Cape Breton Guide

[Steve Hanson]

Mae wrote:
> 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.  
Yeah, we're just getting started with the list of venues - it's
definitely one of the venues that's going in soon.  Unfortunately what
with my business and everything else I've only got a few hours a week to
type things in.  If you have any events, music venues, or anything else
you'd like to contribute to the site, please feel free - we're looking
for a lot of input both from folks on the island and other people who
love Cape Breton and its music.


> 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
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> ----- 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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