02/16/2026
Wow. What a great weekend. Our first shout out has to go to Mother Nature for giving us a great weekend. It got a little snowy at the end, but overall a beautiful weekend to gather inside and out!
We had a great group of volunteers that were busy all over town this weekend. Getting skis on, hosting card players, making tea and giving out smiles and prizes. A reliable, generous and figuring it out on the fly team is key for something like this to happen.
Our prizes were generously donated by Caper Gym and Fitness, , missbrenna, The Annex Restaurant and beautiful bouquets kept popping up all weekend from Quincy Street Market. Our crib board 1st prizes were made by Jimmy Delaney and we know our winners, Claire and Leslie will put them to good use. Cabot Cape Breton & The Pantry donated some delicious treats!
These weekends don’t happen without a lot of help. Our committee had the help of yoga instructor Catie Mason, expert decorators Sarah & Alexa MacDougall, expert crib master Charlotte Campbell, Popcorn makers & Movie fans Brittany & Bridget MacQuarrie, Trivia master Grayer Parsons and IECA student council, soup connoisseur Charlene Vacon of Delight & Co. Confectionery and expert cross country skiers Mary Anderson, Jade Meunier, Lorne MacInnis and Janet & Jamie MacDonald. When you can’t do it, you find those who can!
Events were hosted at arena, Inverness Firehall, Inverness Legion Br. 132, The Annex, Mill Road Social Enterprises, Caper Gym and The Dancing Goat Cafe & Bakery. We even used the new courts for our skiing and snowshoeing with the equipment generously donated by Municipality of the County of Inverness. You can rent the equipment yourself any time and we haven’t had a winter better this one to use them.
And our storytellers, emcee Frank MacDonald, Tammy MacKay-Kearney, Donnie “Hoss” MacLellan, Eleanor MacDonald, and Lindsay MacIsaac-Ryan delivered so much heart and so many laughs about the history of some of Inverness’s longest running institutions. The Inverness Oran, The Broadcove Concert and Inverness Raceway celebrating 50, 70, and 100 years respectively is amazing and we encourage you to check out any upcoming celebrations for these organizations this year.
If you missed out on the last few days, we encourage you to go and check out the colorful ice sculpture at the end of the Inverness Art Centre entrance. They have been hard at work the last few days and it’s looking good!
Thank you to all the community members who took part. Our feedback has been very positive and getting people together and having some fun in February was our goal and I think we accomplished it. 🩷
