Yukon Rendezvous weekend kicks off in the present day with a collection of outside, digital and staged occasions.
There might be fireworks on Saturday at 8:30 p.m., offered by the Midnight Solar Fireworks crew. They are going to be seen over Whitehorse and live-streamed to the Rendezvous Fb web page.
The Rendezvous raffle draw might be live-streamed to the Rendezvous Fb web page at 5 p.m. on Saturday.
A digital drag present may even happen on Saturday at 9 p.m. Tickets are $20, and the 19+ present will function the queens from Tuck Leisure.
The Energy and Model contest has additionally gone on-line. Yukoners can vote for greatest beard, hairiest armpits and legs, greatest tattoo and strongest man on the Rendezvous web site till Feb. 28.
Shipyards Park
A snow sculpture exhibit might be on show within the Shipyards Park parking zone from Feb. 26 to Feb. 28. Six groups of Yukon artists — Calvin and Hobbs, Staff Balzendale, NCES Carvers, Dendritic Vestige, White Rabbit and Stardust Monkeys — have constructed sculptures within the park.
Public snow carving may even happen from 11 a.m. to three p.m. on Friday and Saturday, with restricted registration. Contributors might be paired with a snow carving mentor.
KidsFest can also be happening in Shipyards Park on Friday and Saturday and is free for Yukon children. A child’s log toss, mini flour packing and tobaga bowl will happen at 11 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and a pair of p.m. each days.
Open Snowpad
The Rendezvous Open Snowpad might be situated beside Lumel Studios. There might be an Axe Throw, Chainsaw Chuck and Log Toss.
Yukoners are invited to take part with their social bubbles. There might be designated entry and exit factors on the snowpad, as per COVID-19 security protocols. Friends line as much as check in and enter the viewing space on the south facet of the lot, by Entrance Road.
The Snowpad might be open on Saturday from 12 to three p.m. and on Sunday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The winners might be introduced the next week. The highest scores in every competitors will win a gold nugget.
Highschool grad lessons may even compete within the three occasions within the annual Grad Problem happening from 2 to three p.m. on Saturday.
Kwanlin Dün
Cultural Centre
A cultural craft honest might be happening with all-local distributors within the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre longhouse. The honest might be open Feb. 26 to 29 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Yukon Arts Centre
The Yukon Arts Centre is internet hosting the primary efficiency stage this weekend. There might be free reside music and efficiency from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Tickets can be found on the field workplace or at yukontickets.com. Performances may even be live-streamed to the Rendezvous Fb web page.
The Arts Centre Gallery may even be open all weekend from 10 a.m. to five p.m. Will probably be the final weekend of the Music of the Whale and Waters of the Humpback displays.
The Friday roster consists of Klondike Claire with Calvin Laveck The Mozart Impact; the Rendezvous Can-Can Line; Will Pacaud Band; a digital efficiency by Gillian Campbell and the Northern Lights Junior Can-Can Line; the Snowshoe Shufflers; Soda Pony; a digital efficiency by the All-Metropolis Jazz Band and Can-Can Line; and Shagadelica.
Saturday’s lineup consists of Telek Rogan; the Northern Lights Junior Can-Can Line; Blue Persuasion; Gillian Campbell, the Highland Dancers and Alumni Can-Can Line; the Rendezvous Can-Can Line; Garbageman; the Fiddleheads; the Snowshoe Shufflers; Paris Choose; and Klondike Claire with Calvin Laveck.
Parade
The Rendezvous Wrap Up Parade will start at 3 p.m. on Sunday. The parade will begin on the nook of Important and sixth, journey to Entrance Road and as much as the Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre.
Highway closures
Lengthy Lake Highway might be closed on Saturday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. for the fireworks present. Native residential site visitors might be allowed, besides when fireworks are set off at 8:30.
Site visitors might be managed on Sunday for about 20 minutes at 3 p.m. in the course of the Wrap Up Parade.
Contact Gabriele Plonka at
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