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Apple Blossom Festival 2023

The Sad Deterioration of the Apple Blossom Festival

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Shocking news from ABF,

There's been a stunning development at ABF.

Apparently in a new younger generation there are those who harbor resentment towards our nations history, for English colonialism, and even for the Monarchy ? Other minority groups have voiced discontent over the diversity and inclusion issue ? And so, it seems that the current ABF Board of Directors has listened to the concerns and complaints of a few small minority groups while apparently ignoring and excluding the overwhelming majority of Valley residents ? And it appears that this current Board has chosen to resolve the discontent by moving to implement and execute the nuclear option and final solution ? And therefore after a highly successful run of 87 consecutive years in a row, the extremely anticipated, very popular, family oriented, inclusive and diverse, multi village Queen Annapolisa and Apple Blossom Princess Pageant along with the prestigious Royal Coronation crowning ceremonies held in Wolfville have all been terminated forever by this current board of Directors ?

Will a drag Queen replace an apple blossom Queen in Kentville ? Click

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It's The End of an Era

Annapolis Valley Apple Blossom Festival 2023 - ABF Board of Directors has announced some drastic new changes in format and even deeper cut-backs to the annual People's Festival ? Concerns over ceremony, symbolism, colonialism, and some complaints over the inclusion and diversity issue, seem to have influenced the current ABF board of Directors to see a need to update the long running Queen Annapolisa and Apple Blossom Princess pageant and bring it up to a standard they view as being more relevant to current times ? And so the Directors must have held a very private, 'think' tank last Winter and without notifying, caring, considering or consulting any of the long time participating Valley communities, they must have decided that rather than trouble themselves any further with this issue, why not just take the easy way out and simply get rid of it ? And so it seems a final decision was made in private last Winter and the Directors took the last resort and executed, 'the final and fatal solution' , and ordered the iconic 87 year old Pageant and competition be terminated forever ? Therefore, as a result of this decision, one of the longest lasting ever, most popular, most identifiable and well known, most highly anticipated, most participated, most Valley proud, all inclusive all family events that has benefited all Valley residents of every age group, has suddenly been taken away ?

An unconditional act of finality will now end the long running 88 year reign of her royal Heiness Queen Annapolisa and terminate the 7 to 10 Apple Blossom Princess contestants and child attendants that represent 7 to 10 Valley communities ? It also means an end to the many beautiful hand crafted award winning Princess floats that always highlight Grand Street Parade, and will also signal the end of the ultra glamorous Queen and Ladies-in-waiting Crowning ceremonies held annually and televised each year from Acadia University in Wolfville ? This also puts an end to the many popular community Princess Tea events, and also ends all Royal Party visitations to the local Schools, hospitals and old folks homes that are so welcome and appreciated by Students, Seniors and our many shut-ins ? This also signals the end of Royal Party appearances at Kentville Children's Parade, at the Memorial Park Friday night open air concert and fireworks, and all Royal attendances at many other events held annually throughout the Valley and Province ?

It appears now that current ABF Officials led by President Logan Morse along with Kentville town rep Lindsey Young have not only interrupted the Pageant when postponing it in 2022, but have now terminated the event forever in 2023 explaining that a decision was made to improve, include, modernize and evolve the beauty and leadership pageant ? This act of termination will end almost 90 years of production and it will leave a huge gap in the Festival itself while also affecting many nearby Valley communities that always participate and always enter contestants in the Pageant ? By ending this important multiple community event and by taking away the better half and the Star of Apple Blossom Festival the question remains of what do they plan for a replacement, and what are the local towns and villages that play such major roles in both the Queen and Princess competition suppose to do now ? And what about the Valley youth and the childhood dream to one day be an Apple Blossom Princess ?

You have to wonder how the current board of ABF Directors who have taken it upon themselves to move forward with such drastic action could ever believe that Valley residents are stupid enough to think that by cancelling and taking away this popular long running event, that the Board has in some perverted way moved the Valley forward, improved or modernized anything ? It seems more likely that they've just taken the Valley very much backwards and denied the people a multi community, all inclusive and local production that has always been highly successful for almost 90 consecutive uninterrupted years ? That is, up until they came along ?

And you have to wonder why current ABF Management, who are the stewards in charge and responsible for promotion and presentation of this yearly event, can't just do the job they're paid to do and do what their predecessors have always done so well each and every year for the past 87 years often in far more trying circumstances and in far less prosperous times than now,, that is, up until this group of quitters came along ? And you have to wonder, Whatever happened to the # 1 rule in business that says if you can't do your job because of inexperience, immaturity, inability, incompetency, bias, or just plain stupidity, then,,,, You're all FIRED ! (and a Class action recovery suit may be forthcoming ! )

Logan Morse and a revolutionary 2023 ABF Board of Directors have moved to terminate the Queen Annapolisa and Apple Blossom Princess Pageant after an 88 year run ? Click

The Peoples Pageant has been Cancelled ! Directors say bold action was needed to improve, evolve and modernize the historic pageant ? Click

Et tu, Chamberlain ? The unconscionable 2017 hijacking of Kentvilles'yearly local parade ? Click

Exploiting a Queen in a photo op ? Politicians at the official opening of the 2023 Apple Blossom Festival pretend that there's still a Pageant when knowing full well that Queen Annapolisa has been terminated and will not be a part of this years Festival ? Click

2023 Kentville Grand Street Parade - A disregard for safety is shown as Senior citizens seem precariously positioned on an unshaded large unstable moving object ? Click

Nov 16 2023 - Apple Blossom Princesses call for a return of Queen Annapolisa, Click

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A small town that prides itself on its history may be experiencing an Identity Crisis ?

Can an identity crisis be looming in the town of Kentville ? A proud and neighborly salt of the earth working class small community and railway town with easy going friendly citizens and a rich railway, agriculture and farming background is losing many longtime identifiable local trademarks, themes, and traditions as they are gradually taken away as Town elected officials seem to just stand still and watch ? Having been always identified as a main Provincial railroading center ever since the old Dominion Rail days that date back to 1869, the town has since lost all passenger and freight train rail service in and out including a modern passenger Dayliner service that used to travel back and forth to Halifax every day ? And after the railway had been shut down it seemed they couldn't close and clear out the brand new station, dig up tracks and demolish the old roundhouse fast enough ? And so now, in what may be seen as cruel mockery, the only railroading that is left in Kentville from past glory days and from what once had been the largest and most important railroad hub west of Halifax, is an old and faded weather beaten painted picture of a train on the side of a downtown building ?

Unfortunately a loss of this vital freight and transportation link wasn't the last and the town became even more isolated from the outside World when for no apparent logical, rational or reasonable reason, the aviation community at Waterville municipal Airport CCW3 were suddenly told they had to get out when they had done nothing wrong and had no place else to go ? And so their long-running valuable contribution to the local area was all lost when this established airport, and Canadian sky diving academy, and world wide internationally known pilot training and licensing facility along with numerous privately owned aircraft and owners, along with many more well established aviation businesses were all told to get out ? The evictions left our local young Air Cadets at Camp Aldershot without a base, and the next generation must now grow up without access to this valuable training and education facility ? And so now all that is left of a once thriving, contributing and active Aviation complex for past decades, is a barren plot of unmaintained land where unsupervised children can be seen riding bikes up and down the deteriorating asphalt that was once a runway where commercial aircraft would fly in and out on a daily basis ? To add salt to the wound, the eviction and total loss of such an important contributor to the local economy was being hailed by Council, ( and also by the prestigious Ivany Report Committee ) as being a bold and brilliant business move that would greatly benefit the local area ? After months of homelessness and uncertainty over the future, a few evicted tenants found new sites elsewhere and relocated at their own expense to start all over again, while others just quit, while others were finally redirected to a new location in Greenwood that just happened by chance to be the County Warden Brother's home riding ? And so, in the end this devastating loss to Kentville and local area was to become Greenwood's gain. And so now Kentville must carry on without either railway or airport ?

When the original KCA town School was closed down, the high school students were separated from their traditional identifiable home school and instead bused to the different nearby town of Canning to attend High School there ? This student segregation left only the Grade 1 to 8 age groups to now identify Kentville as their home school, a situation that remains today ? There is no movie theater as the downtown movie theater has been closed forever, and the popular Edge sports bar, eatery and pool hall closed down and was never replaced ? Harvey's Hamburgers closed down and never was replaced ? A longtime nearby bowling alley in New Minas was bought out by developers and replaced with a business office complex ? We lost the local salvage, reclamation and disposal site in South Alton after it was ordered shut down by Provincial Government, but these same people that shut it down did not offer to replace it with anything else leaving the community without such a vital facility ? One day a portion of the roof blew off a long time town funeral home and it never has re-opened leaving only one such establishment in town ? And, just as the citizens of Kentville were learning that both the Apple Blossom Princess and the Queen Annapolisa pageants were to be cancelled after 87 consecutive years, there was at the same time an all age Drag Queen show getting ready to play at the Kings Arms Pub in a total entertainment flip flop from the traditional Irish Rovers or Scottish pipers that most Kentville citizens identify with at this time of year ? Numerous local restaurants and small businesses have come and gone - mostly gone - and the main town supermarket Jasons IGA had a fire and was forced to close down for over a year so there was no supermarket to provide groceries for the citizens of Kentville ? The popular multi venue Wandlyn Inn with its many hotel rooms, indoor swimming pool, whirlpool and sauna area, large nightclub, dual convention centers and dual restaurants burned down and subsequently access to all of these venues was lost forever ? The entire complex was not replaced and now one lone fast food MacDonald's take out site is all that has ever replaced all of Wandlyn's hotel, nightclub, recreational, conference, and dining amenities ?

The July 1st Canada Day holiday party of fun, food, speeches, and entertainment held every year at the wading Pool was downsized and then curtailed by the Town due to budget considerations ? And so if you want to enjoy July 1st entertainment or fireworks you have to go to New Minas, Hantsport or Berwick ? Access to drinking water is surely one of the most entitled and identifiable of town utility services to be provided ? Billions are currently being spent by Canadian taxpayers to provide First Nations people with free safe drinking water ? Yet Kentville water commission charges potential customers 10,000 dollars just to turn Town water on at the roadside ? and then after this massive charge, the brand new customer must also handle all yard trenching and household plumbing work also at his own expense ? And in return for this large personal financial outlay, this lucky new valued client is rewarded by the town with a lifelong new water bill each month from the Kentville Water Commission?

They've even managed to take away Kentville's most famous of all and most instantly identifiable landmark in the hotel name Cornwallis Inn ? Cornwallis Inn is a well known trademark hotel name that is synonymous everywhere in the World with the name of Kentville, and represents a millennium of fond memories for many local area residents and others living all over the Valley ? It was hard to understand why the Town world allow this name to change,, and it was also hard to understand why a previous Town of Kentville planning dept would ever allow numerous low rental subsidized apartment units to be built onto the side of this historical Town centerpiece, Valley landmark and future Canadian heritage site ?

And, they've also even changed the identifiable names of common Streets and even the traffic bridge traversing the Cornwallis River ? And so now, residents and delivery drivers don't know what they are talking about when they use these stupid new names ? This is especially hard on Kentville'e Seniors who can become confused with these senseless changes and it has in some cases created a safety hazard for them ?

In 2017 the Directors of Apple Blossom Festival tried to hijack Kentville's 87 year old yearly Grand Street Parade, and the town was forced to claw and battle its way just to get its own traditional yearly event returned back home to them after hosting it for the last 90 years ? And in yet another giant leap backwards that same year, ABF and the Town decided to cancel, cease and desist all public ABF Wednesday, Thursday and weekends of fun, food, music, displays, amusements, local student performances, etc. that were always held down at Memorial Park every Apple Blossom week ? This huge cut back in so many hours of public outdoor entertainment abruptly ended a highly anticipated long running popular Kentville tradition ? No explanation was ever given and no replacement or apology was ever offered by the Town for such a major loss absorbed by citizens of Kentville ? And now, in yet another major step backwards, Kentville has lost its most identifiable of all citizens, that being their beloved Apple Blossom Princess Kentville, when in 2023 the current officiating Directors in charge at ABF had showed uncommon arrogance, disrespect, disregard and harsh insensitivity when they presumed themselves to be the ones that would, after 88 years, appoint themselves to be the generation entitled to interrupt and end the historic long running iconic Queen Annapolisa competition and take it away from the peoples enjoyment ? This previously unimaginable sudden act of termination means that all public appearances including Princess Teas, the Children's Parade, all social Royal visitations to schools, shut-ins, Seniors, and hospital attendances that would normally be made by Queen Annapolisa and the Royal Princesses are now cancelled forever and will no longer take place ?

In 2022 the Grand Street Parade was quite understandably shortened following the 2 previous Covi Parade cancellations, but this years' 2023 weak shortened effort didn't seem much better ? The always most welcome contribution and wonderful diversity brought in by our nearby Valley communities from Windsor to Digby was unfortunately no longer present 6and included in this years presentation ? Many long time local parade patrons expressed disappointment when Apple Blossom Princess Kentville and her child attendant were no longer included in the Kentville Grand Street Parade as it made its way down main street Kentville on Apple Blossom Saturday in Kentville ? And so it seemed that Kentville had lost yet another very identifiable and beloved citizen and a wonderful Ambassador who had always performed her royal duties of advertising,identifying, promoting and showing off the town of Kentville with charm, grace and beauty wherever she went ?

After the 3 consecutive Apple Blossom weekdays of afternoon and evening exhibits and entertainment were all cancelled and Apple Blossom Week entertainment was cut down to a bare bone single Friday night affair, ( which btw will no longer include the highlight of the evening Royal Party visitation and music by Eddy's Basement ), It seems that the Officials were still unsatisfied and found yet another way to take away even more ? And this year they want to charge inflation stressed locals a fee to see entertainers like Matt Minglewood and Kevin Davison when in the past these entertainers appeared on a public stage free of charge ? Cut backs were also apparent in the always amazing Fireworks, (which btw are no longer started by Queen Annapolisa at the official Royal Party visitation to the Park following Coronation ceremonies in Wolfville), when this years 2023 Fireworks presentation didn't seem up to par with some spectators remarking that they looked more like something purchased at Giant Tiger in New Minas ?

And so, in summing up, the citizens of Kentville are frustrated over the many losses, closures, steps backwards and cutbacks that are never replaced once gone ? Both of the Provincial Railway and municipal Airport are now permanently closed down and even the Provincial Acadia Van lines transport no longer stops ? The entire Wandlyn Inn complex and all of its popular hotel and restaurant services was lost by fire ? Extreme cut backs were made to the historic Apple Blossom Festival that saw a week long fun filled period of public entertainment at Memorial Park cut down to one minimal Friday night affair with fireworks followed the next day by a shortened parade and also the budget saving cut backs made to popular statutory holiday celebrations ? Concerns also remain about the lack of an in-Town High School for young adults, the loss of a key funeral home, the loss of the Pool Hall, the absence of a movie theater, loss of Harveys burgers, loss of one of the 2 Tim Hortons, loss of the pizza parlor, loss of Chinese food take out , loss of the fruit and vegetable market, loss of the convenience store, loss of the bakery, and also the loss of the vital local disposal site that was ordered shut down by the Province but no replacement was ever offered by those who shut it down leaving the area without this vital service ? And then there was the complete and total cancellation of displays and public entertainment events held at Memorial Park during the Apple Blossom week mid days ? We missed the diversity offered by neighboring towns and villages when they were excluded from this year's Grand Street Parade ? There was also the shocking cancellation and end of Kentville's famous Apple Blossom Princess and her traditional appearance at the also cancelled Acadia U Coronation ceremonies in Wolfville ? There was also the erasing and the change of name of Kentville's biggest and most identifiable attraction name ever in the internationally known Cornwallis Inn name logo that is instantly recognizable all over the world and symbolically married to the name Kentville ? There also remains the serious problem of a shortage of local rental hotel rooms and local dining spots that was created when the Wandlyn hotel complex burned down and when not one of the many hospitality, business, tourist, restaurant, night club, and recreational venues were ever replaced ?

And in a more recent local issue, we are seeing more and more small businesses from all over the Valley, that over the years have not only provided employment but also served as popular meet and greet gathering spots for local friends and neighbors, now changing hands after being bought out and turned over to total strangers that are not from Halifax or from N.S. nor even this Country but have come from another Continent ? A recent local phenomenon of foreign take-overs has included replacing the management, assuming full control of the business and managing the labor force of many long time popular Valley fast food, gas and coffee businesses that so far includes : the Petrocan New Minas, some Tim Hortons, the Subway, KFC, DQ, Burger King N.M., and Mary Brown's to name a few ? And unfortunately there are indications of nepotism being shown in the re-hiring of workers at these workplaces once they are taken over by the new foreign management ? Another major local employer Eassons Trucking also seems affected by a current influx of foreign workers with reports of untrained, unlicensed unqualified, (and Government subsidized) drivers behind the wheel, with rumors of some units with multiple drivers on board having a hole drilled into the floor of the sleeper cabin to accommodate a long piece of ABS plumbing pipe so that the raw sewage will be exhausted directly from the interior of the truck down onto the open highway below to avoid unnecessary pit stops at the Big Stop ?

And, about the recent Town election, it looks like, unfortunately, most candidates are relatively new to the area after having recently moved here from elsewhere and seem unawares of both the proud past history of Kentville and the serious problems it faces today with some candidates naively describing the town as a kind of blissful, Hallmark or Who-ville movie set type of happy go lucky village with happy munchkins frolicking up and down picturesque streets lined with colorful quaint shops and eateries ? Any such fantasy is clearly foolish and does not represent the seriousness of the many issues now plaguing the town ? And apparently the new Mayor, who is also a new resident, and also a new local business owner, appears to have befriended non-resident and the ex-County Warden Brothers of Greenwood whom had previously sold out Kentville and the local area when she led the charge to illegally shut down and evict the local municipal Airport, and the skydiving academy, and the National flight training center and many other Aviation businesses at Waterville, replacing them with nothing but an empty dirt field where only weeds grow ? And after the recent election of what looks to be yet another frugal and austere Town Council that has already started cutting back when, ( due to a drop of rain ) abruptly and disrespectfully suddenly cancelling this year's traditional honorary Military Soldiers march-on and the official best in area Remembrance Day ceremonies that are always held outdoors at the Cenotaph on Park Street, and after receiving the Mayors' New Year's message of congratulations to himself on enlarging the size of his downtown retail store and his personal happiness over having a new (taxpayer funded) sidewalk installed in front of it, but failing to mention current town issues like the serious town unemployment problem, the opioid crisis, the cost of living crisis, the homelessness situation, the shortage of proper town recreation facilities, (no one wants to get their daily exercise by walking down the Kentville Rec provided hiking trail to be attacked by mosquitos or witness a homeless user shoot up in the privacy of the forest), as well as, the devastating loss of both the Apple Blossom Princess Kentville and Queen Annapolisa and ruination of the Grand Street Parade, the unsafe parade situation where citizens (incl Seniors) were precariously perched atop a stop and go open air, no sided moving vehicle without protective restraining devices, water or protection from the sun, the ridiculous changing of well known historical names around town, the 'bring our high school students back home' campaign issue, an evolving community social identity problem, the controversial hanging up of the biggest pride flag they make above the main entrance of heritage site Cornwallis Inn issue, the question of why would the Province order the local reclamation and disposal site to permanently close down and then not replace it but just leave the area without one, a current Town failure to provide entertainment events that exceed the grade school level, Given that water is a basic human right that a public inquiry be held to investigate the exorbitant 5 figure fee charged to homeowners by Kentville water commission just to turn the water on at the road, the recent rash of multiple takeovers of local small businesses by foreign interests, and the ongoing lack of adequate street lighting and potholes, streets and residential sewer and sidewalks still in need of repair ? And there was also the major inconvenience felt by many local residents when the slow motion repairs on Canaan Ave had moved at turtle race speed and resulted in this vital access route being closed off to local traffic for many many Months, ( very much unlike the speedy installation and priority given to the new downtown sidewalk by Phinneys ) ?

And so, can it be time to consider making it compulsory that all candidates for these important local governing positions be born and raised and reside in Kentville due to a current showing of a lack of town knowledge, respect for history , understanding, or sensitivity for the residents by elected Town officials ?

March 10th 2014 - A Date That Will Live on in Infamy - Warden Brothers and Kings County Council initiate the cruel and calculated eviction of Waterville Airport CCW3. Click

"it looked like some of the spectators along the route just joined in and began walking along to become a part of the parade ? "

May 27th, 2023 - Dismay, disillusion and disappointment prevail in Kentville over shocking changes and many missing regular entrees in this years 2023 Grand Street Parade ? Where is our famous Queen Annapolisa and where are the many Apple Blossom Princesses and child attendants riding in their beautiful hand crafted decorated floats ? Where's the town criers ? And what about the dazzling majorette groups, Scottish pipers, and multi instrumental large marching bands that always come ? And where are the Hantsport and Windsor floats and their large delegations ? And where are Aylesford, Digby, Annapolis Royal, Canning, Middleton, Wolfville, and more ? Why are so many towns and villages that normally participate in the parade not included this year ? It was also sad for the first time ever, not to see Kentville's Apple Blossom Princess, (aka Miss Kentville) included as many Kentville residents young and old identify with their Apple Blossom Princess Kentville at this time of year ? However her royalty-less float could still be seen in the parade when replaced by a local multi-race grouping of everyday town residents all sitting around together in a social scene meant to identity Kentville as being diverse and inclusive ? The New Minas float also didn't include an Apple Blossom Princess this year, however her float was transformed into an advertisement for the famous New Minas UFO incident which all New Minions identify with. The Berwick float didn't include a Princess Berwick this year but was altered to proudly identify the towns upcoming Centennial celebrations. And the Kingston float also did not include the usual Apple Blossom Princess this year but instead advertised the long running Kingston Steer Barbecue that all Kingstonians identify with. The RCMP contingent was good to see again although they sent less officers than usual ? It was notable that only 1 other large marching band appeared in the parade when usually 4 or more big bands, many with pipers, attend after traveling up from places like Cape Breton, Bridgewater, Dartmouth etc ? And where are all the pets and animals ? There's no horse teams, wooden wagons, riders or livestock this year ? Even the usual greyhounds weren't there ? Also noticed that some spectators must have just joined in and began walking along with the parade, and others must have come over from the Children's parade with their strollers to join in ? There was a variety of advertisers, most from out of town but some local ? There were various Political parties represented in the Parade with the largest delegation coming from the Liberals who vigorously shook hands and waved flags that didn't seem to include the red maple leaf flag that most spectators identify with ? All in all, this Year's parade seemed to be a bare minimum effort without a celebrity parade marshal, nor the usual royal pageantry, nor the 7 to 10 spectacular Princess floats, nor any of the large marching bands and majorette groups that usually enter, nor the usual agriculture and livestock component, nor the popular Scottish pipers bands that usually attend, nor the large out of town contingents that always travel in to Kentville to participate ? This was not the famous grand street parade that Kentvillians are so accustomed to and it did not come up to the high standards and professionalism set by previous Grand Street Parades ? It was clear that what was being hailed as a newer, bolder, inclusive and diverse parade had instead gone backwards and lost the diversity and contribution of many absent nearby Valley communities and town Princess contestants and Child attendants that participate in the Queen Annapolisa competition and prestigious Friday evening gala at Acadia University in Wolfville, and also participate in the many Princess Teas and Royal party attendances at schools hospitals, senior citizen homes, and shut-ins, as well as at the Friday Memorial Park outdoor concert and the Saturday morning Children's Parade followed in the afternoon with a Royal trip down Main street in the famous Grand Street parade ?

And so, to quickly sum up, can any such strange and incomplete, hastily thrown together, lackluster, amateur hour version of the world famous Kentville Grand Street Parade that was missing all of the Queen Annapolisa Royalty and missing the 7 to 10 Apple Blossom Princesses and their 7 to 10 handcrafted individual Town Princess floats, and missing the unique character and diversity contributed by the many nearby Valley communities that were no longer included in the parade, and also failed to include many of the out of town big marching bands and pipers that usually come, and also lacked representation and the display of local farming, agriculture and livestock,, now signal the end of the once glorious Grand Street Parade era ?

2011 Grand Street Parade Kentville 79th ABF Click

2012 Grand Street Parade Kentville Click

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2016 Kentville Grand Street Parade Click

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2019 Kentville Grand Street Parade Click

Kentville Grand Street Parade May 27th 2023 : Unfortunately much of the character and diversity always provided by our many nearby Valley communities was missing from this year's Parade when many longtime participanting villages were not included in this years parade ? Where has Canning, Digby, Annapolis Royal, Hantsport and Windsor gone ? Where is Queen Annapolisa ? Where's the Apple Blossom Princesses and all of their individual Town floats including Kentville ? To view the complete 2023 Kentville Grand Street Parade press here, Click

A concerned Kentvillian must finally speak out. Click

Kentville is an incorporated town in Nova Scotia. It is the most populous town in the Annapolis Valley. As of 2021, the town's population was 6,630.