Theatre Dinner
Scot Free III
Frank & Anne
Wed 27 Sep 2023 15:00
Woke to the prospect of a sunny day. Seemed rather misty, then discovered it’s the smoke from the Alberta wildfires that are still burning. You can even smell it in the air.
Off to the theatre this evening. They have squeezed us in, but may need earplugs as a table for two is right at the front under the speaker. Stopped off to pay for the tickets on the way to the Wooden Boat Builders
Had a delightful chat with the boatbuilder, it’s the final week of construction of this year’s boat, coinciding with the closing of the museum for the season. Beautifully crafted punts, painted white and
green apart from the transom, which was varnished juniper, as seen in the finished one.
Went next door to the Twillingate Museum, housed in the old rectory of St Peter’s Anglican Church.
Twillingate is one of Newfoundland’s oldest seaports. The French fishing fleets fished the waters around here between 1650 and 1690 and they gave the islands the name Toulinquet after islands near Brest. This later became anglicised.
The museum has an interesting collection of artefacts, depicting life in the 20th Century.
Some archeological exhibits had been unearthed from a burial sight dating back to the Maritime Archaic in 1500BC, a number of which were quite sophisticated tools. They were the ancestors of the Beothuk who were living here when John Cabot landed.
The Women’s Institute has seen better days
By 5pm, off to the theatre. A fun evening, a substantial roast beef dinner and great entertainment. The musicians were very gifted, numerous songs reflecting their pride in Newfoundland and great toe-tapping music.
There were various amusing skits, including one about applying for a moose hunting license.Louisa, at least our age if not older, at the next table, turned to me and said she had one. She shoots a moose every year or so, splits it four ways between her family and they bottle it. I said we’d been told to try some, but it’s not allowed to be sold. Had she known, she’d have brought us some!
Jerry was the phenomenal accordion player and he’d been the one to persuade us to come. At the end of the evening he gave a shout out to “the couple who’d sailed over from the UK” and asked us to stand to show ourselves. A round of applause, we’re famous!