Hello Fine Folks of Tatamagouche –

Brad Brough (Director) here from The Week the Women Went.

I hope you all survived the long cold winter of ’09 (at least that’s the way it was here in Toronto) and that you’re all happy and well. It’s been over 6 months since our crew left your village, and we wrapped the shooting of The Week the Women Went. You’ve all no doubt seen the series (and dissected it to your wit’s end), and all of us who worked on it hope that you were happy with the outcome overall.

The country got a glimpse into a part of the country that many have not been to, and hopefully now will feel compelled to visit. We can’t thank all of you enough for allowing us into your town, your hearts and your lives – it was a great experience for all of us involved on this end.

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Butterflies and Blooms, as you may recall from last summer, is a non-profit organization, here on the North Shore, that partners with various groups to provide activities for seniors and the disabled, primarily through gardening in some capacity.

Through the fall and winter we were busy securing grants to continue our activities. Thanks to funds from the North Shore Area Community Health Board, Municipality of Pictou County, and NS Health Protection and Promotion, we are now ready to roll out our 2009 season.

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Tatamagouche’s businesses reap rewards after debut of The Week the Women Went

It pays to send most of the women in a rural Nova Scotia community away for a week.

Business is booming in Tatamagouche after the village of about 700 made its debut on CBC’s The Week the Women Went, some local entrepreneurs are reporting.

“Calls started coming in while we were still watching the show, and the telephone has been ringing and the emails have been coming in ever since,” said Jimmie LeFresne, whose Train Station Inn is featured in the television series that started an eight-week run on CBC on Wednesday.

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TATAMAGOUCHE –Train Station Inn owner Jimmie LeFresne knew there would be some positive spinoffs for Tatamagouche tourism once the Week the Women Went Season Two aired.

But, the reaction he received following the debut of the documentary-reality series on CBC Jan. 21 left him stunned and unprepared.

“I was shocked,” said LeFresne. “Before the show was even over in Saskatoon, at about 10:30 p.m. I received a phone call from a couple wanting to book a room.”

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TATAMAGOUCHE – Residents of Tatamagouche want to share the spirit of their rural village with as many people around the globe as possible.

The North Shore Community Development Association has launched a campaign encouraging residents to send official Tatamagouche Spirit T-shirts to friends and family all over the world.

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THE WEEK THE WOMEN WENT STORMS INTO TATAMAGOUCHE, N.S., PUTTING MARITIME MEN TO THE TEST
HIT REALITY SERIES RETURNS FOR SEASON TWO, JAN. 21 AT 8 P.M.

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Tatamagouche (Tata-ma-gush), Nova Scotia has survived invasion and its coasts are battered annually by tropical storms. The townspeople are proud, tough and have always found a way to flourish. But can Tatamagouche survive if the women disappear for a week?

The Maritime town of 700 waved goodbye to 167 wives, mothers, sisters and daughters as its men prepared for one of the largest social experiments of its kind—on the hit CBC Television series THE WEEK THE WOMEN WENT, returning Wednesday, Jan. 21, at 8 p.m. Popular Canadian actor Art Hindle (Paradise Falls, Offspring) narrates the eight-episode, one-hour series.

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