Page 4 ACTUELLEMENT AFFNO OCTOBRE 2019 Le 10ieme et le 20ie¢me commence! par Patrick Witwicki en’ai jamais été bon Je poker. Blackjack 21? Un peu mieux, oui, c’est vrai. Mais non, je ne sais pas comment compter les cartes, et bien, je ne suis pas trés bon avec les nombres en général. Pour écrire un budget ... mon dieu ¢a prend du temps! Mais, « Le 10 et le 20 » ... c est tellement logique! L’anniversaire officiel de 1’ AFFNO arrivera en novem- bre 2020, mais la féte com- mence ... maintenant. Premiérement, « Le 10 et le 20 » commencera avec notre 10iéme festival de la Cabane a Sucre, Prince Rupert, du 23 janvier au 2 février (voir l’article a la page 6, et l’annonce 4a la page 23). Mais, en méme temps que nous célébrons notre Cabane a Sucre, le groupe de musique Bon Débarras, du Québec, fera une tournée du nord de la province. La tournée commencera a Terrace, mercredi, le 29 janvier. Puis, comme partie de notre festival de la Cabane a Sucre, le groupe présentera un specta- cle a Prince Rupert jeudi le 30 janvier. Finalement, aprés un spectacle au festival de Cold Snap a Prince George ven- ° dredi, le 31 janvier, le groupe Patrick Witwicki photo Pour la premiere fois, AFFNO a visité la communauté de Burns Lake au début de septembre. visitera Smithers samedi, le ler février. Voyez “‘le 10 et le 20” a la page 5 The 10 and the 20... let’s get it started! by Patrick Witwicki Blackjack 21? A bit bet- ter, true. But no, I do not know how to count cards, and heck, I was never that great with numbers in general. Like writing a budget ... my god that takes a long time! But “the 10 and the 20” ... makes sense! AFFNO’s official anniversary arrives in Novem- ber 2020, but the party starts ... NOW. First off, the “10 and the 20” will kick off with our 10th annual Sugar Shack Festival in Prince Rupert, from January 23 [= never good at poker. to February 2 (see the preview on page 6, and the ad on page 23). But at the same time as we are celebrating our Sugar Shack, the musical group Bon Débarras from Québec will tour the north of B.C. The tour starts in Terrace on Wednesday, January 29. Then, as part of our festival, the group will be in Prince Rupert on Thursday, January 30. Finally, after performing live in Prince George at the Cold Snap Festival on Friday, January 31, the group will visit Smithers on Saturday, Febru- ary Ist. We are super excited that almost all of our members will have a chance to enjoy these concerts! (As long as the high- ways are good ... yeah, winter is still winter). In Kitimat, we return with our Franco-fun Festival February 21 to 23. Because there was a hiatus from 2011 to 2013, we haven’t really been counting the number of festivals in Kitimat, but we can at least say that the true birthplace of AFFNO started in Kitimat, back in 2000. So, there you go, the 20! We will also continue to celebrate on Hudson Bay Mountain (Smithers) in March, and then, Saint-Jean Baptiste Day, in Terrace, on June 25. It is very possible that we might have a special music guest this year for the event. And finally, the year will conclude with our 10th annual Murder Mystery in October. Yep, what a year! All I have to do now is to win big money in Blackjack and it will be a perfect year! ... or maybe not. We shall see ...