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A number of Heritage Events have been organized by the Wilno Heritage Society to celebrate and commemorate our heritage.
Some of these have become Annual Events:
like the Kashub Day festival held each year on the first Saturday in May. The first Kashub Day was held May 1, 1999.
Also, the Wilno Heritage Society organizes a special event to mark Ontario's Heritage Day/Week in late February of each year.
In 2006, an annual multicultural Hockey Tournament weekend [Opeongo Heritage Cup Match] was organized by Wilno Heritage President, David Shulist, and the Wilno Heritage Society participates in this special
event along with three other local heritage groups.
The Wilno Heritage Society also participates in a number of local community events such as the annual Ottawa Valley Tourist Association Rural Ramble in September, the annual Barry's Bay Bay Day on the long weekend in May, Christmas parades, etc.
Other events vary from year to year and are organized to mark important occasions, Special Events, such as our Polish Soldier's Day, August 14, 2004, to mark the opening of our
museum exhibit honouring the Canadians who fought for Poland in WWI;
and our Music Tribute Day, August 20, 2006, to honour the participants in the 1973 field recording by John M. Glofcheskie , and to mark the release of the CD: Songs
and Dances from Canada's Oldest Polish Community. |
