An Old Fashioned Christmas

Christmas Eve
The Chestico Museum is pleased to be a part of the 2009 Christmas by the Sea House Tours.  This year the tours will take place on Sunday, December 13th between 6:00 and 9:00 PM.

Tickets cost $10 and are available at the following outlets:
Co-op, Port Hood
Home Hardware, Port Hood
Seaside Convenience, Port Hood
Wayne’s Variety, Judique
Freshmart, Mabou

Tickets will also be available the night of the tour for $12.

We hope to see you at the Museum as we capture the magic of an old fashioned Port Hood Christmas!

Bruce Beaton Induction Night

John Gillies and Anne BeatonOn Saturday, Novmber 7th Port Hood’s Bruce Beaton was inducted into the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame.  The awards ceremony was held in Halifax in the Grand Ballroom of the World Trade and Convention Centre.  Many of Bruce’s friends and family made the trip to Halifax to cheer Bruce on as he received this well deserved honour.

Bruce was nominated for induction by the Chestico Museum & Historical Society and his nomination was sponsored by Port Hood Area Development.  A number of local businesses also supported Bruce by purchasing ads in the souvenir program.  Those businesses were Zutphen Contractors, The Al MacInnis Sports Cenre, Port Hood Co-op & Ceilidh Fisherman’s Co-op, East Coast Credit Union and North End Building Supplies.  Strait Highlands Regional Development Agency, Football Nova Scotia, the Edmonton Eskimos and Scotia Fuels also purchased ads in support of Bruce.

In the above photo Chestico Museum & Historical Society President, Anne Beaton and Chestico News editor, John Gillies pose by the Bruce Beaton display on induction night.

Bruce Beaton Induction

Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame PosterOn Saturday, November 7th, Bruce Beaton will be inducted into the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame.  As the Chestico Museum sponsored Bruce’s application, we are quite excited about this event!

The induction ceremony will be held in the Grand Ballroom of the World Trade and Convention Centre in Halifax.  The reception begins at 6:30 and the cermony will get under way at 7:30.  Bruce Rainnie of CBC Charlottetown will be the Master of Ceremonies.

Tickets for the event cost $25 for adults and $10 for students.  Children 12 and under are admitted free.

For further information or to purchase tickets, please visit the the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame’s Induction Awards Night page.

We encourage everyone to come out and support Bruce as he receives this well deserved award!

Storytellers Circle West

On Tuesday, October 13th the Chestico Museum hosted Storytellers Circle West at the museum.  The event was part of Celtic Colours Cultural Experiences series.

A large crowd was on hand and a trio of talented storytellers provided an excellent afternoon of entertainment.  Cape Breton storyteller Jim St. Clair had everyone singing along with the the fairies working song of “Sunday, Monday, Tuesday”, Newfoundlander Jim Payne had us in stitches with his story of “Jack and the Magic Punt” and in the middle of the storytelling Ireland’s Jimmy McBride was surpised by a latecomer to the museum.  The gentleman was visiting Cape Breton from Ireland and was taken aback to see Jimmy – the two had gone to school together but had not seen each other for many years!

Below are some photos from the event.  Click on a thumbnail to see a larger version of the image.

Listening to Our Storytellers
Jim Payne tells us about Jack and the Magic Punt!
Jim St. Clair is enjoying himself.
Refreshments were available when the stories were done!
Our storytellers - Jim Payne, Jim St. Clair and Jimmy McBride
Our 3 Jims!

Chestico Tartan Blanket Winner!

lorraine-macdonald2The winner of the Chestico Tartan Blanket was drawn at the Historical Society’s regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, September 21.

Our treasuer, Diana Hawley made the draw and this year’s lucky winner was Lorraine MacDonald of Port Hood.  Lorraine is a member of the Historical Society and was thrilled to receive the blanket!  In the photo on the left, you can see Lorraine proudly displaying the Chestico Tartan (clicking on the picture will allow you to see a larger version of the image).

Sincere thanks are extended to all who purchased tickets and helped make our fundraiser a success!

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