Welcome to the monthly online Rendez-vous de la Baie newsletter! Please feel free to share with your friends and colleagues. Our business hours for the summer are:
Monday to Friday: 7am to 7pm
Saturday and Sunday: 9am to 5pm
TINTAMARRE – FESTIVAL ACADIEN DE CLARE, Thursday, August 15, 6pm
Come show your Acadian pride by making as much noise as possible! Don’t forget to decorate your car and to wear a costume. There will be tickets sold for the Faisons du tronne concert at each starting point.
Starting points: Saint-Bernard Church and the Salmon River Fire Station
Start time for cars: 6pm
Destination: Université Sainte-Anne, Church Point
The Tintamarre will continue on foot once all the cars have arrived.
* Don’t forget to come by our boutique and buy a locally handmade Acadian flag, an excellent accessory for your decor! A small flag costs $12.99 and a large one $29.70.
For a complete Festival Acadien de Clare schedule, visit the website
ACADIAN SHORE POKER RUN – DIGBY WHARF RAT RALLY, August 28-31
The 2nd annual Acadian Shore Poker Run during Wharf Rat Rally will take place throughout Clare over 4 days: Wednesday, August 28 to Saturday, August 31. Pick up a scorecard at the Wharf Rat Rally welcome tent in Digby (or at Thibodeau’s Fruit & Veggies in Belliveau Cove) and explore the culture and beauty of the Acadian Shore and have a chance to win some prizes! The participating sites are: Thibodeau’s Fruit & Veggies, Bangor Mill, DJ Corner Store, Cape View Restaurant, Sainte-Marie Church and the Rendez-vous de la Baie. A free Acadian Shore biker pin will be given to all participants completing the run. These custom lapel pins are also for sale at the Rendez-vous Boutique.
Click to download Acadian Shore Poker Run Map
RENDEZ-VOUS DE LA BAIE ACTIVITIES
Outdoor Movie Night, Tuesday, August 13 at 9:30 pm (inside in case of rain)
Participate in outdoor film night in the back courtyard at Rendez-vous de la Baie. Featuring: La Cabane. Free admission. Presented by Festival acadien in collaboration with Rendez-vous de la Baie. Café open until 10:30 pm, popcorn will be available for sale.
Musique de la Baie, Mondays, June 24 to Sept. 30, 5pm – 7pm
New for 2013, the Rendez-vous is participating in the popular “Musique de la Baie” program. Discover Acadian “kitchen parties” featuring local musicians. Admission free with a purchase. Nachos are now available (Mondays only). Reservations recommended: 902-769-3674.
August 12 – Gerard LeBlanc
August 19 – Kyle & Lisa Doucette
August 26 – Christal Thibault
September 2 – Kyle & Lisa Doucette
September 9 – Gerard LeBlanc
September 16 – Kyle & company
Art de la Baie at the Rendez-vous
A series of interactive workshops presented by artists from the Baie.
Upcoming workshop:
Thursday, August 15: Nora Robicheau (collage)
Materials included. Contact Danny at 902-769-2345 or at vicclare@gmail.com
NEWS AT THE CAFÉ
Cold Drinks
Come try our cold drinks for only $3.75! We have a large variety of smoothies and iced drinks!
Facebook Contest
We are happy to announce all the lucky winners of our summer Facebook contest! Congratulations to all the winners!
1st prize – 2 tickets for the Wine & Cheese night:
-Stephanie MacLean
2nd prize – a bag of coffee beans:
-Patricia LeBlanc
3rd prize – one free cold drink (5 winners):
-Brenda LeBlanc, Rita Marie, Janelle Doucet, Yvelle Neil and Paulette Comeau Robichaud
Stay tuned for future promotions! For information on our daily specials and special events, “Like” the Rendez-vous de la Baie Facebook Page
INTERN – NATALIE FLYNN
We would like to welcome our new intern, Natalie Flynn, to the Rendez-vous de la Baie’s team for the summer of 2013. Natalie is a student at Université Sainte-Anne in the process of completing the Agent de Bureau Gouvernemental program. She is working on several marketing and administrative files such as: creating posters, assisting with monthly newsletters and updating the community calendar and website, among other tasks.
BOUTIQUE
We recently expanded our souvenir boutique! Drop by and discover all of our new items. We have a large collection of Université Sainte-Anne clothing and souvenirs, Acadian books, music CDs, local art and crafts, including Acadian flags of various sizes.
SPONSOR OF THE MONTH : ASSOCIATION DES ACADIENS-MÉTIS SOURIQUOIS (AAMS)
Contact: Joseph Jacquard, president
902-663-2778 (home), 902-648-4663 (cell)
Email: moutounne@hotmail.com
The Rendez-vous de la Baie is very pleased to announce that the Association des Acadiens – Métis Souriquois (AAMS) is the sponsor of the month for August 2013. Their generous contribution provides everyone with free access to the Acadian Interpretive Centre museum halls.
L’Association des Acadiens Métis Souriquois is a colourful and diverse association. It is specifically designed and created for Acadians of aboriginal ancestry to restore a sense of pride in their heritage and to celebrate traditional Acadian values while promoting Indigenous pride and spiritual values.
Access to the Acadian Interpretive Centre (Museum) at Rendez-vous de la Baie is now free of charge. New since 2012, the admission fees have been replaced by a Donation box, as well as a new Corporate Sponsorship Program.
For more information on the Corporate Sponsorship Program, please view the PDF.
OLD PHOTOS OF CLARE EXHIBIT
Comité ‘Old Photos of Clare’ and the Clare Tourism Department are collaborating on a project to bring you wonderful old photos depicting life in Clare before 1970. Our first selection is currently on display at the entrance to the Interpretive Centre at the Rendez-vous de la Baie and we are busy preparing a second display. Montages will be displayed on a rotational basis so come check us out!
PARTNERSHIPS IN PROGRESS
Geotourism and National Geographic
The Clare Tourism Department is partnering with the Bon Temps Tourism Association-led initiative to develop a Geotourism MapGuide and website with the National Geographic Society. Geotourism is defined as tourism that sustains or enhances the geographical character of a place—its environment, culture, aesthetics, heritage, and the well-being of its residents. This project involving many regional partners will showcase Acadie of SW Nova Scotia. Gaining Geotourism Destination status will offer the region a tremendous opportunity to leverage the marketing capacity and powerful brand of National Geographic, and particularly its cachet with the American travelling public. Stay tuned for updates in the upcoming months!
Total Market Readiness Program – YASTA
Total Market Readiness is a business improvement program that offers individual tourism operators the ability to increase their standards of excellence and be more responsive to emerging tourism trends.
Click to download registration information for the TMR Program
The essential components of the program will assist tourism operators with refining, enhancing and strategically developing the tourism-related aspects of their businesses. The program will entitle you to use the “Authentic Host” designation, representing a more refined, higher value tourism product. It will include special web promotions, package opportunities and marketing.
IMPORTANT LINKS
Clare Event Calendar
Baie Sainte-Marie Tourism
Have any questions or comments?
Contact Larry Peach: Manager, Rendez-vous de la Baie & Tourism Director, Municipality of Clare
902-769-1234 [ email ]
Café: 902-769-3674 Visitor Information: 902-769-2345