Media Advisory Regarding the Ontario Tourism Showcase at the Chrysler Arts, Beats & Eats Festival

  WHAT:     The Ontario, Canada Tourism Showcase at the Chrysler Arts, Beats
            & Eats Festival in Pontiac, Michigan

  WHEN:     Friday-Monday, September 1-4, 2006

  WHERE:    Downtown Pontiac, Michigan

  WHY:      To present the wide range of Ontario travel attractions -- from
            the vineyards of the Niagara peninsula to the Arctic watershed
            of Hudson Bay, from Toronto's dazzling big-city nightlife, to
            remote and untamed wilderness, to internationally-acclaimed
            theater and arts.

  BOOTHS:   Ontario Tourism, Tourism Toronto, Canadian Opera Company, CN
            Tower, Ontario Place, Royal Ontario Museum, Second City,
            Sheraton Gateway Toronto Airports, Ontario Science Centre, Shaw
            Festival, Crowne Plaza Don Valley, Bird Kingdom, Duty Free
            Americas, VIA Rail Canada, Niagara-on-the-Lake Chamber of
            Commerce, Kingston/1000 Islands, Windsor/Chatham, London/St.
            Jacobs/Stratford, Oktoberfest, Ontario Wines & Culinary, Premier
            Spas of Ontario, Ontario's Finest Inns, Blue Mountain Resort,
            Northern Ontario Tourism Association, Provincial GOFISH, Sport
            Fishing & Fly Fishing, Ride the Bruce, Snow More Snowmobiles,
            Algoma Central Railway, Algoma/Kinawabie Travel Association,
            Community of Wawa, Ministry of Natural Resources, Mackinaw
            Canada Stores, Borealis Gateway Attraction, Loral/Fergus
            Community, Canadian Border Services Agency

  VISUALS:  * A Canadian Mountie in ceremonial dress uniform (red serge
              tunic) will be on hand
            * Meet an actual Fort Henry Guardsman in full Victorian
              "Redcoat" uniform at the Kingston/1000 Islands exhibit.  Kids
              can try on real Fort Henry Guard military tunics.
            * Spider-Man will make appearances at the Ontario Science Centre
              "Superheroes" exhibit.
            * Program various kinds of robots at the Ontario Science Centre
              exhibit
            * An international award-winning town crier (in traditional
              Victorian garb) at the Kingston/1000 Islands exhibit
            * Chinese paper lantern making for kids at Ontario Place exhibit
            * "Striker Machine" at CN Tower Exhibit -- festival goers use
              mallet to try to ring bell on top of CN Tower model
            * Kids can build a dinosaur or try on Roman togas at Royal
              Ontario Museum exhibit
            * Traditional dancers at Oktoberfest exhibit
            * Practice your angling skills with a fly fishing simulator at
              the Northern Ontario exhibit
            * Wine and cheese pairings with some of Ontario's premier wines
              at the Wine & Culinary exhibit
            * Massage demos at Premier Spas of Ontario exhibit