‘We know how to party’
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This article was published 16/05/2010 (5802 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Provincial pride was alive and well in Brandon last night, as close to 1,700 people joined in on what is being touted as the World’s Largest Social.
Sixty-three communities across the province, and an estimated 35,000 people took part in the Manitoba Homecoming challenge to hold the biggest party.
"There’s always a reason for a social," said Andrea Oswald, who was one of the first people in line for the big event in the Molson Hockey House.
Born and raised in Brandon, Oswald has attended her fair share of socials over the years, and was thrilled to be part of the province-wide event.
"It just shows what Manitoba is all about … we know how to party!" Oswald said.
A lineup of people stretched down the hallway before the doors opened to the Manitoba Room last night at 8 p.m.
Jason Krieser, a member of the host committee, was in charge of ordering the alcohol, one of the key aspects of any social.
"Manitobans know how to put on a party… and from my liquor order I can attest to it," he said, with a laugh.
"Talking to people from all over, they don’t understand what a social really is …but we’ll definitely show them."
Calgarian Addy Wyonch came out to Brandon for the Memorial Cup with a group of about 40 other fans. She came out last night to see Randy Bachman perform.
"I don’t think I’ve ever heard of a social," she said. "But it’s cool. I’m going to go back to Calgary and tell the people in Alberta we need to do the same thing."
Molson Hockey House co-chairs Darren Blazeiko and Chad Wallin were happy the entertainers came through.
"We’re ecstatic. We were hoping to get one key Manitoba act, and we ended up with what we feel are two of the biggest acts to come out of Manitoba," Wallin said.
Tom Cochrane is scheduled to perform at Saturday’s event.
With a near sellout crowd at last night’s concert, the place was full of revellers enjoying the drinks and music.
"It’s nice to finally have it here. It’s been a long time coming for us," Wallin said. "There is definitely a positive energy in the building. That started when we opened the doors … a lot of great comments and positive vibes."
Marnie Strath, co-ordinator of the World’s Largest Social, was in Winnipeg for the event. She is thrilled with how many communities got on board.
"It’s fantastic … we anticipated we might have 30 communities," she said. "We didn’t think that we would have so many."
Other Westman towns that took part included Carberry, Dauphin, Deloraine, Melita, Virden, Onanole, Rivers, Rossburn, Russell, Souris and Neepawa.