{"id":19905,"date":"2018-02-22T11:23:37","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T16:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=19905"},"modified":"2018-02-22T11:23:37","modified_gmt":"2018-02-22T16:23:37","slug":"family-fun-at-town-park-for-annual-arctic-adventure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/family-fun-at-town-park-for-annual-arctic-adventure\/","title":{"rendered":"Family fun at Town Park for annual Arctic Adventure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Jake Courtepatte<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Aurora residents wouldn\u2019t let it rain on their parade at Monday\u2019s annual Arctic Adventure.<br \/>\nFamilies came out in droves to Aurora Town Park despite the Family Day weather, taking part in events ranging from outdoor skating, to snow tubing, mini \u201cice fishing\u201d, and body zorbs.<br \/>\nSome hometown flavour kicked off the festivities at the band shell in the morning, with the vocal stylings of Louisa Barbosa hitting the stage, the 2015 Aurora Teen Idol with her rock trio Louisa and the Planets.<br \/>\nThey were joined musically by the Fat Cat Jamboree as well as Toronto\u2019s Stacey Renee Band, while professional ice carvers battled it out in the \u201cBattle of the Chainsaws\u201d.<br \/>\nMayor Geoff Dawe called the event \u201can opportunity to get families moving,\u201d, and \u201cenjoy what the Town has to offer.\u201d<\/p>\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F19905&amp;t=Family%20fun%20at%20Town%20Park%20for%20annual%20Arctic%20Adventure&amp;s=100&amp;p[url]=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F19905&amp;p[images][0]=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2018%2F02%2F2018-02-22-14.jpg&amp;p[title]=Family%20fun%20at%20Town%20Park%20for%20annual%20Arctic%20Adventure\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F19905&amp;text=Like%3F\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-mail nolightbox\" data-provider=\"mail\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share by email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Family%20fun%20at%20Town%20Park%20for%20annual%20Arctic%20Adventure&amp;body=Like%3F:%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F19905\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mail\" title=\"Share by email\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/mail.png\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jake Courtepatte Aurora residents wouldn\u2019t let it rain on their parade at Monday\u2019s annual Arctic Adventure. Families came out in droves to Aurora Town Park despite the Family Day weather, taking part in events ranging from outdoor skating, to snow tubing, mini \u201cice fishing\u201d, and body zorbs. 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