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French Heritage DaysFriday, July 11 and
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| Vergennes Opera House | |
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| 6-9 pm | Veillee with traditional French Canadian supper and featuring Club Carrefour from Quebec. $15 Admission. Funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. |
Save! Purchase Combo tickets to Friday's Veillée and Saturday's performances at the Opera House $25. MC, Visa, Check accepted. Pre-order: $27 includes S/H. Order: 800-733-8376, 802-388-7951, mail: VACC, PO Box 335, Vergennes, VT 05491, email: info@midvermont.comSATURDAY - July 12 |
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| Vergennes Fire Station | |
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| 7:00-10:30 am | French Toast Breakfast |
| Opening Ceremonies - Bandstand | |
| 10:00 | Flag raising, Vergennes City Band, speeches |
| City Park | |
| 10:00-4:00 | Traditional craft demonstrations |
| Vermont French Canadian Genealogical Society | |
| Reenactors: French soldiers, French Voyager, Comte de Vergennes, and Samuel de Champlain |
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| Information booth about French groups, events, by Alliance Française, Les Boulangers and the Brandon French Group | |
| Exhibits | |
| Farmers Market | |
| Fencing demonstrations by Vermont Fencing Alliance | |
| Les Troupes de La Pointe a la Chevelure (1755 Chimney Point Soldiers Reenactors) | |
| Green Mountain Flywheelers Antique Gas & Steam Engine Club | |
| Buttons for VOH performances on sale at VACC booth | |
| 10:30-4:00 | Children's Area: coloring table, "Revolutionary" paper hat making, games, hand painting, bubbles |
| 11:00-2:00 | Horse and Carriage Rides by Thornapple Farm | 12:30, 1:30, 3:30 | Strolling Fiddler, Quebecois style! Lausanne LaBombarde/Rick Ceballos |
| 1:00 | Walking Tour with Bill Thiess, narrated in French and English—meet at tent on Park Street |
| 1:15 | Master Storyteller, Memere Catherine Charron telling French Canadian tales and adventures |
| 1:30-2:30 | Fencing Demonstration by Vermont Fencing Alliance |
| 2:30 | Bastille Day Waiter's Race sponsored by Black Sheep Bistro |
| 2:30-2:45 | Children's Drill taught by Les Troupes de La Point la Chevelure |
| Otter Creek Basin | |
| 10:30 | "The Captain Wore Petticoats," historical skit |
| 11:00 | Walking Tour of Otter Creek Basin |
| 11:00-12:30 | Carillon Cruise - Otter Creek boat tours - RSVP 802-897-5331 or www.carilloncruises.com. $12 |
| 1:30-3:00 | Carillon Cruise - Otter Creek boat tours - RSVP 802-897-5331 or www.carilloncruises.com. $12 |
| Bixby Library | |
| 10:30 | Lecture by Julie Dowd, "They Walked with Champlain" |
| Noon | Reading by "Madeline" for children |
| St. Peter's Catholic Church | |
| 10:00-4:30 | Open for visitation; religious store open |
| 5:00 | French Mass |
| Bandstand | |
| 11:00-11:45 | Samuel de Champlain historical interpretation |
| 11:45-12:00 | French sing along w/Les Boulangers & Alliance Francaise |
| 1:00-2:00 | Young Fiddlers led by Mark Sustic |
| 2:15-2:45 | Erik & Erica Andrus playing accordion and fiddle |
| Vergennes Opera House | |
| 11:45-12:45 | Green Mountain Cloggers performance and workshop |
| 1:00-1:30 | France slide show by Erin Conway |
| 3:30-4:30 | Michele Choiniere |
| 4:45-5:45 |
Chanterelle |
| 6:00-6:30 |
Duo Dumont Morrissette, from Quebec |
| 6:45-7:45 |
Va-et-Vient |
| 8:00-9:30 | Beaudoin Legacy |
French Heritage Day Buttons: Purchase buttons for admission to VOH performances at the VACC booth during the day or prior to performances at the Vergennes Opera House: $15 or $20 at door. Pre-Order: $17 includes S/H. MC, Visa, Check accepted. Save! Purchase Combo tickets to Friday's Veillée and Saturday's performances at the Opera House $25. MC, Visa, Check accepted. Pre-order: $27 includes S/H. Order: 800-733-8376, 802-388-7951, mail: VACC, PO Box 335, Vergennes, VT 05491, email: info@midvermont.com
Present your button to participating area businesses to receive a discount or promotion. Look for the Button logo at these businesses:
Recipe Collection:Share your favorite French recipe to create a 2009 Lake Champlain Quadricentennial cookbook and keep the French culture alive. Bring your recipe(s) to the event or email typed recipes with a note about its origin or meaning to: marguerite@midvermont.com
A special thank you to our event sponsors: Addison County Chamber of Commerce, Addison Outfitters, Chittenden Bank, City of Vergennes, Cooperative Fire Insurance, Dakin Farm, Deirdre Counter Real Estate, DogTired Studio, Dot Tisbert, Gaines Insurance Agency, Linda's Apparel and Gifts, Merchants Bank, Pioneer Environmental Associates, L.L.C., Ralph and Linda Miller, Ouimette & Runcie, Roland's Place, Shaw's Supermarket, Tim Hodson, Vergennes Area Chamber of Commerce, Vermont Book Shop
