Apple Blossom Weekend

It was an event-filled Apple Blossom weekend! My daughter Eve was the child attendant for the Wolfville Leadership Candidate Chantel Peng, so she was busy with rehearsals and finding the right gown for the coronation ceremony at Acadia on Friday. Below is a picture of Eve with her new gown, sash, gloves and tiara posing under our one-and-only apple tree. She was part of the procession at the ceremony and even got to go on stage during the introductions and when Chantel was crowned Queen Annapolisa. Chantel was crowned by a former Queen (and former NDP candidate in Kings-Hants) Carol Harris (pictured with us in one of the photos below). At the Apple Blossom parade on Saturday, Eve rode in the lead float with Chantel while I walked in the parade with fellow New Democrats (including Nova Scotia NDP leader Gary Burrill). Following the parade I took Eve to the amusement rides in New Minas (and almost lost my lunch on the "Orbiter" ride!). The next day I volunteered at the charity chicken BBQ in Woodville where they served over 3,800 dinners (I personally did not serve that many, but I must have handed out at least 500 glasses of apple cider - my hands are still sticky). All-in-all a great way to kick off the summer in the valley!