"Acadian Days In Rustico" is an ongoing event from July 27th - August 25th celebrating the Acadian culture and heritage in the beautiful and historic community of Rustico, PEI.

The festival will include:

• Daily heritage presentations by interpreters in period costume
• Meet and greet "The Champion of the People" Father Georges-Antoine Belcourt, parish priest in Rustico from 1859 - 1869 (played by Andy Gallant).
• Heritage Gardening demonstrations
• Cooking meals over the open hearth of the central fireplace
• Baking bread in the Outdoor Bake Oven with Island chef Robert Pendergast!
• Traditional crafts, ie, quilting, carding and spinning wool, natural dying, weaving material for clothing ad blakets

All of these activities serve as a legacy to the past and commemorate the determination and ingenuity of the Acadians.

Special activities will be planned for the National Acadian Day on August 15, 2010 with culinary, musical and craft events happening throughout the day.

Date: July 27th - August 25th

Location: Rustico, PEI

For more information:

1-(902)-963-3168

www.farmersbank.ca

info@farmersbank.ca

farmers@pei.aibn.com

Join us in Historic Rustico to explore this authentic Acadian community with experiences that will provide you with memories to last a life time. Rustico is one of the oldest communities established in “La Nouvelle Acadie” following the Treaty of Paris in 1763 and is the oldest Acadian community in Prince Edward Island. From the cradle of contemporary l’Acadie de l’Isle bordering on picturesque Rustico Bay and the Dunes of Robinson’s Island in Prince Edward Island National Park, you will be given a personalized tour of the Farmers’ Bank of Rustico, St. Augustine’s Church and the Doucet House. You can visit with Pere George Antoine-Belcourt who founded the Farmers’ Bank of Rustico in 1864, a National Historic Site, and/or enjoy a visit with Jean and Margeurite Doucet in the Doucet House, an early Acadian log house, circa 1772, the oldest Acadian House on Prince Edward Island.After a personalized tour, you can sample some Acadian Food, an Acadian soiree with fiddling, step dancing, and story telling; a demonstration of cooking on an open hearth or bake some bread in an outdoor authentic bake oven.

SPECIAL FEATURES:
Bar Service
Business meeting - equipment available: hi-speed
wireless internet, LCD project, lap top computer,
monitor, DVD player, projection screen, podium sound
equipment, photocopier, printer, scanner and fax.


CONTACT INFORMATION
2188 Church Road, Rustico
Rte 243, off Route 5
Rustico, PE
C0A 1N0

phone | (902) 963-3168 ; (902) 963-2194 (winter)
fax | (902) 963-2906

DATES/HOURS

dates of operation | year-round
hours of operation | Year-round, some activities may be restricted to seasonal.