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STRATFORD VOLUME 4 • ISSUE 6
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OCTOBER 18, 2024
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EMILY STEWART Times Correspondent
Families will flock to downtown Stratford with their children and dogs for the first-ever Halloween in Stratford event run by the Downtown Stratford Business Improvement Area (BIA). An Oct. 10 press release from the Downtown Stratford BIA announced Halloween in Stratford will take place between 2 and 4 p.m. on Oct. 26. Trick-or-treaters can visit participating businesses in the downtown core and either receive candy or non-food Halloween items. “People are excited about that,” said Jamie Pritchard, general manager of the BIA. Participating vendors will have orange trick-or-treat signs for candy, and teal signs for non-food items to give to children with food allergies. The Downtown Stratford BIA will be giving out treats with CJCS Radio at 47 Downie St. In addition to Halloween in Stratford, residents can also grab a SCARE bingo card from either the BIA office or Mercer Hall from Oct. 26-31. Those participating in SCARE bingo will have to find merchants across downtown that match the categories on the card. Any cards with five filled bingo squares in a row can either be dropped off at the BIA office or Mercer Hall for a chance to win $100 in Downtown Dollars. Ghost Walking Tours of downtown Stratford by Laurie Leduc will also run on Oct. 25, 26 and 30 at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Tickets for the tours can be purchased by visiting stratfordwalkingtours.ca. CONTINUED TO PAGE 5
FESTIVAL CITY DREAMERS
(CONNOR LUCZKA PHOTO)
To open this year’s festival, grass dancer Chris Mejaki performed at the bandshell on the banks of the Avon River, sharing the history of the dance and what his movements represent.
What happens to the dreams that don’t come true in Stratford?
CONNOR LUCZKA
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Stratford may be a small city in Canada, yet it has miraculously produced some very big dreams over the years, and that’s precisely what will be explored this month in the Provocation Ideas Festival (PIF)’s second year operating. Mark Rosenfeld, founder of the PIF, announced the 2024 Stratford lineup on Oct. 10 by the bandshell on the banks of the Avon River. As he told the crowd
that gathered, the river has a deep significance to this year’s festival, but it primarily focuses on the city’s wider history of change. “It celebrates Stratford’s ongoing invention and reinvention over the years, over the centuries, really,” Rosenfeld said. “We're going to be doing that through community storytelling, discussion, culinary exploration, the geographic landscape, choreography, collective-art creations and the voices of our children. CONTINUED TO PAGE 2
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