Carlyle Gateway to the Moose Mountains Photo Credit: Carlyle Observer Homespun CraftShow & Sale Photo Credit: Carlyle Observer Dickens Village Festival Carlyle has what? • over 100 businesses to serve you • Dicken’s Village Festival • Homespun • Boogie Fest • Rusty Relics Museum • Southeast Regional Library • Prairie Dog Drive Inn Theatre • and much, much more 78 <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Saskatchewan</strong> Vacation Guide 2012/2013
he Town of Carlyle has it all! COME T SPEND SOME TIME WITH US. We are a progressive community with a variety of activities and shopping to keep you busy. Check out our webpage: www.townofcarlyle.com Carlyle has a nine hole golf course (453- 6344), an outdoor Olympic-size swimming pool with a kiddie pool and hot tub (453-6456), a campground next to the pool, parks and a playground for you to enjoy. Only minutes from Carlyle, you will find the White Bear Lake Resort and Moose Mountain Provincial Park. Go and enjoy the thrill of Kenosee Lake SuperSlides, golf courses and the Bear Claw Casino & Hotel. Carlyle and area is very proud of our volunteers who spend countless hours hosting events. Boogie Fest weekend is June 22 & 23, 2012. This busy weekend includes a motorcycle rally, motorcycle games, supper & dance and activities for the children. Contact www.carlyleboogiefest. com Cornerstone Drama Club will have their spring Dinner theatre production on April 20, 21 & 22, 2012. For more info go to www.cornerstonetheatre.ca Homespun Craft Show & Sale is the proud recipient of <strong>Saskatchewan</strong> <strong>Tourism</strong> Awards of Excellence, 2010 Event of the Year Award Crafts, Quilts, Cars, and Food!! Four great reasons to attend Carlyle’s 26th Homespun Show Saturday, September 15, 2012 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday, September 16, 2012 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Over 80 juried vendors from across Canada exhibit the highest quality crafts you will see at any show – the perfect place and time to complete your Christmas shopping. The Homespun Pantry offers unrivalled food items – soups, condiments, dips, sweets (including Christmas cakes, puddings & sauces), ethnic items – something for every palate. The 10th Annual Quilt Show held at the Carlyle Memorial Hall Saturday (10 a.m. – 6 p.m.) and Sunday (11 a.m. – 4 p.m.) offers the perfect opportunity to visit vendors for that perfect pattern or piece of material for your special project. Take time to view the beautiful quilts on display, and to learn a new technique by taking in a free demonstration or two! (Highly recommended.) The 5th Annual Show n’Shine held Saturday, September 15, 2012 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Merit Ford (N of #9), offers a great opportunity for car lovers to view vintage and collectible vehicles. This has been a great addition to the Homespun ‘family’ of events!! And to make it extra ‘delicious’, a noon BBQ is offered by Carlyle’s Volunteer Firemen. At the Carlyle Sports Arena, enjoy great homemade food at great ‘homespun’ prices – hot soup, sandwiches, and delicious pies and desserts – cafeteria style. You needn’t leave hungry! A pancake breakfast sponsored by the Volunteer Fire Department and served in a beautiful heated tent is a ‘must’ for Saturday morning. Finish off the day with ‘Supper in the Field’ ... enjoy a beautiful <strong>Saskatchewan</strong> sunset as you sit at gingham covered tables under the ‘big top’ and partake of a delicious BBQ beef supper Saturday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. You’ve shopped, you’ve visited, you’ve eaten ... it just doesn’t get much better than this!! Visit Homespun – ‘the biggest little craft show in <strong>Saskatchewan</strong>’. For more information see www. homespuncanada.ca, or email info@ homespuncanada.ca. 10th Annual Dickens Village Festival, Carlyle “Start off your holiday season with a unique experience – attend Carlyle’s Dickens Village Festival!” Held the first weekend in December (Fri. Nov. 30 & Sat. Dec 1, 2012), this event is gaining popularity as a fun event to attend. 2011 will be its tenth year of turning main street Carlyle into a quaint Victorian town from the era of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”. To the best of our knowledge, Carlyle is the only community in Canada that puts on a “Dickens Village Festival”. People dress in a variety of period costumes. You might see Scrooge “Bah Hum bug” you if you are enjoying yourself, Father Christmas wishing you a Merry Christmas and groups of Carollers singing as they walk down the street. Come and experience the High Tea, horse drawn carriage rides, free entertainment all day, street vendors selling food and little urchins begging for money for the poor! There will be a reading of the Christmas Carol, a silent auction and An English Market selling crafts and baking. At 6 pm, a lighted parade makes it way down Main Street (both evenings). End off your day be enjoying a Comedy Christmas Musical Drama production put on by Cornerstone Theatre group. Tickets for the three shows sell out fast, so order your tickets early (contact the box office after October 15 at 453-2411). Be sure to check out Town of Carlyle web site for a list and time of activities, You won’t want to miss this – DRESS UP & DRESS WARM. 2012/2013 <strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Saskatchewan</strong> Vacation Guide 79
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