{"id":12178,"date":"2019-08-15T00:48:12","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T03:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=12178"},"modified":"2019-08-15T00:48:12","modified_gmt":"2019-08-15T03:48:12","slug":"cheema-set-to-celebrate-milestone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=12178","title":{"rendered":"Cheema set to celebrate milestone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>WAVERLEY:<\/strong>\n Plans are being finalized on what is expected to be a great weekend of \ncelebrating 50 years of canoe and kayaking out of their Waverley-based \nclub.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cheema will be celebrating their 50th anniversary with a plethora of activities from Sept. 6-8 in Waverley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\n all begins Sept. 6 with a welcome home reception at the Cheema \nboathouse at 6 p.m. This will include the dedication of the Frank Garner\n boathouse along with Klondike Night for Gold Rush Days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Sept. \n7, the sixth annual Cheema Ribfest will be held at the club adjacent to \nMcDonald Sports Park on Cobequid Road in Waverley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the last \nsix years Cheema supporters have taken part in the Annual Ribfest, vying\n for the title of \u201cCheema Ribfest Champion.\u201d The RibFest Village will \ntake shape with cookers, barbecues, smokers and a big bonfire reaching \nflash point. Then, add, Bluegrass and Country music, into the mix, the \natmosphere soon ignites with energy, which then stirs up stories, tales \nand exaggerations of past times at Cheema.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The stories and tales \nbecome even more interesting and entertaining as the afternoon \nprogresses. Come down and join in on the jovial RibFest Village! In the \nevening an expert panel of experienced Cheema Judges will deliberate and\n determine the place finishers, and ultimately, the Cheema Ribfest \nChampion 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At 2 p.m. the beer garden and live music will \nstart, with Adam Baldwin set to perform at 4 p.m. Baldwin is a former \nCheema paddler, and will perform songs from his latest album, No Rest \nfor the Wicked, which the weekend of fun at Cheema plans to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At 5 p.m. the Cheema Ribfest dinner will be held, followed by the Hall of Fame inductions at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At 9:30 p.m. Asia &amp; NuGruv band will take the party goers into Sunday with their music and dancing tunes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asia\n &amp; NuGruv, is an electrifying band and one of Atlantic Canada\u2019s \nfinest party bands. With a vast array of popular music ranging from, \nMotown, Disco, Funk, standard RnB hits and everything in between, they \nwill have everyone dancing and having a great time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Sunday \nSept. 8, from noon until 5 p.m. a paddlefest\/open house at the clubhouse\n will take place with paddlers racing along Lake Thomas in canoe, war \ncanoe, and Kayaking. All the events on Sept. 8 are open to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To purchase tickets checkout the website http:\/\/www.cheema.ca\/50th .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WAVERLEY: Plans are being finalized on what is expected to be a great weekend of celebrating 50 years of canoe and kayaking out of their Waverley-based club. Cheema will be celebrating their 50th anniversary with a plethora of activities from Sept. 6-8 in Waverley. It all begins Sept. 6 with a welcome home reception at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[682,400,683,16],"class_list":["post-12178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","tag-50th-anniversary","tag-cheema","tag-milestone","tag-waverley"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12178\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}