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Flavor Fest another tasty success
It may be their off-season, but fundraising efforts for the Lloydminster Bobcats never stop, which was recently evident as the team hosted its second annual Flavor Fest funder.
Held on the concrete floor of their home barn, the Cen - tennial Civic Centre, Flavor Fest went off without a hitch on May 4 with several improvements from last year to add to everyone’s overall experience.
Held in the Lloyd Ex’s WLS Convention Centre last year, Flavor Fest is comparable to A Taste of Edmonton, with food and drink vendors from throughout the region coming together to share their creations with the Border City.
The location change offered more room for tasters and vendors with this year’s event featuring an increase in vendors with roughly 35 in attendance, as well as ample seating for tasters, something Bobcats GM Nigel Dube was pleased to see.
“We added more picnic tables and some yard games throughout the venue just trying to build it better every year,” he said.
“A great time was had by so many last year that word of mouth helped us a lot. This year saw more excitement around the event, we added vendors and a new larger location … we took people’s ideas and feedback from last year and improved this year with things like more picnic tables, a larger event, a ‘cooler’ event (not as warm inside the event), and it made it all that much better.”
Dube also talked about the importance of team fundraisers such as Flavor Fest.
“It’s huge. I think we’re up to six or seven events now as fundraisers for the Bobcats, and I think the big part people don’t understand, and we’re grateful and appreciative of it, is the fact it’s all volunteer-driven,” he said.
“We also want to bring something cool and unique to Lloydminster where people don’t have to leave the Border City through Flavor Fest, the Daddy Daughter Dance, Ladies Night, the Bob Troup Memorial Golf Tournament, our evening of champions … we’re trying to create events to give the locals an outing, too.”
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