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La 2003 fête nationale in Montreal
Celebrations for national holiday, entitled Rêver bleu, rêver son québec are brief but but extensive this year, with the decentralized celebrations in and around Montreal's various quartiers too numerous to list. For background, see the official site for la Fête nationale du Québec, which contains a history of the event, a list of activities broken down by region, downloadable wallpapers, and so on. Here are the main events:
Night Parade - June 23, 9:15 pm
The theme this year is Sur mon chemin, j’ai raconté…, and features Yves Lambert, Maud Beauchemin, Marcel Sabourin, Tomás Jensen, and the group Mauvais Sort, It starts at 9:15 pm on rue Notre-Dame, between McGill and De Lorimier.The design of the procession, inspired by traditional québécois music and will be shown in three sequences: Vivre un pays!, Un pays à vol d’oiseau , and Parler d’un pays.
It all wraps up with a party at Notre-Dame and De Lorimier at around 10:45 pm.
Concert at Parc Maisonneuve - June 24
On Tuesday the 24th at 7 pm, folk music group Volée d’Castors will hit the stage at Parc Maisonneuve (metro Viau).At 9 pm, Daniel Boucher hosts an evening that will also feature France D'Amour, Marc Déry, Michel Pagliaro, Ariane Moffat, and guitarist Michel Cusson in the lineup.
Fêtes de quartier
Some of the best parties for the Fête du St-Jean are close to home. The Fête nationale site lists block parties, bonfires, and fireworks for each quarter in the city. Another (exhaustive) list of and activities of every kind for each region of Montreal is detailed in the Festivités de votre région section of the Fête nationale site.And, there's a lovely page put together by the Mouvement nationale des Québécoises et Québécois of holiday celebrations all over the province of Quebec, and of course, a section dedicated to the fête on the City of Montreal portal
At the Government of Quebec portal there's a well-laid-out page with the most sought-after information for the weekend, including handy links to
The message from Quebec City
Available for viewing as a Quicktime or Windows Media Player file, Jean Charest's political infomercial shows happy white folks kicking back at a family barbecue while strategically placed visible minorities appear throughout. Kind of an obvious, retrocedent vision of our inclusive Quebec society. Perhaps Charest and buds feel that the doctrinal approach is still needed . Don't know - how did it strike you? Let fearless leader know what you think.
Happy fête nationale, everyone.
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