Third Congrès mondial acadien (CMA) 2004 (World Acadian Congress 2004) To be held in Nova Scotia from 31 July to 15 August 2004 The first CMA was held in South Western New Brunswick in 1994. In August of 1999 Louisiana was host to the second one. Both were huge successes. Never before these events have the Acadians congregated in such numbers. In New Brunswick 83 families met in 42 reunions. In Louisiana there were 57 reunions with 90 families meeting. Most reunions were held during weekends. In Louisiana there were 29 reunions the weekend of the 6-8 August. Some were of a duration of more than one day. However it is recommended that our reunions in N.S. be a one day event. Some could begin the previous evening. In making the announcement that N.S. will host the 2004 event, it was stated that as many as 100,000 Acadians from around the world will reunite in Nova Scotia during the CMA 2004. AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET OTHER ACADIANS FROM AROUND THE WORLD Our Nova Scotia population will have the opportunity to meet Acadians from all around the world. As was published in a Louisiana newspaper in 1999: "It gave so many of us here an opportunity to "meet our Canadian cousins," as more than one Congrès booster said." The CMA will be an occasion to celebrate Acadian heritage and to exchange information of where our families, most of which have their roots in Nova Scotia, now live around the world. Hope this helps Don
You can go on the Website at www.cma2004.com for more information Pauline ----- Original Message ----- From: <Don2717@aol.com> To: <ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 9:07 PM Subject: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] Re: More on CMA 2004 > Third Congrès mondial acadien (CMA) 2004 > (World Acadian Congress 2004) > > To be held in Nova Scotia from 31 July to 15 August 2004 > > The first CMA was held in South Western New Brunswick in 1994. In August of > 1999 Louisiana was host to the second one. Both were huge successes. Never > before these events have the Acadians congregated in such numbers. In New > Brunswick 83 families met in 42 reunions. In Louisiana there were 57 reunions with 90 > families meeting. Most reunions were held during weekends. In Louisiana there > were 29 reunions the weekend of the 6-8 August. Some were of a duration of > more than one day. However it is recommended that our reunions in N.S. be a one > day event. Some could begin the previous evening. > > In making the announcement that N.S. will host the 2004 event, it was stated > that as many as 100,000 Acadians from around the world will reunite in Nova > Scotia during the CMA 2004. > > AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET OTHER ACADIANS FROM AROUND THE WORLD > > Our Nova Scotia population will have the opportunity to meet Acadians from > all around the world. As was published in a Louisiana newspaper in 1999: "It > gave so many of us here an opportunity to "meet our Canadian cousins," as more > than one Congrès booster said." > > The CMA will be an occasion to celebrate Acadian heritage and to exchange > information of where our families, most of which have their roots in Nova Scotia, > now live around the world. > > Hope this helps > > Don > > > > ==== ACADIAN-CAJUN Mailing List ==== > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=topics.ethnic.acadian-caj un > This is a link to the Acadian-Cajun Message Board at RootsWeb. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >