The Norseman Floatplane Festival

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	Join us for the 2012 Norseman Festival Friday July 20 - Sunday July 22 Plans for the 2012 Norseman Festival are well under way. Several new items are being added to this year’s line up. Many familiar events and activities also slated to return, with new twists or additions.


	RED LAKE ROCKS THE RUNWAY II - JUNE 23RD A Norseman Festival Fundraiser being held at the Red Lake Airport on June 23rd featuring the music of FREERIDE with three great tribute shows: a 50s and 60s Rock Review, The Beatles, and a salute to the 70s. Check the band out at www.freerideband.ca


	NORSEMAN STREET MARKET - JULY 21ST NEW! Join us on Saturday, July 21st for the Norseman Festival Street Market with vendors under the Big Top. Browse a large selection of merchandise and food booths.


	WANT TO VOLUNTEER AT YOUR NORSEMAN FESTIVAL? Make Red Lake’s NEW Norseman Festival, Your Festival - become a volunteer. There are so many ways to get involved. Volunteer for a specific day, a time frame, for a specific activity. Go solo or volunteer with a group of friends. it’s easy, it’s fun, get involved! Read more


	HEY RED LAKE - LOTS GOING ON THIS YEAR! LOTS OF NEW THINGS TO SEE AND DO AT THE ALL NEW NORSEMAN FESTIVAL IN 2012. Join us on July 20-22ND for the 2012 Norseman Festival. Saturday has events for the hole family from a street market to live entertainment. Sunday July 22nd is Family Day at the Festival with activities and games for the whole family!


	Sunday July 22 is Family Day at the Norseman Festival

There’s a new emphasis on Family Day at this year’s Norseman Festival with loads of things to do - all day - for all ages It’s a mix of all time favourite sports and games combined with things never done before at a Norseman Festival.

With your help we’re going to try for a Guinness World Record and give everyone a chance to share their skills and interests. It’s all going to happen Sunday July 22 during the Norseman Festival - Save the date!


	Here’s what we’re planning so far:

Parent & Child Activities
- Balloon Toss
- Balloon Race
- Fill it Up Contest

For Kids Only
- Novelty Races
- Novelty Contests

Dress Up Parades
- Teddy Bear Parade
- Bike Parade

Soap Box Derby

Rides & Games
- Norseman Express
- Fish Pond
- Norseman Mini Putt
- Coin Toss
- Lollipop Tree


	Teen Activities On you Own Events - Mud Slide - Pie Toss - Goofy Golf - No Weapons Target Shoot - Shave, Please Team Events - Bozo Buckets - Foam Bowling - Tug of War Community Activities - Community Twister Game & Guinness World Record Challenge - Art & Hobby Show - Something from Nothing

		Goldcorp Displays ~ Airplane Stuff ~ Stage Entertainment ……and much more to come!

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Want to get involved?

Make Red Lake’s NEW Norseman Festival, YOUR FESTIVAL TOO!
4 hours makes you part of it all - with so many ways to get involved.

Volunteer for a specific day
Volunteer for a specific time frame
Volunteer for a specific type of activity
Volunteer solo and make new friends
Volunteer together with friends to run one activity

Take a peek at the “Volunteer Opportunities” on our web site
New opportunities appearing regularly.

The Norseman Floatplane Festival is the time each year when Red Lake welcomes visitors from around the world to help the community celebrate Canada’s iconic bush plane. There’s lots of fun for any aviation lover - and lots of entertainment, activities and experiences for the whole family. Join us!

The Noorduyn Norseman is the focal point, of course. It’s a tough, single engine, high winged piece of Canadian history that you can still see, hear, touch and ride in. Since the first model took off in Cartierville, Quebec in 1935 it has been gathering fans from around the world. Get up close and comfortable with one during the festival - and see a lot of Canada’s other famous bush planes at the same time.

If you have any adventure in your soul, you’ll enjoy Red Lake. It’s a cluster of gold mining towns created on and near the shores of a long lake whose name springs from the oral history of its original First Nation inhabitants. They and successive groups of European immigrants have contributed to making this an interesting modern community with a colourful history. You won’t learn about it all in a weekend, or a week - but you should have fun trying.

Additional Information:

The hardy NORSEMAN coughs, shudders and prepares to break free of the gray wooden dock that holds it. And another day of adventure begins in a northern Canadian town. (read more)

Robert H. Noorduyn, Honourary Chairman of the Norseman Festival, and son of Noorduyn Norseman designer R.B.C. Noorduyn, passed away on August 28, 2008. A plaque was erected at the Norseman Heritage Park was dedicated in his honour during the 2009 Festival. (read more)

Photos and stories from the 2009 Norseman Floatplane Fesital including an article written by Denis McBriarty and published in the Aviation News Journal. (read more)

Shot in Red Lake, Ontario. Directed by Harriet Carlson. Shot by Mikey Williams and Simon Harju. Sound by Caleb Hawkins and Rodney Dwira. Music by Mark Sandberg. Stills and help from LeRoy Stevens III. Screened at the Bay Street Film Festival, Indie Can FF, Winnipeg International FF, Lakehead Outdoor FF, CTV Videomakers Competition during Cinefest Sudbury (Community Pulse Award), and Canada International FF (Best In Canada). Starring: Hugh Carlson (Harriet’s father). (view video)

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The Norseman Festival Committee - P.O. Box P.O. Box 122, Red Lake, Ontario, P0V 2M0, Canada
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