This Sunday, August 1st, The McCreary Heritage Advisory Committee, alongside McCreary Agriculture and Burrows Trail Arts Council, will be hosting a Manitoba 150 heritage agriculture event.
Pam Little, secretary of the McCreary Heritage Committee, emphasized the new standard public health orders they must follow to host such an event.
"When you get to the gate, you'll have to show proof that you're fully vaccinated. Children under 12 can come with a full vaccinated household member."
As per public health guidelines, there will be a limit of 150 people that can take part. Little says circumstance forced their hand into taking this route.
"It was a difficult situation, but it was either cancel the event or have it without public health restrictions, and that meant people would have to drive in their car and not get out of it. So we went with the restrictions they put on us."
Ms. Little went on to break down the events taking place on Sunday for CKDM.
2:45 pm, the Brandon Road Rebels and their vintage vehicles will cruise around McCreary. The Rebels will end up at the Ag grounds around 3 pm. From there, a Farmers Market will take place, and geocaching and a scavenger hunt will be ongoing at this time as well.
Performances from Dave Greene, the D-Town Steppers and Double the Trouble will begin at 4 pm and finish at 8:30. A BBQ hosted by the Ag Society will be occurring at the same time.
8:30, the gates will open for the Drive-in films.
Two films will be shown. The feature film is The Secret Life of Pets 2. A short film titled Mayday on the Mountain follows; a true story of tragedy and survival in 1944 when four Canadian air force trainees crashed in Riding Mountain National Park.
For the whole day of events, tickets will be $10 per person. Those just wishing to attend the drive-in movies can purchase tickets for $5.
Little encourages those who would like to attend to message the McCreary Facebook page, or you can go to the McCreary Museum Friday to purchase them.
Stay tuned for more MB150 events throughout August from the McCreary Heritage Advisory Committee!
