Ok,
I've held off - but here it is.... Chester's annual Gingerbread
Festival is just around the corner. It will be held December 1st-16th.
All
Gingerbread House entry forms must be received by November 21st either
by mailing them to Box 181 Chester, or by dropping off the form at the
Village Emporium on Pleasant Street. Forms may be downloaded at
Chester Art Centre. The physical Gingerbread Houses must be delivered to the Chester Arts Centre on Queen Street between 2-4 pm, Nov 24th or 25th.
New
this year: We are having an outdoor Gingerbread Man competition. Nude
Gingerbread Men may be purchased at Chester Building Supplies. Do with
them what you will. Create a gingerbread man or theme to display,
photograph it and submit your photo to
chestergingerbreadfestival@gmail.com and it will be posted to our "
Gingerbread Festival Chester,NS"
facebook page where you may vote for your favourite by "liking" it.
This competition is open to residents of the Municipality of
Chester.There are two categories: business and residential. Voting will
end midnight December 15th.
In other Gingerbread news the Chester
District School is holding a Gingerbread Fair on December 1st from
9am-1pm.There will be lots of crafts, food, live music, gift wrapping
service, a candy cane pull and some fantastic prizes supplied by
vendors. They have a facebook page which is "
CDS Gingerbread Fair" so please tell all your friends to "like" them.
When
making your December plans remember to mark your calendar and save
Sunday, December 9th. At 6pm the Annual Chester Brass Band Christmas
Dinner will be held at the Atlantica Hotel and Marina in Western Shore.
For tickets and info dial up Gregor @ 275-3453.
