Cape Breton Guide

[Mae]

Hello:

I think your idea for a Cape Breton Guide is an excellent one.  Last summer 
my friend and I took a trip down to C.B. and while I have a pretty good idea 
of  the layout of the land so-to-speak, I had to go from website to website 
looking for accommodations and actual dates and times for fiddle events. 
Having the option to just go to one site for everything would have made our 
planning much simpler. Some sites would mention the name of an event, but 
exact locations were somewhat sketchy.

I didn't notice the Judique Intrepetive Centre on your site.  We attended a 
Ceilidh there on a Sunday afternoon and it was just great.  There were some 
very talented fiddlers (Kinnon Beaton, Natalie MacMaster, Andrea Beaton, 
etc.) A couple sitting at our table who were from Boston had to ask us who 
the fiddlers were????. .... and while I knew, some of 'tourists' did not. 
(They apparently were only driving through and noticed the sign by the 
building) It would have been nice had the organizers first, welcome the 
audience who came to listen, and last but not least, introduce the 
musicians. I'm not meaning this comment to sound negative in any way, but 
for those who are not entirely familiar with Cape Breton artists, it would 
have been a nice touch to at least introduce the fiddlers.  Not sure if this 
customary, or just an oversight.

Great site.

Regards, Mary






----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Hanson" <shanson at cruiskeen.com>
To: <cbmusic at locals.ca>
Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2009 3:46 PM
Subject: Cape Breton Guide


> Hi -
> I've written about this before, but I've finally gotten a day or 2 of
> free time to actually do some work on it.  I'm building a web site
> called Cape Breton Guide - this is because I love Cape Breton and Cape
> Breton music, and I'm trying to build a central site where people can
> write about Cape Breton, music, and things to do in Cape Breton.
>
> At the moment only part of the site is functioning - but it's probably
> the most important part . It's a calendar of Cape Breton events.  You
> can add your own events to the calendar on-line just by filling out a
> form.  I'd like this to become the single go-to guide for what's
> happening in Cape Breton, and I'd appreciate any help people want to put
> in to expand this calendar.
>
> Eventually the site will include a directory of attractions,
> restaurants, accomodations, and more, along with places for people to
> write about their favorite Cape Breton places and more.
>
> Please drop by http://capebretonguide.com and let me know what you think
> and what you'd like to see added. And if any of you are interested in
> occasionally writing something for the guide, putting in pictures from
> Cape Breton, or helping out in any other way, please get in touch with
> me.   Also, I'm really interested in knowing what people on this list
> would like to see included in the web site.
>
> Steve
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