At the Flin Flon City Council meeting Tuesday night Councilor Ken Pawlachuk reported on a contest sponsored by Dauphin Country Fest that the local Blueberry Jam Music Gathering will take part in. To celebrate their 30 years of running the largest music festival in Manitoba Dauphin Country Fest wants to bring the birthday party to you with the Our Birthday Your Party Contest. Communities with a population of ten thousand people or less can enter now by visiting their website www.ourbirthdayyourparty.ca with the winning community receiving a concert by country star Charlie Major with the community taking care of ticket sales and ticket revenue which if Flin Flon wins will go to support the Blueberry Jam Music Gathering. Entries are being accepted until March 31st, judges will select the top seven finishers to be announced April 17th on their website and voting will run until May 3rd with the community receiving the most online votes declared the winner.
Also with entertainment Pawlachuk reported the Flin Flon Community Choir’s presentation of Mamma Mia in May has sold out three shows and is looking at a fourth to be announced shortly.
