Trochu has Taste !!
…at least that’s what some 400 people were raving about after the Taste of Trochu event held at the Trochu Community Centre. This pilot project came to fruition March 25, and exceeded committee’s highest expectations with a dozen local food providers serving up a vast variety of their sample- sized specialties, ethnic and western. In addition to the delicious fare, colourful song and dance numbers from our Philippine and Aboriginal communities, and ladies choral group, delighted all. If you missed it this year, do yourself a flavour- favour and watch for dates for the next one…we are pretty sure this will be an annual event!
As if this wasn’t enough for one weekend, Saturday night March 26 presented the “Pinkest Little Town in the West” finale family dance celebration. A wonderful evening was enjoyed by all who had shown their true colours to help Trochu become a double winner in achieving the “Pinkest….Town” as well as supporting Breast Cancer research. Trochu now has the pleasant task of installing two large and colourful (you know it, they are very pinkJ) signs at town entrances to invite passersby to come on in and stop for some of the famous “tastes” of Trochu.
It is beautiful and amazing when a community starts pulling together, how one exciting thing barely awaits the next… case in point, we had barely cleared the stage, when we received news of our successful application from the Canadian Heritage Legacy Fund. Our Trails Committee, developed through ACE Communities and working diligently, has been awaiting this day and needless to say, our community as a whole is thrilled with the full $159,000.00 grant approval ! We are now eagerly into the next phase of matching funds to see this project completed for our Centennial year . We are very grateful for this opportunity to become a stronger community together and wish to acknowledge the ACE Communities initiative and leaders for support in so many ways.
There is so much more on the menu for 2011, our Centennial year, but at this time I will leave you to digest today’s offering and hopefully whet your appetite for the next course…. Bon Apetit!
Trochu out!
