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ROMA at THREE RIVERS PEI Fête Roma 2006 |
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FÊTE ROMA 2006 Saturday September 9 |
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Descendants of Jean Pierre Roma Many from West Chezzetcook, NS; new-found relatives Ernie Roma from Maine and Denis Roma from Virginia |
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Music, entertainment, dance and food in 1700s style, games, history lectures, a sumptuous Harvest Feast, and 55 re-enactors in 1700s style clothing demonstrated skills and crafts of Roma’s early settlement Trois Rivières. |
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Jean Pierre Roma (actor Robert Arsenault) enjoyed the music of Louise and Jonathan Arsenault. |
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CBC Radio “Main Street” host Matt Rainie interviewed Edgar Dewar. |
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Georges Arsenault as Robert Potier Dubuisson of Port La Joye. |
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Jim Strew (salt smuggler Robert) and Brenda Dewar (herbalist Bernadette) admired the artifacts. |
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Carpenters Jack Jans, Gordon Stright &Roger Kelly built a fence with 1700s techniques. |
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Both card players are named Anne Marie but one is Jean Pierre Roma’s daughter, the other the sister of Dubuisson. Re-enactors Lilla McDonald and Dale Dewar |
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Joan Perrin brings Flowers for the Tables |
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Abbé Bierne & Jean Pierre Roma Hugh MacDonald Robert Arsenault |
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55 Costumed Volunteers made Fête Roma 2006 happen |
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Photographs by Judy & Louis MacKinnon |