Canada Day celebration schedule

The following are the lineups for the 2007 Canada Day Celebrations at the Roberta Bondar Tent Pavilion in Sault Ste. Marie and at Fort St. Joseph National Historic Site:

************************* Opening ceremonies - 2 p.m.

- Master of Ceremonies: James Warner-Smith

- Welcome by Mayor John Rowswell, MP Tony Martin, MPP David Orazietti

- Thank you to our sponsors

- Singing of the National Anthem: Laura Widgett

- Cutting of 140th Canada Day Birthday Cake!

Entertainment

- 2:30 p.m. Smudge Fundaes Children’s Performers

- 3:15 p.m. Dennis MacGregor’s Guitar Players from Thomas Walls School of Music

- 3:45 p.m. Marichka Ukrainian Dancers

- 4:30 p.m. Sault Swing Band

- 6 p.m. Stage Break

- 7:30 p.m. National Anthem and Smudge Fundaes

- 8:30 p.m. The Band Obsession

- 10:30 p.m. Fireworks Presentation

Food and beverages

- M&M’s Meat Shops BBQ

- Rooley’s Cotton Candy

- Roberta Bondar Park Snack Bar

- Lock City Dairies Ice Cream

Other attractions

- Face painting by Fantastic Faces

- Balloon animals by Lucy McKenna

************************* Canada Day at Fort St. Joseph NHSC - open house and free to the public

Come spend Canada Day at Fort St. Joseph and see our new exhibits representing the mutually beneficial alliance that existed between the Métis, First Nations and the British in the War of 1812 at Fort St. Joseph.

Come see the artist's rendition of the first military maneuver – the capture of the American Fort Mackinac.

Come and meet the artist herself – Karole Marois.

Also enjoy Métis dancing and fiddle making and playing, beadwork, sash weaving and wood carving.

Refreshments will be served.

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