Explore Regina: the city through a tourism lens

Sunday, February 25, 2007

Thousands participate in Regina's 3rd Annual Downtown Ice & Fire Carnival

The fine winter weather contributed to make Regina's 3rd Annual Downtown Ice & Fire Carnival its most successful yet, as thousands gathered in Victoria Park for the City's annual winter festival.

From fire and belly dancers...

to ice lantern gardens...

ice sculptures...

live music performances...

maple toffee...

shinney...

even Mayor Pat couldn't stay away.

The ice & fire carnival is a groundbreaking combination of contemporary dance...

...vibrant colours...

...ephemeral art made of snow and other materials...

A signature event to alleviate the winter blues though arts, culture and memorable experiences.

Behind the scenes adventures for visitors and inhabitants in the most fascinating settlement regions of the Western North America.

: Name: Claude-Jean Harel; Location: Regina 14,000BC-2008AD, Saskatchewan Plains, Canada

Claude-Jean Harel operates The Great Excursions Company, a Regina-based boutique travel and tourism industry development company which stages "behind the scenes" experiences using a variety of techniques. He brings to tourism 25 years of broadcast media experience in the fields of culture, heritage and science, generating national and international attention for the distinctive qualities of the North American Plains region. Claude-Jean not only crafts tourism products as reportages intended to be lived by guests, he is also a regular contributor to CBC Radio and Television programs. Claude-Jean's work has won numerous awards including: the Canadian Ethnic Journalists' and Writers' Club award. He is a former Commonwealth Relations Trust bursar. His work was nominated for a UNESCO Award; and in 2004, he was admitted to the degree of Master of Arts in Archaeology and Heritage with Distinction at the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom. Claude-Jean is currently Associate Editor of the Canadian Tourism Commission's TOURISM family of publications.

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Explore Regina: the city through a tourism lens

Sunday, February 25, 2007

Thousands participate in Regina's 3rd Annual Downtown Ice & Fire Carnival

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