09-09-2018, 12:51 AM
I've always wondered how Port Dover managed to embrace Friday the 13th. From the Port Dover Friday the 13th website site, things began simply enough:
These days, if the weather is warm, 100,000+ people descend on the town of 6700 people. Mind you, the demographics are little different, according to the National Post a couple of years ago:
Maybe invite some of those early St. Patrick's partiers back for a reunion?
Quote:Against the backdrop, Chris Simons and approximately 25 friends, through word of mouth, got together at the Commerical Hotel {The Zoo}, now known as Angelos of Dover. It was in November and it was Friday the 13th. They had such a good time they decided they should do it every Friday the 13th. And so the tradition was born.
Every Friday the 13th thereafter, the number of people coming to the event has increased. Chris has a suitcase full of newspaper and magazine clippings regarding Friday the 13th and he has become somewhat of a celebrity because of it. Everywhere he goes, people have heard of Friday the 13th in Port Dover.
These days, if the weather is warm, 100,000+ people descend on the town of 6700 people. Mind you, the demographics are little different, according to the National Post a couple of years ago:
Quote:Bikers come from all over North America, even Europe. It is a pleasant mixture of hard rock bikers and retired accountants and dentists. There’s a festival atmosphere; bike gangs are not allowed to wear their colours. However, if the sun is shining there’ll be more exposed skin than is normally found in downtown Port Dover.
Maybe invite some of those early St. Patrick's partiers back for a reunion?