Celebrate love and win a wagonload of liquor at the legion
The Town of Winnipeg Beach’s annual Wonderful Winter Weekend is offering a number of fun events to help locals and visitors fight the frosty side effects of a seemingly perdurable Manitoba winter.
The party gets into swing on Friday, Feb. 13 with some visually striking physical diversions.
A Glow Skate from 7 to 9 p.m. will be held at the Winnipeg Beach Community Centre where people can twirl to the music and win prizes. And a Glow Curling Bonspiel at the curling club down the street will feature an illuminating family-friendly bonspiel with prizes for the best glow outfits.
On Saturday, Feb. 14 a Wonderful Winter Weekend Market from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. will be held at the community centre and feature locally made crafts and food. And a pop-up winter market will be held inside Boardwalk Station at 38 Main St. and feature crafts, fabric jewelry, honey and more.
The Winnipeg Beach Royal Canadian Legion Branch #61 is never short of ideas and events that bring lasting joy to the community and hit the sweet spot.
The legion is hosting a Saturday night full of romance with a chance for lovebirds to win big prizes during its Valentine’s Wonderful Weekend Social.
People can renew their love or perhaps find a new one. And if love fails, there’s always perogies to feast on, wagonloads of liquor to be won along with a champagne-infused stay at South Beach Casino across the lake.
The legion’s entertainment, ways and means committee chair Comrade. Lorraine Andrushuk said they’ll have it all, including local musicians from between “here and Arborg.”
“We’ll be having perogies and a live band called the Rock Pickers, who are just wonderful. They cover ‘60s rock and polka music,” said Andrushuk. “We’re also having door prizes and a night in South Beach [Casino] with a very expensive bottle of champagne. And there’s a wagonload of liquor that going to be raffled off.”
Andruschuk said she’s letting her two decorators “have their own way,” which means attendees will find chocolates and suckers on their tables.
The social will run at the legion at 20 Hamilton Ave. from 7:30 p.m. to midnight on Saturday with tickets for only $15.
For more mature audiences, Madeline’s Closet will host a Naughty Bingo on Saturday at the community centre. It includes a lasagna dinner.
On Sunday, Feb. 15, the community centre will play host to a breakfast with Elsa and Anna from Disney’s animated film Frozen. It will feature glitter tattoos and face painting by artist Jayne Jones of Unplain Jayne Face Painting.
As part of the festival, the Winnipeg Sports Car Club’s Fire on Ice racing will be heating up Lake Winnipeg with a Saturday morning ice school for newbie racers followed by ice drifting and lapping. On Sunday, drivers can practise in the morning followed by racing at noon.
For more information about festival events and official times, visit the Town of Winnipeg Beach’s website.
