild West Town and Pumpkin U-pick.
#117 The 30th Annual Oktoberfest in Tatamagouche
The last weekend in September brings over 3,000 partygoers to Tatamagouche, to attend the Annual North Shore Bavarian Society Oktoberfest. The event includes a Dance on Friday evening, Beer Gardens on Saturday afternoon plus a Dance on Saturday evening. The concession booths range from German sausages and cuisine to delicate cheesecakes and souvenirs. Many beverages are available from Domestic and German beers to local wines and imported spirits, and the infamous Schnapps Bar. Soft drinks and coffee are also available. Tickets available at www.ticketatlantic.com
September 25, 2009 to September 26, 2009
www.nsoktoberfest.ca
#118 Launch Day in Maitland
The community of Maitland, Hants County, invites you to celebrate it's ship building heritage at the 23rd Annual Maitland Launch Day Festival. During the Golden Age of Sale, launch days were big events, often bringing hundreds of people to celebrate and watch. More than 100 vessels were launched in the Maitland area, and ship building employed a thousand paid workers in the village alone! Held in late September
92009 date not yet scheduled- check website) to commemorate the launch of the W.D. Lawrence, the largest wooden hulled full rigged vessel every built in Canada.
Villagers will be dressed in their Victorian best, and displays and demonstrations of traditional ship building skills and crafts will take place on the Lawrence House Museum grounds. Festival highlights include an old fashioned, non-motorized parade, the 5th Annual Champion Whiskey Barrel Race and a re-enactment of the original launch of the W.D. Lawrence.
#119 Celtic Colours
Celtic Colours is a unique Cape Breton Island-wide celebration of Celtic culture - the largest of its kind in North America. The award-winning Celtic Colours International Festival will celebrate its thirteenth anniversary with a line-up featuring the finest Celtic music. Artists from throughout the world will join many of Cape Breton's finest singers, players, dancers and tradition bearers in a celebration of North America's only living Celtic culture. For nine days in October, Cape Breton Island is home to a unique celebration of music and culture as the Celtic Colours International Festival presents over 40 concerts in communities all over Cape Breton Island; 200 Education and Community events; a Visual Art series of exhibitions and workshops; and a nightly Festival Club. www.celtic-colours.com
#120 Wentworth Valley Fall Festival of Colors
Ride the chairlift to the top of Wentworth Mountain. It
