Author: Larry Peach

The Rendez-vous de la Baie is very pleased to announce that the Maison la bouche rouverte associée is the sponsor of the month for September 2015. Their generous contribution provides everyone with free access to the Acadian Interpretive Centre museum halls.

Maison la bouche rouverte associée organizes the Festival de la parole de la Baie Sainte-Marie annually. The main goals and objectives are to promote the oral heritage of the Baie Sainte-Marie and to offer a new artistic discipline, storytelling, to the residents of the area. They also organize activities in the art of storytelling during the year with a variety of partners such as: La Société acadienne de Clare and the Conseil des arts de la Baie. Maison la bouche rouverte was the delighted recipient in the category, Support for artistic production in the Prix Eloize 2012.

Le Festival de la parole de la Baie Sainte-Marie (Sept. 23-27, 2015), Parlons de ce qui conte (Let’s talk about what really counts), takes you into the imaginary world of storytelling. The festival enjoys international fame. It invites professional storytellers, poets and artists of the spoken word, from home and abroad, who share their art of transforming a simple story or anecdote into a fantastic adventure.

Anchored in the Acadian community of Baie Sainte-Marie, Nova Scotia, the Festival de la parole offers you a beautiful journey through the multiple forms of the art of the storytelling. The friendly family atmosphere of the festival allows you to be transported into the wonderful world of traditional, fantastic and magical stories and also includes some of the familiar legends from here. Stories are told, sometimes in front of a large fireplace, sometimes by the sea, or along a trail in a pretty woodland setting. The art of storytelling is offered for entertainment, for fun, for reviving the ancient art of oral expression and to communicate and pass on humanitarian 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 New since 2012, the admission fees have been replaced by a Donation box, as well as a new Corporate Sponsorship Program.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.

The Rendez-vous de la Baie is very pleased to announce that Tradewinds Realty – Sheila Deveau is the sponsor of the month for July 2015. Their generous contribution provides everyone with free access to the Acadian Interpretive Centre museum halls.

Sheila Deveau has proudly made Clare her home for the past 31 years. She lives in Meteghan with her husband Ron and loves all this are has to offer.

Representing Tradewinds Realty since 2008 she is proud to showcase this area to buyers who come to Clare for the first time. Many also fall in love and make this their permanent home. With the great support of her community Sheila has been able to bring awareness of our stunning area to much of the world.

If you are looking to make your home in an affordable and beautiful part of Nova Scotia Sheila will have the home or land for you. If you are selling there is a good chance Sheila can find the right buyer. Contact Sheila and find out why she has fallen in love with this affordable coastline and its people.

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.

The Rendez-vous de la Baie is very pleased to announce that La Société acadienne de Clare is the sponsor of the month for May 2015. Their generous contribution provides everyone with free access to the Acadian Interpretive Centre museum halls.

La Société acadienne de Clare is made up of individuals and organisations that work together to preserve and promote the Acadian language and culture in the Clare region. We represent La Fédération acadienne de la Nouvelle-Écosse in the Municipality of Clare. We organize many community base projects. Naturally, most of are activities and projects are conducted in our maternal French language, but they do not exclude the participation of the other official language community nor other minority groups. Visit our office at 795 Comeauville, in the Radio-CIFA building.

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.

Website: www.caissepopclare.com
Contact: Paul-Émile LeBlanc, 902-769-5315
Email: pleblanc[at]caissepopclare.com

The Rendez-vous de la Baie is very pleased to announce that Caisse populaire de Clare is the sponsor of the month for April 2015. Their generous contribution provides everyone with free access to the Acadian Interpretive Centre museum halls.

Caisse populaire de Clare is a locally owned, progressive cooperative financial institution offering quality, professional and personal service to our members while enhancing the social well-being of the community. The credit union is a full service financial institution offering products and services for personal and commercial members with 4 conveniently located ATMs.

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.

The Rendez-vous de la Baie is very pleased to announce that the Le Centre acadien is the sponsor of the month for December 2014. Their generous contribution provides everyone with free access to the Acadian Interpretive Centre museum halls.

The Centre acadien of Université Sainte-Anne was founded in 1972 in order to collect and conserve a wide range of data, documents and objects related to Acadian history and culture, particularly in Nova Scotia. Its collection of primary and secondary sources related to the past and contemporary reality of the Acadians is the most comprehensive one of its kind in Nova Scotia.

The Centre acadien contains over 10,000 volumes and 100 linear meters of manuscripts and other original documents, in addition to several collections of recorded interviews about yesteryear’s way of life and recordings of vocal and instrumental music from Nova Scotia. The Centre acadien is particularly proud of its many collections of photographs of Acadian life, taken by such renowned photographs as D.B. Field and John Collier, Jr., as well as its nearly complete collection of French-language newspapers published in the Maritime Provinces.

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.

The Rendez-vous de la Baie is very pleased to announce that the Le Conseil de développement économique de la Nouvelle-Écosse – BDE is the sponsor of the month for November 2014. Their generous contribution provides everyone with free access to the Acadian Interpretive Centre museum halls.

The Conseil de development de la Nouvelle-Écosse, Business Development and Entrepreneurship Center (CDENE-BDE) provides high-quality business services in the rural Acadian and Francophone regions of Nova Scotia. The team members are able work with you to develop different strategies to manage or grow your business in addition to realizing your ideas to start your own business.

CDENE-BDE primarily offers business counselling and consulting services for aspiring entrepreneurs and for those wishing to expand and/or upgrade their business.

CDÉNÉ-SAE provides entrepreneurs a range of information relevant to the business world and frequently organizes networking events. The center conducts numerous activities to raise awareness (especially for young people) to the importance of entrepreneurship.

CDENE-BDE is part of one of the four provincial members of the Alliance of University Business Development Centers (UBDC) and is the only member to provide full services in both official languages.

We invite you to visit our website: http://www.cdene.ns.ca/Entrepreneuriat.aspx

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.

The Rendez-vous de la Baie is very pleased to announce that the Maison la bouche rouverte associée is the sponsor of the month for October 2014. Their generous contribution provides everyone with free access to the Acadian Interpretive Centre museum halls.

Maison la bouche rouverte associée organizes the Festival de la parole de la Baie Sainte-Marie annually. The main goals and objectives are to promote the oral heritage of the Baie Sainte-Marie and to offer a new artistic discipline, storytelling, to the residents of the area. They also organize activities in the art of storytelling during the year with a variety of partners such as: La Société acadienne de Clare and the Conseil des arts de la Baie. Maison la bouche rouverte was the delighted recipient in the category, Support for artistic production in the Prix Eloize 2012.

Le Festival de la parole de la Baie Sainte-Marie (Oct. 1-5, 2014), Parlons de ce qui conte (Let’s talk about what really counts), takes you into the imaginary world of storytelling. The festival enjoys international fame. It invites professional storytellers, poets and artists of the spoken word, from home and abroad, who share their art of transforming a simple story or anecdote into a fantastic adventure.

Anchored in the Acadian community of Baie Sainte-Marie, Nova Scotia, the Festival de la parole offers you a beautiful journey through the multiple forms of the art of the storytelling. The friendly family atmosphere of the festival allows you to be transported into the wonderful world of traditional, fantastic and magical stories and also includes some of the familiar legends from here. Stories are told, sometimes in front of a large fireplace, sometimes by the sea, or along a trail in a pretty woodland setting. The art of storytelling is offered for entertainment, for fun, for reviving the ancient art of oral expression and to communicate and pass on humanitarian 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.

The Rendez-vous de la Baie is very pleased to announce that the www.claretownship.ca is the sponsor of the month for September 2014. Their generous contribution provides everyone with free access to the Acadian Interpretive Centre museum halls.

We are very pleased to sponsor admission to the ‘Acadian Interpretive Centre’ for the month of September, 2014. The Centre is a great introduction to the history of Baie-Sainte-Marie (Clare) and pays tribute to the fortitude and ingenuity of the first settlers to arrive on its shores in 1768. The Centre also beautifully showcases the arts and culture which have evolved at Baie-Sainte-Marie since those early days.

I feel my generation is the bridge between the old and the new; by that I mean we are the last generation in Clare to have experienced a way of life that has all but disappeared. So, we decided to build a website which would focus on, and capture, the history of Clare for genealogists and researchers in particular but also for anyone interested in the history of our beautiful Baie-Sainte-Marie and its inhabitants. In Phase One we took on the development of a fully searchable grave-marker database of all the cemeteries in Clare, as well as a history of the churches and parishes at Baie-Sainte-Marie. Phase two, in the planning and research stage, will focus on the founding families of Baie-Sainte-Marie. Because we plan to keep adding material to our website, check us out periodically at http://claretownship.ca/

Marcelle Comeau
John Berkey

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.

The Rendez-vous de la Baie is very pleased to announce that Tradewinds Realty – Sheila Deveau is the sponsor of the month for July 2014. Their generous contribution provides everyone with free access to the Acadian Interpretive Centre museum halls.

Sheila Deveau moved to Southwestern Nova Scotia 31 years ago. She settled with her husband and son in Meteghan. It did not take long for her to fall in love with the area and the people.

Representing Tradewinds Realty since 2008 she brought her love of Southwestern NS and the Acadian Shore to the position. This is an area she knows well and loves. The mixture of ocean front and lakes makes this a truly unique spot. Sheila has worked with buyers from far and wide to find what are looking for.

If you are looking to make your home in an affordable and beautiful part of Nova Scotia Sheila will have the home or land for you. Contact Sheila and find out why she has fallen in love with this affordable coastline and its people.

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.