Tignish Irish Moss Festival underway
36th annual event wraps up Sunday with parade, fireworks, crowning of Miss Irish Moss 2016
The 36th annual Tignish Irish Moss Festival began this week and will finish on Sunday with fireworks, a parade and the crowning of Miss Irish Moss 2016.
The festival began Tuesday with the inaugural mother-daughter painting party, according to Chelsea Murphy, this year's festival coordinator.
Other events this week and weekend include the youth dance, farmer's market, fireworks on Friday for Canada Day, a community yard sale, youth talent show, musical entertainment and a Chase the Ace competition.
'A really fun weekend'
Murphy said coordinating the festival has been an experience.
"I never realized how much work went into [the festival] before," she said.
The former Miss Pancake Flipper fondly remembered her time as a participant in the event.
"Flip the pancake higher than the rest of the participants," she explained Wednesday on CBC Radio's Island Morning.
"It was a really fun weekend. It was a weekend, I think, after graduation. So, it was kind of a last time to spend with your friends before you all parted ways."
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With files from Island Morning