Celebrating Dickens’ Days Parade and Weekend by Peri Hayes Ryan Featherstone, Board member with the Port Stanley BIA, prepares for the upcoming Dickens’ Days celebration. Ryan is involved in the organizing committee for Dickens’ Days, a position which he has filled for the previous two years. He introduces this highly anticipated event: “Dickens’ Days far predates my involvement, but the Christmas themes inspired by Charles Dickens are perfectly suited to our village. It is a wonderfully nostalgic and immersive event that captures the essence of a Victorian-era holiday celebration.” “Port Stanley has had a long-standing tradition of running Dickens’ Days,” Ryan offers. “This year is a bit different because it is Port Stanley’s bi-centennial. We are running BIA-featured events for the weekend of November 23rd and 24th, as well as November 30th and December 1st to give more people an opportunity to discover and enjoy this Port Stanley tradition. We will have horse-drawn carriage rides from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm on both days of both weekends. We have carolers adorned in Victorian costume, warming stations throughout the village where you can roast marshmallows and the return of Santa’s Workshop. With any luck, we will also be revisited by our charismatic and boisterous town crier.” These featured events will primarily be occurring on Main Street, as well as Colborne and Bridge Streets. Ryan expresses, “I like to see the people flooding into the village and speak with them about their impression of our town and how far they’ve come to experience it. I also love to see the village decorated and lit up for the holidays. It’s such a beautiful place.”
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