Gaspésie pride is felt in this 18e Gaspésie Day-Gaspesian Day-Gespe’gewa’gi Na’gweg. Many Gaspésians by birth, heart or adoption wore blue clothing to mark the event and show their sense of belonging.
As in 2023, the Living in Gaspésie Strategy team invited numerous partners to make June 6 a special day.
We are continuing the theme launched last year, it is a celebration which is not only supported by Vivre en Gaspésie, which is supported by the entire population
underlines communications and territorial marketing coordinator Mariline Lamy-Poirier.
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Like many Gaspésie families, Mariline Lamy-Poirier’s family dressed in blue to mark Gaspésie Day.
Photo: Facebook page Living in Gaspésie
To mark the event, the population is invited to dress in blue and share photos on social networks with the keyword #Vivreengaspésie so that the organization brings them together in a large virtual photo album.
Last year, we compiled more than 600 photos, we hope to break the record this year, says Ms. Lamy-Poirier.
June 6th is party time! No matter where we are, in Gaspésie or elsewhere in the world, if we carry Gaspésie in our heart, we dress in blue, we share our photos and we come together to create this immense wave of love for us. region.
Vivre en Gaspésie makes available on its website a guide to possible activities to mark Gaspésie Day-Gaspesian Day-Gespe’gewa’gi Na’gweg as well as a list of Gaspésie music.
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Several students from the René-Lévesque School Service Center had put on their blue sweaters.
Photo: Lory-Ann Grondin
Many happy hours across the peninsula are organized at the end of the day on Thursday to mark the occasion.
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A dozen happy hours are organized throughout Gaspésie on Thursday afternoon.
Photo: Living in Gaspésie
Several traders also joined the movement and expressed their pride.
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A real estate broker from Maria decorated his office to celebrate Gaspésie Day.
Photo: Radio-Canada / Isabelle Larose
A real estate broker in Maria decorated his office with a huge balloon garland. At the Audiostop record store in New Richmond, Gaspé music is in the spotlight. As for the Liber bookseller, she highlighted the authors of the peninsula.
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One of the co-owners of Audiostop, Sébastien Cantin, is taking advantage of Gaspésie Day to highlight Gaspésie music, including that of Cédric St-Onge, MLou and Dans l’shed.
Photo: Courtesy of Audiostrop
In Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, the Interior D decoration center indicates that it has in store all shades of pride blue
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All shades of blue are in the spotlight in a decoration center in Sainte-Anne-des-Monts.
Photo: Courtesy of Interior D
Gaspé pride was even felt in the National Assembly in Quebec.
Many MPs from the parliamentary wing of the Coalition Avenir Québec responded to the call launched by the minister responsible for the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region, Maïté Blanchette Vézina, and by the MP for Bonaventure, Catherine Blouin, and by the deputy for Gaspé, Stéphane Sainte-Croix, by wearing blue clothes.
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Several CAQ MPs wore blue clothes to celebrate Gaspésie Day.
Photo: Courtesy of the CAQ
The parliamentarians also had the opportunity to taste local Gaspésie products.
