Harvest Festival-Family Potluck & Dance

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Saturday, October 26th, 2013
6:30 AM to 10:30 PM

The Comox Valley Multicultural and Immigrant Society (CVMISS) is once again holding a harvest festival in the Comox Valley and are inviting you to join and have fun with all. The evening will start with a Pot Luck Dinner at 6:30 pm, so if you plan to attend, start thinking about a harvest festival food from your country of origin that you can contribute to the buffet table; everyone coming should bring a food contribution large enough to feed their own family. After enjoying a wonderful multicultural harvest dinner there will be live music provided by the Black Fiddlers and dancing for the whole family.
Almost every country celebrates a harvest festival during the fall around the harvest moon. In Canada, we celebrate "Thanksgiving"; in many Asian countries, they celebrate the "Moon Festival"; and in Germany, they celebrate Oktoberfest. These and many other harvest festivals celebrated around the world with different names and dates, but most are designed to celebrate with family and give thanks for the bounty of the harvest.
The Celtic harvest festival is called Samhain, which is Gaelic for "summer's end". It is the third and final harvest was considered the most important of the ancient Celtic feasts. The Black Swan Fiddlers are a Celtic band that plays traditional Irish tunes, foot tapping jigs and reels, along with soulful Irish ballads. The band has been keeping the traditional Celtic music tradition alive and well in the Comox Valley for 5 years. They play music the whole family can enjoy.
Tickets for the Harvest Festival are available at Laughing Oyster Book Shop at 286 5th Street, or call to reserve tickets and pick up at door. CVMISS members enjoy a 20% discount rate, bigger family special rate also available. For more information call Jin (250)898-9678 or visit our website: www.comoxvalleymulticultural.ca