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Thank you for joining
us at the 10th Annual Prince Edward Island International
Shellfish Festival.
Join us for next year's festival, September 15-17, 2006
Historic Charlottetown Waterfront, PEI, Canada
The Prince Edward Island International Shellfish Festival
began in 1996 and has grown into the "Largest
Kitchen Parties in Atlantic Canada" boasting
Good Friends, Good Times, Good Music and Lots of World
Famous Prince Edward Island Shellfish. This year marks
an important milestone, with the Festival celebrating
it’s 10th year anniversary. It promises to be
the biggest party ever!!
From gourmet chefs to celebrity cooks; first time
oyster tasters to world-class oyster shuckers, the
Festival promises to entertain and educate people
of all ages. With Maritime Music as the key ingredient,
this year’s entertainment line-up will feature
Aaron Pritchett
& Chris Cummings,
PEI’s own fiddling sensation & East Coast
Music Award Winner, Richard
Wood, Boys in
The Kitchen, Celtic
Ladies, Boys of
Summer, Radio Beauties
and a Traditional Kitchen Party Jam featuring Kendra
MacGilvary & Friends.
What’s an Island Kitchen Party without great
food? Tempt your taste buds with the culinary delights
of the chefs & students of The
Culinary Institute of Canada, one of the premiere
culinary schools in Canada. A new feature of this
year’s Festival, The
Culinary Institute of Canada Food Pavilion
will offer interactive Shellfish Culinary Demos daily
on the Demo Stage. Food Stations will be located in
the Food Pavilion, providing visitors with the opportunity
to purchase these culinary delights.
The Festival Main Tent Menu features PEI Seafood Chowder,
freshly steamed PEI Mussels & Clams and renowned
PEI Oysters & Quahogs. Full bar service is also
available.
For those serious about seafood chowder, the festival
hosts the Paderno
PEI Chowder Championship and the Milk
International Chowder Championship. Sample these
unique chowder dishes as they are served up during
each challenge and you be the judge by choosing your
own personal favorite.
If it is oysters you are searching for, be sure to
attend the Raspberry
Point PEI Oyster Shucking Championship and J.P.'s
Shellfish Eastern Canadian Oyster Shucking Championship.
Competitors from across North America will amaze the
crowd with their skill and speed as they compete against
some of the world’s best oyster shuckers. Or
try your hand at shucking oysters! If you have ever
wanted to learn how to shuck oysters like a pro? Then
join us at the Keep on Shucking
with Frank’s RedHot® Oyster Shucking Demos
taking place during the Prince Edward Island International
Shellfish Festival!
Other festival weekend highlights include the Go
Deep International Tie One On Mussel Competition,
the International PEI
Shellfish Chef Challenge, The World is Your Oyster
free children’s program, the Atlantic Veterinary
College Marine Touch Tank, Peake’s Wharf Boat
Cruises with guided tours and shellfish and much more.
After enjoying some wonderful entertainment and delicious
food at the Festival, make plans to finish the weekend
off by taking part in Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope.
Come join us on September 18th, 2005 for the 25th
Anniversary of the Terry Fox Run! Register today at
www.terryfoxrun.org.
The Prince Edward Island International Shellfish Festival
is a joint effort of the PEI Aquaculture Alliance
and the PEI Shellfish Association.
1-866-955-2003
or email us @
info@capitalcommission.pe.ca
www.visitcharlottetown.com
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