Fun

Music Trivia Night at Westwinds May 12, 2015

by Robert

PEMBROKE- Westwinds is hosting Pembroke’s only music trivia night on May 12^th 2015. It’s your chance to flex your musical knowledge base and win prizes while competing against other teams. The contest begins at 7PM and ends at 9:30PM. When it’s over we will crown the winning teams by awarding prizes…

Prizes Include:

Bottle of wine for the team round winners.
A $25 Westwinds gift certificate for the 4th round team winners
Bragging rights of winning Pembroke’s only music trivia contest

Sabstock 6 Recap: The Best Yet

by Robert

Message From Dale Gagne

General Manager of BEST WESTERN Pembroke Inn & Conference Centre

The Best Western Pembroke Inn & Conference Centre Team survived Sabstock 6! This year proved to be the best yet, with great weather, amazing music, friendly people and our Ottawa Valley Charm shining through.

We’re Helping Wendy Reach Her Goal for The Special Olympics

by Robert

Pie Throwing For a Cause Raises $500 for Wendy

Wendy Johnson works in the kitchen in the dish pit. She is going to the Vancouver Special Olympics this August to compete in 5 pin bowling and needs to raise $1000 to help offset her expenses. Best Western Pembroke Inn wanted to help Wendy. We decided to have a pie throwing contest. Here are some of the images from that day where our executive chef of Westwinds Restaurant and the General Manager of the hotel seemed to be prime targets of the pie throwers.

2014 Sabstock Line Up

by Robert

Who’s Rocking The Valley at Sabstock in 2014?

These are the bands that are confirmed to be at Sabstock 2014…

Friday, July 4^th, 2014

Honeymoon Suite

This band took the rock n roll scene by storm in 1981. It began with their hit song ‘New Girl Now’ which won Q107’s [Toronto’s most prominent FM rock station at the time] unsigned band contest award. This was their springboard hit into their first band label.

Band members include: Derry Grehan (Lead guitar), Johnnie Dee (Guitar) and Randy Cooke (Drums)
Most popular songs include: New Girl Now (1984), Bad Attitude (1995), Lethal Weapon (1987), Feel It Again (1995) and Stay in the Light (1984)

Watch & Listen to Honeymoon Suite

Sabstock 2012 Recap

by Robert

Sabstock Rocks LAURENTIAN VALLEY with 4th Annual Outdoor Concert

The 4^th annual Sabstock Rock & Roll Music Festival took place on July 6^th, 7^th and 8^th at the Sabourin Family farm. This year’s event was the biggest and best to date. Over 5,000 people attended the festival this year. They were greeted by fantastic weather, top notch music from Trooper, Toronto, and an amazing display of local talent. Bands such as Darwin Demers, the Paperboys, HinterLand Band, AM Radio and many more helped rock Sab Stock.