More than 500 students gathered at the Chatham Capitol Theatre Sept. 25 to celebrate Franco-Ontarian Day.
They joined other Francophone students across the province in the celebrations of what is also the 50th anniversary of the Franco-Ontarian flag.
Locally, Francophones from Wallaceburg, Grande Pointe, Pain Court, Tilbury and Chatham teamed up at the Capitol.
The day began with the Franco-Ontarian flag raising ceremony with speeches from the Bernard Tremblay, president of Centre Communautaire de Chatham-Kent La Girouette (Francophone Community Centre), followed by Robert Demers, chair of Conseil scolaire catholique Providence, then local municipal councillors Brock McGregor and Allysson Storey.
The flag raising ceremony was followed by a performance by Créason, professional artists who encourage a collective effort to save the planet. They performed using recycle musical instruments such as xylhockey, which is, like the name suggests, a xylophone made with hockey sticks.
