Harvest Glory Days ‘competition’ in full swing
MANITOULIN—Maple trees all around Manitoulin Island are suddenly heralding the change of season with poplar, ash and tamarack and others soon to follow suit.
This means that the Manitoulin Expositor is once again encouraging individuals, families, businesses, churches, community halls, homeowners, farmers and fishermen to deck out their homes/businesses/institutions in honour of the season.
The event is Harvest Glory Days and communities all around the Island are encouraged to decorate for the season, with champions selected according to larger communities (like Gore Bay, Mindemoya, Wiikwemkoong, Little Current, M’Chigeeng, etc.), mid-size communities (Providence Bay, Kagawong, Aundeck Omni, Kagawong, etc.) and small communities (Sheguiandah, Spring Bay, Silver Water, Sheguiandah First Nation, Sheshegwaning etc.)
Championship communities receive a big, bright Harvest Glory Days sign to announce their communities’ spirit to the world and, if they already have been awarded a sign in a previous year, a leaf indicating they remain a player.
Perennial winners include Manitowaning (right from the start of this event, now entering its second decade) and the village of Sheguiandah. Last year, after a decade-long hiatus, Spring Bay once again took up the challenge, and received a new leaf for the sign they had been awarded over a decade previously.
A newcomer (for the past two years) is Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation and Gore Bay and Mindemoya have also risen to the challenge in recent years.
There is an advertisement on page 18 of this newspaper that gives some, but not all of the details.
The Expositor asks everyone decorating to register their street/civic address by emailing them to services@manitoulin.com.
The deadline this year to entries is Friday, October 4 and the following week’s paper, Wednesday, October 9, will have a feature presentation of representative decorations and the announcement of the 2024 best decorated communities.
For those who want to wonder the Island Thanksgiving Weekend (which follows the October 9 issue) The Expositor will also show the decorated addresses on our website, www.manitoulin.com (just click on the Harvest Glory Days link on the home page.)
Get decorating!
Register your address here: https://www.manitoulin.com/harvest-glory-days/
