Blue Noses and No Red Faces
Posted by Alex on May 27, 2010 in Featured Articles | Comments
Metro Centre - Alex Maine and Connie Grant. Photo by Tara MacPhee
This post would have arrived a little earlier, but like everyone who has worked on the Blue Nose Marathon the past few days have been “recovery time”. On Monday my voice was gone and I spent most of it dozing in and out of consciousness. It makes me wonder how the people who ran the marathon felt like on...
Rewind – 2009 Statistics
Posted by Alex on Jan 9, 2010 in Blog, Featured Articles | Comments
I wanted to share with you some of my most popular posts from 2009. My articles were by far the most popular taking up over 40% of my visits. Second to that were my reviews of local talent. This has given me a clear indication of what to write about this year. Thanks to everyone who has passed by my blog in 2009, i hope you will continue to visit and interact more using the...
Welcoming a New Decade
Posted by Alex on Jan 2, 2010 in Blog, Featured Articles | Comments
Firstly i would like to begin by wishing you all a very Happy New Year. It seems hard to believe that its been ten years since the millennium. I guess the calendar isn’t lying so it must be true. I am very excited about 2010. It’s rare for me to go into a new year with a project already in motion but i am pleased that the Haliwards made an unexpected comeback in...
Blue Nose: Post-Marathon
Posted by Alex on May 18, 2009 in Blog | Comments
So that’s it! Blue Nose is done and dusted for another year. I was going to write a huge post about this weekend but then i thought to myself there are loads of articles out there already so i just wanted to share with you some great photographs that Tara took this weekend at the Youth Run.
I really hope that next year if i am still in the area i will be a lot more...
Blue Nose: Pre-Marathon
Posted by Alex on May 15, 2009 in Featured Articles | Comments
So it’s Friday night. The countdown clock on the Scotiabank Blue Nose site is nearly down to zero and everyone is getting prepared for a manic weekend. What normally for me would be a weekend of mass twittering its sadly not. My iPod is in for servicing so i have to rely on my partners laptop and texting.
This post is part of a 2-piece. I will be posting on...
Pre-Mixer hits off the Blue Nose Week!
Posted by Alex on May 11, 2009 in Blog, Events | Comments
Since 7am this morning I have been on the road. My day started off with a number of meetings in Dartmouh and Halifax and then myself and Tara headed to the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic for the sound checks for the Blue Nose Marathon Pre-Mixer.
Around 100 people attended which was a little disappointing seeing over 400 invitations were sent out but it didn’t damper my...
Blue Nose Marathon – Pre-Mixer Event
Posted by Alex on May 3, 2009 in Featured Articles | Comments
On the 11th of May the Blue Nose Marathon Pre-Mixer event will be taking place at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax. This event is for all volunteers of the Marathon.
The evening will consist of a few speeches from the organizers of the Marathon, other members of the committee and a few words from myself. Along with some light entertainment See it as a night to...
