Over the years I have attended, worked with and organized hundreds of festivals and events. With this new series, "INSIDE with the Festival Nomad", I want to give you an "inside" look at some of the festivals and events that I have been involved with or that I have visited. Along the way, I have had a lot of fun and sometimes frustration, but I have never been bored!
ACROSS
CANADA … Winnipeg and the Prairies (Part One)
After our “Interesting” experience the night before,
the next day had to be anticlimactic. To some it might seem like that, but to
Judi and me, it was the start of our great adventure! As I mentioned in a previous
article, one of the purposes of our cross Canada trip was to promote Canadian
Wildlife artist, Michael Dumas. Michael, an internationally collected artist, in
conjunction with Buckhorn Publishing, together, offered to create original
paintings that could be made into fund-raising limited-edition prints. Our
first stop in this regard was Winnipeg’s Assiniboine Zoo. This is a world class
zoo with a fantastic reputation. And, like all facilities of its type, it’s
always looking for unique ways to raise additional funds. After we had made our
“Michael Dumas” presentation to the
zoo’s management, we were invited to a private tour of the zoo! It was an amazing
experience and certainly gave us a different perspective of zoos and zoo
keepers! Over the years we have been invited to visit other similar facilities,
but this first experience was certainly our most memorable.
(To be continued)
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