Here you will find information on the Festival Agenda, Speakers and Session Topics, and Bus Tours.
Registration Cost is $50 per person (includes all sessions & presentations, banquet on Saturday evening).

St. Angela's Convent has announced they will provide dorm rooms during the festival. Please see the Links page for more information.

This year's theme is "Focus on Writing" (your history, geneaology, culture, experiences);
and organizers are pleased to present a Writer's Workshop.

Featured writers are:
Ron Vossler (East Grand Forks, MN), Sharon Chmielarz (Minneapolis, MN),
Jacqueline Baker (BC), Gabriele Goldstone (Winnipeg, MB), William Wardill (Eatonia, SK).

Registration and Information Packages will be available, beginning at 1 PM at the Leader Community Hall. You may wish to register for area bus tours at this time. The festival officially opens at 3 PM, followed by presentations.

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of settlement in this area, you are invited to attend Picnic in the Park at 5:30. This event is open to the public, free of charge.

Look forward to a full day of presentations and demonstrations or bus tours.

Begin the day with a pancake breakfast, ($5, not included in registration fee), followed by a small town parade, celebrating the 100th anniversary of settlement in the Leader area. After the parade, sample grebble (elephant ears) at The Leader Friendship Centre.

During the afternoon attend a writer's workshop, presentations, or a bus tour.

The evening banquet will feature homemade sausage, cabbage rolls, sauerkraut, and pork ribs, potato salad, and smoked pork hocks.

The non-denominational church service will be held at Blumenfeld Church Historical Site (10 miles south of Leader on Highway 21; follow the signs); performance by the German Harmonie Club Choir from Medicine Hat.

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