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N ew York state is celebrating major milestones and anniversa- ries this year with fun and festivities for all. To mark the 45 th anniversary of the Woodstock music festival, the Bethel Woods Center for the arts, set on the original site in the Catskill Mountains, will present a year-long celebration featuring legendary and contemporary music performances. It's also the 75 th anniversary of the Baseball hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, culmi- nating in a hall of Fame Classic May 24 and a golf fundraiser May 25 where fans can meet some of baseball's heroes. 2014 also marks the 50 th anniversary of Buffalo's signature chicken wing recipe. bethelwoodscenter.org; baseballhall.org; buffalowing.com Bethel wooDS Center T hrill to the sounds of the pipes and drums and the swirl of kilts from 13 countries when the 35 th annual Royal Nova scotia International Tattoo comes to the halifax Metro Centre July 1 to 8. The fast-paced 2.5-hour show, the world's largest annual indoor show, changes every year and features more than 2,000 Canadian and international military, police and civilian performers along with acrobats and contem- porary dancers. Enjoy military displays and competitions, drama, comedy and much more to delight the whole family. Tickets are on sale now. pick your own seats when you book online. nstattoo.ca p lan a trip to the Waterloo Region in ontario at the end of May for two of the year's biggest festivals. Experience the art of quilting at the Quilt and Fibre art Festival in st. Jacobs from May 27 to 31. on your way home, drop into the huge, fundraising Mennonite Relief sale in New hamburg, May 30 and 31, where the year's most dazzling quilts and handmade furniture are auctioned off between the good food, live music and kids' activities. Food lovers take note, the famous st. Jacobs Market is back in business and has expanded to a new facility built after a devastating Labour Day fi re. explorewaterlooregion.ca royal nova SCotia international tattoo waterloo regional touriSm marKeting CorP. d espite record cold temperatures, high winds and blizzard-like conditions, hornblower Niagara Cruises has completed construc- tion of the two state-of-the-art catamarans—niagara Wonder and niagara Thunder—that will ferry visitors to the base of the Horseshoe Falls for the fi rst time this spring. In addition to daily tours to the horseshoe, american and Bridal Veil Falls, hornblower prom- ises new early-morning sunrise tours, sunset cocktail cruises and falls illumination and fi reworks cruises, all with on-board snacks and music. The 700-pas- senger catamarans were constructed in Wheatley, ontario, then taken and transported to Niagara Falls, where marine engineers reassembled them. hornblower replaces Niagara Falls' long-running maid of the mist tours. niagaracruises.com hornBlower niagara s p r i n g 2 0 1 4 45

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