This past weekend The River had its Grand Opening! I have been open for about 7 weeks already so I thought why not call on some of the locals and get the word out about the special day. I put ads out in the two local papers (Fergus-Elora News Express & The Wellington Advertiser) and included a $1.00 coupon with it. I figure that with the whole Elora Festival going on that people would be cramming in to the town early and before the shows they would of course want to fill up on ice cream and coffee - right?
planned for a magic show featuring local magician, Cody Moynihan and when I read the forecast was calling for showers I was anxious. I’ve been open for 7 weeks and boy did I pick the best day for the grand opening.
Rain aside, the day turned out great. Cody was dazzling the locals and tourists alike with his illusions and card tricks. He even managed to pull off some levitation! The rain hit around 
Cody got back home he already had a gig booked for that night. A birthday party with 200 guests, so I only worried that I was underpaying him and not that he was loosing out on work. The guy is in demand and he’s only thirteen.
There were some surprise attractions that Saturday afternoon. A local family who we know came up with their kids and their dogs and filled the joint for over an hour. Their dogs stole the show! They are 2 eight month old Goldendoodles. If passerbyers weren’t being tricked by Cody
they were falling in love with these dogs. It really was cool.
After the rain I found that most of the busy times were before the concerts that were starting. The sun popped out and so did the people. I snapped a real nice shot of the customer area of The River around 
Elora really is a wonderful place to experience great art and music while either camping or just day-tripping. The Elora Festival is on all summer and I’m sure there will be lots more exciting days like this past weekend.
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