{"id":9011,"date":"2014-01-29T06:22:37","date_gmt":"2014-01-29T11:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/?p=9011"},"modified":"2014-01-28T14:24:11","modified_gmt":"2014-01-28T19:24:11","slug":"weekend-winter-family-fun-shiverfest-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2014\/01\/29\/weekend-winter-family-fun-shiverfest-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend winter family fun: Shiverfest 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"drop_cap\">T<\/span>he forecast for the weekend looks wintry without being bone-numbingly, cheek-searingly cold &#8211; perfect weather to come out and celebrate the season at Manotick&#8217;s annual <a href=\"http:\/\/manotickvca.org\">Shiverfest Winter Carnival<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a full schedule of events for indoor and outdoor activities. Here&#8217;s the full list of what&#8217;s going on where and when:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday, January 31 at Manotick Arena and Centennial Park<\/strong>6:00 &#8211; 6:50 pm:   Rideau Skating Club Exhibition<br \/>\nBeginning at 6:30 pm: Outdoor Bonfire (Hot Chocolate, Timbits)<br \/>\n7:00 &#8211; 8:00 pm:Family Skate Night<br \/>\n8:00 &#8211; 9:00 pm:Magic Dave &#038; Circus Chris &#8211; a new novelty and magic show. Free drinks. Cotton candy, popcorn &#8211; $1<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday, February 1 at Manotick Arena &#038; Centennial Park<\/strong><br \/>\n7:30 &#8211; 11:00 am: Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast ($5 ea)<br \/>\n9:30 &#8211; 11:15 am: Children&#8217;s Fun Time (Ages 2-6)<br \/>\n10:00 am &#8211; noon:Horse-Drawn Sleigh Rides<br \/>\n3:00 &#8211; 4:00 pm:Winter Wonders Show. Free drinks. Cotton candy, popcorn &#8211; $1<br \/>\n4:00 &#8211; 5:00 pm   Free Public Skate in arena<br \/>\n6:00 &#8211; 9:00 pm: Bands that Amp it Up. Free admission. Pop &#038; pizza slice $3.<br \/>\nAll day: Tobogganing and skating at Manotick Mountain and Outdoor Rink<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday February 1 at Manotick Legion<\/strong><br \/>\nNoon &#8211; 2:30 pm: Chili Cook Off ($5 per person)<br \/>\n9:00 pm &#8211; closing:&#8221;Open Mic&#8221; Night, hosted by Tom &#038; Tim<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday, February 2 at Mill Tavern Restaurant<\/strong><br \/>\n1:00 &#8211; 4:00 pm: Trivia Contest. Tickets are $15 each. Limited numbers are available from Manotick Office Pro or by contacting trivia@manotickvca.org . Bragging rights for winners!<br \/>\nRaffle prizes courtesy of Sushi Sun, Khao Yum, Babbos, Black Dog Bistro, Mothership Photography and others. <\/p>\n<p>For more information, or for details on the Shiverfest Winter Magic photography contest, visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/manotickvca.org\">Manotick Village and Community Association website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/11087964854\/\" title=\"Snow(man) Day! by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3834\/11087964854_1e176c7887_z.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"428\" height=\"640\" alt=\"Snow(man) Day!\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also the first of our seasonal birthday weekends this weekend, and Winterlude starts this weekend, too,  so we&#8217;ll have no shortage of things to keep us busy. Will we see you in Manotick?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The forecast for the weekend looks wintry without being bone-numbingly, cheek-searingly cold &#8211; perfect weather to come out and celebrate the season at Manotick&#8217;s annual Shiverfest Winter Carnival! There&#8217;s a full schedule of events for indoor and outdoor activities. Here&#8217;s the full list of what&#8217;s going on where and when: Friday, January 31 at Manotick &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2014\/01\/29\/weekend-winter-family-fun-shiverfest-2014\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Weekend winter family fun: Shiverfest 2014&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73,99],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ottawa-family-fun","category-postcards-from-manotick"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9011"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9014,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9011\/revisions\/9014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}