National Novel Writing Month (http://www.nanowrimo.org) is a challenge to write a 50,000-word novel in the month of November. In that spirit, we are encouraging participants to set personal goals for the 24-Hour Write-In. There will be writing games and other activities going on throughout the event to keep participants motivated. There will also be a meet n’ greet social event Friday night, August 13.

The Fredericton Inn is conveniently located near many food outlets. You can find out more about the hotel from their web site: http://www.frederictoninn.nb.ca/.  A few couches for out-of-town participants are available with members of Freddy Words. These are provided on a first-come first-serve basis.

To register, please email freddywords@gmail.com with your name and whether you would like to be billeted with one of our members. We can accept payment by PayPal or cheque (Canadian cheques only, please), and we accept Canadian cash at the door. We will respond to confirm you are on our list, and your spot will be secure once we receive your payment.

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Grosses têtes

Daily
Visual arts exhibition Mordre la lumière self – portrait
Bernard Jean Art Gallery – Caraquet Cultural Centre

Tuesday, August 3, 2010
11 am – noon: Songwriting workshop for children with Mario Chenart
TPA rehearsal hall – Caraquet Cultural Centre – Tickets: $10

8 pm: Jazz with Steve Amirault followed by Hot guitars Mario Chenart & John McGale
Caraquet Cultural Centre – Adults: $16/Students and seniors 65+: $12 (+ box office charge and hall improvement fee)

Wednesday, August 4, 2010
8 pm: Richard Desjardins followed by Arizona
Caraquet Cultural Centre – Adults: $20/Students and seniors 65+: $16 (+ box office charge and hall improvement fee)

Thursday, August 5, 2010
7:30 pm: NICA Storytelling evening with Kevin Arseneau, Nelson Michaud and Yvette Pitre followed by storyteller Dominique Breau
Salle Hédard – Albert – École des pêches – Caraquet – Tickets: $12 (+ box office charge)

8:30 pm: Show event with the duet of Jean – François Breau and Marie – Ève Janvier
Carrefour cabaret – Carrefour de la mer – Tickets: $30, $25 and $22 (+ box office charge and hall improvement fee)

Friday, August 6, 2010
4:30 pm: Official opening of Festival acadien de poésie and introduction of invited authors: Jean Arceneaux, Marjolaine Beauchamp, Claudine Bertrand, Claudius, Rose Després, Joël Des Rosiers, Danielle Fournier, Dominic Langlois, Ron Léger, Joanne Morency, Brenda Mounier, Éric Roger, Christian Roy and Serge Patrice Thibodeau
Grains de folie Bakery – Free

5 pm: Festival acadien de poésie’s Grains de poésie with readings by Brenda Mounier, Christian Roy and ACADIEN
Grains de folie Bakery -Free

7 pm: Miscellanées…musicales classical concert. A selection of compositions by music teacher and critic Roger E. Cormier
Église Saint – Pierre – aux – Liens – Caraquet – Adults: $14/Students and seniors 65+: $12 (+ box office charge and hall improvement fee)

8:30 pm: Country cabaret evening with Mike Parker and Denis Landry
Alpine Stage – Colisée Léopold-Foulem< – Adults: $16/Students and seniors 65+: $14 (+ box office charge and hall improvement fee)

9 pm: RAG’s Dérives literary show part of Festival acadien de poésie with Réal – Gabriel Bujold, France Cayouette, Marie Nicholas de Ferrer, Nicole Filion (read by Raymond Bonin), Anick Fortin, Ginette Landry, Jocelyne Mallet – Parent, Joanne Morency, Gérald Tremblay, Patrick Tremblay, Rose – Hélène Tremblay and Gracia Couturier
Salle Hédard – Lanteigne – École des Pêches – Caraquet – Adults: $12/Students and seniors 65+: $10 (+ box office charge

Saturday, August 7, 2010
11 a.m.: Festival acadien de poésie Mille mots, mille images with readings by Claudius, Joanne Morency, Serge Patrice Thibodeau – Live art with Nicole Haché
Carrefour de l’Art Gallery – Carrefour de la mer – Caraquet – Free

1:30 pm: Festival acadien de poésie’s Douceurs et poésie with readings by Jean Arceneaux, Marjolaine Beauchamp, Claudine Bertrand, Danielle Fournier and Ron Léger Event host: Christiane St – Pierre. Herbal teas and sweets served
In the big tent – Gîte de l’Isle – du – Randonneur – Free

3:30 pm: Festival acadien de poésie’s Café poème with readings by Marjolaine Beauchamp, Rose Després, Éric Roger and Christian Roy in an intimate setting
Café Phare – Free

7 pm: Loraine Félix, Vivianne Roy and Kevin McIntyre
Rogers Stage – outside the Carrefour de la mer – Free

8 pm: Festival acadien de poésie’s Grande soirée de poésie Voir Miscou et mourir… in collaboration with Les Productions Île Miscou, with readings by Claudius, Claudine Bertrand, Rose Després, Dominic Langlois, Ron Léger, Brenda Mounier and Serge Patrice Thibodeau Wine and cheese served
Miscou Lighthouse – Miscou (allow 1 hour and 10 minutes from Caraquet) – Tickets: $10 (+ box office charge)

9:30 pm: Méchant party with Blou and Alain – François
Alpine Stage – Colisée Léopold-Foulem – Adults: $16 (+ box office charge and hall improvement fee); must be 19 years and over<

Sunday, August 8, 2010
1 pm: Festival acadien de poésie’s Les poètes à la plagewith readings by Danielle Fournier, Joanne Morency and Éric Roger
Parc des Fondateurs, at the entrance to town – Bas-Caraquet – Free

2 pm: Children’s show Les Oui – Oui – Chéris
Caraquet Cultural Centre – Tickets: $9.50

2:30 pm: Festival acadien de poésie’s Mille mots, mille images with readings by Claudine Bertrand, Joël Des Rosiers and Brenda Mounier. Live art with Nicole Haché
Carrefour de l’Art Gallery – Carrefour de la mer – Free

4 pm: Book launch Éditions Perce – Neige of Christian Brun, Jean- Paul Daoust, Ronald Després, Hélène Harbec, Georgette LeBlanc and Dominic Langlois
Librairie Pélagie/Grains de folie Bakery – Free

5 pm: Festival acadien de poésie’s Grains de poésie with readings by Claudius, Dominic Langlois, Ron Léger and Joanne Morency
Grains de folie Bakery – Free

8 pm: Angèle Arsenault accompanied by the voice of Marcella Richard on guitar and Alice Bérubé on violin and cello
Caraquet Cultural Centre – Adults: $20/Students and seniors 65+: $16 (+ box office charge and hall improvement fee)

8:30 pm: Belle soirée de poésie Martin-Pître followed by the Shaun Ferguson Orkestra show. Guest poets: Jean Arceneaux, Marjolaine Beauchamp, Joël Des Rosiers, Danielle Fournier, Éric Roger and Christian Roy
Salle Hédard – Lanteigne – École des Pêches – Caraquet – Adults: $14/Students and seniors 65+: $10 (+ box office charge)

Monday, August 9, 2010
11 am: Round table on the Festival acadien de poésie’s theme of “Writing, (Re)constructing” with Barry Jean Ancelet, Joël Des Rosiers and Serge – Patrice Thibodeau
Caraquet Cultural Centre – Free

12:45 pm: Festival acadien de poésie’s Derniers mots, dernières images with readings by Rose Després and Dominic Langlois. Unveiling of Nicole Haché’s work Mille mots, mille images
Bernard Jean Gallery – Caraquet Cultural Centre – Free

8 pm: Lina Boudreau followed by Patsy Gallant sings Piaf
Caraquet Cultural Centre – Adults: $20/Students and seniors 65+: $16 (+ box office charge and hall improvement fee)

9 pm: Cabaret du Réverbère with Cédric Vieno, Serge Brido, John Jerome and the Great 88 and Tortuh – Salle Hédard – Lanteigne – École des Pêches – Adults: $12/Students and seniors 65+: $8 (+ box office charge)

Tuesday, August 10, 2010
7 pm: La Trâlée
Rogers Stage – Vieux couvent site – Free

8 pm: Damien Robitaille and Hélène Godin
Caraquet Cultural Centre – Adults: $18/Students and seniors 65+: $14 (+ box office charge and hall improvement fee)

Wednesday, August 11, 2010
7:30 pm: Classical show with soprano Christina Lanteigne Haldane, violinist Isabelle Fournier and pianist Carl Philippe Gionet
Église Saint – Pierre – aux – Liens – Caraquet – Adults: $14/Students and seniors 65+: $10 (+ box office charge)

9 pm: Éric Lapointe and Lisa LeBlanc
Alpine Stage – Colisée Léopold-Foulem – Adults: $25 (+ box office charge and hall improvement fee) – Students and seniors 65+: $20

Thursday, August 12, 2010
8:30 pm: Cabaret evening with Lennie Gallant and Roland Gauvin and La Grosse Band
Colisée Léopold-Foulem - Adults: $18/Students and seniors 65+: $12 (+ box office charge and hall improvement fee)

11 pm: Late showcase with Radio – Radio followed by a guest DJ
Salle Hédard – Lanteigne – École des Pêches – Caraquet – Tickets: $7 (+ box office charge)

Friday, August 13, 2010
2 – 3 pm: Seniors’ show with Roland Gauvin
Villa Beauséjour – Free

3 pm: Francophonie showcase with Marie – Philippe Bergeron, Christian Kit Goguen, Daniel Léger and Mary Barry
Salle Hédard – Lanteigne – École des Pêches – Caraquet- Tickets: $7 (+ box office charge)

7 pm: 132 Est
Rogers Stage – Outside the Carrefour de la mer – Free

9 pm: Cabaret evening with Isle Dernière, Joseph Edgar and Grand Dérangement
Carrefour Cabaret – Carrefour de la mer – Caraquet – Adults: $18/Students and seniors 65+: $12 (+ box office charge and hall improvement fee)

Saturday, August 14, 2010
11 am: Children’s show with Éloïse
Louis-Mailloux School – Tickets: $8

7:30 pm: Haitian theatre with Comédie Sans Frontières d’Haïti performing Georges Béleck’s Haïti, cri d’espoir
Boîte-Théâtre – 15 years and over – Adults: $12/Students and seniors 65+: $8 – Tickets on sale at the door or by reservation at TPA (506.727.0920) or Festival acadien (506.727.2787)

9:30 pm: Méchant Party with Tradition and Swing
Alpine Stage – Colisée Léopold-Foulem – Adults: $18 (+ box office charge and hall improvement fee) – 19 years of age and over

Sunday, August 15, 2010
10 – 11 am: Acadian National Day mass
Sainte-Anne-du-Bocage chapel

1 pm: Opening of the Tintamarre site with kiosks, animated activities and beverage service

2 – 6 pm: Grand preparation for the Tintamarre
Behind Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens Church

2 – 3 pm: Revival of the 1884 Acadian Convention by the Village Historique Acadien team – Place du Vieux couvent – Free

2 pm: Animated activities on stilts
Behind Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens Church

3 – 5 pm: Musical segment with Louise Vautour, Lisa LeBlanc and Vishtèn
Place du Vieux couvent – In the event of inclement weather: Église Saint – Pierre – aux – Liens – Caraquet – Free

6 – 7 pm: The 31st Tintamarre
Saint – Pierre Blvd West, from Vieux couvent to Cormier St.

8 pm: Vishtèn Followed by the Acadie en Fête show event with Quimorucru, 1755 and Swing
Butte du Calvaire (behind Caraquet Cultural Centre) – Adults: $26/Students and seniors 65+: $18 (+ box office charge) – Free for children 12 years and under

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Blessings of the float

Until August 15^th, Caraquet is the place to be! Many cultural events celebrating French-speaking culture, from Acadie and beyond, are on the program: concerts featuring Acadian music, rock, Cajun style, Québec artists, rap and electro-pop, classical, jazz, a special theatre play celebrating Haiti, and much more. There is something for everyone at the 48^th edition of the Festival acadien de Caraquet!

The Festival acadien de Caraquet is proud to showcase many talented artists from here and beyond. On August 4^th, the public will have the chance to see great Quebec singer-songwriter, Richard Desjardins, whose respected work has been critically acclaimed from all over. Acadian Peninsula born Jean-François Breau, now a well-known artist in la Francophonie, will present a show with the charming Marie-Ève Janvier, his partner on stage as well as in life, on August 5^th. An evening of country music with Mike Parker and Denis Landry will take place on August 6^th and on August 7^th people will dancing with Nova Scotia act Blou and Quebec singer Alain François. Legendary Acadian singer, Angèle Arsenault, will be bringing her positive energy and joie-de-vivre onstage on August 8^th.

The next day, Pop singer, Patsy Gallant, will interpret the songs of Edith Piaf following a concert by Acadian singer Lina Boudreau. The crowd will be rocking on August 11^th with Quebec singer Éric Lapointe. Young NB singer songwriter Lisa LeBlanc will the opening act. On August 14^th, an evening with two popular bands : Tradition and Swing.

Hip hop and electronic fans are spoiled this year with Misteur Valaire and La Patère rose (August 2^nd) and Acadian rap hip hop act Radio Radio whose music are on constant play on music stations such as Musique plus, Bande à part, and CBC Radio 3. Two classical music concerts are on the program. On August 6^th, Miscellanées… musicales will feature a selection of compositions by music teacher and critic Roger E. Cormier and on August 11^th sit back and enjoy a concert by renowned Canadian soprano Christina Lanteigne Haldane, violinist Isabelle Fournier, and Caraquet-born pianist Carl-Philippe Gionet. Both concerts are at the Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens Church in Caraquet. Other artists on the program include Ontario’s Damien Robitaille, Moncton’s Hélène Godin, PEI native Lennie Gallant, Roland Gauvin, Joseph Edgar, Acadian band Grand Dérangement, and many more!

Tintamarre

August 15 is Acadian Day and the town of Caraquet celebrates in full colours and with lots of noise! People start meeting at 1 pm in downtown Caraquet to get ready for the event. Music, street performers, various kiosks, and a beverage service will be on site. At 6 pm sharp, the traditional Tintamarre is on! Colourful costumes, “Grosses têtes”, people with whistles and horns, pots and pans, the Caraquet Tintamarre is a full blown carnivalesque event which attracts thousands of visitors and party-goers each year. For the Acadian population, the Tintamarre is a way of showing the vivacity of its people. At 8 pm, let the music begin with Vishten followed by the concert l’Acadie en fête with Gaspésie band Quimorucru, Acadian legendary band 1755, and Swing, a francophone duo from Ontario and regulars at the Festival who really know how to get the crowd moving! The concert l’Acadie en fête is open to all and will take place outside near the Caraquet culturel center. Tickets are on sale.

Many concerts and activities for children are also on the program. For the complete concert list, locations, and ticket prices, please visit www.festivalacadien.ca. Tickets are on sale through the Ticketing Network Accès at www.billetterieacces.ca or by calling 1-800-992-4040.

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Mayor George LeBlanc chats with Northrop Frye at the site of the future public art display.

The Frye Festival needs your help to win $25,000 to create a bronze life-sized sculpture of Northrop Frye sitting on a park bench reading a book outside the Moncton Public Library. As part of a national competition presented by Pepsi Canada, the Festival has submitted a proposal to win the funds to create an enduring reminder of our community’s most famous son.

Vote to Refresh Moncton! Beginning on Thursday, July 1^st and running until Tuesday, August 31, 2010, everyone is invited to visit the website www.refresheverything.ca daily and vote for “Feed your imagination” in the Arts and Culture section. The winner will be chosen exclusively on the number of votes it receives, so vote daily and get your friends and family to do the same!

Public art plays a vital role in creating a liveable and beautiful city and enhances the quality of life of all its citizens. That is why Mayor George LeBlanc is all over this project: “The City of Moncton believes whole-heartedly in the value and importance of public art. A sculpture like this one would celebrate our most famous son’s legacy while helping to create a more visually rich downtown core.”

The Frye Festival, Canada’s only bilingual international literary festival, exists to “feed the imaginations” of all members of our community. While public art is not usually something that the Festival is involved in, Chair Dawn Arnold is excited about the project. “We have often thought about how nice it would be to give Northrop Frye an enduring presence somewhere in our city, and what could be more perfect than outside the Moncton Public Library? When Northrop Frye lived in Moncton from 1919 to 1929, books were scarce. For me, paying tribute to this great thinker and giving him a place of honour in our community also raises awareness of the importance of literacy in our society today. What a great opportunity for all of us to be involved and engaged in creating a more beautiful downtown and celebrating imaginations. Vote every day — every vote counts!”

People from across Canada will be participating in the voting process and competition will be tight. By registering and logging on to the web site, each person can vote for “Feed your imagination” daily. The contest is being presented by Pepsi Canada, who will distribute $1,000,000 over one year.

If the Festival is successful in winning the money, they will mount a national competition to find a sculptor to create the art. The goal will be to have Margaret Atwood, Canada’s most famous living writer and a former student of Northrop Frye’s, unveil the sculpture during the 2011 Frye Festival (April 25-May 1, 2011).

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Dr. Vernon Paddock, medical director of the New Brunswick Heart Centre, said that many patients with narrowed aortic valves – a life-threatening ailment – are not physically able to undertake open heart surgery. Some of those people will now benefit from the TAVI system.

“Before the new TAVI system was adopted, if a patient with a narrowed aortic valve, known as aortic stenosis, was not able to undergo open heart surgery, they had few options in New Brunswick,” Dr. Paddock said. “Now, we are able to offer a safe, effective and minimally invasive procedure that restores their heart function.”

During the TAVI procedure, rather than opening the chest to replace a narrowed or faulty aortic valve, a catheter is threaded through an artery in the groin and a new valve is advanced into the aorta through the femoral artery and set in place using an inflatable balloon. The new valve essentially takes over for the old, narrowed valve. With the new implant in place allowing normal blood flow, the person’s heart function can return to normal.

The Department of Health is providing $228,000 to fund the delivery of the new procedure, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI).

“The investment will further support the delivery of leading-edge treatments for provincial patients at the New Brunswick Heart Centre,” said Health Minister Mary Schryer. “The availability of this new procedure in New Brunswick will provide treatment closer to home for patients and improve their quality of life.”

In addition to the funding for the new TAVI procedure, The Department of Health is providing an additional $1.5 million to the New Brunswick Heart Centre in 2010-2011.  The funding is being made available to improve access to cardiac surgery services, through the expansion of operation room times, additional intensive care beds and additional nursing and support staff.

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La Sagouine (Photo by: Dolores Breau)

La Sagouine, a play featuring one of Acadia’s most famous characters, was recently featured at Toronto’s Pleaides Theatre and enjoyed great success. Penned by Antonine Maillet, La Sagouine is portrayed by Viola Léger who embodies completely this 72 year old shrewd Acadian washerwoman. She presented a series of monologues in front of a Toronto audience asking for more. Theatre critics were full of praise and described La Sagouine as a “national treasure”. The play was presented in English for two weeks at the end of May and in French from May 31^st to June 5^th. The last time La Sagouine was played in Toronto was in 1979.

Many cultural critics gave a perfect score to Viola Léger in the role that has made her a well-known figure on the Canadian theatre scene. Praises were also given to the team surrounding Léger: Director John Van Bureck, set designer Yannick Larrivée, and lighting director Robert Thompson.

“La Sagouine is a cultural and artistic treasure,” simply states The Globe and Mail. Cultural critic Christopher Hoile of Toronto’s Eye Weekly states: “La Sagouine is simply essential viewing. (…) There really are no words to describe the quiet brilliance of Léger’s performance. You simply cannot imagine anyone else so fully and so compassionately embodying such an immensely rich character.” Robert Crew of the Toronto Star says: “It is, in fact, one of the little gems of Canadian theatre — gritty, honest and utterly true to life. I’ve never seen La Sagouine in French and my feeling is that it would add an extra dimension to what is already a warm, wise and wonderful piece of theatre.” Critics praised the universality and realism of the monologues and gave notice to a solid direction and the glorious lighting.

La Sagouine was presented for the first time in 1971. She is the wife of a fisherman and, at 72 years old, scrubs floors for a living. She tells us stories in her own way, speaking of life in general, politics, and poverty with great wisdom and a wonderful sense of humour.

La Sagouine back in her hometown!

La Sagouine is back in her hometown. As every summer, the Dinner Theatre La Sagouine will be presented at Le Pays de la Sagouine in Bouctouche, New Brunswick. For the first time in many years, presentations in English will take place in July and August. Presentations in French are also on the schedule. Le Pays de la Sagouine kicked off its 2010 season on June 20^th. More information at www.sagouine.com.

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Pegine

Be Bold – Have Faith
by Pegine Echevarria

To be BOLD you have to have faith:

Faith is built on experiences, perception of self and optimism about your future. Faith is driven by what you tell yourself about yourself. For instance, if you focus, even for a short time, on your missteps or negative experiences your faith in yourself, your abilities and the concept that you have the power to receive what you desire will be limited.

This article will describe strategies to build your faith in these four areas to be bold in your life.

1. Your Abilities You have unique strengths and a work ethic that enables you to be where you are right now. Often we are so busy “doing” that we don’t stop to applaud how well we do what we do. Stop taking the red marking pencil to correct what is wrong. Instead take out the gold star and highlight what you do great!

In my program “Communicate Your V.A.L.U.E.!(tm)” I educate participants about the value each individual brings to the workplace. One value is calculating the impact your work has on others. How many calls do you answer in a day, and of those calls, how many people compliment you on your ability to resolve their problems? How many meetings do you attend and how does your presence make a difference? How do you positively impact your home, work, or volunteering environment?

Write a positive assessment of your abilities and the positive impact your actions have on others. You have to know your impact in order to tell yourself how amazing you are. Once you are over 18 it is up to you to cheer yourself on.

I didn’t know this when I was younger. I was so focused on what others thought that it never occurred to me that my power and my potential was determined by what I thought about myself. I knew I could change my life and circumstance (because I had), but it didn’t dawn on me that my power was determined by what I thought about myself and that I had the power to think what I wanted to think. Back then I never knew I could think “I’m the greatest Pegine in the world! I am a gift to this world!” I thought thinking that was was wrong, egotistical and self serving. I am here to tell you that you have to talk to yourself that way, because you are the greatest you and you are a gift to this world. Really, think what you want to think and think positively, boldly and know you are brilliant.

2. Your Purpose Have faith that you have a phenomenal, wonderful purposeful life and the journey to discover that purpose can be exciting, harrowing or boring, it’s your choice. Your purpose is determined by you and only you. Sometimes people think that their parents, their culture, or something outside of themselves chooses their purpose, however, it is always up to you.

You get to choose the kind of person you want to be, what values you hold dear and the rules you choose to live by. Sometimes those values are imposed on us by the groups we belong to, however, you chose to belong to those groups.

Secondly, you get to choose who you want to serve. Everyone serves people in a group, good or evil, positive or negative. Think about the people you know, or have met and analyze who they serve. Scientists, peace keepers, prisoners,’losers’, who do they serve? Who serves them? How do they impact the lives of others?

No matter who you serve, your power lies in making a clear, personal, thoughtful decision about who you want to serve and then focusing on accomplishing that goal.

3. Confidence That You Receive What You Desire You have to be childlike, expecting miracles to happen in your life. You have to know that you will receive what you desire and that by taking action you will accomplish your goals. This absolute belief is built by focusing on your successes and having a list that you review regularly of all the things that have come your way, just as you expected. Most people focus on what they did not receive and minimize the times when they received what they expected. I can point out to people that they receive what they desire. They think their life is awful and it becomes awful. They just knew they wouldn’t get the job they wanted and they were right! However, they will twist their perception of their outcomes to say to me and others “See I didn’t get it. I told you so”, as though they are disproving my point. I say “you proved my point, you said you wouldn’t get it and you didn’t.” You may not like what you have, however, you have what you hoped for and thought about. Are you willing to embrace that fact with confidence that you receive what you desire?

The focus then has to be on what you really want, truly embracing what you positively powerfully desire. I say “be careful what you think about because you’ll get it!”

4. Know You Are Favored The Queen of England knows, inside, that she is Queen. She knows that she will be favored and welcomed. If she wore different clothes and walked through Texas without her entourage would she interact with the world differently? My guess is she would still walk with the confident air that she is favored, her belief of who she is wouldn’t change.

How about you? Do you walk confidently knowing that you are favored? That you are blessed? That the world is looking out for your best interests? Do you walk confidently knowing that all the best opportunities for you are there for the taking? If not, why not start?

You have as much right to received good outcomes, blessings and opportunities as the next person. You are no less worthy than anyone else, however, do you know that is true? When you wake up in the morning are you excited because today is the day, your day, to receive surprises and gifts? When you write your reports do you imagine someone reading them and learning something?

Be BOLD and Have Faith!

You are worth it.

Small Business Administration Women in Business Champion and author Pegine (pronounced Peg-een) has a cause. Her cause is YOUR success. Feisty, brilliant and fun she is one of 58 inductees into the prestigious Motivational Speakers Hall of Fame. Subscribe to her free newsletter at www.pegine.com. (c)2010

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The MWW offers participants the opportunity to pick and choose from a series of one-day workshops, all in a unique and supportive community of writers who share a commitment to excellence.

There are one-day workshops in everything from “How to Get Started” to Life Writing, and fiction and screen writing to “How to Get Published”.

Workshop Schedule
Monday, July 5 – Getting Started – Jo-Anne Elder
Tuesday, July 6 – Unleashing the Splendor Within: An Adventure in Life Writing (CCOM 4061) – Eve Mills Nash
Wednesday, July 7 – Creativity to Craft: A First Fiction Workshop – Carla Gunn
Thursday, July 8 – Screen Writing – Lex Gigeroff
Friday, July 9 – How to Get Published (CCOM 1913) – Biff Mitchell

Time: All workshops run from 9 am to 4 pm (not including lunch).
Location: McCord Hall, 7 Bailey Drive, UNB Campus, Fredericton

Cost: $115 per workshop (+ Hst) or $460 for the week (5 workshops for the price of 4!)

For more information: Call Alison Howells at (506)452-6360 or email ahowells@unb.ca.
Register now at (506)453-4646!

See: http://www.cel.unb.ca/pers_cult/writers/index.php

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To pay tribute to the closing schools and the students, teachers, and other key people who played an important part of growing up in these communities, a reunion weekend is planned for August 27-29.  This fun-filled weekend dubbed “Two Schools, One Spirit” features a number of activities including a meet and greet, Teacher’s Tea, and last tours of the closing schools.  The headline event The Last Dance will give former students an opportunity to relive the excitement of prom night.  A full schedule of events is located at www.uppermiramichi.ca.

Committee Co-Chair Sharon Clowater is excited to be part of the planning.  “We’re seeing registrations from BC, Ontario and all places in between,” she said.  “With nearly 150 years of education between the two communities, we are expecting a large crowd coming home and reuniting.”

Registration is required and all forms are located at www.uppermiramichi.ca.  In addition to attending the scheduled events, registration will also provide a variety of prize opportunities.  After all costs are covered, additional monies from the registrations will be allocated to youth and youth programming in the respective communities.

“We see this reunion as an opportunity to invest in the children and youth of these areas,” said Clowater.  “There are a number of youth and school programs that deserve assistance and we hope former students will register and know they have given back to their communities.”

If you are a former graduate, teacher, custodian, bus driver or anyone connected with either of the communities, register and come home for a reunion that will allow you to reconnect with old friends and relive the memories of school days.  For more information, please contact Sarah Carson-Pond at uppermiramichiclerk@nb.aibn.com or 506-369-9810.

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