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Coulee Festbrings community together
Greg Bobinec LETHBRIDGE HERALD
gbobinec@lethbridgeherald.com
community event as Coulee Fest takes flight for its third year. In 2017 Lethbridge
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College invited the community to join its students, staff and faculty to celebrate the college’s unparalleled growth over the past six decades. Since that time, the
festival has continued to bring thousands of people together to take part in an afternoon filledwith livemusic, food, kids’ activities, campus tours,market shopping, andmore. Organizers of the
hat started out as a 60th anniversary celebration for the Lethbridge College has grown into a featured
main entertainment performances this
year.The festivalwill also be bringing back the popular “What the Junk” vintagemarket, confirmsWakaruk, which allows attendees to shop through a variety of different vendors, and bring collectors and lovers of handmade home decor, antiques and up-cycled clothing together. Wakaruk says she and her 25-
member committeework together for months to bring the community an eventwhich is free for everyone to attend, and offers awide range of activities for everyone to enjoy. “We noticed
event say they are anticipating double the amount of peoplewill attend this year’s Coulee Fest compared to its first year. “Coulee Fest is a goodway to bring
Herald file photo by Greg Bobinec
Youngster Kayla Eldridge gets a hug frommascot Kodi the Kodiak during Coulee Fest at Lethbridge College.
our community back to campus,” says alumni relations co-ordinator and Coulee Fest organizer SydneyWakaruk. “We reallywant our community to experiencewhat Lethbridge College has to offer in our own authenticway. “Coulee Fest has defiantly evolved
over the years. In our first yearwe wanted to celebrate our 60th anniversary; so itwas away to invite the community back towhere it all started, and itwas all about that authentic celebration ofwhowe are andwherewe have come since 1957. “After,we sawthe success of the first
year and the success of the second year, sowe brought it back for its third year.” As the community growswith the
college, Coulee Fest is expandingwith additional vendors, activities and five
this is a huge opportunity to bring the community together in September because there isn’t a lot of community events in that time frame,” she says, “and it is a
greatway for us to showcase our campus aswell—so it is not only important thatwe on-board our students and our staff, butwe also on- board our community to our culture.” “My favourite part of Coulee Fest is
seeing it all come together full circle,” she adds, “so you see it fromthe initial planning stages, then you see a green- space filledwith 3,500 people and it is incredible. “It is a greatway to see not only our
students, but our community, and I think that ismy favourite part is being a community-centred campus.” Lethbridge College is inviting
students, alumni, past and present faculty and staff, alongwithmembers the community, out to the campus to immerse themselves into the culture of the institution for their third annual Coulee Fest on Sept. 14, from1 p.m. to 7 p.m.
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