Important task
Even if the whole at first glance happened to sound more like show for tourists: Chris wants to know quite understood his duties as a serious job. Town Crier were up to 20. Century important people, proclaimed the messages, before there were newspapers.
Because not everyone could read and write. Die Town Crier, to German town crier, therefore, had since the Middle Ages, the task, markets and public places to oral messages to the electorate.
Wie Social Media
A bit like an early form of social media, where messages are indeed rather called out as a marketplace. And history repeats itself, if today's Internet communication makes the newspapers compete – as did the papers were replaced by Towncrier.
Chris has also started his career as a Town Crier practically on a market. Years later, the original second job a full time job brought in as manager of visitor services Tourism office of Kingston a.
Geography-Students vom zum Town Crier
It had originally studied the sympathetic fifty-year geography – and specifically at the known Queen’s University in Kingston, the oldest academic degrees awarded in Canada. But after graduation he found a job and started his own business with a small photo shop.
1984 he was asked by the dealer association in Kingston, to make public announcements on market days. 1991 almost overnight he decided to participate in a contest for Town Crying on the occasion of the two dog first birthday of the Canadian province of Ontario – and won. It was followed by other national and international competitions. 2005 eventually offered him the tourism office at his current job.
The 1841 Queen's University, founded one of the universities in Canada ältestesten. It is characterized by the neo-Gothic limestone architectural.
How you meet the Canadian Minister of Finance?
And has it all: Henceforth, he presented his hometown and took the world including. Travelling to Australia, Belgium, England, Ireland and of course within Canada and the U.S.. In terms of closure at Queen's University Zeromonien he reads the proclamation, the student must repeat.
And he meets people like the Minister of Finance Jim Flaherty, in that the 29. September 2011 for Fundraising event in honor of the first, originating from Kingston Canadian Prime Minister John A.. Macdonald had arrived (This explains, incidentally, the doll on the arm of the Minister, the Macdonald darstellet).
World Cup along the World Heritage Rideau Canal
Twice, 2004 and 2010, gewann Chris das Lord Mayor of Chester’s World Town Crier Tournament. 2012 will he do this World Cup now in Kingston and Ottawa: The 60 to 90 best Towncrier worldwide are in July 2012 play against each other.Where the jury pre-selects. Who as town crier (or only so) want to join, can be directly apply for Chris.
It takes four days in Kingston instead and for a day along the historical Rideau Canal, is the UNESCO World Heritage, before it comes to the Canadian capital Ottawa. The Link Kingston-Ottawa is not by chance: 1841 gathered here, the first Canadian Parliament. To 1844 Kingston was the first capital of the country.
The Great Rideau Waterway, connects the capital Ottawa on the Ottawa River with the city of Kingston on Lake Ontario. The 202 km-long canal was 1832 opened and is the oldest continuously used man-made waterway in North America. Allow ships to use it, need the lock-keeper still lend a hand.
Canadian history presents quite loose
Canadian history is so thoroughly look into Kingston lebendig.Wobei people got a little silly, when Chris is driving me in his Town Crier's uniform in the car through the area, again so that I can make a few quick photos of the University 
The sympathetic to Chris's, that he, despite his representative duties, somehow very reminiscent of the British mainland, so completely naturally and is itself also does not matter:
“He has two more appearances after” He told me very relaxed in his favorite pub, the Kingston Brewing Company (very traditional course “Canada’s oldest wine-producing pub”). In between, he could bring me to the station like. And forgetting to mention, that it is the deadline to the Canadian Minister of Finance.
Sponsor: The research on this post has been made possible by the
Canadian Tourism Commission, paid travel expenses and accommodation. Thank you!
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