All Posts Tagged With: "Feb Fest"

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Friday Foto

Have you had a chance to catch your breath yet?  Over the past two weeks, Kingston has been bustling with some rather significant events, specifically Reelout 11, Feb Fest 2010, and now CFRC’s Annual Funding Drive.  With Valentines and Family Day on the horizon next week, it will only be a matter of time [...]

12Feb2010 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 0 comments | Continued
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Friday Foto

TGIF!  It’s been hectic week around the Limestone City thanks to Reelout and a slew of events associated with Feb Fest.  Earlier on in the week I wrote about my encounter with the Stanley Cup, which is the only Feb Fest event I’ve made it to thus far.  Luckily, some other folks posted a few [...]

5Feb2010 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 2 comments | Continued
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Lord Stanley Comes to Town

Lord Stanley’s Cup is considered to be the ultimate prize by professional players, minor and pond hockey hopefuls, as well as friends of the frozen game all around the world.  There are a few superstitions associated with the Cup, while the most prevalent dictates that players should refrain from touching hockey’s holy grail until [...]

2Feb2010 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 1 comment | Continued
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Friday Foto

Last Friday I marvelled at how amazing, albeit unseasonal, the weather was. What a difference a week makes. Today the city awoke to bone chilling temperatures that were estimated to reach minus 30 thanks to the wind chill.  Is it too much to ask for some snow to go along with this [...]

29Jan2010 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 0 comments | Continued
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What if Kingston…

Wawa is home to the largest Canada Goose, while Vulcan has the U.S.S. Enterprise, Ottawa has a spider, and Beardmore has the world’s largest snowman.  And the list goes on.  Save for the modest-sized misshaped hockey puck at Kingston’s International Hockey Hall of Fame, the Limestone City is noticeably missing from the list of destinations [...]

27Aug2009 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 4 comments | Continued
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The Limestone Classic

Despite the intermitent showers, Feb Fest 09′s Limestone Classic attracted droves of energetic spectators to Market Square yesterday. Famous cowboy referee Jim Dorey officiated games all day long featuring ex-NHL’ers including Doug Gilmour (in goal), Bob Probert, Rick Middleton, Tim Taylor, and many more who were sprinkled into the lineup of 10 corporate-sponsored teams. [...]

8Feb2009 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 1 comment | Continued
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24 Hour Snow Sculpture Competition

As you may know, Feb Fest is now well underway. This evening we strolled on down to Market Square to take in the late performance by the Flying Canucks, but sadly the show did not last long, and it was over before we arrived. We decided to salvage the trip by walking around [...]

5Feb2009 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 2 comments | Continued
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Feb Fest 2009!

Downtown Kingston! is gearing up for the fifth annual Feb Fest celebration. Festivities begin today, a day earlier than usual, and they’re going to start with a bang.
None other then many-time National and International figure skating champion Kurt Browning will be on hand to help kick off the fun. Browning will joining local skaters [...]

3Feb2009 | Danielle Lennon | 2 comments | Continued
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Friday Foto

After taking a stroll downtown this afternoon, we couldn’t help but notice workers replacing lights, knocking down deadly icicles, and generally sprucing things up in preparation for Feb Fest, which goes down next weekend – more on that early next week. Wow, is February here already? It’s hard to believe that the first [...]

30Jan2009 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 0 comments | Continued