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Québec National Day – Virtual Party Hamper 2021

Tuesday, June 1, 2021
  • Public affairs

Following last year success, we’ve prepared for you a new edition of our virtual party hamper with everything you need to organise your fête nationale du Québec (Québec National Day) at home. There are some new additions; so be prepared for our virtual celebration on the 24th, our Ciné-Club and our Québec National Day Playlist competition.

La fête nationale du Québec Loupe
Colouring and buntings Loupe
Poster movie La Chute de Sparte and the logo of la Sodec Loupe
Pictures of buntings with colours of Québec Loupe

Québec National Day is coming very soon. Every year it is a great occasion for Québécois and friends of Québec to gather to celebrate la Belle Province.

Given the situation related to COVID 19, we thought it may be a bit too early to organise a big party. This is why we’ve decided to renew our virtual party hamper.

However, we are organising a virtual event on the 24th June that all Québécois and friends of Québec in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Nordic countries will be able to join.

There are also some new additions in this hamper including a Ciné-Club and a competition.

In this hamper, you will find everything you need to organise this event at home, including:
1) La fête nationale online celebration event
2) Ciné-Club
3) Competition Playlist #fêtenationale
4) Decorations
5) Activities for children
6) Music
7) Le grand spectacle de la fête nationale 2021
8) Food menus (including a vegan menu)
9) Beverage inspirations
10) Products from Québec

This Hamper is also a nod to the Québec Government’s initiative, Le Panier Bleu (the Blue Basket), which promotes home-produced goods. You will find in it selected links to obtain Québec products in the UK. Our team also advises on how you can use alternative local products for certain recipes.


 

1) La fête nationale online celebration event


We are inviting you to celebrate with us Québec National Day on the 24th June, at 5pm (UK time).
Just grab a drink, nibbles and a flag of Québec, we will take care of the animation. Expect a quiz, competitions, an art performance as well as many other surprises.

Date: Thursday 24th June, 5-6pm (UK time)
Online event via Zoom (link will be sent to people who registered)

Click here to register for the event (same link than for the Ciné-Club).

2) Ciné-Club


This year, we added a Québec movie into our hamper, that you can watch with English subtitles from the comfort of your living room anywhere in the United Kingdom, in Ireland and in the Nordic Countries. A huge thank you to la SODEC for their support.
This year’s movie is La Chute de Sparte (The Fall of Sparta), a Québec drama film, directed by Tristan Dubois and released in 2018. The story of a teen and his struggles in the last year of high school, is adapted from the young adult novel by Sébastien "Biz" Fréchette.

Click here to register for the event (same link than for the fête nationale online celebration event).

Here are some ideas of Québec nibbles to go with your movie:


3) Competition Playlist #fêtenationale


Get a chance to win a Poutine for 4 people or a basket of delicacies from Quebec.

Following last year success, we are organising a new competition. This time we are asking you to share your favorite Québec songs that you would like to see in our own playlist to celebrate Québec National Day. This playlist will be published on the 24th june on Spotify.

To play*, simply post 1 to 3 titles of your favorite Québec songs on Twitter or Instagram, between the 1st & 23rd June 2021 (23h59), with the tag @QuebecUK and hashtag #fêtenationale.
You could simply post the following sentence with your choices: “This is my selection for #fêtenationale @QuebecUK playlist. What’s your favourite Québec songs?”

Competition open to people living in the UK, in Ireland and in the Nordic Countries, only. If you don’t want to take part to the competition but still would like to contribute to the playlist, please send your selection of 1-5 titles to Qc.Londres@mri.gouv.qc.ca.

*Click here to find out more about the general conditions.

4) Decorations


In order to decorate your house with the colours of Québec, we created buntings to make at home. There are also flags and banners to colour in so to avoid using an entire cartridge of blue ink! This is a great activity to do with children.

You will need paper, a printer if possible, ribbons and colouring pencils.

Download our buntings (some in colour and others to colour).

Fête nationale du Québec à Londres - Les Fanions by QuébecUK on Scribd



5) Activities for children


We have prepared some colourings for your youngest. This includes a colouring of the magnificent facade of our office in London; Children can include family, schoolmates, animals, or even landscapes in the windows.
We encourage you to post your children's masterpieces on Twitter and Instagram the whole day of June 24 with the tag @QuebecUK and the hashtag #fêtenationale.

Download our pack of six coloring pages.

Fête nationale du Québec à Londres - Les Coloriages by QuébecUK on Scribd



6) Music


For a successful party, there is nothing like a good musical selection.
On top of the result of our playlist #fêtenationale competition, that we will publish on the 24th, we’ve selected some other playlists available on different platforms:


7) Le grand spectacle de la fête nationale 2021


Like in 2020, the great show organised in Québec to celebrate Québec national day, should be broadcasted this year on TV5 Monde. Stay tuned for more information about it.

8) Food menus


For this National Day we offer two menu options, as well as a vegan menu.
Menu 1 (Poutine, beer)


Menu 2 (BBQ / campfire)


Vegan menu


Other Québec products on the territory:


9) Beverage inspirations


Finally, here are some ideas for cocktails with Québec Gin or without alcohol, highlighting Quebec products. Click for the recipe:


10) Products from Québec


For sunny days :

For rainy days :
Wrebbit 3D Puzzle:


For COVID:

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